I'm happy that people say they like my story =) It's so much fun to write!
Anyway, I realized what happens with Craig at the end of season two and
that he gets together with Ashley and stuff (I don't know the whole story),
so let's just pretend that they broke up the next day or something because
they realized they weren't right for each other. So, they're still
friends. On to the story!
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Paige lay quietly in the dark that night. She could hear Ashley, who was in the bed a few feet away from her, muttering something in her sleep. Ellie was sound asleep in the fold-out couch and Hazel had not returned back to the room. Paige guessed that she was off in one of the guys' rooms, flirting endlessly with them. If Hazel had been there, she would have been able to talk to someone about the incredibly happiness she was experiencing. Then again, Hazel was the type to have made fun of her for actually caring about a guy.
Suddenly, the door creaked quietly and a dark figure tiptoed into the room. "Haze?" Paige called.
"Hey," answered Hazel. "How was your night?"
"It was awesome," Paige told her. She decided that she couldn't tell Hazel that she felt as if she were in love, for the sake of her reputation. "I kissed him."
"Nice!" Hazel whispered excitedly. "Is he a good kisser?"
Paige thought about it. He wasn't the best kisser she had ever kissed, but he wasn't all that bad either. "Yep, he is."
This woke Ellie up from her slumber. She groaned. "Hey, can you guys please be quiet? I'm trying to sleep!"
Paige and Hazel snorted. "She's obviously never been to a sleepover," Paige said to Hazel.
"As a matter of fact, I have," responded Ellie. "Now shut the hell up."
Hazel and Paige realized she was serious. "Let's finish this conversation tomorrow morning," Hazel said. "'Night."
"Goodnight!" Paige replied. She put her head back down on the pillow and smiled. It would be a couple of hours before her excitement would wear down enough so that she could sleep.
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Liberty could not sleep for a long time that night either. When she finally did fall asleep, she dreamed that she was at her uncle's funeral. All the people around her were happy and laughing. She was the only one upset, which angered her greatly. She woke up crying, which made Emma wake up.
"Liberty? Are you okay?" Emma asked, still half asleep.
Liberty was about to start going off about how inconsiderate and rude Emma was being for going on with life while a man was dying, but she decided that she needed the support and sympathy of someone. "No, I'm not. Do you mind if I talk to you?"
"No, not at all," replied Emma. She quietly walked over to Liberty's bed and sat at the foot of it. "What's going on?"
Liberty sighed. "My uncle. He--he's in a coma. He may die soon."
"I am so sorry, Liberty," Emma sympathized. "I had no clue this was going on. When did you find out?"
"Just tonight," Liberty cried. She fumbled with a loose thread on the bedspread. "He was like a dad to me, you know."
Emma remembered when her second cousin, Amber, died a year ago at the age of twelve. She had been terribly sad even though she had met Amber only twice. Emma couldn't imagine what pain Liberty was going through having someone she loved be in a terrible condition like this. "Is there anything I can do for you?"
"No thank you." Liberty sat there crying for a few minutes. This made Emma begin to cry as well. Just seeing how upset Liberty was made her sad. The noise of crying woke up Manny. When she asked what was going on, they explained to her. She, also, cried. However, although Liberty and Emma didn't realize this, her crying was mostly because of what had happened to her that night.
Liberty laughed through her tears. "Can you imagine what we must look like? With all of us in a complete mess, bawling our eyes out?" Emma and Manny smiled. "Group hug!" Manny joked shakily. As much as everyone resented Liberty, she really was a good person, just with some faults. Although incredibly annoying at times, Liberty was a good friend. Manny was glad to have someone to cry with about things. Emma was thinking the same. So was Liberty, only not with the part about her being obnoxious. The three slowly returned to their beds and drifted to sleep, feeling a little bit better than before.
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After Marco's eyes had adjusted to the dark, he glanced over at Craig, who was close enough to reach out to. Of course he didn't, because that would wake Craig up, but Marco imagined what it would be like to hold Craig's hand. Spending most of the night thinking, Marco had officially realized that he liked Craig. He couldn't even remember how the crush had started, but it sure was there.
Marco realized that he would have to tell Craig at some point that he liked him. He also realized, though, that he would not be able to do that before "coming out of the closet." He had to come up with a plan to do so.
He tried to think of gay people he knew and how they had come out of the closet. The only one he knew was his aunt's friend Dave, and Marco had no clue how Dave had gone about it.
Perhaps Marco could just tell Craig. No one else really needed to know anyway. But, then, if he only told Craig, he wouldn't be able to go out with him without others suspecting something, obviously.
Craig turned onto his side. "I'm sorry, Manny. Don't hate me," he mumbled, sleeptalking. Marco sighed. It was so hard to find someone to like when you were gay.
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"Are you gonna get it on with Kendra?" JT joked with Toby late at night. Their other roommates were asleep.
"Shut up, JT," Toby said. JT had been sitting somewhere else when the whole scene happened on the bus.
"What? Is Toby too afraid to even kiss his little girlfriend?" teased JT.
"Actually, no." Toby was about to tell JT what had happened, but he was afraid that JT would make fun of him.
Sean Cameron, who apparently had been awake without them noticing it, laughed. "Didn't you see what happened on the bus?"
"What? Tell me!" JT commanded.
"Nothing. Sean does not know what he's talking about!" said Toby angrily.
Sean laughed again. "It's no big deal. It happens to the best of us. Yeah, Toby tried kissing Kendra but she ran away."
