A month later school was almost over and Claire had reconnected with layne. She found out who she was from pictures. She hadn't talked to anyone from the PC except for in passing. When she saw me in the hallways she ducked out trying to avoid me. I started dating Olivia and week later. It was a shock to the whole school. Noyone knew the full story about what happened. There were rumors that me cheating were true. I just ignored them. Anger is better then no feelings at all. Olivia was nice but she wasn't Claire. Noyone would ever be Claire. Noyone talks to her because their afraid of what will happen she she keeps to herself now.
Before the accident the people in the hallway would split just for her. Sure Massie was alpha but Claire was refreshing after Massie's aggressive behavior. Everyone would say hey to her and she would smile and wave or say hi back. She was perfect in every way possible. But now she was a mask of what she used to be. Some times i'll watch her and see little glimpses of her old self.
I was sitting at lunch and watching her walk in and grab a salad and walk out again without making eye contact with anyone.
"Derr bear! Are you listening?" Olivia said letting go of my hand.
"Oh, oh yeah sorry. I um have to go but i'll see you in gym." I walked out trying to find out where Claire had gone. She hadn't been to lunch or gym in a couple of weeks so I was wondering where she went. I heard her humming and then a door enter and close. But I couldn't figure out which door she went in so I just shrugged and went to my locker.
In my last hour I walked into the gym and Olivia ran up and kissed me on the lips. t surprised me and I kissed back then pulled away. She usually doesn't kiss me like that but when I looked across the room I saw the reason why. Claire was talking to a guy in our class named Ben. She had her eyebrows furrowed concentrating on what he was saying then she laughed her cute giggle then I so rarely heard when I was around her.
"So Derrick when are you going to ask me to prom?" Olivia said twirling her hair around her finger.
"uh what?" I said looking away from Claire to look at the blonde to my left.
Olivia threw her hands down and rolled her eyes. "Prom Derrick. It's in a month and I need to pick out a dress." She said.
I blinked then stammered out my response. "oh uh yeah I just figured we would go."
"Time for drills!" The coach yelled before Olivia could respond and I walked over to the boys' line.
After school I was walking out of the building with Olivia at my side talking about some celebrity drama that really could care less about when I noticed everyone gathered around the side of the building. I walked down to the crowd and go to the front right as Claire got to it from the opposite side. There was a huge sign hanging from the side of the building saying 'Claire will you go to prom with me?'. She looked at it and smiled a big grin. I looked below the sign to see Ben standing with flowers and a huge grin.
Claire giggled and nodded her head. "of course I will ben!" she sad and took the flowers then hugged him. I clenched my fists and and walked away fuming.
"Derrick" I heard Claire's voice say but when I turned around it was just Olivia.
"Look Olivia I have to go I'm sorry." I say and Olivia searches my face, looking for something and I guess what she found she didnt like. She looked down sadly.
"Uh yeah i'll get a ride from Robin." She says and I nod and go to my car wanting to get out Westchester as quick as I could.
Claire's p.o.v.
After the crowd drifted away I realized I had left my phone in the locker. I went inside of the empty building and walked the halls till I found my locker. Just when I opened the door I heard my name and turned to see Olivia stomping toward me.
"Uh yeah?" I asked not in the mood to hear Olivia rubbing in my face that she got Derrick, which she did every time she was around me.
"Don't give me that look." She said coming to a stop in front of me. She was a few inches taller than me because I was small and petite. I gave her a looked saying 'what the hell are you talking about'
She rolled her eyes. "That look like i'm such a huge bitch who ruins everything." She said.
"Well you did tell me that Derrick had been cheating on me for the past year of our relationship." I said.
"Well actually you're the bitch." She said crossing her arms. I raised my eyebrows in question. "You gave Derrick this hope that he would get you back. And then ripped his heart out, so now that some nice girl like me can't get to his heart and fix the pieces." She paused. "All he does it look at you when youre around and when were alone his eyes are distant. You ruined him and never tried to fix it." I tried to interupt but she kept going. "You didn't care that he was so broken after the accident. And even if you do you didn't show him that. He hurts because of you and hope you feel like shit because of that." She practically spat to me.
