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Best Friends for Never: A Clique Novel is the second novel in The Clique Series. It is written by Lisi Harrison, who was formerly a head writer for MTV Production.
[edit] Plot summary
The story starts during Mr. Block's celebratory birthday dinner in which Todd Lyons spills grape juice all over Massie's skirt. Massie accuses Claire of repeating outfits and Claire retorts that this is perfectly normal, and that Massie should be ashamed that she buys new clothes everyday. The girls strike a deal in which Massie is not allowed to buy any clothes for a month and Claire is not allowed to re-wear anything in a month.The loser must wear all of Massie's ski gear including boots and such to school for a whole week. Meanwhile, the Pretty Committee is in danger of losing their spot on the popularity chain! They beat someone to having a boy-girl Halloween party. Landon Dorsey, the best Westchester party-planner, has the theme of "When Hell Freezes Over" Much to Massie's chagrin, Claire is her co-host for the party because Massie struck a deal about it with her mother. The PC's costume idea is 'Dirty Devils'. Massie is stuck in a rut of what to wear, so she brings the revealing costumes to school so the entire Pretty Committee can wear them. When a wannabee cuts her hand trying to imitate the costumes, just as everyone else had, Adele, the nurse, notifies Ms. Burns, the principal, this starts the competition for the best school uniform. This splits the clique. The girls end up wearing horrible outfits for the rest of the day from the lost and found but when they go to Massie's Halloween party romance is everywhere. Claire ends up wearing an old PowerPuff Girls costume but that doesn't stop her from flirting with Cam Fisher, who happens to be Massie's secret crush. Olivia Ryan comes back to Westchester after a nose job and she and Alicia and her become friends and end up flirting with everyone that night. Derrick Harrington is crushing on Massie, and Massie doesn't know about it. Kristen and Dylan fight for Derrick's feelings for a while. Derrick is called Derrington secretly by Massie. The name comes from a mix of his first and last name. The next school day Principal Burns announces that the school is going uniform because of the reavealing Dirty Devil costumes. Massie begs Pia, the design teacher, to let her design the costume. Pia and Principal Burns made it into a contest. Massie and Claire are both competing. Massie's maid, Inez, accidentally throws away Claire's and Massie's practice uniforms. Massie and Claire team up (with the consenus to end the bet) and use Dylan and Kristen to model for them. In the end Alicia's and Olivia's uniform wins but only because they cheated. Massie and the rest of the girls find out but decide to "stay in the weeds." Cam and Claire end up falling for each other, but Massie only knows that Cam likes someone. The book ends with Massie vowing to hunt down the girl, and finishing her. The Pretty Commitee goes to the school OCD which stands for Octavian Country Day School.
