Thanks to all you that reviewed or got a story alert, or whatever else there is. I didn't tell you this, because I wanted it to be a surprise...but, I will be updating everyday. You know Days of December... Today is the Second. Day 2. Yup. Clever right? Anyways I hope you like this chapter. Enjoy!
Summary: "Christmas is supposed to be a chance for your one wish right? Sometimes it's just like those kids at the hospital - you don't get your wish no matter how hard you want to." A Massington Holiday Story. Rated T just in case. Disclaimer: I do not own the Clique Series or anything that's in the books, it all belongs to Lisi Harrison. Any clothing or brand names in here belong to their appropriate owners.
Posted: December 2, 2010
Westchester, NY
BOCD Lawn
November 30, 2010
12:22 p.m.
"You know," Olivia chewed her peanut butter only sandwich thoughtfully. "You should straighten your hair. It's snazzy in curls and stuff, but straightened - I think - you'd be sharp. Like razor blade sharp."
My eyebrow shot up and I gave her a quizzical look. "Thank You?"
Olivia rolled her eyes and gave me a look. "It's a compliment. You'd look good with your hair straightened...Come to think of it, you haven't straightened your hair in a while have you? It's naturally wavy. Hmm...straighten your hair Friday, done? Done. It's done and decided!"
"I'm glad I had a say in that." I watched her skip off to throw away her sandwich. She returned and took a swig of her water. "Any reason we just had to eat out here for lunch?"
Olivia bit her lip and looked over at me hesitantly - which was weird since all Olivia does is blurt out what's on her mind. She crawled over to me and leaned forward to whisper in my ear. "I think Griffin is smoking again."
"Again?"
"Yup. He had a few issues last year. I just want to make sure he's fine."
"Oh he's not smoking. Trust me - I have Gym with him next. He never smells like smoke, never pours the cologne on, and he's fast as hell. I swear, it's a mystery to me why he never joined the track team."
"Mmhmm." We watched as a girl with sandy blond hair stomped out of the front doors. "Uh oh."
I saw it too, but we were too slow to actually stop the whole thing from happening. She went down, tripping over the slab of cement that stuck out slightly by the stairs. "That must've hurt."
Jumping up, I tossed my lunch into the trash can, and ran towards the fallen girl. I held out my hand and she grasped it in a death hold. "You okay?"
"I don't think anything is broken - that's always a good sign." She stood up and my eyes zoomed in on her L'Wren Scott Cut-Out Ankle Boots.
"I love your boots." I complimented her, eyes still locked on the beautifully black boots.
"Barney's" She gave a Crest smile and slung her Black Balenciaga Arena First Classic bag high up her shoulder. "My name is Rosa. Rosa Lestra."
"Massie Block."
"Olivia Ryan. Nice to meet you. Welcome to the Soul Sucking Captial of New York."
"I know right, I just met the idiots in the Cafeteria. Grace something was mouthing off, must do it often with the shiner she was sporting." Rosa laughed lightly and rummaged through her bag, pulling out a worn down black Samsung phone.
"Do you mean Claire?"
"Yea, yea." She waved absentmindedly and continued to tap through her phone - which was kind of annoying.
"Well...We're going to head to our next class. What do you have next?" Oliiva was at least trying to make conversation with this new girl, I just stood staring at her obvious rude behavior.
"What?" She looked up. "Oh sorry! I was just checking on my brother, he's driving all the way here from Ohio - the idiot. He said he just made a stop somewhere by the border of Ohio and Pennsylvania. My next class is...Biology."
Olivia perked up, jumping on the chance to make this girl feel more welcomed to Westchester. "I'm heading in that direction, I'll take you there!"
Face glued to her phone again, she nodded. "M'kay"
-O-
"So what your saying is that you think Batman could take down Aquaman?" Griffin asked trying to clarify my intention of this argument.
"Yes, the Caped Crusader could take down Aquaman - maybe not Superman, but definitely Aquaman!" I defended myself.