She was right. I ignored his calls and ran away when he was around. She noticed the guilty look on my face then smiled. "See." She said then turned and walked away. I grabbed my phone and slammed the locker with all my strength. As much as I hated it I was a bitch. I had acted like he was being so ridiculous when he just cared. I was only thinking about myself. I drove home and went straight to my room.
I layed down on my bed and thought about everything trying to will myself to remember, but I just couldn't. All the drama of the past few months swarmed my brain. Before I knew it I was being woken up by my phone. I looked at the clock and it was 8:45. I answered groggily.
"Claire?" The woman said.
"Uh yeah who is this?"
"This is Derrick's mom." She said sounding distressed.
"Oh hi. Is here something I can do for you?" I asked awkwardly.
"Well honey there is. I know you dont remember much but Derrick hasn't come home yet and I'm worried. He hasn't answered his phone and Olivia isnt with him." She said worriedly.
"Uh i'll see if I can find him." I said and hung up. I grabbed my keys from the dark kitchen. My parents were gone for some business trip my dad had. I started the car and racked my brain for somewhere he would be. Before I knew it I was on the same road I had been on a month ago. I got to the campsite and sighed in relief when I saw Derrick's car. I parked and saw Derrick sitting on the edge of the dock.
Derrick's p.o.v.
I was sitting there taking a sip of the same whiskey I had drank the day Claire had broken up with me. I heard soft footsteps behind me and didn't turn, figuring it was my mom or Olivia again. I was surprised when I turned and saw Claire's blue eyes looking at me instead of Olivia's brown ones.
"What are you doing here?" I tried to say as straight as I could.
"Your mom called. She's worried. She said you weren't answering the phone." She said watching me. I turned and tried to take another gulp of the whiskey but my lips could only touch the top when it was pulled from my grasp. I turned and saw her take a large gulp and I lifted my eyebrows in surprise.
"what? You're not the only one thats stressed." She said and set it beside her. I nodded and looked out to the lake.
"I'm sorry Derrick. At Massie's house I was only thinking about myself. I didnt realize the impact that it had on you. I understand why your with Olivia." She said looking down at her hands.
"Claire I don't even li-"
"I want to be friends though. If thats alright. I'll sit with the PC again." She said. I was going to confess to her that I didn't even really like Olivia but I decided against it. She wasn't saying she was sorry for breaking up, she was saying she was sorry for the way she did it. I nodded my head.
"Yeah claire that sounds great." I said trying to smile, and feeling completely sober. I tried to stand up but I swayed and held on to the railing. Claire wrapped her arm around my waist and helped me to her car.
"What about my car?" I asked.
she shrugged. "We can come get it tomorrow." She said
"Where are we going?" I slurred when I sat down in the car. Claire shut the door and went to the driver's seat before she replied.
"My house, my parents are gone." She said and pulled out of the the campsite. "How much did you drink?" She asked.
"Uh it wasn't opened before. So like uh alot." I slurred.
We rode in silence until she pulled up to her driveway. She half carried me into the house and up to her bedroom. I layed down on her bed with my face into her pillow. Her pillow smelled like her strawberry scented shampoo. I heard Claire walk into the room so i flipped over and looked at her.
"Here drink this." She said handing me a glass of water. I drank half of it then laid back down and drifted off to sleep.
I woke up to see Claire standing in front of her window and talking quietly on the phone.
"I don't know Massie, I'm trying to do everything right, and not hurt anyone but it's not working. I thought it was until Olivia yelled at me." A pause. " He's asleep." She bit her lip. "Yeah, alright. I'll see you tomorrow then." Another pause. "Bye Mass." She hung up and turned around, so I quickly shut my eyes like I was sleeping. I cracked my eyelids to see Claire look out of the window for a second then come toward me. She set down her phone then started to turn around but I grabbed her wrist.
"Please stay with me. Just for a little bit." I said and he paused for a second then nodded and climbed onto the bed beside me. I laid my head on her lap to my surprise she relaxed and ran her hands through my hair. After a couple of minutes I drifted off to a dreamless sleep.
