Author's Note: This is my second time writing a point of view essay. I hope that this will be the last time that I have to do another point of view piece. I decided to write this essay on The Clique because this is the book that I recently read and I liked a lot. Today I am going to be telling the story through the eyes of Layne, one of Claire's friends. Massie and Claire are the main characters in the book, just a heads up. I really want you to focus on how people change over time and how that can affect friendship.
It was the first day that I had met Claire. She was looking for a seat to sit at lunch, when she saw that there was an empty seat next to me. All that I knew about her was that she was friends with Massie Block, the queen bee of seventh grade. As she approached the table I wondered if she was going to sit at my table or continue walking and attempt to sit with Massie and her friends. When she reached the table she said "Hi, my name is Claire." I didn't want to be rude and ask if she was talking to me so just in case, I replied saying "Hey, my name is Layne." "Is that seat taken" Claire asked. "No you can sit here" I responded quickly. I thought to myself this girl seems like she would be a good person to hang out with, but you never know people change and can affect friendship. Knowing that she is friends with Massie I had to be cautious, she could either be just like Massie and be mean or she could be the total opposite, sweet. It was the first day of the seventh grade and I had already made a new companion, a comrade that is friends with Massie Block.
Fourth period was about to start and I wanted to ask Claire if she was doing anything tomorrow. I ran over to her locker as fast as I could, since we had just met that day I wanted to go see a movie or go shopping with her so I could spend some quality time with her and get to know her a little bit better. Hanging out with her would help me get a better handle on what she is like. If I had to guess what she is like I would think that she is like me in ways, I am kind of an odd ball and I can be shy at times, but when someone is really making me irritated I will come out of my shell and do what I can to resolve what ever the problem is. I could see Claire being that kind of a person. After all we got along pretty well at lunch. I got to her locker with a couple minutes to spare before the bell rang, I quickly asked her if she was doing anything tomorrow and she said no, allowing me to ask her if she wanted to hang out and chill. She liked the idea of hanging out and getting to know one another further. Just before I left for my class she said "can't wait to hang out tomorrow."
The night before the movie I received a call from Claire, she said that she couldn't go to the movie anymore because she has to babysit her sick brother while her parents went out on a date. I decided to tell my mom so that she wouldn't have to deal with this in the morning when she is at her crabbiest. I was kind of disappointed that Claire couldn't go anymore, I was really looking forward to hanging out with her and having a relaxing day.
On Sunday when I called Claire, I asked her how babysitting was, she didn't know what I was talking about at first, until I refreshed her memory. Suddenly I got this good feeling that Claire had bailed on me and did something else. I put the pieces together when I saw Claire walking into school with Massie and her friends. I figured that she had ditched me to hang out with Massie. The more I thought about the more I got confused, because during lunch that one day Claire told me that Massie didn't even really like her all that much. I then realized that someone can change in the blink of an eye.
It was later that night that I was sitting around thinking about how if I was in Claire's position I would have probably done the same thing. If I could have the chance to hang out with Massie Block I would take it. I decided to call Claire up and apologize for ignoring her during school. I explained why I was ignoring her and she also apologized. She didn't think that I would ever know the truth, that's why she did it. Since we had made up we decided to schedule another day that we could hang out and see a movie, but this time there wouldn't be any excuses.
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