Claire's Penthouse,
Saturday, 11:15 a.m.
Manhattan, NYC
Claire was standing in front of the mirror putting on her eyeliner when Griffin yelled at her." Claire! Where is the toilet paper?!" Griffin yelled from the bathroom. Claire jumped and the eyeliner smudged all the way down her cheek. Claire sighed. " What?" Griffin was angry about something. " WHERE IS THE TOILET PAPER?!" Claire giggled as she ran into the closet and grabbed two rolls of toilet paper and chucked it into the bathroom.
Claire's cell rang. " Hello." Massie's voice came on the other end frantic. "Claire! Oh my gawd! Derrick proposed! What should I do?!" Claire squealed. " Mass that is amazing! I hope that you said yes!" The line went silent and Claire's smile faded. "Massie Block what did you tell him?!" Claire yelled. Massie sighed. "I told him... no." She squeaked. Claire dropped her phone on the living room floor. " Hello? Claire?" Claire picked up the phone and hissed, " WHY?!" " Because we have technically only been dating for a week or so, and its way too early to except a proposal. Plus what if I want to break up with him or something? And I'm still way too young to make a commitment that big yet. I mean sure I like Derrick, but I'm still to young and beautiful to get married. I don't want to be a Mrs. yet. It makes you seem old." Massie replied casually.
Claire gaped at Massie's words in disbelief. " So your saying that even though this man is in love with you and wants to marry you, your saying no because your afraid it would make you seem old?! Mass that is so stupid! Look at Natasha! She just got married to Brian and she is a year younger than us! She is only 21! But she didn't care about her age or how old it would make her seem if she got married, she only cared about spending the rest of her life with the man that she loves. And if you really liked Derrick then you would have said yes despite what people would say. I can't believe that you would actually do this to him. Whats he doing now?" " He was really depressed that I rejected his offer, and he went home. He said that he needed to call someone." Claire was so pissed off at Massie that she didn't even bother saying goodbye she just hung up.
Claire stomped her foot on the floor and huffed into her room where Griffin was texting someone. Claire stomped her foot. " I can't believe her! How could she break his heart just for her reputation?! Sometimes I don't understand her." Griffin sighed and sat down next to her on the bed. " So I guess that you heard that Massie rejected Derrick's proposal this morning. He is pretty upset about it. He thinks that Massie doesn't like him and thats why she rejected him." Claire rolled her eyes and yelled, " Massie is too concerned about her reputation to really care about anyone except herself. On the phone she told me that she was afraid of what people would say if she was married so young. I reminded her that Natasha got married a year younger than us, and she did it for the sake of love, and she could care less about her reputation."
Griffin snorted. " That was a really low thing of her to do. But I hope she is happy with herself. I do know that they are still going out together, but they aren't as close. Like Derrick is gonna stop spending the night at her house." Claire sighed. " Whatever. Her funeral. So what do you wanna do today? We should go get Selena from Jade's house now. Plus I wanna meet Jade's parents and see what they are like.'"
Selena's puppy Pushkin came trotting into the room and sat down on Claire's bed next to Claire. Claire hugged Pushkin. " Pushy what are you doing? Mommy has to go get Selena now you can't sit with me now." Claire said in a baby voice. Griffin snickered and Claire blushed. " You loved dogs right?" Griffin smirked. Claire rolled her eyes and punched him. " I assume that you like cats then." Griffin snorted. " Nah I prefer dead animals." Claire gasped and kicked Griffin's back. Pushkin whined. " Aw! She what you did Griff?! You made Pushy cry. Its ok Pushy he is just a mean atheist who believes in animal killing for recreation." Claire hugged Pushkin in her arms. Griffin laughed. " You got that right."
Claire rolled her eyes and slipped to the closet to change. 15 minutes later she emerged wearing a baby blue sequined Tory Burch tank top, slouchy rolled up Alexander McQueen shorts, and metallic blue Frye cowboy boots. Her hair was down, and her makeup natural. She grabbed her oversized Proenza Shouler vintage aviators, and put on her favorite clear lip gloss. Griffin slid his arms around her waist and whispered in her ear. " You look fantastic." Claire giggled. " Lets go. Selena is waiting." They strutted out of the building and Claire's phone suddenly rang.
