Give a little time to me,

we'll burn this out.

We'll play hide and seek

to turn this around! - Ed Sheeran

New chapter! I'm really into this story, so I think I'll be updating a lot. This also means the story is going to be over fairly soon, probably in the next few chapters. Well, I hope you guys like this, and look out at the bottom for some answers and shout outs! :) - Sydney

Morning came too quickly. I hadn't gotten any sleep, and I fought to keep myself awake all through breakfast.

"Fabes, are you okay?" Joy asked me.

"Yeah, I just didn't get much sleep." I told her. Guilt was burning a hole in my gut.

"Alright." my 'girlfriend' said. She kissed my cheek and skipped off to class.

"What did you get yourself into, Fabian?" I muttered when she was gone.

Throughout the day, Joy was happier than I'd seen her in a while. I felt absolutely terrible knowing I would erase that happiness in just a few hours. Once I told her what I needed to, her smile would drop like my heart when I saw her sadness. And I hated that about myself.

In an attempt to make Joy smile a bit longer (I really did love seeing her smile), I set up a romantic picnic lunch outside. I met her by her locker, and grabbed her hand without saying a word.

"Where are we going?" Joy giggled. I kept silent, a wide smile spreading on my face.

"And here we are." I announced when we reached the picnic. I had set it up in the perfect spot: half of the blanket was shady and half was sunny.

"Oh, Fabian! It's lovely." the small girl squealed. We sat down and I pulled out sandwiches, grapes, and cans of cola.

"Okay, ready?" Joy laughed, plucking a few grapes off of the vine.

"Yeah, go!" I moved back onto the grass and opened my mouth as Joy threw grapes at me. I caught four and shouted triumphantly, causing Joy to collapse onto the blanket in fits of giggles. I fell down and laughed with her, our voices becoming quieter as we laughed harder. Nothing was particularly funny, it just felt good to laugh with her. Suddenly, the bell rang.

"Oh my gosh, we have to get to class!" Joy shouted, still laughing in between her words.

"Right." I agreed, gathering up the blanket and basket to shove in my locker. We ran as fast as we could into the building, and into Mr. Sweet's class.

"Thanks for that, Fabes." Joy said as we sat down. I could tell she was sincere.

"Anytime, Joybells." I laughed. She grinned like mad, recognizing the pet name I had made up for her years earlier.

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That night, I was supposed to tell Joy what I needed to. My plan had been to catch her when she was alone, apologize profusely (I was terribly sorry, honestly), and explain what happened. But I found myself putting it off, even if she was alone in her room, or the kitchen, or the hallway. I just couldn't do it.

So instead of me breaking up with her, we watched a movie with all of the house mates. We all decided to watch "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2". Most of the boys complained, having seen the film a million times over, but the girls wanted to drool over how "hot" Neville was, and talk about how they would've never thought he would end up the hottest, even though they'd discussed it before. But since we boys wanted to make our girlfriends happy, we obliged and ended up watching Harry Potter.

"Go, Neville, GO!" Patricia screamed at the tv.

"Wow Hermione." Eddie taunted, poking his girlfriend in the sides. Patricia rolled her eyes and turned her focus towards the movie, flashing Eddie a quick, flirty smile.

"Aw yes, off with the head!" Mara laughed. Everyone turned to stare at her, never even thinking Mara could like that part.

"What? It IS the best part of the film!" she defended.

"I love you more every day." Jerome whispered a bit too loudly. Amber awed.

"You're so cute!" she squealed as Mara blushed. Jerome looked satisfied.

"Guys, shut up!" Alfie yelled, shoving caramel popcorn in his mouth.

"Alfie!" Amber whined.

"What?" he asked, honestly perplexed at her disgust.

"You're going to choke, boo." she offered kindly. Alfie nodded in understanding, but looked slightly annoyed.

LINE BREAK

By the time the film was over, we were exhausted. Alfie had fallen asleep on a couch from the amount of sugar he ate, Patricia was fighting to keep her eyes open, Eddie had already retired to bed, and Joy was asleep on the other couch.

"Come on guys, let's get to bed." Mara yawned. Everyone nodded in agreement, and started getting up.

"Alfie, wake up!" Amber whisper-shouted, shaking the boy.

"What, what?" he frantically asked when he woke up.

"Bed." the blonde girl answered.

"Right." Alfie said, getting up and heading to his room.

"Fabian, wake Joy up please!" Patricia told me.

"Sure." I responded, letting Patricia get her sleep.

I started to wake her up, but she looked so innocent, and I couldn't bring myself to do it, much like I couldn't bring myself to break up with her. Instead, I reached down and scooped her up bridal style, carrying her up the stairs with ease since she was so light. In her room, I laid her down and covered her with the blanket.

"Goodnight, Joybells." I whispered, kissing her head softly.

All I want

is the taste that your lips allow!

My my, my my,

oh give me love.

Okay, so I couldn't wait until tomorrow to post this. I hope you guys liked it, I tried to give my Jabian-shipping readers something to smile about. :) Honestly, I absolutely loved writing about Jabian! I still can't really get off of the Fabina ship, but we'll see what happens later on in the season that can change my mind. I actually really like Jabian happening in this story though, and now I can't decide whether or not to continue that. Your opinions please? Jabian or no Jabian? - Sydney

Guest: I know, I love Fabina too, but I can't decide now!

And a shout out goes to bs13 for reading and reviewing! :)