Massie:

Massie finally has everything. Her British friends. Her American friends. And her super-amazing boyfriend of three years, James.

Her only problem now is finding time for all of it! She's got her NYU journalism classes, working around James's busy Pre-Med schedule, and Saturday Night Sleepovers. If it wasn't for her besties, Massie would have lost her mind.

Now Massie just has to follow the rules of a peaceful summer in Monte Carlo…

Claire,

A few years ago, Claire would have never thought any of this possible.

Living in NYC instead of Florida to become a teacher instead of a nurse. Having a part-time job at the best photography classes for children. One of her best friends, Strawberry, in a serious relationship with her ex, Erik. Having Layne and Massie back. And even having a certain boy on her arm.

Claire finally has things figured out, or at least figured out enough for a Freshman. And, for once, her life plan doesn't matter. Whatever she does, she knows that she wants Cam with her. As long as his busy business-major schedule and soccer team doesn't keep him away too much, Claire knows that she'll get her wish.

Kristen,

Kristen always knew that she would love this life as a professional soccer player, but she loves it even more now that she isn't a slave to the sport. Though she has to get up at five in the morning for practice and brave a commute to the suburbs, she wouldn't trade living with Layne, Bay, and Quinn for anything. Well, if they had more than two bathrooms…

With adorakable Dempsey by her side, even living in the apartment above hers, Kristen is ready for anything. Even her mom marrying her best friend's father…

Dylan,

"Super-Star Dylan Marvil is our new addiction in The Clique!"

"A witty and funny Soap Opera showing us the side no one has seen before, on the inside of the clique."

"Five stars! Best show this year!"

Everyone is in love with the Clique. When Dylan turned down the offer to play Bre in Superstar, Dylan thought that her primetime days were over and she was going to relax in NYU. But, before Dylan made it half a semester in her acting classes, she got an offer to work on The Clique in New York. Thanks to Massie and her PC days, Dylan easily knew how to play Cody James, beta to Allie A. Abbot's character, Selena. And, thanks to the two amazing actresses leading the show, it rocketed to fame.

Maybe the paparazzi is annoying (Especially when they snap pictures of Josh leaving her apartment in the early morning hours), but Dylan wouldn't trade it for the world.

Alicia,

Alicia always dreamed of this live, but it's even more amazing than she could have ever imagined!

Dancing as one of the best students in the best dance school in the country is amazing. But being best friends with other student, Skye Hamilton, and living with her besties (Massie and Dylan) in the uber-modern apartment that everyone in town wants next door to Skye and Allie A. Abbott is even too cool to describe.

And then there is Derrington.

Honestly, she would probably trade it all in to be with him, her stupid little hottie. She never knew that she could feel like this. She could have people cheer for her and dance her heart out, but nothing felt as good as knowing that Derrington smiled for her. Now her only problem is how her single friends are upset when she ditches partying with them for a night of movies and popcorn with Derrington.

Layne,

Supposed to Say was a runaway hit when Lewis Cartwell heard Baze and Layne sing it. And, by the end of the week, they had an album deal and a band to complete it. Before the end of the year, their CD had topped the most sold for three weeks in a row and had a summer tour set up.

And, somewhere along the way of finding fame and doing what she loves, Layne found love in the form of another four letter word, B-A-Z-E. Everyone adored when Layne and Baze began to date, but no one loved it as much as they did.

Now writing their new CD, they are trying to make their next big hit. But will it be in the form of a two minute song or a lifetime in love with each other?

Bay,

When Bay moved in with her idol, Quinn Rock, she knew it would be cool. But she had no clue that it inspire her.

With the help of Quinn, Bay wrote her best-seller, Caesar, about The Royal Court, the girls who rule Caesar Augustus Middle School. With the Clique bringing attention to the cliques of schools, it was easy for Bay's book to become a big him. Getting help from her friends and from her own experience, Bay wrote about two cliques The Seasons (August, Summer, and April) and The Primary Colors (Scarlett, Maggenta who was known as Maggie, and Azul) when the Seasons lost Winter when she moved to California and became one clique and best friends.

After Griffon kissed her on New Year's Eve, they had been inseparable, and Bay's problems just seemed to melt away.

But Bay still has to manage her father marrying Kristen's mom…

Strawberry,

The actor and the director. Cliché, huh? Well, Strawberry doesn't care. She and her boyfriend of nine months, Erik (Sunglasses), are just that couple. She's studying to become a director, and he's an actor.

Maybe she does feel a little weird about the fact that Erik once dated her good friend, Claire. But if Dylan and Alicia can stay best friends while Dylan is with her ex, Josh, the British bombshell with the hot pink hair can definitely manage.

Strawberry's only problem now is getting Erik to dye his bright green hair back to the sultry navy she adored so much…

Quinn,

The secret is out. Robin and Quinn no longer keep their relationship to secret dates and hook-ups at two in the morning when everyone else was asleep. Though it was an accident when it came out (Robin planted a kiss on her when they were going to meet Massie and James for lunch, and the couple walked in on it), neither of them knew how freeing it felt for everyone to know. Their six-month-long relationship is out in the open, and everyone knows, even the British magazines who loved her so much.

