Please review, lovelies!! I used to get so many and now I get very little :( There will be one more chapter and then the epilogue. The sequel will probably come in late August or early September.
Massie sat in the tree house; legs crossed 'crisscross apple-sauce' way, staring at the pouring rain outside the door. It was exactly the way she had sat four years ago, the night Derrick had told her he was leaving.
She considered what she was going to do. She had been in the tree nearly a half an hour, trying to build up the confidence to do it.
Did she actually like Derrick? If she really, truly did, then she had to do it. If she didn't, then it was pointless.
Massie sighed. It was obvious that she was in love with Derrick Harrington. Slowly, she climbed out of the wooden house. She took deep breaths, knowing she was doing the right thing.
She rushed into her room, trying to avoid being soaked in the down pour, and fired up her MacBook.
To: Derrick
From: Massie
Subject: (No Subject)
Derrick,
Ok, I love that we're being friends again…well can you call it friends? You just ditched me last night. But no worries, I understand. Anyway. When you first came back, I was pissed. You left, no communication, and then you just suddenly come back expecting us to be friends. I didn't want it, but I don't know what I was thinking. Because…not only do I want to be your best friend again, but…But I love you. I really truly do. Not like brother-sister love like before. But I'm in love with you. Sure, I could be crazy, but I've been in love with you since before I can remember. Get back to me, ok? We need to talk.
Mass
Without the slightest bit of hesitation, she hit send.
You have two new e-mails!
He read through it with a big smile, sent out a reply and clicked the next e-mail. It was from Massie. He breathed a sigh of relief because she wasn't pissed about him leaving her.
Derrick sucked in breath sharply when he read the e-mail's content. Massie was in love with him? He had figured out the she had a crush on him, but she actually was in love with him.
He didn't know what to feel: happy, shocked, frustrated, upset. A rush of emotions and thoughts whirled throughout his mind, leaving Derrick confused.
Derrick tried to balance out his thoughts and decide what to say to Massie. Was he in love with her, too?
Then only one image sprang into his mind. It was the smiling face of Alicia Rivera. And he had his choice.
"This would look gorgeous on you, hon," Victoria told Olivia, holding up a Chanel blouse to her daughter's toned torso.
"Um, no thanks, Mom. That's what people like you and Kendra wear. Not teenagers," Olivia placed the delicate item back on the shelf.
"Can we go into Louis Vuitton? I want to get a new bag for my books and stuff," Olivia dragged her mom out of Chanel.
"Fine, but we're coming back to Chanel. There was a darling pearl necklace there."
"You'd be way cooler if you wore the diamond necklaces at Tiffany's instead," Olivia laughed.
They walked into Louis Vuitton, Olivia dragging her mom to the new totes section.
"Victoria Harrington?" A nasal voice shrieked from behind them. It sounded familiar to Olivia, but a little lower –more seductive- than the one she was used to.
Victoria and Olivia turned around to see none other than their red-headed nemesis mother and daughter duo, Merri-Lee and Dylan Marvil.
"I didn't know you were back in town," Victoria said, a fake smile plastered to her Botoxed face. "You know, I thought I smelled something weird in town, but I assumed it was garbage.
Olivia's icy blue eyes narrowed at Dylan, whose arms were crossed over her small chest.
Victoria laughed a huge, fake laugh. "Oh, Merri-Lee, nothing about you has changed. Except of course, those extra pounds around the waist," she raised her golden eyebrows and glanced down at Merri-Lee's waist line for a brief second.
Merri-Lee's face quickly flamed the same color as her dyed hair, but in true Marvil fashion, she was calm and composed in a second.
"I think they sell extra-extra large down at the Limited," Olivia remarked coolly.
"Olivia," Victoria faux-scolded. "You know they don't allow dogs there."
Dylan opened her mouth to say something, but Merri-Lee yanked her out of the store before she had the chance.
Victoria raised an eyebrow at her daughter. "That wasn't very nice you know."
Olivia sighed. "I know. But you started it!"
"Oh well," Victoria giggled. "It was fun!"
"You realize, though, that Dylan can make me the most hated girl in school. And her mom can make you the most hated woman in America."
Victoria bit her lip. "Maybe we went too far."