Facing Your Fears.
2 weeks later ……………
Liberty woke up to the loud sound ringing throughout the her dormitory, she screeched and covered her head with the covers and tried to go back to sleep, she was drifting back to sleep when all of a sudden May's voice rung out.
"Liberty get up we're going to be late" May frantically exclaimed pulling the covers off of Liberty's warm body
"go away I want more sleep" Liberty complained snatching the covers back and falling back asleep
May became frustrated and left the room only to come back with a large bottle of water, she smiled deviously before pulling away a little bit of the covers, opening the ice cold bottle of water and pouring it all over Liberty's face, Liberty jumped two feet in the air stunned by the cold water hitting her face.
"come on sleeping beauty, we gotta get going" May smiled and walked at the door
Liberty sighed and stretched her aching limbs, her body was still get used to her new surrounding, she rubbed her eyes and got up to go to the co-ed bathrooms which she was again trying to get used to, she put her robe over her still warm body, grabbed her clothes
and heading out the bathroom. Liberty was still tired and wasn't watching were she was going and she ran right in to some-one, Liberty looked up and saw a familiar face.
"hello stranger" Nick grinned "looks like we meet again, and funnily enough in the same way" he laughed and flirted with Liberty who was blushing
"yeh, I guess so" Liberty smiled and flirted back , Liberty kinda had a crush on Nick, he was sweet, intelligent and very good looking .
"how is your hand?" Nick asked reaching for it and gently touched the wound
" its better now, ill let you on a little secret" Liberty smiled
" what's that?" Nick eyed her
" I had a really good doctor who took care of it for me, but don't tell any one" Liberty flirted
"oh, I wont tell a soul, I promise" Nick flirted back putting his hand on his heart.
As they walked towards the co-ed bathroom, Nick opened the door for Liberty, Liberty smiled and thanked him, she never felt this way since JT it was really scary for her, but she was turning over a new leaf and she needed to get past this fear she had. As Liberty looked around she saw that most of the guys had just towels on them and girls were in bra's and underwear, the image made Liberty blush she covered her eyes with her hands and prayed that when she removed her hand that everyone will be covered up. But amusingly enough Liberty had no such luck she removed her hand and was met with the same image, Liberty cringed uncomfortably Nick noticed Liberty's uncomfortable and laughed Liberty glared at him knowing the reason behind his laughter.
" aww I'm sorry I can't help it, you look so cute when your embarrassed " Nick grinned
Liberty rolled her eyes and walked towards the shower area , she closed the shower and began undressing and opened the hot water she felt the water pierce through her skin and a sense of serenity came over her, she sighed and let any sign of anxiety, stress or fear that was in her body wash away with the water. Liberty was so taken by being in the shower that she lost track of time, when she finally came out of the shower it was only her and Nick there. Liberty didn't seem to mind she smiled and her eyes seemed to move down toward Nick's abs he did have a chiseled body, but she quickly snapped out of it when she it hit her that nobody was there.
Liberty looked around puzzled " were did everyone go?"
Nick looked at Liberty in amazement " um they all left to go to class, you took so long in there, but being a gentlemen I decided to wait for you "
Liberty looked at the clock on the wall, it boldly read ten minutes to nine,
Liberty gasped " oh my gosh, I'm gonna be late"
She grabbed her clothes and headed for the change room but not realizing the floor was still wet she slipped and fell right on her back, Nick walked slowly trying to reach her but slipped on a soap bar that some one had left on the floor and fell right on top of Liberty, there hands touch and it was like a bolt of electricity passed through their bodies. An awkward silence came over them as they both stared in to each others eyes, Liberty could tear away from him its like he had the gaze that pierced right though her , Nick slowly came closer to Liberty his eyes still fixed on her but just then…..
"Liberty….. Liberty……. Girl are you in here?" May asked as the door swung opened to find Liberty and Nick on the bathroom floor with only towels on their already wet bodies. ' man that girl has bad timing' Liberty thought to herself
"oh I'm so sorry, I'll ah be waiting outside " she stuttered and stumbled out of the
bathroom
Liberty and Nick immediately pulled away from each other " I ah have to go get changed" Liberty stutter as she walked toward the change room, Nick nodded and grabbed his stuff too, walking into another change room. Once Liberty was in the change room she dropped all her stuff in the stall and sat on the floor , she contemplated he feel she had as soon as Nick hand fell on hers, she hadn't felt that way in so long that it scared her so much. Liberty took deep breaths and got back to getting dressed she needed to get to class, when Liberty finished she opened the door to find Nick standing all dressed waiting for her.
