Disclaimer: I do not own The Clique. Why are you picking on me?
"Hello, readers! I'm Alicia Rivera starting you out today in this chapter because Massie was totally uber-nice-" A pause to smile gratefully at Massie. "-and let me open the chapter today."
"It was no biggie," Massie smiled and applied a fresh coat of today's Glossip Girl, Whipped Cream, and checked her simple white Oxford (left unbuttoned over a lilac silk tank) for wrinkles, so she could look as fresh as possible. "Kristen, you read the questions, so go for it, girl!"
"Wait!" Dylan called out. "Kristen reads the chapter. And Alicia introduces us. So what do Claire and I get to do?"
"Yeah," Claire agreed. "Aren't there any jobs for us?" She tugged on her white Aeropostale jeans.
Massie rolled her eyes. Can't her group stay satisfied with a couple of them being occupied? "Uhhh, sure. Dylan… you can… youuu caaaannn…" She stalled while waiting for something to hit her. "Introduce the guest stars!"
"Oh joyyy!" Dylan said sarcastically. She pointed to the side without looking up from her text message. "Over there is Kori and Strawberry. Near them is Livvy, Carrie, and Alexandra. Please try to contain your excitement." Kristen cackled and Dylan's biting sarcasm.
Strawberry's green eyes glared from under locks of dyed pink hair. "You know, the least you could do is PRETEND to be happy that we're here."
Livvy scraped her lipgloss off of her bottom lip. "Seriously!"
Massie ignored them. "And Claire, uh, why don't you… describe our whereabouts."
Claire smiled brightly. "Definitely! Today we're in using the laptop in the indoor spa at the Block estate." She gestured to Kristen, who waved from where she was sitting on the couch with the laptop in front of her and ready to go.
"Can I like, start now?" Kristen asked out loud. When Massie nodded, Kristen clicked on the first email. "Aquamarine101 gets the first round of questions today. 1. For all: How did you guys become best friends? 2. Massie and Alicia: What would you reccommend wearing to summer camp (if you HAD to go)? 3. Carrie: Why do you talk so fast?"
Massie took over. "I'll answer the first one. Now listen carefully, readers and especially sender Aqua- can I call you Aqua?- because we aren't going to explain it again. Dylan and I were friends since like preschool age, probably because we were both the cutest. We were best friends throughout preschool and kindergarten, and then we went to the all girls elementary school and met Alicia, then Kristen about a year or two later. And we dominated elementary school within another year. And you know how Claire came along, ahb-viously."
Alicia answered the next to give Massie a break. "If someone had to go to summer camp?! Okay, well, first, don't panic! You can still go to summer camp AND look fabulous. It just takes a little extra work. If the camp isn't forcing a dress code on you, that makes things A LOT easier. Bring mainly tanks and short sleeved tops for your daytime tops (if you're going to be in a hot climate. If you're going somewhere colder, then of course shoot for long-sleeve stuff). Because you'll have less of a chance to wear extra-flattering stuff in camp, try to make a bit more of an effort to get things in flattering colors instead. As for bottoms, again, the weather will affect this. But just go for whatever flatters you. If there are going to be boys around this camp, then this would be a perfect time to exercise 'If you got it, flaunt it' since you're outdoors. There, did that help? Oh, if you need help with bathing suits or anything else specific don't be afraid to ask again." She made a sympathetic face. "And… if they do enforce uniforms… make every effort to accessorize (suitable for outdoors) and look pretty in any other way possible."
Carrie thought for a minute. "Uhhh… I guess I talkreallyfast just becauseitwasahabitImust'vegottenwhenIwasyoungerorsomething. Idon't… reallyknow."
Kristen took this as a cue to move on. "Anonymousgrrl asks: in the 5th book, why did u think MUCK was gross? (it might sound like an olivia question, but i am totally drawing a blank. and y did Kori, Strawberry, Livvy, Carrie, and Alexandra join it. i would have quit the moment i saw the moose! lol!"
Massie sighed. "Oh boy, how to answer this… well, if you're asking why it's gross because of the club itself, then I guess it's just gross because we're not used to all the kissing. If you're talking about the name of the club, it's because it rhymes with the 'F' word."
"Nobody offered me to join!" Strawberry shouted.
"Yeah, me either!" Kori put her hands on her hips, but it didn't help her posture.
Massie shrugged. "You didn't ask."
Kori's mouth dropped. "It was a SECRET club!"
"And it's that way for a reason!" Massie shouted back.
Carrie, Livvy, and Alexandra looked proud to be part of the secret club. Alexandra spoke for them, her braces showing. "Well, we couldn't pass up the chance… to become experienced kissers."
Livvy smiled and rolled her eyes. "Imagine our shock when it turns out Massie isn't one,"
Kristen rolled her eyes and moved on. "Pumpernickel Muffin (wow, I'm starting to recognize the people here) wrote: Carrie: Did you ever get rid of that stache Massie told you about in M.U.C.K.? Massie: If a new girl came and she looked exactly like you, like a clone, and she was a total wannabe of you, and she even had a rhyming name like Cassie or Lassie or w/e, would you change your name and appearance to retain your originality? Bizarre question I know, but answer it please. Alicia: You know how you and Olivia got Japanese perms together? Well, why are you so obsessed with straight hair? I think crimped and curly hair looks awesome too. Why not change up your hairstyle a little?"
