A month or two had passed for Van ever since he found out his little family
secret. Everything seemed to remain the same for him except for the
constant work that his father put him through.
Thoughts seemed to plague his mind easily lately. It had been plaguing him ever since his birthday. As much as he wanted to get rid of the strange thoughts, they always seemed to come right back and it was starting to really get to him. 'I am not falling for her,' he told himself mentally whenever the thought crossed his mind. He didn't like the thought about falling for his best friend when he had a girlfriend.
Winter had come quickly for all of them. Their winter break was a mere few days away and almost everyone in the school was hyped up with the thought about being away from the horrid school.
"You seem troubled Van. You need to cheer up with the thought of our break coming up. You are going somewhere for winter break aren't you?" asked Irvine with a smirk as the two played cards at Van's house after school one day.
"Yeah, we are. Nothing is the matter though, I have a lot on my mind because of what my dad is putting me through," lied Van not really feeling like saying what was actually on his mind. He reached out and grabbed a card from Irvine's hand and then placed two cards on the table. They were playing old maid and Irvine's choice would affect who won the game.
"So where is your old man taking you?" asked Irvine as his eyes skimmed from one card to the other from what was left within Van's hand. He picked a card and when he looked at it he made a funny face that almost made Van laugh. "Not funny," muttered Irvine as Van grabbed the right card and won the game.
"Sure, it is as long as I am the winner. About where we are going, I believe he said that he is taking us up to a cottage in the mountains. Yet another thing I didn't know we owned until he told me. I wonder how many more secrets he is keeping from me," said Van with a sigh as he laid back on his couch and stared up at the ceiling.
"That sounds like fun, I wish I could come but I am going to visit my grandparents," said Irvine without much enthusiasm. He might not have minded going there if they didn't treat him like a child and the place stunk of tuna from the many cats that they had in their home.
"Well you can't so too bad, too sad," said Van with a smirk as he placed his hands behind his head and just let his mind wonder for a little bit. Thoughts that he did not want to come up ended up coming to the surface so he shook it off and sat up. "I can't wait to get as far away from here as I cab for a while. Get away from my troubles," said Van with a sigh.
"What about your girlfriend?" asked Irvine in a way that said that he really didn't give a care. He didn't really know why he had asked in the first place if he didn't care but his curiosity got the better of him.
"She tried her best to come along with us but as my father said, 'this is a family trip.' She wouldn't stop complaining about it for the next few weeks. While he may have said that it was a family trip, he also wanted to bring Fiona along because he thinks of her as a daughter in a way is what he said," said Van as Irvine shuffled the cards again getting ready for another game so he could beat Van.
After hearing this, Irvine couldn't help but grin. 'Yeah right,' thought Irvine with his grin widening. "What did Fiona say about this?" asked Irvine as the smirk did not fade but it went by completely unnoticed by Van who was concentrating more on his cards rather than Irvine.
"Haven't asked her yet. My dad just told me to ask her earlier today much to my confusion but I haven't seen her all day so I haven't been able to talk to her to see what she thinks of it,' said Van placing down a few cards and picking up a few since this time they were playing poker.
"I don't think she would hesitate before she would say yes. Did you know that she has never actually been in snow before?" asked Irvine since he had known Fiona for most of his life. 'I think it would be a good thing for her to be able to go," said Irvine doing the exact same thing as Van. He looked at his cards and grin, "Alright, I got a straight, let's see you beat that," yelled Irvine thinking he had this won.
"I win," said Van with a grin as he showed his hand to be a royal flush. Van laughed when he saw Irvine's expression change from happy to sad in less than a second flat. Van got up from his seat to go and get something to eat.
Irvine quickly shook off his shock and got up and nearly ran after Van. "Hey! Get back here, you had to have cheated to get something like that. I demand a rematch," yelled Irvine too upset by his loss to stop shouting.
"How could I have cheated if it was you who shuffled the deck and then you dealt out the cards," said Van as he rummaged through the refrigerator to look for food. He knew that he got Irvine with that one.
Irvine was dumbstruck knowing that Van had a point with that one and that there was no way for him to counter it at that moment. "Oh brother," said Irvine as he smacked himself over the head.
"So where is Moonbay going to this winter?" asked Van returning from the kitchen with a ham sandwich in his hand. "She isn't really on talking terms with me so I have to ask you about it," said Van with a serious expression.
"I suggest you just tell her the truth. She will probably hurt you if she was to find out without either you or Fiona telling her that the two of you aren't enemies that hate each others guts," said Irvine knowing that Moonbay did have a bit of a short temper when it came to keeping secrets from her.
"Maybe someday but not at this moment. I am having enough trouble keeping it myself. Amy tends to be a bit unrelenting to Fiona and it tends to make me want to reach out and help Fiona when Amy does stuff like that," Van replied with all honesty.
"As long as you don't make me tell her then I am just fine with it because she might murder me and then murder you before either of us can tell her the reason behind why we had to keep it a secret," said Irvine as he cringed at the thought.
"Maybe," muttered Van but his mind started to wonder a little bit back to his old thoughts that had suddenly popped up when he had mentioned Fiona. 'This is very wrong so I have to put it aside,' thought Van with a sigh.
*****
Fiona walked down the streets on the cold winter morning with a smile on her face. Despite how cold the day was that day, she enjoyed it. Her previous home never got this cold because it was always warm. This meant that she got no snow there and she hoped that it would snow here since she had never been in snow her whole life. So far however it appeared that there wasn't going to be any because the sky was cloudless. Even here she had yet to see any. It felt much colder here then it usually was in winter and she hoped that this year was going to be the year.
'Just snow already,' thought Fiona with a slight growl as she stared up into the cloudless sky with sad eyes. It didn't hear her mental request and just remained cloudless much to Fiona's great disappointment.
"It will do you no good to beg for snow Fiona. I know how much it is that you want it but it has almost never snowed here although it has come pretty close a few times. It just doesn't get cold enough. Then again, I guess that it does seem colder than usual but it won't do any good if there is no rain, and it is completely cloudless," came Moonbay's voice with a slight laugh as she suddenly appeared at Fiona's side.
"One can always wish for things to happen even if it is impossible to have it at times," said Fiona but she suddenly realized another meaning that her little sentence actually had. 'It is just like with Van,' thought Fiona sadly as she looked towards the ground.
"You look pretty sad, anything you want to talk about?" asked Moonbay as the two of them stopped because it was a Saturday and they did have to go to school. "You can tell me anything," said Moonbay with a proud smile.
