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- This got reposted because I realized I forgot something at the end that's important later, you may not notice it, but it will defiantly be important!
Slice Of Heaven
Booth 3
Wednesday, October 2nd
4:38 P.M.
To Massie, everything about Slice of Heaven seemed perfect. The way the waiters and waitresses rushed in and out of the kitchen, the busboys quickly clearing old dishes, the smell of pizza fresh out of the oven, people from school at tables either by themselves or with friends talking and eating while maybe doing their homework, the speakers playing a local top forty radio station, even the occasional little kids happily drawing with crayons on the pieces of paper at every table and booth.
"What did you get for twelve?" Claire asked Kristen, staring down at her AP calculus book in confusion. Seeing that completely lost and aggravated look on Claire's face always made Massie feel like she made the right choice by deciding to take an easier math class, even if it meant being separated from her friends.
Kristen flipped to the previous page and sighed, "I have no clue." She flipped back a few more pages before scrawling something into her notebook before showing it to Claire.
Feeling bored and completely left out since she had no homework, Massie grabbed her almost empty glass of diet Coke and walked over to the small non-alcoholic bar at the back instead of waiting for their waiter to come and fill it.
She sat on a red leather cushioned stool and handed it to the bartender, Hunter, who already knew what she wanted due to her frequent visits.
"What did Alicia want to talk to you about?" She heard a male voice ask from somewhere behind her, sounding as if they were getting closer with every word. Damn it.
"She didn't want to talk, she wanted to yell." Derrick Harrington's voice asked from the right side of her. Massie could see him from the corner of her eye sit next to her, and Cam on the other side of him. She quickly looked in the opposite direction and tried to make it look as if she was staring out the window, hoping they wouldn't notice it was her while she waited for the bartender to give her glass back.
"Here you go, Massie." He said, setting her glass in front of her, expecting her to give him his usual twenty dollar tip (only because of his deep green eyes and perfect smile), but she slapped a five down onto the bar instead, pissed he just blew her cover.
"Assy Block?" Cam peered around Derrick to look at her before she could retreat back to her booth.
She noticed Derrick shove his elbow into Cam's ribcage after the rude name mispronunciation.
Massie glared into Cam's different colored eyes for a few seconds before smirking, "Cam, are you a dumb blonde?"
"No?"
"Then why are you acting like your girlfriend?"
Derrick threw his head back and laughed the hardest laugh she had heard since middle school. Cam's mouth dropped open, shocked she even had the nerve to compare him to Olivia.
"What's so funny?" Cam punched Derrick in the shoulder.
"Her." Derrick chuckled.
Cam shot him an annoyed look and got up from his seat, going over to a table where Alicia and Dylan had just sat down.
"Thanks." Derrick said, strangely and uncharacteristically, with no sarcasm.
"For what?" She asked as he paid Hunter for his glass of Dr. Pepper.
He looked over his shoulder to Cam, and rolled his beautiful golden brown eyes, "For getting rid of him, I guess it's his time of the month."
Massie giggled and looked over to Cam's table. Alicia's smile immediately disappeared when she realized that the girl her boyfriend was talking to was Massie and Cam shot her the middle finger.
"Yeah, I know you want to." Massie shouted over to him, causing Derrick to burst out laughing again.
"Derrick!" Alicia shouted, her eyes bulging in anger, nostrils flared, and teeth clenched… the typical 'Alicia look'.
Derrick shrugged as if to say "What?"
"Wow, we're really pissing them off." Massie whispered to him and took another peak at Alicia's table. Now all of them glared and tried asking each other why Derrick and Massie were acting as if the past five years never happened.
"Good, maybe they'll leave." Derrick mumbled, looking over his shoulder.
"Why do you want them to leave?" She asked, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear, which was usually Claire's signature nervous flirt habit. She had no idea why talking to Derrick made her feel as if she had just downed seven Starbucks lattes. Was it because this was probably the longest conversation they had since 7th grade? Or was it the way his brown eyes seemed to be a beautiful golden brown color whenever the light hit them? Or the fact that he was like a mystery waiting to be solved?
