Fiona stood in front of a mirror and looked at herself in her new swimsuit. It was a blue two piece suit. She liked it because it was Van's favorite color. It had a skirt like section that tied around the right side of her waist and fell down towards her left thigh. A piece that was easily removable
It was a swimsuit that looked like it was made solely for her. She actually liked it but she was more curious as to what Van would think of it. He always said that she looked good in just about anything but she wanted there to be a real impact when Van saw her.
"Damn girl. You look good in that," Moonbay said walking into Fiona's room. She walked around Fiona like a vulture stalking its prey. Examining the suit for any flaws but she didn't find any. "You are definitely going to turn quite a few heads at this party. I know the one you want though," Moonbay said grinning which made Fiona blush modestly.
"Do you really think so Moonbay?" Fiona asked looking at herself in the mirror. She wasn't a vain person like Amy but she really wanted to look good for Van. She had never had this urge to do that for him before but the entire situation was really starting to get to her.
"Of course, would I lie to you?" Moonbay asked smiling. She walked over to Fiona's closet and looked for something for her to wear in public until they got to the party. 'Bingo!' Moonbay thought pulling out a yellow sundress and throwing it towards Fiona. It was easily removable for when Fiona felt like going swimming. Plus it made her look good.
'You look good Fiona," Irvine said leaning against the door frame. He knew Fiona wouldn't mind because he had no such interest in her. "My little baby sister is all grown up," he said wiping a fake tear off his eye but he was smirking while doing so.
"So are we going straight to the party or do we have stop somewhere first?" Fiona asked as they walked out of her room and out of the house with Fiona locking it behind her because her mother wasn't home at that moment.
"I have to stop at the store to pick up a few things but other than that, it is close to a non-stop trip there. I know you just can't bare to be away from him that long so I will make sure to make it as fast as possible," Irvine said hoping into the drivers seat of his car that he had been saving up for. He even got a part time job a few years back to buy it but it was all worth it.
Fiona really was kind of anxious to see Van. It had only been three days, but to her it felt more like three years. She had no idea that her love for Van would make her feel like this for Van.
Irvine sped off down the street in a bit of a hurry but without breaking any laws and got to the right store within a few minutes. "Do either of you want to go in?" he asked as he stepped out of the car.
Both of the females in the car shook there head no and he shrugged and walked into the store. He had a plan stored in his mind for that day and he only needed to get one thing for it to be fun.
Moonbay turned towards Fiona who was sitting in the backseat and smiled at her. "Hey Fiona, I have always been curious as to how much in love you actually are with Van. I don't know anything considering that you kept it from me for the past four years," she said with snort of anger. It was playful though and she was sure that even Fiona knew it.
"I have told you sorry about that at least a hundred times since then. As for Van, there is no real way in which I can describe my feelings for him. I love him so much that I hate it when I see Amy rubbing all over him or showering him with kisses. Sometimes I just want him for myself without all the secrecy," Fiona said silently but loud enough for Moonbay to hear her.
Moonbay couldn't help but let her grin widen. "If he was to ask you to marry him at this moment, what would you say to that? Ah, such sweet love, how can you say no?" Moonbay asked with a dreamy look in her eye. She seemed to space out for a second but she pulled herself back together.
"I probably would say no," Fiona said making Moonbay jump in surprise because she was sure that that wouldn't be Fiona's answer. "Under different circumstances, yes but not with the way that things are now. Not when he is still with Amy. I just can't get my hopes up like that when the future is uncertain," Fiona said honestly as she looked out the window with a depressed look on her face.
"Oh cheer up Fiona. I am sure that everything is going to work out in the end. True love always prevails," Moonbay said patting her friend on the shoulder before she turned around as Irvine got back in the car. She took the bag and grinned at what she saw inside. "Too good. This is going to be so much fun," she said putting it to the side.
'I wish you are right. But that type of thing only happens in fairy tales. This is real life and far more unfair than a story can ever be. If something bad can happen, it will most likely happen,' she thought as she stared out the window ignoring the talking of Irvine and Moonbay in the front seats.
Basically the entire senior class was there. It was chaos everywhere. People were running around, dancing, playing games, swimming in Van's giant pool. Needless to say, everyone was taking full advantage of that day to have some fun. And taking full advantage of what Van could give them now.
"No one ever seems this excited when I throw a party at my house. They all try to behave," Amy said from a lawn chair as she watched the rest of the students running all around her. "My house has all of this and yet they actually behave there," she continued to say tipping down some sunglasses that she was wearing.
Van couldn't help but give her a deadpan look when she said that. 'Maybe it is because they are all afraid of your father,' he thought but held his tongue. "No idea why," he lied taking a bite of some food that his mother had insisted on making for him and the rest of his classmates. He was glad that it wasn't health food junk. Not a way to have a party.
"I could easily throw a party like this if they actually wanted to do anything," Amy said arrogantly as she stood up and walked towards the pool to take a dip. Her movements caught the eye of everyone that was by the pool.
There was one thought on everyone's mind as she walked by them. 'Can she possibly show anymore skin?' It was true. The bikini she was wearing had a top that barely covered her breasts and the lower part was nothing but a thong. Made people wondered why she didn't just come nude instead. It was what she practically was in anyways.
