Chapter 4

Jamie looked down at his baby sister as he put her down freeing himself from the bone crushing hug.
She looked up at him with her big brown eyes, the same ones he adored since she was born.
Tears were welling up in her eyes and she looked away.
"Hey,come'ere." He pulled Lydia into another hug as she sniffed and wept on his shirt.
"Shh Shh.
What's wrong Lyd?" Jamie asked stroking her hair.
Pulling away,Lydia wiped away her tears and said, "It's just that,
I haven't seen you in a while.
I missed you!"
Jamie chuckled and kissed her on the forehead.
"I missed you too kiddo!
Come on.
Let's head downstairs, mom and dad must be waiting.
We'll catch up on the café's terrace,like old times."

Everyone was delighted to see Jamie after a long time.
Brooke squealed "Jimmy Jam! We missed you!" and hugged him.
"I missed you guys too Aunt Brooke!" said Jamie hugging Lucas and Peyton .
"Hey Jude! Davis! What's up guys?" asked Jamie,giving each of them a bear hug.
Lydia frowned at this and sat next to Sawyer.
"So?How was it?Your date with Damien?" inquired Lydia herself to some meat loaf.
"It wasn't a date.
We just hung out by the lake and the river court.
Thankfully, Jude wasn't there." Said Lydia.
"Yeah,must've been busy with that blonde chick,Bethany."
"What blonde chick?" Lydia asked sitting up straight,concerned all of a sudden.
"Woah!calm down.
She's in the squad with was just helping her with homework." Said Sawyer.
"Whatever." Said Lydia,remembering she was gonna ignore him and his thoughts.
She concentrated on her dinner,trying to avoid that conversation with her cousin.

Jamie and Lydia were sitting on the terrace of Karen's café.
Their legs dangled over the edge as they sipped on the hot chocolate Brooke made them.
"So,what's up with you and Jude?" asked Jamie.
Lydia nearly choked on her drink and asked, "Jude?Why'd you ask that?Did he say something to you?"
"Whoa!chill!I just noticed you guys didn't talk much.
Though I wonder now,why you got so hiked up all of a sudden." Said Jamie holding his sister's arm so that she didn't fall down.
"Shut up Jamie.
It's nothing.
Enough talk about me.
How's Madison?" said Lydia nudging her brother with her elbow.
"Yeah,she's fine.
She wanted to come but got caught up with some work.
By the way,what are your plans for tomorrow?"
"Not much.
I promised Damien I'd see him after school." Lydia bit her tongue as she slipped that out.
"Wait,who's Damien?Why haven't I heard of him before?" asked Jamie turning to his sister.
"He just moved here.
It's nothing James." Said Lydia,blushing slightly.
"Yeah sure.I'll have to talk to Saw about that." Said Jamie laughing.
"Oh yeah!Saw's hosting a party at the beach house tomorrow night?Wanna go?" said Lydia,trying desperately to change the topic.
"Yeah,sure.I'd like to meet this Damien guy." Said Jamie.

Lydia thought it was best not to argue on that note anymore.

"Coming Jamie!" Lydia yelled from her room as she ran her hair straightener along her hair.
She'd put on green tank top under a black jacket and looked pretty in light make-up.
Lydia put the straightener down and looked at herself in the mirror one last time and ran down the stairs.

"Here we are!" said Jamie,parking the car.
"Come on!Saw must be waiting." Said Lydia,climbing out of the car as her brother led her to the house.
Walking in Lydia's eyes looked for Jude.
She found him standing next to the stairs,talking to Bethany.
Immediate anger bubbled up inside her and she took Jamie's arm and dragged him away.
"What was that about?" asked Jamie.
"Nothing.
Hey!
Damien!" she waved her hand at the brunette boy who walked over.
"Jamie,meet Damien.
Damien,this is Jamie.
My big brother." Said Lydia introducing the two of them.
" Mr. Scott .
I've heard greatly about you.
Don't you play for Duke?Big fan." Said Damien, shaking Jamie's hand.

"Hey!Call me Jamie.I'm not that old you know.
Heard you made it into the Ravens?"
"Point guard…" Damien wanted to continue when Lydia interrupted him.
"Enough basketball talk.I'm gonna go get some drinks,care to join?"
"Nah!I'll pass.I'm gonna go find Saw." Said Jamie walking off.
"Hey,come with me." Said Damien leading Lydia out of the house to the porch.

All this while,Jude was staring at Lydia.
He barely paid any attention to Bethany who was talking to him.
She'd asked for his help in calculus homework.
Now she had started talking to him at the party as well.

"Your brother seems nice." Said Damien sitting on the porch fence with Lydia.
"Yeah.I guess."
"Did I mention you look pretty today?"
" We 've been sitting here for 20 minutes.
And you must've mentioned it 19 times already." Said Lydia chuckling.
"That's cause you do look pretty.
Come on,let's go inside."
As she tried to climb down,he helped her down as their gazes met,he leaned in closer.
Their lips met gently.