(In this story Massie Block is middle-class so please don't freak. )
Westchester, NY
West Gate Apartments- Room 201
Saturday, August 17th
10:00 AM
Massie's door creaked open, revealing a bald middle-aged man. He tiptoed over to her bed. He bent down slowly, and pulled up the covers on the end of the bed. "Tickle tickle," he grinned, "Wake up Massie! It's 10 o'clock and you have to get used to waking up early for school." "What?" groaned Massie, "I'm just going to sleep 5 more minutes…" and she fell asleep again. "Alright, but I'm gonna have to leave soon with your mom. We have customers for the house she's been trying to sell for 11 months!" William exclaimed, walking out of Massie's tiny room.
After about an hour, Massie woke up, walked lazily to the bathroom that he family shared and turned on the showers. She was already used to seeing her dad's shaving cream and her mom's perfumes on the counter next to her The Body Shop lotions. She examined herself in the mirror. Massie was very pretty, except for her big family piggy nose that was passed down from generation to generation. Her friends said that she should get a nosejob and get one like Megan Fox's, but her mom said it would ruin her body's development. So Massie was saving up money so she could get one when she graduated high school. (I know that Massie is very opinionated on fake noses and knockoffs, but this is part of the plot) She took of her Anthropologie night dress and stepped into the steaming shower. She shaved extra carefully so she wouldn't have any cuts or bruises on the first day of school. She already had some mosquito bite scars but that could be covered by concealer. Massie was quite excited for her new high school, BOCDHS. A lot of people had transferred away from her old school, Abner DoubleDay because of its crappy environment and the bad education. But Massie had a different excuse, and she didn't want to talk about it.
After the exhilerating shower, Massie decided to pick out a new makeup look, hairstyle, and outfits for the first day of the week. She was already tan from doing some outside community work this summer, and her nails were freshly manicured Essie Tiger Orange down at the Chinese nail salon across the street. Orange was the fall's official nail polish trend color, according to the Vogue Espana and Elle Paris that her college cousin Michelle had sent her. Massie examined her face in the wardrobe mirror. Her cheeks wer naturally rosy, and her eyebrows had the perfect arch. Just her nose. Her big fat ugly nose. She remembered reading an articly online about how to make people's faces look slimmer, which said to use a darker shade of foundation on the sides of one's face and a lighter shade in the middle. So all she had to do as apply a dark foundation on the sides of her nose and light foundation on the bridge. She looked through her lip gloss bag and chose Hot Cacaunut flavored Glossip Girl for her first day. She lined her eyes with light purple pencil eyeliner from Sephora and put on some Loreal waterproof mascara. Massie looked at herself in the mirror and gave an approval. Suddenly, the doorbell rung, and Massie jumped up from her chair. What if it were her parents? They didn't allow Massie to wear makeup so she had to apply it when she was out of sight. She quickly rubbed away the mascara and eyeliner with a Biore Makeup Remover Wipe and opened the door.