"WAKE UP LOVELIES!" Somebody yelled right in front of my face. My eyes popped open to see Dylan an inch from my face.
"No, stop. My head hurts like a bitch." I said rubbing my head.
"Are you guys, um naked?" Kristin said giving a disgusted look. I looked down and saw my shirt was off, I must have taken it off last night in my sleep. I lifted the covers to see boxers.
"I'm obviously wearing a shirt." Claire said sitting up. I grabbed the water and started to take a big gulp but started choking on it when Massie said "Yeah, but given the last time I walked in on you guys in a bed together you definantly were."
I laughed out loud and looked at Claire who only had a confused look on her face.
"Last summer we um" Claire raised her eyebrows. "And Massie walked in that morning."
"Yeah it scarred me for life." Massie said jumping onto the bed on top of Claire.
"Well get up, the boys are down stairs. Were going to the city to dress shop. I guess you can invite Duh-livia" Alicia said sitting down on the bed then turned to Claire. "And ben."
I nodded and got up to find my pants on the desk chair that Kristin was sitting in. I pulled them on and then grabbed my shirt and walked down stairs to find all the guys sitting on the couch. When Cam saw me he smiled and shook his head.
"What are you shaking your head at Cammie boy?" I asked and sat down on the chair across the room after I put my shirt on.
"I knew it wouldn't be long until you guys got back together." Cam said looking up at the sound of the girls laughter from up stairs.
"Were not back together. I got hammered last night and Claire found me and brought me back her." I said pulling out my phone to text Olivia.
"So you guys didn't have sex?" Kemp said looking disapointed.
I chuckled and shook my head. I looked at the message I had just typed to Olivia and sent it.
Me: Hey the PC and the guys are going to the city to look for dresses and stuff. They told me to invite you.
A text came back almost immediatly.
Olivia: Ha the PC invited me? I don't think so.
I rolled my eyes and replied.
Me: Olivia, come on. Think of it as a piece offering.
Olivia: Alright, I'll come. :)
I texted back ok and then pocketed my phone. This will be a wierd trip.
Massie p.o.v.
When Derrick left Claire sat up next to me, her eyebrows furrowed.
"I'm not a virgin?" She said her eyes wide.
Everyone laughed including Claire. She got up and shut the door. She walked into her closet and came out a couple minutes later wearing a long sleeved black and white striped dress that came down alittle bit past her butt with black shoe boot heels. She walked over to her mirror and put a thin line of eyeliner and mascara then ran her hands through her wavy blonde hair and turned around.
"I'm ready" She said and I looked her up and down, remembering how she used to wear keds and overalls. "9.9, add some lip stick and your a ten." I said wearing a small smile. She looked at me for a second, her face blank then turned around and looked through her make up bag for her light pink lip stick. I looked at Alicia, Dylan, and Kristin who were standing by the door with wide eyes. To other people this wouldn't mean anything but to us it meant alot. It meant the old Claire was seeping through.
I blinked back tears and stood up straighter and walked out of her room and toward the stairs where the guys were talking.
When we got to the bottom I walked over to Josh who laid a hand on the bruise on my hip and I winced and shifted so he wasnt hurting me. I looked at Derrick who was staring and Claire who was coming down the stairs and talking to Dylan and laughing, her blue eyes sparkling.
"Lemme text ben and then we can go." She said and walked over to her purse and pulled out her phone. In the corner of my eye I said Derrick ball his fists and then turn around start to talk to Plovert.
"Ok! So Josh and I will ride with Duh-livia and Derrick, um Claire and Ben with Cam and Kristin, Dylan and Kemp with Alicia and Plovert." I said moving towards the door.
"Uh mass" Derrick and Josh said at the same time.
"I don't think thats a good idea." Derrick said.
I rolled my eyes. "Well she can't ride with Claire!"
"There Alicia or Kri-" He started but I cut him off with a hand.
"Were riding with you, thats final. Plus i'll be nice. Claws will be in, I promise." I said opening the door and walking out without another word.
