The guys joined them. A tall, gorgeous boy with a baseball cap on put his arm around Alicia's waist while the others stood quietly watching the conversation unfold. "Kuh-laire! What are you here?!" Massie didn't seem annoyed that Claire was back but she didn't seem thrilled either.
"I'm in the city filming and I have a few weeks off before filming starts so my mom and I came to visit. She's at your house right now." Claire's smile widened. "I'm just so excited to be back!" She looked around at her former friends. Her eyes stopped on Cam. "Hey Cam. Long time no see!" Claire walked over and hugged her bewildered ex-boyfriend. As Claire fluttered around the group Massie looked her up and down. She was wearing a pleated metallic gold dress with a silk ribbon below the bust. Her heels had gold ribbon that wrapped up her calves. She was a perfect ten. Her hair was still blonde but her style was much edgier. She was very basic in the make-up department but it worked for her. She was almost a perfect ten. Damn. Massie thought. This is my party. It's as if Claire planned to ruin my day. At this point all of the guys except were gone except for Cam and Derek. Josh and Alicia were off dancing but Kristen and Dylan were still right there. Claire was talking to Kristen about soccer and she seemed genuinely interested. Dylan was staring at her manicure completely bored. Cam and Derek were both staring at Claire, she was grinning, obviously loving the attention.
The music started to slow down and the DJ spoke. "Alright, here's one for all you couples out there." Claire turned around but not quickly enough. All she saw was the back of Cam's head, he was being led to the dancefloor by a tall, lithe redhead. Massie had started back to her throne leaving Derek and Claire alone.
"Hey Derek," Claire said, "wanna dance?" Derek didn't even answer. He just stuck out his hand and the two walked onto the dance floor.
