FROST BOARDING SCHOOL

THE PARKING LOT

Tuesday, March 2nd

6:43

A black limo pulled up to the school, just as it did the day before. And just as the students did the day before, everyone on campus stopped what they were doing and stared. Normally, people didn't come to school in limos, so everyone was surprised when Kristen came in one Monday. But two days in a row? They were bamboozled.

Massie stepped out of the rent-a-limo and grabbed her one bag of luggage. The sun was just setting so the moonlight was shining on her big amber eyes. Everyone was staring at her movie star outfit: a pink Vera Wang mini dress with red Emilio Pucci Sweatpants underneath and Salvatore Ferragamo high heals. If Massie was going to sneak into the school, she had to be able to move comfortably.

As if she was about to go play in a major league soccer game, she tied back her hair in a low pony tail and squinted her eyes. She took a deep breath and started walking forward. It was a pretty long walk and Massie was totally happy. After the past two days of rejection, she'd been longing for someone to admire her. At least no one knew her story.

Many people started whispering as Massie walked by and many times she heard the name Kristen. Massie smiled, not because people were admiring her but because people were admiring her and her friend. She was glad that her friend was getting attention because she deserved it.

Before she went inside, she turned around and smiled to her public. Unlike Kristen, she had to open her own door, and she had to carry her own luggage. But she didn't mind because everyone, guys and girls, were finally in love with her again.

It was then that Massie realized that she had to hide. What would happen if she got caught? She had to get to Kristen's room. But… um… where was it?

Massie opened a janitor's closet and threw her luggage in. She couldn't hold on to it now. She'd get it back later.

She walked up to a hot guy in a white collar-neck shirt with an orange tie and green pants.

"Excuse me. Where's the front desk?" Massie asked in a sweet voice. She didn't want to make the same mistake as last time.

"Do you mean the principles office?" They guy asked and Massie nodded. "Okay, go straight and turn left. It's the second door on the left. So are you going to our school?" The guy said. He had brown hair and was holding a football. Very hot, Massie thought.

"No."

"So will you be here a while?"

Massie pretended to think and shrugged. "Yeah." She walked off and looked through the window. It was pretty big. There was a desk with a bunch of papers and a computer on it and four chairs in front. She assumed it was the principle sitting at the desk, working at the computer.

"How can I get her out of there?" Massie whispered.

"Can I help you?" A girl's voice asked from behind her. Massie gasped and whipped around. The girl had long blonde hair with big blue eyes, she was really beautiful. She was wearing a green long sleeved shirt with an orange tank top on over, a green and white plaid short skirt, and knee-high tie-dye white and orange socks.

"Oh, do you know which room Kristen Gregory is in?" Massie asked in an innocent voice.

"I know who she is, but I don't know which room she's in. Sorry."

"Okay, well. I need to get into the principle's office. I mean, with her not in there."

"Why?"

"Well, that I can't tell you."

"Then why should I help you?" The girl was about to turn away and leave but Massie grabbed her arm.

"I'll pay you," Massie said with a smirk and pulled a handful of money out of her pocket.

"Oh my gosh! How did you get that much money? The richest person around here is that new girl from Westchester." The girl said staring at the money.

"Kristen? Rich?" Massie laughed as she counted the money in her hand. "Okay, this is only 500. I have, like, at least 20,000 dollars in my bag. Here. I'll give you 250. Just get that lady out of there and distract her for, like, 2 minutes." Massie waved the money in her face.

"Okay." The girl said with her hands on her hips.

"Here you go. I'm Massie Block."

"Kailey Bernard. Pleasure doing business with you," The girls shook hands and giggled.

"Okay, do whatever you need to get her out of there. I'll be about 5 minutes." Massie explained as she watched Kailey think. She knew that finding Kristen's room would only take about a half a minute but she would need some time to look around and investigate.

"I'm ready," Kailey said as she knocked on the door. "Principle Cheryl! There's someone here to see you!" Massie ran behind the corner as watched as Kailey led the principle to the front door and Massie snuck into the office. She felt like James Bond as she carefully closed the door and walked over to the computer. It took 15 seconds to find the folder of room numbers, 10 seconds to find Kristen, and 30 seconds to try to memorize a couple of other people's numbers. Massie closed everything on the computer and searched through the papers. She found a map of the school. Some of the dorm rooms were on the 2nd floor but most were on the 3rd floor. She found a copy of every student's schedule so she stuck Kristen's in the copy machine and took the copy.