Van rolled his eyes at all the people that were trying to get her attention and stood up walking back into his home. It was still strange to live in a place like this when he was raised in nothing but a small home all of his life. Now he was living in a mansion where there was more space than he was used to.
He was greeted by several of his classmates and he merely nodded back to most of them because he had never really gotten to know some of the people. He knew names but nothing about them.
He was a bit upset because he hadn't seen Fiona anywhere yet. He knew it was just because she hadn't gotten here yet but he wanted to see her soon or he would go mad. He hadn't seen her since the night before he moved in here and he was going nuts not seeing her.
Van walked into the kitchen and grabbed a soda from the refrigerator. He didn't provide it but alcohol still managed to get there and he wasn't really one to drink such stuff. He looked around the room at all the students who were talking but still saw no sign of Fiona.
Van jumped when a hand slammed against his back pushing him forward. He turned around quickly and came face to face with a grinning Irvine. "Hey! You almost made me spill my drink Irvine," Van said wiping off the small amount that did get out and onto his chest.
Irvine just chuckled at his angry friend. "Oh lighten up Van. I just came in to tell you that I am here and so is Fiona. Might want to watch out though, your jaw will drop when you see her so try to keep it in check," he said with a chuckle before he walked off to find Moonbay.
'I have seen her many times. How is it that this time will be any different from all of the other times?" Van asked himself as he started to walk around looking like he had nothing to do but he was actually looking for Fiona. 'Where is she?' he asked himself mentally as he looked around.
Van took a few steps and was jerked backwards suddenly when arms wrapped around his neck. He knew exactly who it was considering that Fiona wouldn't be so open about this sort of thing in public. She was aware of the consequences if she was to.
"Come on Van, come outside with me," Amy pouted wrapping her arms around him tighter. "Then again, Irvine just brought some trash here so the party is basically ruined. How could he hang out with losers like them and not with us?" Amy asked although it was more like she was talking to herself right then instead of to Van.
"Whatever you say," Van said with a fake chuckle as if he was amused by what she had told him. He turned around and saw that she still had the top uncovered but she was wearing a pair of shorts. In a way, he was slightly relieved that she tried to cover herself up.
"Know what I think Van?" Amy asked pecking him on the cheek. She didn't receive a reply but she did see the questioning look in his eyes. "I think that little girl might have a crush on you. Not that I can blame her," she said and felt Van start chocking on air. "I know, a disturbing thought, isn't it?" she asked taking it as a bad reaction to what she said.
"Yeah, hehe," he chuckled nervous with a little sweat coming down his forehead. He was nervous that she had figured it out for a second but she was just saying what she thought was right, not what she actually knew. 'If you only knew,' he thought as he finally escaped from her grasp. "I have to go find someone, I will talk to you in a bit," he said and she nodded.
"Sure, you can find me at the pool when you are finished with your business," she said kissing full on the lips before she left with a skip to her step in the direction of the pool with a bright smile on her face.
Van breathed a sigh of relief and walked up his stairs because he wanted to grab a few things from his room like his swim trunks because he was still in his normal clothing. He planned to have fun as well.
Van entered his room and grabbed his swim trunks and headed into his bathroom to change. He walked out two minutes later. He quickly stepped back when he saw that Amy was in his room soaked to the bone and also not wearing the top to her suit. "A-Amy what are you doing in here?" he asked nervously at the sight. It was like a train wreck, he just couldn't seem to look away.
Amy took his reaction as a good thing like he was too mesmerized by her to speak properly. "I just thought that since we are all alone up here that maybe we can take advantage of it while they are all enjoying themselves down there," she said in a seductive tone. She approached him and felt his back tense up as she pushed herself towards him.
Van was at a complete loss for words. He had never really seen a woman like this before. "Um…ah… we really… we really shouldn't be doing this," he said nervously as he pushed her away and tried as hard as he could to look away.
"Oh come on Van. We never get to have this sort of opportunity. Why is it that you don't want to?" she asked as she wrapped her arms around him again and started kissing him. "Are you gay or something?" she asked with a chuckle.
"Of course not!" Van yelled a little too loudly. He groaned when she still didn't remove herself. 'This is really starting to get old,' he told himself as he pushed her away again. "This just isn't the time for this. It just doesn't feel right at this moment," he said handing her back her top which she had basically dropped on the floor. "I will be back down in a minute or two," he said as she growled and left the room.
Van groaned and fell down onto his bed and ran a hand across his face. She had been trying to get him to do that for a while now but he just couldn't do something that special with someone that he didn't truly love. If he did, then he wanted it to be with Fiona and no one else. The problem was trying to find a way to get her to stop without raising her suspicions.
'I want this to end,' he groaned as he stood up and walked to window to look out it. He was surprised when the first thing he saw was Fiona walking out there near a bunch of flowers. She was really a sight to see.
His fists clenched at his side when he saw Thomas come walking up to her. He did not want that small fry to get in the way if his love for her. He turned around quickly and ran out of his room planning to do something before Thomas could try anything with her.