It was Cam. " Hello? Oh hey Cam." Claire answered indifferently. " Hey Claire. So are you doing anything later? I was wondering if you would like to go out with me and my girlfriend Ellie." Claire almost dropped her phone. " Girlfriend?! Oh thats right! Ellie Collins right? Oh I'm so happy that you guys are still dating! She was totally sweet. So me and Griff will meet you guys at my photo shoot later today at 3:30." Claire clapped her hands enthusiastically. " Well Ellie has a photo shoot at the same time today in honor of that model who committed suicide yesterday. What was her name again?" Claire sighed. " Ruslana Korshunova.( thats a true story. She did jump out of a window yesterday! look it up online. Its really sad.) Yeah I'm going to the same shoot today. Its a shame she was a really nice person, I used to talk to her backstage at shows all the time. Anyway I'll see you there! Bye!" Claire quickly hung up before Cam could say anything else.
Griffin held Claire's hand as they strolled down the street towards Jade's house. They stopped in front of a tall building across from Central Park. Claire turned to Griffin and messed with his hair a little, and straightened out his jacket a little. " Good now you look presentable. Now be on your best behavior got it? We don't want to give Jade's mom a bad impression. Ok lets go!" Claire chirped as she and Griffin skipped into the building. The doorman directed them to the 9th floor. Claire knocked on the door.
A medium height woman with brown skin, and long curly brown hair answered the door. Her lips had obviously had lip injections, because they were puffier than Skye Hamilton's. She smiled. " Hello you must be Claire. Selena talks about you all the time. I'm Jade's mom Trisha. So I understand you are a model." Trisha let Claire and Griffin in the spacious apartment. Claire and Griffin sat down on the couch. Trisha smiled. " The girls are upstairs getting ready. They should be down soon. So who is this?" She asked looking at Griffin a little longer than necessary. Claire glanced at Griffin. He held his hand out with a fake smile. " Hey I'm Claire's boyfriend Griffin. Nice to meet you." Trisha shook his hand and stuck her chest out a little bit. " So I hear that Selena's daddy is Cam Fisher the soccer player. Am I right?" Trisha asked. Claire nodded. " Yeah. I don't know if she told you, but I'm not her real mother. I'm her aunt. But she is living with me."
A tall muscular boy walked into the living room and blushed when he saw Claire. " This is my son Devin. He is 15." Trisha said proudly as she pulled him down next to her. He nodded at Griffin and Claire. He pointed at Claire. " I know you! Your a supermodel right?! My girlfriend reads Vogue all the time and you are always on the cover along with that hottie Massie Block." Devin announced. Claire nodded and smiled. " Yeah Massie is my best friend. Vogue is always doing photo shoots with the two of us. They claim that we are like a water nymph and a muse." Claire laughed. Devin blushed again.
Selena came running downstairs and jumped into Claire's arms. " Where have you been?! You were supposed to be here five minutes ago!" Selena ordered as she jumped down from hugging Claire. " We were a little late because Massie had a little problem with her boyfriend. But its all taken care of now. How about we go and take you shopping?" Claire asked. Devin snorted. " I didn't know that you were a mother. Aren't you a little to young to be pregnant?" Claire arched an eyebrow at Devin. " Excuse me? Oh Selena isn't my daughter she is my niece, and even if she was my daughter its not your place to scold me about my sex life." Claire responded calmly. Devin hung his head in shame, then sauntered off to his room.
Trisha chortled. " Finally someone told him his place!" Griffin and Claire both fake smiled. " Can Jade come with us?" Selena asked. Claire looked at Trisha. " Sorry but Jade and Lily have a play date in a few minutes so she isn't available. Maybe tomorrow." Trisha answered for Claire. Selena's face fell but she nodded and hugged Jade. " Bye Selena! We have to have a sleepover at your house sometime!" Jade yelled as they left. Selena waved and they three of them walked down the hall.
" Ugh what a bitch. And her son is and ass. I can't believe that Jade is from the same blood line. Lets go. You can invite Maddie and Monica to come over to Massie's house." Claire said while they waited for the elevator to stop in the lobby. Griffin nodded his head then turned to Claire. " When are we going out to see Cam anyway?" Claire checked her cell. " In two hours exactly. We better call your friends Selena, if they want to do anything. In fact I think it would be more fun to have the twins today, because Massie and Derrick haven't seen you in a long time." Claire said as she called Massie.
" Mass do you want to take Selena and her friends for the day? I have to go meet Cam and his girlfriend later today with Griffin." Claire said as soon as Massie answered the phone. " Yeah sure, but we have that photo shoot with you and some other models and actresses later today at 3:30, so Derrick can watch them. Take them to a movie or something. Anyway, I told Derrick my reasoning for not marrying him, and even though he thought that they were stupid, we are still dating and we made up." Claire smiled. " Good. I was afraid that you hurt his feelings. So I'll drop Selena off at your house now. I'm right outside. She is going to call the twins to hang out. Ok Mass I'll see you in like four seconds." Claire said as she walked across the street towards the apartment.
