Chapter Fourteen

Nina woke up with a gasp realizing that she slept soundly for seven hours and she was not finished with half of the script. She rushed to the laptop waking the sleeping Amber in the process.

"What time is it?" Amber asked as she yawned.

"6:30," Nina replied as she turned on the computer and was relieved to see that she had saved the file. Nina suddenly remembered that she slept in front of the computer. "Hey, Ambs, do you know how I got on my bed?"

Amber shrugged as she looked around the room and was surprised that her camera was beside the laptop. "Nina, did you use my camera?" She hurried to the table and turned it on only to see pictures of Fabian carrying Nina onto her bed. Amber smiled but the smile quickly disappeared when she thought that she didn't know who the mystery photographer is. Amber glanced back at Nina who frowned at the laptop but smiled afterwards. "What's up?" Amber grinned.

"It's Fabian," Nina smiled happily. "He continued the script and so I'm half done with it."

"How do you know it's him?" Amber looked suspicious.

"He left a note," Nina pointed at the screen where a post it says 'Take care of your body. –Fabian.'

Amber squealed and quickly took a picture of the note and skipped out of the room leaving Nina to take a bath first. Amber, on the other hand, skipped to Mick and Fabian's room to talk to Mick. She knocked on the door.

"Come in!" Fabian answered as he got off the bed.

Amber entered the room. "'Morning, Fabian," she grinned at the boy. "It's nice of you to tuck Nina into bed last night."

"You were awake?" Fabian asked wide-eyed.

"No," Amber shook her head. "I just got a tip." She winked. "So, have you seen Mick?"

"He's in Mara's room," Fabian yawned.

"What are they doing at this time?" Amber asked suspiciously to herself as she left Fabian and headed towards Patricia and Mara's room. "'Morning!" Amber slammed the door open for an element of surprise. There she saw Patricia and Jerome snogging. "Oops."

"Ever heard of knocking, Amber?" Jerome asked the embarrassed girl.

"Have you seen Mickara?" Amber asked them.

They both shrugged. "Try the kitchen or dining room."

"Hey," Amber suddenly said before leaving the room. "Both of you haven't touched my camera, right?"

"No, why do you ask?" Patricia replied.

"Someone took a picture of Fabian carrying Nina to bed about midnight and I don't know who," Amber showed them the photo for proof.

"Maybe it's Mick," Patricia suggested.

"That's what I thought," Amber said. "He's Fabian's roommate so maybe he saw him leaving but the thing that puzzles me is how he got my camera. I mean, he must've gotten the camera beforehand and took the picture from the door, right?"

"Maybe it's the ghost of Anubis," Jerome wagged his brows.

"Not helping," Amber closed the door and looked for Mick in the kitchen where he was eating breakfast with Mara.

"You're early," Mick pointed out.

"Yes, I am," Amber replied. "Anyway, I've been looking everywhere for you!"

"You have?" Mick looked confused. "Why?"

"Someone took this picture," Amber showed them the photo from her digital camera. "Is it perhaps, you? I mean, you are his roommate and you must've heard him leave the room."

'Actually, Amber," Mick confessed. "I didn't. How about you Mara?"

Mara shook her head in reply.

Amber left the kitchen and soon, she was left with a mystery unsolved when both Alfie and Joy denied that they took the picture. Amber knew that Alfie wouldn't lie nor would Joy who obviously was against the affair. Mick, Mara and Patricia also had no reason to lie and Jerome would have been proud to reveal his plans to the gang.

Amber still looked puzzled when she returned to her own room where Nina was already dressed and still focused on the script.

"I'll take a bath now," Amber announced as she left the camera in her bag and grabbed her things to the bathroom.

"Sure," Nina replied absentmindedly as she tried to finish the second half of her script.

Nina continued to word on the script with no progress and she only took her mind off the script after breakfast when she noticed Joy and Fabian talking together under the pine tree. In Nina's eyes, it looks like it's Joy and Fabian who are the couple not her and Fabian.

Amber, who was walking with Nina to school since Fabian still had to "comfort" Joy, looked like she had just snapped and dragged Nina to where Fabian and Joy are.

"Hey Fabian," Amber greeted in a sweet poisonous voice. "Can you please leave us alone while we talk to your friend here?"

Fabian nodded and said his goodbye to Joy while raising his hand to wave. "Will Nina be staying?" He asked Amber.

"Definitely," Amber replied in the same cold voice.

Fabian gave a smile and a quick peck to Nina before heading to the school building.

"So, what's up?" Joy smiled at Nina only.

"What's up?" Amber said furiously. "You are plotting to steal her boyfriend and you ask 'what's up?"?"

"What are you talking about, Amber?" Joy looked at Amber like she was crazy.

"Don't use that innocent tone on me!" Amber retorted. "I see you. You've been bothering Fabian even after class and you're trying to get his attention always."

Joy laughed. "Okay, so let's say that I am trying to steal Fabian, what are you going to do about it... Nina?"

"Well, he's my boyfriend so he obviously... loves me," Nina muttered the last words in a fading tone.

"What's wrong, Nina?" Amber looked concerned.

"I just realized," Nina said and tears started falling. "He never said he loves me."

Joy was shocked and Amber looked upset.

"I'm sure he will get to saying it," Amber comforted. "I mean you are together."

"We are," Nina said "But what sense does it make if he doesn't love me?"

"He just didn't say it yet," Amber tried to think positive. "Maybe, he doesn't have the courage to say it yet, Nina."

"How are we a couple when I'm not even sure of his feelings for me?" Nina asked rhetorically.

"C'mon, Nina," Amber tried to change her pessimistic thinking.

"What if he hasn't said it cause he doesn't love me?" Nina said.

"He does," Amber tried to say but Nina already ran in tears.

"Nina!" Amber shouted but it was too late she was already out of reach. Amber turned to Joy who was frozen in shock. "Are you happy now, Joy?" Amber then stomped back to the classroom.

"No," Joy whispered mostly to herself. "It's the opposite."

A/N: Brace yourselves for the Climax :) It might be a shock and it may change your view about the story so I hope I didn't do a mistake in turning the plot in that direction. Sorry for typos and such. Please review after reading the next chapter which I would post IMMEDIATELY.