"Hey, Fabe, you ready?" Nina asked, smiling at me from the doorway. I smiled back.

"Almost," I replied. She nodded.

"I'm going to go check on Amber. I'll meet you by the truck?" She flashed me another smile and then walked away. I don't know if I'll ever get over that, Nina being mine, that is. I'd been thinking about it since I met her, and then there was that kiss at prom, but I never actually imagined it'd be true. Especially after everything that's happened with Jonah.

I picked my bag up and took it out to Ayla's truck. As I was lifting it up to toss it in the truck bed, I felt eyes on me. I turned around to see Jonah walking towards me.

"Jonah," I greeted him, tensing up. He nodded at me. I never really knew what to expect from him. Wait, scratch that; I knew exactly what to expect. It was almost a given he would hit on Nina. That was over though. Nina was coming back to England. And she had made it very clear that she wanted to be with me, not Jonah. Or, at least that's what Amber told me she's been doing since her first day at school.

"So…going back to England today," he said awkwardly, more a statement than a question. I nodded. It was like a sheet of awkwardness fell down over us. Neither really knew what to say. For a moment, we just stood there.

"You know," he continued, "if Nina wouldn't have gotten that scholarship she would be dating me right now." Of course.

"But she did."

"And I can't change that." He looked away, rubbing the back of his neck. He looked back at me, his eyes squinting against the sun. "You know, I'm never going to give it up. Every time she comes back here, with or without you, I'm not going to stop. I love her."

"Have fun with that. But I wouldn't hold your breath. Ayla told Nina everything."

"What do you mean?" he asked, confused. I gave a small laugh, happy to finally have something up on this guy.

"She told Nina what you two did why she was gone." Jonah laughed.

"Well, shit," he said. "That's going to make this a little harder then." I sighed. This was borderline pathetic. "Fabian," he started. His voice was strained. "You take care of her. She's…special." I opened my mouth to reply, but Ayla interrupted me.

"What are you going here, Jonah?" We turned around to see Ayla and Amber standing there, Ayla's hands on her hips.

"Where's Nina?" he asked. Ayla glared at him.

"She's inside saying goodbye to Ms. Catherine. You should leave before she comes out."

"I want to say goodbye." He took a step towards the house. Ayla stepped in front of him. "Ayla, get out of my way."

"Jonah, I think it's best that you leave."

"I don't want to leave, Ayla, I want to see Nina."

"Well Nina doesn't want to see you! You really need to go." I heard the front door open and saw Nina and her aunt walk out. She stopped for a moment when she saw Jonah, and then continued walking towards the truck.

"Nina," Jonah said, reaching for her. She stepped out of his reach and got in the car. "Nina, please! Just listen to me."

"No," she replied, turning around to see him. "What you did to Ayla was horrible! I can't even talk to you right now."

"What about tomorrow?" he asked desperately.

"No."

"Next week?"

"No!"

"Next year? Nina, how long will it take for us to go back to normal? Until you're back home for good?"

"I don't know Jonah. I don't know." She rolled up the window and turned towards Ayla, who had gotten in the front seat, and Amber who was in the back. Everything Nina said to him, he deserved, but at the same time I felt a little bad for him. If he liked Nina half as much as I did, I know what it feels like to not be able to be with her, and frankly it sucks. Still, rather him than I.

I nodded in goodbye and started walking towards the door Nina got in when I heard, just barely, Jonah's voice.

"Don't…don't hurt her." I stopped in my tracks and looked at him.

"I won't." He nodded and walked back to his truck. Nina scooted over when I got in. She leaned into my body when I put my arm around her, and I reminded me just how lucky I was.

"Ready to go home?" she asked. I smiled down at her.

"Home? I am so ready to go home."

"Hey, you guys," Amber said, popping her head up from the backseat. "I think we should have a party when we get back to Anubis."

"Amber, don't you think that's a little inappropriate?"

"Well I think it's a great idea, Amber," Nina said. "I'm sure we can get Trudy to make us a cake or something." Amber groaned.

"Trudy's cake? That sounds so good right now! You know, I bet Jerome and Mara and Nick and everyone misses us like crazy."

"Especially Alfie?" Nina laughed. Amber's face turned bright red.

"What?" I asked, confused. Nina smiled and me and patted my hand.

"Don't ask, Fabe, just don't ask."

-with Jonah-

"You shouldn't have lied to her," Jaime said, walking up behind Jonah.

"Ayla or Nina?"

"Well, Ayla, mostly. I mean she was a lot more hurt by you than Nina. I mean, Nina, she never really liked you like that anyway; not like Ayla did. And you were Ayla's first..." Jaime trailed off as Bailey started talking.

"Yeah, if you wouldn't have led her on so much this would have been a lot less painful for everyone."

"Look, Ayla's okay, but Nina-"

"Nina nothing!" Jaime cut off.

"Nina's on her way back to England with Amber and Fabian. And for her sake I hope she never comes back," Bailey added.

"Aren't you supposed to be her friend?" Jonah asked.

"Aren't you?" Jaime shot back.

"I am her friend!"

"No you're not. Ayla and Nina were the only ones who ever really liked you. And now neither of them do." Jonah scoffed.

"Ayla will be crawling back just as soon as she realizes this New York thing is a bad idea."

"If only she hadn't realized what a lying scumbag you were first. Now you're just going to have to find a new girl to screw over. Personally, I'm glad you lead her on. She was really naive until you started going out."

"We never went out!"

"See?" Bailey laughed. "That's not what Ayla said."

"Well, Ayla's a liar."

"And Nina's very best friend. And you screwed her, and not that's screwing you," Jaime said, enuciating as she ended. Bailey laughed and patted his shoulder sympathetically.

"If only you thought with your brain, Jonah," she said.

"It'll teach ya not to sleep with your crushes best friend," Jaime added.

"It's a lesson you needed to learn sooner or later."

[A/N] Well, I know this was kind of a sucky ending, but my flashdrive got wiped and I had to rewrite this. There really was more to it, I swear! Anyway, thanks to all of those who have been reading the story! Thanks for all the reviews, the help, it was really fun writing this. I'm working on a couple more HOA stories to follow this, not sure if there will be any sequels to this though. We'll see

Thanks everyone!

xxMerexx