Hm...first of all, I hope you readers have been enjoying it! Second, I guess that it DOES make more sense to call Anne-Marie "Annie" rather than "Amy". So I guess I'll call her...both? Please review. No new chapter until I hit...5.

Either way, this chapter is really long. So it could last until then. Please review!!

XO You know you love me!

"Thanks, Brody," smiled Alexis as she looked at the gift her brother had bought her from her favorite store. It was a Limited Edition Bendel Girls tote in gold. It was more commonly sold in purple, blue, and red, so it was quite extraordinary that it was gold. "I love it!"

"No problem. Thought that you could use some cheering up," Brody said. "Hey, do you wanna take a walk in the park or something? Maybe get a bite to eat?"

"Yeah," Alexis said faintly. She rarely focused, and usually spoke faintly. She threw a tweed coat over her emerald green Rag & Bone silk jumpsuit.

"Come on," Brody said, leading his sister out the door. They walked outside and strode through Central Park.

"I wish it was stop," Alexis whispered. "I wish everybody could be happy again. Like when we were little, Brody. Like that Christmas when we were all at home because there was the snowstorm."

"It's okay, Lexi. Everything will be okay," Brody said.

"I want it to stop," Alexis said firmly. She was beginning to get hysterical. "Stop it, Brody! Stop it!" She was now definately hysterical. She was crying.

"Everything will be okay," Brody repeated.

"I want it to stop," Alexis said. Tears ran down her face.

Brody pressed her head into his shoulder, and she continued to sob.

"This was a bad idea," Brody said, shaking his head.

"I'm fine," Alexis said. She had finally stopped crying and wiped the tears away on the sleeve of her shirt. "Hey, can we go to Butter?"

"Sure," Brody said, smiling.

They changed their direction and started walking off to Butter, one of Alexis's favorite restaurants.

"Harris!" yelled Scott McGowan.

Harris Barrow waved. "Where's Donnie?"

"Oh, he owed his sister a favor," said Nick.

"That's nice," Harris said. They burst out laughing.

Pete appeared with Stormy.

"Pete! My man! Stormy, what are you doing here?" asked Scott.

"Oh, you know, same old, same old. I was bored and had nothing to do. I thought that I would come down here and watch you guys play lacrosse," Stormy said.

"Well, I hate to tell you this," said Harris. "But..."

"We're not really doing much today, Pierce," said Scott.

"You're such a loser, McGowan," Stormy said. The boys oohed.

"Hey," greeted Donnie Cummings with his sister.

"Stormy!" greeted the bubbly blonde, Taylor.

"Oh, hey," Stormy said. "Taylor, right? It's good to see you."

"And you," Taylor said with a slight nod and a smile.

"I was going to hang out with these losers here, but I'm thinking of maybe heading to Saks and maybe buying some jackets and stuff for fall. Maybe head over to get the new Balenciaga," said Stormy.

"Oh! I'd love to, but I have to meet up Courtney and Fawn later," said Taylor. She wanted to sound cool. Really, she had nothing to do, which was the real answer behind the mystery of why she would be hanging out with her brother and a group of boys by herself.

"Maybe next time," Stormy said. "I'll just go myself."

Taylor suddenly regretted her lie very much. "Okay. See you around, in that case."

Stormy left.

"Psst! Psst!" Anne-Marie turned to see Alexis holding up a tiny little folded up note. Alexis tossed it and Anne-Marie caught it without fault. She quickly opened it up.

I love you necklace! Where did you get it?

Anne-Marie smiled before writing back.

Nick gave it to me. T&Co.

She tossed it. Alexis opened up the note.

Mrs. Cragen turned and the girls pretended to be diligently working at their English assignment.

The bell rang. Anne-Marie slowly gathered up her books while Alexis swooped them up easily and strode over to Anne-Marie.

"It's so gorgeous!" Alexis said as they walked outside. It was time for lunch, which meant a snack and reading a book for Anne-Marie and finishing up Calculus homework for Alexis.

"Thanks," Anne-Marie said. She smiled. "I'm going to grab a bite to eat. Do you want anything?"

"Hmm...a slice of Margherita pizza and a diet coke would be nice," Alexis smiled as she opened up her text book. She knew that Anne-Marie hated running down to the pizzeria and buying her pizza, but she was willing to take a chance.

"No dice," Anne-Marie said. "I am getting myself a yogurt, a banana, and granola. Go get it yourself."

Alexis sighed. Stormy then appeared with a box of pizza.

"Or not..." Anne-Marie said.

"Yes! Did you get me any?" Alexis asked.

Stormy smiled before revealing half a pizza. There was a slice of Margherita for Alexis, an upside-down slice with cheese on the bottom and sauce on top for Anne-Marie, Sicilian for Stormy, and a pepperoni calzone for Kiersten.

"Yum," smiled Kiersten as she walked towards the table. She grabbed her calzone and took a bite.

"Here," Stormy said, distributing paper plates, napkins, and soda.

Alexis took a big sip of her diet coke.

"Much more appetizing than yogurt," Anne-Marie stated as she picked her slice.

The girls sat down.

"Taylor!" smiled Stormy as she approached them.

"Hey, Stormy," Taylor said confidently

"Could you do me a favor?" asked Stormy. She sounded way too sweet, way too nice to be Stormy.

"Sure," Taylor said eagerly.

"Clean this up," Stormy said flatly, as if it was Taylor who had made the mess. "Come on girls," she then said to the others. She picked up her milk-colored leather Chloe tote and swung it over her shoulder. The others did the same with their designer handbags and they walked off as if it were a runway.

"Oh my God! They are so annoying," Kiersten said as she walked into the bathroom.

She was so sick of being Kiersten Haraldsson.

She was sick of being fatter than everybody.

She was sick of being second best to Stormy all the time.

She was sick of always being...jealous.

"I am done," Kiersten said to herself as she looked at her reflection in the mirror. She was chubby. That could be easily fixed. As for...everything else. She knew that she had to get to

Well, this was going to end...one way or another.

"Nellie!" Taylor yelled as she rushed over towards her friend as classes ended. "I can't believe we don't have any classes together today," she said breathlessly. "It's all set!"

"What's all set?" Nellie questioned as she tucked a lock of pale blond hair behind her ear.

"You are now going to the charity dinner with my brother, Donnie," Taylor said. She was bursting with happiness.

"Thank you, Taylor," Nellie said. She tried to sound grateful, but Taylor could tell that something was wrong.

"What is it, Nellie?" she asked.

"Well, I don't have a dress," Nellie said.

"Hm..." Taylor tried to think of something of hers that Nellie could fit into. Nellie was tiny, so it would be pretty hard. Her mind flashed through pictures of almost everything she owned until she thought of the right one. "Oh! I have the perfect thing. You can come buy and pick it up tomorrow after school."

"Uhm...okay," Nellie said. She was a bit worried of what Taylor's parents might think of her, but let it roll off her back. After all, she was going to a private Manhattan event with Donnie Cummings. She