More corniness! Thanks for reviews, keep reviewing, and blah, blah, blah. Oh - and by the way, Jessica Leng is a made up character but she will hardly ever be in here, so don't worry. So, here we go!

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"I got a call from your parents," Mr. Simpson said. "They asked you to call them." He handed her a cell phone, which she dialed her parents' number on.

"Hello?" her dad answered.

"Hi, dad," replied Liberty. "It's me. What's up?"

"Oh hey." He sounded worried and upset. "Um, James is in the hospital," he said, referring to Liberty's uncle, his brother. "He got in a car accident."

"Oh my gosh!" Liberty muttered. She had grown up with James always being around. He was almost like a second father. "Is he okay?"

"Yes, I think so. Archibald said that we would be able to contact you with further details. All we know now is that he isn't doing too well." Liberty said nothing. "Well, sweetie, I better go now. I'll call you as soon as we hear anything more." He hung up. A few minutes ago, Liberty thought that her mood couldn't have gotten any worse. Now, her uncle was dying. How much worse could things get?

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Mr. Simpson began passing out a list of groups that would be staying in the same hotel room and would have to check in with each other every hour and a half. They would be arranged by grade and gender, so thankfully, for Liberty, she wouldn't be stuck with people like Jimmy and Spinner. When he handed Emma hers, she noticed that she was in a group with Manny (which was good), Jessica Leng, and Liberty. Emma tried not to be overly mean to anyone, but having Liberty in her group would be absolutely horrendous. There was not one person at DCS who enjoyed being friends with obnoxious Liberty.

Emma found her suitcase in the big pile of luggage that belonged to Degrassi students. After Manny had found hers too and Mr. Simpson had given them a key to their room, they made their way upstairs.

"Wow, this is really big!" exclaimed Manny as she turned the knob and opened the door.

"No kidding," agreed Emma. There were two beds as well as a foldout couch and a rollaway bed. "Well, since we're the first ones here, we might as well claim our beds!" She and Manny picked out the regular, twin-sized beds. Hopefully, the others wouldn't be too angry with them for picking out the best places to sleep.

The door opened and Jessica walked in, followed by Liberty, who looked as if she were somewhere else.

"Hi Liberty, Jessica!" said Manny happily. Liberty just looked at her. "Uh, okay," Manny mumbled. Liberty had probably just gotten an A- on her report card or something. No big deal. Liberty went into the bathroom and shut the door. Wow, she must be really upset about that A-, thought Manny. She and Emma glanced at each other, confused. Just then, Mr. Armstrong opened the door. Emma, Manny, and Jessica all greeted him.

"Hi girls," he responded. "I just came to let you know that we will be hanging around the hotel for today. Sorry, no Disneyland until tomorrow! Anyway, we're all having dinner at six. If you'd like to join us, please meet in the lobby. That's it!" He said goodbye and then left. Liberty was still in the bathroom, only now, the sound of her crying could be easily heard.

"Liberty?" Manny said, knocking on the bathroom door. "Are you okay?"

"Leave me alone!" shouted Liberty. Manny took her order; being on Liberty's bad side wasn't very much fun. Emma found the remote control and flipped on the TV. She stopped on the Discovery Channel and Manny and Jessica groaned. She just ignored them. A few minutes later, Manny was bored and began tossing the pillow back and forth with Jessica.

"Hey, can we go visit other people's rooms?" she asked suddenly.

"I don't know. Probably," guessed Jessica. Emma was too interested in the Discovery Channel to hear her.

Manny smiled. "Be right back." She glanced down at the group list. Room 408. Cool. When she arrived at the room, she ran her fingers through her hair and then knocked. Marco Del Rossi opened the door.

"Hey, is Craig here?" she asked.

"Craig?" called Marco. "Ya here?" Craig came running to the door, looking as cute as usual.

"Manny!" he smiled. "How are you?"

"I'm good," replied Manny. "I was just bored, so I came to see you!"

"Well, I'm glad you did." Was he really serious?

Manny had to be alone with him somehow! "Do you wanna take a walk or something?"