Author's Note: ahh! im soo sorry i didnt update sooner! i had writers block not fun. anyways. i hope you like this chapter!

The Block Estate

The Pool

September 14th

4:23 p.m.

The timer next to Massie dinged and all four girls turned over on their chairs. They needed a perfect tan for Massie's party next week. That was when the Pretty Committee would tell everyone whether Claire was in or out.

"So who do you guys think Kuh-laire will pick?" Massie asked the other girls.

"Us. Why wouldn't she?" Alicia gathered her hair and moved it so it wasn't in the way of the sun rays.

"Same." Dylan dabbed some gloss on her lips.

"Definitely us." Kristen slathered on some more suntan lotion.

Massie thought about their opinions. "What would you rather… Kuh-laire picking us or Mandy?" The other girls were silent as they thought about their options.

Alicia was the first to speak. "Well, Kuh-laire is definitely becoming ah-nnoying again. I mean, she's totally ignoring us and hanging out with Mandy behind our backs. She doesn't know that we know, but I know all the gossip."

Massie gasped. She hadn't known that Kuh-laire was going behind their backs to be with Mandy! "That's it. That girl is going down. I cannot believe that she is actually going behind our backs to be with that EW! If she picks Mandy, she'll be less popular than Old Navy. If she picks us, we'll make her less popular than Old Navy." Massie narrowed her eyes.

"Done"

"Done"

"And Done"

Octavion Country Day School

English Class

September 15th

11:43

Massie could not wait for lunch to start. She wanted to be with her friends, and not in this classroom listening to the teacher drone on about punctuation. She reached around in her BCBG Max Azria black leather handbag for her lip gloss. She found it and spread it across her lips. Then she reached for her Motorola.

MASSIE? UP?

DYLAN: NM. MATH IS SOO BORING!

ALICIA: SHOPPING IN NYC THIS WKND4 MASSIES PARTY?

MASSIE: DEFF.

DYLAN: OKAY.

KRISTEN: FINE. BUT I GTG. TALKING ABOUT BIG PROJECT IN BIO.

DYLAN? ABOUT KUH-LAIRE?

MASSIE: NO WAY. WE WANT TO HAVE FUN.

ALICIA: LOL.

The bell rang and Massie grabbed her stuff and dashed out of the room. She was going to tell everyone about the party at lunch.

Octavion Country Day School

The Café

September 15th

12:01 p.m.

"Attention, everyone. May I have your attention?" Massie stood at the front of the café. Everyone sitting or standing turned towards her to listen to what she had to say.

"The Pretty Committee will be hosting a party on Friday, September 21st. Everyone is invited. It starts at 7:30 p.m. and will go until 12:00 a.m. Briarwood boys are also invited!"

The café was silent until a large burst of excitement and noise filled the room. People rushed out of the lines for Starbucks and ran towards their friends to talk about the party.

"Great job, Mass. Everyone will be there to see Mandy and Kuh-laire be humiliated." The rest of the Pretty Committee congratulated Massie when she returned to their table.

Meanwhile, Claire was sitting in the library with Mandy, silently eating their lunches. "Thanks for choosing me instead of those snobs." Mandy quietly said.

"Um… I want to be friends with all of you." Claire nervously replied. She bit her thumbnail.

Mandy rolled her eyes. "Claire, you have to learn that you can't be friends with everyone. Me and Massie being friends is as unlikely as a discoing poodle on the streets of New York City."

Claire giggled. She knew that she had to pick between Massie and Mandy. Did she wantto be inor out? What she didn't know is that the Pretty Committee had already decided that her decision didn't matter anymore. She was out.

Author's Note: please review! ill update faster