"So. Are you going to tell me what you are going through right now?" Maria
asked an obviously distressed Liz. "Do you really need me to? I thought it
would be written all over my face." Liz replied, as she changed her
position against her friend's next-door locker. "Uh, not exactly." Maria
replied. She reapplied her lipstick in her mirror. It was a bright red
shade, but not too bright. She wondered if Michael would even notice. After
she smacked her lips around, she offered it to Liz. She shook her head no,
and wondered what people would say if she wore a color other than pale
ones.
Maria could get away with it because that was right up her alley, but Liz was more of a pale pink to clear lip-gloss kinda gal. "I just can't believe I got paired up with someone other than Max. Does that mean that we aren't suppose to be together?" Liz asked her friend as they started to walk to the quad for lunch. "Girl, don't even think that. You and Max are destined to be together. Even he knows that, but he just doesn't want to see you get hurt. Besides, do you really think that Alex and I are really suppose to be a couple?"
Liz laughed out loud as she thought about Maria and Alex as a couple. "Okay, I see your point." As Liz and Maria walked towards the quad, Liz told her about how she was feeling. How she could be paired up with Derrick. How mad she was that Max and Candy were together. How funny it was to see Maria and Alex paired up. How hard it was going to be to see Candy and Max together, even if it was for an assignment. "Oh no. It just hit me. How am I going to get through the fake marriage stuff with Derrick? I've been mostly worried about Max and Candy, but now I'm not sure how I'm going to be. Oh man. Oh man. Oh."
Maria grabbed a vial of cedar out of her purse. "Here, take a whiff. Imagine yourself in a forest of magnificent trees. Just relax. Count to ten." Liz sniffed and slowly counted to ten in her head. I'm okay, I'm okay, she said to herself. But deep down inside, she knew she wasn't. She just appeared to be for Maria's sake. How could she go through with this? How is she going to handle Derrick? What about Max and Candy? She knew that Max would never cheat on her, even if they weren't together as a couple, but Candy had a reputation of getting other people's boyfriends. Liz didn't know if Max could handle her. Don't be ridiculous. Max could just zap her with his powers if Candy got too much for him. Even though that was a mean thought, she started laughing.
"There you go. See, you're all better. Maybe a little high or something, but you're all better." Maria put the cork back in the vial, and put the vial back in her purse. They turned the corner and saw Isabel, Alex, Michael, and Max eating lunch in their usual spot. As they went near them, Maria and Liz composed themselves. Liz couldn't resist and said to Maria teasingly, "Yep. I feel better. Now I know why you carried the vials around." Maria took the bait and asked why. "Since I was so happy after sniffing the vial, I think you might have added something in there!" Maria grabbed an arm out to her friend.
"Do you mean drugs? You think I add drugs to my vials?" Liz turned back to her. "Maybe not drugs, but something." Maria watched as a slow smile came on to her best friends' face. "You mean you were kidding? Oh, you!" Their friends watched as they saw their two friends coming to join them, laughing and joking all the way.
Maria could get away with it because that was right up her alley, but Liz was more of a pale pink to clear lip-gloss kinda gal. "I just can't believe I got paired up with someone other than Max. Does that mean that we aren't suppose to be together?" Liz asked her friend as they started to walk to the quad for lunch. "Girl, don't even think that. You and Max are destined to be together. Even he knows that, but he just doesn't want to see you get hurt. Besides, do you really think that Alex and I are really suppose to be a couple?"
Liz laughed out loud as she thought about Maria and Alex as a couple. "Okay, I see your point." As Liz and Maria walked towards the quad, Liz told her about how she was feeling. How she could be paired up with Derrick. How mad she was that Max and Candy were together. How funny it was to see Maria and Alex paired up. How hard it was going to be to see Candy and Max together, even if it was for an assignment. "Oh no. It just hit me. How am I going to get through the fake marriage stuff with Derrick? I've been mostly worried about Max and Candy, but now I'm not sure how I'm going to be. Oh man. Oh man. Oh."
Maria grabbed a vial of cedar out of her purse. "Here, take a whiff. Imagine yourself in a forest of magnificent trees. Just relax. Count to ten." Liz sniffed and slowly counted to ten in her head. I'm okay, I'm okay, she said to herself. But deep down inside, she knew she wasn't. She just appeared to be for Maria's sake. How could she go through with this? How is she going to handle Derrick? What about Max and Candy? She knew that Max would never cheat on her, even if they weren't together as a couple, but Candy had a reputation of getting other people's boyfriends. Liz didn't know if Max could handle her. Don't be ridiculous. Max could just zap her with his powers if Candy got too much for him. Even though that was a mean thought, she started laughing.
"There you go. See, you're all better. Maybe a little high or something, but you're all better." Maria put the cork back in the vial, and put the vial back in her purse. They turned the corner and saw Isabel, Alex, Michael, and Max eating lunch in their usual spot. As they went near them, Maria and Liz composed themselves. Liz couldn't resist and said to Maria teasingly, "Yep. I feel better. Now I know why you carried the vials around." Maria took the bait and asked why. "Since I was so happy after sniffing the vial, I think you might have added something in there!" Maria grabbed an arm out to her friend.
"Do you mean drugs? You think I add drugs to my vials?" Liz turned back to her. "Maybe not drugs, but something." Maria watched as a slow smile came on to her best friends' face. "You mean you were kidding? Oh, you!" Their friends watched as they saw their two friends coming to join them, laughing and joking all the way.