Quinn is proud to have changed her serial-dater best friend into a boyfriend completely in love with her, and the only thing Quinn doesn't like is all of the teasing from her friends who were already in love about how the "I-Won't-Be-Crazy-When-I'm-In-Love" girl is just as mad as them.

Now, Quinn just has to manage working on her new book and going on tour for her last book while also seeing Robin while he's in Madrid again this summer…

The Final Chapter

Summer was creeping into the New York City night as the nine girls made their way to the garden on top of Massie's apartment building. They had the penthouse next to Allie Abbott and Skye Hamilton, and they were just a few steps away from the garden on top.

It was beautiful, lush, and private.

Though it was public, no one came here.

That made it the perfect place for the Click meetings.

Massie had thought of the idea when she and James had come up here for a picnic last fall. The Click had likened to the idea, and this just became their spot.

Massie smiled to herself as she thought about James, fast asleep in his apartment with Josh, Derrington, and Robin. They only had a few days left of school and less than a week to their summer vacation in Monte Carlo with their family.

She had held to her promise for a normal summer, and she was determined not to start trouble this time around. No crazy clique wars. No break-ups. Just a summer in the sun with her favorite guy.

But, before her summer in another continent, there was something she wanted to do.

When she had told the other girls, they hadn't thought she was serious. But they all decided to go along with it and made plans to be here at midnight.

After all, all of the girls were spending their summers apart.

Alicia was going to Spain as always, but, this time, they were taking Piper to her first trip abroad. And, as a surprise, Derrington had planned on renting a nearby beach home with his older sister and mother for their summer vacation.

Dylan was in LA for the summer to shoot her new movie, Who, a horror movie that followed the typical teen horror script. She and Josh were planning on spending the weekends at the beaches of California, and she was ready to show off her amazing boyfriend to the public.

Kristen was going on a trip with Dempsey to Africa with his family, and she had to be back in July for the big event. When Bay and Kristen moved in together, they had no clue that their parents would take to each other. And, when they had started dating, they definitely hadn't seen it in the cards when they got engaged!

Strawberry is in London with her mother and twin brother, and Erik was visiting for a few weeks to meet her mother and brother.

Claire was in Westchester for most of the summer, except for the crucial two weeks in the Hamptons for Cam to truly introduce Claire as the girl.

Layne was on her summer tour for music, and Quinn was on her summer tour for her latest book.

Bay was off to working at a writing camp with Griffon for most of the summer except for coming home for the wedding, where she would have the dreaded run-in with her sister. She hadn't seen CeCe in so long that she had almost forgotten about her twin sister, who was currently engaged to super-rich twenty-three year old Lewis Donald, who owned some big company.

In fact, none of them had talked to CeCe or Olivia.

All they knew about the two was the gossip circulating.

Olivia and Brandon had a son, Tyler, only a little while back, but they had split up long before their son was born. They were both great parents to Tyler, Brandon more than Olivia, but Olivia was doing fine without Brandon. With Sensa in her purse and her platform heels back, she was on her way to finding a rich husband like CeCe had.

Alicia felt weird that, after all of that time as best friends, one conversation had ended all of it.

She didn't long for her old life though. With Skye Hamilton as her friend, Alicia had taken the dance school by storm. She had attracted attention from the media and all of the most amazing dance companies. And, even without all of the career success, she had Derrington.

Her crazy Derrington.

He was insane, and he drove her insane. But Alicia couldn't imagine life without him.

Claire couldn't imagine how she had gone on so long without Cam either.

While she had loved Erik, he just wasn't the right guy. Cam had always been the right guy, they just took a while to get it right.

But, even though Erik hadn't even right for Claire, he had been right for Strawberry.

It hadn't taken long for them to end up together, and they were happier than any of them had ever imagined they could be. Erik understood that what happened with Claire had led him to running away to Monte Carlo for a few weeks, when he fell for Strawberry. Though he wasn't really friends with Claire, they had agreed to put their past behind them.

While Claire's past had haunted her for so long, Dylan's past was helping her.

Thanks to her PC days, Dylan was perfect to play Cody James. The show's success was due in a large part to Dylan. Aside from her amazing acting, she also knew what it was really like. She was able to add suggestions in that had turned into the things the audience loved most.

And The Clique had brought Dylan to winning the Young Faces award, an award that she beat Alexis in, and Dylan had taken in secret delight when the show that she had turned down began to bomb.

"You're here," Massie smiled as Kristen sat down on the big blankets that Massie had set up. Alicia and Dylan were already sitting down, and they smiled as each of the girls began to file in.

When Quinn arrived, Massie had a smirk on her lips.

"So you could make it? I was worried you had a secret date with Robin."

Quinn rolled her eyes.

It had been everyone's favorite joke after the big blow-up.

Quinn could still remember the first day that she met Robin. They laughed when they recounted how Robin had been playing soccer during recess and kicked the ball too far, making it hit Quinn in the head. He had run to apologize, but she hadn't forgiven him. For two years, she refused to talk to him. But, when they were twelve and were put together for a science project, they had decided to start over and became best friends.

Having known him the longest, Quinn had been the one who would never date him. Not after everything she knew about him, she wasn't that stupid.