"Please, Aquaman would crush his head in and kick his-"
"ALL RIGHT! EVERYONE IN THE MIDDLE!" Coach Yollum yelled, whistling loudly.
We all kind of slowly formed in the middle-ish area.
"Now. Today we're going to play kickball. It's pretty self-explanatory I shouldn't have to explain, but for those who are a little...forgetful I'll recap." She told us this while looking at the resident idiots of my gym class: Josh, Cam, Chris Plovert, and last but certainly least, Derrick Harrington.
"Idiots." I mumbled under my breath loud enough for only Griffin to barely hear it. He choked out a laugh and nodded in agreement.
"You kick the ball and run to first. It's basically like baseball in that aspect. Just run to the next base every time a person kicks. You'll be in boy-girl order and when you get hit or tagged your out. No Stealing." She blew her whistle loudly to get the attention of some of those who had, lets say, occupied their attention elsewhere.
Coach Yollum started numbering us off by 1s and 2s. Griffin and I walked in opposite directions, hoping to get on the same team. Thank God we were on the same team, but unfortunately Derrick and Josh were on our team too.
"Spread like butter out there ladies! You have to participate! Everyone kicks!" And with that the game began.
Everything went as smoothly as kick ball can go, until Cam stood forth to kick. He had a glint in his eyes that I could see from my position by the wall. I turned to Griffin. "You don't think he would-"
My question was interrupted as I watched with wide eyes as the kick ball came straight towards me. I rubbed my sweaty hands on my gym shorts and put my hands in position to catch it. Probably the stupidest thing I did was close my eyes, but when the ball landed in my hands, hitting my stomach a bit, all I could do was smile "EAT THAT FISHER!"
"BLOCK!" Coach Yollum's voice boomed through the Gym and my eye twitched. I swear if she was going to chastise me for taunting, that was it I would attack Cam - today was just a bad day. "NICE CATCH! THAT'S THE MOST YOU'VE DONE IN GYM THIS SEMESTER!"
My face burned, I just nodded at her, and threw the ball to Kelsey Calese. She pitched it, Ben Hallis hit it high up, and Josh caught it easily. "THREE OUTS! SWITCH!"
The front of the kicking line was boy-girl, but towards the back it sort of got messed up. A few went up and we were doing good, only one out and two people on the field - one on second, the other on third. "HASTINGS, GET UP THERE!"
"No." I moaned as Griffin went up. We had an agreement, if one of us went up the other had to next.
Griffin kicked it and managed to get to first base with seconds to spare. Josh on third ran home and scored another point for our team. "Girl!"
I hesitantly walked up the base and got ready to kick the ball. This truly became nerve wrecking as the ball seemed to be in slow motion. Pulling my foot backwards, I took a deep breath, and threw my leg forward with all the force I could manage. The ball flew through the air and I ran like a bat out of hell.
I looked towards where I kicked the ball, the second it smacked Cam Fisher in the stomach. My eyes widened, someone up there must have something against me. "Uh-oh. I'm dead."
Coach Yollum blew her whistle and called the game over. I ran towards Griffin, Cam saw this and ran to intercept me. "Griffin!"
Just seconds away from Griffin, I felt a tug on the end of my gym shirt, and stumbled back. "Don't touch me, Pervert!"
"What the hell? How am I a pervert?" Cam asked, blue and green eye flaring. This distraction was just enough for me to crawl behind Griffin's feet. "Cover me!"
Griffin did this weird shuffle thing in front of me and I dashed towards the Girl's Locker Room. I changed quickly and the bell rang while I was putting my lock on my locker.
Griffin was waiting for me and made sure it was Cam free before I ran-walked to Spanish.
Spanish passed too quickly for my liking and soon enough I was climbing in the Range Rover.
-O-
"Now, I don't know what Maintenance means for me, but I want to do decorations." Claire told me this for the third time in ten minutes.
"Maybe if you were listening you would know, there are no switches. Your maintenance - face it. Dylan, I need you find options for the decorations and narrow it down so I can approve. Kristen make sure Dylan knows the range of her limit. Alicia you need to decide what colors to use on the staff outfits and ours. I have pictures and measurements for all the staff that will be working on the event." I handed Alicia a folder of the staff information and walked a ways towards the house.
