100 Themes Challenge
by Purple Snowstorm
2. Complicated
Rating: T (Intense conversations and uses of the word bitch)
Pairing(s): Fabina, Jabian
Summary: Joy confronts Fabian after the prom about his kiss with Nina.
Point of View: First person; Joy
Characters: Patricia, Joy, Nina, Fabian
Genre: Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Patricia tapped my shoulder just seconds after I heard the whole student body begin to clap. "What?" I asked irritably. Who could blame me? For once, I thought I was something special. Even though I hated being "The Chosen One", I didn't like Nina stealing my one chance at glory, whether it was for good or evil. Anything to make my daddy happy.
"Um…well…I don't know how to break it to you…but Nina and Fabian just…um…kissed," explained Patricia, her voice barely audible as she said that last word.
My head snapped up. I had almost nodded off for a second; it was after one in the morning and it had been an exhausting day. "You said what now? Oh, no, she didn't…I'm going to go talk to Fabian!"
"Joy, no!" exclaimed Patricia, grabbing my arm to hold me back. I glared at her, fire in my eyes. "Let them enjoy themselves, at least until the prom ends. You don't want to be making a scene, now do you?"
"What if I do?" I growled. Patricia gave me her signature "yeah, and I want to marry Mick" look. I sighed and relaxed.
Patricia dropped my arm. "Look, I want them to be separated just as much as you do, but let them have some fun before you turn their relationship into a train wreck."
I resigned to another half hour of dancing with Patricia before the prom ended. The Anubis housemates walked in a pack back to the house, with Fabian and Nina trailing slightly behind. I managed to catch Fabian as he was almost to the house. "Hey, Fabes, I'd like to talk to you…alone, if I may ask?" I requested in my most sickeningly sweet voice.
Being too nice to refuse (I knew this boy inside and out), he anxiously glanced at Nina, who gave him a slight nod, and then turned back to me and replied with, "Okay, sure."
Nina walked away, glancing behind her shoulder every few moments. I waited until she was in the house to begin speaking.
Surprisingly enough, Fabian spoke first. "Listen, Joy-"
I cut him off by pressing a finger to his lips. "Let. Me. Talk. We've known each other for five years, Fabian. I've liked you as more than a friend for a good three years. Forgive me if I sound like an over-controlling bitch at the moment, but remember that you've known Nina for three months. At the most. I know for a fact that you were about to ask me out when I disappeared. Patricia told me that you asked her for advice. Ah!" I cut him off again as he tried to protest. "Do. Not. Lie. To. Me. Now, I want you to go into that house and say these words exactly. 'I'm sorry, Nina, but that kiss wasn't real. I don't really like you. My heart belongs to Joy. I'm sorry.' Go!"
Fabian looked completely terrified. Good. That's exactly how I wanted him. I always had intimidated him, and now was no different. As he walked to the house, I followed, finding a good spot along the wall of the house where I could listen to the drama that went down.
I could almost see Fabian take a breath and let it out in a huge sigh as he approached Nina, who was sitting in the common room. I felt Nina's confusion as he began to speak, probably holding her hand or having one hand on her shoulder comfortingly.
"I'm…I'm sorry, Nina…but that kiss…it wasn't real. I…I don't…I don't really like...like you. My…my heart belongs to Joy. I'm…I'm so sorry."
I could feel Nina's heart shatter as mine had less than an hour before. I heard her break away from Fabian's reassuring grasp and race up the stairs, trying to hide her emotions. Despite of the pure evil of what I had just done, I felt a sense of accomplishment. I loved making things complicated for Fabian.
Word Count: 659
That was so fun to write…I've fallen in love with the "crazy bitch" person that Joy is portrayed as in most fanfics. I feel I captured it pretty well.