Fiona lifted her head towards Moonbay and gave her a small smile but anyone could tell that it was more of a forced smile than a real smile. "It's nothing. I am just having a few problems that only I can really take care of. I'm sorry," said Fiona once again looking down at the ground.
Moonbay gave off an aggravated growl. "Why is it that you don't tell me anything anymore? It is almost like I am not enough of a friend for you to be able to confide in," said an annoyed Moonbay.
"It isn't that. You are one of my best friends. My problem I haven't told to anyone. Not Irvine or V..." said Fiona before catching herself before she said Van's name and letting Moonbay know the secret. 'Maybe I should just tell her. It would allow my conscience to let go of its guilt.
Although Fiona had managed to catch herself, Moonbay had heard what she had said before she stopped. She didn't know what it was but inside of her she seemed to know what it was that Fiona was going to say. A lot of things seemed to be coming together and she seemed to understand so much at that moment that it surprised her. "You were going to say Van weren't you?" asked Moonbay feeling herself starting to crack up since she hadn't seen it sooner.
Fiona didn't know what to say. 'Oh well, I guess there is really no point in hiding it anymore since she obviously already knows,' thought Fiona as she hung her head and slightly nodded. "Yes, that was what I was going to say," said Fiona finding the weight upon her conscience being lifted. Fiona didn't know what to expect next. What she heard surprised her. Moonbay broke down in laughter. "What is so funny about all of this?" Fiona asked.
"I just find it funny that I didn't realize it sooner. That time I saw the two of you in the hall, the huge rivalry that you have with Amy, and trying to keep it a secret for so long. I am just trying to figure out how I couldn't have seen it," said Moonbay stilling laughing much to Fiona surprise.
It was the one thing that she did not expect to hear from Moonbay. She expected yelling, and screaming, and a lot more. But laughing was in the back of her mind. Fiona just stared until Moonbay had managed to calm down a few boring minutes later. "So, you're not angry?" asked Fiona with a slight bit of hope in her eyes.
"Nope, I am very angry. You should have told me much sooner! I have been held in the dark for years because you refused to answer me whenever I asked you about this mysterious friend. I probably wouldn't have known if you hadn't let that little part of his name slip," said Moonbay glaring at Fiona who shrunk back a little bit.
"I'm sorry. There is far more to all of this than you can even realize. That is the reason I still want to keep this a secret and I want to keep it a secret as well," said Fiona looking at Moonbay with a pleading look in her eyes hoping that Moonbay would be the friend that Fiona knew her to be.
"Don't worry, you're secret is safe with me Fiona. Lets walk and you can tell me about what it is that is going on exactly," said Moonbay as the two of them walked down the street with no destination in mind.
"To make it all simple, Van is stuck with Amy. Even if he wanted to he can't leave her out of fear for his mothers health. He tried to keep her happy which is the reason that he doesn't make his friendship with me known. I wish we could but it wouldn't be safe for her with Amy's father blackmailing Van into staying with Amy," said Fiona shocking Moonbay.
"Why that son of a bitch. If I ever get my hands on her and her bastard father then I will make sure that I wring the last bit of air out of their lungs and take pleasure in their slow and painful death," said Moonbay with an insane laugh that cause Fiona to back away from her out of fear.
*****
Van and Irvine sat in front of a TV bored out of their mind as they watched a movie that didn't interest them in the least. Both of them felt like they were about to fall asleep since they stayed up all night doing things like this.
Irvine let out a loud and long yawn. "So boring. Must have something fun to do soon or I will go out of my mind," said Irvine while his eyes started to close slowly like he was about to fall asleep.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door and the two of them jumped up so suddenly that they nearly rammed right into each other. 'Please don't let it be Van's girlfriend,' Irvine begged mentally as the two of them walked towards the door and opened it up to find Fiona and to their surprise Moonbay.
"Hey there boys. So good to see the two of you," said Moonbay still grinning like an idiot at her previous thoughts that day of strangling both Amy and her father and it caused her to laugh more causing Irvine and Van to back away with very scared looks upon their faces.
The same thing was going on through both of theirs minds. 'She knows,' and it caused them to back away slowly. One word could describe their future situation in their minds that made them even more afraid of Moonbay, 'Death,' causing them both to flinch out of fear.
"It is ok you two. She does know but I don't think that she was that angry about it compared to what the two of you thought she would have in store for us when she found out," said Fiona with a sigh as she walked into the house a bit sadly with Moonbay following right behind her. But the two of them still seemed a little cautious and kept at least two arms length distance away from her in case she tried to lunge at them.
"How is it that Moonbay found out?" asked Irvine a little nervously as he backed away an inch or two to escape from Moonbay's grasp. He sighed when she didn't even try to grab either of their throats.
"I kind of slipped up a bit while I was talking to her. You guys don't have to worry. She is just a bit... crazy at the moment because of a plan that she cocked up on the way here. She has no intention on strangling the two of you or hurt you in any way," said Fiona with a smile making the two of them sigh in relief.
"That's good because for a moment there I thought that was why she was acting the way she was acting. It is a good thing though that that isn't the case for this situation," said Irvine as him, Fiona, and Van walked into Van's house where a now sane Moonbay was waiting for them. Irvine was glad to see that.
"Although I am very mad at all of you for keeping me in the dark about all of this for such a long time, I guess that I can understand why it was the way it was when Fiona told me about your little predicament Van," said Moonbay in a calm voice. "I warned you back then though. I knew that you going out with her would only bring trouble. I warned you to stay away from her. You should have listened to me and then you wouldn't be in your current situation," said Moonbay in a proud tone because she knew that she was right all this time.
Van sighed, not really feeling like arguing with Moonbay at that moment. He was tired and all he wanted to do was sleep. 'Then again, I still have to talk to Fiona about the trip,' thought Van, he opened his mouth to say something but at that moment the phone just had to ring. 'Damn it,' thought Van with a growl as he walked towards the phone.
"You two sure don't look too good," said Moonbay examining the huge bags that were forming under Irvine's eyes. He could barely stand up too straight and his eyes kept flinching every few seconds since he was trying to best to stay awake. His eyes were bloodshot as well.
Irvine let off a loud and long yawn while leaning again the wall for support. "Van and I stayed up all night and I guess you can say that we are very tired," said Irvine yawning once again.
"Why don't the two of you go to sleep? We will just talk about this a little later," said Moonbay before she turned around and grabbed Fiona pulling her out of the door very quickly before Irvine could say anything.
