Chapter 20

Sav walked to the family truck after school. Alli was standing beside it, glaring at him.

"How could you be so stupid? Haven't you ever heard of protection? It's there for a reason. And how could you lie to Clare? I was listening when you told her you didn't sleep with Anya. You could have saved her a lot of pain if you had just been honest, but no, you had to hurt her. What do you have to say?"

"Anya's not pregnant."

"What?"

"Holly J convinced her to lie to me so I would drop out of the campaign."

"That's horrible, but it means you still have a chance with Clare. I'm sure you broke up with Anya, didn't you?" Sav looked down at his shoes. "You stayed with her? She's ruins your happiness and you're just going to take it and smile?" He looked up at her.

"Alli, she was the first girl I ever loved. I still love her. I do have feelings for Clare, but it's Anya." Alli got livid. Not just at Sav, but at Anya. However, Sav was the only one around.

"It's probably for the best. Clare would never go back to you. You may have hurt her, but you're the one who's going to regret it. She's done with you." She walked away as he looked at her with such a pained expression.

Meet me at the Dot. Now! The text had said. Clare had been sitting at the counter for a few minutes waiting on Alli to arrive. She had to leave in half an hour for surgery so she hoped Alli would hurry. Peter walked over to her.

"Hey Baby Edwards. Look I heard about what happened with the whole Sav thing. I'm really sorry." He sadly smiled at her. She wore the same smile right back.

"It's not your fault, and I'm not letting it bother me. It hurt, but I'm not going to let his lies bring me down."

"I'm glad to hear you say that because I was a little upset at the thought of having to punch my best friend." Clare looked really confused while Peter walked away smiling. Finally Alli came rushing through the door.

"Alli, where have you been? I have to leave soon."

"Anya isn't pregnant. She lied to Sav so he wouldn't run for president. It was Holly J's idea." Clare looked shocked. How could someone do something like that?

"Why are you telling me this?"

"I just thought you should know in case you want him back. I know you can steal him away from her." Alli smiled evilly. So he's still with her. I assumed he would be Clare thought.

"I honestly don't want him back. It wasn't really the fact that she was pregnant. It was the fact that he lied to me several times. I can't be with someone like that."

"Good because I already told him that you were done with him."

"I really am. I don't even want to see him."

"So this means no sleepovers for awhile?"

"Afraid not." Clare smiled while Alli cursed her brother in her head. "Look I've got to go, but I'll see you tomorrow."

"With perfect 20/20 vision." Alli's joke made Clare grin very widely.

A couple hours later Sav walked through the door of the Dot. Alli's words were still ringing in his head. He sat at the counter and waited for Peter.

"You better be glad she didn't seem too hurt over losing you, or else you'd be rocking a black eye." Peter joked. "So you stayed with her even though she lied about being pregnant?"

"How do you know?"

"Alli told Clare. I was near. Don't worry. No one else was close enough to hear. Clare really is done with you though. She told Alli that she wasn't going to come over anymore." Sav sighed. Great so not only had he lost girlfriend Clare, but he had lost friend Clare too.

"This sucks. No matter what I do, someone will get hurt, and I love Anya. I really do."

"So be with Anya. Clare wants nothing to do with you so you're in the clear." Sav nodded his head. He didn't feel like talking about this anymore. He decided to go home.

"Savtaj, where have you been?" His mother was waiting to hear his explanation when he arrived.

"I was hanging with Peter."

"Humpf." He heard the noise Alli made, accusing him of lying.

"Okay well your father is going to be late tonight. Isn't Clare getting her eye surgery today?" She asked as she walked over to stir their dinner.

"Yes she is." Alli answered.

"Would she like to come for dinner tomorrow night? I would love to see her after the surgery. Wouldn't you like that Savtaj?" Sav got nervous. He had to tell them about Clare.

"Mom, Clare and I broke up." His mother stopped stirring the stew. She slowly turned towards him.

"What happened?"

"I messed it all up and now she doesn't want to see me."

"You got that right." Alli chimed in. Their mother got suspicious.

"What did you do?"

"I just messed up, okay? I don't want to talk about this." With that he ran upstairs to his room. He didn't come down for the rest of the night.

Sorry it's short today. Tomorrow's will be longer. I promise!