Ok, here's the next chappy! And I figured out what pairing I'm gonna make this story!

(())

The next morning, Liberty wanted desperately to just stay in bed. But she knew she couldn't. She couldn't abandon Toby like that, nor could she wait to put the plan they had created into action. So she grudgingly rolled out of bed and trudged toward the bathroom.

As she got her shower, she thought of all the implications of the plan. Toby was probably the best person she could be paired with in a situation like this. He was reliable, loyal, and a damn good actor. And he knew JT well, which was a plus. He could probably figure out what JT would do next. If the plan was working on JT, Toby would be the first to know, even if JT didn't say anything. Toby knew JT well, and that was a ton of advantage.

She stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around herself. She went to her room and picked out a pair of jeans and a sweater. Smiling at her fully dressed reflection, she grabbed her bookbag and headed out the door.

On her way to school, she thought about both the public and private objects of her affection. She wasn't sure what she saw in JT that made her heart skip with his smile. But she knew it was there. She felt it every time she saw him. It made her stomach flip and her legs turn to jelly. It made her want to be one of those girls who smiled flirty and giggled at everything. But she knew she couldn't. So she snapped at him instead, getting into fiery battles of words and wit. And though she knew these fights were bringing her nowhere near where she wanted to be, she loved every minute of them.

Toby was different. If she could pick the person she fell in love with, Liberty knew it would be Toby. Toby was sweet. Nice. Smart. Reliable. Loyal. Even a little cute. She knew that he was not the type of guy to dump a girl for no reason. Nor the type for one-night-stands. Nor the type of guy who would do something stupid, like cheat on his girlfriend. He was the ideal boyfriend. Liberty couldn't fathom why Kendra would break up with him. So what if the guy was mushy a lot of the time?

Reaching the school steps, she saw JT talking to Toby. She smiled and skipped up to them, noticing Kendra looking at her jealously. She came up behind them, and announced her presence by wrapping an arm around Toby's shoulders.

"Hey... Miss me?" She asked Toby, smiling and pecking his cheek.

"Every second." Toby replied, wrapping an arm around her waist. "How's my favorite girl?"

"'How's my favorite girl?'" JT mimicked. "Jeez, you guys are disgusting!"

"Well, you should be on the outside looking in when you and Manny get going. Now that's disgusting." Liberty countered. She and Toby laughed as the same thought drifted through both their heads: At least, it is when Craig's around...

"Yeah... well..." JT was, for once, struck speechless.

"Speak of the tube-top-wearing devil..." Toby pointed behind JT toward a very... scantily clad Manny, who was talking animatedly with Craig.

"I gotta go." said JT quickly. He made his way to the chatting couple. Toby and Liberty looked at each other, large grins on both their faces. Liberty was once again glad that if this plan had to involve anyone, it was Toby. He seemed to understand the way she thought. It was as if the two could read each other's thoughts.

"She's gonna dump him, you know." Toby said, smiling warmly at Liberty. She grinned back wickedly.

"Yup. I know."

"I take it from your mad-scientist-like grin that this isn't over." He said, grinning even wider.

"Oh, far from it, 'baby'." She grinned wider.

"Why 'darling', I do believe you're scheming." Pulling her closer, Toby whispered in her ear.

"You got that right, 'hon'." Liberty giggled as if he had whispered something less-than-platonic.

"Oh, Cherí," Toby took her hand and kissed it, doing an adorably bad imitation of Gomez Addams. "You know I love it when you scheme." Liberty laughed.

"Save it, Lurch. PDA's can get you a detention. C'mon." she grabbed his arm and steered him toward the school.

(())

Toby never thought making people jealous could be so fun. Liberty was making it so, wasn't she?

Kendra had been leering at her the entire time, and she didn't seem fazed. Ah, Kendra... He'd missed his angel in the time he'd been away from her. Had it only been a day? He was convinced it had been a year.

The school day had been boring. Kendra simply refused to look his way once. He'd missed those eyes. He was supposed to meet Liberty in the computer lab after school, so he picked up everything off his desk as soon as the bell rang, signaling the end of class.

He got to the computer lab just in time to see Liberty set down her own things by a computer.

"Hey." He ventured, not exactly knowing what to say.

"Hey. That was great this morning. Fun, and affective." She smiled at him. Was it his imagination, or did the room just get a whole lot brighter? And Warmer? And a lot more comfortable? Hmm... He'd figure that one out later. He sat down next to her and smiled back.

"So, what's next on the evil agenda? We gonna make up pet names and wear matching outfits or something?" Toby asked.

"Pet names are taken care of. After the scene this morning, It's safe to say that we'll probably do best to use Gomez and Mortisha as our 'joke couple', aka, the TV couple we choose to assume the identities of when within fifteen feet of each other. Annoyingly mushy, I know, but fun and affective. As for matching outfits... never gonna happen." Liberty stated as if talking about the weather.

"Ok, so wait, now what? What's our next plan of attack?" Toby asked.

Liberty got up and crossed the lab, pointing to the flyer on the wall. "The game this Friday. Kendra will be there to support Spinner, and JT's the mascot, so..."

Toby crossed the room and wrapped an arm around her waist. "'Tish, You're a genius!" he said, planting a kiss on her cheek. She laughed.

"Gomez, darling, hush. Anyone could just walk in!" Liberty said, in a thick Mortisha-like voice.

"Oh, but isn't that half the excitement! Do you remember when I took you on that holiday in the La Brea Tar Pits?" Toby took her hand and twirled her as if they were dancing.

"How could I not?" Liberty countered, holding back laughter. "Those weeds..."

"That stench..." 'Gomez' pulled 'Mortisha' back into his arms in an over-dramatic show of affection.

"I was surprised how empty the place was... there was practically no one there." 'Mortisha' was not surprised. She'd seen enough 'Addam's Family' reruns on TV Land to know what happens next. 'Gomez' dipped her with all the suaveness and finesse of the original.

"Carra-Mía..." As soon as Toby said this, they both heard a door slam. Looking up, they saw a slightly ticked off looking Kendra standing about seven feet away.

"Oh, am I interrupting anything?" she asked innocently. Toby had to admit, even though he loved the girl, the voice sounded anything but innocent. The two composed themselves quickly as Kendra crossed the room.

"I just left my book somewhere, I'm not exactly sure where."

"Which book?" Toby asked.

"Uh, my science text book."

"Don't we keep those in the lab?" Liberty asked. Kendra stopped walking.

"Oh, that's right, I forgot. See ya. Sorry again." Kendra practically flew out the door. Liberty looked at Toby, and grinned.

Toby looked at Liberty and smiled.

That had been fun, they silently agreed. Fun and affective.