"First, we need to decide how many people to invite. My mother has the main list, but said we can invite more. Do any of you want to invite someone, if so tell me now okay?" They all walked towards me and I resisted the urge to back up towards the house some more.
"Yes Massie." Claire answered in a overly cheerful voice. "We would like to invite some people - mainly our dates. Derrick, Cam, Kemp, Chris, Dempsey, and this new girl Rosa we met. She'll be your replacement."
I rolled my eyes at her expectance that I would really care. "Okay. I'll keep that in mind. Make sure they're dressed appropriately. Now if you don't mind I would like to take a nap, your drivers are here. You all can go, but remember your assignments. Bye."
Westchester, NY
BOCD Green Cafe
December 1, 2010
12:17 p.m.
"Baha!" Olivia let out a squeal laugh as she sat down at the table. I opened my mouth to ask, but closed it shaking my head. She'd tell me in a few seconds. "It's the first day of December!"
"Sure is." I took a bite out of my Subway Ham and Cheese sandwich. Yum.
"Why aren't you more excited!" Olivia nearly shrieked, her face in a frustrated position. "Why isn't she more excited?"
"I have no idea." Griffin told her as him and Layne set their trays down. "What are we talking about?"
"It's the first day of December!"
"And...?"
"Umm...This means only twenty-four more days until Christmas and then a few days later it's 2011!" Olivia sat down shaking her head like we were the odd ones.
I clicked the heels of my grey Belle by Sigerson Morrison Cutout Suede Ankle Boots anxiously and ate a few goldfish crackers. "Okay, okay. So Kendra is throwing this Christmas Party on the 24th and she wanted me to plan this with Alicia, Kristen, Dylan, and Claire. Now we're all working together - it's pretty bad. I was wondering if you all would like to go. Of course I'm extending the invitation to Landon, Skye, Chris, Leaf, and Fawn too."
"Well duh! Sounds like fun, minus the working with the snobs part. I'll need a dress of course, Griffin! You'll need to look nice too! We can all go shopping!" Olivia clapped her hands in delight and took a bite of her salad.
"Yea. Anyways, I also have to get presents for these kids at the hospital. They made wish lists and I just got them today. So I'm going to go after school to the Mall and look for these presents. Main thing, can any of you drive? Today is Issac's day off."
"Well...Landon and Skye left yesterday for a vacation with Skye's parents. Leaf is here though, maybe you could catch a ride with him." Griffin pointed to their "assigned" seats while telling me this.
"Yea but I don't have any classes with Leaf and so far I don't see him." My eyes swept across the cafeteria a few more times, before I gave up. "Yup. Don't see him. Just Great. What about Chris? Fawn?"
Layne shook her head and dipped a fry in ketchup, chopping on it while I sat and waited for her answer. "Chris is sick and Fawn is taking care of him. At least that's what he told my parents. Real story, they got smashed last night and are still recovering in Fawn's basement."
I blew out air through my lips and put my head in my hands. "Great. Now how am I supposed to get anywhere? And don't even suggest bus!"
Olivia gave me a devious smile. "Well...You know who can drive...And has a car? And will be willing to drive you to the Mall?"
My eyes narrowed at her. "Who?"
"Derrick Harrington."
-O-
"I mean of course it has to be him! This isn't good, not at all. I just hit his best friend with a kick ball yesterday! He won't agree at all!" I ranted to Griffin and he just stood there. Staring at me with the most clueless expression on his face. He didn't know exactly what to tell me.
Coach Yollum blew her whistle and told us all to group up in the middle. "Today we will be playing Battle Royale. You're all on one of four teams, all numbered. I will number you off and tell you what team your on. I will call a number and it's those numbers against each other. Last team standing wins. Same goes with colors, you basically just play dodge ball and try not to get hit no matter what."
"Perfect oppurtunity!" I whispered to Griffin. He gave me a raised eyebrow in question. "With my luck I'll be on his team! Then I can ask him!"