"I came here to talk to Alicia, but she invited everyone…" He sighed, "I guess she knew I was going to break up with her. And she knows that wouldn't do it in front of everyone."
Massie looked down at her nails, trying look as if hearing 'break up' didn't bother her. But there was no way that she could stop herself from thinking about Landon. She kept reminding herself that he was a jerk, but it never worked.
"You okay?" Derrick asked, placing a large hand on her shoulder. She could feel the warmth from it burn through her grey Alice and Olivia wool boatneck sweater, sending a sharp shiver down her spine.
She forced herself to look into his eyes as if nothing was wrong, but in the back of her mind, she knew all of this was wrong.
North Briarwood Academy
North Pine Ridge Street, Massie's Mercedes
Thursday, October 3rd
7:48 A.M.
Massie pulled her keys out of the ignition and sighed at the sight of the same silver Jeep that was always parked in front of her. The owner of the Jeep had put her though hell in the past two weeks, causing Claire and Kristen to spend their weekends comforting her, telling her she deserved better, and was going to move on to someone better.
She opened the door and stepped out, forcing herself to pretend he wasn't there even though she could feel Landon's blue/green eyes on her.
"Hey." A voice said from behind, but it wasn't the voice she had expected.
Massie turned around, coming face to face with Derrick, "Oh, hey."
"What's up with the weird parking spot?" Derrick asked, completely oblivious to Landon's death glare coming from less than ten feet away.
Massie looked around, not realizing that Derrick didn't know that everybody at North Briarwood that owned a car always applied to get their assigned parking spot on the wide road that lead to the back student parking lot.
"It's ten times faster just pulling out of here than waiting to get out of one of the student parking lots, not to mention it's easier to sneak of campus." She explained.
"Ugh, this is a closed campus?" He asked, looking adorably disappointed.
"Yeah." She laughed, hoping it would make Landon even more pissed, "What are you even doing over here if you don't park here?"
"Soccer practice." He pointed to the conveniently located soccer field, just up the hill next to the road.
"No wonder you smell like B.O." She giggled up at him even she liked that he actually smelled like a soft and spicy cologne, guessing it was Gucci.
"When doesn't he smell like an animal?" Massie slightly jumped at the sound of Landon's voice. She hadn't even noticed he had walked over to them.
"Fuck off, Crane." Derrick spat down at Landon. It surprised her how much taller Derrick was.
Landon's eyes turned from a calm blue/green to a dark green and opened his mouth but Massie quickly stepped on his foot, the same trick she had always used to make him shut up whenever she knew he was going to say something he would regret. And as much as she would love to see Landon get beat up, she knew Derrick would be blamed for starting it due to his 'bad boy' persona at South Briarwood.
"Why don't you?" Landon ignored the bottom of her dark tan Burberry canvas plaid and leather ballet flat pressing down on his top of his left foot.
"I kicked your ass once, and I can defiantly do it again." Derrick laughed, almost as if he was in disbelief that Landon was talking to him that way.
This time Massie placed all of her wait down on his foot, making him shut up just as the hands at Derrick's sides had balled into fists.
"HARRINGTON!" Dune yelled from the passenger window of Ian Keller's truck, the truck he infamously bought just because no one else at South Briarwood, or North Briarwood owned one, "Cam found it!"
Massie wondered what 'it' was, but avoided her thoughts and decided it was better not to know, if it involved Derrick it was one of two things: perverted or just plain wrong. Besides, it was the perfect chance to stop Landon and Derrick from killing each other, "I'll see you in class then."
"Yeah…" Derrick scanned her, then Landon and hesitantly glanced to Ian's truck in the parking lot, "See ya."
Once Derrick started to walk down the small remainder of the road and looked over his shoulder, Massie felt as if she should run after him, secretly knowing that being around Derrick was a million times better than being around Landon.
"What the hell were you thinking?" Landon suddenly snapped, his voice sounding angry but his eyes had returned to a more calm and soft emerald color.
"What are you talking about?" She rolled her eyes and opened the rear driver's door, grabbing her bag.
"Talking to Derrick Harrington!"
