Chapter 12 is dedicated: to everyone who favourited this story!

Author Note: There is no time change-it's just Nina and Fabian at the wedding all the way through.

Song: The Funeral by Band Of Horses

~*~12: House of Faces ;;part 2;; ~*~

"Nina?" Ryan whispered quietly to Nina, he held her hands in his. "Nina?" He asked again. Nina stood beside him, her eyes dazed as if she was day-dreaming. Nina blinked and realised that everybody had been waiting for her. The feel of Ryan's hands felt foreign and she gently moved her fingers . "Are you OK?" Ryan asked her squeezing her hands to stop her fingers from moving. "I'm fine." She responded looking at the crowd of people who had all sat back down-their comforting smiles gone. "Sorry I must have dazed off!" She apologized to the crowd that she no longer recognized.

The laughed and then the service continued.

Nina could still feel Fabian, she could feel his eyes staring at her, seeing through her and she was scared that he might see into her mind and what she was thinking about. What was she thinking about? She was thinking about him. "Nina you have to repeat your vows." Ryan tried to smile at Nina but she could feel his annoyance as he squeezed her hands harshly. Oh right-stop thinking about Fabian! And for a few minutes Nina Martin forgot about Fabian Rutter and said her vows.

Fabian sat in the back row, Eddie sat beside him and so did Jerome and Patricia. After graduating from the Academy, Jerome and Patricia started dating seriously. They moved to Canada and for Fabian this was the first time seeing them since Trudy's Birthday Party/ One Year Reunion. Jerome held Patricia's hand squeezing it every five seconds-they looked happy, they really did. But Fabian wasn't exactly paying attention to Jerome and Patricia but at Amber-he glared at her as she stood holding a bouquet of flowers staring at the ceiling.

You can't even look at them Amber, that's really pathetic. He thought to himself shaking his head. "Dude are you OK?" Eddie asked in a whisper as Nina said her vows. Fabian looked down to see that his fists were clenched tightly together and a frosty white color. He realeased them and between his clenched teeth he managed a response. "I'm-fine!" His statment ran cold as Ryan finished his own vows. I have to do something! I have to save Nina!

"Speak now or forever hold your peace." Nina held her breath and closed her eyes, she was just waiting for someone to interrupt-to speak out and say something. "Alright then-Nina Martin do you promise to take-?" Nina opened her eyes-nobody had said anything, everything was flowing as planned. She smiled-now she didn't have to force Fabian out of his thoughts, he already gone from her mind. "WAIT!" Fabian's voice nearly screamed. "I, uh-I-um...I PROTEST!" Oh please no!

Fabian stood up and Eddie smirked-this is what the blond American boy was waiting for. "I, uh-I-um...I PROTEST!" Fabian didn't break his stare from Nina, it was like she was the only one in the room and in Fabian's minds she was the most important. Jerome and Patricia dropped each others hands and joined in with everyone else by giving Fabian a horrified stare. Fabian was pretty sure that Ryan's mother screamed something like: "SECURITY!". The crowds shocked expressions turned to amused expressions as they watched Fabian's dumb-founded face blink repeatedly. "Excuse me." Fabian said to Jerome and Patricia as he went around their seats so he could stand at the aisle. "Nina Martin...I love you." He muttered the last part but everyone in the ballroom could hear the three words that slipped from Fabian's mouth.

Ryan dropped Nina's hands and she flinched as she felt them drop to her sides. She had waited for the longest time for Fabian to tell her that he loved her in front of people and it was bittersweet now. Why? Why had he chosen now to confess his true feelings; was he trying to hurt her? "Fabian I'm sorry that you weren't invited but I'm going to have to get securtiy to escort you out!" Ryan's voice was unrecognizable in Nina's ears. Instead of paying attention to him, Nina stared at Fabian. He was standing in the aisle and she felt like she was dreaming as he walked down the carpet towards her; she felt she was dreaming a nightmare.

"Shut up Ryan!" Fabian snarled as he continued walking towards Nina. She was pretty sure that she heard Eddie make a cheering noise when Fabian said shut up. Somebody say something! Somebody do something! All Nina wanted was the attention to be off her and she felt betrayed as the crowd stared at her in awe. Fabian stopped in his tracks, pulled out his phone and showed the crowd the screen. "Ryan here was seeing Amber. He was using Nina's account so that nobody would suspect that it was him...they had been seeing each other since Nina first told Amber about her new boyfriend...seven years ago!" Fabian waved the phone around like a prize, like he had won some game.

Fabian hadn't shown Nina the message earlier, all he had done was tell her about what Ryan and Amber had been doing. Watching the cell phone screen made it all too real.

Fabian held his phone in his hand. "He doesn't love you Nina, I would never lie to you so why would I lie know? Please you know it's true-don't make a mistake that you will regret." Fabian felt like his knees were weak, he would collapse any second-he wanted to, if he collapsed then everything would go away. "Fabian don't make me repeat myself, you need to leave now-you weren't invited!" The crowd agreed with Ryan and the sound of their clapping and cheering filled Fabian's ears and he was now sure that he was going to pass out.

"STOP!" Nina spoke out, it was the first time she had really said anything. "Amber," Nina turned from Ryan to Amber who was blinking without pause. "If anybody can set this straight it's you Amber, were you seeing...Ryan?" Amber's silence answered the bitter question. "No." Nina covered her mouth, she felt sick and it wasn't about what was going on but she really felt sick. "No!" She repeated but it didn't sound like she was shocked, more like she was trying to convince herself. "No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!" Nina watched Amber begin to cry. "Nina you don't understand, I wasn't going behind your back, I loved Ryan and because I did I trusted him and he fooled me as much as he fooled you..." Amber trailed off droping the flowers and clutching her stomach.

"Amber Millington," Nina said softly. "I hate you...I hate you so much, just get out of here. Just go." Nina voice remained soft and her calmness stabbed Amber repeatedly in the chest. Nina turned to Ryan. "I hate you Ryan and you don't have to leave because this is your family's property but in a minute I'm going to leave and your not going to follow, you can get your stuff tommorow." Nina coughed and Ryan stared at her. "Baby I made a few mistakes but you have to-!" Ryan stopped. "I'm not going to drive here and drop your stuff off, you can come back to my apartment and your stuff will be in the lobby. It was nice knowing you."

Fabian smiled, this is what he wanted-the truth to be finally heard.

"Don't you smile...you are in it just as they are," Nina then turned to Fabian. "You came here to hurt me and now you did; are you happy because I'm not. I hate you Fabian Rutter."