Title: Broken Hearts

Author: Ally Waters

Summary: Akeelah has just moved to Woodland Hills with her family, and Dylan immediately asked her out. Too bad for Javier that his heart might get crushed in the process...

This doesn't belong to me, the one scene I used belongs to... um... whoever wrote Akeelah and the Bee.

Chapter One: Breaking the News (3rd person)

Javier stared at Akeelah. "Why would you say yes to Dylan and no to me?" he asked, confused.

"Javier, look, you're my best friend, and have been for such a long time-"

"Four years, Keelie." Javier grinned.

"Yeah. But if I went out with you, our friendship could be ruined, and besides, Dylan- I won Scripps with him. There's a special connection, you know?"

"No, I don't. Akeelah!" Javier closed his eyes. "What happened to all those kisses, all that I thought was happening? Maybe you don't see it, but there's a much stronger connection between US."

"As friends. Please understand, Javier. It'll be so much easier for me this way. And nothing happened to those, but Dylan- he's..."

"Hot?" Javier wrinkled his nose. Dylan HAD started looking better to girls, apparently, but Javier hadn't thought that Dylan had affected AKEELAH.

"YES!" Akeelah rolled her eyes. "You don't get it. I think I love him."

"Then you're stupid in matters of love." Javier wanted to take back the words as soon as they were out of his mouth.

"No. Dylan is the ONE, and you are one of my best friends." Akeelah sighed. "I don't know, okay? I like you too, but-"

"Then go out with me."

"Only if Dylan breaks up with me, and he won't, cause he asked me out first."

"Whatever." Javier closed his eyes and raged inwardly. Why the heck would she go out with stupid, 'HOT', 'best speller in the world', player Dylan?

~JAJAJAJAJAJA~

"Why are you going out with her?" Dylan's father folded his arms behind his back. "She is still a little black girl, or have you forgotten?"

"No, Father, but she helped me win Scripps, and who else gives me such a challenge? And besides, she has gotten..."

"Hot, as you teens say?" Dylan's father sneered. "I've seen the way all the boys at your parties look at her, you included."

"Father, it isn't because of what she looks like. I think... I think I may love her."

His dad snorted. "You've said that about the past twenty girls you've asked out. You're only going for her because she is pretty and in your neigborhood now that she has moved."

"Father!" Dylan gave up and retreated to his room. Akeelah may just have been one of a string of girls, but there was something different about her. She had become so very beautiful in the past few years. When she moved to Woodland Hills, she had suddenly become a thing of interest, and Dylan wanted her. Badly. Who cared about Maria? He had dumped her the night before he asked out Akeelah. Akeelah was his. And they would prove that to Javier when they went to see the new movie in the theatre- at the same time as Javier. It was perfect. It would break his heart, naturally. Javier had confided to Dylan, back a year ago when they were still friends, that he was in love with Akeelah. But since Javier had won the next Scripps much more easily than Dylan, this would be the perfect revenge. Not that Akeelah knew or anything. But she'd figure it out in two weeks at the premiere- P-R-E-M-I-E-R-E- of the last Harry Potter movie. Until then, he just had a few sweet joys: that his locker and Javier's were across the hall from each other; that Javier was probably already insanely jealous; and that Akeelah would be his for at least two weeks. Yes, this was perfect.

~JAJAJAJAJAJA~

Javier fell onto his bed with a thud, feeling his tensed muscles start to relax after a long, hard basketball practice. But as soon as he remembered Akeelah, they tensed back up again. She had just moved to Woodland Hills in the summer, so she couldn't know how much of a player Dylan was. And how much he held grudges. About the smallest things, too. Javier nearly laughed. It would be just like Dylan to dump Akeelah simply because she almost beat him at Scrabble last time they played. But Javier never held grudges, heck no. He was hot too, he was a wanted man by half the school, and the other half had fallen prey to Dylan's abs. So why wouldn't Akeelah ever say yes when he asked her to go out with him? Oh yes, because he was her best friend. He wished he could shout at her, say, 'I don't want to be your best friend anymore, I want to be your BOYFRIEND! Just say yes just this once, I'll prove that I'm better than stupid Dylan!' But that would hurt her too badly, and she would probably start shouting at him, words that nobody knew because they were too damn long. And Dylan would chime in, and probably kiss her- no, no, don't think about that, stupid. But the mental image was already burned thoroughly into his brain. Crud. Javier quickly launched himself into his favorite memory to distract himself.

"What's with him?" Georgia's voice. Javier clutched his stomach, groaning.

He heard Akeelah say, "He has an aversion to heights." But that wasn't quite right.

"It's an aversion to PLUMMETING. I may be sick." Javier corrected her.

Akeelah grinned. "My brother's in the Air Force. He gave me this for good luck. Here. Don't worry, I won't IMPALE you." Javier managed a smile at the joke. "You know, I never really thanked you for helping me at the State Regionals."

"No biggie," he replied automatically. What else would anyone have done?

"Actually, I think that it was very... chivalrous of you." Akeelah smiled. Then she leaned over and kissed Javier on the cheek. Her lips were warm against his skin, and she lingered for barely a moment before sitting back down. Javier nearly gasped.

"I'm not thinking about the plane at all now," he laughed.

Akeelah grinned. "Well, in that case..." she smirked and Javier prepared to kiss her, but instead she reached over him and opened the window. "Surely a little sunlight won't hurt you."

"It might if you don't kiss me again," Javier whispered. Georgia looked at them and groaned.

"You two get a room." Akeelah smirked and Javier tilted his head, grinning. Akeelah nodded, and he kissed her, making sure that Georgia could see. Georgia hid her eyes. "You guys are disgusting, I swear."

Javier leaned back into his seat and grinned at them. "Don't worry, that isn't going to happen again... often..." he smirked. Akeelah laughed, and Georgia simply rolled her eyes. Then Javier noticed that the ground was getting closer-

"Javier! There's someone here to see you!" his mom's voice snapped him out of his reverie. "It's Akeelah!"

"Coming, Mom!" Javier jumped off his bed and down the stairs.