"Fiona!" Fiona heard Thomas yell and turned around. She saw him running towards her and she sighed and took a few steps forward. "Hey Fiona!" Thomas said happily as he managed to catch up with Fiona.
"Oh… hey Thomas. What are you doing here? I thought that you didn't like Van," Fiona said and Thomas was giving her a look like he wanted to know the same thing. "I just came with Irvine and Moonbay. I plan to avoid and confrontations though," she said with a small smile.
"Same here, I just came for fun," Thomas said feeling a bit embarrassed. He suddenly remembered what he was going to ask her so he took a deep breath. "Hey Fiona, do you have a date for the prom yet?" he asked and saw her shake her head sadly. "I was wondering if maybe you wanted to go with me," he said with a blush across his face.
Fiona thought it over. She knew that there was no other choice. Van had to go with Amy and Irvine was going with Moonbay. All others probably had a date by then. She also felt bad for Thomas. She did kind of stand him up on that one date earlier in the year. "I guess," she said with a sigh knowing it just wouldn't be the same as if she had gone with Van.
Thomas just couldn't believe his ears. Fiona had actually said that she would go with him. 'Maybe she got rid of that boyfriend of hers,' he thought happily and wrapped his arms around her. She struggled to get loose and he let her go. "You won't regret this Fiona," he said happily before he ran off.
'Yes I will. I always dreamed of going to prom with my boyfriend and you sure aren't that person,' she told herself and then spotted Van off to the side. He did not look to happy. She knew that he must have witnessed the entire scene.
Van looked around and took a few steps forward and then headed farther back where he was sure that nobody was and where no one could see them. "What did he want Fiona?" he asked trying to keep his temper under control. He knew what he heard but he just wanted to hear it come out of Fiona's own mouth.
Fiona sighed but decided to just say it even though he had a look like he already knew. "He just asked me to go to the prom with him. I said yes because I couldn't go with you," she said and saw his ticked off face.
Van was really pissed that she had actually said yes to him. "Fiona, he doesn't just want you to go to the prom with him. He wants you for his girlfriend," he said highly frustrated at the situation. He couldn't exactly blame her though. He was going with someone else also.
"Well I wouldn't have said yes if I could actually go with you! You are going with Amy though. Why don't you keep that in mind!" she said before walking away quickly with tears in her eyes. She wanted to get away before they said anything terrible about it. She knew that he didn't mean to sound so mean so she would just talk to him later about it.
Van groaned. Today was just not his day. This was the sort of situation that he had feared since they actually became a couple. He knew he couldn't give her what she wanted and he was afraid she would leave him for someone who could actually give her what she deserved.
Fiona stormed into the back of the house and towards the pool. She knew that it was the sort of thing that she needed to calm down. She felt bad though because she didn't want to fight Van about it. It just came out and she couldn't stop it.
Fiona looked at everyone that was there and groaned. 'Oh great!' Fiona mentally yelled as she saw Amy was already there and staring at her with the malice that was always in her eyes when she saw Fiona. "Just ignore her," she told herself so quietly that no one around her could hear what she was saying.
Fiona looked around again and she just went to the closest lawn chair to her and sat down. It was a decent distance from Amy so she felt like nothing bad could happen. She just wanted to enjoy the party while she could and not have to worry about fighting with anyone else. She knew it was a long shot hope but she went for it anyways.
She sat down and removed the sundress since her swimsuit was underneath. The earned her numerous catcalls from all of the male students that were around her. She also noticed that there was a jealous look in Amy's eyes since there were no eyes on her anymore and they were all on Fiona. One of her goals was to make Amy jealous and she succeeded. Now she wanted to drive Van nuts.
Van came around the corner to the pool and noticed everyone's attention was in one place. He looked over and his jaw dropped when he saw Fiona in the loveliest swimsuit he had ever seen. 'Whoa!' he mentally yelled as his eyes widened in surprise. He wanted to be with her now but he knew they needed to cool off first.
Amy was fuming with jealousy. No matter what she did, she could not get anyone's attention back on her. She wanted to strangle Fiona right then. She had been nothing but a pain since she had come to their school. Taking everyone's attention away from her.
Amy considered herself to be more beautiful, smarter, a better athlete, yet no one seemed to care as much as they used to. It was always Fiona. Her kindness, her innocence, and all that people thought that she had seemed to be on everyone's mind when Fiona was around. It was starting to drive her nuts.
Amy stood up from her seat and stormed over to Fiona. She saw Van walking over and smiled as well. "What are you, some sort of slut?" Amy snapped at her although Fiona had been doing her best to ignore all the stares that were coming towards her. "You are just trying to get everyone's attention for yourself with that toothpick body of yours!" Amy yelled at Fiona when she finally looked at her.
Van groaned and slapped his forehead. 'Does she know that her swimsuit is showing as much skin as possible? At least Fiona's is much more modest than hers is,' Van thought as he walked up but tried to stay out of the fight. He didn't have to speak his thoughts though, Fiona did it for him.
"This coming from the woman who is trying to show as much skin as possible?" Fiona asked looking at her with a look of I-don't-care. "What's the matter, jealous that the spotlight isn't on you for once?" Fiona asked actually showing a bit of anger. She hated how Amy was the center of everyone's attention but most of all Van's. She wanted revenge for that.
