"Hey Amber wait up." Patricia walked over to Amber who had been staring at Mr Sweets office door. "What's with you?" She asked. "Nina and SETH just came out of the office, and he held her hand." Amber replied smiling. "Seriously?" "Patricia would I lie to you." The two girls giggled and walked to their next class, telling everyone they could find of what Amber had just seen.
When Nina and Seth walked into the classroom everyone was staring. Nina took a seat next to Amber as always, and Seth went to the back of the classroom and sat by Bas. "Amber what's everyone staring at?" Nina whispered. "Um hello. You and Seth. Outside the office." Amber practically shouted. "Amber." Nina pulled Amber closer to her. "What did you do?"
At the back of the classroom.
"So, you and Nina." Bas said opening her textbook. "Yes, me and Nina. Problem?" Seth asked. "No problem." There was an awkward silence for a moment. "Does she know?" Bas asked. "Yeah she knows, but don't worry, she won't say anything." Seth answered. "I hope for your sake she doesn't."
After school Nina was walking back to the house when she saw Fabian. "Go away Fabian, I don't want to talk to you." She said. "You're dating him. Seriously?" Fabian chase after her. "Yes Fabian." Nina stopped walking. "I'm dating him, not that it is ANY of your business." "How can you say it's none of my business? Nina just because we're not together anymore doesn't mean I don't care about you." "No Fabian. You gave up the right to care about me when you turned your back on me. You told me to move on and I am, so get over it." She began walking away when Fabian said, "I'm sorry about your Gran." Tear started pouring from Ninas eyes as she ran back to the house.
Everyone sat around the dinner table in silence. Fabian was the first to speak. "So, Seth, when are you gonna tell us the big secret?" Everyone looked at him. By now they had all seen the video and desperately wanted to know the secret. "For God sake Fabian drop it already." Nina snapped. She was getting so frustrated at him. And Eddie. She still couldn't believe that they spied on her and Seth. "No Nina I won't drop it. Not until he just tells us." Fabian replied. Before Nina could say anything else, Trudi came in the room with a large bouquet of flowers. "Nina sweetie, these came for you." Nina stood up and took the flowers from Trudi reading the card. Nina, my condolences. Mr Sweet. "Aw how nice of Mr Sweet." Trudi said rubbing Nina on her back and smiling at her before walking out of the room. "Whys my dad sending you flowers?" Eddie asked. Nina put the note on the table, but it was quickly picked up by Patricia. "My condolences. Who died?" She asked. "Um." Nina stuttered before saying, "My Gran. 2 weeks ago." Then she ran from the room in tears. Seth followed quickly.
"...hahaha." Linda said as she and Eric walked into the room. They stopped when they saw the sad looks everyones faces. "So I take it Nina spoke to you all." Eric said. "Yeah." Eddie said, "So what're you guys doing here?" "We're going bowling. Bas you up for it?" Linda said. "Ugh, really? Bowling?" Bas replied. "Yes bowling. Oh come on you used to love bowling when you were little." "Fine." Bas caved in. Seth walked in the room and picked up his and Ninas plate. "What about you Seth? You up for a bit of bowling?" Linda asked him. "Sorry but Nina's upset. I need to be here for her." He replied. "Need to be here for who?" Nina said. "I was just asking Seth if you two would fancy coming bowling with us." Linda butted in. "But if you're not up to it then..." "Sounds great." Nina said. "What about you Eddie? And yes Patricia can come." Eric asked. "Okay fine." Patricia went to get ready to go. Seth and Nina went to wait in the car.
"So, Eddie you never did say how your summer was." Eric asked son. "It was alright. Moms got a new boyfriend so I spent most the time with Amber and Nina." Eddie replied. "Your moms got a new boyfriend. Hahaha, you got a stepdad." Alfie joked. "He is NOT and will NEVER be my stepdad." "Eddie get over it already, just because you don't like the guy doesn't mean it's not gonna happen. Besides his son, ugh, GOERGUS." Amber said before going to her room. "Do I really need to come?" Bas asked Linda. "Yes you do. Bas it's been ages since we've done anything as a family. Please just try and have fun tonight." "I'll try." And with that they all headed out to the car and soon were at the bowling alley.