Van walked into the room a moment later and the first thing he noticed was that Fiona and Moonbay weren't there anymore. "Where'd they go?" asked Van as he walked to the door and looked outside only to see no one there.
"They left about a minute ago saying that they would talk to us later and that we really need to get some sleep. I agree with them completely," said Irvine walked by Van with a slouch as he headed to the guest bedroom to get some sleep.
"Damn it! I didn't get to ask Fiona about the vacation. I guess I will just have to wait a little while longer before I will be able to ask her," said Van with a sigh before he did the same and Irvine and headed to his bedroom to get a little sleep so he wouldn't end up falling asleep without even knowing it if something important was to happen.
*****
School the next week was kind of boring. Everyone's minds were in places besides what they were supposed to be doing at that moment. People were thinking about their upcoming vacation and what it was that they were planning on doing for their time away from school.
Fiona didn't have anything to do for her vacation. All of her friends were going away for the holidays and her own parents were leaving on a trip alone. They wanted to bring Fiona along but there were some important issues that had kept Fiona from coming. Fiona had this strange feeling however that there was more to it than that. Fiona felt a little left out but she kept quiet and didn't say anything to anyone.
Fiona walked through the halls of the school quietly and looked around her to make sure that Amy wasn't around so she couldn't ruin her day like she had done so many times before then. No such luck however. Fiona could hear Amy talking from around a corner to who she probably guessed was Van.
"Why can't I come with you Van?" asked Amy proving to Fiona that it was Van that she was talking to at that moment. "I know that you said that it was supposed to be a family trip but aren't I like family to you? So can I please come with you and your family? It will be a good chance for me to try and get along with your family more," said Amy in such a sweet voice that it made Fiona want to gag.
"I already told you that I can't take you!" said Van in a tone that told everyone that he had had that one conversation too many times as it was and that he didn't want to have it anymore. "It is supposed to be a family vacation," said Van with an emphasis on the word family. "You are not a part of my family," said Van trying not to sound too mean but it wasn't hard to tell that he was losing his patience even more.
'Not yet anyways, I am sure that at some point we will end up getting married, I just know that we will,' thought Amy with a slight smile that went unnoticed by Van at all. "Oh well," said Amy with a sigh but it turned to a grin. "At least I am not like that bitch Fiona. I heard that she is stuck here without any of her friends, and that her own family is taking off without her. What a loser," said Amy with a laugh that was hurting the ears of everyone around her.
Van was very furious about her insults to one of his best friends but he kept quiet so as to not alert her to how he was actually feeling. "Yeah, I guess," said Van a very reluctantly while turning to look at anyone but the woman that was standing before him at that moment. 'Although there is far more to it than even you can think about,' he added mentally.
"I know. She is always picking these fights with me because I am better than her in every way and she just can't take that so she is always trying to be better. Too bad for her it is far beyond impossible for her. She is just trying to be just like me," said Amy in such an arrogant tone.
Fiona felt like she was about to break out in laughter. 'Me, want to be like her? That is way too funny,' thought Fiona as her body shook under the intensity of her suppressed laughter.
"What are you laughing at," came Moonbay's voice so suddenly that it made Fiona jumped a bit from her little area where she had been listening in on their conversation.
"You startled me Moonbay," said Fiona clutching her chest trying to suppress the rapid pounding that made her feel like her heart was going to explode. "It is nothing though. Just something stupid that I overheard Amy talking about," said Fiona but before she could tell Moonbay about it Amy interrupted her.
"Well look what we have here. If it isn't the loser squad," said Amy with a smirk while she walked towards the two of them before she stopped a few feet away like they were a disease that she would catch if she had gotten any closer to them. She continued to wear the annoyed smirk that was constantly getting on everyone's nerves, not just Fiona's and Moonbay's.
"Yep, and proud of it!" said Moonbay with a laugh as she wrapped her arm around Fiona shoulder just to mock Amy a little. "We are the ever expanding geek squad as you put it," said Moonbay taking a look towards Van when Amy wasn't looking at the two of them. "Why don't you join us? You could be the head of the geek squad since we are leaving soon," she continued making Amy start to fume more than usual.
"I know that you would like for me to join this pathetic little team of yours but I have better things to do than hang around with you two losers," said Amy with a disgusted look on her face. She then turned and faced Fiona. "Don't think I didn't hear you listening in on my little conversation. I know that you want to be just like me but it is impossible," said Amy with a laugh.
"Why would she want to be just like you? As far as I am concerned she is far better than you in every way," said Moonbay stepping forward proudly with a smirk on her face while she watched Amy fume a little bit.
Oh yeah. Well if you are so confident in that then why don't you just try to name the things that you think she is better than me at?" asked Amy putting an emphasis on the word think because she felt that Moonbay wouldn't be able to come up with anything to back up her words.
"If I did that then this would take all day but I will just start with the basics for you basic little mind. She is smarter, faster, kinder, and more athletic, not to mention better dresser, and much more beautiful," she stopped and took a quick breath. 'Not to mention she doesn't have to have her father blackmail someone in order to stay with her,' thought Moonbay with a smirk. "Oh I could just go on for hours if I wanted to but I think that those are the best I can use to sum it all up," said Moonbay. "Now if you will excuse us, we have much better things to do," said Moonbay grabbing Fiona and walking off.
They both heard a loud growl of frustration come from Amy a few moments later and also the very amused look that spread across Van's face while they passed by him on their way to their homeroom. They next heard a yell of; "Come back here!" from Amy but Moonbay didn't even turn around when she flipped her off.
Amy was a very furious. "How the hell could she tell such a lie like that and then make it seem like it was my fault? Then she has the audacity to flip me off like it was of no big deal to her at all," said a pissed off Amy. She heard giggling around her and turned to see that there were many people watching the previous exchange of words. As she as she spotted them they all turned their heads away as if they hadn't been listening in. She just growled one last time before she grabbed Van and literally dragged him down the hall to their homeroom.
*****
It was now two days before they would finally get out of school and Fiona found herself laying on her bed just staring at the ceiling that night with nothing to do. "This would to be the worst vacation I ever had," Fiona told herself sadly. She turned upon her sides but then there was a knock on her door.
"Yes?" asked Fiona sitting up on her bed as her mother walked into her room with a small smile upon her face while she was holding a phone in her hand. It didn't take Fiona long to realize that someone had called asking for her.
