Chapter 5
(Present Day)
Ali looked at Claire with that jaw-on-the-floor face for a while before she actually spoke.
"Claire, you hooked up with your sister's boyfriend!" She shrieked.
"Ali! Be quiet!" Claire looked around eagerly to make sure that no one had heard.
"Ohmygod Claire, you are crazy! Did you sleep with him?" Ali was giddy with excitement. Fortunately for Claire, the bell rang, ending their conversation, at least for a while.
"Call me when you get home! I want the dirty details!"
"Can't," Claire said while she grabbed her books and stood up. "Someone might hear me and Darcy can't know anything. Just meet me at the Dot after school and I'll tell you what happened so you can help me fix it!" With that she took off down the hall not wanting to hear what else Ali might have had to say.
The rest of the day went by at a snail's pace and Claire was sure she was going to go crazy. Why did she even tell Ali? What if Ali told someone? What if they told someone? What if everyone knew and Darcy found out? Claire was sure she was going to go completely insane if the last bell didn't ring soon. She had to get out of school and breathe fresh air and get her thoughts straight.
Finally the bell rang and Claire made a mad dash down the hall to her locker. Derek and Danny were standing by her locker talking when she opened her locker with a violent yank and accidently hit Danny with the door.
"What the hell, Claire? Where's the fire?" He snapped, rubbing his head.
"Sorry Danny," she yanked her math notebook from her locker. "I'm meeting someone."
"Is it...a guy?" Danny laughed high five-ing Derek.
"No, Losers, its Ali. Now get out of my face." She slammed the locker shut and took off down the hall.
The dot was crowded but Ali had arrived early enough to score their usual corner booth. Claire showed up shortly after and was quick to slide into the booth and order a shake. After their drinks arrived and they shooed Holly J away from the table Ali leaned in close, eager to hear the rest of Claire's crazy summer scandal, and still completely in shock over what she had already been told.
"So what the hell happened?" She whispered "Did you sleep with him?"
"Why are you so interested in who I'm having sex with?" Claire whispered loudly.
"Seriously Claire, it's you. The Virgin Mary? If you had sex I want to know, especially if you had sex with your sister's boyfriend." She laughed.
"It's not about sex, Al." Claire sighed. "And keep it down, will you?"
"Oh relax; it's so loud in hear, no one is going to hear. And what was it about then? No wait, don't tell me. I don't care, I just want to know what happened after the kissing!" she smiled.
"Do you not even care that I may have potentially ruined my relationship with my sister and she's going to hate me for life if she ever finds out!" Claire raised her voice unintentionally but caught herself before it escalated to a yell.
"Okay, okay, calm down. I do care, but I need all the details first before I can help you figure anything out."