Welcome to Harvard University
24 hours later Liberty arrived at her destination Massachusetts, she looked around to see several students arriving also, she sighed and walked towards the conveyer belt to find her luggage, she waited a while before she finally saw her luggage; she grabbed it and walked towards the taxi area. After a 5 minute wait she finally hailed a taxi, she hopped in and told the driver her destination " Harvard University please" the taxi driver nodded and she was off, Liberty was amazed by how high the buildings were , and how busy Massachusetts was, this didn't go unnoticed by the taxi driver " so this is you first time here" Liberty laughed " is it that obvious?" the taxi driver nodded " I'm starting university here, this is my first time traveling to America" Liberty said in awe still looking outside the window, " yeah I figured that by the way your face, you look like a tourist" he laughed and went back to driving.
Soon enough Liberty reached Harvard University, she paid the Taxi driver "good luck" he said before driving off, Liberty smiled 'thanks I'm gonna need it' she said to herself as she walked toward the University, she walked in directly to the main office " excuse me. I'm looking for A dormitory" Liberty asked the desk lady laughed " upstairs on your right honey" she smiled " thank you" Liberty smiled politely. Liberty looked down at her room number '55' it read boldly she struggled with reading the paper and balancing her bags that she didn't even see the person in front of her and slammed right in to him "oh my gosh, I am so sorry" Liberty gasped as she rushed to get up and help the person "I'm really really sorry" Liberty apologized again the person laughed "its ok, its fine really" Liberty looked up and saw the most beautiful hazel eyes, the person smile and introduced himself " hi I'm Nicholas " he smiled and stuck his hand out " Liberty, nice to meet you" she shook his hand " Liberty?" he said " oh my parents got all philosophical when I was born and decided to name me Liberty " he laughed and nodded " yeah I know what you mean, but my parents only do that when I want something " he smiled Liberty smiled back " so you need some help there" he saw her struggling " that would be great thank you" she said gratefully and he took some bags off her hands " so what number are you?" Liberty looked down at the sheet of paper once more " 55" she stated he nodded "I know just were that is" he exclaimed leading her to her room " well that's quick, if I was looking for it I'd probably get lost" Liberty laughed " yet I got lost a couple of time too, this is my first year so I'm new here " " so am I " Liberty smiled
" really cool, here we are" he stated carefully dropping the bags on the floor Liberty eyed his suspiciously " what?" Nick backed away from her " if your new here to how did you know were my room is " she raised her eyebrow, Nick smiled " cause I live 2 doors down, 53" he grinned " what if I was in a place , you did know" Liberty asked " I would have winged it" Nick laughed so did Liberty " well thank you for the help" Liberty smiled and pulled out her hand for him to shake it Nick gladly accepted it " anytime" he flashed a grin and looked at the time " oh, I have to meet up friends, so I better get going but its nice to meet you Liberty, welcome to the building and if you need anything please don't hesitate to ask, remember I'm dorm room 53 " Liberty nodded " thank you, I will" Nick left and Liberty couldn't help but smile ' he is cute' Liberty thought but the image of JT immediately came in to her head, ' what am I doing' she cursed herself, ' JT has been gone for a year and a half and I'm still not over his death, I have no right to date yet" she told herself, Liberty shook the attraction for Nick away and knocked on the door.
The door immediately opened and Liberty came face to face with a girl about her age,
"yes" she said politely " hi I'm Liberty, I think I'm your new room-mate " the girl immediately smiled " oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, come in come in" the girl pulled Liberty inside and grabbed some of her bags for her. "my name is May, it's nice to meet you"
"its nice to meet you too" Liberty laughed at the girls enthusiasm " so where do I put my stuff' Liberty asked as she held up her bags " oh this way" May took some bags from her and took her to her room " here you go" Liberty was lead to a empty room with only a bed and a cupboard, Liberty sighed " don't worry once you put everything together it wont look so dull" Liberty nodded " thanks" " if you need help unpacking just ask trust me that is one of the worst part, especially when you have tons of bags" May rolled her eyes knowing she was talking about herself Liberty laughed " thanks but I think I'm going to take a nap first, I'm jet lagged" May nodded and closed the door behind Liberty.
