CHAPTER 7: THE SNEAK OUT
"I'M HOME!!!!" I yelled into my house. Wait, are you lost? Let me back up a little bit. After our meeting with the boys, my mom handed me something from the mail. It was an invitation to Alicia's 13th birthday party. Every year she celebrates her birthday by throwing a MAJOR party and her 13th is no exception. This year's theme: Wakin' Up In Vegas. No doubt, Alicia would throw a party to go with her favorite song. Of course, as soon as Kristen and Massie saw my invite they ran back home to see if they got theirs. Alicia was known for three things. 1. Dancing. 2. Her "overly developed" chest. And 3. Her parties. OF course we knew the whole PC would be invited and we would be her VIPs. Alicia's invitations always said "HELP ALICIA AND THE PC CELEBRATE HER ___ BIRTHDAY". It was technically our party. That's how close we were. Anyway, my mom and I planned a weekend trip to NYC to find the perfect dress. And, of course, I did. It's a gray Alice + Olivia ruffle mini dress. I'll be wearing gold Jimmy Choo Clue platform peeptoe sandals. My accessories would be gold Anita Ko Diamond encrusted huggie earrings with a matching heart necklace and a gold and silver Fendi butterfly beaded bracelet. My purse is a gold and silver Anya Hindmarch disco box clutch. (AN: Claire's outfit for Alicia's party will be on the website for the next chapter). As I walked into my house from my glorious shopping weekend I already heard the music blasting in my room. The PC was already here. I ran into my room screaming "I'M HOME!!!!!!" As expected I felt 10 arms wrapped around me while 5 mouths were screaming. After the giant hug we jumped onto to my bed to do what else? Gossip.
"So. What did I miss?" I said. A nervous look crossed Kristen's face so I knew something was up with her. In fact, she didn't see all that excited ever since I got in the room.
"Well why don't you tell her, Kristen?" Massie looked harshly at the girl. What happened?
"Remember Kemp's cousin, Plovert?" she asked me. I nodded.
"Well, I sort of got his screen name and we were talking all weekend. And-" She got cut off by her phone singing "Disturbia" alerting us that her mother was calling. She grabbed her Wildcard (AN: if you don't know what that is, it's a phone by Virgin Mobile. It's like a EnV.) and walked to the other side of the room to have her conversation. I gave the rest of the girl's a questioning look as to why Kristen was acting like this but they just look away. I looked up to see Kristen grabbing her stuff and heading for the door.
"My mom is waiting outside. Have to go. REAL bad emergency. Bye!" She walked out the door.
"Okay. What was that about?" I asked the rest of the PC. Everyone looked towards Massie so I'm guessing the alpha of our little group was going to tell me.
"Okay. Well you know that rule that we have about not dating another girl's boy's friend? Well, Kristen kind of broke it." WHAT?!?
"WHAT? How!" I yelled.
"Well as she was saying, she and Plovert were talking all weekend and he asked her out and she said yes." Massie blurted out.
"Wha-Ho-whe-HUH?" I managed to spit out. That was our biggest rule and one of my best friend's broke it.
"We're really sorry, Claire." Dylan told me.
"I'm not really upset about the fact that she's dating him, more on the fact that she had you guys tell me. If we're supposed to be best friends SHE would have told me." I said. I didn't want to get upset over this so we just hung out the rest of the day. It was fun. But what day with my friends isn't?
A few days later I called Kristen and asked her to come over. She said she would be over in an hour so I took that time to get dressed. I put on a red and white striped Diane von Furstenberg Molly silk top with 7 for all mankind distressed denim shorts and white Juicy Couture Frankie thong sandals. I had on my signature C necklace and left my earlobes earring-less. I put my hair in a messy side braid and wait the next half hour for Kristen. The doorbell rang at 3 on the dot. I opened the door to see Kristen waiting in a tan Cosabella Talco long cami under a Fendi printed silk cami with gray Bamford city shorts and gold Miu Miu Metallic gladiator sandals. She had her hair down and wavy and had gold Bottega Veneta Woven print sunglasses covering her eyes and had a gold Chloe Elsie lamé shoulder bag.
"Hey!" She exclaimed and walked in. We went up to my room and she sat down on my bed while I started up my computer. I knew neither one of us wanted to being up the topic but one of us had to. I guess I was going to.
"Kris, I know that you're going out with Plovert." She looked down but didn't say anything so I knew it was ok to continue. "I'm not saying that I'm mad though." Her head popped up and I kept going.
"I was more mad that you had Massie tell me and you didn't tell me yourself. If you really like him, then go ahead. But next time something like this happens, don't have one of our friends tell us please?" I asked. She nodded and we hugged. It was one of those moments you see in the movies. But it was ruined by a ding!
"Claire! Kemp IMed you!" Kristen yelled. We raced over to my computer to see an IM was started by Shawty25.
