Chapter Two:
A Afternoon All To Ourselves
AN: Just for those commenters who wanted more, also ;D ~Minty
NINA
I woke up at eight o'clock the next morning. None of the other housemates would be alive to the world till ten.
Getting up as quietly as I could so I didn't wake up a sleeping Amber, I moved silently to "my" closet. I had about two items hanging while Amber had twenty. I changed as fast as I could and darted out of the room.
My heart stopped for a moment when I saw Fabian waiting at the bottom of the steps for me. Dressed in a tight blue tee shirt, naturally faded jeans, and black converses; I smiled brightly at him as I hurried down the steps. As I walked I noticed that he had a tan picnic basket in his hands as he smiled.
"Hey," I whispered as my hand gripped his.
"Hey," Fabian told me. "You look amazing by the way, Nina."
"Really?" I asked, looking down at myself. I was dressed in a black sundress with my favorite red velvet boots that go with almost nothing. On my head sat a red knitted hat with a dark black rose on the right side.(AN: Outfit on profile :D) "You think so?"
"I know so," he told me, kissing my lips softly. All too soon the kiss ended as Fabian gently guided my buzzing body towards the door.
"Trudy knows where we're going," He told me as he opened the door. "And she says she'll try to keep the others away as long as she can."
I smiled as him as we pulled me into the warm springy air.
"Come on, Nina," He said, "The cab is waiting to take us away."
I giggled at his antics and tapped his nose. "And where are you going Mr. Rutter?"
"I'm taking a beautiful girl into town and that girl just happens to be Miss. Martin." He answered.
I smiled brightly at him as I dropped his hand. I ran a head, glancing over my shoulder to yell at my stunned date, "Race ya!"
A smile grew on Fabian's face as he dashed after me. "Cheat!" He called, making me laugh out loud.
I tapped the black cab seconds before Fabian got there.
"Cheater," He teased, smiling at me. His hands were on either side of me.
"What do I win?" I asked, leaning closer to his lips, daring him.
Instead of answering, his placed his lips on mine and pressed me against the cab. My hands slid up his chest around his neck, my fingers knotted into his brown hair. He dropped the picnic basket and slipped his hands onto my waist, yanking me closer.
After a few minutes, a loud honk sounded through the air, making us both jump apart.
"Guess we better hurry," Fabian said, grabbing the picnic basket and opening my door. "Before we piss that cab driver off any further."
The cab driver honked again as if we didn't hear the first one.
I nodded as blush creep up my neck and settled in my cheeks. I slipped into the cab, Fabian sliding in next to me as we faced an impatient cab driver.
"Where to lovebirds?" He growled.
"The town," Fabian said, ignoring the cab driver and his rude behavior.
The cab driver gave Fabian a pointed look before starting the car.
I intertwined my fingers with Fabian's and lay my head on his shoulder. Finally, everything was right in the world.
AMBER
I woke up to a very loud, very annoying honk of a car.
"Gah," I mumbled, pulling the pale pink pillow over my head and pressing it down hard.
HOOOOOOONNNNNNKKKKKK
"I'm going to kill that car," I groaned, rolling out of bed and glancing at my dark pink clock.
8:12
Annoyed and pissed, I wrapped the pink throw blanket and slipped my feet into the white bunny slippers my brother had gotten me for Christmas.
"Stupid car," I whispered, glancing at Nina's nicely made bed. Of course she'd be up at the unholy hour. I padded down the stairs and into the dining room, not surprised to see the rest of the house sitting at the table.
"Nice hair, Amber," Jerome snickered at my disastrous hair.
"Shut it Clarke," I barked.
"Whoa, someone's snippy today," He looked at me as he said this as I sat down. "Hairspray all gone?"
"That would explain the hair," Joy mumbled.
Glaring at both of them, I growled, "I'm supposed to be dead to the world till at least eleven if not later!"
"I'm not up till noon," Patricia mumbled, peeling the back of the muffin paper, bored. "But thanks to that stupid cab…" Her voice trailed off, letting us fill in the blanks.
"Hey," Joy looked around, her inky black hair pulled into a tight ponytail. "Where's Fabes?"
"And Nina," I added bitterly to the girl looking around.