JT started laughing hysterically. Toby, quite frankly, did not know what was so funny about this. Kendra probably just had some gum in her mouth at the time or something. He would get a chance to kiss her eventually. No worries.
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Paige lay quietly in the dark that night. She could hear Ashley, who was in the bed a few feet away from her, muttering something in her sleep. Ellie was sound asleep in the fold-out couch and Hazel had not returned back to the room. Paige guessed that she was off in one of the guys' rooms, flirting endlessly with them. If Hazel had been there, she would have been able to talk to someone about the incredibly happiness she was experiencing. Then again, Hazel was the type to have made fun of her for actually caring about a guy.
Suddenly, the door creaked quietly and a dark figure tiptoed into the room. "Haze?" Paige called.
"Hey," answered Hazel. "How was your night?"
"It was awesome," Paige told her. She decided that she couldn't tell Hazel that she felt as if she were in love, for the sake of her reputation. "I kissed him."
"Nice!" Hazel whispered excitedly. "Is he a good kisser?"
Paige thought about it. He wasn't the best kisser she had ever kissed, but he wasn't all that bad either. "Yep, he is."
This woke Ellie up from her slumber. She groaned. "Hey, can you guys please be quiet? I'm trying to sleep!"
Paige and Hazel snorted. "She's obviously never been to a sleepover," Paige said to Hazel.
"As a matter of fact, I have," responded Ellie. "Now shut the hell up."
Hazel and Paige realized she was serious. "Let's finish this conversation tomorrow morning," Hazel said. "'Night."
"Goodnight!" Paige replied. She put her head back down on the pillow and smiled. It would be a couple of hours before her excitement would wear down enough so that she could sleep.
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Liberty could not sleep for a long time that night either. When she finally did fall asleep, she dreamed that she was at her uncle's funeral. All the people around her were happy and laughing. She was the only one upset, which angered her greatly. She woke up crying, which made Emma wake up.
"Liberty? Are you okay?" Emma asked, still half asleep.
Liberty was about to start going off about how inconsiderate and rude Emma was being for going on with life while a man was dying, but she decided that she needed the support and sympathy of someone. "No, I'm not. Do you mind if I talk to you?"
"No, not at all," replied Emma. She quietly walked over to Liberty's bed and sat at the foot of it. "What's going on?"
Liberty sighed. "My uncle. He--he's in a coma. He may die soon."
"I am so sorry, Liberty," Emma sympathized. "I had no clue this was going on. When did you find out?"
"Just tonight," Liberty cried. She fumbled with a loose thread on the bedspread. "He was like a dad to me, you know."
Emma remembered when her second cousin, Amber, died a year ago at the age of twelve. She had been terribly sad even though she had met Amber only twice. Emma couldn't imagine what pain Liberty was going through having someone she loved be in a terrible condition like this. "Is there anything I can do for you?"
"No thank you." Liberty sat there crying for a few minutes. This made Emma begin to cry as well. Just seeing how upset Liberty was made her sad. The noise of crying woke up Manny. When she asked what was going on, they explained to her. She, also, cried. However, although Liberty and Emma didn't realize this, her crying was mostly because of what had happened to her that night.
Liberty laughed through her tears. "Can you imagine what we must look like? With all of us in a complete mess, bawling our eyes out?" Emma and Manny smiled. "Group hug!" Manny joked shakily. As much as everyone resented Liberty, she really was a good person, just with some faults. Although incredibly annoying at times, Liberty was a good friend. Manny was glad to have someone to cry with about things. Emma was thinking the same. So was Liberty, only not with the part about her being obnoxious. The three slowly returned to their beds and drifted to sleep, feeling a little bit better than before.
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After Marco's eyes had adjusted to the dark, he glanced over at Craig, who was close enough to reach out to. Of course he didn't, because that would wake Craig up, but Marco imagined what it would be like to hold Craig's hand. Spending most of the night thinking, Marco had officially realized that he liked Craig. He couldn't even remember how the crush had started, but it sure was there.
Marco realized that he would have to tell Craig at some point that he liked him. He also realized, though, that he would not be able to do that before "coming out of the closet." He had to come up with a plan to do so.
He tried to think of gay people he knew and how they had come out of the closet. The only one he knew was his aunt's friend Dave, and Marco had no clue how Dave had gone about it.
Perhaps Marco could just tell Craig. No one else really needed to know anyway. But, then, if he only told Craig, he wouldn't be able to go out with him without others suspecting something, obviously.
Craig turned onto his side. "I'm sorry, Manny. Don't hate me," he mumbled, sleeptalking. Marco sighed. It was so hard to find someone to like when you were gay.
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"Are you gonna get it on with Kendra?" JT joked with Toby late at night. Their other roommates were asleep.
"Shut up, JT," Toby said. JT had been sitting somewhere else when the whole scene happened on the bus.
"What? Is Toby too afraid to even kiss his little girlfriend?" teased JT.
"Actually, no." Toby was about to tell JT what had happened, but he was afraid that JT would make fun of him.
Sean Cameron, who apparently had been awake without them noticing it, laughed. "Didn't you see what happened on the bus?"
"What? Tell me!" JT commanded.
"Nothing. Sean does not know what he's talking about!" said Toby angrily.
Sean laughed again. "It's no big deal. It happens to the best of us. Yeah, Toby tried kissing Kendra but she ran away."
JT started laughing hysterically. Toby, quite frankly, did not know what was so funny about this. Kendra probably just had some gum in her mouth at the time or something. He would get a chance to kiss her eventually. No worries.
