A/N: To Maddie, who gave me permission so somewhat rip off Everything's Magic. And because Layne just wouldn't be the same with out her =]
Title after Forever the Sickest Kids' 'Believe me, I'm Lying'
Consider this the disclaimer for this and all following chapters: Disclaimed :)
Hey
You always seem to catch me when I'm lying
About the stupidest of things
Stand there while I stab you in the back
With the words I never never never should have taken this so far
-Believe Me, I'm Lying by Forever the Sickest Kids
Sixteen year-old Massie Block strolled in-between her two best friends, sharing whispers in their ears and laughing at the ridiculous clothing displays in the shops they were passing at a casual pace. They were an oddly matched group of friends, who always stuck together, often times accused of being "exclusive" and "stuck up".
First, there was the infamous Massie Block, best friend of Layne Abeley and Cam Fisher, known for her freaky amber colored eyes and snappy comebacks, ex-girlfriend of Griffin Hastings, and queen bee of Briarwood Prep School. On the right side of Massie was brunette-purple-streaked hair, hazel-eyed Layne Abeley, Massie's best friend since fifth grade, sometimes called a boy-stealer, but most of the time an all-around nice girl. On the left of Massie was Cam Fisher, the blonde shaggy haired boy who all the girls and even some boys ("He's always around those two girls, so he must be gay, right?") fell for, but few actually got to know as more than just an apparition who visited them in their dreams. Was this possibly because of the two girls who were always hanging around him? As jealous as we might be of this threesome, nobody would dare break them up. Nobody, that is, besides Griffin Hastings.
Griffin Hastings, the black-haired, electric green-eyed boy everybody loved to hate. You know you love him too. Rumor is, Griffin and Layne tiptoed behind Massie, who was Griffin's date and girlfriend at the time, the night of the Sadie Hawkins dance and right into a hotel room. Massie, having a gift for getting information out of anybody, soon found out about Layne and Griffin's secret relationship, which much to Massie's disapproval, had been going on for more than just that one night. Fearing Massie's wrath, Griffin, whose parents wanted to send him to boarding school in order to travel more often, told his parents to write the check to whichever boarding school's brochure was on the top of the stack placed on Griffin's wooden desk. Griffin's parents eagerly agreed and Griffin boarded the first train to Connecticut the next morning, leaving a revenge-seeking Massie and heart-broken Layne behind. What will be the fate for these four "best friends"? Trust me when I say that I will be watching right there with you.
-MR