It's up in the air

 "I'm just not going to school this year," Liv's announcement made Ali cringe.

"What has gotten into you? You have to finish, you know?" Ali hadn't seen her in class since school started. In fact, Liv would hardly acknowledge her text. 

"Look, most of my classes are at the college anyway, I don't have to. I do everything online." Liv was finishing up her shift at the coffee shop. "Everything is fine."

"Oh really?" Ali didn't believe her. "First you and Rico breakup and you don't even tell me."

"Well, you wouldn't listen anyway," Liv looked away as if Ali was just a lovebird who was always with her lovebird. How would she know about the real world?

"It's just..I thought you could be..I don't know..loving senior year." Ali tilted her head as she took her creamy cold drink which was basically mocha, chocolate, and whipped cream.

"When have you ever loved school?" Liv was dead serious. 

"I just thought..you know.."

"You've got Diago and ...and his cousin and..and his cousin's girlfriend." Liv acted as if Ali had enough. She didn't need her.

"What will you do?" Ali almost yelped with her displeased look.

"Nothing, I guess." She sounded as if she might be a hermit. "I'm OK." She sounded so over Rico and yet she wanted to move on...somewhere.

"Rico's at the roller rink now," Ali looked at her. Liv kept cleaning as if it was time for Ali to go away. She needed a customer. She needed to get out of there. Liv sighed. 

"Must you talk about him," Liv didn't even want to say his name. Honestly, he was the last human on earth that she ever thought would hurt her like this. Yet, she felt nothing for him now. And yet, she felt like a volcano ready to erupt. 

Yes, this was the year she was going to work on herself, except she didn't really know how.