Massie missed him. His smile. His dark brown eyes. His voice. But when she went back to Westchester, she wouldn't be able to get back together with him. She couldn't have a relationship with anyone. It was too complicated. She couldn't fall for him again. She wouldn't let herself. She remembered how it ended last time. The promises to keep in touch, to wait for each other. They were promises never kept.

She had spent too many hours sitting on the steps of her new house crying over him. Crying about what used to be and what could've been. When she moved, her heart was broken. She was sure he had moved on. Too bad she couldn't. But she would try to push him out of her head and out of her life when she returned. She vowed she wouldn't fall in love with him again. And she would be strong. Because she was Massie Block.

I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
I, I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms

Westchester was Massie's home. She missed her friends, she missed her house, but most of all, she missed Derrick. Coming home was the greatest feeling in the world. All of their furniture was already there and set up. Kendra had called Dylan, Alicia, Kristen, and Claire and had them be there when Massie arrived. When Massie walked in and saw her friends sitting on the couch drinking lattes, she almost cried tears of joy. When they turned and saw her, their screams resounded through the house.

"Ehmagawd, you look ah-mazing!" Alicia gasped.

"I love your hair!" Dylan said, referring to Massie grown out chocolate hair with red highlights.

"We missed you!" Claire said, smiling.

"Ehmagawd, you missed soo much!" Kristen added.

Massie smiled her infamous mega-watt grin. She was home. The girls followed Massie up to her room and handed her a latte.

"So, tell me everything. What'd I miss?" Massie asked. All girls started talking at once.

"Hold up! One at a time." Massie said, giggling at her friends' impatience.

"Ok, so I'm dating Josh, obviously." Alicia started.

"Yeah, and I'm dating Kemp. Claire is dating Cam. And Dylan is dating Chris." Kristen finished. Massie noticed how they didn't say who Derrick was dating, but she wouldn't ask.

"Wow, that's great!" Massie said.

"Yeah, so what have you been up to? How was the oh so glamorous Miami?" Alicia asked. "Did you have a boyfriend? Who were your friends?" She pressed and flipped her sleek black hair. But Massie didn't want to talk about Miami.

"None of that's important. What's important is that I'm back and ready to take over Westchester." Massie said, keeping her cool the whole time.

On this perfect day,
Nothing's standing in my way
On this perfect day,
When nothing can go wrong
It's the perfect day,
Tomorrow's gonna come too soon
I could stay, forever as I am
On this perfect day

The girls sighed. "So, are you ready to come back to BOCD?" Dylan asked.

"Definitely. Girls, I'm back!" Massie squealed. All the girls screamed and jumped up to hug her.

"We have to go shopping and pick out the perfect outfit for your first day back!" Alicia

said. And with that, all five girls got up and walked out to the Range Rover.

It was the next day and Massie had woken up with both dread and excitement. She couldn't wait to see the look on everyone's face when they saw her. The girls promise to keep their lips zipped about her arrival. But she didn't want to see Derrick. She didn't want to see his puppy dog brown eyes. She didn't want to fall so hard again.

But she got up and put on her new outfit. She was wearing a purple strapless satin dress with black pumps and her long wavy hair was blown out and perfect. On her tan, toned arms hung her signature gold charm bracelet. Yes, she was ready to go back.

Massie looked at herself in the mirror. She still couldn't believe her red highlights had come out so great. She put on some MAC Lipglass and was ready to go. She walked out to the Range Rover and met Claire.

"Wow, Mass, you look awesome." Claire said and Massie smiled brightly. She knew how good she looked. When Isaac had picked up the others, they buried themselves in new clothes. Each girl had secretly bought Massie a present at the mall.

When Isaac pulled up to the school, Massie's stomach turned. Was she really prepared to see Derrick again? She pushed the thoughts out of her head and gracefully walked out of her car.

Everyone stopped and stared as Massie and her girls walked through campus and towards the building. There were whispers everywhere.

"Is that Massie??"

"I can't believe she's back"

"I heard she dropped out to become a model."

But Massie held her head high and walked swiftly through the crowd. When she arrived at her locker she saw Derrick standing at the next one, grabbing books for his first class. Her heart skipped a beat. Derrick turned towards her and his eyes widened.

Oh God, Massie thought. He looks amazing.

"Massie?" Derrick asked.

"Yep. In the flesh." She said, smoothly.

"Wow. You look amazing." He said. He couldn't believe he was actually looking at Massie Block. As he was about to say something more, Olivia came up and wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him down for a kiss. Massie froze. Duh-livia? But Derrick didn't pull away even though Massie was there. He wrapped his arm around her waist and kissed back. So Massie simply walked away. She wouldn't cry. Even if she wanted to.