"Van is on the phone. He says that he needs to talk to you about something," said her mother but Fiona could tell that she was hiding something and her next statement revealed it. "Oh, by the way, the answer is yes," she said before she walked out of the room before Fiona could question her about what she meant.
"Hey Van," said Fiona once again laying back down upon her bed. She listened but she didn't receive a reply from Van. "Van?" asked Fiona a little louder to see if maybe he didn't hear her the first time that she called him.
"Oh, hey Fiona. Sorry about that. I had to do something really quickly," said Van finally replying to her. "Listen I called to ask you something so I had best just get down to the point. My family is heading to the mountains for winter break and my dad told me to tell you that you are welcome to come along with us if you wanted to," said Van in a happy voice that it would be Fiona and not his girlfriend, Amy had been really bossy lately and he really needed a break from it.
"Wasn't it supposed to be a family vacation? I think that is what I heard you say at school when she was pretty much begging you to take her along with your family," said Fiona a little confused.
"That was just an excuse that my dad used to keep her away. He never really did like her. He thinks of you as a daughter to him though and that is why he said that he wanted you to come along with us. So how about it? Are you going to come with us or not?" asked Van with a bit of hope in his voice.
Fiona thought about it for a second. She figured that she had better ask but then the words that her mother had said to her came back to her at that moment about her answer being a yes. 'So she knew before I did,' thought Fiona with a small chuckle. "Yes. I would like that very much," said Fiona happily.
"Great. We are going to be leaving the day after school lets out so just be prepared for it. We are going to be leaving rather early in the morning and heading up to the mountains. Apparently my dad owned a cabin up there that he never told me about until now. The best thing is that there was recently a lot of snow up there so it will be great for skiing and stuff like that," said Van knowing how Fiona would react to his statement.
"Really?" asked Fiona with he excitement rising quickly at the mention of snow. 'Finally, I get to see some real snow. This is going to be great,' thought Fiona happily. "That's great. I can't wait for it," said Fiona happily.
"That's good. I heard that you had never seen snow before so I thought you would be happy to hear about that," said Van as he smiled on his side of the line. "Listen, I have to go but I'll talk to you a little later about all of this," said Van and after receiving a goodbye from Fiona he hung up the phone.
*****
Fiona went into school the next day with a bright smile on her face at the change in her would have been horrible vacation. Now she would be going on a vacation with Van and his family. Things seemed to be going great for Fiona. 'Now I can spend a little time with Van and his family without Amy constantly taking up all of his time,' thought Fiona making her only smile even more.
"You sure seem happy today?" came Moonbay's voice as she ran to catch up with Fiona. "Whoa!" said Moonbay even more shocked than she thought. Fiona wasn't just happy, she was positively radiating with happiness. "Uh, are you feeling ok Fiona?" asked Moonbay although she was glad to see her friend like this.
"I am great! Never been better. Everything seems to be going my way now and I am glad for that," said Fiona continuing to walk but a little slower so that Moonbay could keep up.
"You are smiling so brightly it is as if you soaked Amy in meat and set dogs on her," said Moonbay with a loud laugh attracting the attention of many upon the two of them. Moonbay immediately quieted down and turned to watch where she was going. "So what's up?" she asked.
Fiona looked around quickly to make sure that no one was watching. The good thing about having Moonbay finally know the secret was that they could talk a little more freely with each other. Fiona then whispered into Moonbay's ear, "I am going to be going on a vacation with Van and his family, and the best thing is that Amy isn't allowed to go."
Moonbay still found it kind of weird that Fiona and Van were actually friends but by the way that Fiona was talking it sounded as if it was something much more than just that. "That's great. Tell me though, is there something going on between the two of you?" asked Moonbay making Fiona blush.
"Going on between who?" asked Amy suddenly showing up in front of the two of them. They were thankful that she didn't hear Van's name though. For once though, Van wasn't stuck with her. "Does little Fiona have a boyfriend? Who is it, that dork Thomas or some other desperate person that would go with anybody?" asked Amy before laughing a horribly high-pitched laugh that sent shivers down both of their spines.
"I bet you would just love to know that but I guess we will just leave you in the dark about it all to keep you guessing. You would never be able to guess in a million years who it was," said Moonbay working her best to rub the secret in without telling who it was exactly.
Fiona had to admit to herself that having Moonbay know might be a good thing. Being able to talk to her about it instead of just Van or Irvine might help her keep her sanity as well as laughs because she knew Moonbay was only going to make things much worse for Amy than before she knew about it. Although the things that were being exchanged weren't quite true, even if she did wish that they were even possible, Fiona just kept quiet and continued to listen.
"It's not like I want to know. I was just thinking how desperate they must be to go out with someone like her," said Amy point a finger at Fiona with a disgusted look upon her face.
'Van must have been desperate just to go out with you,' thought Moonbay with a small chuckle but she wasn't going to share her current thoughts with anyone at that moment. "Actually I would think that they are very smart if they want to go out with her," said Moonbay continuing to come out with comebacks.
"Yeah, smart because she is so gullible that they could get her in their bed easily," said Amy with a laugh as she turned around and walked away but not before Moonbay and Fiona stormed by and they both stomped upon her foot as hard as they could while laughing.
"This coming from queen slut," said Moonbay infuriating Amy and taking pleasure in it. She enjoyed inflicting pain upon her, call her a sadist or whatever, she didn't care as long as she could indulge in her new favorite pastime. "Fiona isn't like you. She doesn't jump in bed with every man or any for that matter, especially when you have a boyfriend," said Moonbay with a grin.
"How dare you! I am not like that! You had best watch your back," growled out Amy as she stormed past the two and up to Van who had up to that point been watching the little conflict since he arrived at the school for a few minutes. "Come on Van. We need to show them who is in charge around her," said yelled grabbing Van and once again literally dragging him away from the two of them.
"I believe that was a challenge. I will be sure to show her what I am made of when I come back from vacation. Don't want to get in trouble before then or I might not be able to go. So are you with me Fiona?" asked Moonbay turning to look at Fiona. Only to see her standing back away from where the recent verbal fighting had recently been going on.
"I don't know," said Fiona a little reluctantly although it sure did sound kind of fun but it was not something that she would really do. "I am not sure about it," she continued.
"Oh come on," begged Moonbay but all she go was a small shrug from Fiona. "Fine then. My offer is still open if you want to join in but for now I can do it and I am sure that Irvine would just love to join in for the fun. I have to do something quickly. I will see you in class," said Moonbay before running off.
