Chapter 113 - Second Year at University

Right from the beginning of the second year Lizzie and Henry were working hard. After choosing to complete their degrees in two years they knew they had a tough job ahead of them.

Lizzie had also taken the precaution of befriending her lecturer Madeline Noetal. Madeline seemed very pleasant, but was rather scary looking up close. Lizzie's eyes were drawn to the large fang like teeth and she felt that Madeline's intense paleness could not be healthy.

Still Madeline had taken a liking to her and as a prominent member of the rebels social group had seen potential in Lizzie. One day she handed over some spray paint and a megaphone and told her to get out there and rebel.

Lizzie had taken her at her word. Her first action was to organise a protest against clowns.

She handed out leaflets and set up a podium and placard, ready to inform people just how evil clowns really were.

Within a few hours she had a huge crowd all chanting with her and the student newspaper ended up writing a big piece on just how terrifying clowns really were and how they should be banned. Her first protest had been a success.

Her second protest revolved around radioactivity and was also very successful. Lizzie realised that she was good at public speaking and was not afraid to stand up and make her views known.

Lizzie even used the megaphone to greet one of the paparazzi who was following her around, happily he saw the funny side of it.

Tiffany also made use of the spray cans and learn to paint tags around town.

Lizzie and Henry had decided to stay in the dormitory for the second year as had the rest of the house mates. Henry was no longer called Cinders as three other house mates had also set fire to the house.

The last fire being so bad that fireman had come to put it out and a fellow student had been taken to hospital after passing out from smoke inhalation.

Henry was glad they had stayed and he had finally had the courage to tell Tiffany how he felt.

It turned out that she liked him too and they were soon an item.

Tiffany was a fellow member of the nerd social group and introduced him to mind melding.

Dating a fellow nerd helped Henry move up the ranking with the nerds.

Before long it was exam time but neither Lizzie or Henry needed to worry. They had worked so hard and passed with top degrees. At the gradation ceremony their family came to show them just how proud of them they were.

On graduation day, Henry was approached by a Video games developer who had heard of his prominence within the nerds group and offered him a career in video gaming. Until now Henry had been thinking of joining the police force and doing something behind the scenes with computers but this was a dream job. They had a local office in the town of Riverview so Henry could still live at home. 

Lizzie was returning home ready to face the responsibility as leader of the River family. She had learnt a lot about herself during the last two years and felt that after all she was fully capable of being a leader. All she needed to do now was decide in what way she would distinguish herself and keep the River family prominent in their neighbourhood.