Octavian Country Day School
Starbucks Kiosk
Friday, February 27
10:00 A.M.
Massie leaned against the wall waiting for Claire, Dylan, Kristen and Alicia to arrive at their designated meeting place. They had decided against a trip to Dr. Juice, because, as Kristen put it, the caffeine would do them no harm at the rate their day was going. All the teachers seemed to feel the need to lecture them even more about what they had done, and then assign them long essays or homework assignments due the next day. Also, they were not in very many classes together, so one on one or one on two classes were not exactly fun.
Massie looked around. The sixth and eighth graders were staring openly at her. Somehow, everyone had heard about the episode in Lake Placid, and they were confused as to WHY The Pretty Committee was back in. Massie pretended not to notice the stares and sipped her low fat Café Americano, tapping her silver Jimmy Choo's and checking her rhinestone-covered cellphone for the time. Kristen was the first to arrive, sipping her latte casually as she walked over to Massie. Her new sevens, courtesy of Massie Block, looked great on her, Massie noted.
The girls had seen reason for an emergency shopping spree after school on Thursday, a celebratory shopping spree. Alicia followed Kristen slowly, sipping a bottle of Glaceau. Her dark hair was tied up in a knot on top of her head, all except a long strand hanging over her green Ralph Lauren polo shirt. Dylan raced to catch up to Alicia, nearly tripping over her Prada-clad feet. The four girls chattered, waiting for the final member of the Pretty Committee to arrive. Claire entered the Cafeteria about two minutes later with a look of disgust on her face. She came up to them, annoyed.
"I just had English and Mrs. Chafee decided to assign me a 7 page essay due Monday. She's just mad because she was looking forward to the week off to spend it 'relaxing and resting'" I was looking forward to this weekend, Cam's coming back and I wanted to hang out. The girls nodded sympathetically, but Claire knew it could be worse. If the HAD been expelled, she wouldn't have had any homework, but she knew her parents would have grounded her through high school, which would mean never seeing Cam again.
"Speaking of boyfriends" Massie looked at her phone and sighed, still nothing. "They must not have left yet. Anyway, that was kinda the point of our meeting. Everyone will b back on Monday, and they will ALL want to know about our exciting adventure, and how we reentered the school. In order to prove that we are still on the top, we need to act as though none of it fazed us. We can't let them think for even a second that we cared about being expelled, or they'll start to think that we're losing our grip. We need to act blasé."
"Done."
"Done."
"Done."
"Done."
"And done."