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CHAPTER 23- UNFORTUNATE FAMILY TIES; SHOPPING…AGAIN

NINA'S POV

"Nina, tell me everything now." Gran said looking at me. Fabian looked down at his feet. I knew I had to explain everything to her and I know she is going to freak out.

"Nina Anna Martin, are you listening to me? Explain everything to me now." Gran was furious. You really don't want to get Gran mad.

"Gran, well I…it's um…hard to explain." I couldn't tell her. She might not let me come back to Anubis. If she doesn't let me go back to Anubis, I…I don't know what I would do. I mean, Fabian is my boyfriend. I don't do to well with long distance relationships.

"Fabian dear, could you please step into the other room. Maybe you can go help Crystal find her note-" Gran was interrupted by Crystal's screaming.

"GRAN! I found it-whoa!" With all of Crystal's excitement, she tripped on her foot and she came down the flight of stairs and landed with a hard THUD!

"Ow, my ankle!" Crystal rocked back and forth on her butt holding her ankle.

I looked up at Fabian who was standing beside the corner of the archway.

"Fabian could you get her some ice and wrap her ankle?" I asked. He could see how nervous I was and he helped Crystal into the kitchen. I turned to Gran and she placed her hand on my knee.

"Start from the beginning." She said with no emotion.

"When I arrived at Anubis House…"

FABIAN'S POV

I helped Crystal into the kitchen and grabbed an ice pack and had her hold it on her ankle. I searched around for a first aid kit and found one underneath the cabinets. I placed the box on the counter and rummaged through it to find the gauzes.

"I have never seen Gran this angry. I mean, yeah." Crystal said while I wrapped her ankle.

"I knew this was going to happen." I said quietly to myself but I guess Crystal heard.

"Wow. Sorry Fabian. I know you love Nina because you did risk your life to save her. Gran doesn't know that…yet. She's always been this way since Nina's last boyfriend." Crystal helped finish wrapping her ankle. I looked up at her confusingly.

"Last boyfriend?" I asked her.

"Well her last boyfriend, Kevin Wilson, oh, they were madly in love. This was 2 years ago so what is she…16 going on 17? Well, anyways. They met each other in 8th grade and they were best friends. He made the first move and they loved each other since. But, he took advantage of her and broke her heart. She was so upset and she rarely left the house. Gran doesn't want her heart broken again." Crystal explained and I helped her off of the counter. She grabbed her notebook and headed upstairs. She probably gave up on showing the notes.

I couldn't believe it. Nina never said she had a boyfriend before me. I would never hurt her. I love her too much to see anything bad happen to her.

I slowly walked up to the corner of the entrance way to the living room. I peeked my head slightly into the room to see Nina tearing up. Her Gran was crying into her left hand.

I pulled my head back in but still listened on the conversation.

"Nina, I don't feel safe with you around Fabian." Her Gran came out with.

"Why Gran? Fabian would never hurt me or leave me. He saved me Gran. He loves me and I love him." Nina replied.

"You are my granddaughter Nina and I want what's best for-" Her Gran started but Nina interrupted.

"If you want what's best for me, you will let me be with Fabian!" I could tell Nina was getting more upset each time her Gran disagreed with her.

"Dear I don't like arguing with you. It's just…it's just…"

"What Gran?"

"Your Grandfather died on that plane, remember. Well, the pilot name was Fabian Rutter and it was Fabian's grandfather. How do I know that? I over heard him talking on the phone and he said 'What am I going to tell little Fabe? He loves planes and…oh…'" My heart stopped. My Granddad was a pilot but he never told me about that. He…it had to of been an accident! I could hear Nina faintly say:

"Oh my God…"

I slowly stepped over to the front door and out onto the porch. I could barely stand. Nina is probably going to hate me and not want to be with me anymore. I sat down on the steps when I heard the front door open.

"Nina!"

AMBER'S POV

Well, Alfie and I caught a taxi to the mall to buy all of our clothes again. We stepped inside and the smell of the food court attracted Alfie's nose because he seemed to 'float' all the way over to the railing.

"Alfie! We'll get food afterwards now come on!" I said as I grabbed Alfie's wrist.

"Aw, but I'm so hungry!" Alfie whined.