But something had changed that summer in Madrid.

All he wanted was Quinn, and she could tell that. The truth was that he was all she wanted, too.

One night, they couldn't just pretend any longer. They were getting pizza as they usually did on Wednesdays, and they sat in the dark Central park as they finished their food. They were talking about the day they met, and Robin nudged her that he had teased her because he had a crush on her. And, when Quinn rested her head on his shoulder, he told her that he still did.

Getting together was the easy part. Telling was the hard part.

So, for three months, they kept it a secret until Robin gave Quinn PDA when he didn't know their friends were around.

"You guys have known for three months, okay?" Quinn sat down beside Strawberry, "Can we just get over it?"

"No," Dylan shook her head, and Quinn rolled her eyes again.

"So, are you all packed for your summer in Madrid with Robby?"

"We're only spending two weeks together. Then I'm off to my tour. We'll only see each other every two weeks on the weekend."

"My boyfriend is in LA for the summer. And I'm in London," Strawberry crossed her arms, "I think I get to complain."

"Hey, I have to go meet Cam's entire family. His parents are nice, and his brother is great. But the rest of them are like the Kennedy's!" Claire complained, crossing her arms.

"I'm on tour. All across the country. And a concert in London!" Layne reminded them. If it wasn't for Baze and the fact that her band members were her best friends from music school, she would have lost her mind from their busy schedule.

But Layne loved it, her only complaint being the fan girls screaming, "We love you, Baze!" all the time.

"I'm in Africa," Kristen pointed out, and they all nodded.

She won.

"Well, I have no complaints. A relaxing time in Monte Carlo," Massie smiled, thinking about her plans with James in the beautiful city.

"Brag much," Bay nudged her, "I'm a bridesmaid in my father's wedding with CeCe!"

"I'm Maid of Honor, and I have to spend as much time with CeCe as you do," Kristen huffed.

While she would love becoming Bay's sister, she couldn't imagine being CeCe's sister.

The only thing that kept her from killing Bay's dad for proposing was how happy her mother was.

When bay and Kristen were unpacking their apartment, their parents had met each other. They all went for Chinese that night, and, the next night, he asked Kristen's mom to go to dinner alone. They were friends for a little while before they started dating. And it wasn't long before they fell in love with each other.

They were only dating for six months when he bought the beautiful diamond ring and got down on knee.

The wedding was set for this summer in Figi where a group of their family and friends would celebrate in style for a week before the big wedding on Friday. Afterwards, everyone else would leave, and the couple would spend another week there for their honeymoon.

Bay and Kristen were happy for their parents, but that didn't make it any less weird.

"Why don't you two just throw her out of the plane on the way there?"

"The stupid TSA won't let us," Bay pouted, and they laughed.

"So, are you guys ready?" Massie asked, and they nodded.

Massie got up and brought back the crystal bowl that she had used when they claimed each other. She made sure that it had enough water before putting down on pedestal in the middle of everyone.

A few weeks ago, when she joking claimed James with Chanel Number Five, she realized that she hadn't claimed The Click. It didn't really matter. They were friends with or without the perfume, but Massie wanted to do it anyways.

"You have your CP?"

Everyone held up their perfumes, smiling and giddy.

The PC members knew this very well, but the other girls were excited to be learning about this secret process.

"I'll go first."

Massie sprayed Chanel Number Five into the glass, and her smile widened as she put her perfume down.

Alicia went next, spraying the distinct smell of a Ralf Lauren perfume that she had claimed Derrington with.

One by one, the girls sprayed their perfumes.

The smell was horrible in the end, but they loved it.

They loved each other.

Sure, they were in love with their boyfriends, but no one could take the place of their friends. These girls were always there for each other, and they always would be. They could survive anything, and they would always have their girls for support, even they knew that the other was wrong.

Once you're an alpha, you always have it.

You always have that commanding personality. The ability to command attention. And the skill to keep it.

Once an alpha, always an alpha.

But, once you found your friends, your friends, they don't fade. They are there through boy drama, fights, bad grades, and anything else that will come your way. Sometimes friendships end.

Sometimes its forever. Forgiveness never comes, and you get on with your life.

And sometimes its only for a short time.

But, when you find those girls, you'll know. You'll have fights along the way, and things won't always work out. But, at the end of the day, when everything is falling apart, you'll go to them.

Once true friends, always friends.

"One," Massie began, smiling at her friends.

"Two," Alicia smiled.

Claire took a deep breath, putting her hand over the bowl.

Five years ago, she never would thought this would happen.

She thought that, when Alicia called her over to un-claim the Pretty Committee, it was permanent. That their time with Massie would be remembered but was over. That, when they counted to three, everything was lost.

But here they were.

Together again with some others along for the ride.

"Three," Claire finished.

The End

EHMAGAWD! It's really over!

Thank you all for reading.

When I started writing this story, this wasn't really the plan. There was no Clique War, and I wasn't really sure where I was going. And now here we are. At the end of the line.

I won't give you a super long speech or anything. I just want to thank you, and I keep an eye out for my next Clique story! It'll be a while, but I hope you guys will read it.

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