"How dare you!" Amy growled as she grabbed a hold of Fiona and picked her out of the seat. She pushed her back and Fiona was caught by one of the fellow classmates. "You think that you can get away with anything because you are teachers pet, don't you?" Amy yelled at her.
"Look who is talking. You have Prozen do all of your work for you. Have him get people who do nothing to you in trouble just so you can feel good about yourself. And you say that about me?" Fiona yelled as she pushed Amy back but she was caught by Van who just had the misfortune of being there right then.
"Thanks Van," Amy muttered angrily as she stepped away from him and towards Fiona. She snarled and got straight in her face. "Bitch!" she yelled slapping Fiona in the face really hard.
Fiona stumbled back in shock for a moment but got her composure back and got in Amy's face. She didn't want a confrontation but she knew that Amy was asking for this. She shoved Amy really hard causing her to stumble back quickly and even Van moved out of the way since she was coming too fast.
Amy knew she was about to fall into the pool since she couldn't stop. She fell in hard causing a large splash. 'How dare her!' she thought as she tried to find the right way to the top of the water.
Fiona hesitantly walked towards the edge of the pool and looked down to make sure that Amy didn't get killed. She hated her but she didn't want to kill her. That would make Van angry because he still likes her even though Amy was nothing but a spoiled brat to everyone around her.
She looked down into the water but before she knew it, she was suddenly grabbed by the leg when Amy sprung from the water and grabbed her. She was pulled into the pool as well and ended up hurting her ankle in the process. None of that seemed to matter as the two of them were wrestling in the water.
'This was supposed to be fun, not a fight,' Van thought with a groan as he looked for some sort of escape from the situation. He saw Irvine and ran towards him. "Irvine!" he yelled as Irvine turned to look at him. "We have to stop this!" he said and Irvine nodded.
The two of them jumped into the pool and immediately rushed over to the two girls separating them apart. Van grabbed a hold of Amy and pulled the still struggling woman back. Irvine grabbed Fiona and she didn't even struggle as he pulled her away.
"Enough!" Van yelled trying to stop the angry Amy from strangling Fiona. "This is not what I had in mind when I threw this party!" he yelled growing annoyed and then happy when he saw her finally settled down. "I don't want any fighting here!" he said to both of them. He knew Fiona didn't want to but he wasn't sure about Amy.
Irvine took Fiona and helped her out of the pool. He did notice that something was wrong though. "Are you ok Fiona? You're limping," he said but she just waved it off. "What happened?" he asked as he took her towards the house.
Fiona stopped and grabbed her stuff. "I am fine. I just kind of hurt my ankle slightly when I was pulled in. I will be fine if I just sit down for a little," she said drying herself off and then putting back on her sundress before she followed him into the house. It wasn't bad, it was just stinging slightly.
"Yeah, well I think we should at least put ice on it for a little while. You can never take any chances that something else could happen to it," he said as she sat down in a chair in the kitchen while he walked over to the freezer and grabbed some ice and putting them into a small bag.
"I'm telling you that I will be fine Irvine. It isn't that bad," Fiona said but she knew that Irvine wouldn't let it go until she agreed. Especially with the look he was giving her when she said that. "Fine!" she groaned and took the ice pack that he held out to her.
Irvine smiled at her before he turned around to go and find Moonbay. He hadn't seen her at the fight and she was usually the first one to see one of those. It made him wonder if something happened to her.
Fiona groaned and leaned back in the chair holding the icepack to her ankle. She sat up straight when she felt eyes on her and turned her head slightly to see Van standing at the opening to the kitchen staring at her. He then turned and headed up the stairs by himself.
Fiona remained seated for a little bit before she stood up and walked with a very small limp towards the stairs and up it after Van. She saw him head into one of the spare bedrooms. It was a spacious room but it was rather bare except for a small bed that was in the middle of it all.
She walked in and saw Van standing there waiting for her. "I didn't exactly start that. You seemed really mad afterwards and I am sorry," she said and felt Van carefully pick her up and set her onto the bed.
Van kneeled down and carefully examined her ankle to make sure that nothing was wrong. "I know that you didn't want to get into a fight. I saw the whole thing. You tried to ignore her up until the point that she shoved you. So I can't blame you for shoving back," he said standing up. "You're ankle isn't even swollen. It won't take long for it to get better," he said helping her up.
"That was what I was telling Irvine," Fiona replied resting her head in Van's chest. "Sorry about the argument earlier. I wish that I could go to prom with you and not him. It isn't fair that I can't go with the one person I really want to go to," Fiona sighed as she listened to his heartbeat.
"The argument wasn't your fault. I shouldn't have snapped like that. I just hated how you accepted his offer. Call me jealous or whatever but I hate to see you with someone else," Van said with his head towards the ground. He felt Fiona lift his head up before he felt her lips upon his in a kiss.
Fiona broke away from the kiss with a smile on her face. "Why don't we just forget about it all? On one condition, I want a dance on prom night. I don't care where, I just want one," she said playfully which made Van laugh.
