Author's Note: hey. so in case you didn't read my authors note on the last chapter.. im leaving tomorrow until july 9th so thats why im posting 2 chapters. enjoy!

Octavion Country Day

The Café

September 7th

12:00 p.m.

Massie waited for the entire Pretty Committee to assemble before she asked them the question that had been sitting on their minds the entire day.

"Where's Kuh-laire?" she asked.

"Sick. She wasn't in History." Alicia replied.

"Oh. Okay. We have something very important to discuss and it involves Mandy. Do you guys like her?"

"No! She tried to steal Derrington. That is the lowest thing a girl can do." Kristen said immediately.

"Ugh. That whore-faced slut? That's like asking if I want to gain 100 pounds." Dylan said scornfully.

"No way. By the way, I have some gossip on her." Alicia announced, and the other girls leaned in, eagerly. "She used to have lice, she still watches Barney, Sesame Street, and all of those other shows, and…" she paused dramatically because this was the biggest piece of gossip yet. "her dad's in jail for stealing from a convenient store."

"Ehmagawd! How did you find out?" the other girls screeched, excitedly.

"I have my ways." Alicia smiled sneakily. Just then, Mandy walked in the lunchroom, completely alone. Massie looked thoughtful for a moment as she spread lip-gloss over her lips, but then smiled wickedly and motioned for the other girls to watch.

Mandy had sat down with Layne, Meena, and Heather. Massie walked over to them and heard Mandy ask Meena for a hair-tie. Meena handed it over. At that moment, Massie sat down at their table. Many other girls from other tables watched in awe as the most popular girl at their school was sitting with the freaks. Layne glared at Massie, but Meena and Heather just stared at her in awe. Mandy was ignoring her.

"You might not want that hair-tie back, Meena." Massie said loudly.

"Why?" she asked, confused.

Massie looked innocently at Mandy. "Why, you didn't know? Mandy, here, used to have LICE." She said that loud enough for everyone to hear. A collective gasp was heard after Massie had said that. Massie smiled sweetly, and then walked back to her friends.

When she got to them, she said, "Part 1 of 3, done."

"Done"

"Done"

"And Done"

The Block Estate

The Guesthouse

September 7th

7:24 p.m.

"Kuh-laire? Where are you?" Massie called, stepping into the silent house.

"Up here." She heard a faint voice coming from upstairs. She walked up the stairs and saw Claire sitting on her bed taking pictures of random things.

"What are you doing?" Massie asked.

"Taking pictures." Claire smiled a little and added a little eye roll.

Massie smiled, too. "Why weren't you at school today? I missed you."

Claire looked down at her green and pink striped socks. "I wasn't feeling good."

"Oh come on, Kuh-laire! I know that's total BS. Tell me the truth."

Claire looked up at Massie. "It is the truth! Don't you see my red nose? I have a cold."

Massie glanced suspiciously at her nose, but it really was red. "Oh. Okay then. Well, I gotta go. It's time for me to feed Bean." With those words she walked out of the room.

Claire lay back down on her bed, and stared at the ceiling. The truth was, she didn't really have a cold, but she didn't feel well. Her nose was red from when she was thinking about the hard decision she had to make. She had been crying and thinking at the same time, but she still wasn't sure. She didn't want to go to school tomorrow, but she had to if she didn't want to fail. Tomorrow was going to be horrible.

Author's Note: please review. it makes me feel like writing more