Sorry for the wait. I've been a bit busy trying to sort out my course with my dumbass college. Bit of a short chapter, but I'll upload the 8th one in a short while as well. A few things happening in this fic now. You'll find out what's going on if you stick with the story (which, I know isn't the best in the world. "Envy" probably was). Otherwise, enjoy :)
Chapter 7: The Meeting Of The Minds
"Abbey?" Mackenzie shouted. She was standing in one of the abandoned rooms that was due for a refurbishment. Abbey had blackmailed her into meeting her, causing Mackenzie to miss and important lecture. She had a feeling what this was about and didn't want to be involved, but decided that resisting would be what Lily usually said was "futile".
Mackenzie decided Abbey was yet to arrive after her echo bounced around the room three times. Sitting in one of the chairs by the side of the door, Mackenzie took out her phone and began texting Kaycie.
She didn't notice Abbey strut towards her five minutes later.
"Bartowski!" Abbey yelled, causing Mackenzie to drop her phone with a horrible clank that made her cringe.
"Thank you!" Mackenzie hissed back as she retrieved her phone from the floor and strolled towards Abbey.
"You know why we're here right?" Abbey remarked, eyeing Mackenzie for head to foot and cringed at her choice of clothes.
"I don't want to do this" Mackenzie replied, fighting back the urge to stab Abbey in the eye with the pencil she was holding.
"That's fine, but if you don't want me to tell everyone else your little secret," Abbey smiled when she saw Mackenzie back down a little, "you'll help me with my plan."
"I really dislike you, do you know that?" Mackenzie scoffed.
"All to well" Abbey replied before getting out her cell phone. "Anyway, back to business. The reason I want you here is because I despise how much time Lily is spending with Seth, and you're going to help me put a stop to it."
"Really? You think you can just stop them spending time with each other just like that?" Mackenzie said as she snapped her fingers in Abbeys face to symbolise the time it would take. "They've got the lead roles, they're going to spend more time with each other even if they don't when they're not rehearsing."
"That's my point. We're going to get Lily to quit being Maria" Abbey explained.
"Why are you making me do this again? Why not one of the others?" Mackenzie hissed, fighting back tears. She didn't want to upset Lily, but she feared she had no choice.
"Because you're the only one out of the three of Lily's friends that have something I can use against you" Abbey laughed maniacally, "it was personal preference if that's what you're thinking. Besides, I know you'd like a stab at trying to win Seth's heart. It's written all over your face when you're around him."
Mackenzie blushed. She didn't think anyone knew that apart from her friends. Sighing, she went to pick up her sketch book and backpack before returning to Abbey.
"What if I just tell everyone what you're up to?" Mackenzie shouted, causing Abbey to jump in shock a little.
"You won't, if you don't want Seth to hate you" Abbey replied, before tacking out a file and began filing down her nails.
"Fine, I'll do what you want, but just know that eventually I'll have the guts to tell someone, and when I do, you'll be hated just as much as me" Mackenzie spat, before walking out of the room and heading back towards her dorm.