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Chapter Twenty – Give Your Heart a Break

Jude and Alex sat side by side on the bleachers at the river court, catching their breath. The two boys were getting in some practice before the team played for the state championship. "I haven't seen Lydia around in a while," said Alex "where has she been?"

"Your guess is as good as mine. Ever since Sawyer left she's been going to extremes to dodge me and just about everyone else."

"Sawyer's been gone for almost two weeks now, is she still that upset about what happened?"

"I think now she's just mad that she can't fix it. That and the last time we talked we got into a fight, so now she probably just feels like everything's falling apart. And when things get bad, Lydia likes to hide. How does Jenny feel about the whole thing?"

"She says she doesn't care. She was always more pissed at Johnny than she was at Sawyer. So according to her it makes no difference if Sawyer's in town or not."

"How did everything get so screwed up? I mean it feels like just yesterday we were all a bunch of happy people, and now we're all so intertwined and screwed up."

"Some things changed for the good, you and Lydia, Jenny and I."

"I guess you're right." Said Jude "I just wish I could do something to fix it, make everyone happy."

"Right now, you just need to focus on winning state, the rest we can worry about all summer."

Davis heard him before he saw him. Or heard the hitting of the bag to be more precise. Johnny was in the school workout room taking all his frustrations out on the punching bag. Davis approached with caution before asking him a question he already knew the answer to.

"Are you okay, man?"

"Perfectly fine." No one had really talked to Johnny since Sawyer left; he was hiding almost as much as Lydia.

"Are you sure, you seem kind of pissed?"

"Why would I be pissed, because the girl I broke up with my girlfriend for and confessed my love to left town and only left me some stupid message on my phone?"

"Well, yeah."

"It's my fault for being so stupid. I should have known she would bail, that's what people do when things get hard. I'm the idiot who hung around and was willing to face everybody. Jude told me to go after what I wanted, and I wanted her. I guess she just didn't feel the same way about me."

Davis sat quietly watching, as he didn't know what to say. Johnny really loved Sawyer and Davis thought she loved him back, but how could anyone just up and leave the person that they love? She should have fought for him like he was willing to fight for her.

"Thank you for trying out everyone we'll be in touch."

Casey and Jenny sat in the gym and had just finished auditioning girls for the cheer squad, since Sawyer left the needed a replacement for state. However, this was proving itself to be harder than either girl had thought.

"This is a disaster." Said Casey.

"They weren't all that bad, what about the girl who did a routine to Avril Lavigne?" asked Jenny.

"You mean the one with the lazy eye? I don't think so." Casey let a frustrated sigh, "this is all Sawyer's fault, not only did she hook up with your boyfriend, but now she's left the squad the week before state. Stupid bitch."

"Casey."

"What? You know it's the truth. She just screws everyone doesn't she?"

"Oh my god, Casey!" Jenny exclaimed while trying to hold back her laughter.

"Sorry, let's move to a happier note. What's going on with you and Alex?"

"Well, we've been hanging out a lot lately. He's really sweet and so thoughtful."

"Oh my god, look at you, you're smiling from ear to ear." Said Casey.

"He's just really amazing and he makes me forget about all the other crap that's going on in my life. I can talk to him and vent about anything and I know that he'll never use it against me."

"Sounds like someone might be in love." Casey sang, teasingly.

"I just fell out of love, I think I'm going to take my time with this one, I just want to enjoy it while it lasts."

Lydia had arrived to school late, since she was no longer getting rides from Sawyer she had to walk until her parents caved and bought her a car. She walked slowly down the hall, trying to take up some time as she really didn't want to go to class. Eventually she came to her class and reached out for the door knob when she heard a loud slam. She looked down the hall and saw Johnny Evans storming out of class, cursing like a sailor while he was doing it. Lydia knew that she should just go to class, but something made her turn around and follow Johnny down the hall. When she found him, he was sitting on a picnic table outside smoking a cigarette.

"You know that's bad for your health." She said, as she approached him.

Johnny shrugged, "I've done worse to my body."

"I don't doubt that."

"What do you want Lydia?" Johnny snapped.

"I don't know. We have never been friends so I shouldn't care about you or how you feel. In fact I should be pissed at you for what you did to Jenny, we're kind of friends now."

"Does this have a point?" Johnny asked, he was acting annoyed but he was really just trying to hide the fact that he was hurting.