"Why do you care?" Massie slammed the door of Mercedes and pushed past Landon on the sidewalk, trying to quickly get away before she listened to a voice in the back of her head reminding her of their break up. Just the mere thought of that Friday night when he dumped her after the football game made her want to cry and punch someone (preferably Landon) all at the same time.
But she should have known that Landon would catch up to her with no problem, after all, he was the best player and captain of the lacrosse team, "Because you're my-"
She immediately stopped walking when she realized what he was going to say next and turned to face him, not really noticing the hot tears were already starting to form in her eyes, "I'm not your girlfriend! You dumped me, re-mem-ber?"
"Yeah, I remember..." His eyes were now the same calming color of a tropical sea and wide with an apologetic look to them, almost like a puppy after it just got yelled at, "…and I've been thinking about it everyday since then. You have no idea how shity I've felt because of it."
"I know even more how shity it feels!" Massie scoffed, turning on her heal, continuing down the sidewalk as fast as she could while still technically walking.
"Massie!" Landon called after, but she kept up her pace, refusing to look back at him, knowing that would likely give in and say that she wanted him back. But for some reason she found herself searching the parking lot for any sign of Derrick. It scared her to think that she was looking for the one person she should be trying to avoid at all costs… all thanks to her dad.
North Briarwood Academy
A-Lot (Back Parking Lot)
Thursday, October 3rd
2:31 P.M.
Massie walked through the parking lot, now overflowing with new cars, not caring if she, Claire, and Kristen were in the way of some of the cars that were trying to get into the line to get out of the parking lot.
"MOVE!" A girl yelled from behind, followed by an angry horn from a car.
The three turned around and saw Alicia's head sticking out the window of a brand new burgundy colored Cadillac XTS, which was supposedly an early birthday gift from her dad… or so Massie was told from Caroline Osgood on Facebook.
"Walk even slower." Massie ordered. Claire and Kristen giggled as all three took the smallest steps they could take.
Alicia honked again and the cars behind her did the same.
"Why does she look even more pissed than usual?" Claire asked once they finally sped up and moved out of the way to let the cars behind them get in line.
Massie looked over her shoulder into Alicia's windshield, noticing that her mascara was slightly smudged from crying and she was gripping the steering wheel as if she was pretending it was someone's neck.
"I heard Derrick broke up with her before first hour." Kristen laughed.
WHAT?
"He never said anything to me about it." Massie furrowed her brows, wondering why Derrick hadn't mentioned anything about it in AP Physics. They mostly talked about how annoying their teachers were and if the schools were going to combined sports teams or keep them separate. And she sat behind him in fifth hour, and he didn't even say anything to her in that class, he didn't even look at her.
"Maybe he-" Claire started, but was interrupted when Massie felt someone's arm slip around her waist and peak her cheek.
"Hey." Landon smiled at her before kissing her. Massie tried closing her eyes when his lips touched hers, but it just didn't feel natural to be kissing him, not like it used to be.
She saw Claire and Kristen smile as if they were happy that the two had gotten back together.
Before second hour, Landon had paid the art class to paint a banner saying that he was sorry and if she would give him a second chance. He had to pay extra to have them hang on the brick wall above where she usually sat. The second she walked into the café, she felt as if everyone was looking at her, not that they normally don't, but she felt as if they were watching her every exact move, and once she saw the giant purple and silver banner, she wanted to run.
If had happened to anyone else, she would have thought it was romantic, but when her eyes landed on it, she could only think about how cheesy it was. He should've said it in the parking lot that morning, but no… he said to the entire school.
Of course she said yes when Landon appeared a few seconds later. But what else could she say when most of the school was watching her as if she was on display? As much as she had wanted him to admit he wanted her back, she was hesitant to say yes…
"Get a room!" A pissed off voice passing by snapped.
Landon's lips finally left hers and he angrily turned around and she peered around him to see who it was.
"Whatever, Harrington." Landon rolled his eyes at him. Massie smiled and gave a small wave, but Derrick muttered something under his breath before walking down a few more cars, opening the driver's door.
