Sibuna
A/N: I just want to apologize for the short Chapters. I PROMISE it's not out of laziness, I already have this written up to Chapter Eight, and the whole thing is ten pages long and counting. I shouldn't have separated Double Blow and Go Fish, and I'm sorry. This chapter is one of the longer ones, so enjoy! Oh, I also want to send a HUGE shout-out to all ya'll reviewers, especially MartyMuarry and Jessewrite. Everytime I see a review, I get all warm and fuzzy inside!
Nina's POV.
We went downstairs and watched a nature show for an hour or so, until Fabian offered to teach me how to play Chess. So we played Chess until the rest of the house came home from school, and I went upstairs to pack my things. Trudy walked in halfway through.
"Nina, sweetie." She said, and I turned around.
"Yes?" I answered.
"You'll go to America for your Grandmother's funeral, and then meet with a foster care counselor. Your scholarship needs a parent or legal guardian's signature in 2 weeks' time, so once you meet your new parents, they could still let you go here." Trudy said, and came over and gave me a hug. "The school won't give your spot up for 2 weeks."
"Thanks Trudy," I whispered, because regular words couldn't get past the block in my throat.
"It'll be okay sweetie. I'm sure your new family would want you to go here." She said, holding me tightly, and then released me.
I just nodded, and Trudy silently started picking things off my shelves and putting them into suitcases, only talking to ask where something went. She carried my trunks downstairs to be shipped, and called me a cab to the airport. I went into the common room, where the whole house was waiting. A cake was on the table, and there were balloons and streamers. I immediately was greeted and hugged, hands grasped and goodbyes said. By the end of all the confusion, a little time with each friend, a lot of time with Amber, I stood in front of a room that just contained the Sibuna gang.
"Listen guys, if I don't come back," I started, but Patricia interrupted me.
"You will come back Nina. If you don't, we'll work it out then." She said fircely.
"Yeah Neens." Amber said, sniffling a bit. "You'll come back." Alfie put his arm around her.
"Sibuna?" I said, lifting my hand to cover my right eye.
"Sibuna." They all said back, covering their right eyes as well.
It was kind of like a final tribute, or a salute. Tears welled up in my eyes, and Fabian came forward.
"Okay guys, let's go." Patricia said, ushering Alfie and a sobbing Amber out of the room.
Fabian looked at me, and I looked at him. This could be the last time I saw him, ever.
"Goodbye Nina," he said, pulling me close, and tears rolled down this face.
"Bye Fabian" I answered and our foreheads were touching. Fabian's lips were so close, too close, and then they were touching. And I loved it, cherished it and they stayed together until I heard the cab pulling up, and we broke apart.
"See ya, Fabian" I said, smiling, even though tears were rolling down my face, even though inside I was dying.
"Goodbye Nina," he said, and gave me an awkward smile as tears silently fell down his face. And so I picked up my bags, and walked out the door. Walked to an unknown future, and as the cab drove away, I took a last look at the house that had changed my life in a good way, where I had met my first love, where I had become a hero; the house that I might never see again.
