Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!!! Thank you all for your wonderful reviews! And the support! Almost every review was telling me to ignore that bitchskankhoe reviewer, so I love you all for it! BTW, I don't own Danny's IM name; I stole it from Maddie :)

After Olivia drove them home, Massie went up to her room, hoping to cure herself of her so called 'depression'. She logged onto IM, wondering if anyone would even want to talk to her.

Claire, Dylan, Olivia, Danny Robbins and Derrick were on.

Instantly, an IM bubble appeared. Could it be Claire or Dylan? Or Derr—

Massie pursed her lips, pissed off that she continued to think about him. She didn't want to; it hurt too much.

She clicked the conversation and was surprised to see it was Danny who was IM-ing her. He was Claire's boyfriend, and therefore, he shouldn't be talking to her. Claire would be mad he was talking to an LBR.

Bask-in-robbins: hey Massie

Massiekurr: hey

Massiekurr: kinda surprised to see u talking to me

Bask-in-robbins: yeah I heard about…well everything. Derrick is an asshole, he'd be lucky 2 have u

Massiekurr: IDK, I think he's pretty happy with Alicia

Bask-in-robbins: ok the reason I IMed u is because I have to tell u something

Massiekurr: tell away :)

Bask-in-robbins: I broke up w/ C

Massiekurr: OMG no way! She is going to make u miserable!

Bask-in-robbins: I was already miserable dating her. besides I think there's someone else I like

Massiekurr: I pity the girl that is. Claire will kill them

Bask-in-robbins: um Massie…

Massiekurr: oh

Massiekurr: OHHH! Shit!

Massie bit her lip, unsure of what to say. Did she like Danny back? Well, no. Did she want to date her friend's –oops ex-friend's- ex? It would be the perfect revenge… Did she actually want to go through Claire's wrath? Not at all.

But Danny WAS sweet and cute and he would take her mind off of Derrick.

Massiekurr: so u like ME?

Bask-in-robbins: yah, kind of

Bask-in-robbins: does that make u hate me?

Massiekurr: nope I think its kinda sweet :)

Bask-in-robbins: then do u think u would want to go out with me some time?

Massiekurr: um sure :)

Bask-in-robbins: great :) and thanks Massie. I gotta go but I'll talk to u later

Massiekurr: ok see ya

Bask-in-robbins has signed out 7:43:56 pm

Massie reached for her phone and speed-dialed Olivia.

"Hey," Olivia answered. "Why are you calling? I live next door and we're both on IM!"

"Danny Robbins just asked me out!" Massie blurted, getting right to the point.

"Oh my god," Olivia said, shocked. "But what about Claire?"

Massie filled her in on what Danny had said. "So what do I do? Go out with him and suffer the wrath of Claire Lyons, or say no and still feel the wrath –Claire hates me now, I'm going to be treated like an LBR-?"

"I don't know," Olivia said. "Want to come over? We can discuss it and you can help me with my math homework."

"Um," Massie said, biting her lower lip. "Can you come here instead? We can still do your math and I'll get Inez to send up some of her double fudge espresso cookies."

"Oh yeah, of course," Olivia said quickly. "Plus, I LOVE those cookies!"

"'Kay, see ya in a few," Massie hung up her phone and asked Inez to bring up a plate of her cookies and two mint hot chocolates into the intercom.

She stared out the window, shocked to see it so dark. Fall was quickly approaching. It was still raining, causing splatters of water to hit against her window pane.

"Miss Block," Inez's voice said via the intercom. "Miss Harrington is here to see you. Shall I send her up?"

"Yes, please," Massie said. She sighed and closed her lavender curtains, tired of the depressing rain.

Olivia walked into Massie's room, clutching her math book with Inez right behind her, holding a tray with two mugs of steaming hot chocolate and a plate of her infamous cookies.

"Thanks Inez," Massie said, sitting down on the floor.

Olivia sat down too, biting into a cookie. "So what are you going to do about Danny?"

"Well I told him I'd go out with him," Massie shrugged. "To piss Claire off," and to distract myself from Derrick, she added mentally.

"Well just be careful," Olivia warned. "I was talking to Claire before I came over and she said she still likes him. She won't be too pleased when she finds out you're dating him."

Massie just shrugged and started explaining the math to Olivia. She was already on Claire's hit list, now she was going to get her revenge.

Derrick sat at his desk, trying to figure out the math homework that had been given that afternoon. He lost quite a few brain cells over the summer –how was he supposed to do algebra first week of school?

He noticed a light go on in Massie's room and saw her and Olivia sitting down. Derrick sighed, wishing he had a super smart best friend to help him in math.

Derrick actually didn't have a lot of guy friends yet. The only male he'd talked to lately was Chris Plovert. Chris and him used to be friends back before the Harrington's had moved, so Chris was pretty happy to be reunited.

He called Chris, who picked up on the fourth ring.

"Hey, D," he answered. "'Sup?"

"You any good at math?" Derrick asked, hating how he needed someone's help.

"Nope, I was kinda hoping you were…or your sister," he mumbled. Derrick knew Chris had a crush on Olivia. But Olivia had always been a free spirit –she never needed a boyfriend, because she didn't like being tied down.

"Nah, I suck. And Livs is at Massie's," he lowered his voice on Massie's name. "But wanna come over anyway? I'll kick your ass at Halo."

"Well…okay. I'll do my math on Sunday," Chris agreed. "I'll be over in fifteen minutes." He hung up.

His phone vibrated in his hand. "Hello?" he answered.

"Hey, it's me," Alicia said. "Wanna do something? I can't believe it's a Friday night and I'm home alone!"

"Sorry," Derrick mumbled. "Chris is coming over."

"Oh," Alicia paused for a minute. "Well that's okay. I don't mind watching you guys play video games or something."

"Uh, sorry Leash but he wants to talk to me about something. Like, alone."

"I can just leave the room at that time. No big deal, I can go and get more soda or something."

"No," Derrick said firmly. "You can't come over. Alicia, you're the only person I've hung out with since moving back. I'm hanging with Chris tonight, sorry," he hung up and then turned his phone off.

"Hey dude," Chris said when he came into Derrick's room.

"Hey," Derrick said, distantly.

"What are you thinking about?" Chris asked, already sorting through Derrick's Xbox games.

"Do you what a girly question that was?" Derrick smirked. "Alicia always asks me what I'm thinking about."

Chris shrugged. "Well you seem to only be half here, so you're obviously thinking about SOMETHING." His eyes wandered to Massie's window as he said 'something'.

"I really like Massie," Derrick mumbled. "But I also like Alicia. And I've screwed things up with Massie. She doesn't even want to be friends."

Chris stopped setting up their game and turned to look at him.

"D, who do you like more –Alicia or Massie?"

"That's just it," Derrick said. He realized he was mostly talking to himself, trying to figure things out. Chris was just there to ask questions. "I don't know."

"Well I see the way Alicia looks at you –it's like you're HER property. Like today in English when Allie-Rose was asking you for a pen 'cause she forgot hers' –Alicia was glaring at her like she was about to rip her head off."

Derrick half smiled. He had seen Alicia seething after he'd given Allie-Rose a pen.

"And I also see how Massie looks at you…with this longing or something. I know she really does like you," he shrugged. "And you're going to have to choose for good sometime. Even Archie chose between Betty and Veronica," Chris blushed because of the comic book reference.

"Yeah, but he had an easy choice –brains or beauty. Massie and Alicia both have brains AND beauty."

Chris shrugged. "Good point. But sorry dude, I can't figure out what to do for you. That's all you."

Derrick nodded glumly and played Halo3 while attempting to get Massie and Alicia out of his head.