The 7th Mother-Daughter-Book-Club (#Wattys2016)

Jess

I completely died the moments walked into the dorm. So did Savannah, Adele, and Frankie - we were rooming together again. My friends looked not only horrible, they looked absolutely ridiculous. Megan punches my shoulder.
"Shut up, Princess Ramshackle." She teases. I expect to hear Cassidy adding her two cents with a goat girl comment or something, but I find unnerving silence.
"Guys..... Have you seen Cassidy?"
Becca, Megan, and Emma all frown.
"I haven't seen her all day, now that I think about it." Emma sounds concerned. Cassidy and Savannah had planned on filling Peyton Winslow's locker with goat cheese - something Cassidy wouldn't miss ever. Unless she had hockey, of course.
I sighed. I'd speak with her at book club tonight.
Frankie speaks up, breaking the silent trend.
"Yo I'm melting in this heat. Ice creams on me!" Everyone cheers, all thoughts of Cassidy gone. I don't cheer when it's time to pay, though. It turns out Frankie's broke, so ice creams on me.
"Your welcome everyone." I mutter as I take a lick of my salted caramel. (A//N: This is my favorite flavor to lol. Back to the story....) Suddenly, I realize everything has gone silent. I look up from my ice cream, about to interrogate someone, when ice cold water prickles at my scalp and soaks my clothes.
" ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE!" Cassidy screams. She smacks Savannah a high five.
"CASSIDY!" I yell. "WHERE WERE YOU?!"
She grins. "Picking up this stuff, of course!
"But-"
I'm about to point out its 4:50, and she was gone for too long for this to be the case. But Cassidy gives me a pleading look, so I shut up.
     Meanwhile, all of my friends are on the ground, laughing. I am still wet.
      "Oh, man, Cassidy! That was better than I thought."
Wait.
       "YOU GUYS WERE IN ON THIS?!" I crow, as a camera clicks.
Wait.
         I turn around to see my boyfriend, Darcy Hawthorne, shaking with silent laughter.  He's holding the polaroid I got him for Christmas last year. 

   "Hello, sweetheart!" He gave me a smile.  I smile back.

    "Why hello, Darcy!" I chirp.

I then proceed to shove the rest of my ice cream into his stupid smug face. 

   "There." I say, smirking. "NOW we're even." 

.............................................

      Cassidy still seems off at book club. She looks kinda yellow, but that might be because of her fall ball uniform.  It's a sickly gold shade that look horrible on her. But when dessert rolls around, and Cassidy only takes 3 brownies, Mrs. Sloane-Kinkad finally catches on that something's wrong. 

   "Cassidy, darling - are you ok? You're plate's missing 4 brownies!" Mrs. Sloane-Kinkad's  face is a mix of bemusement and worry. Cassidy tries to reply, but she just hurls all over her mother's dress.

  Cassidy bursts into tears and runs to her room. Murphy bolts into the room, knocking over a vase as Darcy, Courtney, and Stewart try to tame him - for the second time. Mrs. Hawthorne and Mrs. Wong are cleaning up the Vase,  and Mrs Chadwick and my mom are cleaning up poor Cassidy's mom. My mother nods at me, and I understand.

     "Hey guys, let's go check on Cassidy, ok?" Me and my friends nod in agreement, and rush upstairs to our friend.

A/N - Sorry, the bold thingie isn't working.  But poor Cass!! Don't worry, things will turn around for her.  Thanks for so many reads, dudes! Cya soon!!!

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