Shawty25: Hey
ClaireBear: Hey! What's up?
Shawty25: We need to talk.
I looked over at Kristen and I'm pretty sure my expression mirrored hers: heartbreak.
ClaireBear: Ok, what's going on?
Shawty25: Well, I've been thinking about us and I don't think this is gonna work.
I a heard a shattering noise and noticed it was my heart. How could this happen?!?
ClaireBear: What do you mean?
Shawty25: Claire, I don't think we should go out anymore. We never see each other and it's just getting harder and harder. I'm really sorry.
Tears were forming but I would never let them fall. I told myself I would never cry over a boy and I would not break that promise now. I channeled my inner Massie.
ClaireBear: Oh, I'm sure you're real sorry. Especially since you didn't have the guts to break up with me in person. Oh yeah, your real mature. Just leave me alone, Kemp.
ClaireBear has signed off at 3:20 PM.
"Oh my god, Claire. Are you okay?" Kristen asked and put her hand on my shoulder.
"Yeah, I'm fine. He's just a stupid boy." I sniffled. I knew she would never believe me and when I heard her take out her Wildcard and start dialing, I was positive.
"Girls, emergency. Meet at the Westchester in 10." I heard Kristen say into the phone. She hung up and redialed, probably calling my chauffer, Charles, to come pick us up. I grabbed my white Juicy Couture Padlock Freestyle Bag and stuffed the usual stuff in it while Kristen grabbed her bag and we walked outside to see Charles there with the car: a 2009 Cadillac Escalade. Before I knew it, we were at the mall. We met at our usual spot: Starbuck's. Massie was the first to stand up. She was wearing a blue Juicy Couture anchor t-shirt with blue and white Juicy Couture striped lurex shorts and white havaiana's. She had blue Oliver People Sabina acrylic sunglasses over her eyes and a blue See by Chloe Joy Rider metallic tote and her hair was in pigtail braids. She obviously wasn't expecting the call but her outfit
showed how much she cared about her friends that she didn't even change. Dylan was wearing a white Marc by Marc Jacobs Camisole bow top under a gray Vince Cashmere Sweater vest with orange Paul & Joe Sister Thar cotton shorts and Chloe flat thong sandals. She was carrying a red Mulberry Bayswater patent leather bag with tan Oliver Peoples Marclay sunglasses and her hair was in its usual messy curls. Alicia was behind her wearing a navy blue Crumpet Cashmere tank top with white Juicy Couture anchor shorts and white Kors by Michael Kors Scorpion leather sandals. She was holding a navy Chloe Paraty leather tote and black Prada square framed sunglasses and her hair was in a slick ponytail like she just got out of the shower. And last but not least, Layne. She had on a Catherine Malandrino white cotton camisole with Current/Elliot denim boyfriend shorts and gold Musa metallic
sandals. She was carrying a green Miu Miu distressed leather hobo and had on tan Oliver Peoples Daddy B acetate sunglasses and her hair was down and flat. They all had the same look on their face. You can pretty much figure out what that look was.
Sorrow, pity, sympathy, the usual stuff. Massie, as always, was the first to speak.
"Claire! We're so sorry! That boy has no idea who he just messed with. He'd be lucky to date you!" She exclaimed. I heard murmurs of the same type come from the other girls. But I didn't want them to feel sorry for me. I wanted to get over this and as fast as possible.
"Guys, I'm okay. I don't want to spend my whole mourning over this. In fact, this is going to be a girl's day. NO talk about guys. Just us having a good time." I looked over at my friends and saw the smiles that graced their faces. How was I lucky enough to have these guys as my friends? So, we did as I said. We shopped, made jokes, had a good time, and didn't talk about guys ONCE. At 5, we started getting calls from our parents telling us we had to get home. We didn't want today to end so we all asked if they could stay over my house tonight. Of course, the parents said yes. We were all camped out in my room when it happened. (AN: Claire's room is on the website) We were talking about what 8th grade would be like when we heard a Ding! from my computer. We all looked at each other and ran over to see who IMed me. The person I was least expecting showed up.
Shawty25: Hey meet us on the corner in 5 minutes.
Shawty25 has signed at 9:32 PM.
The room was silent. But we were all thinking the same thing. What should we do? Kristen
Was the first to break the silence.
"Well? What are we waiting for! Let's go!" No one argued.
"But how? My mom will never let us go!" I said. Of course she had an answer.
"Just tell her we're going for a walk. She'll be fine with it! Now let's go!" She said. I ran to my mom's room and cleared it with her. As Kristen predicted, she was okay with it. With a fluttering stomach, we all put on our shoes and walked outside. Once a few feet away from my house we started running. It was one of those moments you see in the action flicks. All you heard was feet hitting the ground, flip flops flopping, and a few escaped giggles. Once at the corner, I could have thrown up. No one was there. Tears were building up in the corners of my eyes.
