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Chapter Fourteen – Crashing
Sawyer sat cross legged on her bed with a book in her lap. She had to read Lord of the Flies for her English class and was seriously considering looking on Google for a synopsis. She was just about to give up when a she heard a knock at her bedroom door. She looked up to find Alex, sporting a black crew neck sweater with the Charlotte Bobcats logo on it. "I'm sorry." Before he could say more Sawyer rose from her bed and wrapped her arms around him. He gripped her tight, "I was an ass hole, I'm supposed to be your friend and I just abandoned you, and I wish I could take it back."
"No, you were right. I was being a total complainer, and a bitchy one at that. Forget the fight?" she asked hopefully. He nodded his head, she gave a sigh of relief and lead him to her bed, where they sat down across from each other.
"I think this is the cleanest I have ever seen your room." He said, noting the spotless floor. Her eyes roamed her light green room. Usually there were clothes everywhere but today the floor was clean, all her books were on the shelf, her blinds were pulled back and her bed was even made.
"I clean when I'm upset. It's a girl thing." He laughed.
"So, how have you been, with the whole Johnny thing?"
"I haven't talked to him since the storm. I feel better and worse all at the same time. I want to be with him, but I don't know if it's worth hurting others." Lately Alex had began to look at Sawyer in a different light, instead of seeing her as the love of his life, he was seeing her as a friend in need. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and pulled her close.
"You just have to figure out if this thing with Johnny is more important to you, then others. Sure, they will always love you, but they'll look at you differently if they find out. If you're in love, then you have to follow your heart, but you also have to decide if you care about what everyone is going to think."
"I don't know what to do. If I was in love, do you think this would be easier?"
"When it comes to love, nothing is ever easy." The two friends leaned back against the headboard. Alex looked at Sawyer, she was wearing sweats and tank top, her hair was piled on her head in a messy bun. Her blue eyes were closed and her eyelashes curled upwards. She was beautiful, but she wasn't his and she never would be.
Lydia collapsed onto her bed and stretched her arms and legs as far as they would go. She had just walked home from cheer practice, and now she had a bunch of homework to get started, although she was seriously considering just doing it tomorrow at lunch. She stood up and brushed the wrinkles out of her quilted bedspread, she sat down at her desk and began looking over her science homework. After about ten minutes, she got the feeling that someone was watching her, swiveling around in her chair she found Jude standing at her door with a smile on his face. Lydia couldn't help but notice how good he looked in his jeans, black shirt and plaid nylon vest. "What are you doing?" she asked.
"I'm just admiring the view." Lydia snorted, she looked down at her outfit, grey banded sweatpants and a blue cable knit sweater.
"You're crazy." She told him. He shrugged.
"I've been called worse." He made his way to her bed and laid down, propping himself up in his elbows. He motioned with his head for her to join him, and she happily obliged. "I love you, you know that right?" Lydia nodded softly.
"I love you too." Jude brought her mouth to his, and what stared out a slow and soft kiss was now becoming more heated. Lydia straddled Jude's waist and quickly shed him of his vest. He flipped them over so that he was now on top, he moved his mouth from hers and began kissing down her neck. She ran her hand through his already messy hair, loving the feeling of his breath on her neck. Jude quickly discarded of his shirt and Lydia's was soon after. She felt more exposed than ever, lying under Jude. They had gone further than this at the classic, but something about the way he was looking at her sent her heart into overdrive. No matter how much she hated to admit it, she was scared. She wasn't afraid of Jude, she knew she loved him and that no matter what happened she always would. She was afraid if she went through with it, things would change. Maybe he would look at her differently, she would no longer be daddy's little girl. Jude moved his hands to waist of her sweats, he looked up to see her face and suddenly stopped his actions.
"What?" Lydia asked, worried that she had done something wrong.
"You're not ready." He said, moving off of her. She sat up and looked at him bewildered.
"And how would you know if I was ready or not?"
"You're not a hard person to read Lydia, and I do know you better than anyone." She looked down, defeated by the boy that she loves.
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be." He handed her is shirt and she slipped it on over her head. He laid back and pulled her down with him, so that she was resting her head on his chest. "I love you, and I promise you that nothing is ever going to change that."
There had never been so many people in one house all at the same time. Jenny was sure ofthis as she attempted to navigate her way through the Baker house. She had heard that there was going to be a lot of people at this party, but it was a little bit ridiculous. Jenny made her way to the kitchen where she spotted Alex, filling his red plastic cup. Excited to see someone she knew, she quickly made her way to him. "Alex, hey."
"Hey Jenny, how are you?" Someone nudged her from behind, causing her to pitch forward. Alex easily caught her arm.
"I'm starting to feel a little claustrophobic actually." She told him.
"Do you want to get some air?" She nodded and Alex lead them into the large backyard, the two sat down on the edge of the swimming pool. Jenny removed her shoes and began dangling her feet in the water. "You and the squad were really good at the game last night."
"Thanks, the team was pretty amazing, and I believe that has something to do with you." Alex smiled but shook his head.
"I'm just the one who organizes things, not the talent."
"Are you kidding me? You're amazing, there wouldn't be a team without you."
"Sure there would, their uniforms just wouldn't be as nice." Jenny laughed.
"I really like talking to you."
"Yeah, me too." Before Jenny was fully aware of what she was doing, she leaned over to Alex and placed a small kiss on his lips. He didn't move, the shock of what had just happened had paralyzed him.
"Oh my god, I shouldn't have done that," Jenny stood up "I'm really sorry I just thought. Well I don't know what I was thinking exactly. I'm just so sorry." She began moving quickly back to the house. Alex stood up and chased after her.