"So be it, my lady," Van said acting all proper when he knew that he was far from it. I had better get back downstairs before Amy comes looking for me. Be sure to stay for the rest of the party. It is a lot better having you around even if I can't talk to you," he said and she nodded before he walked out of the door.
Van walked out of the door and turned towards the stairs just as Amy came walking up them. "What are you doing in there Van? That isn't your room," she said after seeing him come out of the empty room.
'Think fast, think fast,' Van thought to himself sweating a little. "I just thought I heard someone in there. I was just checking it out since I told everyone that they are supposed to stay out of the upstairs," he said with a shrug as he walked over to her and then past her down the stairs.
'He's hiding something,' Amy thought as she turned the opposite way and towards the door. She opened it up and walked inside to find it empty. She walked into the room and looked around expecting to find something in the room. She looked under the bed, in the closet, and in the joining bathroom but found nothing in there.
'I have really got to start trusting him a little more. It isn't like he is going to chest on me anyways. Him and I both know that,' she thought before shrugging like Van before leaving the room.
Fiona had heard her coming after Van had left the room. She was quick to think because she had a suspicion about what would happen. She opened the window and climbed down some very sturdy vines that she had found earlier that day and ran back to the rest of the students before Amy even came into the room.
Fiona came to a walk before she came around the corner to join the rest of her classmates. This was just as Van had come walking out of the door. The look on his face was priceless. He was shocked that she was here when he just left her in the room a minute before. He didn't know how she'd done that.
Fiona sat down in one of the lawn chairs and just relaxed. Many had come up to her asking if she was ok but she could say that her ankle wasn't bothering her anymore. It was almost as if it had never been hurt in the first place.
That was the way that the rest of the party went. She actually started to have a good time because Van had managed to convince Amy to not even speak to Fiona. It looked like she was reluctant to not start a fight but she gave into the request anyways. So Fiona had nothing but a good time there.
'No, no, no. You are doing it wrong Moonbay!" Irvine said in a hushed whisper as the two of them were preparing something to make their day. It was definitely going to be good to do this.
"Sure I am. Never mind, let's just quit arguing and focus on the task. She is coming, so let's get ready," Moonbay said as they looked out a window as Amy was walking down the yard back towards the pool later in the afternoon. She was all by herself, just like Irvine and Moonbay wanted.
Amy walked down the yard without a care in the world. The incident earlier that morning no longer seemed to affect her and she just went on as she normally did. 'She has nothing compared to me anyways. I am the better of the two of us. I will be prom queen and valedictorian for the class. Nothing that she will ever have,' she thought haughtily.
She jumped back quickly when something suddenly exploded in front of her causing her ankles to get wet. She looked around but didn't say anything but it then happened again from right behind her.
"Who's there!" she yelled looking around but not seeing anyone. She then looked up but that was a big mistake. Her eyes widened in surprise as she saw at least a dozen water balloons falling quickly towards her. She knew that she wouldn't be able to dodge them all.
They came down fast and hard with at least half of the balloons hitting Amy. She was soaked to the bone and mad as hell. She looked up just in time to see Irvine and Moonbay's heads pop back into the house. She could distinctly hear laughing and that made it even worse.
She growled and stormed towards the back where she was sure that she would find her boyfriend. She knew that he was most likely screwing around but she didn't really care about that.
Just as she had thought, she found Van in a water wrestling match with another classmate. Similar to what she was doing earlier except he was just doing it for fun and not doing it to get everyone's attention away from Fiona and back on her where she thought it belonged.
Van grinned as he got out of the pool. 'He never stood a chance,' he thought cockily as he dried himself off. He then saw Amy approaching him and she was soaking wet while still in her normal clothes. "What happened to you, decide to go for a swim in the pool with your clothes on?" he asked with a chuckle.
The glare that she gave him made him take a step back. "No! I will have you know that it was that so-called friend of yours Irvine and that freak Moonbay!" she yelled at him in her fury. She knew she needed some way to vent her fury and she found it by pushing poor Thomas into the pool.
Van watched the event with mild curiosity. He didn't care what happened to Thomas because he had been ogling Fiona all day because of her bikini and it was really starting to grate on Van's nerves to no ends. He figured that he might as well say something. "Was that really necessary?" he asked with raised eyebrows.
"No, but it was fun," she said suddenly feeling chirpy again now that she had let off some of the steam that she had been keeping in. she didn't say anything but grabbed Van by the wrist and pulled him into the house in search of his Irvine and Moonbay so retribution could be achieved.
Giving him a hand, Fiona helped Thomas out of the pool. She groaned when she saw him blush at the extended hand because she was wearing only her swimsuit while doing this. It was getting a bit irritating. "Are you ok Thomas?" she asked kindly.
"I'm fine," he said looking off to the side a bit. He remembered when he first saw Fiona in her swimsuit that he just about had a nosebleed. "That was rather rude of her to do such a thing when I didn't even do anything to her," he mumbled as he walked away since he knew he had to get home then.
"Since when has she ever had to have a reason to be as rude as she has been?" Fiona asked no on in specific. She sat back down in one of the chairs and just laid back staring at the sky. "She gives no respect to anyone," she muttered to herself before standing up again.