" ready to go" Nick asked gazing at Liberty
" yep, lets go" Liberty answered not giving him any eye contact, it was hard for her to deal with this, because its been so long since she had these feelings.
Liberty quickly exited the bathroom with Nick in tow, Liberty's eyes wandered around the room for any sign of May, she searched around before her eyes finally set a small frame sitting by the doorway . Liberty immediately walked up to her and apologized
" sorry I was late, I like taking long showers and I lost track of time"
May smiled deviously and replied " no problem, no problem at all"
Liberty knew where this was going and she gave May a sharp look to stop, May noticed it and immediately stopped, Nick coughed to let them knew he was present once Liberty and May turned to him he asked " are we ready to go?" both May and Liberty nodded and they all grabbed their books and headed off. May noticed the tension between Nick and Liberty but decided not to say anything, soon enough they were in the buildings looking for their classes, both Liberty and May had classes in the same buildings so they could find their rooms together.
" here we are building 23, do u guys need help finding your rooms or are you good?" Nick really didn't want to be there and May knew it so she let him off the hook.
" ah I think we will survive, thanks Nick" May smiled and elbowed Liberty to say something
" yeh were good thanks" Liberty forced a smile
Nick nodded and headed off as a soon as Nick was out of hear shot May did a 360 turn towards Liberty and gave her a look, Liberty pretended to not see the look and acted as if nothing happened " so that sign over there says room 34b, and I'm in 37a so I think we need to go this way". Liberty said avoiding May's obvious glare
May stood there shaking her head at Liberty " Girl you better tell me what happen in the co-ed bathroom or I'm about 5 seconds away from beating it out of you"
Liberty sighed "May I don't wanna talk about it "
May gave Liberty a glare Liberty shook her head and walked away, May groaned and followed behind Liberty. Liberty ignored her and tried to find her way through the university. Finally she found the room
" ah huh. Found it " Liberty gasped in triumph
Liberty looked at the time , it was exactly nine o clock she sighed in relief and kissed May's cheek
"I'm going to be late, ill see you later ok" Liberty said and ran off
"but, but" May stuttered but Liberty had already left to go to class
May sighed in frustration and walked towards her class 3 rooms down. The day passed quickly and it was 5 o'clock Liberty had finally finished her first day she sighed in relief 'time to go home' she though and walked out of the building. When she got home to find opened the door to find no-one home.
"May, May are you here" Liberty shouted ' I guess not' Liberty sighed she hated being alone
'ok time for a nap' Liberty though as she dropped her books and made her way to her bedroom, she fell on the bed .
Liberty quickly drifted of to sleep, and started to dream, she dreamed she was back at Degrassi.
The halls were still the same, the people were still the same heck even the silly motivational posters were still the same, Liberty looked around to see Mr Simpson coming towards her
" good morning Mr. Simpson" Liberty cheerfully exclaimed
" good morning Liberty, ill see you in my Media immersion class, I hope "
" wouldn't miss it for the world" She smiled and walked towards her locker
From the corner of her eye, Liberty saw Sean and Emma making out with out a care in the world she rolled her eyes and continued on with opening her locker, just as she opened her locker, a picture fell out she picked it up and saw a picture of her and JT, she looked at it for a while before placing it back in its original position, behind her books and tried not to think about him, her and JT have been broken up for almost 5 months now and he and Mia has been dating for 3, it was hard for her to see them together but she told herself shell be ok no matter what. Suddenly Liberty was pulled out of her thoughts by Emma and Sean.
" Morning Lib" Emma stated cheerfully
' why was she always cheerful, just for once I wish she wasn't so darn cheerful' Liberty said to herself
"hey Emma, Sean" Liberty forced a smile
" what's up Lib?, you don't look happy" Sean eyed her suspiciously
"oh nothing I'm just dreading getting back, Mrs Kwan's English test that's all" Liberty was lying through her teeth and she hoped that Sean and Emma didn't notice it .
"oh Lib, you always stress out and you always do fine" Emma laughed " I'm sure you did great" Sean nodded in agreement
"yeah Liberty what's done is done besides you always come out on top" Sean encouraged
Liberty smiled " thanks guys" just then the bell rang
" we got to get going but we will see you in Kwan's class" Emma said hugging her with Sean following, they both left.