Liberty laid on the bed and rested her eyes soon enough she fell into a restless sleep
When Liberty woke up it was already mid-afternoon, she stretched her arms and got ready to start to unpack, she looked at the floor to see 4 of her bags laying there unattended, she sighed and got off the bed and started to unpack, just then a knock was at her door " come in" Liberty called out not looking up from her stuff " hey Liberty your up, do you need any help unpacking" May asked as she sat on the bed Liberty shook her head " no thanks I think I got it covered" May nodded "hey I'm going out with a couple of friend, do u want to join us" Liberty shook her head again " maybe next time May I have lots to do, unpack and I have to call my parents to tell them I got here safety" " ok, ill see you later ok" May waved as she walked out . Liberty sighed and got back to her unpacking just then there was a knock at the door " it is May, she forgot something" Liberty laughed and when to open the door, when she opened the door she was met with the same hazel eyes she had saw earlier .
" Nick, hi" Liberty said in shock, she didn't think she will see him so soon " hey Liberty, I just came over to say hi and to give you this" Nick thrusted a cupcake with a candle in to Liberty face " welcome to the Harvard" Liberty blushed a bit " thanks" Liberty took it from Nick's hand and blew out the candle " since it was very thoughtful of you, you wanna share it" Liberty smiled "sure" Nick grinned causing Liberty to blush again she spun around quickly and walked toward the kitchen not wanting to let Nick see she was blushing " ahh Nick so what's your major?" she said trying to diverse the mood
" I'm doing Law" he stated proudly " wow, impressive " Liberty awed " how about you Liberty?" " I'm doing politics" Nick stopped what he was doing and focused all his attention on Liberty " Politic" he repeated Liberty nodded " no wonder your parents named you Liberty, by picking politics you must be liberated to speak your mind" they both laughed "yeah just ask my friends back home" Liberty giggled and not watching when she was cutting the cupcake she sliced her hand " owwww" she hollered as she realize she had cut herself, Nick immediately got up and rushed over to Liberty , he looked down and saw her hands " here put it under cold water" he exclaimed grabbing her hand and turning the tap on over it Liberty cringed in pain as the water hit the opened wound " ouch" she jumped at the pain, Nick turned of the water and grabbed a tea towel to stop the blood " there now hold it steady " Nick said as he pressed on the wound Liberty looked in to his eyes and she suddenly felt chills " thanks" she stuttered
At this point they both couldn't keep there eyes of each other, but just then May walked in "sorry I got caught up with my friends……" May stopped when she saw Liberty and Nick " oh I'm sorry" May eyes widen as she though she had interrupted something " I ahhh cut my self, Nick was just helping, Nick this is May my room mate" Nick pulled out his hand "nice to meet you" " you too Nick" May raised her eyebrow " I have to go, um it was nice meeting you May, Liberty keep the pressure on your hand so it does bleed again ok" Liberty nodded " thanks Nick, thanks for the cupcake" Liberty said
non-chantey as he left for the door . As soon as Nick left May gave Liberty a look " I don't wanna talk about it" Liberty started walking to her room May shrugged her shoulders, Liberty still saw her bags on the floor and decided to continue unpacking, one by one she began unpacking she came across a picture of herself and the gang including JT she smiled and placed the picture frame on the desk and went back to her unpacking.
Liberty suddenly felt another sharp pain in her hand, she flinched and rubbed the area, all of a sudden her minds went to Nick and she smiled and then frowned she felt guilty for moving on, JT was the one she loved from the very beginning it has been a year and a half since he died and he told her it was ok . Liberty was extremely confused she knew she could move on but was she physically ready especially with a guy she only just met, this was way out of comfort zone. There was a knock at the door that shook Liberty out of her trance " sorry to disturb you, I'm cooking dinner I was wondering if you wanted anything to eat" Liberty smiled " yeah thanks that would be great" May smiled too " and maybe we can get to know each other better" "sure" Liberty nodded " id like that" May left and by this time Liberty finally had finished unpacking so decided to give her parents a ring to tell them she got there ok, the dialed the number and the phone rang over and over again soon enough the answering machine came and Liberty heard her parents voices……………….
Hi you have reached the Van Zandt residence sorry were not in right now but please leave a message after the tone and we will get back to you thanks.
