NOTE: Pairings are; Alicia/Cam/Claire (love triangle ;D), Massie/Derrington (w/problems), Nina/Kemp/Dylan (love triangle ;D), Kristen/Alex.

WESTCHESTER ACADEMY: CAFE

12: 48 AM

MONDAY

Alicia nearly fainted by the time the bell rang for Lunch. Her heart had went on over drive. She had just been humiliated by MASSIE in front of the whole 1st period Algebra class. However, that wasn't the worst part. The worst part was that word was spreading about the horrible incident and the PC were being praised for it.

As Alicia slid into a seat next to the window of the Westchester Cafe, she pretended to look calm and collected. No matter what, she had to keep her head high.

"What is wong?" Nina asked, examining a pint of dust on her fringed cowboy-like boots.

Alicia tried not to ponder on her cousin's stupid question. She was frustrated. Frustrated with Nina and Cam and the PC. She had given up everything to make sure Nina wasn't left out and now she was OUT. It always seemed that something had to knock her off the top. Always.

"Nothing," She lied. "I'm fine."

"Hey Alicia," Olivia Ryan was coming towards their table, smiling cheerfully as she slid into a seat next to Nina. She had always been Alicia's best friend out of the PC, but now that Alicia wasn't considered apart of the PC, she was free to do what she wanted. So Alicia tried to be happy about this as her old friend greeted them. "I heard what happened with Massie," she continued. "She is such a bitch, right?"

Nina giggled. "Want me to teach you how to say that in latin?"

Olivia leaned closer to Nina.

"Its putha'!"

The two girls burst into hysterics just as Massie and Dylan passed by their table, their purses slung over their shoulders like super models. They both stopped when they reached Alicia and she almost felt her heart drop. What did Massie want with her now?

"Look, the LBRs are laughing about how lame they are!" Massie high-fived Dylan, giggling.

Alicia felt her palms getting sweaty and she could feel the adrenaline kicking in. She had to think of something witty in two seconds. "Massie, are you a hater?"

The Alpha stopped laughing, her eyes narrowing as they bored into Alicia's. "No."

"Then stop hating on us," Alicia snapped with a sudden confidence. "its really making you look pathetic."

Dylan gasped, her eyes filled with worry as she turned to look at Massie. The girl who supposedly knew all the tricks to being the queen of the school. However, Massie just stayed planted to the ground, glaring.

"Putha!" Nina shouted.

"Ehmagawd, what does that even mean?" Dylan gasped again.

Alicia stood up with a powerful Alpha stance. It was as if a power was unfolding inside of her, fighting its way out of her. Fighting to reveal itself. "What do you think it means?"

Massie Block felt herself despairing to ice as Alicia stood up to her with pure triumph. She was stunned, speechless even. She absolutely had nothing good to say. No good comeback. Nothing and it wasn't a good feeling. She felt like an...LBR.

So, she grabbed Dylan by the arm and pulled her away towards their table where Kristen and Claire sat together. Layne Abeley sat across from Claire, whispering something about Pickled Oatmeal. It was so Layne, of course.

"Leave," Massie demanded, not in the mood for Layme at the moment. She just wanted to panic in peace. "NOW."

Layne rolled her eyes before saying goodbye to Claire and skipping over to her friends, Meena and Heather. Massie was grateful. She needed to inform her friends of the state of their popularity.

"We totally embarrassed Alicia!" Kristen exclaimed. "She was about to cry!"

"Ehmagawd, I wish I could have seen it!" Dylan pouted as she stuffed a small tuna roll into her mouth. Massie didn't have time to scold her friend for eating like a pig so she simply grimaced and looked away.

"Girls, its texting time." She hissed and everyone immediately pulled out their phones.

MASSIE: crisis alert!

KRISTEN: EMGx3! ? is it

DYLAN: Its my tuna roll isn't it?

CLAIRE: Cam? Derrick?

MASSIE: ALICIAAAAAA

KRISTEN: but we destroyed her

MASSIE: Not quiet...her table is building up.

All the girls turned to look towards Alicia's table. All the boys were claiming their seats, LBRs were stopping to chat, nd even sophmore and junior boys were lining up to talk to Alicia, Nina, and Olivia. Massie's heart pounded as she tore her eyes away.

MASSIE: She is trying to TAKE OVER!

DYLAN: y is Kemp over there?

KRISTEN: cuz he's coocoo for Nina Puffs

Claire stifled a giggle.

DYLAN: ? do we do

That was the million dollar question. What was Massie supposed to do? She had never felt so helpless in her life.

Alicia was surprised to see that Cam had taken a seat next to her. Sure, they had kissed at her dance studio and it was pretty amazing, but she thought it was because he needed help with his grief over Claire. She didn't think he actually liked her.

However, here he was: Smiling at her and joking around with the boys at their table.

From a few feet away, Alicia spotted the PC staring her down with glares. Massie's glare was the one that burned the most. She quickly looked away, focusing her attention on Cam.

"Dance Dance Revolution!" Cam was exclaiming. "We should throw a DDR party!"

"Yeah and do dance offs!" Kemp had nearly jumped off his chair with excitement, high - fiving with Cam and the rest of the boys.

"And I could challenge you, Cam!" Alicia piped up, deciding she was done worrying about the PC. She was going to have some fun, starting with her new friends and boyfriend.

Cam grinned brightly. "You're on!" They high - fived and she shivered at the electricity that passed through her body as their skin touched. "But, Alicia, you can't move to save your life!"

"That's not true!" Alicia giggled. It wasn't true, because she could dance to save the whole universe.

"Are we really planning a DDR party?" Kemp asked.

Olivia clapped her hands giddily.

Nina smiled with anticipation.

The boys "whooped".

So, Alicia couldn't say no. "Of Course!"

Everyone cheered and hollered with triumph, even some of the LBRs from other tables began to clap. Everyone wanted to be in on the action.

Nina grabbed a cup and punched it up into the air. "To the DDRs!"

Alicia resisted the urge to smack Nina in the face for coming up with a stupid name. Besides, she could always change it later. With this in mind, Alicia toasted to the new hottest clique in Westchester Academy.