Chapter 2
A day passed by and Stacey grew more obsessed with Johnny in that one day alone. Claudia was worried because Johnny seemed to have lost his huge interest in Stacey, and he was starting to want to get to know Cokie more. Only Claudia noted this, Stacey seemed to think she was the most important thing in Johnny's life. "Oh he just loves me, I'm sure of it Claud." Stacey said to Claudia on Friday after school. "Yeah maybe he does Stace, and maybe he doesn't, maybe you're just one of his simple little crushes."
Stacey looked at Claudia with disbelief in her eyes and a mixture of anger and suspicion. "What do you know Claudia? Tell me, have you seen him with another girl?" Claudia looked at her but said nothing. She couldn't, she just couldn't tell her friend that Johnny was seen with Cokie. "No nothing Stacey, I'm just trying to say, don't get your hopes up too high."
The next morning Stacey put on a pink sweat set. It was a warm day, perfect for exercise and being comfortable thought Stacey. When she got to school she suffered a great disappointment. Claudia was wearing her sweat set but it was blue one not pink. "How could I have forgotten?" thought Stacey, they both went together to the mall before she was going out with Johnny and they bought them. Claudia also thought a lot like Stacey and had thought it was a perfect day for sweats.
Claudia and Stacey glared at each other throughout classes. Kristy was mad at Stacey and at Claudia. Mallory and Jessi were no where in sight, and Mary Anne was a hopeless wreck. She didn't like arguments or disagreements at all. During lunch, which happened to be a Sloppy Joe, all of the BSC members ate together -- except Stacey who ate her lunch with Johnny. Stacey kept shooting small glances towards their table as if daring them to go and say sorry for whatever it was she thought they did wrong.
"Look at her, you know what, I'm actually wishing she would get played . Then she would see who her real friends are." Kristy said to the rest of them. Mary Anne gasped and shook her head. "No Kristy! That's mean, people shouldn't wish bad things to happen to others." As she finished saying that, Stacey got up and left the lunchroom.
"If she's ever going to see sense she better do it quick before I decide to never be her friend again" Claudia said through clenched teeth. "Claudia she's just blind right now but she'll come to her senses soon enough." Mary Anne said hopefully. " and I think you should have told her about Johnny. As her best friend you should have told her you'd seen him with Cokie." Claudia looked miserable and nodded her head murmuring, "You're right, you're right, no wonder she's mad at me."
By the end of 6th period Claudia was determined to tell Stacey everything she knew about Johnny and Cokie. She hurried across the halls but she bumped into someone. As she looked up to see who it was her heart almost stopped -- it was Johnny. "Hey Claud.
Johnny said sarcastically. He laughed stupidly at his own Joke.
"watch where you're going." Claudia said nothing to this and just glared at him. "Why that look baby?" Claudia grew angrier each time he said something. "Don't you call me baby Johnny" Claudia said furiously. "Hey, chill, why so sour Claud?" He looked at her with a playful grin. "Well … Maybe I'm sour because of you! I know what you're doing to Stacey and I don't like it. You've liked Cokie all along and you just want to make her jealous by using Stacey. You have the charm for it Johnny, but you're not careful. I saw you talking to Cokie, and you know what? I don't like you at all and --"
"Claudia are you talking to my boyfriend?" Stacey had just appeared and she had heard Claudia's last remark about her not liking Johnny. "Well yes Stacey I' am talking to him who else is in front of me?" replied Claudia hotly. "Hey Stacey, I was looking for you to give you this." Johnny said with his hand outstretched, he was holding a rose towards Stacey with a pink ribbon around it. "Ooh." was all Stacey managed to say. "It's --It's beautiful." Johnny smiled with a satisfied grin. "Yeah well, I thought you'd like it since it looks just like you, pretty in pink." What Johnny had just said was too perfect and Claudia knew it. Now Stacey blushing gleefully. "Stace I want you to wear it tonight for our dinner." Stacey looked from the flower to him "Yes, of course I'll wear it." Claudia was impatient she wanted to talk to Stacey quickly but she was too busy with this serious love affair. "I'll call you later Stacey, I have something to tell you." and with that, Claudia hurried away.
"Oh yeah Johnny, why was Claudia talking to you?" Stacey asked.
"Well…. " said Johnny uncomfortably, he was thinking of what would happen if Claudia told Stacey what she knew. "oh she was just talking about some nonsense." Stacey looked susiciously at him. "Stacey, look, if she says anything about me seeing another girl will you believe her? She wants us to break up, she doesn't like me at all. You heard her yourself." Stacey had heard Claudia say that, but she didn't want to believe it. "Well, I'll meet you today at 7:00 O.K? My mom is picking me up today, bye." She hurried out of the building and was glad for the excuse, she didn't want to reply to what Johnny had just told her. But could it be true? Could Claudia really just be mad because Stacey really likes Johnny, is she jealous of me?" thought Stacey as she walked down the sidewalk to her mom's car.
That afternoon was very cold and Stacey was preparing her clothes for the next day --it was her big date with Johnny. "I look great." she whispered to herself as she tried the clothes on that night. She neatly folded them and put them on her desk chair. She got her backpack from the closet but as she was pulling it towards her she knocked something off her dresser. Stacey leaned over and picked it up, it was a frame with a picture of her and Claudia at the mall. She hastily put the picture under the bed and thought "I wish I never see that picture again. Who needs a friend who's jealous at her?" Stacey got up and turned over every picture of her and Claudia in sight. She finished her homework and forgot all about Claudia for the rest of the night, and thought only of Johnny.