Seth was winning the bowling game, second was Nina, then Eddie, then Patricia, then Bas, and Eric and Linda were joint last. "Now I remember why we stopped going bowling." Linda said missing the pins and ducking her head in shame. "Aw come on Aunt L, you're not that bad." Seth said laughing. "Yeah she is." Bas said before turning to her mom. "You suck at bowling, always have and always will." "Well, you can't be any worse than dad. He throws like a girl." Eddie chipped in grinning at Eric. "Yes well, son, I don't have to be good at everything." Eric replied. A silence filled the group as Nina sat back down after taking her shot. "So how was everyone's summer?"
Linda asked perking up a bit. "Well I spent mine with my twin, Piper. And I am not even joking, I've never been happier to get back to school All she did was practice and practice and practice the bloody piano. I ended up having to buy ear plugs to block out the classical music." Patricia said before adding, "Plus my boyfriend barely spoke to me and I come back to school to find out it's because he spent the summer with two of my best mates."
"Please tell me you're not still annoyed about that." Eddie sounded like he'd had this convocation hundreds of times already. " How many times, Nina and Amber only stayed with us for a couple of weeks while Ambers dad was away on business and her mom's house was been redecorated. Besides, if it wasn't for them I'm pretty sure I would have gone mad." "Oh come on Eddie. Jackson isn't that bad. And as for Jai," Nina looked at the others, "his son. He's such a sweat heart. I don't see what the problem with you guys is." "The problem," Eddie started, "is that that jerk and his son moved into MY house, with MY mom and start walking around like they own the place." "That's such an over exaggeration and you know it. Jackson spent the whole time trying to avoid you and not start and argument and as for Jai..." Eddie looked at Nina, before saying. "Yeah, what about Jai. He ignores me and then as soon as you and Amber turn up I can't get rid of the guy." Patricia laughs putting her coke down. "Sounds like any normal guy to me." She says before going to take her bowl. "He was just been friendly." Nina replied. "Really? Was he been friendly or friendly?" Eddie asked causing Nina to blush. "Yeah come on Nina. Amber said this guy was fit, but how fit was he really?" Bas had a grin on her face noticing that she'd made Nina blush even more. Patricia sits back down, perching on her chair, looking just as curious as Bas. "He's alright, I guess." Nina said no louder than a whisper. "Do you have a picture?" Bas asked. Nina grabbed out her phone and flicked through the pictures until she found on with Amber, on the left, Jai, in the middle and Nina on the end. She handed the phone to Bas, Patricia automatically looked as well. "OMG!" They both looked up. "He's gorgeous." Bas passed the phone to Linda. She smiled, "They've got a point." Seth snatched the phone. "Ew, he's ugly." He said passing the phone back to Nina. "Jealous?" Bas teased. "Of course not." He replied. "Besides," Nina added, "there's nothing to be jealous of. It's Amber who was interested in Jai, but thanks to Eddie playing the protective older brother role, he was too scared to do anything but hold her hand." They all laughed.
They arrived back at Anubis House at 22:30, Victor was standing in the hall when they came through the door, a stern look on his face. "Good evening Victor." Eric started. "We were just discussing ideas for this year's school play. Care to join us?" He finished. Victor glared at them as he walked up the stairs to his office, without saying a word. "Well he's just a barrel of laughs. Tea anyone?" Linda asked walking to the kitchen, Eric, Eddie, Patricia and Bas following behind.
Once they were alone Nina asked, "Are you okay?" Seth smiled. "I'm fine. It's just a bit weird seeing him." "Is that the only thing that's bothering you?" She said placing her hand on his arm and running it down until she had held of his hand. "About Jai..." Nina stopped him before he could say anything else, "Stop! I meant what I said. Jai and I are friends, its Amber he's interested in and Amber who's interested in him. You have nothing to worry about." She tenderly kissed his lips, making him smile, and the lead him into the kitchen.