"I can't believe your really going to ask him." Griffin told me shaking his head. I rolled my eyes at him.
Coach Yollum numbered us off. I wasn't on Derricks team - team 2, but I was on Cam's - with Griffin so that made it better. Coach checked our numbers off and called numbers 7 and 12 of each team to come out. My number was 4 and we were team 4, so it was good. Hopefully it would take a while before I had to play.
Team 2 won the first game, we won the second, Team 1 somehow won, we won the next one and the one after that, Team 2 won the next game and the next one. So it was tie up and my number was called. "Numbers 6, 17, and 18!"
Cam stepped forward and Griffin dragged his feet forward. I turned to Cam and pursed my lips. "You realize you can't hit your own teammates right?"
He snorted and looked over at me with a raised eyebrow. "I think I can manage that Massie."
I narrowed my eyes at him suspciously. "Yeah. We'll see."
The whistle blew and all chaos erupted. Cam grabbed a green and black dodge ball, he gave one to Griffin, and threw the other hitting a team 3 member. I rushed forward and grabbed a purple dodge ball, I felt a whoosh of wind and a dodge ball slammed into the wall beside me.
A squeak escaped me and I rush back behind Griffin who had somehow acquired a red dodge ball. He threw it hitting a Team 1 member. Then it was just us against Team 2. I ran towards a green dodge ball and picked it up.
"Massie!" Griffin yelled dramatically, even though he was just a few feet away from me. I looked up and saw a dodge ball coming for me. Griffin threw himself in front of the dodge ball - sacrificing himself. He coughed from the ground and in a rasped voice he said my name. "Massie..."
"Griffin!" I wailled dramatically, barely containing my giggles, and turning them into sobs. "Why'd you have to go! Why'd you do that! Don't leave me! I can't survive without you here with me!"
Tears were forming in my eyes from containing my laughter, they ran down my cheeks. I threw my body over his. "Griffin, don't leave."
"Okay Block, Hastings, that's enough drama for this class. Hastings your out, Block get up." Coach Yollum told us, unamused.
Griffin shot up and winked at me. "Good Luck. Don't let my sacrifice be in vain."
I rolled my eyes at him, but smiled. Then it was Cam and I versus Derrick, Chelsey, and Eli. Cam easily took down Eli and shot at Chelsey but missed. Derrick threw at Cam and Chelsey aimed at me. Somehow, I hit her when I threw the green ball that caused Griffin's demise.
Derrick against Cam and I. Cam ran towards the other side of the gym and Derrick ran towards me. I gave a shriek and ran the opposite direction grabbing a black dodge ball on the ground. Turning around, I gave a sign for timeout. "Wait!"
He hesistantly stopped, keeping his eyes on me and flickering to Cam for a second. "What?"
"Can you give me a ride to the Mall today? Please, Please, Please! Everyone else is busy or can't drive or doesn't have a car! You are my last hope!" I gave him my puppy dog eyes and he looked confused by my question.
"You want me, to drive you to the Mall?" he questioned.
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Long story. I'll tell you on the way to the Mall, please!" I begged.
He blew air out of his lips, making his hair go up for a moment, and sighed. "Okay. I don't have soccer, so it's all good. I'll find you in the hallway. Your going to what class after this?"
"You will!" I squealed. He nodded someone reluctantly. "Thank you, thank you, thank you! I go to Spanish after this. See you then! Oh and Derrick. Cam is about to hit you."
"What-" Cam nailed Derrick in the side and Derrick dropped his dodge ball, annoyed.
"Sorry I tried to tell you!"
-O-
I walked out of the Spanish room and bit my bottom lip. Derrick wasn't here, I even went extra slow coming out of the room. What if he bailed on me? No, I don't think he would've done something like that.
A few minutes later and he still wasn't there, I turned to head to my locker, and prepare for the long walk home. Heavy footfalls sounded through the hallway. "Massie!"
He caught up to me and matched my stride as we walked towards my locker. "I got caught up with something."