Standing in front of her was a pretty sporty blond girl wearing a hot pink Puma jacket, a Hollister lace green tank top, and Addidas pink short shorts. She was holding a gift basket full of fruit, candy, and a bottle of wine. "Hey! You're the new neighbor Massie Block right? Hi! I live across the hall and my mom always gives a welcome to new families who move in. She gets over obssessed of how people think about her and stuff. I'm Kristen!" she said with a 200 mph voice rate and enthusiasm. "Uh..hey! I'm Massie, oh you live in 203? Boy, when I pass that room it always smells delicious! Your mom must be a very good cook. Thanks for the gift basket." Said Massie. "Haha! Thanks, yeah my mom also works at the Westchester Diner. Ehmagawd! You and your family should totally come over to my house for dinner! This is gonna be SO fun! Can you ask your mom what time she is available?" "Sure! Why don't you come in and I'll put down this gift basket thing. Kristen walked in to the apartment filled with boxes and sat down on the couch. "Do you want me to help you unpack? It's better to get settled in fast." "Oh that. Nah, it's okay, it's all of my mom and dad's stuff and they won't even let me touch it, but you can me unpack my stuff!" They walked into Massie's room, which had 5 boxes left. "Wow! I love your bedspread! My mom tried to get me a floral green and pink bedspread at Macy's but they ran out. The purple one is so much prettier!" "Thanks, so can you help me unpack the box with the label CLOTHES THAT MOM DOESN'T APPROVE OF? If have to stow it away before my mom sees it." "Wow, how strict are your parents?" "Well, my dad has a rule that I can't wear any shirt with a collar lower than my collar bone, and my mom doesn't let me buy jean short shorts when we go shopping together, so I have to buy these clothes myself." "Ehmagawd! Me too! My mom only let's me wear short shorts if I stay in the apartment and she makes me wear turtlenecks sometimes! I hate turtlenecks!" "Wow, then I gotta lend you some of my stuff girl." They continued unpacking and putting clothes in the wardrobe. "So where are you going for school?" "Briarwood Octavian Country Day High School. Gawd. It's such a long name." "It also has a long story to it but I'm not the one here to tell you, I'm on scholarship there." "Scholarship? Damn, you must be like a genius or something. I could have gone on for scholarship but my grades were a decimal point away from the epitome GPA. So now I'm on half." "Um, I need to give you some advice. The kids from BOCDHS? They are all stuck up rich bitches so it's better if you don't mention being on scholarship. I haven't told a soul but you, and the others on scholarship." "Oh. Ok. I'll be careful." They talked and talked about the classes they were taking and soon all the boxes were finished. "Thank you so much Kris! I think my family has time for dinner tomorrow so I'll come around 7-ish?" "Sure! See ya!"
Massie closed the door and walked to her wardrobe. She finally decided on the soft Henry Cottons white V-neck t-shirt, a Zara beat up motorcyle jacket with golden zippers, distressed charcoal blackish-gray Roxy skinny jeans, and black oxford heels from Zara. It her mom saw her in this, she would totally freak. She picked a pair of oversized Sisley glasses that could diguise her from being seen. She looked into her bag closet and chose a corduroy charcoal black messenger bag that had custom made button- pins from her favorite bands. She chose a green striped Kate Spade pencil case that was on sale and black folders and files from MUJI. She looked at her outfit and sensed something was missing. "Hmm…Ehmagawd! I can't buh-lieve I forgot to buy the accessories! Dammit!" She quickly threw on a Charlotte Russe purple sundress and Juicy flip-flops, took her purse and ran downstairs. She took a cab to the nearest H&M store and grabbed bracelets, earrings, headbands, rings and everything else. As she waited in line, she saw 4 girls walking arm linked to arm to the Marc Jacobs store across the mall. She sighed at her sitiuation- friendless and poor. But at least she had Kristen as a first friend for school!
Massie arrived at home, put down her shopping bags, and walked over to her bedroom. She checked the clock, 3: 26 PM. She didn't even have lunch! Massie walked downstairs to the Chinese takeout restaurant, ordered some food, and went back to her room to eat. She was eating and reading The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks. She was up to the part when Blaze thought Ronnie was flirting with Marcus.
Flashback:
What? I thought you were my friend! How could you?
No! Wait! Selena! He did it first! I never liked him! I was trying to help-
Help what? Help him hook up with you? You wanted to ruin our relationship right? We already loved each other! And then YOU came over and ruined it for us! I knew I should have stopped you when you said he was cute!
HE WAS ALREADY CHEATING ON YOU!
How would you know huh? You were kissing him. You liked him! And I saw YOU make the first move. And now you're lying. You always make up lies about everybody and pass them around so you get what you want. You know what? This time your bitchness is going to have payback. Back at you. Now get out of my life, bitch.
Selena! Let me explain!
Flashback Over.