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"Well good night Block, see you tomorrow with my freshly brewed Starbucks coffee. Oh and let's try not to spill it on me again." said Derrick as he ended the call.
"Yeah, good night, boss…."said Massie to herself aloud. Massie stared at her laptop for a couple of minutes and thought about the horrible night at Josh's graduation party until she realized what she needed to do.
Massie placed her Mac laptop on her desk and immediately went to her night drawer. Massie opened the drawer and searched through old photos and journals until she found what she was looking for that was now burning in her eyes….her acceptance letter to Colombia University….
Massie held up the letter of so many memories in her hand and couldn't help to shed a small tear. This letter determined her future but now to look back on it; it wasn't worth it; it held no more power.
Dear Ms. Block,
Congratulations! You have been selected for admission for the Fall Semester at the University of Colombia in New York. As an Ivy League school, we have looked at your academic profile and found that you would make a valuable contribution to the University of Colombia. Your academic profile also confirms your commitment to personal and education growth, which was one of many things we were looking for in our future colleagues. This acceptance grants you four years at our school and hopefully will make a successful future for you in the end.
In conclusion, you will find an enrollment contact, along with instructions for acceptance and housing in order to fist complete the enrollment process. You must summit the enrollment before May 1.
On behalf of the University of Colombia, I acknowledge a warmful welcome. We honor you appreciation and time for choosing University of Colombia and hope to see you a graduate in the near future at the University of Colombia.
Sincerely,
Colombia Director of Admission
Massie stayed sitting on the ground with the acceptance letter in her hands and couldn't help but stressfully throw it toward her purple trash can. She looked more in her drawer and saw what she was dreading the most to look at…her high school journal. Massie picked it up and began to look through the entries that contained meaningless words.
Dear Journal,
Today I had such an amazing day! Derrick and I went to Times Square and we watched the new Hairspray musical! I had such a blast and the best part was Derrick was singing along with the cast. But that's not the best part! The best part was almost being kicked out because Derrick was "disrupting" the other audience members. I love Derrick and I know that he is the one! Although, he is really immature at times, I have this feeling that I don't care what others think about me and Derrick….but then again, he is MY immature boyfriend!
Love,
Massie Block
Massie couldn't help but laugh at the memory.
Does derrick still remember? thought Massie as she continued to look through her journal.
Dear Journal,
Today Claire and I went shopping at the mall! It's almost Christmas, so we had to buy our last minute gifts for our special sweet crazy boyfriends, Derrick Harrington and Cameron Fisher….haha…I mean Cam Fisher, I can't get the fact that his real name is Cameron but Derrick still calls him by his first name which Cam gets irritated at. So as we were at the mall, I decided to buy Derrick-
"Massie"
Massie looked up and saw her best friend, Claire, staring at her with her swollen blue eyes.
"Yeah, Claire?" said Massie as she pushed her Journal under her bed. "Umm, do you need something?"
"Well yeah, you can help me." said Claire as she slowly walked over to Massie bed and gently sat on it. Massie looked at Claire and saw Claire with a smug smile on her face.
"Okay, what do you want me to help you with, Claire?" said Massie as she perched her eyebrows with a confused expression.
"Well first, you can tell me why you were laughing and what you just hid under your bed?" said a smirking Claire as she stared at Massie who was still on the ground. Massie quickly got up and grabbed her Mac laptop and sat on the bed; right in front of Claire.
" Well to answer, your why you were laughing question, I actually remembered a funny corny pick up line that this guy back in high school used on me." muttered Massie as she looked at her lap top like it was a piece of a rare exquisite Prada bag.
"Oh really?" said Claire as she began to laugh. "What was the pick up line?"
Massie continued to look at her laptop and was tempted to type in Google, corny pick up lines. "Well it was, I think, something like, Hey babe, do you work at the UPS store? And then I remember I was standing there and was like no and the guy said then why are you checking out my package."
Claire busted out laughing and began to form tears in her eyes. Massie looked at Claire and began to laugh with her, just in case; Claire didn't suspect anything about her reading her journal earlier.
"Wow, Massie, that's really interesting…..and who was the guy who told you this? Or in fact used this pick up line on you?" said Claire with amusement.
