Summer was just around the corner and the Pretty Committee had finally made up, summer was going to be epic. The girls were sitting by the Blocks pool, basking in the sun gossiping, like always.
"To the last day of eighth grade!" Massie sung. The girls clanked their glasses together and sipped the virgin strawberry daiquiris. They all giggled when Dylan, like always, drank more than anyone else. "Okay, so who can't wait for The Hamptons, tomorrow?" Again, this made all of them squeal in joy. Three weeks together: parties, shopping, celebrity stalling, and the ah-mazing parties. It was what they all needed, time to be together. Then, they would all go their separate ways.
Dylan Marvil went over to her boyfriend, Derrick's house. They were sitting in his basement watching some raunchy comedy. The couple was cuddling intensely. They had been together and going strong for a month now. Just as Dylan was going to kiss Derrick, he started laughing hysterically at some guy getting rejected by some girl. It totally destroyed the major kissing she was working up to get to. Bored as hell trying to get into some stupid boy movie that she knew she could would never get into, she got up to go to the bathroom. She had this feeling that something was wrong. Why didn't he want to kiss her anymore? Was she too fat? Can he not stand to make-out with a pig? Thoughts like this plagued her for the entire half hour she was in the bathroom.
She got back to find Derrick still watching the movie, texting. She sat back into her seat with his arm slung around her. She grabbed his phone and started to look at his recent texts.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Derrick said, panicked, as he snatched up his phone.
"Jeez, I just wanted to see who you were texting while I was in the bathroom." She says disappointedly.
"Hey, why do you want to see my texts so bad?" He whispered kissing her on the cheek. She shrugged and went back to pretending to watch the movie.
Once it ended Dylan made the excuse that she had to pack, so she could leave. She felt so unwanted, he never once kissed her!
"Have fun packing." Derrick says, kissing her softly.
"Thanks. Hey you're coming with us to breakfast tomorrow, right?" she questioned.
"Yeah, I guess…" he sighed. "What time? And who is going?"
"Umm…most likely, like, nine and the usual people, who else? She giggled.
"Landon going to be there?" he asked her.
"Yeah, ofcourse! Why wouldn't he?"
"Well, the rest of us are all dating, but him and Massie aren't really dating."
"Oh, yeah. But they will be soon." Dylan giggled. "So, I have to get packing, so I'm going to go. Bye baby!" She kissed him on the lips and then left. He kissed back, but it was a little different this time. She didn't know why though.
"Don't you even think of taking that disgusting hoodie in your bag." Massie said matter-of-factly. She didn't even look up, but knew Claire was going to put the sweatshirt Cam gave her after one of his games in her bag.
"Why not? It's not like I am going to wear it out." Claire asked.
"Yeah you will. Even so, it's ugly, stained, and ripped. This trip is about pretty, clean, and fashionable things. Gawd where have you been?"
"Whatever, what time is breakfast?"
"Like nine. So, then we have time to hang out with our crushes!" Massie squealed. She had been texting Landon since they're "date" at Bark Jacobs.
"You and Landon kiss yet?" Claire asked innocently.
"Not lip-kiss, yet. But I am sure that there will be major lip-kissing tomorrow."Massie stated matter-of-factly.
The Breakfast was as uneventful as ever. Alicia and Josh showed up in the same Polo outfit, Cam and Claire were the perfect couple, and pretty much everything was the same. They ended the breakfast by promising to stay in touch with each of their crushes.
After breakfast Landon went over to Massie's house. It was all normal; they would take a walk around the Block Estate and talk about random things. They were talking about the latest line of doggie clothes. They were sitting close together and their knees were touching, she was about to make her move when his phone vibrated. That is when she realized what time it was, her friends would be over in ten minutes. Gawd! Why do they have to ruin my date? she thought.
"Hey, do you want to start heading back, the girls will be here soon?" She asked softly.
"Yeah, sure" he replied sweetly.
When they got to the front of the estate, where his mom was going to be in any minute, he gave her a hug and kissed her on the cheek.
Once Landon left, the girls came. They all piled in the Range Rover, ready to start the summer. They didn't know that for two of the members, when they came back they were in for a total surprise.