"You just had a bowl of oatmeal 30 minutes ago." Alfie started to pout and beg for something small.

"Fine Alfie-boo, you can buy something. I'll just be in the dress shop." He headed down the escalator and I waltzed into the shop. I stepped up to the lady at the counter and placed my credit card in front of her.

"Um, can I help you?" She said with a little laugh.

"We bought dresses here 4 days ago and they got destroyed in a weird flash flood. I was wondering if I could but everything again with a discount." I need to stand my ground on this.

"A discount? I don't think I could do that…" She answered.

"Well, that's not fair!" I cried.

"I'll make a deal with you. The shoes and bags are half price but the dress and jewelry are full price." She said with a smile.

"Hmm, deal!" I said shaking her hand. I hurried around the store to find everything for the girls. Thank God Nina's dress wasn't destroyed because hers was the most expensive.

"Are you ready to check out?" The lady called from the register.

"Yes I am!" I said with dresses, bags, jewelry, and shoes piled in my hands. I let the stuff collapse on the counter and she checked out everything.

"Alright, your total is $ 2,140." Wow!

"Um, ok." I said handing her my card. After everything was paid for, I left the store and met Alfie with a sandwich in one hand and a coffee in the other.

"Here you go Amber, I got you a frappuccino." Alfie handed me my cup and I handed him the bag full of jewelry and bags.

"Thank you Boo. Now, let's go get the guys suits!" I said cheerfully.

NINA'S POV

I couldn't believe it. Fabian's Grandpa crashed the plane and killed my Grandpa. It had to have been an accident!

"Gran, was it an accident?" I asked her. She looked up at me and grabbed my hand.

"It was an accident. Your Grandpa didn't survive as you can see, but Fabian's did. He was the only survivor."

"But, why are you mad at Fabian?" I had to ask one more time.

"I don't want things to go bad between you two."

"Nothing will happen Gran! I have to go." I said standing up from the couch. She stood up to and grabbed my hand.

"Can I have a hug dear?" She asked in a sweet voice. I wrapped my arms around her neck and she rubbed around my back in circles.

"I'm sorry this visit wasn't the greatest." She said as we pulled apart.

"I'll see you when summer break comes along." I said heading towards the door. I stopped before I opened the door and moved my head around.

"What is it dear?" Gran asked calling Crystal down.

"Where's Fabian?" I asked as Crystal and Rosie came down the stairs. Rosie came over to me and I scratched her head.

"I saw him step outside." Crystal said while Gran helped her down the last step.

"Thanks Crystal. I see you on summer break." I said pulling her into a hug. I quickly opened the door to see Fabian sitting on the steps resting his head on his hands.

"Nina!" Fabian said as I came up to him. He stood up from the steps and I could see that he has been crying. Gran and Crystal came out to say goodbye to Fabian.

"Bye Fabian!" Crystal yelled waving to Fabian. He nodded and Gran came up to him.

"I'm sorry for everything. I am going to let you date my darling Nina. But, if you hurt her in anyway-" Her Gran was talking to me but of course Crystal interrupted.

"You are going to wish you never met us!" My eyes grew wide and her Gran gave me a quick hug. Nina was already at the gate, waiting for me.

I hurried down the stairs and met Nina at the gate. She had her head down as we left the neighborhood. It was silent for a while but I knew she was dieing to talk about everything.

"Nina, I'm sorry." I said breaking the dead silences.

"What?" Nina spit out.

"For what my Granddad did." I said looking at her.

"Fabian…you heard? You know that was an accident and it wasn't really his fault." Nina was trying to say that everything was fine, but it wasn't.

"Nina-" I started.

"Fabian, everything is fine. Please, I don't want to really talk about it." Nina said with a smile. I gave her a small grin back.

"Sorry. We should head back to the hotel before Trudy thinks something bad happened to us." I said to Nina. She gave out a cute laugh and I pulled her into a hug. She turned in front of me and placed her lips to mine. She slowly wrapped her hands around my neck and I placed mine on her waist.

We didn't pull apart until we needed to breathe. I looked into her beautiful eyes and I grabbed her hand and we continued walking to the hotel.

"I love you Nina." I said as we turned the corner of the hotel.

"I love you too, Fabian…"

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