Nina dragged herself out of bed and down stairs for breakfast. "Oh sweetie, you look terrible." Trudi said sitting Nina at the table before serving her pancakes. "I barely slept." She took a sip of the juice as the others sat at the table. "And thanks to Amber I was up a HOUR early because she was drying her hair." Nina scowled at Amber who was sitting next to her. "It takes time to look this gorgeous." Amber replied. "So did you manage to get back to sleep alright then?" Seth asked Nina from across the table. "Not at all. I swear I'm still on American time." The two of them laughed. Everyone else at the table just stared. "When did you guys talk?" Bas asked Seth. "Earlier on this morning." Bas stared at him. "We bumped into each other getting milk." Nina added. "So, what'd you guys talk about?" Amber asked. "Just stuff." Nina said. "What sort of stuff?" Eddie asked after seeing a jealous look on Fabians face. "If you must know, we talked about you guys." Eddie looked puzzled. "You and Fabian." Nina said. "Yeah she was just saying what you guys were like." Seth added seeing Nina look uncomfortable saying Fabians name. Linda walked through the door. "How was your night?" She asked. "Ugh mom, we don't need babysitting." Bas said. "It was alright thanks Aunt Linda." Seth replied. "Wow, it must have been a good night. Seth's actually taking. In public." She gasped in astonishment. "Yeah well," he looked at Nina, "Someone once told me that if I'm not good with strangers then how can I make new friends." He smiled before turning back to face Linda. "Sounds like a smart person." Linda replied. As Eddie looked at Fabian he could see the jealousy bubbling inside him. That's when Eddie realised, Fabian still loved Nina. Eddies thoughts were interrupted when Victor walked in the room. He was startled by Linda. "Linda, what are you doing here?" He asked. "I came to see how Bas and Seth are. People do that, when they care I mean." Victor glared at her. "I think it's about time we had a chat don't you." Linda asked as she walked out of the room and up to Victors office. "Okay, those two had some seriously bad oars." Willow said as she took her plate into the kitchen.
"What the hell do you think you're doing? Speaking to me like that in front of the students." Victor snapped as he followed Linda into his office slamming the door behind them. "Well maybe you might acknowledge the fact that" "STOP." Victor cut her off mid sentence. "You can't ignore it forever." She said. "Well then I'm gonna died trying." He replied.
"Seth come on, let's head over to school." Bas said chucking him his bag. They left Anubis House and started walking to school. "What did you tell her?" Bas asked. "Nothing." Seth replied. "How long are you gonna keep pret..." "I don't want to talk about it." Seth snapped before going into the school building.
It was first class and it was music. Nina walked into the room to see Linda at the front of the class. "Hey, Miss Rodenmaar I thought you were our English teacher?" "I am, but I'm teaching music as well." She replied. Once the class had settled Linda began to introduce herself, "I'm Miss Rodenmaar and I'm going to be teaching you music and English this year. So let start by hearing what I have to work with. Okay." She looked around the classroom. "Um, Nina why don't you start us off." She pointed towards the guitar. Nina sat on the stool and ran her fingers over the strings. "What should I play?" She asked. "Whatever you want." Was her reply. Nina began playing the guitar and singing.
I am unwritten, can't read my mind, I'm undefined
I'm just beginning, the pen's in my hand, ending unplanned
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten
Oh, oh, oh
Everyone was amazed at Ninas voice. It was like an angle.
I break tradition, sometimes my tries, are outside the lines
We've been conditioned to not make mistakes, but I can't live that way
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten
Oh, yeah, yeah
Once Nina had finished the class broke into a cheer and she smiled. She was always so nervous about singing in public. "Wow Nina, that was amazing." Linda said. "Was that an original?" "Yeah, um it's nothing." Nina went red. "It's great." Linda smiled and then Nina sat back in her chair. "Okay, whose next?"
After class Seth caught up with Nina in the hall. "Hey, that song was great. I never know you had such an amazing voice." "Thanks." Nina replied, a smile plastered across her face. "You heading to bio?" He asked her. "Yeah in a sec, I just have to run back to the house and get my text book." She said. "Mind if I come with?" He asked with a cheeky grin on his face. "Lead the way." As they started walking off Eddie went up to Fabian who had been watching from close by. "You know you can't just end things with her one minute, and then get jealous the next. Your with Mara now Fabian." "I know I am Eddie, and I'm not jealous." "Really?" "Really. I just don't trust him." "Don't trust him how Fabian?" "He's hiding something. And I intend to find out what it is. You in?" "Fine, but only to keep you out of trouble." And with that the followed closely behind Nina and Seth.
"So how long have you been singing for?" Seth asked. "I used to when I was little with my mom. But not so much anymore." "How come?" "After mom died I just lost the passion for it." "I'm sorry. My mom died a couple of years ago so if it wasn't for my aunt and Bas I'd have no one." "Yeah my Gran bought me up. What about your dad?" "He's not in the picture, never has been. Yours?" "He walked out on us when I was 5. I haven't seen him since." She looked at the floor at the memory of her dad. "You still in touch?" Seth asked. "Nope. But I don't really wanna be." "Why not?" He asked Nina as they walked through the front doors of Anubis House. "I just figure a man who walks out on his wife and kid doesn't deserve a second chance." "That I agree with." By now they were entering Nina's room, Eddie and Fabian hid in the girls bathroom so they could carry on eavesdropping. "At least you've got your Gran right." Nina started to cry. "Right." Seth put his arm around her as comfort. "Hey, don't cry. What's up?" "I'm sorry it's just, I have told anyone yet. Well, no one but Amber." "Told anyone what?" "It's my Gran. She got ill last year, that's another reason I couldn't come back here last year, but..." She whipped her eyes, "a couple of weeks ago she was in hospital. She never came out." Nina burst into tears and flung her arms around Seths neck. At that moment Victor walked in. "Miss Martin why aren't you at school?" He froze when he saw she was with Seth. "Sorry Victor we were just going." She whipped her eyes as they moved towards the door. "Can I have a word Seth." Seth stood still in the hallway before saying to Nina, "I'll meet you down stairs." She left the hall and headed down stairs. Fabian pulled out his phone and started recording Victor and Seth. "I'm sure your well aware that skipping class is against school rules." Victor said. "And I'm sure you're well aware that I have nothing to say to you." Seth snapped. "How dare you speak to me like that?" "How dare you speak to me at all? I am the one carrying your dirty little secret so from now on," Seth moved closer to Victor. "Back off!" He finished as he walked away. A few seconds later Victor left the hall and went back to his office. "I knew it!" Fabian said to Eddie while stopping his recording. "What'd you think Seth meant by 'dirty little secret'?" Eddie asked. "Why don't we go and find out?"