Massie felt her blood start to boil, hating the fact that Derrick could go from acting like they were starting to become friends, to hating her again with the snap of a finger. She pushed past Landon and told him not to wait for her before stomping over to Derrick.
"What the fuck Derrick?" She slammed the door of his car and leaned against it so he couldn't open it again.
"What the fuck Massie?" He mimicked sarcastically, sound annoyed.
"What's your problem?" She yelled, completely loosing all of the patience she had left in her for the day.
"That's a question you should be asking your boyfriend." He said harshly and tried to open the door but she pressed against it, refusing to let him leave, "Move!"
"Not until you tell me why you're acting like Alicia when she's PMSing!" She crossed her arms across her chest and searched his eyes as if they had the answer.
"Listen, we both know that the two of us trying to be friends is destined to fail." He whispered, almost as if he was afraid someone would hear, "It's practically in our blood to hate each other…"
North Briarwood Academy
Football Stadium, Entrance
Friday, October 4th
9:21 P.M.
"Where did Landon go?" Claire asked as she checked the time on her phone.
Massie looked to Josh for an answer, but he quickly looked away. She knew that he was hiding the truth of where Landon had really gone to after he said he was going to the bathroom before the fourth quarter started.
"I think he was starting to feel sick." Dempsey shrugged, although his face was full of fear as he looked at Massie. Something was defiantly up.
Massie looked around the crowd that was trying to shove their way through the small entrance of the stadium. There was no way he actually left during one of the best games of the season. But instead of seeing Landon, she caught Derrick's eye. The pretty medium brown haired girl that was clinging to his arm followed his gaze and glared at Massie.
"Do you see him?" Kristen asked, "I wanna leave!"
Massie looked away from Derrick and whoever he was with. She knew she shouldn't care and that she should mention how ugly the girl was, but then she would just be hiding her feelings, something she was tired of doing.
"Then let's go, maybe he'll come later." Massie sighed, also wanting to leave. A night of watching scary movies with her friends was better than waiting in the cold for Landon as Derrick awkwardly looked back at her.
Massie pushed her way through the crowd, finally making it out of the stadium although she lost everyone after she passed the fat bald guy. She texted them to just meet at her house before trying to find her Mercedes in the sea of expensive and mainly foreign cars.
When she finally spotted her car she could hear moans of pleasure coming from a few cars over from hers, which wasn't unusual. A lot of people left a little after halftime since security stopped patrolling, and have sex in the back of their cars. And it was more common than a lot of people knew.
As she unlocked her car she heard another laud moan. As one of the cars between her and the other left, she noticed it was a silver Jeep… Landon's jeep. She walked over to it, almost afraid to look in the windows, but they were too steamed up to see anyway. Instead she grabbed the handle of the door, Landon hardly ever locked his car. She yanked the door open, only to see what confirmed her fear.
"GAWD! Do you mind?" The nasally blonde on top of Landon screeched. Landon sat up on his elbows, and froze once he saw who had opened the back door.
"Landon, are you a bra?" She calmly asked, ignoring the looks from the slutty blonde.
"Uh, no…"
"Then why are you hooking up behind my back?" She yelled before slamming the door as hard she could. How could he cheat on her after only a day of being back together? And with that ho?
She kept the tears from flowing until she was safely in her car. She sobbed as she started the car, deciding to go wherever her car would take her…
Massie backed out of the familiar driveway, and followed an old lady in an ancient looking Ford out of the subdivision. But as she pulled out onto the main road she noticed a burgundy red Cadillac behind her. She quickly turned onto another road, deciding to take the short way home, but the Cadillac did the same.
After ten minutes of the Cadillac tailgating her, she tried speeding up again for what seemed like the millionth time. The speed limit was twenty-five, but she was doing about sixty-five. When she turned the sharpest turn on the road, the Cadillac was suddenly at her car's side. She thought they were trying to pass her, but when the Cadillac's side quickly came towards hers, the sides of the two cars touching with the Cadillac pushing hard against her Mercedes. She jerked the wheel to the left, trying to aim for the soft bush, knowing that if she didn't the Cadillac was going to push her off the road and down the hill… but instead she ended up hitting one of the trees on the side of the road…
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