Chapter 4

Around midnight, Eddie pokes Nina in the ribs. "Nina? Nina? Are you up?"

Nina groans and rolls over, so she's facing Eddie. "Yeah. I can't go to sleep. Why are you up?"

Eddie nods. "I can't go to sleep, either." He glances at Carter and decides to ask Nina something, if she'll let him. "Nina, can I ask you a sort of personal question?"

"Sure, Eddie."

Eddie hesitates a little. "Who's Carter's dad?"

Nina's eyes widen in the dark room. She's glad that Eddie can't see her face right now. "Fabian."

"What!? Fabian got you pregnant and left!? What was wrong with him!?"

Nina sighs and puts her hand on Eddie's arm. "Calm down, Eddie. It's okay. Fabian's married now, and he has two beautiful baby girls."

Eddie clenches his fists. "I can't calm down! He left you when you were pregnant! I thought that it was Fabian forever!"

Nina's eyes fill with tears. "I did, too, but I guess not."

Eddie sighs and wraps his arms around Nina in the dark. "It's okay, Nina. I never thought that I would say this, but Fabian's a dumbass. He left you. You! A smart, sweet, nice, and beautiful woman. He made the biggest mistake of his life when he did that. He's missing out on you and an amazing little boy. He could have had what some people wish and long for every single day. He is so stupid."

Nina blushes, and, once again, she's glad that Eddie can't see her face in the dark. "Thank you, Eddie. I needed to hear that." She sniffles and decides to ask him a rather personal question, too. "What happened to Patricia? I thought that you two would have that love slash hate relationship forever."

Eddie sighs and tightens his grip on Nina a little. He doesn't want to lose it in front of her. He decides to tell her.

Eddie looks at Patricia and smiles. "Which colleges are you applying for, Yacker?"

Patricia shrugs. "I was thinking about the University of New York, Yale, or Oxford."

Eddie nods and contemplates the colleges. "I was thinking about the University of New York and the University of California. I'm not an Oxford or a Yale guy."

"Okay. I'll apply for the University of California, too."

Eddie smiles. "Awesome!"

Patricia grabs Eddie's collar and kisses him. She deepens it when she feels him kissing her back. She starts to unbutton his shirt, and she throws it across the room. She wants to go all the way.

Eddie pulls away and holds his hands out. "Yacker, what are you doing?"

Patricia smiles seductively and gets in Eddie's face. "Going all the way." She kisses him again.

Eddie gets up quickly and puts his shirt back on. "I'm not going all the way, Yacker. I thought that we were just having a heated make-out session or something. I don't wanna go all the way."

Patricia scoffs and pushes Eddie back. He stumbles, and she smirks. "Are you scared, Weasel? Huh? Why don't you want to go all the way? Do you even like me?"

Eddie sighs. He wants to push Patricia back so bad, but he isn't going to. His mother raised him to be better than that. "Actually, I don't like you anymore. I don't like your attitude sometimes, how you treat my family, how you treat me, and how you treat our friends! I don't like any of that! I actually stopped liking you during the summer, even before you broke up with me. I was so happy when you did. But, when you started liking me again in the middle of the school year, I felt sorry for you because I didn't like you back, but I went out with you, anyway."

Patricia slaps Eddie on the face. "You bastard! I'm breaking up with you right now!"

Eddie huffs. "I already did, Patrica, and this is the last time, too. I'm done with you, and you're not crawling back to me. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. Goodbye."

Patricia slaps Eddie again and stomps out of his room. She's never talking to him again.

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Eddie sighs as he finishes his story. "We haven't talked to each other since then, but I know that she's married and has a boy and girl because Amber told me."

"Wow. That was an intense Peddie fight. It's probably the worst one that I've heard about."

Eddie nods with his eyebrows raised. "It was the worst and the last. I'm glad that I let her go when I did. Patricia was a pain in the ass."

Nina laughs. "She kind of was, but I put up with it."

Eddie laughs, too. "I'm surprised that I made it for as long as I did." He checks the time on his phone and yawns. "It's 1:30."

Nina yawns, too, and leans back in the recliner that her and Eddie are laying in. "We've been talking for an hour and a half. It feels like a few minutes."

Eddie nods in agreement and looks down at Nina. He squints and makes out her face in the dark. Her eyes are closed, and her lips are puckered. He chuckles to himself. "I'm going to bed, Nina. Goodnight."

Nina rolls over again and wraps her arms around Eddie's waist. She doesn't say anything.

Eddie smiles and kisses Nina on the forehead. He's glad that he lost his apartment.

Hey, guys! This chapter was pretty crappy and a little fluffy, but oh well! I hope you liked it! Please continue to review, follow, and favorite! I love you! (:
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