Layne Abeley

Summary
Layne is Claire Lyons's first friend at OCD. She is not part of The Pretty Committee. She is apart of another clique called The Excentrix. In that group there is Layne, Meena and Heather.

Personality
Layne is best friends with Meena, Heather, and Claire Lyons. She befriended Claire on her first day at OCD. Massie Block briefly pretends to be BFFs with Layne so that she could hook up with Chris Abeley. She is one of the only nice characters in the series. She's often noted for having the ability to be her true self, because she doesn't care what other people think. She is called Layme Abeley by Massie and the other members of The Pretty Committee (but not Claire) because they were obnoxious rude people. Layne is friends with Claire, despite the fact that Claire is not a very loyal friend.

Layne loves protests, and has random food obsessions such as:
 * The Clique: Oatmeal


 * Best Friends for Never: Popcorn with mustard


 * Revenge of the Wannabes: Popsicles


 * Invasion of the Boy Snatchers: Jalapeno-flavored soy nuts


 * The Pretty Committee Strikes Back: Go-Gurts


 * It's Not Easy Being Mean: Crystal-Lite


 * Sealed with a Diss: Slim Jims


 * Bratfest at Tiffany's: Bubble Gum


 * P.S. I Loathe You: Falafel sandwiches

Appearance
Layne is described in having short brown hair and narrow green eyes, but in one of the books, Layne dyes her hair black. Then it goes back to brown. Claire thought she was like a female version of Tom Cruise with a crooked smile and Tom Cruise nose. Her wardrobe is considered funky, unique, and colorful. She wears all sorts of outrageous clothes.

Family
Layne's brother, Chris Abeley plays an important role in a few books of the Clique series. In the 1st book, Chris is Massie's crush after they meet on a horseback-riding trail at Galwaugh Farms, an exclusive riding camp. In Sealed With a Diss, he is part of a make-it or break-it deal for the pretty committee to have total access to the secret room and ESP.

Love Life
In Best Friends for Never, Massie Block sets Layne up with Eli. They end up hooking up, but Layne dumps Eli a few books later in Invasion of the Boy Snatchers. She kisses Eli in the laundry room a lot. He also wore more eyeliner than she did.

In Kristen: (Summer Collection), Layne agrees to help Kristen get Dune Baxter if Kristen agrees to help her (Layne) get Dempsey Solomon, who turns out to be the motive behind the Briarwood flooding.

In P.S. I Loathe You, she uses Kristen to get Dempsey Solomon before Massie does, neither one knowing that Dempsey actually likes Kristen. Layne & Kristen are still friends by the end of the book.