Listen To Your Heart

Chances

"Hey Mal?" Evie turned to face her. "Do you know where Lonnie is?" They were walking back to their dorm after the big game, to get ready for dinner. After a long day, a great game, and the whole Audrey/Jay fiasco, both girls were starving.

"No, E," Mal answered. Suddenly she stopped. "Actually, now that you mention it, I haven't seen her at all today."

"Oh Mal!" Evie cried. "She never misses tourney games. What if something bad happened to her? She could be in danger!" Evie was freaked out. Where could her friend be? She started hyperventilating.

"E,E!" Mal calmed her. "Breathe. She's probably in her dorm. There's no reason for you to freak out. We'll go check on her, okay?"

Evie nodded. Mal rolled her eyes at her friend's over dramatic nature. They made their way to Lonnie's dorm and knocked on the door. There was no answer. Mal knocked again and still nothing. She tried the door, and it was unlocked.

"Mal, we shouldn't trespass!" Evie scolded.

"What if she actually needs our help and is in trouble?" Mal said. Evie shut up.

They opened the door cautiously, and peeked inside. They found Lonnie's room a complete hurricane disaster. There were pieces of trash and glass everywhere, from where her desk was rampaged and mirror broken. Evie gasped. There was overturned furniture and ripped pillow fluff everywhere. And in the midst of it all, Lonnie was on a yoga mat, completely drenched in sweat, doing crunches.

"1,567...1,568....1,569....1,600.." Lonnie was counting.

"Uh, Lonnie?" Mal questioned. Lonnie looked up.

"Oh, hey guys. I didn't see you there." Lonnie walked over to her desk and drank an entire water bottle. Mal and Evie just gaped at her.

"Lonnie,um...what happened? You're room is a mess and you're drenched in sweat." Evie looked extremely worried for her friend.

"Um..." Lonnie let out a nervous chuckle. "I need to clean my room?" Her answer was more of a question.

"Lonnie, you're one of the most organized people I know," Mal said. "Now, why don't you tell us what's really going on."

"Nothing's wrong, okay?" Lonnie let out a frustrated sigh. "Just working out a bit, you know?"

Evie spoke up. "But you never miss a tourney game! And I know you like to exercise and whatever, but 1,600 crunches is crazy! You only overwork yourself when you're upset about something."

"Maybe....I didn't want to go to the tourney game.." Lonnie said softly.

"But you love tourney," Mal said. "Unless, you were trying to avoid someone." Mal gave Lonnie a look, and the girl had no choice but to spill her guts.

"Maybe.. I was trying to avoid someone..."

"Was this someone a boy?" Dang! Mal was good.

"Ooh boys!" Evie said excitedly. "Wait a minute! You mean to tell me that you did all of this damage because if a boy?"

"Not just any boy!" Lonnie exclaimed. "A jerk with no boundaries, no respect for anybody, who is manipulative and rude, and extremely hot, but he shouldn't get a big ego because of it, and he had no right to do what he did and I hate him and-"

"Chad." Mal and Evie said, cutting off Lonnie's rant.

Lonnie deflated. "Yes." She walked over to her bed and plopped on it, hiding in the covers.

Mal rolled her eyes. She went over and tried to get Lonnie out from underneath. "Whatever you're problem with Chad is, it's not gonna go away, no matter how much you try to hide."