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Octavion Country Day School

The Café

October 22nd

4:00 p.m.

"Alright, why's Massie acting like she's a middle-aged woman that lives in a trailer park? I mean, come on. Wal-Mart? She must have been possessed when she wrote that," Alicia scoffed as she tapped her foot impatiently.

"There's a perfectly reasonable explanation for this," Olivia responded cheerfully.

"Then what is it? I have plans, unlike you," Dylan snapped nastily. She wasn't happy with meeting the LBRs. What if someone saw them?

"We'll tell you. Calm down," Kristen calmly said.

"Massie's poor," Claire blurted out.

"What?" Alicia and Dylan screeched simultaneously.

"It's true." Kristen replied off-handedly as she applied some lip-gloss to her dry lips.

"You're lying. You're trying to turn us against Massie," Dylan accused.

"You're right about one part, wrong about another," Olivia sang brightly, swinging her legs over the box she was sitting on.

Alicia raised an eyebrow at Olivia, but then shook her head and turned back to Kristin and Claire. "Do you have proof?" she demanded.

"In your words, given." Claire held out a list of apartment owners from the Briarwood Apartments for next month.

Dylan's perfectly manicured nail scrolled down the list until it stopped at Block, William. "Oh my God," she faintly whispered.

"It's true," Alicia gasped.

"So are you with us, or Massie?" Kristen stood with her arms crossed, an expectant expression on her face.

"Massie. You can't just not be friends with someone because they're poor." Dylan rolled her eyes.

At the same time, Alicia responded, "I don't know. I'll think about it." Dylan turned to Alicia with a shocked expression on her face at the same time Alicia turned to her.

"What? Massie Block's reign as queen bee is almost over. We might as well be with the winning team." Alicia shrugged her shoulders.

"I don't care what you guys say. I'm sticking with Massie, even if we end up in the reject pile." Dylan turned and stomped away from the surprised herd of girls.

Octavion Country Day School

The Café

October 22nd

3:55 p.m.

Massie walked around confusedly wondering where Dylan and Alicia had run off. They had disappeared after science and just mumbled something about not taking them home. Massie walked towards the back of the school, where Isaac decided to pick her up today. He claimed there was less traffic or something like that.

Massie winced when she was forced to step in the muddy grass on the way to the back of the building. She didn't know whether to blame the school for not building a path or Isaac for forcing her to ruin her new Marc Jacob two-inch heels.

Massie looked up when she heard voices nearby. Her reputation would be ruined if she were seen with muddy heels. She cautiously tiptoed to the corner of the wall, where the voices were coming from. Suddenly, she stopped in her tracks. Alicia and Dylan were right there with Kristen, Claire, and Olivia.

Massie frowned; worry lines appearing on her forehead. Why were Alicia and Dylan meeting with those LBRs? She hid around the corner, trying to hear their conversation.

"You're lying. You're trying to turn us against Massie," Dylan accused.

"You're right about one part, wrong about another," Olivia sang brightly, swinging her legs over the box she was sitting on.

Alicia raised an eyebrow at Olivia, but then shook her head and turned back to Kristin and Claire. "Do you have proof?" she demanded.

"In your words, given." Claire held out a list of apartment owners from the Briarwood Apartments for next month.

Dylan's perfectly manicured nail scrolled down the list until it stopped at Block, William. "Oh my God," she faintly whispered.

"It's true," Alicia gasped.

"So are you with us, or Massie?" Kristen stood with her arms crossed, an expectant expression on her face.

Massie leaned forward eagerly, trying to see what her friends really thought about her.

"Massie. You can't just not be friends with someone because they're poor." Dylan rolled her eyes.

Massie smiled and gave herself a victory pat on the back. Dylan was such a good friend.

At the same time, Alicia responded, "I don't know. I'll think about it." Dylan turned to Alicia with a shocked expression on her face at the same time Alicia turned to her.

Massie glared at the wall in front of her as she pictured Alicia saying that. She struggled to keep from lunging at Alicia right then and there and ripping her lungs out.

"What? Massie Block's reign as queen bee is almost over. We might as well be with the winning team." Alicia shrugged her shoulders.

Massie shook her head, determined more than ever to prove Alicia wrong.

"I don't care what you guys say. I'm sticking with Massie, even if we end up in the reject pile." Dylan turned and stomped away from the surprised herd of girls.

Massie quickly pressed herself against the dirty wall, hoping that Dylan wouldn't notice her. "Ew," she muttered under her breath after Dylan had angrily stomped by. "Well, thank gawd Dylan's on my side. I have to be extra nice to Alicia to get her to stay on my side. As for Kristen, Claire, and Olivia, well, they'll have no mercy."


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