BOCD, The Café
Monday
12:15 PM

Kristen sat at table eighteen with Dylan on one side and no one on the other. Claire used to sit next to her everyday but now, Claire was nowhere to be seen. Kristen looked over to icandy's table one more time and like every time before that, the table was empty.

Kristen could see Massie's eyebrows leaving a permanent crease in her acne-free forehead. She was obviously nervous that icandy hadn't shown up for lunch. She was also probably wondering where Claire was. Claire had been MIA ever since the girls had yelled at her on Sunday.

Kristen remembered sitting on Massie's bed and thinking, "OMG how are we doing this to our best friend?" Kristen had tried not to cry as she saw Claire's face streaked with tears. Claire was the only other girl in the group who wasn't rich. Who would Kristen shop with?

"So it looks like those EW's knew not to show their faces today," Massie said, obviously trying to see what the other girls thought about icandy not showing up.

"Yeah, Claire probably took a bad sushi day," Alicia said, sounding bored.

"They knew we'd embarrass them so they're probably eating lunch in the bathrooms," Dylan giggled.

Alicia, Dylan, and Massie cracked up as the girls pictured Claire squatting on a toilet as she tried to eat her homemade sandwich.

Kristen looked away, upset.

"Kristen, what's wrong," Massie asked rudely with one eyebrow raised.

"Nothing, just worried about my math homework," Kristen said, not looking up from her celery sticks.

"Well snap out of it! We have to find a way to get back at icandy for trying to steal our popularity," Massie said.

"And my boyfriend," Alicia added glumly.

"What more do we have to do to them? We already lost Claire," Kristen snapped.

"Um, I need Josh back!" Alicia said with a disgusted look on her face.

"And I need all my potential crushes to stop liking them!" Dylan added.

"And they are still out to get us, Kuh-risten! Whose side are you on anyways?" Massie asked pointedly.

Kristen just sat back in her chair as she twirled her fork. These days she didn't know whose side she was on.

BOCD, The Hallway
Monday
12:15 PM

Claire uncrossed her legs and tried to pull them to the side of her body. Why had she broken up with the pretty committee? At least they knew how to eat lunch in style.

Right now Claire was sitting in one of the abandoned hallways with icandy. They had wanted to avoid the pretty committee so they brought their lunches and were sitting in a circle with their chips and drinks in the middle. Claire wasn't grossed out about sitting on the floor. She was grossed out about icandy's attitude. Ever since Massie had yelled at Claire, Katie had been talking about the girls non-stop.

"Don't worry Claire, we will nawt let Massie be mean to you anymore," Katie said with a smile.

"Thanks," Claire murmured.

Katie crinkled her eyebrows as she stared at Claire, obviously wondering why she wasn't more thankful. Claire put on a big fake smile and bit into a chip. Satisfied, Katie turned back to the group.

"So, I was thinking that we should do some at home spa treatments on Friday before the boy's soccer game!" Katie said excitedly.

Tiffany, Hannah, and Alexis cheered loudly. Claire smiled politely and pretended to be engrossed in a text message. It felt like going from Chanel to Charlotte Russe. It was true, the pretty committee did everything better.

"We are going to look so cute for our new crushes!" Tiffany giggled.

Claire's head snapped up.

"Did any of the guys officially ask you to be their crushes?" Claire questioned them.

The girls giggled at her.

"Claire that is so lame! Nobody would officially ask us. It's just assumed that were together," Hannah said with a smile.

"No it's not! Derrick officially asked Massie and Josh officially asked Alicia!" Claire insisted.

Hannah looked away and Katie took a long drink of her Vitamin water.

"Well it's different with us because they know how we feel," Katie said rudely.

Claire knew that she wanted the conversation to be over, but Claire knew the girls were getting played.

Massie's Room
Tuesday
6:45 PM

Massie sat at her computer desk as she tried to focus on conjugating her French verbs. However, she couldn't concentrate. All of her friends were acting so weird.

Kristen was acting all desperate to get Claire back and Alicia was acting all desperate to get Josh back. Why couldn't anyone just be happy hanging out with her?

Massie's phone dinged on the edge of her desk and she leaned over to read the incoming text.

Derrick: Hey you, what do you think about going on a date tomorrow night? Want to get fro-yo?

"Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww," Massie squealed out loud.

Derrick was the best crush ever.

Massie: Of course! I can't wait :)

Claire's Bedroom
Tuesday
7:00 PM

Claire looked out her window at Massie's bedroom window. She could see her 42' television flashing in her room and Claire wondered what she was watching. The Hills? Gossip Girl? Would they be on the phone right now if they were still friends? Claire forced herself to look away from the window so she could focus on Layne.

Layne was sitting on her bed with a Teen Vogue magazine in her lap as she chewed on Frito's and salsa, her new obsession.

"So like, she wouldn't even let you explain about the recording?" Layne asked as she examined a pair of cheetah print pants in the magazine.

"Yeah! She wouldn't even let me tell her about the recording. I think if she knew I had it, she would totally forgive me," Claire said sadly.

She knew that Massie was hurt, but ignoring her for three days was a little much. She was madder than the time Claire accused her of liking the new Old Navy skinny jeans.

"Well maybe you just need to blurt out that you have the tape so she can't turn you down," Layne suggested.

"I shouldn't have to do that! Massie should know that I like her better than Katie," Claire bit at cuticles.

"But that's Massie, Claire. She will never admit she's wrong," Layne said, her words ringing in Claire's ears.