ALICIA'S HOUSE

THE BLOCK LIMO

Monday, March 1stth

7:39 am

"What's wrong, girls. You haven't said a word since you got in the car!" Isaac, Massie's driver said. Still, Massie and Claire didn't say a thing. Alicia came in the car. Normally she would be showing off her beautiful hair and face, but she wasn't wearing a lot of makeup and had her hair in a messy ponytail. They could tell that today was not going to be good without one of their best friends. Isaac took off, still concerned about the silence.

"Come on. If you don't say something soon, I'll have to sing." Isaac said with a playful smile. He took a quick glance at the back seat to see the girls with puffy eyes and no smiles.

"Fine. You asked for it." He turned up the radio and started singing like a girl. "LIVING IN A MATERIAL WORLD AND I AM A MATERIAL GIRL!" Isaac rolled down the windows as he pulled up to Dylan's house and sang even louder. "YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE LIVING IN A MATERIAL WORLD AND I AM A MATERIAL GIRL!" Dylan came bursting out, cracking up. She ah-bviously heard Isaac singing. She charged into the car and saw the girls cracking up too. As they drove by houses, people would scream out their window. Everyone was singing now. Soon their smiles faded when they pulled up to Kristen's house. No wonder why Isaac was so clueless. He didn't know that Kristen wasn't going to OCD anymore.

"Um… I guess we forgot to tell you Isaac. Kristen is going to a boarding school now." Massie said quietly.

Isaac turned around and looked at all of them and their sad faces. "I'm so sorry you guys. Why isn't she going to OCD?"

"Her stupid parents said she needs to become more mature so they sent her to this stupid boarding school." Massie explained. They spent the rest of the car ride. By the time they pulled into the OCD parking lot, the girls had put on new lip gloss and fixed their hair. They put on a happy smile and were ready to face the school without Kristen.

There was a huge group of girls gathered in a circle. Massie and the Pretty Committee rushed over to see what was going on that didn't include her. What she saw in the middle of the circle surprised everyone.

Sara Jensen was surrounded by a ton of Massie wannabes. They were all cracking up at a story she was telling. The 4 foot 9 inched girl seemed to be cooler than Massie thought she would be. Although she wore a pink Happy Bunny shirt and a green camouflage skirt (totally clash), everyone was all over her.

"HI! Wait, I think I remember you're name. Maddie, right?" Sara asked.

"No. Massie," she said in disgust while examining her fingers.

"Lemme see you're nails. Oh my gosh. That's a really pretty color." Sara said, showing her nails, which were black with pink polka dots. "These took me an hour!"

"How long did it take you to pick out those clothes? Talk about tacky!" Massie said expecting everyone to laugh. The only people that laughed were Alicia and Dylan, which made Massie miss Kristen's phlegmy laugh. Claire didn't really laugh, probably not trying to offend everyone. Massie looked around and saw that everyone was glaring at her. Sara just laughed and said, "How could you not LOVE happy bunny!"

"I know how." Massie smirked.

"What's wrong you with you, Massie. Sara is, like, the sweetest person ever. Why do you have to be such a bitch?" A "B list" girl named Krissy said.

Massie scoffed and walked away with TPC without looking back. The only person that stayed behind was Claire. "Don't worry. Massie's can be mean at times. But I really like your shirt and your nails are ah-dorable." Claire whispered to Sara. She had to hunch down to get to her ear.

"Thanks. I like your hair. Where did you get you're highlights?" Sara said perkily.

"They're natural." Claire said while examining her hair.

"Seriously? I wish my hair was like that. I have to get my hair rehighlighted every 2 months. You are so lucky." Sara said, feeling Claire's hair.

"CLAIRE! COME HERE!" Massie yelled. She was not a very patient person.

"COMING!" Claire yelled back. "Thanks, Sara. Maybe I'll see you around."

"Cool. Bye!" Sara yelled back as Claire charged away. The one thing that Claire had learned from being Massie's friend was to never, ever keep her waiting. She will dump you in a second if you chose someone over her.

"What are you so happy about?" Massie asked with a sour look on her face. Claire was smiling really big. Whenever she's around Massie, Claire is the one giving compliments. No one ever told her that her hair is pretty. Sara was a really nice girl and Claire felt bad that the pretty committee was so mean to her. She decided to try to be more like Sara. Happy and perky and not caring what other people think, and being nice to everyone.

