Liberosis

Bonus: Who's Afraid Of The Rachel Amber?

The birds chirped around Blackwell Academy. The sun was slowly rising and Dana sat on the grass, laying her back against a tree with orange fall foliage. In the last semester, the school's curriculum had implemented workshops for senior students to give them extra credit for college. Dana heard that the new professors were well known among their mediums and that's why the school had built dorms. There were more students than normal, they'd come from all over the country just to take these classes. It was everyone's first day and Dana had gotten up early. She was sure something spicy would happen and she needed to be here to see it.

In the distance, a truck parked in the school's lot and its owner Chloe Price got out after turning off the engine. Shockingly enough, the punk was wearing a backpack and it seemed to have at least one book in it. Dana had seen the full-blown blue hair in Chloe's girlfriend's social media, but it looked even cooler in person. Not to mention her new badass tattoo.

Chloe walked to the path towards the school and waited by the fountain, as if she was meeting someone. Of course, that someone was no other than her girlfriend and Dana's friend Rachel Amber, who was now living in the dorms. Unlike Chloe, Rachel hadn't gone through a huge visual change, except for that cool dragon tattoo on her leg. They were both glowing and Dana couldn't help but smile at them.

Dana walked up to the girls to make her presence known, putting her arms around them. "So how is my favorite power couple doing?"

"Good morning, Dana," Rachel said, not surprised one bit over her friend's needy tendencies.

On the other hand, Chloe was stunned by the physical contact. She hasn't had a friend (that she wasn't fucking) in a while. "Alright?"

Dana turned to the blonde. "Rach, I thought you said she wasn't shy."

"Oh, she's not. You're just too overwhelming."

"Sorry." Dana paused and put her arms off the girls. "So Chloe are you joining a club this semester? You weren't in one before you got expelled."

Chloe started walking inside the school with them. "I haven't thought about it yet."

"Oh my god, you should totally join the Drama Club. Your improv for The Tempest was incredible!"

"Um... I don't know." Chloe rubbed the back of her neck. "I'm more of a science girl."

"Don't worry about it, Chloe," Rachel said. "You can always join the Vegan Club."

"Oh, Chloe, are you vegan?" Dana asked.

"You missed the joke," Chloe answered. "No one wants to be in the Vegan Club."

Rachel had noticed Chloe not eating meat since they practically met. She'd only started teasing her about it on their trip to Cali though. She hadn't really known how to approach Chloe with it yet, but...

"When did you become a vegetarian?" Rachel had dared to ask once.

"Uh, since Bongo died... You know how I make jokes at the worst times? That wasn't the exception. I remember saying, 'Now that he's dead, we'll have to eat it'. Then it hit me and got me disgusted."

So Chloe's humor two years ago had been way darker than Rachel's humor now. "But for real, you should join the Drama Club," Rachel said.

"It's so wholesome," Dana commented, obviously referring to the fact that the dramatic environment filled the void in her life. Or at least that was what Chloe thought.

"I'll think about it, I guess," Chloe responded. "There's just some people I dislike in there."

"Oh, don't worry, Nathan left."