The Block Estate
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10:30 p.m.
Alicia woke up, and wondered where Kristen and Massie were. She walked into the kitchen, and found them making breakfast. Well, more like Kristen was making breakfast, Massie was helping, while observing, and Inez was watching from the doorway, a smug look on her face.
"Hey Alicia, Kristen is teaching me how to make eggs!" Massie said, and grinned a toothy smile, while pointing to a pile of eggs in all varieties, scrambled, sunny side up, sunny side down, boiled, and eggs made in ways Alicia didn't even know.
"Wow." Was all Alicia could say, before grabbing a fork and digging in. They were some of the best eggs she had ever had, and asked, "Kristen, where did you learn to cook?" Kristen smiled and shook her head no, as in she wasn't about to tell.
"Hey Mass, I have a date with Josh, he called last night, is it OK if first, I go, and second, if I tell him about.. It?" Alicia asked.
"You guys, one of the things that I want to do while I still can is to be nicer, and live a smidge more humbly. For example, shop around at different stores that aren't designer; play sports, that kind of stuff. It's not for me to decide if you date him, and it isn't for me to decide if you date Briarwood boys, even if they ditched us. It's our fault that we snooped, and we paid the price. My one condition though, is that you let me help pick out the outfit, since I don't have a date of my own anymore." She said smiling, and Alicia grinned with relief.
"OOHH, now you can show people your soccer skills!" Kristen said grinning bigger than Alicia thought possible.
Alicia spit out her eggs, and screeched quietly, for Claire and Dylan were asleep, "YOU PLAY SOCCER?!"
Massie smiled, and replied, "Yeah, and football and lacrosse, and I skate board…" She said breaking off seeing the incredulous expression on Alicia's face. "I know, I don't show it, but I play on a club soccer team that it a bit a ways, so no one from school knows about it. I like being tomboy, but I also like being girly and caring about fashion, so only Kris knew about my sports obsession." Alicia nodded, knowing what Massie meant.
Claire slouched down the stairs, and Massie told her the exact same thing about sports and the Briarwood boys that she had told Alicia. Claire perked when she heard she could still date Briarwood boys, but slouched again when she remembered Cam broke up with her. Dylan too came down the stairs, and told Massie that she thought that was a good idea.
"Guys, let's not tell everyone right away, but like, Alicia is telling Josh, and Claire, make sure Todd knows not to tell anyone either. Before you tell anyone, tell me first, and if you accidentally tell someone, make sure I know afterwards. Let's go pick out Alicia's date outfit!" Massie said, and enthusiastically ran up the stairs with the rest of the PC. Alicia wore a Navy RL dress, with a light blue Barney's NY bag, and light blue wedges. Her jewelry consisted of peace signs, like her peace sign ring and necklace from AE, and her peace sign earrings from Coach. She also had her Tiffany's charm bracelet on her wrist. (No boy fast, so it is completely her own.) She walked out the door, and called Dean to pick her up.
Starbucks
Front entrance
Noon
Alicia walked in, and saw Josh's breath hitch when he saw her. (They had an aim convo, and were dating). He got up and kissed her on the cheek, and asked what she wanted. She got a light Vanilla Bean Frappachino. They sat down and had small talk for a couple of minutes, and Josh asked if she wanted to walk in the park. She agreed immediately, knowing he would soon ask what had happened last night.
"So, what was wrong, when you were crying last night?" Josh asked, concern in his eyes.
"OK, what I am about to tell you, you are not allowed to repeat to anyone. swear?" Alicia said, sticking out her pinky.
"I swear on the Yankees." He said, rolling his eyes, and sticking out his pinky.
"THE YANKEES?!?! WHAT KIND OF THING TO SWEAR ON IS THE YANKEES?!?!" Alicia exploded, and Josh laughed at her face. "Fine," she said giggling, and shook his pinky. "Let's sit down, this may take a while." They sat on a bench, and she started from the beginning. She told him about fainting, why Massie was glad when Chris was there, and stopped once she got to the sleep over. "Josh, Massie has cancer." She said, tears trickling down her face, knowing that other than her, Massie was the closest friend that was a girl he had at OCD. She was like his sister, and though Derrick used to get jealous when he and Massie always hung out, Alicia was never scared for her relationship. She knew it was strictly brother/sisterly.
Josh whispered, "No." and a single tear trickled down his cheek, and she hugged him tightly, as he hugged her back, as though scarred he would lose her. After a couple of minutes, he asked her about it. She told him everything she knew about it, but left out Massie's sports and niceness for now. After another half an hour of talking about different things, not related to the cancer, they left, since it was around 1:30, and Josh had soccer at 2:15. They parted ways, and Alicia called Dean telling him not to pick her up, instead walking the 2 blocks to her house. When she got home she went up to her room and fell asleep, no waking until the next morning.
