Café
11:30 P.M.
September
Massie pounded her fist on the table. "Edward totally was uninterested in me," she complained. "Well, Mass, he kind of has a girlfriend," Claire reminded her, chomping on a gummy worm.
Massie glared at her. "Why, thanks a lot, Kuh-Laire," she snapped, glaring over at the Cullen's table. They weren't even eating. How pathetic!
"Don't blame Claire, Massie!" Alicia said, smiling.
Massie rolled her amber eyes. "You're just saying that because Jacob actually paid attention to you," she mumbled angrily.
Kristen devoured a cup of yogurt. "I'm going after Emmett Cullen. He looks so strong!" she squealed. Dylan glared at her. "I'm going after him, Kristen! I saw him first," she whined. Massie had her own problems. "Work it out, guys. We don't need a replay of what happened in the seventh grade," she said knowingly. Dylan and Kristen shouted at the same time,
"He's mine!" Alicia exchanged a look with Claire, and they both giggled. "You guys don't need to stop being friends over a guy," Alicia reminded them. "Remember when you were fighting over Derrick?" (The Briarwood boys now attend a boarding school in Manhattan. They'll appear later in the story). Kristen snorted. "Whatever, Duh-Licia!" Alicia gasped.
"Don't drag me into your immature "guy-fight"," she snapped at her.
"Sorry, Leesh," Dylan sneered. "That just proves I'm a way better friend than Kristen," she said smugly. "Yup, you are," Alicia said, glaring at Kristen. "And I'm going to help you get Emmett, Dylan," Alicia commented, hugging her. Dylan's eyes lit up. "Ehmagawd, Leesh, thanks," she gushed. Kristen blushed, and gave Massie a "Fix-this" look. But Massie shook her head. "You got yourselves into this. Now, I declare operation, EDWARD."
"Done," Alicia confirmed.
"Done," burped Dylan.
"Done," giggled Claire.
Massie waited for Kristen to say done, but she stayed silent, so Massie said,
"And Done."