A/N So, I got back from karate today and it's going pretty sound so far, but I'm not tired at the moment, so I'm going to stay up and update as many stories as possible.
Disclaimer: I do not own House of Anubis.
Nina's POV
Okay, so I may have ditched school, but it was for a good cause, right? Amber wasn't too impressed with me, but she allowed it. I mean who would want to walk around with someone with a gigantic hickey on their neck, or might get you ill.
I was still in Jerome's room even after school had finished. Everyone was in their own rooms, probably doing homework. But Alfie wasn't here, who could blame him though? He wouldn't want to get sick.
"Hey Nina" Jerome turned my face towards him. "How about when I get out of this room and I'm back on my feet, we go see a movie?"
"Yeah sure" I completely turned over to face him. "On one condition. I get to choose the film"
"Oh" He breathed deeply. "That is a hard thing to agree on"
"Don't be stupid Jerome" I smiled at him. He lifted my chin and kissed my lips. I'm still a little bit ill, and I gave Jerome the illness, so surely my immune system could fight off all of the micro-organisms. See I do listen in Science.
"Fine" He grinned at me. "I give in"
"Good. So swing by my room, tomorrow, at eight?" I got out of his bed.
"I won't be late" He grabbed my arm. "But do you have to go now?"
"Yes" I sighed. "But I'll come back in a little while, okay?"
"Okay"
Jerome's POV
After Nina left my room, I threw the hot water bottle into my closet and got out of bed. I looked into the mirror and looked like myself again, tall blonde and cute. Sounds cocky, I know, but I actually looked better now than I have in a long time, excluding the lipstick smudge on my face. Upon entering my bathroom, I decided to take another shower.
Once I exited the shower I put a towel around my lower half and sat on my bed.
"Hey, sorry I just forgot my" Nina said entering my room. "Whoa"
"Sorry, I didn't expect you coming in here" I stood up.
"Oh" She took another peek and decided to keep facing me. "But since when did you have abs?"
"Since I was 12" I sat back down.
"Right" She picked up her phone. "Well I need to go, bye Jerome"
"Bye" I waved after her.
I stood up once more and looked in the mirror. My torso was pretty muscular. Did Nina like it? Or didn't she? Well I'll just catch her later and ask her. But I can't do that, it would be too awkward. Jerome Clarke, since when have you given a damn about what others thought of you? Never, didn't think so. But I had to know, it was killing me from inside out, slowly and painfully.
Nina's POV
I ran out of his room, and slammed the door behind me. I smiled to myself, remembering Jerome's body. That was a Six-Pack worth drooling over. I mean seriously.
"Hey" Fabian bumped into me. Well I bumped into him. "Sorry"
"Sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you" I mumbled.
"Don't worry about it" He smiled. "So are you and Jerome, like an item?"
"To be honest" I took a deep breath. "Yeah, I think we are, and if not we will be tomorrow"
"Oh" He sighed and looked down. "I guess I'll just throw this away then" He took some flowers and a card out from his back.
"Oh" I looked down. "Fabian…"
"No, no it's fine" He walked away.
"Fabian wait" I called after him. But he continued to walk away.
I walked up to mine and Amber's room, and it was empty, surprisingly. I took advantage of whatever peace and quiet I was going to have and lay down on my bed and snuggled my pillow. I think I might have actually had a minute of sleep before being interrogated by Amber.
"Nina!" She screamed in my ear.
"Amber!" I screamed back at her.
"Why did you ditch me in Drama today, I had to partner up with Fabian" She groaned. "Speaking of, did you get his little surprise?"
"Um, yeah" I rubbed the back of my neck. "I guess I did"
"Well, I told him I was a genius" She shrieked. "So when are you two getting back with each other?"
"What do you mean?" I looked at her. "You told him to do that?"
"Well" She rolled her eyes. "You're not seriously going to stay with Jerome?"
"I don't know" I sighed. "Maybe, I really like him, and Fabian, well that whole thing happened between us"
"So you're going to stay as Jerina, not Fabina?" She asked.
"Yes, Jerina" I nodded and with that she left the room.
Jerome's POV
On my way up to Nina's room, I was stopped by a patrolling Amber.
"No, you're not going in there" She halted me.
"Why not?" I stuck my bottom lip out. "Is Amber upset?"
"This is no time for jokes" She started to cry. "Actually, go ahead, can you tell her I said sorry?"
"Sure" I lowered my eyebrows. "Why not…"
As I entered the room, Nina was crying into her pillow.
"Knock Knock" I said as I closed the door.
"Go away!" She shouted at me.
"Now that's not the Nina Martin I know" I said dodging a pillow. "And neither is that" I pointed to the pillow.
She laughed a little and turned over to face me.
"What do you want Jerome" She wiped her eyes. "Did Amber send you?"
"No" I walked towards her. "But she told me to tell her she was sorry"
"Really?" She sat up in disbelief.
"Yes, yes" I sat down next to her and she rested her head on my shoulder. "It doesn't sound like Amber, but she was actually crying"
"Jerome" She turned to face me. "Do you think I was wrong about all of this? That we weren't meant to be, no one likes us together, they only like 'Fabina' and 'Jara'" She started sobbing.
"Look, I promise you that they prefer us to be with others. But it's you that I love Nina, not Mara." I pulled her into a tight embrace and inhaled her scent.
"And I love you Jerome, but I don't know about Fabian" She mumbled into my chest. "Like he was going to ask me back out this morning and he was so sincere, which made me start to believe him, but then I found out Amber set him up. I just don't know what to feel anymore" She started bawling like a baby.
"I promise, I'll never do that to you" I lifted her chin to meet mine. "I'll always be here for you, no matter what happens. I love you." I kissed her forehead.