Fiona was thankful that this was the last day of school because she wanted to get away before any fireworks went off between them before school let out and she ended up being caught in the middle.
Thoughts seemed to plague his mind easily lately. It had been plaguing him ever since his birthday. As much as he wanted to get rid of the strange thoughts, they always seemed to come right back and it was starting to really get to him. 'I am not falling for her,' he told himself mentally whenever the thought crossed his mind. He didn't like the thought about falling for his best friend when he had a girlfriend.
Winter had come quickly for all of them. Their winter break was a mere few days away and almost everyone in the school was hyped up with the thought about being away from the horrid school.
"You seem troubled Van. You need to cheer up with the thought of our break coming up. You are going somewhere for winter break aren't you?" asked Irvine with a smirk as the two played cards at Van's house after school one day.
"Yeah, we are. Nothing is the matter though, I have a lot on my mind because of what my dad is putting me through," lied Van not really feeling like saying what was actually on his mind. He reached out and grabbed a card from Irvine's hand and then placed two cards on the table. They were playing old maid and Irvine's choice would affect who won the game.
"So where is your old man taking you?" asked Irvine as his eyes skimmed from one card to the other from what was left within Van's hand. He picked a card and when he looked at it he made a funny face that almost made Van laugh. "Not funny," muttered Irvine as Van grabbed the right card and won the game.
"Sure, it is as long as I am the winner. About where we are going, I believe he said that he is taking us up to a cottage in the mountains. Yet another thing I didn't know we owned until he told me. I wonder how many more secrets he is keeping from me," said Van with a sigh as he laid back on his couch and stared up at the ceiling.
"That sounds like fun, I wish I could come but I am going to visit my grandparents," said Irvine without much enthusiasm. He might not have minded going there if they didn't treat him like a child and the place stunk of tuna from the many cats that they had in their home.
"Well you can't so too bad, too sad," said Van with a smirk as he placed his hands behind his head and just let his mind wonder for a little bit. Thoughts that he did not want to come up ended up coming to the surface so he shook it off and sat up. "I can't wait to get as far away from here as I cab for a while. Get away from my troubles," said Van with a sigh.
"What about your girlfriend?" asked Irvine in a way that said that he really didn't give a care. He didn't really know why he had asked in the first place if he didn't care but his curiosity got the better of him.
"She tried her best to come along with us but as my father said, 'this is a family trip.' She wouldn't stop complaining about it for the next few weeks. While he may have said that it was a family trip, he also wanted to bring Fiona along because he thinks of her as a daughter in a way is what he said," said Van as Irvine shuffled the cards again getting ready for another game so he could beat Van.
After hearing this, Irvine couldn't help but grin. 'Yeah right,' thought Irvine with his grin widening. "What did Fiona say about this?" asked Irvine as the smirk did not fade but it went by completely unnoticed by Van who was concentrating more on his cards rather than Irvine.
"Haven't asked her yet. My dad just told me to ask her earlier today much to my confusion but I haven't seen her all day so I haven't been able to talk to her to see what she thinks of it,' said Van placing down a few cards and picking up a few since this time they were playing poker.
"I don't think she would hesitate before she would say yes. Did you know that she has never actually been in snow before?" asked Irvine since he had known Fiona for most of his life. 'I think it would be a good thing for her to be able to go," said Irvine doing the exact same thing as Van. He looked at his cards and grin, "Alright, I got a straight, let's see you beat that," yelled Irvine thinking he had this won.
"I win," said Van with a grin as he showed his hand to be a royal flush. Van laughed when he saw Irvine's expression change from happy to sad in less than a second flat. Van got up from his seat to go and get something to eat.
Irvine quickly shook off his shock and got up and nearly ran after Van. "Hey! Get back here, you had to have cheated to get something like that. I demand a rematch," yelled Irvine too upset by his loss to stop shouting.
"How could I have cheated if it was you who shuffled the deck and then you dealt out the cards," said Van as he rummaged through the refrigerator to look for food. He knew that he got Irvine with that one.
Irvine was dumbstruck knowing that Van had a point with that one and that there was no way for him to counter it at that moment. "Oh brother," said Irvine as he smacked himself over the head.
"So where is Moonbay going to this winter?" asked Van returning from the kitchen with a ham sandwich in his hand. "She isn't really on talking terms with me so I have to ask you about it," said Van with a serious expression.
"I suggest you just tell her the truth. She will probably hurt you if she was to find out without either you or Fiona telling her that the two of you aren't enemies that hate each others guts," said Irvine knowing that Moonbay did have a bit of a short temper when it came to keeping secrets from her.
"Maybe someday but not at this moment. I am having enough trouble keeping it myself. Amy tends to be a bit unrelenting to Fiona and it tends to make me want to reach out and help Fiona when Amy does stuff like that," Van replied with all honesty.
"As long as you don't make me tell her then I am just fine with it because she might murder me and then murder you before either of us can tell her the reason behind why we had to keep it a secret," said Irvine as he cringed at the thought.
"Maybe," muttered Van but his mind started to wonder a little bit back to his old thoughts that had suddenly popped up when he had mentioned Fiona. 'This is very wrong so I have to put it aside,' thought Van with a sigh.
*****
Fiona walked down the streets on the cold winter morning with a smile on her face. Despite how cold the day was that day, she enjoyed it. Her previous home never got this cold because it was always warm. This meant that she got no snow there and she hoped that it would snow here since she had never been in snow her whole life. So far however it appeared that there wasn't going to be any because the sky was cloudless. Even here she had yet to see any. It felt much colder here then it usually was in winter and she hoped that this year was going to be the year.
'Just snow already,' thought Fiona with a slight growl as she stared up into the cloudless sky with sad eyes. It didn't hear her mental request and just remained cloudless much to Fiona's great disappointment.
"It will do you no good to beg for snow Fiona. I know how much it is that you want it but it has almost never snowed here although it has come pretty close a few times. It just doesn't get cold enough. Then again, I guess that it does seem colder than usual but it won't do any good if there is no rain, and it is completely cloudless," came Moonbay's voice with a slight laugh as she suddenly appeared at Fiona's side.
"One can always wish for things to happen even if it is impossible to have it at times," said Fiona but she suddenly realized another meaning that her little sentence actually had. 'It is just like with Van,' thought Fiona sadly as she looked towards the ground.
"You look pretty sad, anything you want to talk about?" asked Moonbay as the two of them stopped because it was a Saturday and they did have to go to school. "You can tell me anything," said Moonbay with a proud smile.