"Oh, um… I just said something really mean to Sara and I've never felt like I have power."

"What did you say?" Massie asked, feeling proud that Claire finally was getting some strength to not always be so sweet.

"well, um… I said… 'what kind of flowers do you want for you're funeral?' and she said, 'huh?' and I said, 'well, you just committed social suicide. So you're better prepare for you're death.'" Claire lied. Who knew she had the courage and cleverness to make up such a comeback. The girls exchanged some high fives and Massie was jealous that Claire came up with something that witty.

"I'm glad I taught you well," Massie teased as she led the girls to their lockers. During the walk through the hall, they got at least 30 welcome backs from girls who haven't met Super Sara yet. When Dylan opened her a locker, a tightly folded paper fell out.

"What is that?" Alicia asked when Dylan picked it up.

"Hold on." Dylan picked up the note and looked on the front

TO DYLAN FROM ?

"Dylan! You have a secret admirer!" Massie said, looking over her shoulder. Dylan smiled and unfolded it.

I SEE YOU EVERYDAY WITH THE PRETTY COMMITTE

WITH OUT YOU, MY LIFE IS SHIT-TY

YOU'RE SMILE IS BEUTIFUL YOU'RE EYES ARE SWEET

I FEEL SO IN LOVE EACH TIME WE MEET

YOU LOOK LIKE AN ANGLE, UP IN THE SKY

IF YOU COULD GROW WINGS, I KNOW YOU COULD FLY.

"Awww! That is so sweet," Claire said after reading it.

"They spelled committee wrong. And angel. And beautiful," Massie said, looking over it. Secretly she wished that she got a secret admirer note. She wouldn't even care how many words were spelled wrong.

"I wonder who it is," Dylan pondered, reading it over and over again. She folded it in half and stuck in her back pocket. She leaned against her locked and watched all the boys go by, thinking about which guy was secretly in love with her.

"I have to go to class early to get help for the math test. See you guys later!" Claire called as she hurried to class. When she walked in, she saw Sara and all the girls with their pants pulled up high, pretending to be a mix between Steve Urkel and Pee Wee Herman. If Massie was there, Claire would have been making fun of them and saying they looked like retards. But that was when Claire realized that she was so fake.

Why should Claire always act so stuck up and cool and make other people feel bad when she could be having fun with people that don't care how stupid she looks.

Claire pulled up her pants over her shirt and did her best impersonation of Pee Wee Herman. "Hey everyone! What's going on?" Claire yelled and jumped on a chair.

"Lets sing a song!" Sara yelled and jumped on a table. Amazingly, she was still shorter than Claire. "If you're happy and you know it, clap you're hands! If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands!"

"If you're a retard and you know it clap your hands." Massie said in a sarcastic perky voice. Massie was really speaking to Sara but was looking directly at Claire. Her mind rushed as she tried to figure out what she could say. Should she get down on her knees and beg Massie to forget about her being such a loser? Or should she stay up there and act retarded? She knew that ditching Massie and hanging out with Sara would not be a good idea. There was no use saying that she was making fun of Sara. Massie wasn't that stupid. Everyone just kept singing, as if Massie didn't say anything. They started to square dance and everyone was keeling over laughing.

Claire looked at Sara in a sort of cry for help. Sara knew exactly what was going on. All of her new friends explained that Massie was the queen bee and to watch out for her. Sara's response was that Massie must have a good side and was determined to find it. Sara jumped off the seat and ran over to Massie. She grabbed her hands and tried to do twist with her, but Massie pushed to the ground.

"EWW! GET OFF OF ME, SHRIMP! I know that you think acting like a retard is cool, and apparently so does Claire. But I seem to be the only person with common sense in here and I know that you all look like idiots. So as long as you stay away from me, I'll stay away from you. Kay?" Massie sneered, glaring back and fourth from Claire to Sara to her ex-wannabes.

Claire still stood on her chair and looked at the crazy scene. Massie, Alicia, and Dylan stood by the door, glaring at Sara, who was laying on the ground petrified. Half of the other girls were dancing again and the other half were standing their wide-eyed, thinking, "Why did I ever want to be like Massie? She's such a bitch!" And Claire, standing in the middle of the room, mortified.