*~* Broken Hearts *~*

Disclaimer: All characters belong to Francine Pascal.

Chapter 8: Together

"……..and did you see the what she did afterward?" Jess asked as she was painting her nails.
"What-t?" Tia said finally.
"I asked you if you saw what Cherie did after that." Jess said.
"No." Tia said. She couldn't concentrate on anything Jess was telling her. All she thought about was what Conner was doing right this minute.
"Are you okay Tee?" Jess asked full of concern in her eyes.
"Huh? Yeah I'm okay. What makes you think that?" Tia asked.
"Well you seem to be in a hazy dream." Jess said and finished painting her nails.
"I was just thinking whether we should go to the Riot tomorrow night to celebrate you becoming the co-captain." Tia said.
"You mean you were being serious yesterday?" Jess asked with her eyes wide opened.
"Of course. You totally deserve this." Tia said.
"Wow, I'm like ten times happier than I was 2 seconds ago." Jess said and gave Tia a friendly hug, "Thanks sooo much."
"You're welcome sooo much." Tia said releasing the hug.
"I'll tell Liz about it." Jess said.
"Is she doing any better?" Tia asked.
"I dunno. She was in a crappy mood in the morning." Jess replied.
"Well tell her I said hi." Tia said.
"Yeah sure." Jess said, "Well I better go home now to get ready for my dinner thing with Evan tonight."
"Dinner with Evan?" Tia asked suspiciously.
"Yeah." Jess said, "Is there a problem with that?"
"Is it a date?" Tia asked.
"No, it's just a friend thing." Jess replied and got up.
"Have fun." Tia said with a small smile.
After Jessica left, Tia decided to give Conner a call just in case he changed his mind. He could sometimes be moody one minute and the next the happiest person alive. Tia waited patiently for someone to pick up. He has to be at home. He told me he wasn't feeling up to go outside and I know he wouldn't lie to me. Would he? Tia thought but finally someone picked up.
"Hello?" Mrs. Sandborn asked.
"Hey Mrs. Sandborn, it's me Tia." Tia said.
"Oh hi Tia, how are you doing?" Mrs. Sandborn asked
"Good, umm……., is Conner there?" Tia asked.
"He went out just a couple of minutes ago." Mrs. Sandborn said.
"Do you know where he went?" Tia asked.
"I'm not sure but he left a couple of minutes after Elizabeth came by." Mrs. Sandborn said.
"Liz came by?" Tia asked in a disgusted tone.
"Yes, she was looking for Megan." Mrs. Sandborn said.
"Oh ok. Well thanks anyways." Tia said and hung up.
Ohmigod, Tia thought, I hope he didn't go to Liz's house or something like that. I can't afford to lose now. Maybe I should drive over just in case something happens. She grabbed her mom's car keys and ran downstairs to the car.

What am I getting myself into? Conner thought as he was driving to Liz's house. He parked the car inside their driveway and went to ring the bell. Mrs. Wakefield opened the door with a questioningly look on her face.
"Hi Conner." Mrs. Wakefield said.
"Hey, I need to speak to Liz." Conner said.
"She's not here." Mrs. Wakefield said.
"Do you know where she went?" Conner asked.
"She went to work." Mrs. Wakefield replied.
"Thanks." Conner said and went back inside his car. He decided to drive to Sedona even though he knew it definitely wasn't going to be easy at all.

Tia didn't see Conner's car anywhere near the Wakefield's. That's weird, she thought, he should be here. But she decided to go visit Liz to see if she was feeling any better. Yeah right, she thought, you just want to see if anything happened. She got out of her car and rang the doorbell.
Mrs. Wakefield answered the door.
"Hi Tia. What brings you here?" she asked.
"Umm……, is Liz here?" Tia asked.
"She went to work." Mrs. Wakefield replied, "Is there something wrong?"
"No." Tia replied.
"Because Conner just came here a few minutes ago and I think he went to the mall to find Liz." Mrs. Wakefield said.
"Conner?" Tia asked.
"Yeah." Mrs. Wakefield replied.
"Well, I'll go find Liz now but thanks anyway." Tia said quickly and hurried back to her car. I can't believe it, she thought, why is Conner disappearing every time I try to look for him. Fate was suppose to help me and I know that fate will make me and Conner together.

This is sooo boring, Liz thought as she put the make-up on the shelves. The song finally ended on the radio and they started to play a new song.
"…..I wanna be with you there's nothing more to say" Tears started forming in Liz's eyes when the song ended. She wiped the tears off of her eyes and finish putting the mess of lipsticks neatly back on the shelf. Suddenly a voice called out her name. She turned around and there he was. Ohmigod, she thought.
"Hey Liz." Conner said again as he came closer to her.
"Hi, um….. what are you doing here?" Liz asked slowly.
"I needed to speak to you." Conner replied and looked down at the floor as if there was something to help him stop freaking out.
"Oh." Liz said and put a few strands of hair behind her ear.
"Um…., do you know where we can talk privately?" Conner asked.
"Yeah in the back room where we keep our storage." Liz said leading the way.
"So what did you want to talk about?" Liz asked as she sat down on one of the boxes.
"This." Conner said and leaned forward. He kissed her hard. Ohmigod, Liz thought, this has to be a dream as she kissed him back. She wrapped her arms around his neck and continued kissing him. I wish this never has to stop.

Hmm……, I wonder where Liz is, Tia thought, as she looked around at Sedona. She walked to one of the shelves and decided to look at the lip liner. She heard some noise coming from the back. She took the lip liner that she was going to buy and walked to the storage room. What she saw made her gasp so hard that the lip liner she was holding dropped to the floor. Liz and Conner turned around from their making out and stared straight at Tia's stunned face.
"Tia." Liz said and quickly got up.
"What are you doing here Tee?" Conner asked.
"Um…, nothing." Tia said quickly and ran out the door. Tears started forming in her eyes. This can't be happening, she thought, Liz and Conner can't be together. When she got to her car she could hardly see where she was going. She stopped the car and wiped her tear face. I'm never going to get Conner to be my boyfriend, she thought, I've just lost him to Liz. Ugh! She started the car and drove back home.


Jessica Wakefield

Everything's going great all of a sudden. Now I'm positively sure that I'm going to be co-captain. Yes! The best thing is that Liz just came home from work grinning so hard that I thought it couldn't be any brighter. Hmm……., something's wrong. I better go investigate now.

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