"I'm sorry she left." Lydia said, "I know things were bad, but she shouldn't have bailed. You weren't right in what you did, but no one deserves to have their heart broken. That's something I wouldn't wish on anybody." Lydia paused, when Johnny didn't respond she went on. "I just wanted to make sure that you were okay, or if you weren't, that you were going to be. Are you going to be?"

Johnny sighed, "I don't know Lydia. You invest so much of yourself in someone and then all of a sudden their just gone. And you're left just wondering what the hell you're supposed to do without them."

"I know this hard for you right now, but maybe this all for the best." Johnny gave her a doubtful look, "just hear me out. This is going to make you stronger, you can face heartbreak you can face anything."

"Would you stop saying I'm heartbroken, you're making me sound like a chick." Johnny said, cracking a small smile. Lydia bumped her leg against his.

"I think you're going to be fine." Johnny flicked his cigarette on the ground and stood up.

"Do you want to get out of here?"

"Johnny, we have class."

"Oh come on, class is half over anyway and I know it wouldn't be the first time you've cut class. We can just go get a coffee and a doughnut, it's on me." Lydia smiled despite herself.

"You had me at doughnut."

Jenny sat crossed legged on her beach towel, wearing her floppy hat and sunglasses while she spread sunscreen on her arms and legs. She watched happily as Alex tossed the football around with a couple of other guys from the team. Once she finished covering herself in the sunscreen she spread herself out and took a deep breath, ready to enjoy the sun. She was tanning for about ten minutes when she felt a pair of lips on hers. Immediately she smiled and returned the kiss, she felt his body hovering over hers and she wrapped her arms around his neck. He ran his hands up her side, slightly tickling her causing her to laugh. They pulled apart and he sat down next to her.

"I thought you were playing football." She said.

"I was, but I kept getting distracted by this hot blonde in a floppy hat." Alex said, flicking the brim of her hat. She swatted his hand away and smiled.

"Get your mind out of the gutter."

"My mind is exactly where it should be." He leaned in for another kiss, which Jenny happily gave him. "Are you still up for dinner with my folks tonight?"

"Of course, I'm so excited to meet Mouth and Mille, they're like celebrities. Do you think it would be weird if I asked them for an autograph?" she asked, jokingly.

"Shut up." Alex said, a smile spread across his face. Jenny just laughed and brought his mouth back to hers. "You don't think we're moving too fast?" Alex asked between kisses.

Jenny shook her head "No, I think the speed we are moving at is just fine. After the whole Johnny debacle I just wanted to stay away from boys and from dating, but then you happened. You make me happy, and being around you is the highlight of my day. I'm sorry if I'm freaking you out or coming on a little strong but I just want you to know how I feel about you."

Alex ran his hand up and down Jenny's shoulder. "You're not freaking me out. You're everything I've ever wanted and I think we're right where we're supposed to be."

Davis had the ball and he was on fire. The entire crowd was on their feet, cheering like made just waiting to see if the Tree Hill Ravens could pull this off. Everyone was waiting to see if Davis Baker could take the team all the way to state. The cheerleaders lined the side of the gym, waving their pompoms and jumping up and down. There was under a minute left of the game and the Ravens were down by two. Jude passed the ball to Johnny who dribbled up the court, when he came to the basket he faked a shot and instead passed the ball to Davis. Davis stood at the three point line; he raised his hands and shot the ball. It swished right through the net and the entire crowd erupted in cheers.

Casey ran to Davis and jumped into his arms. He lifted her off her feet, she kissed him on the cheek and then they were surrounded by almost every Tree Hill resident who wanted to join in the celebration.

Johnny stood on the side of the court and watched everyone celebrate. Casey and Davis were back to getting along, Jenny and Alex were kissing like a couple of teens in love and Johnny saw Jude tuck a piece of Lydia's hair behind her ear before placing a small kiss on her nose. He didn't have anyone and the one girl he wanted was gone. He grabbed his towel off the bench and headed for the locker room.

"Hey, Johnny!" He spun around and saw Lydia, hair in ribbons with Jude's number painted on her cheek. "Where are you running off to?"

"I just don't really feel like celebrating right now."

"But you just won the game. You're going to state, cheer up." Lydia quickly made her way to Johnny and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. At first he was taken off guard, but eventually he placed his arms around her and hugged back. As much as he didn't want to admit it, hugging her made him feel a bit better.

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