Fiona lifted her head towards Moonbay and gave her a small smile but anyone could tell that it was more of a forced smile than a real smile. "It's nothing. I am just having a few problems that only I can really take care of. I'm sorry," said Fiona once again looking down at the ground.
Moonbay gave off an aggravated growl. "Why is it that you don't tell me anything anymore? It is almost like I am not enough of a friend for you to be able to confide in," said an annoyed Moonbay.
"It isn't that. You are one of my best friends. My problem I haven't told to anyone. Not Irvine or V..." said Fiona before catching herself before she said Van's name and letting Moonbay know the secret. 'Maybe I should just tell her. It would allow my conscience to let go of its guilt.
Although Fiona had managed to catch herself, Moonbay had heard what she had said before she stopped. She didn't know what it was but inside of her she seemed to know what it was that Fiona was going to say. A lot of things seemed to be coming together and she seemed to understand so much at that moment that it surprised her. "You were going to say Van weren't you?" asked Moonbay feeling herself starting to crack up since she hadn't seen it sooner.
Fiona didn't know what to say. 'Oh well, I guess there is really no point in hiding it anymore since she obviously already knows,' thought Fiona as she hung her head and slightly nodded. "Yes, that was what I was going to say," said Fiona finding the weight upon her conscience being lifted. Fiona didn't know what to expect next. What she heard surprised her. Moonbay broke down in laughter. "What is so funny about all of this?" Fiona asked.
"I just find it funny that I didn't realize it sooner. That time I saw the two of you in the hall, the huge rivalry that you have with Amy, and trying to keep it a secret for so long. I am just trying to figure out how I couldn't have seen it," said Moonbay stilling laughing much to Fiona surprise.
It was the one thing that she did not expect to hear from Moonbay. She expected yelling, and screaming, and a lot more. But laughing was in the back of her mind. Fiona just stared until Moonbay had managed to calm down a few boring minutes later. "So, you're not angry?" asked Fiona with a slight bit of hope in her eyes.
"Nope, I am very angry. You should have told me much sooner! I have been held in the dark for years because you refused to answer me whenever I asked you about this mysterious friend. I probably wouldn't have known if you hadn't let that little part of his name slip," said Moonbay glaring at Fiona who shrunk back a little bit.
"I'm sorry. There is far more to all of this than you can even realize. That is the reason I still want to keep this a secret and I want to keep it a secret as well," said Fiona looking at Moonbay with a pleading look in her eyes hoping that Moonbay would be the friend that Fiona knew her to be.
"Don't worry, you're secret is safe with me Fiona. Lets walk and you can tell me about what it is that is going on exactly," said Moonbay as the two of them walked down the street with no destination in mind.
"To make it all simple, Van is stuck with Amy. Even if he wanted to he can't leave her out of fear for his mothers health. He tried to keep her happy which is the reason that he doesn't make his friendship with me known. I wish we could but it wouldn't be safe for her with Amy's father blackmailing Van into staying with Amy," said Fiona shocking Moonbay.
"Why that son of a bitch. If I ever get my hands on her and her bastard father then I will make sure that I wring the last bit of air out of their lungs and take pleasure in their slow and painful death," said Moonbay with an insane laugh that cause Fiona to back away from her out of fear.
*****
Van and Irvine sat in front of a TV bored out of their mind as they watched a movie that didn't interest them in the least. Both of them felt like they were about to fall asleep since they stayed up all night doing things like this.
Irvine let out a loud and long yawn. "So boring. Must have something fun to do soon or I will go out of my mind," said Irvine while his eyes started to close slowly like he was about to fall asleep.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door and the two of them jumped up so suddenly that they nearly rammed right into each other. 'Please don't let it be Van's girlfriend,' Irvine begged mentally as the two of them walked towards the door and opened it up to find Fiona and to their surprise Moonbay.
"Hey there boys. So good to see the two of you," said Moonbay still grinning like an idiot at her previous thoughts that day of strangling both Amy and her father and it caused her to laugh more causing Irvine and Van to back away with very scared looks upon their faces.
The same thing was going on through both of theirs minds. 'She knows,' and it caused them to back away slowly. One word could describe their future situation in their minds that made them even more afraid of Moonbay, 'Death,' causing them both to flinch out of fear.
"It is ok you two. She does know but I don't think that she was that angry about it compared to what the two of you thought she would have in store for us when she found out," said Fiona with a sigh as she walked into the house a bit sadly with Moonbay following right behind her. But the two of them still seemed a little cautious and kept at least two arms length distance away from her in case she tried to lunge at them.
"How is it that Moonbay found out?" asked Irvine a little nervously as he backed away an inch or two to escape from Moonbay's grasp. He sighed when she didn't even try to grab either of their throats.
"I kind of slipped up a bit while I was talking to her. You guys don't have to worry. She is just a bit... crazy at the moment because of a plan that she cocked up on the way here. She has no intention on strangling the two of you or hurt you in any way," said Fiona with a smile making the two of them sigh in relief.
"That's good because for a moment there I thought that was why she was acting the way she was acting. It is a good thing though that that isn't the case for this situation," said Irvine as him, Fiona, and Van walked into Van's house where a now sane Moonbay was waiting for them. Irvine was glad to see that.
"Although I am very mad at all of you for keeping me in the dark about all of this for such a long time, I guess that I can understand why it was the way it was when Fiona told me about your little predicament Van," said Moonbay in a calm voice. "I warned you back then though. I knew that you going out with her would only bring trouble. I warned you to stay away from her. You should have listened to me and then you wouldn't be in your current situation," said Moonbay in a proud tone because she knew that she was right all this time.
Van sighed, not really feeling like arguing with Moonbay at that moment. He was tired and all he wanted to do was sleep. 'Then again, I still have to talk to Fiona about the trip,' thought Van, he opened his mouth to say something but at that moment the phone just had to ring. 'Damn it,' thought Van with a growl as he walked towards the phone.
"You two sure don't look too good," said Moonbay examining the huge bags that were forming under Irvine's eyes. He could barely stand up too straight and his eyes kept flinching every few seconds since he was trying to best to stay awake. His eyes were bloodshot as well.
Irvine let off a loud and long yawn while leaning again the wall for support. "Van and I stayed up all night and I guess you can say that we are very tired," said Irvine yawning once again.
"Why don't the two of you go to sleep? We will just talk about this a little later," said Moonbay before she turned around and grabbed Fiona pulling her out of the door very quickly before Irvine could say anything.
