8:30 AM

Range Rover

Monday, November 17th

"Hey," Dylan burped as she got into the Range Rover. She was the last one to be picked up on the way to school. Massie, Dylan, Kristen, Alicia, and Claire were all in the car.

"Ewww," squealed Alicia, who was texting her crush Josh Hotz at full speed. Massie was too nervous to acknowledge her friends' presence. Her palms were sweaty and she felt as though she was going to throw up her breakfast. Today, she was going to put her plan in to action. She was doing it out of complete insecurity.

"Maybe I'm taking this way too seriously," thought Massie to herself. But as fast as the thought came to her mind, it disappeared. "Impossible," she convinced herself, "No one can have a better relationship than Massie Block!" After all, she was the alpha. Then, she looked over at poor, unsuspecting, Claire, who was absentmindedly chewing on gummies-obviously from Cam- and talking to Kristen. Massie immediately felt ten times worse. But there was no turning back now. She had already planned it. She wrote two letters, one to Claire and one to Cam:

Dear Cam,

Meet me behind the big bush by OCD's front door. I need to talk to

you about Claire- it's important. Please be there at EXACTLY 2:45!!!

Massie

Dear Claire,

Meet me behind the big bush by OCD's front door at EXACTLY 2:46.

DO NOT BE LATE! This is very important, but whatever you do, don't

tell the other Pretty Committee members!

Your BFF,

Massie

"Ehmagawd!!!" Massie was shaken from her thoughts by Alicia's shriek. Alicia continued, "JOSH JUST ASKED ME OUT!" She looked like she desperately wanted to scream. Instead, she just jumped up and down.

"That reminds me…," Kristen joined in, "You know that dreamy guy, Cody, in our history class? I found out that he loves to read, he's super sweet and sensitive, he's really smart and…he totally likes me!"

"You mean like, like you?" Alicia asked, grinning.

"Yea! In fact, we're going on a study date on Friday!" Kristen joined Alicia in jumping up and down.

"Cool! That's when me and Josh are going to the movies!"

Rrrring! They were interrupted by Dylan's ringing phone.

"Hi...ok…ok…really?..OMG!...Cool!..This Friday?...Kay…Bye!"

"C'mon!" Alicia urged Dylan, "Who was that?"

Dylan smiled to herself and like a natural gossiper, couldn't hold the news in any longer. "Chris Plovert asked me out. This Friday, we're going to his father's country club!"

"OMG!"

"OMG!"

All three girls jumped and screamed.

"Put your seatbelts on," Isaac said.

The girls ignored him and kept on celebrating. This was too much for Massie to take in. Her ears were ringing and suddenly her vision blurred. How was it that three of her friends ALL got asked out? What has the world come to?

"Wait a minute," Massie interrupted. "Hello? Friday nights are my sleepovers. It's been that way since the fourth grade!"

The girls stopped screaming and looked at Massie. "Well… maybe you could cancel it just this once. I mean, what are we supposed to do, dump our dates? Alicia spoke up. The others nodded in agreement.

"Or…," Massie smiled smugly. "I could keep the sleepover and anyone who doesn't come will be thrown out of the Pretty Committee for good. "

The girls gasped. They huddled up and whispered, something Massie hated to be left out on.

"We're going to miss the sleepover," Kristen said flatly. Dylan and Alicia agreed and continued celebrating their sudden luck with their crushes. Massie was so angry that her hands curled into fists. She took a few deep breaths and calmed down.

The car stopped and the Pretty Committee piled out. Claire went to talk to her LBR friend Layne and Dylan, Alicia, and Kristen ran frantically to a corner to discuss their date outfits, realizing that they only had three days. This left Massie standing alone.

"You can go," she assured Isaac, who was looking worriedly at her. After the Range Rover pulled away, Massie started walking to class and reviewed the morning's events. She calmed herself down. She knew Kuh-laire would get heartbroken this afternoon. As for the rest of the Pretty Committee, they would come around- or at least that's what Massie thought…