Hey all! I know it's been a long time. But I went to New York and I had a lot of work to do for school. May I say New York was amazing! Even when we were there when the car bomb was there! Yikes! Sorry for the short chapter! Hope you enjoy! (Disclaimer)

"Hey Claire, how are you?" I said with the best enthusiasm I could bring.

She smiled her fakest smile, I could tell. Her regular smile was usually all teeth and relaxed. The one she had on her face looked like she was a creeper.

"Massie, so glad you came back! I'm actually doing very well! I'm the beta for Alicia's new clique, Lock and Key. I know it's been a long time since we've talked, but really, I'm so glad you came back!" Claire exaggerated. I knew she wasn't glad that I came back. I could see it through her icy blue eyes that were filled with hate.

"It's good to be back Claire! I've missed all of you so much! How is Alicia? Is Dylan in your little clique?" I asked her.

"I've missed you so much too!" Claire sarcastically oozed. "Alicia is still gorgeous of course, but not as gorgeous as yours truly, me! And Dylan's lost a whole lot of weight; she's officially a size two. After you left, she thought that she didn't need to lose any weight. Alicia told her to lose it, or she wouldn't be able to join our group. Oh, and Olivia Ryan of course is part of the group. Kristen just wasn't meant to be in our group. She kept on begging to let her in, but was obviously said no. That's pretty much it."

I rolled my eyes and smirked. I obviously didn't believe that Kristen begged them to let her join. She has more dignity than any of those girls. Besides, she would have mentioned it to me right?

"Look Claire, I really have to finish unpacking now. I don't mean to be rude or anything, but I need you to leave…" I told her.

"Oh, why don't I help you?" Claire offered.

"No thanks. I'm fine. Besides, I don't have much anyways. I'll call you soon though," I politely said.

"Whatevs," Claire left without saying goodbye.

Finally, I have some peace and quiet. Claire seemed nicer than what Kristen had described her earlier. Maybe they held a grudge against each other. I did her a tone of sarcasm in her voice, but then again, I still don't like her. I guess I should unpack and eat dinner.

"So Massie how was your walk?" William asked.

"Fine dad. It was fine. I met up with Kristen and she caught me up with everything that has been going on with my old friends," I told him.

"What did you and Claire talk about?" Kendra asked.

"Nothing really. She just gave me the details on how Alicia, Dylan, and Olivia were doing," I shrugged.

"That's nice," Kendra said.

And that was the end of the conversation. Now, I know it might not be that great, but don't blame me for this. My mom wasn't exactly excited about the move back to New York. She was more of a beach person instead of city. My dad however, begged her until she changed her mind about the move.

I told Inez that I would be taking another walk again just by myself since it was only seven o'clock. I went in the other direction this time instead and found the old elementary school playground that I used to love. I walked over to the swings and sat down gazing at the sunset. The sky had bright oranges streaked across the sky with pink and purple streaming across it. I sighed in its beauty and closed my eyes to hear the sounds of nature. I smiled and laughed under my breath.

"Hey," A guy's voice said.

My eyes shot open and I looked up to my right to see who it was. It was the boy that I bumped into earlier in the day. My eyebrows scrunched up, I was trying to figure out who he was. Then it hit me, it was Derrick Harrington.

"Hi," I smiled.

"Sup?" He asked me.

"Nothing, just enjoying the sunset really. Remembering the days before I moved to California," I sighed.

"Cool. Look, I don't know who you are, but you're pretty cute," Derrick said. I could see that he was blushing.

So he doesn't remember me. Shocker. Not really, but I think I'll play along with his little game.

"Thanks. Could you hold on for a second? I need to make a call to an old friend of mine," I told him.

"Sure," He said and sat in the swing next to mine.

I got out my phone and scrolled through my contacts until I found his name. I pressed the call button and waited until his phone rang.

"Oh, sorry. Let me just get this," Derrick excused himself. "Hey Massie, what's up?"

"Nothing really, just sitting next to you on the swings. You know, enjoying the sunset," I laughed.

He turned and looked at me, his eyes big with shock. Derrick's confusion soon turned into a big smile and an attack of a hug. His hug knocked me out of my swing and we were both laying on the ground laughing.

When he finally caught his breath, he asked, "Why didn't you tell me you were coming back?"

"I wanted it to be a surprise. And I can't believe you didn't even recognize me!" I laughed.

"I thought it was you but you moved to California! Now, if you told me that you were moving back, it would have been different," Derrick pointed out.

I laughed. It was good to be with him and it wasn't awkward at all. He matured a lot since I left him. He's wearing jeans now instead of shorts, which is good.

"So how was California?" He asked me.

"Pretty good. I've matured since I left. I miss the beach and the hot guys. And I miss Eric and Kelsey. I've also missed you and Kristen the most…" I trailed off.

"Who's Eric?" Derrick asked.

"Oh, he was my boyfriend. We broke up since I had to move back to Westchester," I saw him wince when I mentioned boyfriend.

"And Kelsey?" He asked.

"My best friend. She's the one who set Eric and I up actually," I smiled remembering the memory.

"That's cool. Dylan and I went out and we broke up, but that was such a long time ago," He said.

"I know. I actually know about everything since I saw Kristen earlier. On my way, that's when I first bumped into you," I told him.

"I thought it was you," Derrick grinned.

I smiled. Now he knows. I looked at the time and realized that only an hour had passed. Of course mom texted me saying to be home around midnight. She knew that I needed alone time since we just moved back.

"You wanna come back to my house for a while?" Derrick offered.

"I would like that," I smiled.

We walked all the way to his house hand in hand.

It's a pretty short chapter I must say myself. Hopefully I can update soon! I have dance recitals coming up so I sadly I won't have the time to update that much! And I doubt that the place we perform at has internet...I have a long way until school's out. They extended the days and it ends on a weird day and unfortunately I have 19-20 more days of school left! Grrr! Middle school, what can you do about it? Anyway, review!

(And don't worry, there's going to be more Claire involved along with Alicia. And Derrick, well, let's just see what happens)