DIEHARD EMOTIONS:
Always Complications
"We could keep trying, but things will never change" -Robyn
Tuesday, February 22th
12:46 P.M.
"Disappointment has a name"
Alicia walked with a slow precision to the lunch table as she carefully balanced her tray on her hands. She sat down next to Claire who was chatting with Derrick. The whole table was carrying a soft murmur of conversation. However there were still gaps between them. There was an invisible line that seemed to separate the table between them all. On one side, it was her, Claire and Derrick, the other was Cam and Josh with Kemp and Chris sitting in between the feuding sides for the day.
She noticed Massie wandering over with someone she's never seen before. He was hot, and Alicia admired him from her seat; she watched Claire and Derrick notice him to. Claire face lit up while Derrick's grew stoic. She watched Josh greet him warmly.
"Hey," Massie said looking uncomfortable at her side of the table. "This is Landon," she gestured to the guy next to her. The group greeted him collectively with their own personal mumble of 'hey'. Massie began to tell him everyone's names as they sat down.
"Don't get too comfortable, Landon," Derrick said at one point, the whole table turned to look at him. "Massie's just has a kink for new guys, once you're not new anymore. . ." he trailed off.
Alicia rolled her eyes, "Well, you would be the expert on that wouldn't you?" she snapped at him.
"I don't remember Massie being the only one friendly to the new kids," Cam said and Alicia whipped her head to look at him.
The table grew to an uncomfortable silence.
"I think it's great that this table has so many people who love new kids," Josh said which Kemp chuckled at.
"You'll have no problems fitting it," Kemp added, "not with all these hot chicks willing to give you a privatetour."
"Yeah man Massie knows all the good spots," Cam said with earned a gasp and a smack from Massie.
"You know what's good? Food, food is delicious," Massie rambled as she took a bite of her salad.
"Yeah, you got to keep up your energy," Chris said. "Who knows what you'll be doing later," he added suggestively.
"Oh my God," Massie sighed, looking annoyed.
"Alright, alright, we should leave them alone now," Josh said and Massie shot him a grateful look "we don't want to cock block poor Landon over there, God knows he did nothing wrong." Massie groaned.
Alicia tuned out the rest of the conversation. It was annoying to watch Josh playfully banter with the girl he cheated on her with. It also gave her a glimmer of hope, that Massie was moving on and Josh wasn't heartbroken. At the same time she didn't trust it because she had thought that before when Massie was with Derrick and look where that got her. She turned to Derrick, she wasn't the only one heartbroken over their betrayal but she was the only one not moving on. God, she needed a drink.
Tuesday, February 22th
1:38 P.M.
"'Cause you're a nice guy but that just won't do"
"…then she jumped on the back of a unicorn and flew away because she was forced to help save baby unicorns from the evil wizard Turtle who had a sick obsession and you need baby unicorn blood to be…"
"Immortal, I'm guessing, evil wizards usually want immortality." Amber eyes looked into blue ones.
"Are you just humoring me?" Massie asked; her amber eyes narrowed at the boy across from her.
"Of course not, it's called brainstorming, maybe even as the seventeen year old girl, lets name her Massie, jumps on the unicorns back, they both fly away only to get captured by evil leprechauns," Landon grinned his blue eyes sparkled with mischief while the girl across from him scoffed.
"That would never happen, Massie is too smart plus she wouldn't be able to ride the unicorn," as she spoke she tapped her pen on the table.
"And why not? She can ride horses can't she?" The boy raised a single brow in her direction.
"In myths, unicorns are pure, and only innocent girls can ride unicorns," she replied.
"Oh?"
"Really do you not pay attention in class?"
"I'm more focused on other things."
"Well you should be focused on your grade; I don't waste my time on drop outs," Massie chastised
"I'm hurt that you would consider me that way," he said, fake innocence and an endearing grin were directed to her.
"I really want an A, Landon," she gave a half hearted glare in his direction.
"It's you're fault for practically begging to be with me," Landon said leaning back in the brittle library chair, a wide smile plastered on his face as he looked at the amber eyes girl across from him.
"Actually it was more pity for the new kid."
"You really wound me, Mass."
"Don't call me that," Massie said looking down at the opened book in front of her.
"Why? Is the right only reserved for Josh?" A calm look and a surprised one faced each other.
"Why do you say that?"
"Well the word is that you're tight with him," Landon held up two fingers and crossed them as he spoke.
"He's my friend," she said.
"And I can't be?"
Silence.
"Maybe…" Massie gave him a famous smirk.
"Playing hard to get?" Landon leaned forward, elbows planted on the table between them and head in his hands. Tilted in a way that could make any regular girl swoon and faint, but Massie was no regular girl.
"Depends on how hard you try."
Tuesday, February 22th
2:12 P.M.
"The clock's tickin', I just count the hours"
"What's happening, Claire Bear?" Josh said as the blonde girl took the seat in front of him.
"You asked me here, you tell me," she smiled at him.
"Want some food? We have business to discuss and I prefer my clients comfortable for the duration and I do not appreciate being interrupted," Josh said, the serious on his face making Claire giggle.
"I'm fine for now," she said just to be reassuring.
"Great, let the interrogation begin!" he grinned, almost manically.
"Interrogation?"
"Alright, so I need to know what the deal with you and Cam is," Josh continued on, ignoring her.
"What do you mean?" Claire asked, feigning ignorance.
"Don't play dumb. I need to know everything, and don't you want us all to be friends again?" he raised an eyebrow at her.
"Yes but-"
"Claire, put aside your feelings for the sake of the groups well being," Josh interrupted.
"Nothings going on with me and Cam," she sighed rolling her eyes.
"Alright, well do you have any information from your side that I can use?" he asked.
"Don't you mean do I know anything about Alicia?" Claire gave him a knowing smile.
"Whatever don't be a jerk," Josh stuck his tongue out at her.
"You're like a child," Claire giggled.
"You're supposed to be my secret double agent on the other side! You're giving me no credible information, how am I supposed to unite us again, Claire? Don't you want that? You're useless, I dismiss you," Josh ranted.
"Well if you really want to know something," the blonde girl twirled the ring on her finger in an anxious gesture.
"Yes?" Josh pressed.
"What ever you're doing with Massie doesn't look like it's working out for you and Alicia, and you do want to get Alicia back right?"
"Did Alicia say something?" he shifted closer to her.
"No not really, well maybe but I'm not telling you. Just except my professional opinion that you and Massie all over each other isn't going in your favor," Claire tapped her fingers on the table.
"Come on, Claire, tell me!"
"Girl Code, I can't," she replied shrugging.
"I think you're secretly like holding this over me," he muttered slightly put off.
"Maybe, but take my advice Josh. You want her back don't you? Maybe you should put your crazy schemes on hold and work on what you want," she said, shrugging before getting up to leave.
AN: So in case you're wondering, we do read every review and we do keep in consideration your thoughts.
It would be highly appreciated if you just let the story flow the way we have it set up, we know you guys want certain aspects of our story (like Massie/Cam/Josh friendship and to stop our Claire loving that we got going on) but in order for our story to be properly in order for what we have planned in future chapters there are certain things that need to be included (and not included). Things do pick up, patience is a virtue. And by the way this isn't a Claire-centric, and we don't know how someone can jump to that conclusion from like a few chapters, but nevertheless you guys will get what you're asking for (maybe... lol)
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