#76 - Stacey's Lie

Timeline
So it's the end of their 4th repeat of 6th grade/8th grade. Also, the last day of school is in this book, and two weeks later it's the 4th of July. So they must go to school until mid-June? That sucks.

Plot
Stacey still has her boyfriend Robert. She is all bummed because he is spending the summer at this place, Fire Island, and won't be in Stoneybrook. Stacey is excited to have a weekend left with him, thought, before she spends the next weekend with her dad and then Robert leaves after that. But then her dad calls and asks her to move her weekend with him up. Thinking she would still have the next weekend with Robert, she agrees. Then Robert tells her he is actually leaving a weekend early. So Stacey is all depressed and briefly considers blowing her dad off, but ultimately does not.

When she gets to New York, her dad tells her that he is taking two weeks off and wants to take Stacey wherever she wants on vacation. Of all the places in the goddamned world, she picks Fire Island so she can be with Robert. Her dad agrees, and tells her to invite Claudia. So Stacey tells Robert she will be there for two weeks, but doesn't tell Claudia or her dad that Robert will be there. Claudia finds out right away, and if okay with it for awhile but then Stacey basically blows her off several times a day. One night, Claudia and Stacey are supposed to have a best friend night, but Stacey rushes her through it so that she can go meet Robert after. Claudia FINALLY blows up. Stacey goes to meet Robert anyway, and they are walking on the beach when suddenly they see Stacey's father, with his new girlfriend. So now Stacey and her dad are mad at each other for lying.

This happens right as MaryAnne, Shannon and Kristy are coming for the long weekend. Everyone fights and hates on Stacey, and the three girls end up leaving a full day early bc it sucks. Here's the kicker - Claudia is supposed to stay for an entire week longer, but she leaves too. Fuck off, Stacey.

After that, Robert finally realizes the evil that is Stacey and breaks up with her. Girlfriend is having a rough go at it. Her and her father finally apologize to each other, and then Stacey goes to sit on the beach and pout. Robert finds her and they get back together, but he admits to her he can't really trust her after watching her lie to everyone around her.

She goes back to Stoneybrook and everyone makes up.

Also, a weird ass side story is that Mallory and Jessi have a summer job at a daycamp, where Vanessa and Haley get into a huge fight because they are wearing the same swim suit. They are terribly mean to each other, and then Jessi/Mal trick them into making up.

Takeaways
This was the first book I had to buy on iBooks because I don't have a hardcopy of it. I HATE!!

Stacey mentions that Robert is almost as hot as Jason Priestly (fucking heartthrob) and her and Claudia watch a Johnny Depp movie. It's not often that real life pop culture references end up in these books.

Stacey is just a lying, conniving bitch throughout this whole book. I wish Robert would have really broken up with her. I'm also surprised Claudia is so quick to forgive her. I would be PISSED if someone did that to me.

I love how the three girls and Claudia are like "fuck this, I'm out". You know you done fucked up when your friends would rather go home than spend an extra day on the beach with you.


Best Character
Probably Kristy, because when she gets to Fire Island and Claudia fills her in, she wastes not one minute telling Stacey it's all her fault that everyone is mad at her. Stacey paints herself as the victim basically until Robert tells her all she does is lie. Then she is like "oh yeah, I guess I did lie a lot." Fuck you, Stacey.

Worst Character
Fuck you, Stacey.