Nina's P.O.V
"I'm going to miss you all so much, promise you'll keep in touch?" I said as I hugged Amber. "Of course. You'll have to visit sometime!" She responded.
I hugged everybody else and said a little goodbye. I turned to the final person. The person that changed my life. The person that I fell deeply in love with. As I looked him in the eyes, I couldn't help but tear up. "I'm going to miss you the most." I barely managed to get out. He gave a sad smile and pulled me close to him. "It won't be too long before we see each other. I promise."
His words made me smile. "I love you, Fabian." I croaked out. "I love you too, my chosen one." He kissed me passionately and I walked out to my taxi.
We had all just graduated. We had finished our time at Anubis house. If I'm completely honest, I was going to miss it. The school, the house, the adventures, mysteries and most of all everybody there. Even Victor. I was going back to America for 8 months then I would return once I hit 18.
The tears were still falling as I reached the airport. I missed my friends and my boyfriend already and it'd only been 20 minutes. I paid the driver, grabbed my luggage and went into the airport. I texted everybody one last time before boarding the plane and flying home.
~8 months later~
It'd been 8 months since we graduated. 8 months since I hadn't seen my friends. 6 months since my heart was broken. 6 months since I had heard from him.
The plane arrives in the England and I get off. My phone buzzes, indicating I have a text.
From Patricia
Let me know when you land, I want to see you!
I smiled and texted back.
To Patricia
I'm at the airport now!
My phone started buzzing and I didn't even have to look at the caller id to know it was her.
"Patricia?" I asked.
"Nina, I'm coming to pick you up! I want to spend time with you!" I smiled at her words.
"Sounds good! It's been so long. I need to find a hotel, can you help?" I asked a bit too eagerly. She laughed down the phone, slightly humoured.
"I have a spare room, I'd love if you could stay with me?" I smiled even wider.
"I owe you big time."
I ended the call and waited at the airport for her.
When I saw her red hair through the crowd of people, my heart started racing. When she spotted me, she pulled me into a hug.
"I've missed you!" She squealed.
"I've missed you too." I said, barely able to breathe. "You're crushing me."
She giggled as she pulled away. "Oops, my bad."
She helped carry my luggage to the car and we drove to a small coffee shop.
I ordered us both our drinks and we sat down to talk.
"So, any news?" I asked.
"Well, incase you didn't know Mara's a trainee doctor." She replied. I'm sure we all knew that was coming.
"And what about everybody else?"
"Well, Amber is a fashion designer. Alfie is actually becoming a lawyer." I nearly spit out my drink when she announced that. She laughed.
"I know, tell me about it. Jerome is just Jerome. Nobody really knows with him. Mick's still in Australia. Eddie is living with me. We're still a couple. We both own a night club. Club of Anubis. I know, pretty lame. Fabian is actually famous now. He's not majorly popular, he's more of an upcoming artist. He's releasing his own songs too. Nobody really hears from him anymore though. He's not the same Fabian we all know and love." Her eyes widen.
"I am so sorry, I completely forgot. How're you holding up?" She gives a sympathetic look and I stare down at my hands.
"I'm fine." I lied. I wasn't fine. I was far from it. I missed him. I was still in love with him. Even the mention of his name was like a knife through the heart.
"Nina, I didn't mean-" I cut her off before she could finish her sentence.
"I know Patricia, it's okay. Honestly. I'm over him." She gave a small but sad smile.
"Let's head back to mine? You must be exhausted." I nodded and we left.
The drive to hers was long and silent. Not an awkward silence. It was more of a comfortable silence. Patricia pulled up in her drive and we grabbed my luggage and went in. She took me up to my room and we sat on the bed.
"I'm gonna start dinner soon, I'll call you when it's ready. Eddie will probably be up here to annoy you any second now." As if on cue, the door opened and Eddie walked in.
"Nina!" he pulled me into a hug. "How've you been since you got tragically dumped?" He said in a humoured tone. Patricia slapped his arm.
"Ow! What was that for?" He rubbed his arm.
"You doof!" Patricia replied. She took his hand and they went downstairs.
I sighed and flopped back, my head hitting the pillow. I closed my eyes and attempted to take a nap. It was useless, all I could think about was the moment that crushed me 6 months ago.
It was early in the morning. I had just woken up to the sound of my iPad announcing I was receiving a video call. I peered at the caller id. Fabian. I was worried. He had never called me at this time. I answered it, slightly nervous. When I saw his face, I knew something was wrong.
"Fabian, is everything okay?" I sleepily asked.
He could barely look at me. My heart started racing.
"F-Fabian?" I stuttered. Still no reply.
"Fabian, please. You're scaring me."
"Nina, I really don't know how to say this."
"Say what?"
My heart stopped when I heard the words I had always feared.
"We need to break up."
My stomach was in knots. My head was racing with many different thoughts, unable to comprehend what he had just said.
"I just don't see us working out. You're in America, Nina. I miss you, I really do but it's killing me. I want to focus on my career. My singing career. I can't do it while I'm in a relationship. There's too many strings, too many things that are holding me back. We can't be together. I'm sorry Nina."
"B-but I love you..." I croaked.
"I love you too, my chosen one. Don't make this harder than it has to be." He couldn't look me in the eyes.
The tears were threatening to fall, pricking my eyes as they do so. I was crushed.
"What about everything we've been through. The amount of times you saved my life? The amount of times I saved yours? Are you seriously going to let that all go?" I was hurt, I was angry, I was broken.
"It's all in the past Nina. We have to move on."
"Fabian, please. We can work this out. I'll wait for you if I have to. You can't do this." The tears started falling, sliding down my cheek.
"I'm sorry Nina Martin." And with that, he ended the call.
I curled myself into a ball and sobbed. I didn't stop sobbing. Not even when Gran came in and found me. She rubbed my back and told me everything was going to be okay. All I remember was closing my eyes, wishing it was all a dream.
I snapped back to reality as Patricia called up that dinner was ready. I wiped my tears that had fallen and went down. After I ate, I went up to bed and fell into a deep sleep.