She looked around and saw that there weren't many people left. The party had been going on all day and everyone was starting to leave. Less than probably a quarter of the original amount of students there were here now and even they were leaving since the sun was already starting to set.
It was probably less than fifteen minutes later that everyone was gone. The sun had set a few minutes before and the sky was already dark. The house was empty except for a lot of trash that Fiona knew that Van would have to pick up alone if no one helped. She knew that Amy would never resort to doing manual work. It just wasn't her style.
Fiona walked into the house and saw Van already cleaning up by himself. "Amy gone?" she asked quietly and she saw Van nod his head and let out a sigh of relief. "Good," she said with a sigh as she got on her knees and started to help Van pick up because she knew that it would be an all-night job if she didn't help him out.
Van looked up to see Fiona helping him out. He was grateful but felt that she didn't have to. "You don't have to do that Fiona. It was my party so it is my job to clean up the trash afterwards," he said placing his hand on hers to stop her before she did anything.
"I know I don't but I want to," she said with a smile as she pulled her hand out of his grip. "Where is Irvine and Moonbay? Maybe we can get them to help out since a lot of this was probably there mess as well," Fiona said looking around trying to find their missing friends.
"No idea. They are probably still hiding from Amy since they dumped water balloons on her head about an hour ago. They probably still don't know that she has already left," Van said shrugging his shoulder before placing a large amount of garbage in the trash bag he was holding.
"Well I am going to look for them. I will still need a ride home when we finish this up. Care to join me?" she asked with a sweet smile which Van just couldn't refuse to say no to. "Good," she said taking his hand as they started their search through the large house.
"How about you just stay here tonight? It will make it a lot easier on everyone that way," he said and laughed at Fiona's beaming face. "I guess that I will take that as a yes," he said and her head bounced up and down happily. "That also reminds me that you haven't gotten a proper tour of this place yet. Today was the first time that you have actually seen it since we moved in," he said tightening his grip on her hand.
Van led her up the stairs since she has basically seen all of the downstairs just like the rest of the class. "This place has three floors. My room is on the third floor. Hope you like climbing. Any sure doesn't," he said causing both of them to laugh at the thought of her complaining about all of the stairs.
Van led her to the third floor figuring that he would work his way down. "We can also do our search while I give you the grand tour," he said as he led her to the closest door. "This is Maria's room for when she is actually around. The one I took you to earlier is just a guest bedroom. No need to worry about that though because you will be staying with me," he said causing her to blush.
The room was very similar to the other room she was in earlier. It was bare since Maria hadn't been around to decorate it the way that she would have liked to. A few boxes of Maria's belongings that she left behind when she left for college were the only things there except for a bed.
"I wonder what it will look like when Maria actually gets a chance to do something with it," Fiona said but Van just shrugged his shoulders before leading her out and closing the door behind him.
He led her to another door that was a small double door. "Behind here is my parent's room," he said opening the door to let Fiona see. She stared wide eyes at the beauty that it already was.
The room was gorgeous to Fiona. Everything was already unpacked and taken out of the room so that it didn't make it look cluttered. 'Leave it to Van's mother to make something look perfect in just a few days. When I first moved here, my room was messy for at least a week and it was a lot smaller than this one,' Fiona thought in amazement.
"I will never figure out how she can keep doing things like this," Van muttered although Fiona heard anyways. "Dad and I have been trying to pry her away from the room to get some rest since we first moved in but she wouldn't budge until she was finished," Van said causing Fiona to laugh.
Van led her away from his parent's room and then led her to their next destination which was none other than his own room. There weren't all that many rooms on the floor but all of them were larger than any normal persons room would be.
"Leave it to you to be messy," Fiona said with a chuckle as she walked into the room and saw boxes stacked up messily in the corner. It looked like the lightest touch would send them all falling over. "It looks good with what you have done though," she said plopping down on the bed with a sigh at how comfortable it felt.
Van sat down and laid back taking Fiona with him so that she was laying on his chest. "I still have a lot of work to go before I can get this place the way I want it to be. We also have a few things coming in later in the week which will make me have to wait until I can get certain things unpacked," he said with a groan.
Fiona felt too comfortable right then. She could already feel herself drifting off to sleep. She probably would have or already did before Van shook her back to reality when he realized what she was doing. "Huh?" Fiona said lifting her head off of his chest too look into his smiling face.
Van just chuckled at the face she was making. "Don't fall asleep yet Fiona. There is still a lot that you have to see," he said standing up and sticking out his hand to help Fiona up. He got her to her feet and without letting go of her hand, led her out of the room and down the stairs to the second floor.
Van led her to a large door and opened it up and he felt Fiona immediately let go of his hand and rushed into the room with a wowed look on her face. It was a room that could be used for an office. There were hundreds of books already lined up along the walls.
Van knew that this was the type of place that Fiona would like. She was always into reading books unless she was with him. He always kept her way to occupied to do anything of the sort. "This is my father's study. Everyone is welcome in her at anytime though," he said with a laugh.
Fiona was running around the room looking at several of the books on the wall. There were encyclopedias, dictionaries, books on ever language known to man. There was also shelf after shelf of stories that looked like they would be very interesting to read if given the chance.