Massie started opening drawers in Principle Cheryl's desk and found a drawer full of cell phones, iPod, mp3s, etc. She had 2 minutes left so she searched for Kristen's stuff. She found her cell and iPod so she stuck them in her pocket. She also took Kailey's cheap mp3 and cell. Her pockets were getting really full so she couldn't take anything else. Except for the most adorable pair of earrings that she held in her hands.

All of her work was done so she slipped out of the room and hid around the corner. She heard the voices of Kailey and Cheryl talking and smiled at how well this had worked. "I'm really sorry to bother you Mrs. Cheryl. My parents were just here. They probably went to the bathroom or something. Sorry, again," she heard Kailey say.

"That's okay, Kailey. But tell them I said hi," Mrs. Cheryl said as she walked back into the room and closed the door.

Massie popped out and gave Kailey a big hug. "Oh, I found some of you're stuff!" she handed over the cell phone and iPod and watched Kailey jump up and down with joy.

"Thank you so much! So, are you going to this school?"

"Not really. But I am going to be staying for five days," Massie explained quietly, as she led the way to the janitor's closet. She opened the door and pulled out her luggage, and Kailey looked at her in utter confusion.

"Don't worry. I just ran away and I'm meeting my friend Kristen here," Massie said as she walked up the stairs to room 34.

"Oh, so you're friends with the new girl?"

"Yup. Oh, here's her room. Gotta go. Bye," Massie said as she walked into room 34 and smiled. The room looked just like Kristen's old room, but messier. Massie tossed her suitcase on the ground and sat down on a beige, with a pink pillow, chair and started looking through Kristen's text messages. She had to delete anything from her ex-friends that said how terrible she was. She couldn't believe some of the stuff they wrote and said about her.

Just when she finished, Massie heard the door open and she screamed, and so did the person coming in. She whipped her head around to see who was coming in.

"MASSIE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!" Kristen screamed, in utter shock.

"Oh, I was… just in the neighborhood," Massie said, standing up and walking around and sitting down on the bed. She looked up at Kristen, who was still in shock, and smiled. "Come on. I paid 300 dollars to get here by rent-a-limo, risked getting arrested, stole you're cell phone and iPod from the principles office, and you don't even greet me?"

"YOU GOT MY CELL PHONE!" Kristen screamed and grabbed the phone and iPod from Massie and started dancing… with no music…

"Ughhhh." Massie groaned as she fell back onto the couch. This was not happening.

"I'm sorry. I just really wasn't expecting you. But I'm glad you're here. Wait. Why are you here? Am I going home? Did my parents finally decide to take me back to OCD? Oh my gosh! I can't wait to get out of this place and see The Pretty Committee," Kristen exclaimed. She looked at Massie and saw she looked totally sad. "That's not why you're here is it. Why are you here?" She tried her hardest to fake a smile but was totally devastated. This was finally her chance to shine, all alone at Frost, and of course! Massie the great comes in and will ruin her moment of stardom. Well, this time, she was NOT going to let the princess of OCD steal the spotlight.

Just then, Massie burst into tears and went hysterical. "YOU DON'T GET IT! I RAN AWAY!"

"Ohmygawd. Why?" Kristen said, putting her arms around Massie.

"BECAUSE EVERYONE HATES ME!" Massie screamed and put her head in her hands. Kristen tried to hold back a laugh. She had no idea that her friend was such a drama queen.

"Tell me everything," Kristen said, ready to listen. Massie spent the next fifteen minutes telling her everything she missed over the past two days. Kristen did feel bad for her but felt like she deserved it for being so mean to Sara.

"Well, why were being mean to her if she was only trying to be nice?"

"Because she stole all my friends!"

"But didn't that happened because you were mean to her?" Massie just sat there staring at Kristen with a why-are-you-doing-this-to-me look. "Listen, I'm still on you're side. But think about it. If being nice is in, then you should have already been crowned OCD sweetheart. I mean, the odds of you beating Sara and all of her friends are very low. So just go with the crowd. Act like a 7 year old. And don't hate me for saying this, but you should apologize."

"For what? I didn't do anything," Massie whined, a little calmer than before.

"As much as you want to think that this is all Sara's fault its not. Think about this. The effect is that Derrington broke up with you. What's the cause?"

"Umm… I was being mean to Sara," Massie muttered.

"Good. The effect is you were being mean to Sara. What's the cause?"

"All my friends left me for her."

"Okay. The effect is your friends left you for Sara. What's the cause?"

"I was being mean to Sara."

"The effect is you were being mean to Sara. What's the cause?"

"She was being too nice."

"okkkeeeeyyyy…" Kristen laughed, and soon Massie was laughing too. "So would you rather have her be mean?"

