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Liberty logged off her computer and closed the laptop. She had just finished talking to someone who she knew basically nothing about except his name and that he went to Bullworth. They made plans to meet up at the pizzeria at eight. Liberty looked at the clock. It was seven o’clock. She had plenty of time to get ready and head over to Old Bullworth Vale. She got up from her desk and hopped on her bed. She grabbed her phone and began texting her best friends. She rarely went more than a couple hours without talking to them.

After about twenty minutes, she decided to get ready. She had been lounging around in her pink sweats since she didn’t have anywhere to go. Liberty headed to her closet that was overstuffed with clothes. If there was one thing all females at Bullworth Academy knew, it was that the dormitory closets were no where near big enough. After about a minute or two, Liberty changed into her favorite jeans and a white tank top. She wasn’t trying to impress anyone so she didn’t feel the need to dress up.

She threw her hair up in a ponytail and slipped on her white flip flops. She drove to Slice’s, the pizzeria in Old Bullworth Vale. The place was full of fellow Bullworth Academy students as well as Bullworth citizens. Liberty looked around for Nathaniel. All she had to go off of was his instant messenger picture, but she was pretty sure he wasn’t there yet. Liberty found an empty table towards the back and took a seat. She looked at her watch while waiting for Nathaniel.

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[Nathaniel Shields]

Glancing quickly towards the clock, Nathaniel registered the time and shut his laptop with a snap. He had been sitting in the same spot for nearly two hours trying to find something to do, but with no success until now. Looking around his room, he needed something to occupy himself for just under 45 minutes until he had to try and find where he was meeting Liberty. As he thought about meeting her, he wondered if she would be what he had expected her to be like, not that he knew exactly what that was himself.

Deciding to take a nap before attempting to find something clean to wear, Nat layed himself on his bed and glanced up at the ceiling before beginning to sing Pendulum in his head in order to send himself off into a nice sleep. After what felt like seconds asleep, he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket and after the usual 'where am i?' thought that went through his head, he checked his cell. "Eh only parents" he muttered and deleted it without reading what his mother had to say. Glancing up at the time, this time it didn't register that he was already half an hour late. Stumbling out of bed, he wondered slowly over to the closet and grabbed the cleanest looking clothes. After putting on his blue skinnie jeans and a white t-shirt, he glanced up at the clock for a second time. Having to do a double take, Nat muttered "Oh Crap!" before nearly tripping out of the dorm and running down to his car.

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Liberty felt weird meeting someone she had only talked to online. She had seen several times on the news how girls would meet up with people they met online and end up hurt or dead the next day. She reassured herself that he went to her school, and if not, there were plenty of people around. Liberty glanced at her watch. It was already ten past eight. She decided to go ahead and get a drink while she was waiting. She grabbed her purse and headed to the counter. The waiter at the counter looked to be about Liberty’s age if not younger. “Hi, can I get a Pepsi please?” After the waiter got her drink, she handed him her card and with a quick swipe, she was headed back to her seat.

She sat back down at the table and placed her purse beside her. She took a sip of her drink and looked back at her watch. It was now fifteen after. She ran her fingers through her hair and looked around the place. To the right she noticed a familiar face. Emilie Johnson. Emilie was a friend of Liberty’s but they had lost touch since Emilie graduated a year ago. Liberty grabbed her purse and talked to her friend for about fifteen minutes. After they said their goodbyes, Liberty headed back to her table. Nathaniel was now thirty minutes late. Seriously? Liberty thought.

Liberty had decided that if she finished her drink before he got there, then she was going to leave. She wasn’t going to waste the rest of her day waiting on someone. She glanced at her watch them took another sip of her drink.

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[Nathaniel Shields]

Nat was close to giving up on meeting Liberty. Not only had he decided to fall asleep at completely the wrong time, but now he was stuck in the largest traffic jam he had ever seen. And obviously, he was going the wrong way because it should never take this long to get to Old Bullworth Vale. "Ohh this so isn't my day." Nathaniel muttered looking out of his window at every street sign he saw. Not only was he annoyed at himself, but he knew Liberty would probably never want to talk to him ever again.