" hey mom, hey dad, it me Liberty I just wanted to let you know that I got to Massachusetts ok, its really nice here there are lots of new people to meet, but I miss you guys already, I have to go but ill call you later I miss you guys so much take care of yourselves and don't let Danny get into to much trouble I love you guys , talk to you soon bye"
Liberty walked out of her room to see May setting the table " you need help?" Liberty asked May nodded " can you grab the forks and knives please" Liberty helped set the table and she and May began to eat their meal " so tell me about yourself Liberty were are you from?, what school did you go to?, do you have a boyfriend?" May exclaimed in one breath Liberty chuckled " um well I'm from Toronto Canada, I went to a school called Degrassi and I did have a boyfriend but he passed away a year and a half a go" Liberty put her head down and stared at her food " oh I'm sorry" May felt bad about
asking " its ok" Liberty reassured her "how about you?" Liberty asked trying to changed the subject " well I'm originally from New York, I went to normal public school and I did have a boyfriend but we recently broke up before I came her we were together since we were kids, our parents were really close" May frowned also " I guess were not that great with guys" Liberty laughed " yeah tell me about it" May rolled her eyes and played with her food " he was murdered" Liberty just blurted out May was stunned "excuses me" May asked " my boyfriend JT he was stabbed by a rival school on my birthday" Liberty sighed at the memory " oh my god, I'm so sorry" Liberty nodded
"thanks". Silence came over the table until May spoke " my boyfriend and I split cause we needed space , we had been dating for 5 years we started dating at fourteen but a couple of months ago Zack and I got in to a huge fight and we agreed that we needed a break" Liberty analyzed May's face and saw the pain she was in "I'm sorry" Liberty told her May looked at Liberty " thanks, I guess relationships aren't all what they are cracked up to be right".
Liberty busted out laughing " you telling it to the queen of bad relationships, I have only dated two guys in my life but I have had tones of heartache, I liked JT my whole life and he never gave me the time of day and he when I became to much for him, he acted gay so I would get over him" May gasped " really" Liberty nodded " yep and not only that after he told me he wasn't gay, he yelled at me that and I quote " your three year crush on me is getting old", I was devastated so the first guy I dated was a rebound to get over JT it only lasted a couple of months because we didn't have anything in common, however as soon as that ended I went right back to crushing on JT, but after much persuasion by me, he ended up telling me how he truly feels and we ended up dating however things went a little to fast too soon and I ended up pregnant, we tried to make it work but we broke up and then couldn't handle it so I have the baby up for adoption, he started dating a girl called Mia from the another school and that's how the rivalry began, mind you I was extremely jealous of them and of how fast he tried to move on, but he still dated her and on my birthday the rival school came and crashed the party and JT and I got in to a huge fight and I let he came after me and that's when he got stabbed" Liberty paused to compose herself May put her hand on top of Liberty's letting her know it was ok "the worst part was I had found out from his best friend that he was coming to tell me that he loved me " May pulled Liberty into a hug "it's been a year and half I have to move on" May nodded " its for the best, his gone but you cant stop living yours, besides that new guy Nick its pretty cute" May winked " I know that why I came her for a new start away from it all, about Nick we will see what happens, but how about you? ".
May eyes widened "it's a really long story but to make it short…. Zack's and my parents were best friends so when Zack and I were born it was natural that we became the best of friends but as we came to out teen years feeling developed and we dated it ended up to be 6 years of good and bad, there was a lot of happy times but lots of rocky roads too, he couldn't say I love you, and that really cause me to question his feelings we just fell apart and we broke up, he started dating some one new and not even a year in to the relationship they were engaged, I couldn't believe him he couldn't commit to me but he was marrying someone he didn't even know, I fumed I put all of his thing, every memory we shared, every teddy bear he bought me, every love letter he wrote to me and I burned
it, vowed never to never fall in love again, but eventually he realized it was a mistake and he came back we dated again but our parents got invovled and pressured us to marry we couldn't take it, he didn't know what he wanted I didn't know what I wanted it became this be dramatic soap opera so we both decided to see other people until we can figure out what we truly want" May shrug her shoulders and Liberty comforted her
"looks like we have lots in common in the male department" Liberty stated trying to lighten the mood " yep I think we are gonna get along just fine".
The girls finished dinner and spent the whole night taking about their family, friends and life, and they both realized how much they had in common too " No way I was a nerd too" May laughed " I was really skinny and I really liked to study and get good marks " Liberty smiled " me to, nobody like me of course and that's probably why JT only came to me if he needed help with school work " Liberty laughed May nodded in agreement
"yeah I believe Zack only pretended to be my best friend in the early years is so he could get answers out of me in tests" The laughed and bonded finally Liberty felt at ease with herself like she had some one to confide in about her feelings, the girls shared a few more memories before heading off to bed.