"Alright, I get you're point. I have five days until I have to go home. I'll apologize then," Massie said as she started to unpack her bags. "Maybe you could actually learn something at this school!"

"See you tomorrow, Erika." They heard from the hallway. Two girls were talking quietly outside. Kristen knew who they were.

"Ehmygawd. Okay, that's my roommate. Go hide!" Kristen said frantically. Massie looked around. She was about to go in the bathroom but Kristen shoved her in the closet and closed the door.

"Hey, Kristen!" Ally said as she walked in. "Whose stuff is that?" She said, pointing to Massie's bag. She walked over to her bed and put down her books.

"Oh, I got another bag shipped in. You can never have enough stuff!" Kristen lied as she started unpacking Massie's clothes.

"I totally wish I had as much money as you. Look at this stuff! Chanel, Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren! Oh my god," Ally gasped as she pulled a plastic bag out of the suitcase. It said TO KRISTEN, LOVE MASSIE and was full of money. "Oh my gosh! Is that one of those Pretty Committee girls? You are so amazing! Before you came to this school, it was so boring."

"Thanks," Kristen said as she pulled out her pajamas: a Victorias Secret green cami and black boy shorts.

"No seriously! You are the best thing that's happened to this school ever since Gravy Ferret the Magician came and cut off all of Anna Margaret's hair. That is in the living memory of all of our hearts," Ally said as her and Kristen cracked up. It happened during November but her golden blonde hair was still shoulder length and she was still fuming. "So what are you going to do about making your own Pretty Committee?"

"Well, I still have to come up with a new name. You have no idea how hard it is," Kristen groaned. She had been thinking about it all day, and still couldn't come up with something better than the Hot Squad. And that was obviously a no.

"I'm gonna change. Be right back," Ally said as she headed for the closet that Massie was hiding out in.

"Wait!" Kristen yelled as she opened the door, and saw Massie staring right back at her. Ally screamed on the top of her lungs and Massie put her hand over her mouth.

"Hi, I'm Massie," She said, still with her hand over Ally's mouth.

"What were you doing in my closet?" She tried to say, muffled under Massie's hand.

She took off her hand, wiped it off on her mini dress, and said, "You know, chilling out…" she smiled, but Ally still looked frightened. "Don't freak out. I'm Kristen's friend. I ran away so I'll just be hanging out here for a couple days."

A phone that was lying on the ground started ringing. Ally leaned over and picked it up. "Hello?"

"Hi, is Massie there?" A stern and deep voice said on the other side. Massie shook her head and mouthed NO!

"Massie who?" Ally said in a strange accent.

"Massie Block."

"I- I'm sorry. I don't know a Massie Block."

"You're on her cell phone."

"Ohhh. That Massie Block. I thought you were talking about a different Massie Block… that I didn't know."

"Can I please speak with the Massie Block that you do know?"

"Oh, she's in the bathroom," Ally said as Massie groaned in frustration. She figured it was her dad, but it might be Derrington or some other guy.

"I'll wait."

Ally whined and paused for a couple seconds. "Okay, she's out," Ally said as she started to hand over the phone to Massie, but she flicked it away and moaned. "Oh, um. I'm sorry. Massie, um, left for… um… New Mexico."

Massie whimpered and grabbed the phone from her. "You are the worst liar ever!" she whispered and lifted the phone to her ear. "Hello?"

"WHERE ARE YOU!" her dad screamed on the other side.

"I told you not to freak out. I'm perfectly fine," Massie rolled her eyes and hoped that he wouldn't try to come get her.

"Where are you!"

"I'm not going to tell you because you'll just come and get you. But let me say that there are responsible adults and no drinking or anything."

"And there is no chance of you coming back for five days?"

"Nope."

"Well, are you going to learn some lessons of compassion while you are gone? Because Claire filled us in on what's been going on between you and Sara."

"Believe me, I already have."

"Okay. Well, call everyday and make sure you're back by the 7th. We'll call you in sick for school, but this is a one time only thing!"

"Thank you so much daddy! I love you."

"Love you, too." He said and hung up.

"YESS!" Massie screamed and celebrated with the girls. 5 days with no school, and a bunch of people thinking she was amazing. Nothing could get better than this!

The bell rang which meant it was lights out. Massie lay down on the floor, which was her new bed. It was only nine and she so wasn't going to sleep. She pulled out her palm pilot and started fillling in what happened

CURRENT STATE OF THE UNION

In

Frost Boarding School

James Bond

Being a sweetheart

Out

OCD

Goody Goody Two Shoes

Being a beyoch