"Wow! This place is amazing Van!" Fiona said happily as she garbed a book off the shelf and flipped through the pages before putting it back on the shelf. "I wish I was in your shoes, except for the whole Amy things. It must be great to be able to have all of this stuff," she said indicating the entire study.
Van couldn't help but laugh at her childish behavior. She was like a child who had just been given a candy store. "You sure are easy to please," he said walking over to her and wrapping his arms around her shoulders. He kissed the back of her neck which caused her to moan.
He was about to step but Fiona caught his arms and kept them where they were. "Please don't let go," she pleaded silently. She felt like if he let go that she would lose him to Amy. Her happy disposition changed quickly to that of a scared one.
Her mood change happened so quickly. She did it at a speed that Van didn't even know a person could do. "Don't worry Fiona. I will always be right here by your side. I will never leave you," he said as if he knew exactly what it was that she was feeling. Actually, he did know exactly what she was thinking in that one moment.
Fiona sighed knowing that he wouldn't. "I know you won't leave," she said turning her head to rest on his shoulder. She felt him kiss her forehead and her eyes closed in bliss at the feel of his warm lips upon her skin.
The two of them stayed that way for a while. Van then let go after a few minutes but still kept her close as he left the room with Fiona in tow. He still had a lot that he wanted to show her of his new home.
He led her further down the hall skipping over the one that they were in earlier because she had already seen it and approached a room. He opened it and it was completely empty. Unlike the room her skipped, this one didn't have anything in it, not even one piece of furniture.
"I know that it may look kind of plain right now but as soon as we can, it will be turned into a game room when we can get some things for it. I am going to see if I can get every game system possible for her," he said with a childish grin on his face like he was a child who could get anything he wanted from a toy store.
"Knowing you, this place will be filled with so much stuff that it will be hard to move around," Fiona said and laughed when he nodded his head enthusiastically. "You just like a child Van," she said and laughed loudly when he just grinned down at her even wider. 'It was supposed to be an insult,' she thought highly amused.
"That is most of the important rooms of the house. The rest are just boring places like the laundry room and stuff like that. I am sure that you don't want to see those places," he said as he led her out the door and to the stairs.
The two of them walked down the stairs after the tour was over. They were both surprised that they hadn't seen Irvine or Moonbay anywhere. The car was still here so they knew that the two of them were as well. The question was where they were and why they were still hiding. They should have known that Amy wouldn't stay around for that long.
The two of them walked down into the still messy room that they had left for the tour. Fiona suddenly came to a stop because she thought she heard something. "Van, wait," she said pulling him back since he was still walking. "Do you hear that?" she asked him and waited for a second before she saw him nod his head. "What is it?" she asked trying to find out where it was coming from.
"No idea but I think that it is coming from over here," Van said as they walked in one direction. The noises just got louder confirming that they were in the right direction. It ended up leading them to a closet.
Van was hesitant at first but he reached his hand out and grasped the door knob. The door swung open and both of their eyes nearly bugged out of their heads at the sight of Irvine and Moonbay making out. They weren't even aware that the two of them had anything going on before then.
Van quickly slammed the door shut and just stood there in shook for a moment. He had absolutely no idea what it was that he should say. He could tell that Fiona was speechless as well. He could hear scrambling in the closet for a second before Irvine and Moonbay came out flushed.
"It's not what it looks like!" the two of them yelled at the same time to their two extremely shocked friends. It was almost like they were incapable of speech. But Van and Fiona clearly gave them looks like they didn't believe them.
"So… uh… you two just being caught making out wasn't as it seemed. Sure looked real to me," Van said finally finding his voice and smirking at the two of them. They were always teasing him and Fiona about their relationship and now he felt it was time to turn the tables on them.
Fiona saw that Irvine and Moonbay were completely speechless. They were obviously trying to think of some excuse for what they were doing. "I thought you two just said that nothing was going on between you a few days ago. This sure does look like something is going on," she said figuring she would tease them as well.
"Not you too Fiona," Moonbay groaned knowing that even her best friend was against her on this. She was starting to regret all the times that she had teased Van and Fiona about their relationship. It was all starting to come back to haunt her now because these two weren't going to go easy on them about this.
Fiona saw Moonbay sigh in defeat and knew that they might get some answers out of them now. Fiona was very curious about this sudden change in relationship between these two and wanted to get as many answers out of them as she possibly could. "When did this all start?" she asked curiously.
"Around the same time as yours," Moonbay muttered and stared at their shocked faces. "So we didn't feel like mentioning it. It isn't like you two were very eager to tell me about all that was going on. I was in the dark for four years. Now you know how it feels," she said crossing her arms in a defiant pose.
"It was when you were still in the hospital but after you woke up. Moonbay was feeling really bad for what happened at school that day. She was basically blaming herself for you being humiliated that way. I was just attempting to cheer her up but that ended up happening," Irvine said to the two stunned teens.
"I always knew you two would end up together. It is a good match with Irvine's hardheadedness and Moonbay's stubbornness. Wouldn't you say so Van?" Fiona asked with a broad smile on her face.
"Yeah, perfect match. So when are the kids coming?" Van asked making both Irvine and Moonbay blush fifty different shades of red. Van just started to laugh his head off at the looks that were on their faces.
