Disclaimer: I do NOT own the Clique, or it's characters, or any of its concepts, or any of that other stuff. It belongs to Lisi Harrison.
Massie sat on a little red chair in the Westchester Pre-School room, her chin resting on her hand, listening to the cries of her new classmates. She missed her mother, but refused to cry, because she knew she was stronger than them. She searched the room for a familiar face in the chorus of screams, but found none. This is NOT what I wanted from school thought Massie. Then, she noticed a dark-haired boy in a baseball cap and a red T-shirt approaching her, the only other kid in the room who wasn't crying. He was dragging a blond-haired boy who was crying his eyes out by the wrist in Massie's direction.
"Hi!" said the dark-haired boy. "My name is Cammie! Cammie Fisher. And this is my best friend, Derry Harrin'ton," Cammie said, giving the crying boy a gentle tug.
Massie looked up. "Massie Bwock." She told them. Then she noticed Cammie's eyes. One was blue, and the other was green. How weird! Massie thought. "What's wong wiff your eyes?" she asked curiously.
"Notin', der just diffewent cowors," Cammie replied.
Massie squinted in confusion, then lost interest. Then she turned her focus to Cammie's friend, Derry.
"Oh, sowwy about Derry. He can be such a cwybaby sometimes," Cammie said, noticing Massie staring. "He'll get ower it."
"Ok." Massie shrugged.
"Alright class, lets all sit down on the blue rug!" yelled an overly enthusiastic teachers helper. Slowly, toddlers began to form a circle on the rug. Massie sat between Cammie and a girl with 10 brown braids and a dog T-shirt. On Cammie's left sat Derry.
"Hi everyone!" said Julie as soon as everyone was seated. "I believe I met you all before class started. Now, turn and introduce yourself to the people next to you."
Cam giggled, he already knew both of the people next to him. Massie turned to the girl with braids. "Hi, I'm Massie!" Massie told her.
"I'm Layne Abeley!" said the girl.
"I'm Massie Bwock," answered Massie.
"Hi Massie Bwock! Let's be fwiends!" Layne said.
"Ok," giggled Massie. Yay! I have friends already thought Massie.
"Now that we all know the people around us, let's go around the circle, say our names and something about ourselves," Julie announced, holding a shiny blue stick. "I'll go first. My name's Julie." She passed the stick down to a plump redhead on her right.
"My name's Dywan," she told them. "I wike cookies"
"Ok, Dylan, pass the stick to her," said Julie, pointing to a blond girl with pigtails, whose eyes were still red and puffy from crying.
"Hi, I'm Kwisten," she said with a wave. "I pway soccer." She handed the stick to a tall girl with long dark hair.
"I'm Alicia," the girl said proudly. "My daddy's a lawyer." A chorus of "ohhhs" swept over the room, although most of the toddlers had no idea what a lawyer was.
Finally, it was Massie's turn. "I'm Massie." She spoke confidently, just like her mother told her to. "I have a wittle bwack doggie named Bean." Then she passed the stick to Layne.
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The rest of the day passed quickly for Massie. When the teacher announced it was time for lunch, Massie pulled her brand new lunch box out of her cubby and dashed outside with her classmates. It was warm outside, perfect weather for eating lunch. Massie scanned the lunch area, looking for a table to sit at.
"Massie!!!" a voice yelled. She whirled around. Layne was up on top of a green and brown wooden table, waving and dancing. "Come sit wiff me!"
"Kay!" Massie called back, and skipped off towards the table. Cammie and Derry followed her. "Hi!" said Massie when she reached the table. Layne patted the bench next to her for Massie to sit down. Cam and Derry sat across from them.
"What do you have for lunch today?" Massie asked her friends.
"Cold pasta!" Layne replied first.
"Chicken an' apples," answered Cammie.
"A san'wich," mumbled Derry.
"Oh, I have cwackers an' cheese," Massie told them.
She and her new friends talked all lunch. This is so much fun! I love school, thought Massie. But she couldn't help notice a certain group of girls. The dark haired girl, whose name was Alicia, as Massie remembered from that morning, was bossing Dylan, the plump redhead, and Kristen, the petite blond around. She was telling then what to eat, what to play, and how to act.
"Let's chase boys and tease them!" Massie heard Alicia say. What fun is that? Massie wondered. She tried to focus on her conversation with Layne, Cammie, and Derry. But she couldn't help but peek over at those girls every once in a while when her new friends weren't looking.
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"Hi Sweetie!" Kendra Block excitedly jogged over to her daughter and gave her a bear hug. "How was your first day of pre-school?"
"Gweat!" Massie replied with a wide grin. "Come meet my new fwiends!" She skipped off towards Layne, Cammie, and Derry. "Dis is Layne, Derry, an' Cammie!"
"Hi!" Kendra knelt down on the woodchip-covered ground. "Layne, is your mommy's name Marie?"
"Yeah!" Layne answered.
"Oh, well then, can you tell her that Kendra says 'hi'?"
"Ok!" Layne said.
Kendra got up and brushed her knees off while Massie said bye to her friends. "Looks like you had a good time today. What else happened?" she asked as they were walking to the car.
"Well, at wunch, some giwls in my cwass were chasing boys!" Massie relied.
"That's not very nice!" Kendra told her. "I hope you didn't join them."
"Oh, no Monnmy. I wouldn't do dat. Dey were mean giwls."
"Good," said Kendra as they entered the car.
Well there's the next chapter. Hope you liked it. I have about half of chapter 3 written, so I might post tonight. Please review, I'm always glad to know people other than my best friends like my stories. Thanks! ~gummychoco