15 minutes later we were in front of Olivia's house. We had to drop by Derrick's house so he could change and then we went to pick up the devil herself. I was sitting in the passenger seat with Josh driving. Olivia stepped out of the house and shut the door behind her. She eyed all of the cars until Derrick stepped out and waited for her to come up. When she saw him she did this wierd hop jump thing and started walking quickly toward him. When she reached him she wrapped her hands around his neck and started to make out with him. I looked at Claire who was watching with her face blank.
I rolled the window down just as Derrick pulled away. "As disqusting as this is, we need to get going." I said staring Olivia down. She was wearing jeans that were way too tight and a last season BCBG blouse. Claire could blow her away any day.
Olivia rolled her eyes and hopped into the car. 5 minutes later we were on the highway.
"So Duh- I mean Olivia, what color dress are you looking for?" I asked.
"uh well I was thinking maybe light blue." She said. I turned around in my seat.
"Yeah Claire wore that color last year. She rocked it. Maybe you can too...maybe." I said trying to sound innocent. I saw her scowl and I turned around to see Josh trying to hide his smile. The rest of the car ride was silent other than the sound of the radio quietly in the backgroud. We got there before everyone because they got stuck in a stop light so we got out of the car.
"Hey Olivia, will you come to look in this window with me?" I asked shutting my door. She hesitated for a second eyeing Derrick but he just shrugged so she nodded and followed me till we were out of earshot of the boys.
"Now listen here, Claire is my best friend. She is one of the best people I know. So you will be nice and not let one smart ass remark come out of your botox injected lips. Your lucky I let Derrick bring you. Consider that your gift from me. Don't make me regret it." I said and walked back to Josh leaving a stunned and fuming Olivia behind. When Olivia got back she kept her eyes down and slipped her sunglasses on.
A minute later everyone was parked and stretching. Two hours later we walked into a huge store called Disurellas. Everyone grabbed dresses and went to the dressing rooms. I was the first to come out in a purple dress that was strapless and had straps going around my back with silver details in it. When I got out I saw josh's eyes go wide and a hungry look go in his eyes. I smiled and went to the 3 mirrors and twirled.
"You look great Mass." Derrick said. I smiled and turned around to see my back. Derrick was like my brother, sure we dated back in the day but that was far behind us.
Next was Alicia in red dress that came to her mid thigh and was tight around her waist then came out in red ruffles. After that was Dylan in a green dress that had a slit going up to just above her knee. Kristin next, in a dark blue dress that was tight to her mid thigh and then cut off with lighter blue lace around it. Olivia was next in a pink and was sparkly and tight till her waist and then came down.
I had to admit Olivia looked great but when I looked at Derrick he was smiling but it didnt reach his eyes. He didn't have the same look he had when he looked at Claire. After a couple of minutes Claire's dressing room clicked open and she walked out in a pale yellow dress that had went up to her collar bones and dipped to show her whole back it showed her curves and went flowingly down to the floor. She looked gorgeous. She blew Olivia out of the water.
I looked over at Derrick who was staring at her with admiration and love. I saw Olivia look back and forth from Derrick to Claire who was staring at Derrick seemingly to search his eyes for something. I dont think she found it because Ben was the first person to talk.
"You look gorgeous Claire." He said smiling. Claire broke eye contact with Derrick and smiled turning to the mirror.
"This is the one I think." She said. I felt a tear roll down my face and Claire turned around in worry after seeing me in the reflection in the mirror.
"Massie what's wrong?" She asked coming down to give me a hug. I shook my head and wiped the tears away.
"It's our senior year guys! Were all seperating!" I said and all the girls came up to me and we group hugged.
"I love you guys." Kristin said and we pulled apart all wiping away tears of our own. I looked around and notices Olivia was gone.
"Where is she?" I asked Derrick.
He seemed to jump out of his state of staring at Claire and looked at me. "Uh I don't know." He said.
"I changed while you guys were hugging." She said holding the pink dress in her arms.
I nodded and we all changed and checked out.
Author's Note: I really wanted to make this longer but I need to stretch this story out! I'm so excited to finish this story! Any suggestions? Message me! Sorry I didn't update in a week or two. I was on Spring break. I went to Panama City Beach and it was so fun! I went to club lavela! Has anyone else been there? Aaaaanyway, Review pleaseeee! xoxo