"It was….." Massie thought for a quick second and thought of the person who was on her mind. "It was….Derrick."
Claire looked at Massie and began to laugh. "So if I used this on Derrick, he would still remember?"
"He probably wouldn't remember, I mean, it was a long time ago." said Massie as she shrugged her shoulders.
"Oh and what did you hide under your bed." said Claire as she played with the hem of Massie's pillow. "And don't say nothing because I saw something."
Massie looked up from her laptop. "It was just my planner for the law firm. I keep it under my bed at night, you know, just in case there's a break in or something. But I kind of use it as a journal too." Massie suddenly got up and went to her bathroom to get ready for bed. Once Massie closed the door, Claire couldn't help but look at what was really under the bed that Massie was trying to hide.
Claire got up from the bed and crouched down to look under the bed. Claire then picked up the leather journal.
"So this is what Massie's been hiding?" said Claire as she began to look at the page of entries.
Dear Journal,
My day was going completely bad until Derrick took me to a surprise date in Central Park. It was soooo romantic and I never knew he could be so romantic but that's just Derrick; he's full of surprises. But at the park, we sat on our favorite bench, the one where we carved our name in the corners of the bench, and we just began to cuddle. But once we started to cuddle, I noticed that Derrick seemed a little nervous about something, so I asked him to spill it out. As he began to shakily talk, I didn't hear what he was saying but I asked him to repeat himself and he said the words that I always wanted to hear….I love you. I was so shocked and held up in my own little word and didn't realize that he was leaving. I ran so fast like there was a new rare Louis Vuitton bag out and I jumped him from the back! Well, let's just say that I jumped him and we both tumbled down. It really hurt! But the next thing I did was surprising, I kissed him and we began to make out. Then I told him, I loved him-
Claire skipped the page and went to the next one before Massie got out of the bathroom.
Dear Journal,
I hate my life right now! Josh's party was so stressful and lame! I hate Derrick! I wish he never lived in Westchester! I wish my parents never moved here! Plus I wish I didn't have feelings for him or in fact, love him-
Claire quickly put the journal back under Massie's bed once she heard the bathroom door begin to open.
"Owww! Son of a snitch!" said Claire as she began to rub her toe after she smashed it on Massie's bedpost.
Massie opened the door and looked at Claire confusedly and worriedly. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, never been better." said Claire as she pretended to smile. "Mass, I think I'm going to go sleep in the guest room; my eyes hurt and tomorrow is a meeting with a couple of photographers, so good night.
"Good night, Claire-bear." said Massie as she watched Claire leave and shut her bedroom door.
"Well I guess, I better get my beauty rest before I start to have bags under my eyes like my dad did." said Massie to herself as she cringed at the memory.
Massie got in her Ralph Lauren covers and lied down.
What if Derrick still likes me? Is there still a chance? I wonder what would have really happened if I went to Colombia? Would Derrick and I have been still together? Would we have lived together? Thought Massie as she continued to think about them.
"Good Night, Derrick." said Massie before she fell into a deep slumber of sleep.
Flashback continued (Massie's dream):
The Hotz Estate
Westchester, New York
7:00 p.m.
"It's about time, you freakin' showed up!" said Derrick to Josh and the rest of the boys behind him. Derrick rolled his eyes when he saw how giddy they were.
"Sorry, D, we stopped by at Massie's place for a quick second." said Josh as he waved at one of the security to let them in.
"Why did you stop there?" said a confused Derrick who was looking at the ground with his hands in his front pockets. "Plus why didn't you tell me?"
"Dude, relax, we just went to check up on them and remind them. Plus we didn't tell you because you were too held with Dylan." Quickly said Josh before he disappeared into the crowd. The party was already in a full swing with music blasting everywhere and tons of bodies already on the glass dance floor that was on top of Josh's swimming pool. The party was already going to be consider crazy especially with the chocolate bath area that was all made from the idea of Kemp.
Derrick looked at him then to Cam who was staring at his phone. He couldn't help but see a smirk on Cam's face.
"Cam, really? Why did you go to Block's house?" said Derrick who seemed irritated.
Cam looked up from his phone. "D, Josh is telling the truth, we were just checking up on the girls and that's it. I swear, plus Josh wanted to discuss something with Alicia but she was too busy getting ready. But I did talk to Massie."