Claire hung up and noticed that Griffin and Selena were talking. " Dude! The White Stripes are way better than Death Cab for Cutie!" Griffin responded while rolling his eyes. Selena stomped her foot. " Nuh uh! Thats like saying that Cute is What We Aim for is better than Paramore! Its messed up! Where have you been for the last 5 years!" Selena retorted. Griffin gaped at her while Claire went into a fit of giggles.
Massie was waiting outside her apartment for them when they got there. " Selena! Ehmagawd what are you wearing Griffin?!" Massie said as she hugged Selena and frowned at Griffin. " You are gonna be our top customer for the mens line ' Envy'. Seriously like your rich but you don't dress like it. Anyway, Claire you are looking marvelous as usual! And so am I for that matter."
Massie twirled around in her lavender Ella Moss mini dress, cropped Seven skinny jeans, and purple Havaianas. Her hair was straightened, and she smelled like lavender. " You do look good. Maybe we will be twins someday when I buy myself an Ella Moss mini dress. Thanks for watching Selena Mass I owe you big time." Claire said as she hugged Massie. Massie rolled her eyes. " Kuh-laire puh-lease! You know that I love Selena and I love taking her shopping and stuff. Plus today is extra special because Derrick is bored so I want to surprise him. Ok well you should get going the shoot starts in a couple hours. I'll have her home by midnight!" Massie called as she shut the doors. Claire rolled her eyes and laughed.
" Hey Claire does Cam still like you?" Griffin asked once they were at Claire's apartment. Claire almost tripped over her boots in surprise at the question. " Oh, uh, I d-don't know. Why do you ask?" Claire stuttered. Griffin shrugged. " Just wondering weather or not I should beat him up or not." Claire snorted. " Thats not gonna happen. He is my friend, and I don't want anything to happen to him." Claire noticed Griffin's face fell slightly so she kissed him just to cheer him up. " Besides even if he did, there is only one person I love." Claire whispered in his ear as she lightly kissed his neck.
He snickered as she pulled away and he started to butterfly kiss her neck and collarbone. Claire giggled. " Save that for later. Right now we need to be pampering me for my shoot." Claire breathed as she nuzzled his neck and dragged him to her room. She ran to her closet and grabbed a baby blue Marc Jacobs shirt dress, then a pink Catharine Malandrino jersey dress, then ran back out.
She held the two up. " Which one?" She asked as she examined them both. Griffin rolled his eyes. " I'm no expert, but I think that you would look sexy in the blue one. But thats just me." Griffin said. Claire smiled then threw herself at him. " You passed the test! I do this thing with my boyfriends where I'll pick two dresses and if they choose the right one then that mean they are a keeper! Yay!" Claire kissed him then scrambled off to put it on.
Once she was dressed and had reapplied her makeup, Claire and Griffin sauntered off to meet Cam and Ellie. When they got to the photo shoot Claire saw Ellie and hugged her while Griffin and Cam gave each other a man hug. " Hey Claire how are you? This is Ellie the love of my life." Cam said smugly looking closely at Claire's face for any signs of jealousy. But Claire's face remained flawless and cheerful. " I know we met in Tokyo remember? Yeah well I'm so glad that you and Cam are still dating, I knew you guys were cute together." Claire said as she and Ellie squealed. Cam and Griffin half-smiled.
" Lets go inside!" Ellie said excitedly. She was her short brown hair was in a put ponytail, and she was wearing an adorable Chanel sundress that showed of her curves. Claire had always thought Ellie was sweet, so she was happy to spend time with her. Cam watched as Ellie and Claire laughed at a joke Claire had told. He sighed she wasn't even a tiny bit jealous. This was going to be the longest, hardest, and most grueling three hours of his life.
Hey peeps! Whats up?! I know you guys are all like ' why didn't massie say yes?!' and I'll tell you why. Because think about how boring and predictable that would be! But I promise a member of the PC will get married by the end of this story. Haha! Now if you didn't get it already, Cam and Ellie were really going out this whole time, but he had kinda dropped her for Claire. But now that he was feeling hurt from the phone call he and Claire exchanged in the last chapter, he is trying to make Claire jealous with Ellie. Also the next chapter is a VERY IMPORTANT THING THAT YOU REALLY HAVE TO READ LIKE SERIOUSLY!! Lol!
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