"Come on guys, it was just a joke. Let's go back." I said. Turning to leave, I heard the exact same sounds of running I heard 2 minutes ago, except I knew it wasn't any of us. We turned around to see the guys who made our summer. Kemp and Plovert. They started to slow down, seeing it was us. Finally they stopped once in front of us, and it got quiet. No cars. No walking dogs. Nothing. Only the sound of our breath slowing down. You could practically cut the tension with a knife. Finally, Kemp broke the silence.
"Hey." He said. You could hear the nervousness and excitement in his voice. Wait…excitement???
"Ok, were here. Why?" I asked, with an attitude. No way was I going to let the guy who broke my heart let him hear it.
"Well, we just wanted to see you guys. And who are they?" He said, pointing at Alicia, Dylan, and Layne.
"That's Alicia, Dylan, and Layne. The rest of the PC. But why would you care?" You could tell Massie cares about me, by the way she was talking to him.
"Look, I hope we're still friends. All of us. We have a lot of fun together." It seemed as though the question was directed to Kristen, of course. Plovert had said it.
"So you got us to sneak out at 10:00 just to see if we're still friends??"
"Well yeah. And to hang out." Kemp trying to save his cousin's mistake. HA!
"So you got us to sneak out at 10:00 just to see if we're still friends AND hang out?? You're nuts!" I exclaimed. Ugh! Then, it got quiet again. Of course, Massie has to break the silence and make it awkward for me.
"So, are you guys together or- ohhhhhhh." when she saw the look on my face she stopped her comment. I didn't know what his response was because I was too busy glaring at Massie. So she tried to save the day, again.
"Ok well Claire's parents are going to be out tomorrow so how about we meet you at the mall at 12 tomorrow?" She asked. That ACTUALLY wasn't a bad idea. And I hate to admit it but, I kind of still want to see him. Just don't tell my friends! Well they probably know already.
"Ok, that's good. We'll see you then." Kemp started to turn but turned back. What is he doing? Oh no! He walked over to me and kissed me on the cheek! He winked and said "See you tomorrow." And they ran off.
"Eh"
"Ma"
"GAWD!" Everyone turned in for that one.
"Guys, I REALLY don't want to talk about this right now! Let's just go home before my mom notices we were gone that long." I said and started running. But this time, excitement was in my stomach. I couldn't wait until tomorrow. Maybe things could be fixed between us. We finally got back to my house, and ran straight to my room. We were giggling like crazy and couldn't stop. This day was crazy! We got changed into our Juicy pajamas. I was wearing a white Juicy Beauty Sleep tank with pink Juicy oxford striped PJ pants and had pink UGG slippers. Massie was wearing a pink Juicy ribbon graphic tank with blue Juicy oxford striped PJ pants and pink UGG flip flop slippers. Dylan was wearing a light pink Juicy Kiss My Couture ribbed tank with red heart printed Juicy Astrology PJ pants and pink UGG Nightengale slippers. Alicia was wearing a white Juicy jeweled tank with yellow Juicy floral printed pajama pants and white UGG flip flop slippers. Kristen was wearing a pink Juicy Dazzle Scottie tank with pink Juicy Scottie-Print PJ pants and pink and white UGG slippers. Finally, Layne was wearing a blue Juicy Happiness Is Juicy cami and blue Juicy floral print PJ pants with silver UGG slippers. We were all matching Juicy. The rest of that night we hung out, thinking of what would happen the next day. I don't exactly remember what time we stopped talking or went to sleep but all I know is the same thing was on our minds. Whether we could pull this off tomorrow.
The next morning, it was 11:30 and we were running around like maniacs. But finally, we were ready. Our outfits said that we were cool enough to go meet guys but we didn't need them in our lives. (AN: outfits are on website) By the time we got to the mall it was 12 on the dot. We walked inside to go to Starbucks before beginning our adventure, when we found THEM leaning against the door. Huh. They know where we go. Creepers. Once they saw us they walked over. Plovert went and hugged Kristen while Alicia, Massie, Layne, and Dylan started to walk into Starbuck's. Oh I know what their doing. Crap. Kemp started to walk a little closer and so did I.
"So…how are you doing?" He tried to start a conversation.
"I'm fine. What about you?" I asked. Yeah this is too hard.
"Fine, I guess. I miss you." He responded, a blush forming on his cheeks. Aww!
"Hey, I thought blushing was my job. And I miss you too." I looked down but all of a sudden my head was pulled up and we were leaning closer and closer and finally-
"Guys! What are-oh. My bad!!" I heard Dylan said. I started giggling and looked up to see everyone staring at us from Starbuck's. Kemp put his arm around my waist and we started walking around. Best day ever!!!
Omg guys I am soooo sorry! There was a big problem with my computer and it took me awhile to fix it but I'm back now! So the website is:
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The outfits are on there and the story is too and a bunch of other stuff so check it out!
-HawaiianPunchGirlie