Derrick looked up and stared at his friend. "How is she? Well, I mean you know, what did you discuss with her?"
Cam stared at his friend and smirked. "Well she said she wanted to hook up tonight and that she's completely over you."
Derrick gave Cam a dirty look and crossed his arms across his chest. "Really, Cam, what did she tell you?"
Cam began to laugh but he stopped once Derrick continued to stare at him. "D, trust me, just talk to her tonight and I have a good feeling that everything will be fine. But we did talk about you and let's just say that she's not over you and that's why you need to do something before it's too late. So get your head out of your butt and talk to her."
Cam started to leave towards the crowd with a deep confused Derrick following behind him.
Block Estate
Westchester, New York
6:45 p.m.
"Leesh, were ready to leave, so hurry up! You were the first to be in that room and now you're the last!" shouted Massie as she looked at her iPhone. Massie looked at the other girls and couldn't believe how stunning all of them looked. They all wore short Betsey Johnson dresses with Jimmy Choo stilettos that made their legs look even longer.
Massie saw that Claire was texting someone on her phone and saw the smirk that came right on her face.
"Must be Cam", thought Massie.
"Okay, I'm here and ready to party." said Alicia as she checked her dress in the mirror that was on the wall.
"Leesh, were just going to Josh's party, it's not that special." said Massie as she began to walk out the door.
"Yeah, Leesh, were not going to the Oscars or the Grammys." said Kristen as she gave Alicia an eye roll.
"Well I want to look good. I mean it's Josh Hotz, I always have to look good for him because I have a feeling that we will be on fire tonight, if you know what I mean." Said Alicia as she smirked at the other girls.
"Ewww, Leesh, keep your inappropriate behavior for Josh not us." said Kristen.
As the girls got into Massie's customized purple Aston Martin sports car, they were off to the party and were in for an uneventful night of their lives.
The Hotz Estate
Westchester, New York
7:10 p.m.
"Derrick, stop fidgeting! I understand that Massie will be here soon but please calm down or you will make a fool out of yourself." Said Cam to Derrick who was constantly moving his hands from his pockets. Cam and Derrick looked around and saw that the party was full and barely just got started.
"Dude, I'm not nervous! It's just cold outside." Said Derrick as his teeth began to chatter.
"Well Dude, why don't you just go on the dance floor to make your self warm up. I'm pretty sure any girl would love to dance with you." Cam was looking around until he spotted a familiar girl. "Go dance with your hot girlfriend, she's right over there."
Derrick looked to where Cam was staring and in fact, saw Dylan wearing a short Betsey Johnson dress with a pair of black Jimmy Choo stilettos. She looked amazing in that dress but not as much as Massie, thought Derrick to himself.
"Actually I'm going to go get a drink from inside, or make myself a variety of substances that will probably and hopefully ease my mind from all this drama." Quickly said Derrick as he left to inside of Josh's mansion and leaving cam without another word.
Derrick began to walk into the kitchen but had to walk through the swarm of wild seniors who were either dancing, making out, or even playing apples to apples in the corner.
"Did Josh put out game boards for people to play with?", thought Derrick as he continued to walk. "Man if only I told Cammy boy that I was actually avoiding Dylan; wouldn't he understand? Or maybe not, besides he's probably going to hang out with Claire all night and not be my wingman."
Derrick was about to go into the kitchen but instead bumped into a familiar amber-eyed girl that made her fall to the ground while he continued to stare at her without saying "sorry".
"Oh my gosh, can you watch where your going!" said Massie as she got back up. Massie didn't look up until she smelled the familiar scent of Armani cologne that belonged to a familiar person.
He still smells so good, thought Massie as she continued to look at the ground.
"Block, can we please go talk somewhere in private, you know away from the party." replied Derrick as he continued to stare at Massie but not in a stalkerish way.
Massie looked up and saw the hint of happiness in Derrick's eyes.
"Derrick, there's nothing to talk about. You broke up with me because I "supposedly cheated on you" which is not true at all because I was completely loyal." said Massie as she looked at Derrick. "Look, you have Dylan and you two have been dating for awhile and I don't want to mess up whatever you two have. So please, if you'll excuse but I have to go find Claire."
