the queen of everything
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of falling stars and adrenaline,
of candied hearts and lovely adolescents,
the world aligns and a new love begins
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The news that the infamous it couple of Westchester, New York's Briarwood Academy had finally split seemed to stun the entire student body. Rumor had it that Miss Massie Block had gotten rather bored of her lover boy and decided to end things. Another rumor stated that Mister Derrick Harrington had finally had enough of Miss Block and her endless, mindless banter about anything and everything and dumped her. However, nobody would ever really know what happened, because Miss Massie Block and Mister Derrick Harrington were the most tight-lipped young adults of Westchester's upper class citizens.
Miss Massie Block was seen having an emotional breakdown on the front steps of Briarwood Academy, not so long after telling a tall blonde girl that crying in public was a definite sign of weakness. Mister Derrick Harrington had been spotted with swollen and bloodshot eyes sometime before classes were in session, coincidentally happening after he made fun of an athletic biotch for having a similar appearance a week or so before. There were whispers and tall tales being spread around the rumor mill at Briarwood Academy, but nobody knew what to believe. What everybody wanted to know was simple: why did the most perfect couple of all time split up?
"I've got the inside scoop on this major break-up news," said Alicia Rivera, a raven-haired, copper-skinned beauty that just so happened to be Briarwood's queen of gossip.
"Spill," Dylan Marvil, a red-headed bombshell demanded, practically slamming her well-manicured hands onto the desk that separated the two gossiping ladies. Alicia paused, however, knowing just how to create drama, which made Dylan squeal in impatience. "Leesh, I'm going to kill you!"
Alicia threw her heard back in laughter, her mane of black hair cascading down her back. "Alright, fine." She looked to either side of her before leaning in so that only her and Dylan could hear what she was about to say.
"While Massie was in the Hamptons for the summer and Derrick was stuck here, he had a little something something on the side to keep him happy. Massie found out recently and flipped her shit! She totally dumped him right away, but I'm surprised that she just found out now. I so knew that he wasn't going to be faithful to her the second that she left!" Alicia whispered fiercely.
"Ohmygosh! Are you serious?" Dylan practically screamed before Alicia slapped her hand down on Dylan's mouth.
"Oh course she's not," a male voice interrupted. Both girls looked up to see a boy they both knew as Cameron Fisher standing above them. Alicia and Dylan both flushed a shade of red, not wanting him to know how guilty they felt now that one of Derrick's friends caught them gossiping about him.
"Are you calling me a liar, Fisher?" Alicia challenged, regaining her composure.
"Uh, yeah I am actually," Cam replied with hostility. "Derrick is my best friend and I know him better than you do. Derrick didn't cheat on Massie while she was away in the Hamptons, she cheated on him with some over-dramatic poet. When Derrick found out, he broke up with her because of what she did, so don't you blame my best friend."
Dylan gasped, unsure which story to believe. Both of the stories sounded more scandalous that anything that had happened in Westchester's upper class kids in a very long time.
"Um, ex-cuh-yuse me, but where did you get your information? Because I got mine from a very reliable source and that is most definitely not what I heard," Alicia said coldly, dark eyes narrowing with brewing anger. "And you're blaming my best friend that did nothing wrong."
"I don't have to tell you anything,"Camreplied stiffly. "I just thought you should know that you have your information mixed up."
"Well I heard this straight from the source," Alicia challenged.
"So did I,"Cam stated. Dylan watched the confrontation between the two people and decided that it would be best if she didn't get involved in their argument.
Narrowing his eyes, Cam asked, "Who did you hear it from?"
"I'm not telling unless you tell," she huffed, crossing her arms.
"At the same time,"Cam said.
"Fine," Alicia replied. "On three."
"One—"
"Two—"
"Three—"
"Kristen Gregory!" both parties exclaimed quickly. They both looked at each other, confused. "What?"
Dylan, who had been sitting back quietly during their whole exchange, simply said, "It looks like someone's playing both sides."
Cam looked at Alicia and Alicia looked at Cam, a single question being exchanged in their eyes.
But why?