Hello people! I've decided to try my hand at a Clique fanfic since I'm having an obsession with the books right now, sooo....ENJOY AND REVIEW PLEASE!

P.S.: I don't own any of the Clique characters from the books. I do, however, own my darling Lucy Vahn, and all her people, and most of her friends...



PROLOUGE: THE SENATOR'S EXIT

"Mom, that dress is so ugly," Lucy Vahn exclaimed, as her mother held up what looked like a black trash bag. "And Uggs are so out of style!" She pointed to the thick black boots that were sitting unopened next to the robe.

Mrs. Vahn, who normally didn't engage in shopping trips with her daughter, rolled her eyes at her daughter's lack of subtlety.

The store, which was a small, dark looking boutique, was like shopping hell for Lucy. The only name brands they had were Uggs, and other than that they only sold what looked like potato sacks trying to pass for dresses.

"Lucy, we're going to buy it anyway!" Her mother chided, sliding her credit card from her Prada bag. The wife of the CEO of a worldwide jewelry company almost as big as Tiffany's, Paula Vahn enjoyed the perks of her job as senator of New York.

"Fine." Lucy sulked, finding a seat on a leather couch, absentmindedly kicking at the Uggs. The store, unbelievably enough, didn't even have a VIP section! "But if you expect me to wear that to school…"

"I don't," Paula snapped. She had had enough already. All she wanted to do was get home before…Well, before the inevitable happened.

The two of them walked purposefully out of the store when the shots came, two gunshots that pierced the busy New York noise strangely, and left Senator Vahn on the ground in a pool of dark red.

Lucy screamed, falling to her knees as she pulled out her cell phone to dial 911. "Ohmigod! Ohmigod! Ohmigod!"

Paula Vahn had been shot.