Nina POV

"Nina?"

"Fabian?"

"Oh Nina, its you!"

We both let the books in our hands fall to the floor and pull each other into some wild, crazy bear hug, that probably looked more like a tackle to anyone walking past. We seemed to stay like this forever.

Fabian is here. My Fabian.

We finally pulled away from each other and stared at each other in an awkward silence of disbelief. He was smiling so wide and crazy, he looked like the Joker from Batman. I bet I looked the same way.

"Fabian! What are doing here?" I asked, breaking the silence with the only thought running through my brain.

"I... um... I... well... I"

He seemed to be having trouble finishing his sentence. I don't blame him. I'm surprised I was able to speak a whole sentence without tripping over my tongue.

"I go here" He finally blurted out.

"Really? Me too!"

Duh, Nina. Why do I have such a talent for acting like a total idiot?

"What classes are you taking?" asked Fabian as we got up from our hands and knees. I made sure to lean on the bookshelf when I stood up. I didn't know if I should trust my legs, which currently felt like jello.

"Ancient Egyptian Studies. What about you?"

"No way! I'm taking Egyptian History! We probably keep just barely missing each other!"

Imagine, all this time Fabian's been right here and I never knew it.

"This is so weird! What are the chances of us both being here?"

I'm assuming it's just luck that we're both here. I mean, I don't expect Fabian came all this way hoping I hadn't changed my mind about where I wanted to go to college. There's no way.

And what about Mara?

My Fabian-Mara thought spiral distracted me for a few minutes until I realised there was another awkward silence.

It's kinda sad actually. We used to be best friends, there was nothing we couldn't talk to each other about. But now, so much has happened. I know the reason we're this awkward around each other is my fault. I'm the one who chose to leave things like this.

But I don't want things to stay like this.

"So, um, I have a huge test tomorrow that I should be studying for but screw it, do you want to go get coffee or something to catch up?" I blurted before I lost my nerve.

There was a pause and I wanted to die. Or at least let the earth open up and swallow me whole.

He didn't want to catch up with me. Or he had a girlfriend. Or he had way more fun in his senior year solving the Sibuna mystery without me. Or he was angry about how I left.

Or he didn't care. About me. Or us. Or-

"Definitely." He answered with a huge grin.