Things were extremely quiet that Saturday afternoon in Rooms 101, 32, 498 and 232.
The departure that had taken place that morning just proved how popular the Sinclair's and the William's were. Close to the whole school showed to wave them goodbye as they waved back, the girls teary eyed, the boys putting on brave faces and set away for Australia.
Their last hours had been spent each to their own. Nate was with Nicole. Art was still dodging Lisa, saying goodbye to all his good-looking sports clique, including his best friend, a member of the 'Alpha Male' tri-posse (that would cease to exist when Nate and Art left), Harry Onslow. Girls were in hysterics, knowing their dreams of Art and Nate discovering their true feelings for them and kissing them passionately were being torched. Of course, the male portion of the student body had turned up, hoping to get a goodbye kiss from either Kristen or Rebecca. They were severely disappointed when Rebecca spent her time with Logan's arms around her waist as she cried into his shoulder. Kristen didn't want to say goodbye to Chase yet again.
Then the car drove up.
And they were gone. Just like that.
Harry returned to the dorm with a heavy heart. His two best friends were gone. Gone for good. Room 232 suddenly felt extremely empty.
Chase, Logan and Michael had returned to Room 32 solemnly. Of course, Michael didn't quite understand the torture Logan and Chase felt, having their girlfriends that they loved (no matter how short lived) tore away from them so quickly…but the girls were Michael's best friends. And now they were gone too.
Dana had opted for a private room at the beginning of the term, and she got it – Room 498. She remembered how she complained about Kristen moving in, but now, she looked around at the obvious divide of the room, made with clothes scattered on one and pristine cleanliness on the other, and missed her. They'd pulled through for each other in the end, and now, they didn't even have time to celebrate their new found friendship. She was taken away to a continent hundreds of miles away.
Zoey and Nicole shivered with tears when they returned to Room 101. Rebecca's bed was stripped of the sheets and the pillow cases had been sent to the laundry. Nicole's heart was lurching. She'd let go to her best friend and her boyfriend at the same time. And it couldn't have been worse timing. They'd finally fallen in love. Zoey wanted Rebecca back. The time she had spent with her didn't seem enough. She missed her bad singing along to Zoey's iTunes, she missed her crack-addict-dolphin-who-had-too-much-coffee dancing along to the Kelly Clarkson album she'd stolen from her older sister back at home.
And funnily enough, she kinda missed Art too.