The Rivera Estate

Alicia's Room

6:30 p.m.

"Alicia here." Alicia said into her phone. She had been thinking about the Skye's party last night, and how she was the only one who made it through the night still with her crush. She thought about how wrong Derrington had been, if only he had let Massie explain…

"Alicia, it's me Massie. Get the rest of the PC on. It's an emergency." Alicia could hear a slight hoarseness in Massie's voice, as though she had been crying all day.

"OK, just a sec." Hearing her Alpha in such a situation scared her.

"Dylan!" Dylan cheerfully said into her phone.

"Just a sec, getting Kris and Claire." Said Massie.

"Hey guys, what's up?" Kristen asked.

"Lemme get Claire." Massie said once again.

"Hi!" Claire said happily..

"Guys, I'm in the hospital. Emergency Sleepover tonight." Massie said, her voice cracking at the end.

"OMG, what's wrong?" The other four all asked at once and then giggled, "Apple-C!"

"Tell you tonight. 7:30. Doctor's here." Massie said before hanging up.

"Do you think it's about the illness?" asked Dylan worriedly. Massie had told them about a week ago that she was really sick, and that the doctors weren't sure what it was, or if it would get better.

"Yeah, I do. Gotta pack, and beg my mom." Kristen said before hanging up.

"G2G, see ya later." Claire said, and hung up. Dylan and Alicia got off, and Alicia started packing, with worry as to what the Sleepover.

The Block Estate

Massie's Room

7:30 p.m.

All of the girls were there, and wondering what this was all about.

Massie stood up and said, "You guys all know that I am probably sick, but I didn't tell you guys the full story. Chris and I were ridding since we had finished a bit early. I was riding Brownie when all of a sudden I was really dizzy and I fell. Chris picked me up and laid me on his horse's back, and then led Brownie back to the stable. That's why I was so excited to see him at the party, because then I knew that he was the one who saved me. It turns out," Massie said pausing, looking as if she was about to cry, "I have cancer." She then let the tears silently fall down her face, and the girls started bawling. The cried for 10 minutes, until they could cry no more, and then their cries became softer and softer, until silent.

Alicia's ringtone went off, and it played Poker Face by Lady GaGa

I wanna hold em' like they do in Texas Plays.
Fold em' let em' hit me raise it baby stay with me (I love it).
Luck and intuition play the cards with Spades to start.
And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh.
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh.
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got.

Can't read my.
Can't read my.
No he can't read my Poker Face
(She's got to love nobody).
Can't read my.
Can't read my.
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody).

P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face.
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face

Alicia left the room, gulped, and whispered into the phone, "Hello, Alicia here."

"Leesha, what's wrong?" Josh's concerned voice said through the phone.

"A-Lawt. I'll tell you tomorrow at Starbucks, OK?" Alicia whispered into the phone, using Josh's need for gossip to her advantage.

"OK. Where are you right now?" Josh asked, hearing Dylan cry out again. "Are you guys being tortured or something?"

"No, we're at a Sleepover, but something really sad just happened." Alicia said, crying a bit more again. "Gotta go, see you at noon tomorrow?"

"See ya Leesh. Feel better." Josh said, and hung up.

Alicia walked back into Massie's bedroom, and they started asking Massie questions.

"So, it is leukemia, and I have a forty-sixty chance-"She said, breaking off, since everyone knew what the other option was. "I'm going to be in school for the last week, and in September I will hopefully be back. I am getting it surgically removed in the third week of June. I will look different, but I can wear a wig. Though it might not be as wonderful as the hair I have now." She said fluffing her hair, and the PC started giggling. And then laughing. And then they were rolling around on the floor laughing, not remembering why they were laughing, but knowing, that they didn't have much longer to laugh together, and that it might be the last time in a long time, that they would smile together. Massie, recovering quickly, asked, "Any questions? No, good. Let's go watch a movie."

They went down to her iPad, and pulled out Mamma Mia!, belting the words of the songs out with each other. During the ending credits, they all fell asleep in the iPad, having dreams about what would happen next…