"Jenny, wait!" When she didn't slow down, he reached for her arm and spun her around. Before she could say anything he crashed his lips on to hers. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled his body closer to hers. She hadn't felt this close to someone in a long time.
Casey walked into the Baker's house, undecided which twin she was aiming for tonight. Sure, Jude was dating Lydia, but that never stopped her before. She was about to check the backyard when she spotted Davis sitting by himself at the kitchen table. "Looking for company?" she asked, sitting down on his lap. Davis gently lifted her off and stood up.
"I'm not into it."
"You're kidding right?" She looked at him in disbelief. He gave her the look right back.
"You hit on my brother in front of me all the time. You even bought him at the auction, you are aware that he's dating Lydia right?"
"Sounds like someone's jealous."
"I'm not jealous; I'm just tired of all your bull shit. I used to put up with it because I thought you were a good person, but I guess I was wrong."
"You and I made sense; we're the two hottest kids at that school. It's only right that we hook up." Davis let out a sigh of disbelief.
"This was fun while it lasted, but we're done."
"Long time since I've seen you." Startled by the voice, Sawyer quickly turned around to find Johnny standing behind her. She quickly scanned the hallway to make sure they were alone.
"Yeah, well I've been busy."
"I'm not an idiot, so stop treating me like one." Johnny said, clearly frustrated by her. "You've been avoiding me, I don't get it. You were completely into me and then all of a sudden you don't even want to talk to me."
"It's not that I don't like you, I do believe me. I just feel terrible about what we were doing."
"I broke up with Jenny."
"It doesn't matter, don't you get that? It doesn't make what we did okay, we lied to everyone, how can you even look at me without feeling guilty?"
"When I look at you, all I can feel is my heart pounding in my chest." Johnny took Sawyers hand in his own. "I know what we did was bad, and sure I'm sorry for the way it went down, but I don't regret it. I don't regret anything when it comes to you."
Sawyer knew that she shouldn't keep what she had going with Johnny. It was doing more bad than it was good, but when he said things like that to her, she just couldn't resist. She reached her hand behind his head and placed her lips on his in a passionate kiss. He backed her up against the wall and moved his lips to her neck. Afraid they would be caught, she gripped his hand in hers and pulled him up the stairs, in search of a more private room.
The sky was black, but the many lights from the surrounding houses lit up the night. The moon was huge and accompanied by millions of tiny little stars. Jude sat with Lydia between his legs, and his arms draped around her shoulders. The two teenagers were sitting on the roof of Jude's house, escaping the party below them. Jude's bedroom window opened up to a small section of roof, which they used to gain access to the main roof, which they had always enjoyed sitting on. "Do you want some?" Lydia asked, offering Jude the bottle of vodka she had been sipping on.
"No thanks, I'm not really a big fan of vodka."
"What are you a big fan of Mr. Baker?"
"Well, there is this girl I'm pretty crazy about."
"Oh yeah, do I know her?"
"You might be somewhat familiar with her. She's beautiful, smart, short, she drinks straight vodka." Lydia smiled, and snuggled in closer to his chest.
"We should go to the beach. I miss the beach." She told him, remembering the time she had spent their as a child. "You know, I could live at the beach, I would love to wake up every morning with the whole ocean just outside my door."
"You do remember that your family owns a beach house right?" he asked, laughing slightly.
"I know, but we hardly ever go there anymore. You have a pool, let's go swimming." Jude laughed.
"Okay, I think someone's had a little too much." He said, removing the vodka from Lydia's grasp.
"You're no fun." Jude rolled his eyes. "Lydia, its November. Besides I can think of something way more fun to do than swimming." Lydia immediately caught his drift. She leaned her head back and the two began kissing. He wrapped his arms tightly around her and couldn't believe how in love he was, or how lucky that she wasn't only his girlfriend but also his best friend.
"Knock, knock." The two separated at the voice, and saw Davis sticking his head out of the window. "Sorry to interrupt you two kids, but were getting a little low on booze in here and Jude you're the only sober one here."
"So?" Jude asked, slightly annoyed.
"We need you to drive us to the liquor store."
"Who's us?"
"Alex and I. I've got the money, he's got the fake id, and you are the driver." Jude didn't want to go anywhere, but he knew if he didn't drive Davis would find someone else. Jude sighed.
"Do you want to come?" he asked Lydia.
"I don't think so. I'm going to head home soon, alcohol makes me sleepy."
"Are you at least coming inside?"
"Do I have to?" she asked, pouting.
"I think it's a good idea, you're a little drunk, and a couple stories off the ground."
"Fine." She reluctantly took his hand and he safely lead her inside.
Jude waited in the parking lot while Alex and Davis went into the store. When they finally came back out they had enough booze to get the entire town drunk. The boys piled all their alcohol into the trunk and climbed in the back seat. Jude pulled out of the parking lot and began to make his way home. "Dude, did you see Lucy Adams? She is looking good." Davis said, slurring his words slightly.
"Yeah, and she's got a killer smile." Alex chimed in. "Not to mention legs that go on for days." Jude ignored their drunken conversation as he wasn't in the talking mood, he really wanted just to get home and go to bed. Although that would be impossible with the party still going on, and knowing Davis it wouldn't shut down until the sun came up. "JUDE!" He snapped out of his thoughts when he realized his brother was calling his name.
"What Davis?"
"I told you like five times to turn on the radio."
"Come on man we're almost home, there's plenty of music back at the party."
"Just do it Jude, it's too freaking quiet in here." Not in the mood to argue, Jude flicked on the radio. "This song sucks, I'm changing the station." Davis climbed up between the driver and passenger seat and began playing with the dials on the radio.
"Dammit Davis, would you sit back down, and put your seat belt…" Before Jude could finish his sentence he heard a loud beeping. The last thing he remembered was a bright light, then everything went dark.