Hi guys! *happy Amber voice*
I made my deadline. I could've finished this chapter yesterday, but I decided to watch the first 8 episodes of season 2 of HoA. Can I just say how annoyed I am by Joy's presence? I loved her Dutch counterpart, Joyce was such a sweet and amazing character and now I just hate disliking Joy because of that. But how can you like the girl who's breaking up your otp?
Okay, enough Danielle rambling. Here is Chapter 3 of Running Out Of Time. It was a fun chapter to write. Nothing really big, except for the end maybe.
It seems like I'm only listening to two songs while writing this story: Brad Kavanagh's version of Lego House (go listen to it on Youtube if you haven't done that yet. I love it) and Pretending from Glee, which is a very accurate song in the situation of these two.
I know I have given you three chapters of this story in the past week, but there is no way I can promise to keep that up. As long as I have vacation, I am going to try to do at least 2 a week and when I get back to school, I will try to write at least one chapter a week.
There may be something interesting for you guys in the Author's Note at the end of the chapter.
Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own House of Anubis. If I did, I totally would have given you guys Noa by now.
Chapter 3: Nina
I was really excited the next morning. I was going to spend the whole day with my best friend and not think about Fabian, what could possibly go wrong?
Just as I was about to leave my room, Amber came in, freshly showered. Wow, even better, it meant I didn't had to wait to get access to the bathroom.
"Can you get ready in half an hour?" She looked at me like my life was at stake if I didn't, which it probably was.
In less than fifteen minutes I was showered and dressed and ready for breakfast. Most of my housemates were already sitting at the table as I sat down on my usual spot at the head. Fabian was sitting on my left eating a pancake and Amber was on my right, drinking a cup of coffee. On Amber's right were Jerome and Mara talking about something. Mick, Alfie and Patricia were missing.
"Morning." I said as I took a croissant.
Fabian was the first one to reply "Morning" with my favorite smile on his face. I did love that smile and I was very well aware that my not-thinking-about-Fabian-plan was failing. I couldn't help but smile back, which cost me a kick under the table from Amber.
"Slept well?" He was still smiling. Why was he still smiling? That smile made it impossible for me to be upset about yesterday. It was like he had completely forgotten about it.
"I did actually." I knew I looked like a fool.
"Ready to go Neens?" Amber woke me from my daydream again. It was becoming a habit.
"Where are you going?" Fabian gave me a questioning look, which made sense, since I never really went anywhere without him on a Saturday.
"Amber and I are going shopping." I replied a bit too cheerful
"You can't be serious." I had completely forgotten about the presence of Mara and Jerome.
"I guess I am. Why?"
Jerome turned his chair in my direction. "Nina, Amber sees shopping as an Olympic sport and she won't rest until she's got a golden medal. You are never going to survive this shopping trip."
I ignored him, it couldn't be that bad.
v v v
It was so much worse.
Amber ran in and out of the shops like it was her last day on Earth, making me try on dress after dress and spending more money than imaginable. By noon we each had 5 bags and half of the shops to go. I was exhausted and hungry, so after a lot of begging we stopped at a small pub.
"So, what should I take?" I asked Amber as the waitress handed us the menus.
"Well," she started, "have you had any fish 'n chips since you arrived in England?"
I just gave her a confused look. Were there really people who ate fish and chips together?
"I'll take that as a 'no'" Amber ordered two of those fish and chips.
What I got was not what I expected. Fries and fish. What happened to the chips?
I must have had some weird expression on my face, because Amber answered the question before I asked it. "The fries, as you Americans call them, are the chips."
"So what do you call chips?"
"Crisps." She replied with a smile. This country was so weird.
We spent our lunch talking a bit more about the differences between English and American and after that we talked about our plans for the rest of the afternoon. Amber wanted to visit the shops we hadn't visited yet and I just agreed, it could never be as bad as it had been before lunch, at least I was prepared for it this time.
After Amber paid for lunch, she dragged me down to more shops. This time however, I found myself more enjoying it. I convinced Amber to slow down a bit so I could actually see the clothes and we started trying outfits on for fun.
When we left the last boutique I was exhausted but feeling better than ever. Amber had at least five more bags and I had two, more than I ever had before, but that was probably something that happened when you went shopping with Amber Millington.
v v v
While we were walking back, I had a weird feeling I couldn't quite place.
Amber was still walking next to me, rambling about something I stopped listening to half an hour earlier. So I walked in silence, or as much in silence as possible with Amber as company.
I looked over my shoulders a few times. I was being paranoid. But suddenly there she was. A woman with red hair, looking at me very intensely. A look that made me shiver. I called out Amber's name, but before Amber even turned around, the woman was already gone.
Who was this woman? And what was that vibe of negative energy I got from her?
"What is it Nina?" I heard my friend ask as I was dragged back to the present. "Is everything okay?"
"I just-" I cut myself off, I was being ridiculous. But Amber kept looking at me, waiting for the rest. I couldn't lie to her. "There was a woman standing there right behind us and watching us. I am probably being paranoid, but she kept looking at us and had all these negative energy coming off from her. Before you could even turn around, she was already gone."
Amber frowned as if she was actually thinking "What did she look like?"
"Red hair, mid-20's, average length. I know it's not much to go on."
She was still frowning, I was not used to her thinking-look. "I guess we'll just have to keep an eye out. Let's get back to the house now. I have a complete movie night planned to make this day even more amazing than it already was."
She once again managed to distract me, although her complete movie night would probably include watching the whole Twilight Saga, and I wasn't sure if I would be able to handle Amber and her Jacob-drooling.
I had been wrong about watching the Twilight Saga, she actually allowed me to choose the movies. I was very tempted to watch at least one Harry Potter movie, but instead I went with a few chick-flicks that would surely complete our day.
Halfway the third movie, I fell asleep.
The red-haired woman was looking at me again. Her green eyes spit fire. She kept saying my name, "Nina. Nina. Nina."
Suddenly a word appeared, out of nowhere, in a language I didn't understand: RoghnaĆtear.
The dream was over faster than it came, the voice of the woman carved in my mind.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
I want to try something new: I will send all my storyfollowers and reviewers a small spoiler from the next chapter as soon as I've written the first part of it.
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