Nina POV:
I seriously had no idea what Amber's plan was. Like, whatsoever. None. Zip. Nada. But, I just had to wait, because, seriously, Amber was never going to budge. She had a way of making things turn out her way. If I went along with it. But she better not tell me to ask Fabian, because I obviously couldn't do that. I remember last year, when Amber had almost ruined it all.
"Hey, why don't you ask Fabian?" Amber suggested.
Of course, Fabian chose that moment to walk up. "Ask me what?"
My heart was pounding, and I stuttered. I glanced at Amber, who was nodding earnestly at me. "Um, if it's true… you… pluck your eyebrows!" I said, kicking myself. "They're super shapely."
Fabian looked at Amber. "What?"
Amber's face hardened, she glared at me while turning to Fabian. "She's lying."
I glared back at Amber, who whispered. "Just ask him!"
I laughed nervously. "Amber! You are so funny. You make no sense!"
I sighed, jumping up off of my bed and walking back down to the living room. "Hey," I said, taking my place by Fabian again, pulling out the zodiac. I glanced around the room, then turned to Fabian, whispering to him so no one else could hear. "So, we have three of the reflectors, but what do you think the others that Victor and Vera have could be? We have to get them from them."
"Well, the doll, of course," Fabian said. "This sign means a sun," he said, pointing to one hieroglyph, "and this one…" he said, pointing to the one opposite it, his voice dying off. "I'm not sure."
"Let's go check it out!" I said. We rushed to Fabian's room, and Fabian pulled open his laptop, pulling up the internet window and finding what it was.
"Okay, I have no idea what that could be," Fabian said, sitting back after running the clues through his head.
I sighed. "Me either." My face must have showed how disappointed I was.
Fabian reached out, as if to comfort me, but he pulled his hand back. "Don't worry, Nina. We are going to figure this out, I promise." He said.
I tried to smile at him. "Thanks."
Eddie POV
Yeah, I decided to forgive Patricia. I still feel sort of mad at her, but I really like her, and she told me she didn't mean to do it, so I decided to trust her. Plus, I kind of needed a friend, right now everyone is either avoiding me or making fun of me. Aside from Fabian, but he's not exactly my friend, and he spends all of his time with Nina, Amber and Alfie.
I had been planning to ask Patricia on a real date, so when Amber pranced in, exclaiming there was going to be a prom, I was a bit indecisive. Dances aren't really my thing, but I'm guessing they aren't Patricia's either. And it would be a way to show other people I don't care what they say, and that Patricia is my girlfriend. I know, a bit possessive on my part, but at this point, I really can't afford to lose my only friend, and, as hard as it is for me to admit, I really like Patricia.
I walked over to Patricia, sitting next to her and putting my arm around her. "So, Yacker."
Patricia looked up at me with her penetrating, dark eyes. "Would you stop calling me 'Yacker'? We're dating now, can you call me Patricia, or at least Trixie?" She sighed. "You calling me Yacker gets really annoying."
I grinned. "Maybe. So, about this prom... do you wanna go with me?"
Patricia smiled. "On one condition."
I raised an eyebrow.
"You don't call me Yacker, and you promise you trust me, that when I tell you I did or didn't do something, I'm not lying?"
I smiled back. "Okay. I promise… Patricia."
Patricia grinned. "Thanks."
Amber POV
I crouched outside Eddie and Fabian's door, listening to Fabian and Nina's conversation. Fabian cleared his throat to say something, and I had to hold back a squeal. Finally he was going to say something. At that moment, though, Eddie walked up to me, attempting to brush by and enter the room. I grabbed his arm. "You can't go in there!" I hissed.
Eddie shook me off. "It's my room. Anyway, I'll just be there for two seconds," he said, throwing open the door and striding in. I ducked out of the way just in time, so Fabian and Nina wouldn't know I was spying. I heard Eddie ask something, and then he walked back out. I glared daggers at him as he left and I sat by the door again. But, of course, the new guy had ruined the entire Fabina moment. I held back a groan as the room beside me dissolved into silence. So much for romantic.
Fabian POV
I was suddenly very aware of how close Nina and I were as I reached out to comfort her. I was clearing my throat, some boldness growing in my chest. I was going to do it, I was going to talk to her, tell her how I felt, ask her to go to prom with me. But, of course, our timing was off as usual. As I opened my mouth to talk, Eddie barged in, grabbing something from his side of the room. He looked over and Nina and I. "Am I interrupting something?"
I sighed, the moment gone, and shook my head. After Eddie was gone, so was my courage. I cleared my throat, turning back to face Nina and the zodiac. I cleared my throat nervously again, trying to focus. "Okay, so… this means a clock…" I said, pointing to another symbol. "But we already checked the grandfather clock downstairs, it isn't there, so… it could be… maybe…" My mind drifted away, sifting through all the clocks I'd ever seen in my life. None of them could have the falcon symbol, I didn't think, but if I'd seen one before we'd come to this task, I wouldn't have paid any attention to it.
I searched a few more things online as Nina and I sat in silence, but found nothing of help to us. I was actually starting to get worried, what would happen if we ran out of time with the task, when the sun and moon met? Actually, I knew. And I couldn't afford to think like that. I continued staring at the zodiac, until suddenly; Nina interrupted my train of thought.
"Fabian, why did we break up?" She asked.
My head snapped up, my heart pounding. Like always in the times when I could try and fix things with her, I started to stutter. Nice move, Stutter Rutter! I scolded myself. I swallowed. "Well, Amber and Alfie kept telling us that we couldn't be friends and date and…" My voice died off nervously and I bit my lip. That day came rushing back to me in a flood of emotions. She had been talking, and I could tell what she was trying to do. She had been trying to let me down easy.
"Then you said we were better off friends," Nina said, looking down, picking at a hole in her mandatory knee socks.
"Wh-what?" I asked, confusion sweeping over me. I remembered. "Oh. That. Because you were telling me the boyfriend-girlfriend relationship was too complicated."
Nina looked up. "What?"
We sat there, reminiscing in the sad day. Nina sat up a bit taller. "Oh. Fabian… I wasn't…" she gulped. "I didn't mean it like that."
I looked up, my heart pounding. "How did you mean it, then?"
"I- I just was pointing out what Amber said. I wasn't trying to…"
"You mean…?"
"It was all a misunderstanding." Nina said.
I gulped. "So, Nina. Would you want to give it another go? Us, I mean?"
Time seemed to freeze as Nina made her decision. My heart sped as she parted her lips to answer.
Mwahaha, I'm so mean, I know. Sorry! I couldn't resist a cliffhanger! Yay! I'll try to update soon! ~S~