Liberty stood look at her notes for the next class, she immediately dreaded what she saw writing ' gym' in big bold letters
" great gym with JT , just what I need first thing it the morning" Liberty cursed her luck and sighed as she walked towards the gymnasium, she looked around for a familiar face and immediately saw Kendra she smiled and walked up to her .
" hey Kendra" Liberty greeted
" hey Lib" Kendra smiled
They both had gone through so much, Liberty and JT had broken up and he had started dating Mia which tore Liberty apart but she tried to say strong and pretend it didn't both her, Kendra and Toby were going through a difficult time and had a huge fight so they weren't on talking terms either.
" you still not talking to Toby" Liberty asked
" nope, not after that stupid stunt he pulled with JT, I am never talking to him again" Kendra rolled her eyes at Toby trusting of JT's ideas
Liberty nodded " yeah sometime JT pulls some doozes" Liberty laughed
" yeah well getting Toby to tell me he loves me just so he could get some, is beyond stupid" Kendra said unimpressed
" trust me, I hear you loud and clear sister" Liberty hugged Kendra
"Ok people today we are going to play a all round game of dodge ball" Mr. Armstrong yelled
A unison on moans and groans could be heard from the students, which caused Mr. Armstrong to laugh.
" I'm not changing ,my mind so deal with it so start making teams"
Soon enough the teams were ready and both Liberty and Kendra were on the same team and the opposing team to JT and Toby to their relief.
" ok time starts now"
As soon as Mr. Armstrong said that they were off balls were flying everywhere and Liberty and Kendra were trying to avoid them from every angle up until they were the last on standing.
" Liberty, I have a bad feeling about this" Kendra said nervously
"me to Kendra, me too" Liberty nodded
Soon enough the balls were flying at them from every angle, they tried so hard to dodge it but Kendra was finally hit, it was only Liberty left and she was talking it for the team until JT through the ball a little to hard knocking her out cold.
"Liberty, Liberty wake up" JT said as he touched her face "Liberty"
Liberty groaned as she moved from side to side, she finally opened her eyes and she came face to face with another pair of eyes 'ahhhhhhhhhhh' she screamed falling out of the bed and hit the floor.
" nice to see you too" the voice laughed
"owww" Liberty bellowed as she rubbed her head
Just some one knocked on the door. "Liberty are you ok, I heard you scream are you alright?" Nick voiced pleaded
" come in Nick" Liberty said stumbling in the dark
Nick opened the light to find Liberty still on the floor "here let me help you", Liberty looked astonished that Nick hadn't noticed JT yet she looked from JT to Nick for an answer, JT laughed at her confusion and finally answered her
" he cant see me, or hear me, only you can, no-one else"
Liberty stood their in shock not realizing that Nick was watching her
" Liberty are you ok , you have been staring at the wall for about 5 minutes now" Nick asked concerned
" umm yeah, I'm ah ok" Liberty said rubbing her head
" well lets get some ice on your head it looks a bit swollen" Nick pulled Liberty out of the bedroom and to the kitchen, he sat her down and went to get a ice.
Liberty's eyes were glued to JT she could believe he was here with her, in America
" surprised I'm here" JT asked as Liberty kept staring at him
"a little" She smiled
" what was that Liberty?" Nick said grabbing an ice pack from the fridge
Liberty frozen she totally forgot Nick was even there she swallowed hard and tried to recover " um I just said I'm a little embarrassed I mean falling off a bed" Liberty blushed
and JT saw it, he immediately eyed Nick
" yeh don't worry about it happens to the best of us, here put this on your head" Nick placed it on the area
"owww" Liberty screeched out in pain
"I know it will hurt for a bit, but this the only way it's gonna go down so hold still" Nick gently held it in place and looked at Liberty.
Liberty breathing suddenly became irregular around Nick, her palms started to sweat and her body became weak she tried to shake it off but the feeling would go away, Nick came closer to Liberty, and Liberty didn't back away, she could feel his warm breath on her face she felt his body move closer to hers, she got caught up in the moment, suddenly Nick was inches away from her. Liberty's body was screaming out 'YES' this is what she wanted but her heart said 'NO' she wanted Nick to kiss her badly but every time her heart will scream out 'no ' Liberty immediately went with her heart and pulled away from Nick.
