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DRAMMANESS!
"You what?" Massie whisper-yelled.
Claire took a deep breath "I'm dating Chris. Chris Plovert. I'm dating him."
"Why?" Dylan asked.
Claire shrugged.
"Do you like him?" Alicia asked.
"Of course!"
They all raised their eyebrows knowingly. Claire looked away.
"So you guys were dating before we started hanging out again?"
"No! It all started like... a week ago."
"Well, what are you waiting for Claire?! Tell us!"
Claire stood with her hand on her chin and her eyes squinted slightly, staring at the magazine rack.
"Well if it isn't Claire Lyons."
"Chris, hey."
"Hey. What are you doing?" He stood beside her.
"Looking for a magazine."
"Why?"
"Oh well what are you doing right now?" He asked.
Claire looked at him and raised an eyebrow "Looking for a magazine."
Chris laughed "Do you wanna go out to lunch?"
"Uhm... sure."
"And then we went out the next day and the next day and...yeah."
"But I mean..." Kristen looked around at Massie, Dylan and Alicia then lowered her voice "You like Cam don't you?"
Claire bit her lip.
"What do you think they're talking about?" Kemp asked.
Josh shrugged.
Claire's cell phone started to ring. The girls didn't notice, they just kept talking.
Cam jumped out of the pool.
"Is someone jealous?" Kemp teased. Cam ignored him and pushed Claire's towel out of the way. He pulled her cell phone out of the side pocket of her bag and red the Caller ID. Chris.
"Hey dude." Cam answered.
"Cam? Is Claire with you?"
"Yeah... we're all here."
"Where?"
"Massie's pool. Dude, come over we just ordered pizza."
"Cool. I'll be over in like ten minutes."
Cam hung up.
"Cam, what are you doing with my cell phone?!" Claire pretended to sound mad.
But Cam heard her voice shaking. That's when he sensed something. "It was Chris." He stood up and looked her in the eye. Claire tried not to flinch but Cam saw Massie exchange panicked glances with Alicia, Kristen and Dylan.
"He's coming over." Cam said.
"Oh."
"Is that a problem?" Cam asked.
Claire paused "No. I mean, the pool might be a little tight."
Just then, they all turned as they heard Chris' car rumble to a stop. Soon, he was standing in front of everyone.
"What'd I miss?" He asked suspiciously as everyone stared at him.
"Nothing." Cam shot Claire one more look then walked away.
That night they all sat in the hot tub. Claire was still as nervous as could be. She had never gotten a chance alone with Chris and as far as he knew, everyone knew that they were dating.
"Wait are you guys back together?" Kemp asked Alicia and Josh.
"Yeah. You didn't know?" Josh asked.
"Since when?" Chris asked.
"Last night." Josh grabbed Alicia's hand.
"Cool." Chris said.
"Yeah, guess we missed a lot last night." Kemp said.
"You did." Massie said. "These guys act like they're six years old."
Kemp made a show of picking up his finger and counting all around the circle.
Claire didn't realize what he was doing until it was too late. "So now only six of us are single."
"No four." Chris objected.
Claire shrunk down in her seat.
"No." Kemp said. "Kristen, Dylan, me, Cam, you and Claire."
"Wait..." Chris looked at Claire who shrunk down in her seat more.
Everyone looked around.
"You guys are single." Derrick looked around "Right?"
Chris looked at Claire starting to get a little mad. "No."
"No?" Josh leaned forward.
"We're dating." Chris said sternly.
Everyone was silent. Looking at Claire.
She sat with just her head above the water staring down. Finally she couldn't take it anymore, she felt everybody's eyes drilling into her. Especially Cam's.
Claire turned her head slightly to where Cam was sitting. But he was gone.
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