Liberty Sterling // [District Four/CB#2]

The number one contender in her class for Precious Cinnamon Roll, three years running, Libby is the epitome of girl next door. She giggles instead of confronting anyone, she grooms herself every day to near-perfection and is always the first to volunteer for any task. Sure, it means that she doesn't have a lot of spare time to do what she wants to do - except that she can't really remember doing anything for herself in a long, long time.

Then, there's her best friend, Riley Vaughn - a strong contender for SINnamon roll. They've been best friends for as long as Libby can remember. She is the one constant in her school life, always pushing Libby to define herself, to learn to say 'no.' But it's hard when she has so much to give. Her life is easy, full and warm. Her two parents dote on her. Both work hard but not too hard. Last summer they vacationed at the beach.

It was the longest she'd been apart from Riley.

By the second day, she felt her heart squeezing and shrinking. Maybe not everyone misses their best friend this way, but Liberty Sterling does. What would she do without Riley Vaughn?