Nina and Fabian were both missing.
A giant smile grew along my lips as could barely contain my excitement.
"OH MY-"
"Amber," Patrica groaned as she set her head on Eddie's shoulder. "Please, it's too early to deal with that."
"Yeah," Alfie said, head bobbing up and down from lack of sleep.
"Trudy," I called. Trudy walked into the dining room carrying a platter of hot chocolate and biscuits.
"Yes, dearie?" She asked as she set the tray on the table. Right as it did people lunged to get a cup of steamy chocolate.
"Have you seen Fabian and Nina, and if you did are they together?"
"Amber," Trudy sighed. "Fabian is out and Nina went to town. I honestly don't know what they are doing."
"Did they-" But Trudy disappeared from view before I could finish my sentence.
I stomped my foot in frustration as I reached for a cup.
"Just face it Amber," Joy hissed. "There will be no Fabina."
"Thanks to you," I mumbled into the rim of my cup before I took a careful sip.
"What was that?" Joy demanded.
"Nothing."
NINA
"Table for two," Fabian told the man as we walked into a small, buzzing restaurant called Tea and Mint.
A man dressed in black slacks, a mint green apron with a mint leaf stitched in the lower right corner, and a tight white tee nodded and led us through a winding dining area.
A collage of mismatched tables and chairs scattered around in no particular order or system. But, almost every one of them was full and no one seemed to mind. A bustle of speech filled the air as we finally found a table.
Our table itself was unique in its own way. Being a deep black with vivid splatters of neon paint spread all around somehow managed to match the yellow and green chairs that accompanied the table.
"Is this alright?" The waiter asked as we took our seats.
"Perfect," Fabian answered. The waiter nodded once and walked quickly away.
"I love it," I told him, smiling at the weird décor and chatting people. "Fabian, where did you ever find a place like this?"
"Walking with no thought of turning back," Fabian told me as he picked up the navy and gold menus. "Planning on following the sun –and ta da!- found this place."
"Where the sun touches the world?" I joked, leaning closer to him.
"Exactly," He leaned in, kissing me lightly.
"Hey ya!" A girl said, making us slowly retreat to our seats. The girl was in her early twenties and was a little shorter than me. She had cinnamon colored locks piled on the top of her head and tied off with a vivid ribbon.
She had on an apron like the man who led us to our table- But that was the only thing that matched him. She was in a short red skirt that went barely below her knee and a white tank top with a low cut navy top on top.
"I'm your hostess, Camel "Cricket" Jordan."
"Is your accent Texan?" I asked, her face brightening even more.
"Why yes it is ma'am, and you're the first person to get that it's Texan."
"Well, I have family there," I smiled.
"Well, great scots and fifty stars, you're American also?"
"Yep," I smiled.
"Well, what kind of drink can I get ya'all?"
"The House Special Tea," Fabian smiled at the girl.
"Hot chocolate if you don't mind," I told her.
Cricket quickly scribbled our orders down before dashing out back in the chaos of the shop.
"So, I'm taking she's not the sharpest knife in the drawer," Fabian remarked.
"Yeah… But she at least she was nice," I shrugged. "That's all that matters right?"
"Guess so."
I leaned back in, towards the boy. "So?"
"So," Fabian repeated moving till our breaths were intermingling. I met him the rest of the way and placed my lips on his.
A half of an hour later we were looking down at the mix matched plates of two stacks of pancakes. A plate of chocolate dipped strawberries sat between our plates.
"You better be right about this caramel apple pancakes, Fabian," I said, looking the caramel soaked pancakes with curiosity.
"Well," Fabian cut a section of his chocolate banana pancakes. "You'll never know by staring at them."
I sighed, agreeing with the boy fully. Cutting off a small triangle, I stabbed the fork into the section and popped it into my mouth.
"Oh gosh," I said, my taste buds buzzing. "This is like, what?"
"Heaven's gift to all pancake eaters?" Fabian tried as I nodded my head vigorously. But I didn't bother answering him, too absorbed in my pancakes to care.
So, this will be a three shot possibly four! Love all ya readers and commenters alike. Please, comment below and check out my other story The Girl Who Was Pushed for more Fabina ~Minty :D
