Livin' La Vida Alpha
Invasion of the Boy Snatchers: Part 2
Hey GLUs! Welcome back to The Clique Series book club! This week, tensions continue to rise between Nina and Massie. Let’s catch up.
Claire is living la vida alpha. She’s Massie’s new roommate, things are heating up with Cam, and the upcoming Valentine’s Day dance has “first kiss” written all over it (assuming dances were like billboards and could have things written on them). Kuh-laire is doing ah-mazing.
Until she’s not.
It all goes south when Alicia invites her caliente cousin to the Pretty Committee’s Friday night sleepover. Nina, a human hemorrhoid in Massie’s ass, encourages the girls to make out with the Briarwood Boys and suggests stealing Derrington from Massie. Alicia tries to keep the peace between Nina and Massie, but the beta can’t out-alpha dueling alphas, and tensions escalate. Massie tackling Nina and dragging her across her bed by the heels of her cheap boots wasn’t exactly chill. Then, when it can’t possibly get any worse—Ahhhh-choooo!
Kuh-laire is allergic to Bean! Inez strips the entire room of anything covered with dog hair and takes Bean to sleep with her. Missing her four-legged bedfellow (and her power over the Pretty Committee) Massie lashes out at Claire.
“Your family is destroying my life! You ruin everything of mine!”
After the sleepover, Kristen’s bike goes missing, and so does Massie’s hair crimper (LOL, remember those?). And who do you think Massie blames?
Hint: Her name rhymes with No Fair!
WTF? Let’s discuss.
Massie is clearly upset about Bean, but why would she say such hurtful things to Claire? Who is Massie really mad at? Hint: Rhymes with sex machina. Why isn’t she freaking out on Nina?
Nina has thrown a grenade into the group dynamic. If you were Massie’s therapist, how would you advise her to handle the explosion?
Nina constantly flexes her skills with boys, but something feels off. Her boots are tacky, her makeup is too heavy, and she is just so extra. Is Nina as experienced as she claims to be? Or is she full of more shit than a cow pasture in spring?
LFG (Let’s F-ing Gossip)!
Xoxo Lisi & Ellen
“a human hemorrhoid in Massie’s ass” I audibly laughed out loud.
1. Nina is controlling the situation wayyy more than Massie expected, so Massie is lashing out on people she has control over. Any disses she’s thrown Nina’s way seem to bounce right off her, but Massie knows she can hurt Claire, and she needs to feel some semblance of control.
2. In the wise words of Alison DiLaurentis, “if you ignore it, it will go away.” Justttt kidding, Nina is a stain that won’t rub out of the OCD/Briarwood social scene. No matter what a therapist could advise Massie to do, I don’t think she would be able to rest until Nina was sent packing. The girl just didn’t quit!
3. Ms. Obscena is the definition of fake it till you make it. She really deserves a round of applause for her performance, however extra it was. She came into a new country, reinvented herself and lived her dream until it all came crashing down. Meanwhile, she’s practically stolen her sister’s identity (and closet). It shows that just because someone seems like the coolest person in the world, they may have no idea what they’re really doing!