OCD
Hallway
Tuesday September 13
11:05 AM
"Wow. I...am...just...um...wow...I'm..."
"Speechless?"
"Um...no...I...mean...uh...yes." Massie said breathlessly.
"Huh."
"What?"
"Admitt it, Block, you like me."
"Never."
"So, you do?"
"Not anymore."
"Oh." He turned on his beat-up Adidas sneaker and stalked away.
"Uh, wait!" Massie cried desperately. She could nawt believe she was going to do this.
"Huh?" He grinned broadly.
"I'll give you a chance."
"Really? You mean it? One chance? That's all I need." He smiled happily.
"I know. Me too."
"What?"
"I admitt it, Derek, I LOVE you."
"Really?"
"Didn't you say that to me, like, a minute ago?" Massie panicked. Had she been hearing things? She'd thought he'd admitted he loved her first.
"Yeah. But...I thought you like hated me or something."
"Nope. Not anymore."
"Good to know."
Massie smiled, "So."
"So."
"Well, do you want to, like, do something after school?" Derrington asked.
"Sure." Massie grinned.
"Well, uh, later."
"Wait. Aren't we going to walk to class together?"
"Sure?" He said with question in his voice.
"What?" Massie snapped. Why didn't he want to?
"N-nothing."
"Ugh."
"W-what?"
"Derrek, why're you nervous all of a sudden?"
"Never mind."
"Tell me!"
"I just...am. Okay?"
"Sure." She remember from ESP that guys hate questions.
"Good." Relief washed over his face.
"Actually, Derek I have to go. Later?"
"Later."
Massie sipped her latte in the bomb shelter as she chatted with the Pretty Committee.
"Oh my gosh, we need to redecorate." Alicia sighed.
"Ugh, I know. Now that ESP is gone we need something to make this place cool again." Massie agreed.
"Huh. We could do, uh...um..." Dylan began racking her brain for ideas.
"Paris themed!" Kristin shouted.
"For the room?"
"Yes! We could have like an Eiffel Tower, French "boutiques", French pastries, French food, French makeup, French magazines and we could have a French manicure station!" Kristen cried.
"Ehmagawsh, I heart that." Massie squealed.
"We could have an interior decorator!" Alicia clapped her hands together.
"Ah-mazing." Dylan grinned.
"Ah-greed." Massie smiled.
"Thanks." Kristen grinned and waved like Miss America.
"Whatevs." Massie rolled her eyes. Why did Kristen think of it before her?
"Oh." Kristen's face fell.
"Anyway, this will be SO fun!" Alicia grinned.
"I have gossip." Massie announced.
"Really?"
"Yup."
"About who?" Alicia asked.
"Um, me."
"Really? Fun!" Alicia smiled.
"DerringtonandIkissedinthehallway!" Massie confessed all in one breath.
"Ehmagawsh!" Alicia gasped.
"I heard that but didn't believe it. I thought we had the New Pretty Committee." Dylan whined.
"Me too!" Kristen shouted.
"Sorry?" Massie looked at them.
"Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why him over us?" Alicia demanded.
"Oh. It's nawt like that. You can date Josh again. In fact anyone can date whoever. The New Pretty Committee is no longer. We're making a Newer Pretty Committee."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Ehmagawsh, I'm so calling Josh." Alicia smiled.
"Cool." Massie smiled.
"Yeah. Okay." Dylan nodded.
"What about us?" Kristen asked.
"Um, what about you?" Massie wondered.
"We never had boyfriends." Kristen said.
"Um, speak for yourself." Dylan argued.
"Whatevs." Kristen ignored her and focused on Massie.
"Kris, come awn!"
"Okay. Fine. I don't care." She sighed.
"Me neither." Dylan tried sounding chiper.
"I still love you." Massie offered.
"Me too." Dylan and Kristen hugged Massie along with Alicia.
They sighed.
"Good. Now more about Paris...