Author's Note: Heyy. This is chapter 1 of2 that im updating today. I'm gonna be out of town until July 9th, so i wont be able to update until july 10 because were getting back really late.

Octavion Country Day

Room 502

September 6th

3:42 p.m.

"Ugh. Where is he?" Massie tapped her foot impatiently. She took out her gloss and applied it.

Massie felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around and saw that it was Derrington. Massie hugged him and then said, "Hey! Let's go." They headed towards the back of the room, where the study session was being held, and sat next to Cam. Kristin and Dylan walked in the room and Massie waved them over. Next, Claire and Mandy walked in. Massie noticed them and sort of gave her a look that said "why are you still hanging out with her?" and waved Claire over and when Mandy came, she said, "Kuh-laire only."

Claire looked at Mandy with apologies in her eyes, but Mandy just sat down anyways, right next to Derrington and looked at him and winked. Massie didn't like other girls moving in on her territory, but just then the teacher at the front of the room announced, "The Study Session has now begun. Please pull out your books and study quietly or in small groups."

The door burst open and Alicia sauntered into the room slowly. Her eyes scanned the room and picked out a seat next to Dylan. She weaved her way through all of the desks and plopped down in the seat.

"Ms. Rivera, please come on time next class." The teacher arched her eyebrows at her.

"Ugh. Whatevs." Alicia rolled her eyes and joined the small circle that had formed while the teacher was talking. Massie, Derrington, Cam, Kristen, Dylan, and Claire were all in the circle. Mandy was sitting next to Claire, not in the circle, because Massie wouldn't let her in.

Alicia sat next to Kristen and Dylan and the circle expanded to let her in. She saw Mandy's eyes narrow and saw her glare at Massie. Seconds later, Mandy was standing up and on the move.

Mandy strolled next to Derrington and sat down, putting her hand on his shoulder. "Heyy. What's your name?" she asked, winking at him.

"Derrick Harrington" he mumbled, oblivious to the tension between Mandy and Massie.

"Well, I'm Mandy Burger. Do you want to go to the mall or the movies this Friday after school?"

Massie's amber eyes narrowed at Mandy. Suddenly, she couldn't contain it any longer. "You bitch! That's my boyfriend you're asking out!"

Mandy looked coolly at Massie. "I know."

Massie gasped and walked up to Mandy so they were eye to eye. They stood like that for a couple of seconds, when Massie suddenly slapped Mandy without warning. The rest of the group looked towards the teacher, but she hadn't noticed anything yet. She was sleeping on her desk, and apparently she was a very deep sleeper.

"Kuh-laire! You have got to get rid of your boyfriend stealing, EW, LBR freak of a friend!"

Claire's eyes shifted from Mandy to Massie. She weakly whispered, "I can't."

"Look, Kuh-laire. I'm sorry that you have to pick, but this bitch tried to steal my boyfriend and I cannot have a LBR trying to steal Derrick!"

Claire weakly looked from Massie to Mandy again and fled from the room. Massie watched her go. She would go follow her, but she was too upset. Mandy ran after Claire, while Kristen, Dylan, Alicia, Derrington, and Cam watched the drama with wide eyes. The rest of the study session passed quietly.

Briarwood Apartments

Kristen's Room

September 6th

8:30 p.m.

Kristen lay across her bed, trying to make sense of the math equations written in the textbook. How in the world am I supposed to know how to do this? She thought desperately, but then she remembered how important her scholarship was, and read the explanations one more time.

"Kristen, honey?" her mom's voice filtered through the closed door. "Can you come down for a second?"

"Yeah. I'll be right down." She shouted back. She got off of her bed, and made her way to the door, wondering what this could possibly be about. When she got down, she saw her mom and dad sitting on the couch in the living room.

"What?" she asked.

Her dad spoke. "Honey, we're moving…"

Kristen's eyes grew wide with shock. How could this be happening? A small part of her felt like laughing because now she didn't have to learn how to do her math homework, but she still felt like she was about to explode. She felt drips of water fall from her eyes. "How can you do this to me?" she screamed. "Don't you care about how your daughter feels? How this move could affect her? I'm not moving and that's final."

Her mom looked at her dad to Kristen, confused. "Well, honey. You didn't let us finish. We're moving to the Montador. We can afford it now. I just got a new job at the church and your father has been doing quite well."

Kristen looked shocked. "Oh. Sorry for screaming."

"That's okay." Kristen ran upstairs and logged onto AOL Instant Messenger. She thought about telling her friends, but then decided to keep it a secret until they actually moved, and then invite them over. She quickly signed off, then decided to go back to her math homework.

The Block Estate

The Guesthouse

September 7th

6:45 a.m.

"Claire! It's time to wake up." Her mother gently shook her awake. "Come on, sweetie, wake up."

"Ughhhh. I feel sick." Claire moaned. She really didn't, but she did not want to choose between Massie and Mandy, at least not yet. If she chose Mandy, she would be a loser again, and be tortured even more by the OCD population. If she chose Massie, Mandy would be all alone and tell everyone in Florida what a bitch she had become, even though she knew that she wasn't. Also, she would be ditching her best friend since birth. Who would she choose?

Author's Note: i hoped you liked this chapter! please review!