First of all, before I start let me update you on some stuff that happened at the end of eighth grade. Obviously, it was time to leave OCD. Except for Dylan and Massie. They got held back. Claire, Alicia, and Kristen moved on to a new school. Alicia went to Alpha Academy, the same school as Skye Hamilton, Kristen, again through scholarship, managed to get into a prestigious high school that prepares kids for Harvard or Yale, and Claire is going to move to California to pursue her career as an actress. This is where our story begins. It's time for high school, or 8th grade again, to start, and things are about to get interesting. Now, in order to get the most out of telling you this story, I'm going to start out making five chapters, one for each character. Enjoy!

Massie's Ch. 1

"This is so uncool! How could they do this to me?" Massie was still in shock from the awful news. It had been almost three months since Dylan and she had been called down to the principal's office along with a bunch of other LBRs to be told they had to stay at OCD for another year. She expected her parents to run in and do something, even if it meant bribing, so that she didn't have to suffer the humiliation of being dumb. Massie also expected her other friends to tell everyone, especially Derrick, to back off the LBR comments. Massie knew she really was too busy texting her pals and crushes to be able to pay attention during school, but everybody knew she made up for that with her leadership qualities.

Nevertheless, today was the first day for OCD. She had all of her supplies ready, but that didn't matter. She had the biggest problem of all because she had to start a new clique from scratch. Sure, she already had one member, Dylan, but she still needed someone to take Alicia, Claire, and Kristen's spot. And this time, Layne wouldn't be there to loan her models, and the PC wouldn't be there to make it a happy ending to a tragic time. She knew that by being held back, her popularity would decrease. Everybody would know she was stupid, and that wasn't an alpha trait. Then again, maybe by being older, her superiority and wisdom would make her alpha.

Isaac honked the horn, the signal that a new year, maybe the worst or maybe the best year, was only 25 minutes away.

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Dylan's Ch.1

"Honey, Isaac will be here any minute. You look beautiful already." My mom just couldn't leave me alone. No matter how many times I put the makeup on, it would bleed off. Sure, as everyone always say, crying doesn't make anything better, yet I found the pressure lifting off my shoulders. The pressure of being stuck with Massie Block for another year. Any other year, I would've been extatic to go back to school and see my alpha, but not this year. Not after Massie's texting caused her to get held back. To make matters worse, Derrick, thinking I was stupid, dumped me.

My mom told me to pretend it never happened because it may only be for a couple of months. Unlike Massie, I only needed to pass four courses in order to be promoted to high school. Massie failed all of her classes, so she had to go the whole year. I could've done my classes in summer school, but I instead went to California for a vacation. Would I have rather done summer school? No because no matter how much I hate Massie for getting me held back, I'll still have her as my alpha, and with Alicia gone, I'll be the new beta. That part couldn't be better!

Honk, honk! It was time to claim my beta position!

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Alicia's Ch.1

"Do you have everything packed, Leesh? We need to leave in five minutes." My dad was rushing me as much as he could, but he couldn't succeed. I didn't want to get to Alphas. Everyone knew Massie deserved to go there, but she got held back. Thus, I got to go, being the next in line, or beta. I never really had a lot of alpha experience. Granted, in seventh grade, for a couple of months I had my own clique, and in eighth grade, I started the first boy-girl clique, but I had never served the terms like Massie had.

Everybody knew betas were tortured at alphas. I couldn't take torture. I needed to remember back to years ago when Massie became alpha. How did it happen? It was all a blur. This was the information I needed to be able to have a good year at Alpha Academy. Actually, it was the only way I could survive.

I knew the memory would slowly come to mind. I didn't know when. I just knew it would come. "Leesh, time to vomanos!" Maybe it would come to me in the car. I ran down the stairs, knowing that a long drive would solve everything.

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Kristen's Ch. 1

The scholarship approval letter from Phillips Exeter Academy had been on my desk for five months and two days. I had been counting down the days until I left. Now I had four hours, fifty-five minutes, and forty-eight seconds, forty-seven, forty-oh it doesn't matter. I couldn't wait to start school, finally, with kids I had something in common with. No more having to spend all of my money, or borrow money, just to keep up with Massie. Now, I can finally focus on school work and soccer. Okay, maybe not just that. Maybe, a little bit of boys, too, and an occasional stop, as in once a week, at Abercrombie couldn't hurt either. Now I don't have to worry about Massie liking the same guy I do. I

I do have to say, I will miss everyone, but Phillips is perfect for me. It has dorms for me to stay in, and well, there's just so much more but I would have to spend the rest of my four hours and fifty-three minutes talking about all of the pluses!

I said goodbye to Beckham, and closed the door to my room. My mom was waiting for me. She was driving me all the way to New Jersey, so we had at least a three hour drive ahead of us. Plus, I wanted to say goodbye to OCD, and take some pics.

"Are you excited, sweety?" She would never know how excited I was in a million years!

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Claire's Ch. 1

Joe, my agent, knocked on the door. "Ready to get moving? We have two auditions and little time!"

"Just a sec!" I checked to make sure I had everything I needed. Scripts: check. Books: check. Clothes: check. Pictures: check. I had everything I needed for Hollywood. I couldn't believe I was leaving the Block's guest house. It had seemed just a week ago, I was moving everything in here and wishing I was back in Orlando. Now, I was both happy to get my acting career going, but sad to leave the PC. Massie had already said bye before she left for school, so I had that water works done. In a minute, Cam would be here to say bye. He was the person I really hated to leave. We had been together so long, and Hollywood would be so lonely without him.

I went down the stairs with my boxes and suitcase, sad to be walking down the stairs for the last time. "Let me help you."

It was Cam. He winked his one green eye, and took some of my stuff. I walked out with him, and then we both walked to the back of the house to be alone.

"I can't believe you're really leaving," he said. I could see a tear starting to form in his green eye.

"Yeah, but Hollywood will be a lot of fun. Not as fun as it would be if you were there but, you can't leave Westchester."

"Let's make a pact. I'll wait for you, if you wait for me."

I could tell he really meant it, and I couldn't be without him. "I promise."

"I promise, too."

I stuck out my pinky, but he didn't grab it. Instead, he grabbed me. When his lips touched mine, I knew I had to wait for him. He was the one for me.

"Well, bye Claire-bear." He was at this point red and watery.

"Bye Cam!" I started crying. I couldn't believe I had to leave him.

"Time to go!" I walked towards the van, thinking of my life in Westchester.