About ten mintues later, he finally arrived outside 'Slices' in a right stress. He was stressed, which meant his hair went curly which he hated as it made him look so much younger than he actually was. His jeans were ripped at the knee where he had tripped over before getting to his car, and he had gravel stains on his tshirt. Deciding it was best not to even see what he looked like at this precise moment in time, Nat walked into the pizzeria and looked around subtly for someone who resembled the girl in the instant message. Noticing one girl who was sat by herself sipping a pepsi, Nat casually walked over and coughed slightly when he was close enough, "Urmm are you by any chance Liberty?" he mumbled quietly hoping he had the right person, and if he did that she didn't hate him.

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Liberty leaned back in her chair and crossed her left leg over her right. She couldn’t believe this guy was actually running this late. She grabbed her cup and took another sip. It felt light, so she shook it a bit. She could feel that there was barely any left and if Nathaniel didn’t show up soon, she was likely to go ahead and leave. She looked around the place and several of the people that were there when she had first gotten there were gone and new people had taken their place. Even her friend had disappeared.

Liberty waited another minute and decided if he wasn’t here by the time she got back from the bathroom than she was just going to leave. A couple minutes passed before she got back to the table. She sat down to quickly finish her drink so she could go. Just as she was about to go, she heard someone walk up to her. "Urmm are you by any chance Liberty?" She looked up at the guy to see that someone who greatly resembled the picture on the instant messenger. Liberty brushed her side swept bangs out of her face. “Let me see…Liberty….yeah. That’s what it says on my birth certificate.” Liberty smiled. “You must be the ever late Nathaniel” Liberty smiled sarcastically. “Thanks for finally showing up, please do sit down.” Liberty pushed out the seat directly in front of her with her foot. Liberty wasn’t really mad at the guy, but she had to give him a hard time.

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[Nathaniel Shields]

Looking down as he shuffled his feet, Nat felt somewhat out of place. As he was new here, he knew he wasn't about to fit in straight away, but surely there was something wrong if he could even fit in at a pizza place? Sighing gently, not only did he feel out of place, he also felt so bad for being nearly three quarters of an hour late. Trying to smile, he lifted his head momentarily before sitting down. "So, how can I make all this up to you? I am so terribly sorry for being so late, but being new here is...hard. To be honest, I had no clue where I was going." Glancing around the place, Nathaniel tried to remember how he had actually found it. But gave up almost instantly because he had taken so many left and right turns he could have made his way back to England for all he knew.

Deciding he had better try and make a good impression on Liberty, Nat knew it was time to make some sort of interesting conversation. "So..." he began, knowing what he said next had to be interesting, "Trees...." After a few moments, Nat realised what he had said and slowly shook his head in response to himself. 'TREES?!' he thought leaning back on his chair and trying not to make eye contact with her. He had totally blown it now.

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"So, how can I make all this up to you?” The last time Liberty heard these words, a guy ended up going to school in his grandma’s dress with a ton of makeup on. Of course the guy totally deserved it. He had spread a rumor that she was pregnant by him and had an abortion. First of all Liberty would never have even touched the guys hand nor would she had ended a poor innocent life. ” I am so terribly sorry for being so late, but being new here is...hard. To be honest, I had no clue where I was going” Liberty felt bad for the guy. Being new totally sucks and Bullworth could definitely be confusing…especially with the four different city sections. It’s sort of like being dropped off in New York without a map.

Liberty couldn’t help but laugh a little. She really wasn’t one to get upset too easily about silly things like tardiness. She herself was known to show up late for several events. “It’s okay. Sometimes I can use a little alone time.” Liberty sat up a little straighter in her seat. She had been leaning back against the back of the chair while waiting for him to arrive. “So, back to what you can do to make it up…how about you buy us a pizza.” Liberty picked up her empty soda and shook it a little. “And a couple sodas.” Liberty smiled as she tossed her empty cup into a nearby trash can. “She shoots she scores” Liberty was pretty good at basketball. She used to play it all the time with her uncle when she was a little younger.

"So... Trees...." Liberty held back from laughing. Seriously…Trees? That’s all her could think of? He must have been nervous or something, so Liberty decided to play along and not make fun. “Yeah trees are pretty awesome….they make paper from trees and paper is definitely a necessity.” There was a small tone of sarcasm in her voice, but Liberty couldn’t help it.

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