"Liberty is everything alright?" Nick soothed her
Liberty nodded "yeah, I'm fine it's just been a really long day"
Nick took the hint that Liberty wanted to be alone "ok but if you need me I'll be down the hall" Nick got up disappointed
"thanks Doctor Nick" She smiled " really thanks for your help, I appreciate it" Liberty said getting up and leading Nick to the door
"Goodnight Liberty"
" night Nick"
Nick left and Liberty closed the door then banged her head against the door
"stupid, stupid, stupid, arrggg how could I be so stupid, here is a amazing guy that is so in to me, me out of all people and no matter what I do I still cant get over my feelings, stupid stupid STUPID" Liberty kept bashing her head over and over
"you know bashing your head into the door isn't going to get you anywhere except the hospital" JT laughed
Liberty ignored JT and kept bashing her head in the door " stupid" she stated frustrated
"Liberty enough already" JT pulled her from the door
" why didn't you kiss Nick?" JT asked as he guided her back to her original seating
Liberty was going to answer when she was stunned by JT's question " how did you know his name?" Liberty asked in shock
JT laughed and whispered in her ears " I have been watching you and Doctor Nick for a while down and it seems like your hand has healed quite nicely " he laughed at Liberty's expression
" so answer my question?" JT bombarded her
" I don't know JT, ok, just leave me ok" Liberty turned away from him and walked in to the bedroom
"Liberty" JT scolded, he knew how stubborn she was and how much energy it will take to finally get out of her.
"Liberty" JT scolded again
"I'm scared ok, I'm scared that ill lose him like I lost you" Liberty confessed
JT smiled "well sometimes Liberty you have to take risks, that's part of living, you can't just stop living just because your scared, trust me it wouldn't work you have to push your fear aside"
Liberty nodded "I know, I know, it's just so hard"
JT smiled "well those never words never came out of your mouth before, you always has determination to do what ever you wanted"
"well, I guess I have changed" Liberty sighed
JT sighed " well take what I said into consideration because it by the time you figure it out it may be to late" JT turned and disappeared
"wait JT what do you mean?" liberty yelled out after him but he was already gone
Just then the door flew opened "Liberty are you ok?, who are you talking to" May said as she walked up to her
Liberty was too stunned by what JT said to even hear May come in, "Liberty" she exclaimed louder shaking her shoulder
"huh, um, what?" Liberty still looked stunned
"Liberty who are you talking too??" May asked again
"oh um nobody, I ah I have to go" Liberty rushed out of the room
May stood there stunned ' what's going on? ' she thought as she watched Liberty rush out.
Liberty walked towards Nick's dormitory and took a deep breath before knocking on the door, she waited a while but nobody answered 'no one must be home' Liberty thought, as Liberty walked away she wondered what JT meant by 'it may be too late' she could get that out of her head, what did he mean by that . Liberty shook her head and decided that she needed sleep. She went straight to bed but JT's comment never left her mind.
2 weeks later……………..
JT's comment never left Liberty's mind she tossed and turned for weeks on end until she got up the courage to go to Nick's dorm, she took a deep breath and knocked on the door, Liberty heard shuffling and the door opened she was immediately came eye to eye with a blonde haired girl
" yes may I help you"
"oh I'm, uh looking for Nick" Liberty stuttered
" Nick honey someone is at the door for you" the girl yelled
Nick came to the door " hi Liberty "
"hi Nick, I um just came over to say thanks again for my hand and my head" Liberty said still in shock
"oh that's ok, were are all a bit accident prone sometimes" he laughed
The blonde girl suddenly coughed to make herself notices, "oh Liberty this is my girlfriend Anna' Nick introduced her
" hi nice to meet you" Liberty choked out and put out her hand
" you too" Anna faked a smile and shook Liberty's hand
" do you want to come in?" Nick asked
" oh no, I have to go study, thanks anyway" Liberty tried to hold back her disappointment
" nice meeting you" Anna grinned
" you too, see you later" Liberty rushed off so fast not hearing Nick or Anna saying their goodbyes
Liberty rushed off, to her dorm and closed the door she slid down the door and held herself tightly as tears fell from her eyes, she looked up to see JT standing in the corner.
" I guess its too late" she whispered to JT as tears feel from her eyes and hugged herself.