CAMDEN SHORE BOARDING ACADEMY
PRINCIPAL KEELIN'S OFFICE
Tuesday, March 3rd
5:32 PM
Claire continued to chew on her already short fingernails as the principal of Camden Shore Boarding School handed the two girls their maps and schedules. Claire could tell that Massie hated the principal already.
"Ladies, we are so glad to have you here at Camden Shore. I guarantee that you will just love it. Oh, wait... where is the third student?" Ms. Keelin contorted her face into a laughable portrait. Claire nearly snorted.
"What... third student?" Massie asked, confused. Claire's big blue eyes darted from Massie to Ms. Keelin.
"Well, the third girl from Westchester... I got an email from Mrs. Block that another child would be joining you." Ms. Keelin seemed quite taken aback at this mixup. This had to have been a mistake.
"Well, there isn't one. Trust me, Ms. Keelin," Massie placed her hand on her heart and blinked, "I would know if a girl from OCD was coming to a place like Camden Shore. I know every girl there. I mean, I was - " Massie was cut off by a screech behind her. Ms. Keelin jumped and Claire popped around instantly.
"Massie! Claire! Isn't this great? We're gonna be roomies!" All Massie and Claire had to see before they joined the squealing was a tamed mess of fiery red, curly hair.
"Dylan, what are you doing here?" Claire squealed. Dylan smiled, like she always did when she was about to ramble.
"Well, originally, my mom was gonna send me to a public school in California, but then she heard from Jakkob that you guys were coming here and I just had to come with you guys! I called Alicia to tell her, thinking maybe she'd come, too. But she's paying for her and Olivia to go to an all-girls school in London. Kristin is going to a public school in... Louisiana, I think. She has these really icky uniforms. I mean, they are hideous! She emailed me pictures and the girls were wearing stockings, and plaid, and yucky blue cardigans... Ehmagawd, that's them!" Dylan hastily pointed at Ms. Keelin, who was grinning and holding up three uniforms next to her cheek. They were exactly how Dylan had described. Knee-length plaid skirts, long-sleeved white polyester blouse, navy blue cardigans, a red tie,dark blue stockings, and a pair of black clog buckled shoes, to complete the look. Massie thought she stepped straight into a clothing catalog for nuns.
"What's that?" Claire asked, pointing to a gross purple pin in the shape of a palm tree that was stuck to the outside of the cardigans.
"These, girls, are your uniforms. And this," Ms. Keelin pointed to the purple palm tree, "is our school emblem. These are required to be worn everyday to school and to all school events, excluding the annual Camden Shore fashion shore next month." Ms. Keelin grinned as she handed each girl a uniform, hung on one hanger. Claire noticed Dylan snatch Massie's and put the next to each other, to check and see how much bigger Dylan's was. It was at least an inch bigger on each side, and Dylan obviously noticed. She folded up the uniform so it would look smaller, and threw the uniform at Massie's stomach "on accident".
"We only get one set? Won't they get dirty?" Claire asked, as Ms. Keelin asked her assistant to send some girls in.
"Oh, yes. There is a laundry room in the West Wing of the main building. Your roommates can show you later."
"What! Ms. Keelin, aren't Claire, Dylan and I roommates?" Massie snapped and took a quick step forward. Claire started to chew again.
"Oh, heaven's no. we here at Camden Shore try our best to forge new friendships. You girls are already friends, so we have you with other girls. Oh, speaking of which..." Ms. Keelin gestured toward the door. Massie, Dylan, and Claire looked and saw three girls standing in the doorway. Massie looked them over. The brunette on the left was the tallest and the sexiest on of the group. She looked a bit like Alicia, boobs and all. The one on the right was an innocent-looking brunette with a glossy smile. The one in the middle was obviously the fiercest... the leader. She had wavy golden hair and a sharp, overpowering stare.
"Massie Block, these are your roommates, Gingi Summers," She gestured to the Alicia look-alike, "And Emma Sundstrand," She pointed to the innocent one. Claire and Dylan, this is your new roommate, Addie Lawrence." Claire and Dylan stared at the blonde beauty, who looked as if she had just stepped out of Vogue. She was in her uniform, but it looked good on her, somehow. Addie gave a weak smile at Claire and Dylan, and didn't even attempt a smile at Massie.
"Goodbye, girls! Welcome to Camden Shore! Girls, can you show your roommates to their rooms and around campus before dinner?" Ms. Keelin asked politely.
"Yes, Ma'am." Emma answered as the girls walked away.
Massie could have sworn that when she walked out of the door and accidentally stepped on the back of Addie's shoes, she heard a mumbled, "Poser." Maybe. It may have been the air-conditioning.
