"She`s waking up. She keeps calling for her friends."
Nina and Jasper gave a start.
"Is she? Can we see her?"
They said "Will it stop you from pestering us?"
"Yes!"
They led them to Trudy. Nina almost broke down. Trudy was lay, half asleep.
"Trudy?"
"Jasper?"
"What happened?"
"This guy in a cloak stabbed me."
Jasper looked like he wanted to cry.
"The Collector. He hurt you?"
"I don`t know. But I know that he could`ve hurt our baby."
"I hope not."
"Me, too."
Tears fell down Nina`s face.
"Trudy, I hope you`ll be OK."
"Oh, Nina! You know me, a fighter."
Trudy gave a giggle at that, just like her self.
Jasper said "I love you, sweetheart. You`re so funny, even when you`re hurt."
"I`m with you, I`m never hurt around you."
A doctor came in.
"Miss Rehman, good news."
"Go ahead."
"Your baby`s perfectly fine."
Trudy smiled happily, Jasper hugged her. Nina laughed delightedly.
(Back at Anubis.)
Nina and Jasper walked into the living room.
Mara and Jerome gasped as the two came in.
"Nina? How is Trudy?"
Nina sobbed. Fabian walked to her and hugged her.
"Don`t cry, Nina."
"She`s OK. But I`m not. My Gran being dead and you going to college next week."
"No, I`m not. I had it postponed, then we can go together."
"What?"
"You heard me. We`re going to college together."
They kissed, happier than they`d ever been.
Patricia and Eddie were hiding in the empty Frobisher library, kissing.
"Patricia, I want to ask you something."
"Go on then."
"Patricia Leigh Williamson, will you marry me?"
Patricia was stunned.
"Yeah, I will."
They kissed.
Amber and Alfie were searching Amber`s wardrobe.
"Do you really need all this, Ambs?"
"Yes, of course."
"I`ll take your word for it."
"Have you ever considered getting married?"
"Yeah, I have. I`ve also wondered why Trudy has slept more and ate loads of M&Ms."
"Has she? Isn`t she in hospital?"
"Yeah, poor thing."
"What happened?"
"Dunno, just saw her lay on the floor, like she`d been stabbed."
Jerome and Mara were curled in the attic.
"So, what`s it like for you without Vera?"
"Like heaven. She tried to get me expelled, remember?"
"Yeah, I remember. Mara, I love you. I was wondering if, one day, you`d like to...y`know, get married?"
"Yeah, I would."
They cuddled up close.
Mick and Joy were kicking a ball about on the green. They had been kicking it about ever since that morning.
"Mick, my legs are hurting."
"Oh, OK. We`ll have a water break. I`m parched. I brought apples, y`know, for a snack."
"Mick Campbell, I love you."
"I love you, too, Joy. Tell you something. Your name is exactly what you bring me."
"Aww, you`re so sweet!"
They ate their apples, smiling at each other, sipping water.
"It`s so much fun to be dating an athlete. I`ve never felt this fit in my life."
"Well, that`s what you get, dating me. But I`m glad to be dating such a beautiful journalist. You`re the most entertaining girl I`ve ever dated."
They finished off their apples, then Joy said "Race you to the football pitch."
They started running.
Back in Anubis.
Fabina were curled on Nina`s bed.
"Nina, I feel so worried. Trudy`s dating Jasper. If she dies, it`ll break his heart."
"I think it`ll break everyone`s. Well, I don`t know if it`ll break Victor`s."
"Does he even have a heart? He hates Trudy."
"He still wouldn`t want her dead. I know he has a heart, every human does."
"That relies on him being human, doesn`t it?"
"Ha ha, very funny(!) But yeah, I guess it does."
They laughed, Nina a little shrilly.
"Nins, I just wanted to know, will you marry me?"
"Yes."
They smiled, then leaned together for a kiss.
(Next day: Hospital)
Trudy and Jasper sit in the little room.
"I`m still worried, Trudes."
"Yeah, me too."
"It`s you who really worries me. You mean everything to me."
"Aw, my darling. The doctor told me I`ll be fine, home by next week, latest. I just have to take it easy for a bit. It`s really the baby we need to be worried about. I`m not really supposed to be able to have babies."
"I know. Trudy, I`ve been thinking. We should get our own place, a little two-bedroom flat."
"You know we can`t do that. I can`t just say 'I quit. I`m going to live with my boyfriend and raise a family while you lot suffer.'"
"I`m not expecting you to. I just think, maybe that`d be easier on everyone."
"Except the students and Victor."
"They could get a new housemother."
"I see where you`re coming from. I suppose we could try that."
"There is one other thing."
"Oh? What is it?"
"Trudy, will you be my wife?"
Trudy smiled softly at him.
"Yes."
He took hold of her hand and slipped a ring on her finger.
"I love you, my Trudy."
"I love you, too, my Jasper."
They leaned together for a kiss.
(In the school grounds.)
Victor was walking.
He felt like he was being watched.
A slight movement in the shadows.
"Hello? Is anybody there?"
The thought of being watched unnerved him.
A blonde woman stepped out, thinner than the last time they had met, bruised and scratched. Her hair was a greasy tangle and her clothes were ripped. But he couldn`t mistake the woman.
"Vera?"
"Yes, Victor. I`m sorry, did I startle you?"
"Not at all. What happened?"
"Rufus happened."
"He`s dead, isn`t he?"
"No, his twin is. He was just as twisted and warped as his brother. Rufus did this."
"Oh, my God. He`s starved you and beat you?"
"Mmm. He told me that if I didn`t injure Trudy, he`d kill me. I guess he wants her dead because of what she knows. I wish I hadn`t hurt her, she`s so sweet. I wish I`d just died for her. Do you know what I mean?"
"Yeah. She`s nice, but a bit naive. She would never have done all what you did. She`s got the plotting brains of a newborn baby."
"Oh, I know. But still. She whispered something to me, trying to stop me but I was so scared, I still did it. I feel so bad."
"Oh, Vera. I`m not sure what to say. I`ve had Miss Jaffray cooking as... between you and me... I`m not much of a cook."
Vera smiled faintly. "You`ve relied on a woman, that`s why. Maybe we should give you cookery lessons?"
"Me? Oh, no, I`d set the place on fire."
Vera giggled.
"With a bit of practice, you won`t be too bad."
Victor smiled at Vera.
"Come back to Anubis, my dear. We`ll sort you out with some food and a bed. You look like you need it."
They walked back, linked together.
But a cloaked figure watched them go...
Sorry if that truly wasn`t worth the wait. I`m going to write the weddings out soon. Can someone P.M me what a real wedding`s like? Thanks! Please R&R, and if you have any ideas, tell me! Thanks for reading. Random Dizzy. :D
