Chapter 3
Eddie helps Nina over to her bed and they sit down. He looks at her and runs a hand through his hair. "How are you that sick, Nina? You were perfectly fine an hour ago. How can someone get sick that damn fast!? That's impossible!"
Nina shrugs and shakes her head. "I don't know, Eddie. Maybe it's some Chosen One thing or something."
Eddie dials a number on his phone and smiles when whoever it is picks up. "Where are you, Fabian?"
"I'm in my room with Patricia, Alfie, and Amber. We are going to read Chapter 10 in a few minutes. Where are you?"
"I'm in Nina's room with her. She suddenly turned really sick about an hour ago. She has a high fever, she's like vampire pale, and she can't even walk by herself."
"What!? I'm coming up there right now!"
Eddie takes the phone off of his ear while Fabian yells. "Relax, dude. I can take care of Nina. You guys read Chapter 10, then call me. Nina is fine with me, Fabian. Trust me."
"Fine, but right after we read that chapter, I'm coming to check on her!"
Eddie chuckles. "That's fine, Fabian. Bye."
Nina lays down on her bed and looks at the ceiling. "Have they read the chapter yet?"
Eddie lays down beside her and crosses his arms over her chest. "No. they were going to right when I called. By the way, Fabian is really worried about you."
Nina laughs and crosses her arms behind her head. "I know. I heard him yelling when you pulled your phone away from your ear."
Eddie laughs. He rolls over and looks at Nina very seriously. "Listen, Nina. Fabian said that he was really sorry about kissing Joy. He said he wanted to go out with you again."
Nina laughs coldly and shakes her head. "I'm never going out with him again. He cheated on me! He's lucky I'm still friends with him. Besides, I like someone else, and I'm not telling you."
Eddie sighs. "That's fine with me, but he won't shut up about it. He talks about how sorry he is all the time, and it's starting to piss me off."
"I'm sorry, but I'm not going out with him again. He's made to many mistakes, Eddie." A tear runs down her face. "I've gave him to many second chances."
Eddie wraps his arms around Nina and rubs her back soothingly. "I know, Nins. I'm so sorry. He doesn't deserve someone as amazing and beautiful as you are."
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Fabian looks at Patricia, Amber, and Alfie. "Are you guys ready?"
Everyone nods.
Fabian takes the first page off of the pile and starts to read the one underneath it. He gets halfway down the page and stops. He looks at all of the pages with his mouth agape. "All of the pages are completely blank!"
Patricia hands him a pencil off of his beside table. "Here. Rub that pencil across the paper to see if it reveals the chapter."
Fabian scribbles on some of the papers, and nothing happens. "Nina and Eddie were right. Maybe Victor and are onto us. Maybe this chapter is a decoy."
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Nina sniffles and buries her head in Eddie's chest. "Thanks, Eddie. I really needed that"
Eddie kisses the top of Nina's head. "You're welcome, Nina."
Nina slowly drifts off to sleep and Eddie chuckles quietly. "Come in," he calls quietly when he hears a knock on the door.
Fabian and the others burst into the room, anxious to see Nina and to tell the news.
"Be quiet, guys. Nina's asleep," Eddie tells them in a hushed voice.
Alfie hands Eddie Chapter 10. "It's completely blank, dude! Fabian even tried to do the pencil thing, and it still didn't work!"
Amber hits Alfie on the back. "Shut up, Alfie. You're going to wake Nina up."
Eddie flips through the pages. "How can they all be blank?"
Fabian shrugs. "I don't know, but I think that you and Nina were right. Maybe that is a decoy and Victor and are onto us."
Eddie puts the chapter on Nina's bedside table and smirks. "I can drop tiny hints about it to dad tomorrow. We're eating Chinese in his office."
Patricia smiles. "Fabian, Amber, Alfie, and I can go ask Victor. We can say that we need it for a project, but a chapter is missing. He might tell us something."
Eddie nods and gets off of Nina's bed. "Great. I'll stay with Nina until Trudy gets back. She went out to get Nina some medicine."
Fabian, Patricia, Alfie, and Amber leave, and Eddie sits on Amber's bed. He looks across the room at Nina, sighs, and runs a hand through his hair.
Hey, guys! I hope you liked this chapter! I'm not sure about which couples I'm going to have so please give me some suggestions! Please review, follow, and favorite! :)
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