A/N - MY FAVORITE CHAPTER SO FAR! READ ON!

Disclaimer- me no own HOA or Puerto Rico OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS FLIPPIN CHAPTER!

Previously on VNLBMNF!

"Nina, Fabian! Can you tell Amber she needs to hurry up! Everyone's in the car but you three!" Patricia said.

"Amber! We're going shoe shopping!" I screamed down the stairs. She was out the house and buckled in the car before Fabian and I. We walked to the car and began the drive to Hacienda Carabali.

Fabian's POV

"Ok dears. The rule here is one person to a horse. Once you're on you're on for the whole ride. Try not to let your horse bump into others and remember to just have fun!" Trudy said. I saw Nina get pale at the 'one person per horse comment' so I reassuringly squeezed her hand.

"You'll be fine. I'll be right next to you the whole time." I whispered to her.

"I hope so." She replied quietly looking up at the huge horse in front of her.

I mounted my horse Flash and watched Nina timidly mount her horse Bambi.

When the tour started I directed my horse so that we were right next to Nina.

"Are you ok?" I asked.

"Yea still a little shaken but I'll be fine." She replied actually cracking a small smile as she realized she was doing fine.

I reached over and squeezed her hand. I was used to riding horses and Flash was really calm.

The trainer behind us suddenly made a clicking noise that set off the horses. I looked on in horror as Nina and her horse lurched forward away from me.

"Oh my god!" She screamed before taking off.

(A/n ok thats it no fluffiness till next chapter jk this is an awesome stop point tho)

Nina's POV

I felt Bambi lurch away from the group and knew this would not be fun. I was screaming like crazy which wasn't a good thing to do on a horse. She started moving further away from the group. I heard the sound of two horses behind me and looked to see Fabian and one of the trainers hot on my tail. The trainer lassoed Bambi while Fabian pulled to a stop next to me. He was literally six inches away from me so when he reached his arms out I willingly jumped off my horse and onto his. I sat side saddle and cried into his shoulder.

"She just took off. Why did she take off?" I cried.

"The clicking noise I made. It's meant to make the horses run faster. Bambi's burning up though so it's very likely she is dehydrated and was looking for water." The trainer answered in a thick accent.

"So what are we going to do now? Nina can't ride and I'm certainly not leaving her alone after that incident." Fabian said stubbornly.

"Are you two like dating or something?" The trainer asked. Gee thanks dude for bringing up the most akward subject ever.

Fabian looked at me with something between want and need before answering the trainer.

"No but that doesn't mean I can't care for her well being." He replied wrapping his arm around my waist.

"Ok seeing as how there's a pen around the corner from here I'll just tie my horse up here and bring Bambi there. Then I'll lead you guys back to your group. She can stay on your horse with you."

The trainer slowly left glancing back at his horse every few seconds. Fabian tightened his grip on me and gently kissed my temple.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." He said holding me tightly.

I turned myself so that one leg was on either side of the horse.

"It wasn't your fault." I replied to him lightly touching his cheek.

"I should've been closer. It shouldn't have taken me so long to get to you. I'm supposed to protect you not let you get hurt." He replied a few tears streaming down his face.

"Come here." I answered pulling his head into the space between my shoulder and my neck. I could still feel little tears hitting my skin. I stroked his hair while his arms went around my waist and tightened. I could feel his chest moving up and down as he cried into my shoulder.

"Shhh. It's ok. It's ok Fabian. Shh. You couldn't have known this would happen. It's ok. I'm fine I'm not hurt it'll be ok."

Just then the trainer came back. He looked at us oddly before saying:

"Isn't he supposed to be comforting you."

I shot him a glare and he shut up and went back to mounting his horse. Fabian lifted his head up and looked me in the eye. His eyes were red around the edges and he looked so sad I wanted to hug him tight. He scanned me head to toe as if to make sure I was really ok. When he was done he placed both hands on either side of my face and tenderly kissed my forehead.

"You will never be put in danger again. I swear to you I won't let it happen." He whispered in my ear before motioning for me to face forward so we could continue the tour.

a/n awwww! Isn't protective Fabian adorable. I bet in the last chapter wen I said comfort u thought it wuld just b him comforting her hehehe nope! I love love love! this chapter so much I like a certain part of the next chapter better though. Next chapter we get a look inside Fabians head and see exactly why he reacted the way he did to this whole situation. That was fun to write as well because I needed to really think about traits of Fabian's character specifically the worry and protectiveness and how large a part of his personality that was. So we'll see how well everyone takes what's about to happen. The next chapter is the last one I have fully written out so updates may become less frequent. However when I write out chapters they generally dont stay the same when I type them. Like in my notebook that bit where the trainer was asking about them dating it didn't exist I added it at the last second. soo keeping that in mind we'll see where the updates take us. Also this is the longest chapter in the story soo im proud of that review follow shave your platypus!