A day passed by and Stacey grew more obsessed with Johnny in that one day alone. Claudia was worried because Johnny seemed to have lost his huge interest in Stacey, and he was starting to want to get to know Cokie more. Only Claudia noted this, Stacey seemed to think she was the most important thing in Johnny's life. "Oh he just loves me, I'm sure of it Claud." Stacey said to Claudia on Friday after school. "Yeah maybe he does Stace, and maybe he doesn't, maybe you're just one of his simple little crushes."
Stacey looked at Claudia with disbelief in her eyes and a mixture of anger and suspicion. "What do you know Claudia? Tell me, have you seen him with another girl?" Claudia looked at her but said nothing. She couldn't, she just couldn't tell her friend that Johnny was seen with Cokie. "No nothing Stacey, I'm just trying to say, don't get your hopes up too high."
The next morning Stacey put on a pink sweat set. It was a warm day, perfect for exercise and being comfortable thought Stacey. When she got to school she suffered a great disappointment. Claudia was wearing her sweat set but it was blue one not pink. "How could I have forgotten?" thought Stacey, they both went together to the mall before she was going out with Johnny and they bought them. Claudia also thought a lot like Stacey and had thought it was a perfect day for sweats.
Claudia and Stacey glared at each other throughout classes. Kristy was mad at Stacey and at Claudia. Mallory and Jessi were no where in sight, and Mary Anne was a hopeless wreck. She didn't like arguments or disagreements at all. During lunch, which happened to be a Sloppy Joe, all of the BSC members ate together -- except Stacey who ate her lunch with Johnny. Stacey kept shooting small glances towards their table as if daring them to go and say sorry for whatever it was she thought they did wrong.
"Look at her, you know what, I'm actually wishing she would get played . Then she would see who her real friends are." Kristy said to the rest of them. Mary Anne gasped and shook her head. "No Kristy! That's mean, people shouldn't wish bad things to happen to others." As she finished saying that, Stacey got up and left the lunchroom.
"If she's ever going to see sense she better do it quick before I decide to never be her friend again" Claudia said through clenched teeth. "Claudia she's just blind right now but she'll come to her senses soon enough." Mary Anne said hopefully. " and I think you should have told her about Johnny. As her best friend you should have told her you'd seen him with Cokie." Claudia looked miserable and nodded her head murmuring, "You're right, you're right, no wonder she's mad at me."
By the end of 6th period Claudia was determined to tell Stacey everything she knew about Johnny and Cokie. She hurried across the halls but she bumped into someone. As she looked up to see who it was her heart almost stopped -- it was Johnny. "Hey Claud.
Johnny said sarcastically. He laughed stupidly at his own Joke.
"watch where you're going." Claudia said nothing to this and just glared at him. "Why that look baby?" Claudia grew angrier each time he said something. "Don't you call me baby Johnny" Claudia said furiously. "Hey, chill, why so sour Claud?" He looked at her with a playful grin. "Well … Maybe I'm sour because of you! I know what you're doing to Stacey and I don't like it. You've liked Cokie all along and you just want to make her jealous by using Stacey. You have the charm for it Johnny, but you're not careful. I saw you talking to Cokie, and you know what? I don't like you at all and --"
"Claudia are you talking to my boyfriend?" Stacey had just appeared and she had heard Claudia's last remark about her not liking Johnny. "Well yes Stacey I' am talking to him who else is in front of me?" replied Claudia hotly. "Hey Stacey, I was looking for you to give you this." Johnny said with his hand outstretched, he was holding a rose towards Stacey with a pink ribbon around it. "Ooh." was all Stacey managed to say. "It's --It's beautiful." Johnny smiled with a satisfied grin. "Yeah well, I thought you'd like it since it looks just like you, pretty in pink." What Johnny had just said was too perfect and Claudia knew it. Now Stacey blushing gleefully. "Stace I want you to wear it tonight for our dinner." Stacey looked from the flower to him "Yes, of course I'll wear it." Claudia was impatient she wanted to talk to Stacey quickly but she was too busy with this serious love affair. "I'll call you later Stacey, I have something to tell you." and with that, Claudia hurried away.
"Oh yeah Johnny, why was Claudia talking to you?" Stacey asked.
"Well…. " said Johnny uncomfortably, he was thinking of what would happen if Claudia told Stacey what she knew. "oh she was just talking about some nonsense." Stacey looked susiciously at him. "Stacey, look, if she says anything about me seeing another girl will you believe her? She wants us to break up, she doesn't like me at all. You heard her yourself." Stacey had heard Claudia say that, but she didn't want to believe it. "Well, I'll meet you today at 7:00 O.K? My mom is picking me up today, bye." She hurried out of the building and was glad for the excuse, she didn't want to reply to what Johnny had just told her. But could it be true? Could Claudia really just be mad because Stacey really likes Johnny, is she jealous of me?" thought Stacey as she walked down the sidewalk to her mom's car.
That afternoon was very cold and Stacey was preparing her clothes for the next day --it was her big date with Johnny. "I look great." she whispered to herself as she tried the clothes on that night. She neatly folded them and put them on her desk chair. She got her backpack from the closet but as she was pulling it towards her she knocked something off her dresser. Stacey leaned over and picked it up, it was a frame with a picture of her and Claudia at the mall. She hastily put the picture under the bed and thought "I wish I never see that picture again. Who needs a friend who's jealous at her?" Stacey got up and turned over every picture of her and Claudia in sight. She finished her homework and forgot all about Claudia for the rest of the night, and thought only of Johnny.