Van walked into the room a moment later and the first thing he noticed was that Fiona and Moonbay weren't there anymore. "Where'd they go?" asked Van as he walked to the door and looked outside only to see no one there.
"They left about a minute ago saying that they would talk to us later and that we really need to get some sleep. I agree with them completely," said Irvine walked by Van with a slouch as he headed to the guest bedroom to get some sleep.
"Damn it! I didn't get to ask Fiona about the vacation. I guess I will just have to wait a little while longer before I will be able to ask her," said Van with a sigh before he did the same and Irvine and headed to his bedroom to get a little sleep so he wouldn't end up falling asleep without even knowing it if something important was to happen.
*****
School the next week was kind of boring. Everyone's minds were in places besides what they were supposed to be doing at that moment. People were thinking about their upcoming vacation and what it was that they were planning on doing for their time away from school.
Fiona didn't have anything to do for her vacation. All of her friends were going away for the holidays and her own parents were leaving on a trip alone. They wanted to bring Fiona along but there were some important issues that had kept Fiona from coming. Fiona had this strange feeling however that there was more to it than that. Fiona felt a little left out but she kept quiet and didn't say anything to anyone.
Fiona walked through the halls of the school quietly and looked around her to make sure that Amy wasn't around so she couldn't ruin her day like she had done so many times before then. No such luck however. Fiona could hear Amy talking from around a corner to who she probably guessed was Van.
"Why can't I come with you Van?" asked Amy proving to Fiona that it was Van that she was talking to at that moment. "I know that you said that it was supposed to be a family trip but aren't I like family to you? So can I please come with you and your family? It will be a good chance for me to try and get along with your family more," said Amy in such a sweet voice that it made Fiona want to gag.
"I already told you that I can't take you!" said Van in a tone that told everyone that he had had that one conversation too many times as it was and that he didn't want to have it anymore. "It is supposed to be a family vacation," said Van with an emphasis on the word family. "You are not a part of my family," said Van trying not to sound too mean but it wasn't hard to tell that he was losing his patience even more.
'Not yet anyways, I am sure that at some point we will end up getting married, I just know that we will,' thought Amy with a slight smile that went unnoticed by Van at all. "Oh well," said Amy with a sigh but it turned to a grin. "At least I am not like that bitch Fiona. I heard that she is stuck here without any of her friends, and that her own family is taking off without her. What a loser," said Amy with a laugh that was hurting the ears of everyone around her.
Van was very furious about her insults to one of his best friends but he kept quiet so as to not alert her to how he was actually feeling. "Yeah, I guess," said Van a very reluctantly while turning to look at anyone but the woman that was standing before him at that moment. 'Although there is far more to it than even you can think about,' he added mentally.
"I know. She is always picking these fights with me because I am better than her in every way and she just can't take that so she is always trying to be better. Too bad for her it is far beyond impossible for her. She is just trying to be just like me," said Amy in such an arrogant tone.
Fiona felt like she was about to break out in laughter. 'Me, want to be like her? That is way too funny,' thought Fiona as her body shook under the intensity of her suppressed laughter.
"What are you laughing at," came Moonbay's voice so suddenly that it made Fiona jumped a bit from her little area where she had been listening in on their conversation.
"You startled me Moonbay," said Fiona clutching her chest trying to suppress the rapid pounding that made her feel like her heart was going to explode. "It is nothing though. Just something stupid that I overheard Amy talking about," said Fiona but before she could tell Moonbay about it Amy interrupted her.
"Well look what we have here. If it isn't the loser squad," said Amy with a smirk while she walked towards the two of them before she stopped a few feet away like they were a disease that she would catch if she had gotten any closer to them. She continued to wear the annoyed smirk that was constantly getting on everyone's nerves, not just Fiona's and Moonbay's.
"Yep, and proud of it!" said Moonbay with a laugh as she wrapped her arm around Fiona shoulder just to mock Amy a little. "We are the ever expanding geek squad as you put it," said Moonbay taking a look towards Van when Amy wasn't looking at the two of them. "Why don't you join us? You could be the head of the geek squad since we are leaving soon," she continued making Amy start to fume more than usual.
"I know that you would like for me to join this pathetic little team of yours but I have better things to do than hang around with you two losers," said Amy with a disgusted look on her face. She then turned and faced Fiona. "Don't think I didn't hear you listening in on my little conversation. I know that you want to be just like me but it is impossible," said Amy with a laugh.
"Why would she want to be just like you? As far as I am concerned she is far better than you in every way," said Moonbay stepping forward proudly with a smirk on her face while she watched Amy fume a little bit.
Oh yeah. Well if you are so confident in that then why don't you just try to name the things that you think she is better than me at?" asked Amy putting an emphasis on the word think because she felt that Moonbay wouldn't be able to come up with anything to back up her words.
"If I did that then this would take all day but I will just start with the basics for you basic little mind. She is smarter, faster, kinder, and more athletic, not to mention better dresser, and much more beautiful," she stopped and took a quick breath. 'Not to mention she doesn't have to have her father blackmail someone in order to stay with her,' thought Moonbay with a smirk. "Oh I could just go on for hours if I wanted to but I think that those are the best I can use to sum it all up," said Moonbay. "Now if you will excuse us, we have much better things to do," said Moonbay grabbing Fiona and walking off.
They both heard a loud growl of frustration come from Amy a few moments later and also the very amused look that spread across Van's face while they passed by him on their way to their homeroom. They next heard a yell of; "Come back here!" from Amy but Moonbay didn't even turn around when she flipped her off.
Amy was a very furious. "How the hell could she tell such a lie like that and then make it seem like it was my fault? Then she has the audacity to flip me off like it was of no big deal to her at all," said a pissed off Amy. She heard giggling around her and turned to see that there were many people watching the previous exchange of words. As she as she spotted them they all turned their heads away as if they hadn't been listening in. She just growled one last time before she grabbed Van and literally dragged him down the hall to their homeroom.
*****
It was now two days before they would finally get out of school and Fiona found herself laying on her bed just staring at the ceiling that night with nothing to do. "This would to be the worst vacation I ever had," Fiona told herself sadly. She turned upon her sides but then there was a knock on her door.
"Yes?" asked Fiona sitting up on her bed as her mother walked into her room with a small smile upon her face while she was holding a phone in her hand. It didn't take Fiona long to realize that someone had called asking for her.
"Van is on the phone. He says that he needs to talk to you about something," said her mother but Fiona could tell that she was hiding something and her next statement revealed it. "Oh, by the way, the answer is yes," she said before she walked out of the room before Fiona could question her about what she meant.
