Sara and I made a pact to write this summer. So yeah. I'm updating. (I apologize for bringing my horrific writing back to this site).
Fabian, Amber, Patricia, and Alfie approached the cafe, but when they were only a block away, Fabian stopped.
"I can't do this tonight," I he shook his head, palms sweaty and shaking.
"Fabian, yes you-" Amber started to argue.
"Amber!" Fabian shouted, causing passers by to glance oddly at the group. "Just...you guys go, I'll be at my sister's," Fabian said, now calm. His older sister owned a bakery not too far away and lived in the apartment above. Rather than stay with Amber like they were to have Nina believe, he'd stay with his sister in the living room on the couch. "I'll be at your apartment tomorrow morning, Amber."
"So mystery boyfriend bailed, I take it?" Eddie asked Amber after the group had settled down in the booth, three chairs pulled to the end of the table for new arrivals.
"He..." Amber started, not sure what to say.
"He's unpacking at their apartment," Patricia intervened, saving Amber.
"So he's your slave, is he?" Eddie joked.
"No!" Amber protested. This really wasn't going too well.
"Okay," Eddie rolled his eyes, not believing the story.
-Two Hours Later-
"What's got you so down, Fabey?" Fabian's older sister Emma teased. Fabian looked up from the counter and gave his Emma a reproachful glare. He wasn't in the mood for conversing. "Silent treatment, I see. Okay then. Well grumpy, I'm gonna need you to run the shop for a bit. Two hours tops."
"Great," he muttered to himself, not at all pleased. Emma left the store, giving the bell above the door a little jingle as she stepped out.
"And then there's this nice little bakery down the street," Nina said to Amber as they walked down the sidewalk towards the apartment complex. "I think I'm going to run in there quickly, Eddie likes the blueberry muffins there...so we'll have them for breakfast tomorrow."
"Oka-wait, no!" Amber said quickly. "How about I get them? Let you go back to Eddie?" She and Nina had stayed a bit longer at the cafe to catch up, and everyone was already back at the apartments.
"No, it's okay, you should really go meet up with Mystery Boyfriend at the apartments," Nina laughed. Amber glanced down the street into the bakery window and saw Fabian gloomily leaning on the counter. How was she supposed to tell him to get out of there?
Nina began to walk down towards the bakery and Amber followed quickly behind in a panic. It wasn't supposed to happen like this!
"Nina, PLEASE wait!" Amber said as Nina was about to look Fabian's way. Luckily, he saw them out of the corner of his eye, and he ducked under the counter.
"Come on, Amber," Nina shook her head with a laugh as she opened the bakery door, the bell jingling. Amber took relieved breath when she saw Fabian was no where in sight.
Nina looked around curiously, obviously wondering why the shop was open without someone at the counter. "Hello?"
Nothing.
"Hello?"
Nothing.
"Hello?" she repeated a third time, now a bit annoyed. At that moment, she heard a little clatter from behind the counter. It had been Fabian.
He winced as he saw the little tupperware bins strewn about the floor. Knowing his cover was blown, he stood up, but didn't face them. Amber shot daggers into the back of his head, and he could practically feel them. What was he doing?
"Um, hi...sorry..." he said, trying to disguise his voice but failing.
"...It's fine..." Nina rose an eyebrow at the back of Fabian. "Um...can we just get a dozen blueberry muffins?"
"Uh...sure..." Fabian said nervously. He didn't know how to get them out of the case without turning around and having Nina see him. Luckily, Amber did.
"Nina! Aw, Nina, look at this!" Amber brought Nina to the other side of the shop to look at some fancily decorated cupcakes.
Fabian quickly grabbed a to-go box and shoved twelve blueberry muffins in.
"There you go, on the house. Have a nice night," he said quickly as he turned around.
"Oh, no, I couldn't!" Nina said when she came over to the counter.
"No, I insist. Have a nice night."
And before Nina could protest, Amber dragged her out of the shop. Fabian swung around after the bell jingled and sighed heavily, letting his face fall to his hands as his elbows rested on a display case.
"So..." Patricia sat uncomfortably on Nina's couch next to Eddie.
"So..." he looked down at his thumbs. "You're happy with doofus, I see?"
"Shut it," she glared.
"Sorry...just trying to make conversation..." Eddie murmured. Saying more quietly, "at least I'm not bringing up that night you cheated on me."
"Really, Eddie? Would you really like to talk about that here? Now?" she asked angrily. How did she get stuck with babysitting Eddie while the others helped unpack Amber's apartment?
"Well, I'd like to talk about it sometime!" he snapped back.
"Well maybe I don't!"
"Well maybe I'd like an explanation! Was I not good enough?" she could hear the hurt in his voice.
"Of course not, I-" she tried to be angry, but all she felt was total guilt and regret. "-I don't want to talk about this."
With that, she slumped back on the couch and ignored him.
A/N: lol wow that was short. I apologize but I just wanted to get this done and I'm tired and it's one and the morning and okay um if you R&R may Alex Sawyer bless your soul and may your life be filled with wonderful bananas.