Massie began to slowly walk away.
"Massie, just give me a chance, I swear what I have to say is important." said Derrick as he continued to follow Massie.
Massie stopped in her tracks and stared at Derrick.
"Derrick, I gave you chance and I waited for you but you just ignored me like a LBR plus started dating one of my best friends behind my back. Besides you can text me if it's so important just like you did to me when you broke up with me and wouldn't let me explain." Massie stared at Derrick and saw the hurt and regret in his eyes before she walked out the door and toward the party. As she left, she could feel the intense gaze of Derrick burning on her back.
"Massie, wake up! You have to leave soon!"
Massie slowly began to open her eyes and moved to her right side of her body. Massie could feel Claire's presence but continued to ignore it.
"Massie Block, you will be late for work again, if you don't get up now!" said Claire as she began to open up the curtains of Massie's bedroom that displayed the exquisite site of Central Park from a far.
"Mom, it's to early! Tell Isaac to take a day off, I don't want to go to school today." Mumbled Massie as she continued to sleep.
"Well Massie, if you don't get up, then I will just have to take your new special edition Louis Vuitton bag and sell it online."
Massie's eye popped wide and sat up on her bed.
"Oh you wouldn't!" said Massie as she gave Claire her best evil eyes.
Claire smirked, "Oh trust me, I would but at least that got you up."
Massie looked at Claire and saw that her friend looked better. Her swollen eyes were a tad bit swollen but not a whole lot where it was noticeable. Claire seemed happy and actually had color back to her face.
"I wish we were back in high school again." chuckled Massie "We wouldn't have to worry about jobs and etc. But then again, we still have drama especially boy drama which is worse."
Massie looked at Claire and saw that Claire was in deep thought.
"Claire, when are you going to face Cam again?" said Massie as she looked at her friend.
Claire looked at Massie. "I don't know yet, I'm still thinking about what I should do. Well for my future."
"Well I think you should try to work it out with him. Cam's one of my friends too and I know that he is good guy."
Massie saw that Claire was going to say something but instead beat her to it.
"Well I better get going, I don't want to be late plus I still have to get Derrick's Starbucks coffee." Said Massie as she jumped out of bed and into her large bathroom leaving Claire still in deep thought about her husband.
45 minutes later, Massie was dressed in a cute and professional Diane Von Furstenberg wrap dress with a pair of Diane Von Furstenberg tan envy stilettos that matched it.
"Wow Massie, you clean up very nice." Said Claire as she continued to look at a daily copy of NY Times.
"Puh-lease! I always look stunning!" said Massie as she quickly grabbed her Victoria Fourre-Tout Hermes purse and her Louis Vuitton monogram planner.
"Sorry Claire, but I'm in a hurry, so I'll see you after work and probably will text you to warn you ahead of time. Oh and try to get more sleep, if it makes you happy you can go sleep on my bed and watch a chick-flick."
Claire chucked when he saw Massie struggling to carry all her work supplies in her hand.
"Massie, just go. I know where everything is and don't let Derrick give you crap today."
"Yep I don't take crap from anyone! See ya Claire!" said Massie as she closed the door behind her.
Today is going to be a long day, thought Massie as she entered the elevators of her penthouse and was now on her way to Starbucks for her lovely boss's coffee.
Once the elevator door opened, Massie checked her iPhone and saw that there was only twenty minutes before she had to be at work.
Luckily, Massie saw Dave waiting in the usual black Audi.
"Where to Ms. Block?" said Dave as he started the car after opening the car door for Massie.
"Starbucks, please." said Massie as she dug out her planner and checked her schedule for the day. As Massie continued to look, she noticed that Dave stopped driving? Massie looked in the front window and couldn't believe what she saw.
"You have got to be kidding me!" said Massie as she angrily threw her body back into the seat while she tried to relax.
Her worst her enemy was going to make her late again…traffic especially New York traffic….
Sooooo what do you think? Malo o bueno? I was going to stop writing after the dream but thought I owed you guys a little more of writing. But I know that Derrick wasn't in this chapter but trust me, he will be in the next chapter!
Please Review as always! Plus Derrick Harrington would want you to review for him...haha...
Sincerely,
Chrystal