Claire pressed on the last rhinestone on to her cell phone. She smiled too herself. Ever since her mom had been succeeding in her job, they've been able to "splurge," a little.

"Ping!" went her phone. She picked it up, Massie. She smiled a little more, she was glad that she was being accepted by the Pretty Committee. She plucked at the keys.

Then a scream came from her mother, over the low roar of the television. "WE WON!" she shouted. Claire's mother was pretty level headed, so for her to be so ecstatic. She started pressing the buttons violently.

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She pressed Send and ran into the room where her mom was still in hysterics. "Mom! What's going on?" But her mom, who had stopped screaming, was just staring in awe. Claire wished her dad was there, he was always able to find out what was going on.

"Mom?" Her mom pointed at the piece of paper. The Lottery, it read across the top. "Mom, did we win?" She looked at her mom, who slowly nodded her head.

"The six-billion dollar jackpot?" she whispered as se sat down on the couch. Again, another nod from her mother. "WE WON THE SIX-BILLION JACKPOT!"

Claire grabbed her mom, and span in circles with her. Then came a knock on the door, Massie. Massie! She couldn't wait to tell her new best friend that she was no longer the poor girl from Florida anymore.

She rushed to the door and opened it. There was Massie Block, holding her tiny dog Bean in her hands. "What is it?" She asked with a shiver, bracing herself from the cold night air.

Claire pulled Massie inside and hurried her to Claire's bedroom. Claire pushed open the door and told Massie to wait there for a second. She closed the door, and then ran back to her mom.

"Honey, I'm going to collect the money," Claire felt funny, was this all real? "Claire, did you hear me?"

"Mom, are you sure?"

"Positive."

"Does dad know?"

"Just got off the phone."

"Oh…my…gosh. Can I tell Massie?"

"Hmhm." She replied in a musical way.

With a smile and a little jump, Claire turned around, and ran back into her room. She opened the door, shut it, and ran over to her bed, where Massie was stroking Bean.

"Kuh-laire, what's going on?"

"Massie, my family just won the six-billion lottery jackpot."

"Eh-mygosh, really?" Claire was gleaming as she nodded her head in a spastic way. "Eh-mygosh…"