A/N: Hey guys, I heard there is a bit of confusion… so here I am, SUPER LULU, here to save the day and explain.
-Yes, Dylan and Kristen are twins.
-Yes, Claire and Derrick are twins ( With an older brother, Justin, an younger sister, Riley. She hasn't come into play in the chapters you guys have read, but she is there…and yes I now know that Derrick does not have an older brother.) (Oh and PS: How cool is it there Claire and Derrick are twins? Like freaky cool… right? Hahaha.)
-Yes, Massie is now, pretty much a-dare I say- LBR. She used to be in the PC, and as I mention, the girls grew up together. I will mention how they separated later.
- Plovert, and Kemp are not really in the story. Neither is Todd.
-Yes, The Blocks live in an apartment and Claire is super rich. Kendra and William do work a lot so they are not home.
-GUYS. THIS IS AU. ANOTHER UNIVERSE. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ME MESSAGES SAYING "THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN" BECAUSE I WILL GIVE YOU 1 OF TWO REPLEYS:
A) May I please remind you this story is AU.
B) Never say Never.
-Yes, Claire is ultra bossy and stands up for herself.
NOW ON WITH THE STORY.
INNER BEAUTY
Out of the Bag
The final bell rang sending the students back to homeroom for afternoon announcements and dismissal. Massie rose from her seat to get to homeroom. She didn't like to keep Claire waiting. What if she got sick of waiting for her and decided she couldn't handle it anymore and never wanted to see her again? What if she was already annoyed and Massie being late just made her even madder?
Massie grabbed her duffel bag that she would take to Claire's and her shoulder Jansport book bag off the floor. She tried to slip it on over her head, but she didn't notice her shoulder sling was wrapped around a leg of her desk. Suddenly the desk flipped over, causing Massie to trip and fall flat on her face. She lay in shock as one by one, her classmates hopped over her, laughing. Massie just laid there, waiting until no one was in the room and she could stand up without having to look at everyone's face.
In the corner of her eye, she saw Derrick Harrington walk up. He picked up the desk and unraveled the shoulder strap. Massie couldn't look him in the eye. As he held out his hand, Massie looked down at the floor. He helped her to her feet.
"You coming over tonight?" His smile was so sweet, sincere. It took Massie a minute or two to realize he was still speaking to her.
"Um, er, yeah, Of course I'll be there."
"Cool."
Turned and walked off.
"COOL!? Did Derrick Harrington-My
best friends brother. The star of the Tomahawks. The cutest, most
popular guy in school- Just say "Cool?" Was he calling me
cool? Or just saying it? Was he glad I will be there? Is he looking
forward to it? Or is he just saying that to fill silence? Maybe he is
only pretending. That's got to be it. No Guy would EVER say cool to
ME. Massie Block. The school loser."
"Um, Miss. Block, could I see you for a minute?"
Massie looked up to realize the teacher, Miss. Peters, was still in the room. Miss. Peters was almost as bad as Alicia Rivera. Gossip Queen. She loved to know what was going on with her students. She never gave homework-she thought social lives were more important. Her famous quote- "What good is having an education if you do not have the social skills to use that education?"
"Oh. Yes Miss. Peters." Massie walked over to her desk.
"Massie, I was
just wondering, are you and Derrick Harrington… you know? More than
friends?"
Massie stared. Was this lady for real? Did she not
know who she was? She let out a cackle.
"Hahaha. That's funny! You are such a joker Miss. Peters." Massie was sure that sounded fake, because she was really trying to hide her shock and embarrassment. "Why would you think that?" Massie continued her little laugh all the way out the door.
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"Massie! Where have you been? Come on if we want good seats we have to go now!" Claire grabbed Massie by the elbow and basically dragged her out the door.
"Who says we need
good seats? You know we could just sit in the far corner behind some
tall guy. That way no one can see us, and we can't see them. Hey, it
might be more fun. Like a big surprise!! Everyone will cheer, and we
will be like what happened? Ha! How fun would that be. And
then--"
"Oh Massie just shut up. We are going to sit
right in front. Get over it. No one will mess with you. Trust me."
