Chapter 1

Fabian's P.O.V.

It's too early to wake up. The warm bed...covers...Nina...last night...prom...Nina! She's the reason I'll get out of bed. I jumped out of bed and looked at the clock. 10:39! Everyone was probably already awake...even Nina. Nina...

I got out of bed and looked in my closet. What should I wear? Who would even care? Nina would have, but that was before she went to the prom...and went with Jerome! JEROME! I knew Jerome liked to prank people, but ruining what little relationship me and Nina had was low. Low. Amber rushed us. I knew it. I told her not to, but she was so convinced a relationship between us would work. Who am I kidding? I thought a relationship between me and Nina would work. We were just so good together...solving the clues and finding the Ankh pieces and all those nights in the attic. Amber said Nina liked me! Amber, the all-knowing Cupid of Anubis House, didn't even see Jerome coming. And now any plans I had are ruined. Yeah, I've heard a couple of guys talk about Nina when I pass their groups in the cafeteria. She's pretty...no, beautiful. Guys get immature when it comes to girls, but no one checks out my Nina...

Nina's favorite color is blue...I'll wear this shirt.

Nina's P.O.V.

"Amber, he wasn't at breakfast. That means he didn't want to talk to me. I bet he'll never talk to me again. He practically said he wasn't interested in the beginning of the school. But now this?" I was so confused.

"Nina, he's crazy about you! Alright, he's never admitted it to me, but his face! You don't see it, but I do! He's ALWAYS thinking about you, I can tell:Nina...Nina...Nina!" Amber continued to increase the volume with which shespoke my name until it echoed throughout the house.

"There's one thing we didn't think about at all," I told a spinning Amber as the idea dawned on me.

"Mmm?" murmured Amber as she wobbled to keep from falling on her bed.

"Joy. Now that she came back, Fabian feels like he has to choose one of us. Now he has. When she walked in the room, he saw her again and remembered how much she took his breath away. How much more he likes her than me, if he ever did like me." Tears welled up in my eyes. "I've been so blind." I have. Joy didn't even enter my mind until now.

"Neens, Joy and him never actually dated. She was his friend, not his girlfriend. The look on his face when he's with you is NOT a Joy look. How romantic!" Amber sighed and began to brush her hair.

"It's just...Joy scares me is all." Joy did scare me. She was, like, really popular around school. She was always involved with a school function, whether it was the setup or the invitations...anything! Fabian deserved someone like that.

"I'm going down to discuss what movie we'll watch tonight. Coming Ambs?" I asked casually, hoping she would.

Saturday movie night was a tradition at Anubis house. It also let me spend more quality time with Fabian. Scary movies gave me a chance to bury my face into his sleeve. Comedy helped us share a few laughs. You get the picture: we got closer every Saturday.

"Yeah, duh! I need to give everyone my movie expertise!" Amber bounced out of the chair and ran out the door screaming "DON'T PICK A MOVIE WITHOUT ME!"

The clucking of her shoes got quieter as she trampled down the wooden stairs. Amber could cheer me up in a matter of seconds. Her bubbly nature was like a disease; if you were around her too long, you'd get infected. I could help but grin as I heard Amber's muffled shouts of "WAIT FOR ME!" from the stairs. As I descended the creepy steps, I realized I forgot my purse upstairs. I usually ended up going to pick up the movie from the rental store. While I made a return trip to my bedroom, thoughts of last night swirled up to the forefront of my mind. Did Fabian really like Joy more than me? Was I playing too hard to get for Fabian? There's a reason his nickname is Stutter Rutter: he's shy. Now I ruined everything!

Before I knew it, I was sobbing into my bed sheets. I knew I was going to regret this sudden explosion of emotion when I finally went downstairs, but I didn't care. Nothing mattered. I screamed into my pillow something to the effect of "I BLEW IT!" After about a minute of this, I stopped. First of all, people downstairs would notice my absence and they depended on me to go get their movie and second, my throat was starting to hurt.

I heard a knock on my door.

"Sorry guys I had to go get my purse." I shouted as I opened the door.

"What's the movie you-" I stopped when I saw who it was.