Liberty looked around at her surroundings and smiled. She sat with J.T., Danny, and Toby. Okay, so maybe the last two were nothing to smile at, but the fact that she was now dating James Tiberios Yorke made it impossible not to be happy.
"How can they be so sad?" J.T. exclaimed as he walked hand-in-hand with Liberty out of the lunch room. A few people shot them glances, but they were both so used to it that they didn't care.
"Well, Toby was Rick's friend."
"I know, Lib, but this is like manic depression."
Liberty looked up at him, as they walked towards her locker. "They'll pull out of it. If everyone changed so dramatically after the shooting, they still have a way to go."
"I know, but we didn't change, did we?"
"No, with the exception of becoming estastically happy." Her boyfriend smiled at her comment and leaned down for a kiss, when a person darted between them.
"Sorry. Sorry. Sorry!" Amy rushed down the hall towards Alex. Instead of getting angry, J.T. and Liberty smiled at each other, and kissed.
"Alex!" Amy exclaimed as she reached her hopefully still best friend.
"Uh, Hey, Amy. What's up?"
The blond looked down at the ground. "You're going to hate me."
"What?"
Amy began to talk spastically fast. "TowerzmovedhispartytotonightandIthought'Ohno'Alexdoesn'thavea dateandthenIrememberedthatyouandSullywheretalkingyesterdayand-"
"Slow down. What did you do?"
Her friend took a deep breath. "I asked Sully to go to the party with you."
"WHAT!?"
"He said yes, though. Please don't be mad."
Alex sighed. "I'm not mad. I just have to find him and tell him I can't go before... when's the party?"
"Uh.... Tonight. Towerz moved it to tonight."
"Then I guess I'll call him and tell him I can't go."
Amy threw up her hands. "No! Think about it Lexy. Hot guy, wants to go to party with you, neither of you have a date."
"But.... He's a jerk. He's annoying, and he's not that hot."
"You got to be kidding me. I mean, he's not nearly as hot as Towerz." Alex bit her lip in order not to laugh. "but he certainly has some nice qualities. Plus, I told him that it's a non-alcholic party and he's totally down with that, so he's not trying to take advantage of you."
Alex glanced down the hall and saw Sully exit a classroom. "I don't know...."
"Oh, just give one shot. One date. Come on, all eyes will be on you at the party." Amy paused, before looking over her shoulder. "Whatcha looking at? I see.... Hurry. Tell him you'll be there."
"Alright. I'll go, are you satisfied?"
"Very much so. Go. Hurry." Amy watched Alex walk down the hallway. "Have fun! Don't do anything I wouldn't do!"