On Wednesday morning, Bree finds Sloane already eating breakfast at the island.
"Hey, Sloaney," she sits down next to her.
"Hey," Sloane answers.
"Do you want to go see a movie after school?" Bree asks hopefully.
"Mm…I can't."
"Why not?" Bree asks as she pours some Captain Crunch into a bowl.
"Kitana and I are going to the mall and taking free samples from the food court," she takes a spoonful of her cereal.
"Okay…what about after that?"
"We're going to do karaoke at the library."
"There is no karaoke at the library…"
Sloane laughs again, "Yeah, that's the point, Bree."
"Whatever."
"Are you mad?" asks Sloane.
"Why would I be mad?" Bree sighs.
"You tell me."
"I'm not mad," Bree says agitated.
"Okay," Sloane retreats. "You're not mad."
In Bree's fifth period Trigonometry, Mrs. Bailey decides to rearrange the seating. Bree gets moved from the front row to the middle of the third row. Megan Ryleigh (Taylor Momsen), probably the most known bad girl at Mission Creek, gets seated next to her. Bree's surprised none of teachers say anything to her about the very short black dress she's wearing today. Even her black heels look high enough for a teacher to say something.
Bree herself sure looks a lot different from Megan, with her pink top, skinny jeans and yellow doc martens.
"Hi," Bree whispers to her.
Megan looks at Bree with a disapproving look. "Hi."
"I'm Bree."
Megan looks at Bree disapprovingly again in the corner of her eye and doesn't answer.
Bree looks away and quietly sighs, feeling slightly embarrassed.
Abby Walsh is now making her way towards Bree's desk to take the seat behind her, and Bree decides to make something out of it. At the last second, Bree puts her foot out so Abby trips and falls on her face. Everyone immediately looks over.
"Oops," Bree says sarcastically. She said it loud enough for everyone to hear her. Immediately Bree feels bad considering Abby did absolutely nothing to deserve that.
"Bree Davenport!" Mrs. Bailey shrieks. "I'm so surprised at you! Go to the principal's office now!"
Bree doesn't say anything, just picks up her bag and heads for the door. Before leaving, she makes eye contact with Megan, exactly what she was hoping for. Bree smiles and Megan smiles right back at her before she closes the door.
Bree walks to the principal's office with satisfaction. Any guilt she had about tripping Abby is completely gone. When she enters the office, Perry isn't even there, so she just ends up sitting in the room with the secretary until the period is over.
"You can go on to lunch," she tells Bree simply.
"Thanks," Bree says and grabs her backpack off the chair next to her. On the way to the cafeteria, she sees Abby Walsh, who glares at her. Bree ignores it and continues walking. Sloane and Chase are already there from their study hall together.
"Hey guys," she's about to take a seat next to Sloane.
"Oh, would you mind sitting next to Chase or one over? Kitana's going to sit with us." Sloane says.
Bree breathes out, "How's one table over?" She moves to the table adjacent and sits down, tossing her backpack in another chair.
"Bree," she faintly hears Sloane say over all the noise in the room.
Bree doesn't even look over to the other table.
Kitana walks over to their regular table and sits down next to Sloane. "How come Bree's sitting over there all alone?"
"I think she's mad because I just asked her to not sit directly next to me so you could…" Sloane says.
"Or maybe it's because you've barely paid attention to her for the past three days and this was the last straw," Chase says carefully, catching Sloane off guard.
"What?"
Chase stands and picks up his lunch tray. "I'm going to go sit with her…"
"Are you picking her over me?"
"Babe, no," he says quietly while looking down at her. "She's my sister, and she's sitting all alone. You've got Kitana here to sit with you."
After Sloane doesn't say anything and just looks away from him in annoyance, he joins Bree at the other table.
"Hey sis," he says.
"Why aren't you sitting with them?" Bree asks and looks over to Sloane and Kitana's backs. Leo and Adam are now sitting down at their table.
Chase takes a bite and shrugs. "I'm not going to let you sit alone."
Bree forces a small smile, "Thanks, Chase.Can I tell you something?"
"Course."
"I wish that girl never came to this fricken school in the first place."
"Kitana? This is only her third day."
"And she's already stolen my best friend!"
"Sloane's just excited to have another friend around that she doesn't see 24/7."
"No, she's excited because Kitana's a bad girl, exactly what she's always claimed she doesn't want me to be."
"What are you on about? You've never mentioned anything like this to me."
Bree looks away from Chase and sees Megan and that guy she's always hanging around with walk into the room. Megan and the boy are laughing, but she notices Chase then Bree.
"Megan!" Bree calls, causing both Megan's friend and Chase to snap their heads up. "Come sit with us."
Megan gives Bree a weird look and keeps walking to get food.
"You know that girl?!" Chase says almost immediately.
"No, but I'm going to."
"No, you're not," Chase scoffs.
"Yes, I am."
"That girl is bad news, Bree—in all honesty."
"You don't know anything, Chase."
"I know that she's one of the worst kids in school."
"And you're one of the nerdiest," Bree stands, "Get off my back."
"Most nerdy would be the correct usage..."
Bree ignores him and walks over to Megan and her friend.
"Hey guys," she acts like she's friends with them.
"Why are you all over me?" Megan says but not in a particularly mean way.
"Who's this?" her friend asks as he gives Bree a once over and likes what he sees.
"What's your name again?"
Bree smiles, "Bree."
"There you have it," Megan's about to walk away.
"Wait," Bree stops her.
"What do you want?"
"To be your friend?" Bree says a bit harshly.
Megan chuckles, "I know who you are, Bree Davenport. Your billionaire daddy gives you everything you could possibly ask for and your life is as easy as a walk in the park."
Bree's stunned. She shakes her head, "You're wrong."
Megan's friend gets in her face. "Then prove it," he whispers; his green eyes staring into her hazel ones. And with that, Megan and the nameless boy leave the cafeteria without another word.
