The Potter and His Clay.

The Muddle.

Amberly looked at her reflection in the mirror and smiled at her outfit, she wore a thigh length skirt with a tucked in short sleeved light pink blouse, she pinned half of her hair up and ran her fingers through her golden locks in satisfaction as it falls lusciously on her back "Perfection" she sighs, whirling around.

Amberly lived a very glamorous life through her Father's money who was the Mayor of the town and owned half of the land in Layne Valley, she grabbed her bag from her bed and skipped out of her master bedroom, she made her way down the pearly marble staircase and went into the dining room. 

"Good morning parents" she sang as she entered the room, Mr. and Mrs. Mason looked up at their daughter with big smiles "good morning darling" Mrs. Mason greeted, Amberly walked over to her Father and kissed him on the cheek "Daddy" she greets, Mr. Mason smiles "Princess"

she sat next to him and placed a napkin on her lap, a maid sat a plate in front of her and moved back to her corner, she began to serve herself bacon and eggs with a side of pancakes, she took a sip of her orange juice "hm, Daddy, I need four hundred dollars" she says looking at her father before setting down her glass, he looked from his paper "for what reason?" he asked sternly 

"there's this new pet store opening up at Craig's street and I want to make a donation" she says proudly 

he chuckled, smacking the table approvingly "that's my girl!" he exclaimed "caring for the people!" 

Mrs. Mason laughed "careful sweetie, keep this up and you'll be stealing your Father's seat" she says jokingly 

Amberly giggled and batted her eyes towards her Father "so is that a yes?" she asked innocently. 

***

"Hurry up!" Heather cried from her car, Amberly quickly got into the car and threw her bag into the back seat, "let's go" 

they drove around the fountain and made their way out of the drive way, "so?" Heather asked biting her lip in anticipation, Amberly smirked and pulled out a platinum card from her pocket "got it!" she cried

they burst out in excited screams as they lunged into the main road. 

***

Eliza sat uncomfortably in her seat as she watched the rest of the members of the board sit before her, Mrs. Sanders cleared her throat "alright, since everyone is here, let's begin!" she says, she sits back down and looks at Eliza "President?" 

Eliza looked at Mrs. Sanders a bit lost "huh?" she asked 

she gives a motivated look and raises her eye brows to indicate her to stand, she slowly gets to her feet and takes a paper from her file, she cleared her throat and looks at the members. She scanned their faces only to see and feel absolute coldness, Pepper Gilman watched her with her arms folded and with a smirk on her face. Eliza lets out a deep breathe and begins "Good morning Team" she starts "I will be your Student Body President for this year, Eliza Thompson, and I hope we will work well together" 

the members stared at her without making a response to her words, she nods with her lips pressed together "tough crowd" she thought, she cleared her throat "well, some of you may know or may have heard that Mr. Byrnes has agreed to have the Senior Dance for this year" 

a chorus of excited gasps circulate through the room, she felt a wave of relief as she finally got them to respond to her, she continued "since it is just months away, we're going to have a fundraiser in order to raise funds for the event" she paused "any ideas?" 

Jason Garret raised his hand, Eliza nodded "yes Jason?" 

"what about a car wash?" he asked, Eliza smiled "yes that's-"

"with the cheerleaders wearing white t-shirts with no-" 

"OKAY!" Eliza exclaimed clapping her hands together "anyone else?" she asked looking hopefully at the rest of the members, Kate Verona raised her hand, Eliza nodded, "what about a disco?" she suggested 

Pepper Gilman scoffed "lame" she spat 

Eliza looked at her, Kate sulkily sank in her seat as she frowned at Pepper, "you have any better ideas?" Eliza asked 

Pepper rolled her eyes "better than yours" she retorted 

Mrs. Sanders lets out a nervous laugh, as she gets to her feet "okay!" she looks at her watch "let's talk more about this in our next meeting" 

they all got up and moved out of the conference room just in time for the bell to ring and classes to begin. 

***

Ethan looked over his shoulder and sees Tracy enter the hallway, she wore long jeans with a cute yellow fluffy sweater, her short curly hair lusciously sway above her shoulders, she smiles as she says good morning to her classmates chilling by the lockers. He stared at her, he felt like time itself had stopped and all that mattered was her smile, she made her way to her locker, across from his. Theodore Springs smacked his face lightly, Ethan pushed his hand away in annoyance, he chuckled as he looked at Tracy "bro, if you want her, get her", Ethan clicked his tongue as he shut his locker "I don't know what you're talking about" 

Theo sighed, leaning against the locker next to his, "I don't get it, you like her, she likes you, what's the problem?" 

"shut up!" he hissed, looking over to Tracy, hoping she didn't hear a thing. Theo chuckled, shaking his head "you're playing hard ball man" 

"I just need time to sort stuff out" he says in defense 

Theo nodded, not believing a word he says "ahuh yeah, hey Tracy fix my boy won't you?" he backed away with a grin

Ethan whirled around, Tracy smiled "fix you? what's broken?" she asked with a laugh, Ethan lets out a nervous laugh "some things" he replied awkwardly 

she narrowed her eyes with a grin "okay" she says "what's going on?"

he shook his head "nothing", she smirked suspiciously, she reached out and took his arm "walk me to class?" she asked boldly, he smiles letting out a chuckle "sure". 

***

Jonathan walked into English class and walked over to his usual back seat by the window, the room began to fill up rapidly, Eliza walked in and looked over the class, she spots Jonathan in the corner and smiles. She walks over to him "hey" she greets

he looked up at her and doesn't respond, he looked back to the front, completely ignoring her. She frowned in confusion, Mrs. Henderson walks in "Good morning class!" she greets, Eliza quickly goes around behind him and pulls the chair out from the seat next to his, he immediately grabs the chair and pushes it back into the desk. She stared at him in astonishment, he continues to look straight ahead without saying a word, "Eliza, please take a seat" Mrs. Henderson asked

Eliza walked over to another empty seat and pulls the chair out, she sits down, and she looks back at Jonathan as confusion bubbled up within her. Did she do something wrong? She bit her lip as she suppressed the tears to fall. She definitely did something wrong.