"Hey Van," said Fiona once again laying back down upon her bed. She listened but she didn't receive a reply from Van. "Van?" asked Fiona a little louder to see if maybe he didn't hear her the first time that she called him.
"Oh, hey Fiona. Sorry about that. I had to do something really quickly," said Van finally replying to her. "Listen I called to ask you something so I had best just get down to the point. My family is heading to the mountains for winter break and my dad told me to tell you that you are welcome to come along with us if you wanted to," said Van in a happy voice that it would be Fiona and not his girlfriend, Amy had been really bossy lately and he really needed a break from it.
"Wasn't it supposed to be a family vacation? I think that is what I heard you say at school when she was pretty much begging you to take her along with your family," said Fiona a little confused.
"That was just an excuse that my dad used to keep her away. He never really did like her. He thinks of you as a daughter to him though and that is why he said that he wanted you to come along with us. So how about it? Are you going to come with us or not?" asked Van with a bit of hope in his voice.
Fiona thought about it for a second. She figured that she had better ask but then the words that her mother had said to her came back to her at that moment about her answer being a yes. 'So she knew before I did,' thought Fiona with a small chuckle. "Yes. I would like that very much," said Fiona happily.
"Great. We are going to be leaving the day after school lets out so just be prepared for it. We are going to be leaving rather early in the morning and heading up to the mountains. Apparently my dad owned a cabin up there that he never told me about until now. The best thing is that there was recently a lot of snow up there so it will be great for skiing and stuff like that," said Van knowing how Fiona would react to his statement.
"Really?" asked Fiona with he excitement rising quickly at the mention of snow. 'Finally, I get to see some real snow. This is going to be great,' thought Fiona happily. "That's great. I can't wait for it," said Fiona happily.
"That's good. I heard that you had never seen snow before so I thought you would be happy to hear about that," said Van as he smiled on his side of the line. "Listen, I have to go but I'll talk to you a little later about all of this," said Van and after receiving a goodbye from Fiona he hung up the phone.
*****
Fiona went into school the next day with a bright smile on her face at the change in her would have been horrible vacation. Now she would be going on a vacation with Van and his family. Things seemed to be going great for Fiona. 'Now I can spend a little time with Van and his family without Amy constantly taking up all of his time,' thought Fiona making her only smile even more.
"You sure seem happy today?" came Moonbay's voice as she ran to catch up with Fiona. "Whoa!" said Moonbay even more shocked than she thought. Fiona wasn't just happy, she was positively radiating with happiness. "Uh, are you feeling ok Fiona?" asked Moonbay although she was glad to see her friend like this.
"I am great! Never been better. Everything seems to be going my way now and I am glad for that," said Fiona continuing to walk but a little slower so that Moonbay could keep up.
"You are smiling so brightly it is as if you soaked Amy in meat and set dogs on her," said Moonbay with a loud laugh attracting the attention of many upon the two of them. Moonbay immediately quieted down and turned to watch where she was going. "So what's up?" she asked.
Fiona looked around quickly to make sure that no one was watching. The good thing about having Moonbay finally know the secret was that they could talk a little more freely with each other. Fiona then whispered into Moonbay's ear, "I am going to be going on a vacation with Van and his family, and the best thing is that Amy isn't allowed to go."
Moonbay still found it kind of weird that Fiona and Van were actually friends but by the way that Fiona was talking it sounded as if it was something much more than just that. "That's great. Tell me though, is there something going on between the two of you?" asked Moonbay making Fiona blush.
"Going on between who?" asked Amy suddenly showing up in front of the two of them. They were thankful that she didn't hear Van's name though. For once though, Van wasn't stuck with her. "Does little Fiona have a boyfriend? Who is it, that dork Thomas or some other desperate person that would go with anybody?" asked Amy before laughing a horribly high-pitched laugh that sent shivers down both of their spines.
"I bet you would just love to know that but I guess we will just leave you in the dark about it all to keep you guessing. You would never be able to guess in a million years who it was," said Moonbay working her best to rub the secret in without telling who it was exactly.
Fiona had to admit to herself that having Moonbay know might be a good thing. Being able to talk to her about it instead of just Van or Irvine might help her keep her sanity as well as laughs because she knew Moonbay was only going to make things much worse for Amy than before she knew about it. Although the things that were being exchanged weren't quite true, even if she did wish that they were even possible, Fiona just kept quiet and continued to listen.
"It's not like I want to know. I was just thinking how desperate they must be to go out with someone like her," said Amy point a finger at Fiona with a disgusted look upon her face.
'Van must have been desperate just to go out with you,' thought Moonbay with a small chuckle but she wasn't going to share her current thoughts with anyone at that moment. "Actually I would think that they are very smart if they want to go out with her," said Moonbay continuing to come out with comebacks.
"Yeah, smart because she is so gullible that they could get her in their bed easily," said Amy with a laugh as she turned around and walked away but not before Moonbay and Fiona stormed by and they both stomped upon her foot as hard as they could while laughing.
"This coming from queen slut," said Moonbay infuriating Amy and taking pleasure in it. She enjoyed inflicting pain upon her, call her a sadist or whatever, she didn't care as long as she could indulge in her new favorite pastime. "Fiona isn't like you. She doesn't jump in bed with every man or any for that matter, especially when you have a boyfriend," said Moonbay with a grin.
"How dare you! I am not like that! You had best watch your back," growled out Amy as she stormed past the two and up to Van who had up to that point been watching the little conflict since he arrived at the school for a few minutes. "Come on Van. We need to show them who is in charge around her," said yelled grabbing Van and once again literally dragging him away from the two of them.
"I believe that was a challenge. I will be sure to show her what I am made of when I come back from vacation. Don't want to get in trouble before then or I might not be able to go. So are you with me Fiona?" asked Moonbay turning to look at Fiona. Only to see her standing back away from where the recent verbal fighting had recently been going on.
"I don't know," said Fiona a little reluctantly although it sure did sound kind of fun but it was not something that she would really do. "I am not sure about it," she continued.
"Oh come on," begged Moonbay but all she go was a small shrug from Fiona. "Fine then. My offer is still open if you want to join in but for now I can do it and I am sure that Irvine would just love to join in for the fun. I have to do something quickly. I will see you in class," said Moonbay before running off.
Fiona was thankful that this was the last day of school because she wanted to get away before any fireworks went off between them before school let out and she ended up being caught in the middle.