[A/N] Hey all! Author's note! Sorry this chapter was kinda sucky and short but I promise you that the next one will be long and really good! And if not, I give you permission to throw virtual tomatoes at me. Because, honestly, I just want to get to America now…no offense to Britain. I just have low patience. Anyway, sorry it took so long to update. The computer battery died, and I had to wait three days for a new one to come because I had most of this chapter written up on this computer. And then I've been super swamped lately with school. But all is well now! So I asked a question in the last chapter, and I have finally got the rest of the story line figured out thanks to an awesome reviewer (thank you water_wolf_100! Really, it's such a great idea and I never would of thought of that!)!

"Alright! Are you all ready to go? That cab is here!" Trudy called up the stairs. One by one, the Fabian, Amber, and Nina came trudging down the stairs.

"Why is it so early?" Nina whined.

"Because America is, like, really far away, obviously." Amber leaned over to Fabian and whispered, "America is far away…right?" Fabian rolled his eyes.

"Yes, Amber, it's far away." Fabian rolled his eyes again. Amber wasn't that bad, but at 4 in the morning, it was a little difficult to not get annoyed at just about anything. The three got into the cab and started the drive to the airport.

"Why did we have to get up so early again?" Amber asked. Nina looked sleepily over at the blonde.

"It takes about eight hours, give or take, to get to New York from Heathrow. From there it's about a two hour flight from there to the Fort Wayne International Airport, and then about a 45 minute drive to Ossian, which is where my Gran lives." Nina lifted her head up, suddenly looking wide awake. "I mean lived. That's where my Gran lived." Fabian and Amber looked at each other. It was horrible Nina had to go through this.

-On the plane-

"Seats, seats, seats, seats, seats…here they are." Nina stopped in front of row of seats. The plane was like your typical coach class [Yeah…isn't it called like second class or something? My brain isn't working right now] area of your typical flying metal object; one aisle, many rows of three seats and a shaky metal cart with lukewarm coffee. The three sat down, Amber by the window, Nina in the middle, and Fabian next to the aisle. The flight attendants did their thing [Again, never been on a plane and feeling kind of lazy. Hey, you know what would be awesome? If I would stop interrupting the story! Yay! Let's see how long I can go]. By the time the plane took off, the three students were already falling back asleep.

-7 Hours and 40 Minutes later—

"Oh my gosh! Nina, Fabian look!" Amber turned around excitedly and shook Fabian and Nina awake. "Look! Look! You can see the city! Oh, isn't it gorgeous?" Fabian and Nina smiled at Amber. "It looks just like London! Except all the buildings are different. And it's America. And it's obviously not London at all. But it's really fantastic looking!"

Just over an hour later, the trio was just loading a different flight, headed for Indiana.

-The plane just landed! They are in Indiana! Yay!-

Nina, Fabian, and Amber didn't sleep a bit on the second flight. Amber mostly because she was excited, even though their visit was under the worst of circumstances; Fabian was having similar feelings as Amber, except he mostly just wasn't tired anymore. Nina, on the other hand, had been feeling a little homesick, to be honest. If only it would be her Gran picking her and her friends up from the airport.

The group got off the plane, collected their bags, and then found themselves standing in the middle of the airport with absolutely no idea what they were supposed to do next.

"Um…Nina…who is picking us up?" Amber asked. Fabian looked at Nina, waiting for her to answer.

"Uh, well…I would assume that it would be…a person. Someone with, you know, two legs, two hands…a nose…driver's license…shoes…"

"NINA!" The three heard it before they saw a tall blonde girl running towards them, straight into Nina. "Nina! Oh my God I missed you so much! You have to tell me everything about boarding school! Especially since it's of the British variety. Tell me, does it really look like Hogwarts?" Nina laughed.

"Nice to see you too, Ayla," Nina greeted, hugging the girl back. The other girl finally seemed to notice Fabian and Amber, although she seemed more interesting in meeting the British boy than the other student.

"And who are you? Jeez, Nina, you sure know how to pick 'em. He's cute," Ayla giggled, dragging out the "u" sound in "cute". Amber leaned over to Fabian.

"Fabian…why is she talking like that?" Amber asked, looking confused.

"I…I don't know," Fabian whispered back.

"Well don't y'all just stand there! We have a long drive ahead of us! Come on!" Ayla grabbed Nina's hand and started dragging her to the exit, Fabian and Amber hurrying behind.

And Ossian is in Indiana, about a 45 minutes drive south east of Fort Wayne. The series never said where Nina was from, so I figured Hey! Let's write what we know. Sorry if you don't like it. And if the speech seems a little…weird, like not something you would think to hear up north, I feel like I should let you know that that is the way people actually talk up here. It's ridiculous, though, because half the school talks and acts like they're all gangster [when really most of them grew up in high-end neighborhoods] and the other half is like HUGE FFA. And me? Yeah…I'm not really either…but I did grow up in the country…but I don't like FFA…Okay, no more rambling. So what did you all think of Ayla? Like her? Hate her? COMMENT AWAY! And now…

Eclarel4evr- Thanks! I really liked yours too! It was the first one I read

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Christian_Cadet- Thanks! I promise you there will be plenty of more H.O.A. mystery and drama in this story! And I promise, no past boyfriends, a better plot twist has come up thanks to an awesome reviewer. And I will most definitely have an epilogue!

NebraeExbaren- I'm glad you liked it! I know it was similar to the one in the show, but they did say it happens a lot. But would Nina REALLY take Victor along? That would be funny, though, wouldn't it? And I'm glad you liked it!

Water_wolf_100- I will try to make it as long as I can without dragging it out. As I said before, it was originally a one-shot. And I'll try to make the story worth your wait

Skittleysweet- Haha I think we ALL want to hurt her sometimes. But could you imagine the storyline of the show without her?

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Thanks again for all your reviews! I know there were more of you awesome people who reviewed…but these were the first ones I typed up, and then our laptop battery died so I had to wait two days for us to get a new cord/battery. And by then I had more reviews I thought was possible for any of my stories! I'll try to update again soon

- Meredith Glass

P.S. Okay…I don't know what to think about Mr. Winkler. I mean, he seems nice and all, but….he's involved with Victor's strangeness. And Rufus is mean! I mean, I haven't seen past this past Wednesday's episode, but still. Meanie. What do you guys think of the series so far?