Claire's grip tightened and she pulled harder.
"Yeah. Sure. I
trust you. You can fight everyone off for me."
"No. But
you can."
As the girls entered the stadium, the teams were
just filing in. Claire led them to a dead-center seat; with the
Pretty Committee right behind them.
"WHY are you doing this to me? WHY!?" Massie buried her head in her hands.
"You can't hide forever Massie. And I don't care if you do it today or not, but eventually you will stand up to them."
Like Clockwork, the Pretty Committee hopped off their bench and plopped down right next to Massie.
"Well hello, MAYSIE." Dylan-Or was it Kristen?- sneered.
Claire stared at Massie while Massie stared at the floor. Wasn't silence always golden?
"Me and the girls were just wondering…" The other Marvil began to talk as Alicia put on a new coat of gloss.
"What do you keep in that big bag? Alicia thinks it is because you are too poor to have a house so you have to carry your stuff around with you all the time, but me and Kristen know that can't be it because you only have it with you on Fridays." So this one is Dylan… and the other is Kristen. Got it. Massie thought.
"So what is it?
Are you just too poor for a house? Or is it something else?"
Massie
just kept staring at the floor. She thought of Claire's words. "Its
now or never."
"No, I am not too
poor for a house. I just am sleeping over at Claires."
"Yeah,
but every Friday? I mean, we have sleepovers on Fridays too, but then
we go home and leave our bags with us at home. Why do you have yours
on Monday too?"
Massie thought they were genuinely interested
now. They were just trying to have a conversation.
"Oh, I stay at her house all weekend."
"Wow… That's a
long time. I don't think I could spend that long with Alicia. With
Kristen, I don't have a choice. I don't think normal friends could
stand each other that long."
"Oh, well me and Claire are
a lot closer than "normal" friends."
The Pretty Committee's mouths all fell open, and Claire stared at her. Hard.
"Oh... Umm..." Dylan was speechless. What had I said?
"Well, I guess everyone is different. Don't worry, your not alone. I have heard about several Gay and Lesbian support groups around here. We are going to go now; we will let you two have some 'privacy'." Alicia flashed an award winning smile as The Pretty Committee giggled all the way up the stairs before sitting a few rows up. They immediately began texting on their cell phones.
"MASSIE!"
"What? All I said was we were close. I never said we were
Lesbos!!"
"Yeah. You said we
were 'close' to THE PRETTY COMMITTEE! Mass, they can turn anything
you say into something else."
"Well I am sorry!! I
didn't mean it like that!"
At that moment, several cell phones went off all around them, including theirs. Massie flipped open her Nokia and her mouth hung open as she read:
THE INSIDE SCOOP
ON MASSIE BLOCK.
By: The Pretty Committee.
We all know that something was up with Massie Block. Well, we got the inside scoop from Ms. Block directly.
"Me and Claire are 'closer' than normal friends."
We listened carefully as Massie let us in on the inside scoop.
Massie spends her quality time with Claire on the weekends. Inside her bag, BOCD students, is her life with Claire. The clothes she wears to her house, he books and magazines. Her laptop so they can have all time access to the chat rooms whenever they feel out of place.
I am sending out this message so we all treat Massie and Claire with respect. They are still teens everyone, just closer than normal.
This has been The Pretty Committee with the inside scoop on Massie Block.
Tomorrow we will let you in on: Who is the man in the relationship? Do they plan on adopting kids after the wedding? Find out tomorrow
Massie stared at the screen. Who is the man? Wedding? LESBIANS?
As Claire pushed Massie out of the stadium, all Massie could think was,
I should have never gone to the game.
Well! This was interesting to write. I know I will get the questions, so let me verify. THEY ARE NOT GAY!! I have absolutely nothing against people who make that life choice, by the way, so no flames please. Anyways thank you everyone who reviewed, please continue! Xoxox Lulu