"Looks who's talking. You and Fiona will probably have one within the next two years," Irvine said making Fiona and Van have the exact same reaction as them. "Don't you think so Moonbay?" he asked with a grin.
"Not at all," Moonbay said making Van and Fiona calm down a little. "I say within a year, give or take a month or two," she said before they both broke out laughing at the scarlet faces of Van and Fiona. Fiona was so red that it was hard to find her eyes because they were the same color as her face.
"Want to make a bet?" he asked and Moonbay nodded her head enthusiastically. "A hundred bucks to the winner paid by the loser," he said with a grin and Moonbay made one of equal intensity.
Van and Fiona were completely clueless how their taunting was turned against them so quickly. They were even more clueless how the two of them were already making bets for when they first child was born when they weren't even able to be together in public yet.
"Let's just drop the subject, shall we?" Van asked making the two of them stop arguing about who was right. As you can see we have a lot of work to do to get this place cleaned up," Van said and grabbed Irvine and Moonbay by the back of their shirts as the two of them tried to sneak away while he wasn't looking. "And you two are helping," he said considering this payback for the teasing.
Irvine and Moonbay groaned as they were literally dragged back into the main room of the house. The floor was filthy and they knew that it will take a long time to get it all picked up. All plans for the night suddenly were worthless and they were stuck doing this because Van was not letting them out of it.
It took nearly two hours to get the entire house spotless and as clean as it was before the party even started. There were piles of garbage bags set off to the side waiting to be taken out.
"Finally!" Van said happily as he plopped down on the couch with Fiona next to him. "I thought that we would never get it finished. Now my parents won't be pissed to come back to a filthy home and I get my ass chewed out for letting it get so bad with my party," Van said as Fiona laid her head on his shoulder.
"Lucky you. I just lost the rest of my night helping you. Why exactly is it that you made the two of us help you anyways?" Irvine asked as he stretched his shoulder where a bit of a cramp was forming in it. His back wasn't very good either while they were putting the equipment outside away. the stuff was heavy.
"First off it was your idea to have this party in the first place," Van said making Moonbay glare at Irvine for getting her involved in the cleanup. She couldn't leave unless he left and he was stuck here because it was his idea for the party so he had to stay and clean up. "Second, consider it payback for the teasing you were doing earlier. We really didn't appreciate it," Van said chuckling to himself.
"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up Van," Irvine said with a sneer before he stood up. "I'm leaving. I really need to get some sleep," he said with a yawn. "Come on Fiona, come on Moonbay," he said heading towards the door but only Moonbay followed him. "Aren't you coming Fiona?" he asked turning around to look at her.
"That's ok. I am going to be staying here tonight. You two can just go ahead and do whatever it is that you feel like doing," Fiona said in a suggestive tone but was taken back by the grins that suddenly formed on their faces.
The two of them smirked as they turned and walked towards the door. They spoke loud enough for the two of them to hear them. "Looks like it will be sooner than either of us thought," Moonbay said before her and Irvine ran out of the house at top speed before Van made them do anymore work.
"Moonbay!" Van yelled in embarrassment. It was too late because they were gone. Van plopped down on the couch and wrapped his arm around Fiona's shoulder. "Those two will never learn," he said and smiled when she laid her head on his shoulder.
Fiona looked at the clock and saw that it was only nine at night. "I thought it would be later than that," she said making Van look at the clock and shrug his shoulders. "What do you think we should do now? We have the entire place to ourselves," she said with a yawn.
"I say that we go to bed. It has been a long day. Or maybe we can put in a movie. What is it that you want to do Fiona?" he asked kissing the top of her head as she sighed in content at his touch. He loved to see her happy so he will do anything to make that happen. He just wished he could give her the ultimate happiness.
"A movie sounds nice but it will probably just fall asleep during it. Might as well put it in anyways. We still have a lot of time," she said and Van stood up and walked towards the big screen TV that was across from them. She smiled when she saw what he put on. It was probably her favorite movie. "You're so sweet Van," she said kissing his cheek.
"Anything for you Fiona. As long as you are happy then I am happy," he said taking his seat and wrapping his arm around her shoulders. He watched the movie intently even if he had seen it several time before with Fiona.
It was probably half an hour later that Fiona was already asleep. Van found that he wasn't as tired as he originally thought he was a half an hour ago. He looked towards Fiona and a frown crossed his face as he watched her peacefully sleeping form.
Van carefully removed himself from her and laid her down on the couch and covered her with a blanket. He turned the TV off and quietly left the room and walked up the stairs and into the study that he showed Fiona earlier in the day.
He took a seat behind the desk that was in there and booted up the computer. He remembered how scared she seemed earlier that day when they were in there. She always put up a strong front but he knew that what he saw was what she was truly feeling. He didn't want her to be that way anymore. He didn't want her to fear that she would lose him because of this forced relationship that he was in.
Van stared at the computer for a second before he set to work. He pledged to himself that he wouldn't make her feel that way again. He planned to fight this even harder than before. He would find a way out of his situation and ensure that he would always see that smile on her face. Never again would he see her scared at the thought of losing him.
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