"Something or someone?" I question dryly, examining his ragged appearance. He ran a nervous hand through his hair and gave out a short laugh.
"I ran into Dylan and we-"
"Save it. I thought you had left without me, when instead you were snogging and who knows what else with your girlfriend. Now maybe next time you promise you'll do something, you should be on time so that person who waited won't have to walk home!" I was pissed, no way around it. Managing to take a deep breath, I looked him in his shocked brown eyes. "Anyways, now my Mall shopping time has been decreased thanks to you."
"Wait a second." He interrupted me angrily. "If it wasn't for me you wouldn't have a ride to go to the Mall at all."
"Yeah, but if it wasn't for your hormones, you could've been on time. But you weren't." I retorted and grabbed my books. Slinging my bag over my shoulder, I shut my locker closed with a loud crash that carried through the hallway. "Let's go."
-O-
"Now why am I driving you to the Mall again?" Derrick asked stopping at the light. He turned to me with a questioning look.
"Well my mom is hosting a Christmas Party - which you are coming to as Dylan's date apparently - and she still thinks Alicia, Dylan, Claire, Kristen, and I are friends. So she wanted us to plan it, well it's a tiny bit awkward. That's not the point.
It's also a charity event of sorts. The children from the hospital made Christmas wish lists and I'm supposed to get them what's on their wish lists. That's why we're going to the mall." I explained with a small smile on my face as I talked about this.
"What if you can't get them what's on their wish list?" He asked turning the corner and parking in a spot by the entrance. Easy walking distance.
"I wing it."
-O-
"Again thank you for coming with me to the stores!" I called over to him through the mountains of toys. He gave a snort and continued to search for the choo-choo-train Timmy Nellis wanted.
"Found it!" Derrick spoke above the piles and helped me out. I brushed myself off and checked off the last one on Timmy's list. That was the fourth list we had done with twenty-seven more to go.
"Okay Diana Miene is next. Aww. She wants a Make Up kit!" I scanned the rest of her list. "If we head over to JCPenny's we could probably find a little make up kit I'm sure she'd love."
He nodded and headed for the entrance of the toy store. I trailed after him looking in a wondering awe of the toys stacked to the ceilings. "I like this store. Makes me feel like I'm a kid again."
"And you don't act like one?" He questioned not looking over his shoulder.
I playfully rolled my eyes at him and stuck out my tongue. "Oh ha ha. I try to act like a child. Why try and act older, when I'm older I'll just want to be a child again won't I? So I'm gonna enjoy it now."
"That's an interesting way of thinking of it."
"I suppose." I walked beside him as we entered JCPenny's and gave him a smile. "You have any Christmas shopping you want to do while we're here?"
He shook his head. "Nah. I'll get Christmas presents later."
"If you don't get them now, all the good presents will be gone." I explained to him, like he was a child."Silly. Silly."
"Okay, how about you come with me to get the presents then? Huh, that sound good?" He looked forward as he asked this, but he glanced at me through the corner of his eye.
I took ahold of his hand, ignoring the good feeling that came with the action, and gave him a smile. "Sure. Sounds like fun. Besides I don't think we'll get through this whole list today."
He threw his head back and laughed loudly. "Nope. I don't think we will."
Right as we neared the make up set displays, I tripped over my feet and landed with an "Omph"
A few papers flew out of my hands and I grabbed them before hoisting myself into a sitting position. I absentmindedly scanned the wish list, as I paper clipped them back together. "Ohmigod. Derrick. Derrick."
I gave a choked breath and I started breathing raggedly. Tears burned my eyes and clouded my vision. "Massie?"
I pointed to the paper where I thought the wish was scrawled out sloppily and gave a small sob.
7. I don't want to die.
I know. Bad Feeling note to leave one, but I had to end somewhere. I'm sorry. Anyways, tell me if I made any mistakes and I'll fix them ASAP. ALSO: All outfits mentioned in chapters will be posted on my profile. I will probably get that up tomorrow or tonight. R&R
-Layta Relient-Only