AN: Here's Chapter One. Please review and tell me what you think and any suggestions you have.

Disclaimer: Don't own anything.

-emmy

Another Slow Night in Westchester

"Where are we meeting them again?" Layne Abeley questioned her best friend.

"Where do you think?" Massie sarcastically retorted. She wasn't usually this testy, but tonight was her last night in Westchester and it was making her slightly depressed. This place was her home, the only place she'd ever known. And she was going to miss it. A lot. Not that she'd ever admit that out loud.

"So I'm guessing the Quick Zip," Layne said. Ah, the Quick Zip, the very place where their unlikely friendship began. It's hard to believe that these girls were bitter enemies up until the middle of ninth grade. It was at the Quick Zip where they first bonded over Coca-Cola slushies-which were, in their opinion way better then cherry.

At the time, the Pretty Committee was slowly drifting apart. They were growing up and maturing, and they found they didn't have much in common anymore, though they still tried to meet up once a month for lunch. Claire and Layne were still pretty good friends, as were Claire and Massie. Both friendships converged and they all became pretty close. But Claire always had a way of ditching her friends for whichever boyfriend she had that month, so that made Massie and Layne even closer.

As Layne turned into the Quick Zip parking lot, Massie could already see people waiting by their cars outside. The Quick Zip was the local spot for the teenagers. If you needed somewhere to go on a Friday night, just go to the Quick Zip to find out where there's a party happening or what great indie band is playing. Or if nothing really interesting was going on that night just go to the Quick Zip and loiter, because people were always there.

"Layne! Massie!" Claire Lyons screeched as she ran out of the arms of her boyfriend, Josh Hotz, and towards them full speed, looking like a tornado of blond hair. "Oh my god, I missed you guys so much! How was your summer? Mine was amazing! Josh's family has the most beautiful beach house in Nantucket," Claire managed to speak in one breath.

Josh and Claire had been going out for a long time compared to Claire's usual relationships. They were just about to hit the eleven month mark in September. Claire swore that Josh was the "one". But she also said that about Kemp, Eli, Danny Robbins…the list goes on.

Claire and Josh's relationship was nothing compared to Layne and Chris's, though. They had been going out for about three years…since the last day of freshmen year. Their relationship was much more subdued and less showy then Claire's various relationships. They were complete opposites, but the saying holds true, opposites do really attract, because there has never been a more perfect couple.

Massie's love life always seemed a bit more complicated then everyone else's. Her and Derrick Harrington have been dating on-again, off-again and then on-again for so many years, sometimes Massie forgot whether they were dating or not. And to be frankly honest Massie was getting really sick of it. It was so high school. Then there was also the fact that whenever her and Derrick were broken up, she always seemed to be meeting Griffin Hastings, the school's most notorious bad boy, in the Janitor's Closet during classes. Massie did always have a thing for bad boys. Derrick certainly wasn't sitting around pining for Massie when they in their "off" period, either. He had Olivia and Skye and Nikki and Heather to keep him company until him and Massie "reunited" again.

"Hey Claire, missed you too," Massie replied laughing.

"So what's on the agenda for tonight?" Layne asked chewing on a piece of her black hair.

"Well, it's our last night together, so we have got to make this the best night of our lives. So I was thinking we'd head to Alicia's party to catch up with everyone else and then just see where it goes from there," Claire answered while picking at her French manicured nails.

"Sounds good to me, what do you guys think?" Massie asked and received a chorus of "okays" and "yeahs".

"Okay, well I'm going to go with Massie and Layne, Josh, because I am in desperate need of some girl talk," Claire giddily replied.

Once they were settled in to their respective cars, Claire started speaking again, "Okay I have some major, and I mean major news," she paused for dramatic effect, "I think Josh is going to propose!"

Massie and Layne shared one of those is-she-crazy looks, but then focused their attention back to Claire who was already babbling.

"…and I mean he took me to his beach house. I met his grandma there. It has to be a sign, right? And he's been kind of secretive lately, like he's planning something big, y'know?" Claire finished saying, finally stopping to catch her breath.

She was about to start again when Layne cut her off saying, "Oh, looks like we're here!"