Carrie stomped her foot. "YESIgotridofthe 'stache'! Ohmygod!"
Massie wrinkled her nose and made a sickened face. "Why would I change?! I'd let this poor, pathetic wannabe realize two things: 1.) You don't take Massie Block's personally style. You can keep your name I guess, but the wannabe look HAS to go. 2.) It's my way or the highway. Don't like it, then maybe OCD isn't the school for you."
Dylan opened a bag of Kettle Corn flavored Quaker rice snacks. "Whoa, Massie. Don't have a pulmonary. It was hypothetical."
"Hmph!" Massie flipped her brunette bob.
"I do use a crimper or a curling iron every once a while!" Alicia jumped to her own defense. "It's just that my hair is thick, so it's naturally wavy and I get sick of that sometimes."
Kristen shrugged from her seat on the couch. "Makes sense to me. Okay, SasukeRulez11 asks: ISYOUR FAVORITE COLOR PINK CUZ LIKE MINE IS TOTALLY FREAKIN' PINK!" Kristen knitted her blonde eyebrows. "Well, alright then. It's not my fave color, but I don't mind pink."
"Same," Massie raised her hand.
"Same," Dylan said.
"Same," Claire piped up.
"I don't know… I do like hot pink a lot," Strawberry commented thoughtfully.
"Wow, I had nooo idea," Massie joked.
"Pinkistotallymyfave!" Carrie said.
"Not me so much, I feel the same way Massie does." Alexandra put forth.
"Yeah, I have a lot of different favorites," Livvy agreed.
Massie read over Kristen's shoulder. "Next question, from another anonymous reviewer. 'Prettynsweet' asks: what if you guys got turned into chibis would you like it or hate it how would u react answer carefully"
"Ew, like with big heads and eyes and small bodies and limbs? Anime-style?" Alicia made a face. "I would not like it one bit. I like my proportions the way they are. Well… mostly…" She crossed her arms over her chest.
"Yeah, sorry, Prettynsweet." Massie said. "But I'm pretty sure no one here would want enjoy being changed into a chibi."
"I don't know…" Kori said awkwardly. "If everyone here was a chibi, I don't see how it could be that bad."
"It wouldn't be… I guess…" Strawberry mumbled.
"You're weird," Dylan commented. The color of Strawberry's face mimicked the color of her hair.
"Kristen, next question before there's a catfight." Massie ordered.
"From sweetgirl8353: Massie, have you ever fench kiss Derrington? If so when and where, and did you like it?" Kristen cackled. "Yeah, Massie. Have you?"
"That's a little personal, don't you think? Answering your questions about my French kissing?" Massie raised one plucked eyebrow.
"No, come onnn!" Alexandra whined from where she, Carrie, and Livvy were standing. "Just say!"
"Fine," Massie took out her Glossip Girl and applied a coat to look like she didn't care. "Once. Just a little bit. After a game. Under a bleacher. It was fine."
Dylan and Claire gasped. Carrie, Livvy, and Alexandra giggled.
Alicia smiled. "You? Under a bleacher? Really?" She started to laugh before Massie shot her a glare and Alicia put her and over her smile.
Massie read over Kristen's shoulder again, anxious to change the topic. "This one is from aznkimchi. 1: for alexdrandra: why do you keep eating your lipgloss? it's disgusting! and why were you invited with livvy and carrie to come to Massie's house?
2:strawberry and kori: why are you called strawberry and why is kori always hunchback? think posture! 3:Alicia: why did you even hang out with those LBRs Strawberry and Kori? They were nothing like Dylan or Kristen! Dylan has style and Kristen has a good posture! I want to give a shout out to Claire! I loved you in Dial L for Loser! I love all of the TPC's style! - aznkimchi!"
Alexandra looked at Livvy, then back to the computer. "I don't eat my lipgloss. Livvy does." She turned back to Livvy. "Yeah, why do you eat your lipgloss?"
Livvy shrugged. She would've scraped off another mouthful, but there was nothing to scrape off… she already had. "Nervous habit, I guess."
"And when you ask if they were invited to come to my house, do you mean for this question-and-answer bit?" Massie asked. "Because, if so, my mom said if I'm going to do this, I have to involve LBRs who may need a boost in popularity."
"She did not, I bet!" Strawberry argued.
"Well, she basically did, in the Language of the Mother." Massie answered.
"I'm probably called Strawberry because of my hair." Strawberry said.
"Are you sure it's not the temper?" Dylan suggested.
Strawberry rolled her eyes and shrugged.
"I dunno… I've always slouched…" Kori was slouching (how fitting). "It's a habit, I guess…"
"Well, I was desperate! And confused!" Alicia defended herself. "It isn't my entire fault I made a couple bad decisions."
"So we're just bad decisions?" Kori glared.
"Guess so," Kristen mumbled, smiling.
Claire smiled brightly. "Thanks for the shout-out! Yeah, I was working pretty hard, I think!"
"See, naysayers? aznkimchi thinks we have style!" Massie commented. "I think that's it for the questions this time."
"Next chapter's guest stars will be Layne, and Heather and Meena as an added bonus! So give them questions, too (if you have any)!" Dylan mentioned.
Massie smiled. "This is the Pretty Committee saying-"
Alicia finished, making a heart pattern with her fingers. "-We heart you! See you next time!"
Right, don't forget the little guest stars. And send in your other questions.