Here's chapter 4. Sorry for my Massie insult, I wish I could come up with good snarky retorts but...
Chapter 4
Claire slid out of the luxurious leather seat and gave a snarky salute to Charlie who, with a serious face returned the gesture. She laughed as she turned her back on him and began the climb up the large stone steps to the intimidating Octavian County Day.
It was similar to a castle with huge grey stone walls with the cliché of ivy in long trestles curling up the exterior. Even the door was a great wooden door straight out of a medieval storybook. The roof was guarded by a collection of marble gargoyles. The courtyard was decorated with picturesque trees and a little pond surrounded by benches and tables. It was beautiful to say the least.
Claire took a deep breath and as she was about to make her big entrance she heard it.
"That's Claire Lyons!" The shrill voice screamed. Claire's head whipped around quickly as she searched for an exit from the encroaching mob.
Realizing there was no escape she simply sighed and began signing the scraps of paper shoved into her hand.
Claire looked up when she heard someone clearing their throat. She looked up straight into the amber eyes of none other than Massie Block.
"Kuh-Laire are you a bouncer?" Massie asked.
Claire was confused by the question and simply stared at her.
Not expecting a response Massie continued, "Then why aren't you letting anyone inside."
Claire looked down for a second and Massie began to glow at her little victory, but then Claire looked straight into her eyes and responded, "I'm sorry Miss I don't remember seeing your name. What was it again? Macy? Missy?"
Massie's mouth fell open in shock. No one talked back to her! She was the alpha! She started formulating a response but before she could get the right words the bell rang.
Claire simply shrugged her shoulder and wandered into the building with a horde of followers trailing behind her.
Massie couldn't believe what had just happened. She had been bested by an outsider someone she should've been able to easily crush under her Louis Vuitton shoes. She had just stood there while the blond haired celebrity had stolen her crown.
"Uhm Massie? I know you're probably super upset right now, but I really need to get to trig…" Kristen mentioned before she scurried through the stairs. Dylan added her excuse and followed Kristen into the school.
Alicia seemed to be the only one to understand what was at stake here. Massie wanted to thank her beta for showing such loyalty but she couldn't afford anymore shows of weakness today after the disaster that had just occurred.
They walked in silence down the long abandoned hall. Alicia exited first while Massie continued her trek. She slipped into her first period: Chemistry.
Massie was careful to sneak quietly in the room making sure the door didn't squeak as she entered. She moved quickly to the only empty seat in the room in the very back of the class surrounded by LBR's. She knew none of the Pretty Committee would be in this class as they had already compared schedules. She put her head down and began to yearn for the days before the new girl.
The teacher began to call role and Massie responded to her name and her head immediately fell back to the desk. It shot up again once she heard the teacher call "Claire Lyons?"
She was here. In her first period. Massie began to feel like crying, her once perfect day was completely ruined. The teacher even began to fawn over her famous student.
She breathed in deeply and lifted her head choosing to display what a perfectly poised young lady she was. The sight made her even more upset. Claire was in the middle of the room surrounded by admirers. They were complimenting her clothes and her hair. The teacher mentioned how much she loved her last movie.
Massie hated her life.
Claire was getting a massive headache. Are these girls ever going to stop talking? They had been chatting nonstop since she had sat down. She had missed school when she was on set or in a photo shoot, but this was worse than having to hide her face walking to the grocery store at least then she wasn't trapped there for an entire hour. She just stared at the clock yearning for the clock to move a little faster, to stop its' mocking tick, tick, tick.
The teacher gave out a syllabus for the year and told them that they'd need a binder and a composition book, blah, blah, blah.
The class finally ended to a startling RRRIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGG! Claire jumped at the noise, quickly grabbed her bag and ran out of the room before any of her fans could chase her.
She shuffled to her next class: Art. She walked into the room and was happy to see Dylan texting with an empty seat beside her. She walked up and put her bag down. Dylan looked up at the noise. Looked around the room quickly for any PC members, not finding any her face broke into a wide grin.
"Hey how's your first day going?" Dylan asked genuinely interested.
"Hellish." Claire responded.
Dylan laughed, "Sounds about right."
Class started and they had a good time sketching and chatting.
Claire left the class feeling a lot better about the day.
Her next class was World History with Kristen. When she said hi she was surprised that the blond girl didn't reciprocate. Kristen looked really uncomfortable when Claire sat down next to her. She kept talking to her and Kristen looked like she really wanted to answer but she restrained herself. This would be harder than she thought.
Next she had lunch. She looked around the room to find someone who she could stand.
The only people she knew were the Pretty Committee and some random fangirls. They were obviously not viable options.
She found a table with only one girl currently sitting at it. She walked slowly over and pulled out the chair.
"Hi I'm Claire. Do you mind if I sit here?" She asked the girl sitting across from her.
The girl shrugged and she sat.
"I'm Layne." She stuck out her hand and Claire shook it.
"You're in my chemistry class right?" Claire realized.
"Yeah I was there I was just going through some of my summer pictures, trying to forget that we're stuck in here for the next couple months."
Claire laughed and asked to see the pictures.
They began talking and Claire found herself really enjoying herself. Claire gave Layne her phone number and they made plans to hang out that weekend. When the lunch bell rang she made sure to tell the other girl that she would definitely be sitting there for the foreseeable future.
The rest of the day was fairly uneventful she had some other classes and was able to meet a couple new people. Claire was ecstatic when she walked into her algebra class that had Layne and Dylan in it (Although the two did not seem to get along.). And she unfortunately had gym with the whole PC. She was sad that she couldn't hang out with Dylan but understood that the red headed girl wasn't quite ready to leave her friends.
With a final, jolting ring the day was over. Everyone rushed to the doors, hoping to a catch a breath of the waning summer.
The Pretty Committee sauntered out to the nice car that was taking them home, but nobody noticed them. They were old news.
So Claire 2- Massie 0.
I know Claire's got to lose too, but when I imagine Massie or Claire losing I just know that Massie would be way more interesting to watch.
Anyway I have a week from hell. I have a symposium on Thursday and I should've been working on my abstract but instead I finished this for you guys. So you better review. ;)
I'll update when I get a chance hopefully by Friday.
The~Glitter~Girl