4th Floor of Woodland Lodge

Wednesday, September 16

9:52 am

Ehmagawd. Massie Block wanted to scream… or do something else to make Hart Underwood go away forever! Even now he was staring at Alicia like a lovesick puppy! It was disgusting with a capital D. (Even though Massie wished boys would look at HER that way.)

"Block!" Derrington wiggled his butt and hugged Massie. Ah, at least someone likes me! Massie thought to herself bitterly. No, stop Massie Block. You're the alpha, nawt Alicia! Deal with it!

"Hey, Derrick," Massie smiled, showing off her laser-whitened teeth.

"Hi Kristen," Ethan said shyly. Kristen moved next to him and they started talking together.

"Hey, Alicia!" Josh, Kemp, and Hart said together. But Hart said it quietly, and only Massie noticed. Kemp and Josh scowled at each other.

"She likes me!" Josh told Kemp.

"She will someday like me!" Kemp retorted.

"Gawd forbid!" Alicia shuddered, and Kemp winked at her. The soccer guys laughed, the girls gave sympathetic smiles to Alicia- well, except for Massie, who stubbornly looked away.

"Hi Claire!" Cam said to Claire, just as Claire said, "Hi Cam!" They burst into laughter and stood together.

"Hey, there's a buffet downstairs! Do you guys want to go eat?" Ethan asked. "I could eat something huge right now… like a bear… like Cam!" Ethan joked. The guys' burst into laughter, because Cam was totally skinny, he just had muscle!

"Thanks, Ethan. It makes me feel good to know that you'd eat me!" Cam retorted, and the girls laughed too.

"Come awn, let's go eat!" Dylan pleaded. Her stomach grumbled, and Chris and Dylan laughed together.

Massie put a hand on her heart. They were a cute couple.

Lobby Buffet Room of Woodland Lodge

Wednesday, September 16

10:05 am

"This looks great!" Dylan commented. She grabbed a plate, and started at the beginning- rolls and bacon. Chris got right behind her.

Alicia stood off to the side- she never seemed to eat. Josh stood next to her; until she finally told him that she knew he was hungry, so she would just go save him a seat.

As she did, Kemp sidled up to her. "Hey baby!" he winked.

"EW, get away from me, pervert!" Alicia stepped back.

Kemp put his arm around her waist. "You know you love me more than Josh!"

Alicia shrugged away. "I do NAWT!" she demanded.

"Man, get away from my girl!" Josh glared at Kemp.

"What is it? Do you not like that my arm is around her?" Kemp teased.

Josh started getting mad, and Alicia gave Massie a look. It was time for the alpha to step in.

"Kemp, do you have a nut allergy?"

"No… why?" Kemp was still holding Alicia's waist, and she squirmed.

"Because your head is starting to swell!" Massie snapped, and she grabbed Alicia's thin wrist and pulled her towards Dylan. The LBR girls and guys laughed with the alpha girls and guys, and Kemp glared at Massie.

Dylan threw a handful of walnuts off her plate at Kemp. "I'd like to see your head get any bigger!" she teased.

Kemp didn't realize she was joking. "I'd like to see your stomach get bigger!" he said sharply. He had been spying on Alicia one day and heard that Dylan got obsessed over her weight, even though she was ah-bviously really skinny.

"Ehmagawd!" Dylan shouted. "I can't believe you!"

Her beautiful green eyes filled with tears and she ran out of the room. Kemp stormed out the door after her, but going the opposite way.

"You're such a mean loser, Kemp!" Claire shouted with a burst of confidence. Dylan's four best friends left their guys without a word and ran after Dylan. Alicia, who never ran, quickly fell behind. The guys stayed in the buffet room, though, to save seats for the PC. Suddenly, Alicia felt a warm hand pulling her back.

It was Kemp. "Alicia?" he said softly.

"What?" Alicia snatched her hand away, but he grabbed it back so she couldn't run away without listening to him.

"Can you tell Dylan I'm sorry? I… uh… heard her one-day say that she was worried about her weight and stuff… and I just got mad now… 'Cuz I really like you…" Kemp didn't meet Alicia's eyes.

"Um, yeah, sure…" Alicia crinkled her perfectly plucked eyebrows in confusion.

"Thanks." Kemp breathed a sigh of relief. "Can I kiss you to thank you?"

"No!"

"Josh isn't here!" he tempted.

"NO!" Alicia wrinkled her ski-slope nose.

Kemp leaned in quickly and kissed her. He went so fast that he got half her cheek, half her lips. "YES!" he shouted.

Alicia tried to run away. "Let me go!"

"Fine. Sorry, I HAD to do that. You liked it, didn't you?" Kemp winked. Then his expression turned serious. "But, seriously, tell her I'm sorry. And I won't tell anyone about our kiss. Even though you liked it!" he teased.

"Ehmagawd, as if!" Alicia shouted. "But, I'll tell her. Bye!" She speed-walked to find her friends.

Woodland Lodge's Lobby Bathroom

Wednesday, September 16

10:14 am

"Ehmagawd, there you are!" Massie said to Alicia as she finally came in. "Where were you?"

"Kemp followed me. He told me to tell Dylan that he's sorry; he overreacted because he overheard you one day talking about how 'fat you were' and stuff. Then he tried to kiss me in thanks when I said I would!" Alicia rolled her eyes; she was nawt admitting that he HAD kissed her.

"EW! Wait, DID he kiss you?" Kristen asked.

"Gawd forbid! That's… just… EW!" Alicia pretended it was too disgusting to think about.

"Was it lips or cheek?" Kristen asked another question.

"Kris, why are you so interested?" Massie snapped.

Kristen snapped her pink and yellow Puma wristband against her pale wrist. "I'm nawt!" she insisted. "I'm just wondering!"

"Dyl, are you okay?" Alicia changed the subject.

"Yeah," Dylan sniffled. "I can't believe he would say that! Was everyone laughing because they think it's true?" Dylan asked.

"Ehmagawd, no way!" Claire sounded shocked that Dylan would think that. "They all seemed pretty mad at Kemp for saying that!"

"But of course they'll forgive him. You know guys; they never hold grudges!" Kristen rolled her blue eyes.

"'Kay, let's go back now," Dylan wiped her eyes and reapplied some mascara quickly. Thanks to the Bobbi Brown smoky treatment, her eyes still looked beautiful and bright, not showing signs of any crying at all.

The girls marched out and into the buffet room, where their crushes had saved them seats.

"We have many activities planned for today," Miss Dooley announced to the whole buffet room of BOCD students.

"Our first one is… swimming!" Mr. Casey said.

Oh, great. Massie thought. Another way for Alicia to show off her boobs. Can this day get any worse? As she watched, Hart discreetly moved his stool closer and closer to Alicia's, until they were almost touching. Okay, yes it can.