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It was almost dinner time and I was hanging out with Eddie in his room. We wanted to stay in my room just in case Fabian came in here but Amber kick us out. We were playing the duel version of piano tiles where we can go against each other. Eddie was losing.
"How are you going so fast?" He says while sticking his tongue out in concentration.
"Texting 24/7 has it's perks" I say smiling.
By the time dinner is ready I have beat Eddie 14 out of 15 times and I only let him win so he would feel better but I'd never tell him that because he is actually really good at games but most of the time they are video games.
But all threw dinner he was pouting.
"Awww is da whittle baby anger cause he wost a game?" I say squeezing his cheeks."
He scrunches his nose and shake his head. He's so Adorable. "Don't talk like that" he says causing me to laugh.
After dinner Eddie pulls me towards his and Fabians room but tells me to wait outside until he says I can come in. I'm standing outside the door on my phone when I feel a presents beside me. I turn around to see Fabian.
"Hey Fabian how's it going?" I ask trying to make conversation before it gets awkward. I mean we agreed to be friends but we don't talk much, it's mostly him just staring at me, and me trying to ignore it. Hurry up Eddie!
"Nina can we talk, outside, alone?" He ask. I don't know what to say. Come on Eddie, what's taking so long!
"Umm...I'm waiting for someth-thing, I mean s-s-someone" I start stuttering trying to stall long enough to think of an excuse.
"It will only take a minute" he says persistently. I sigh. I'm about to agree when I hear a "come in!" From the other other side of the door.
"Sorry Fabian maybe later" I say quickly and scurry into the room.
"Yeah,okay, maybe..." I cut him off by the thick wooden door closing silently. I let out a sigh of relief.
I turn around and see Eddie looking at me expectantly and patting the seat beside him. He's in front of his computer and by the noise from it I'd say someone was on the other line I just didn't know who.
Once I sat down I saw K.T. Our missing piece. Eddie, K.T, and I were the three musketeers. After Eddie and I started dating ,K.T found a boyfriend herself and we grew apart I haven't seen or heard from her since she got a new number and I moved to England. We both started squealing and Eddie laughed and we all talk.
We started talking about nothing and everything then we kicked Eddie out when we needed to talk alone.
"So how are you and Eddie doing?" She asked
"Great, I think the break-up brought us even closer together now" I say and she looks confused.
"Wait what, when did you two break-up?" She asked. Okay now I'm confused.
"When was the last time you were in contact with Eddie?" I ask.
"We were hanging out the day before he left" she says.
"That was about 2 days after we got back together, K.T, Eddie and I broke up when
I left for England. And we stopped talking." I tell her.
"What?! He has told me for the past year and a half you were still together, he faked phone calls,FaceTime, and everything. Whenever I asked to talk to you he'd say you hung up or something" she says.
Why would Eddie do that?
I tell her everything, our fighting, Fabian, the mystery, basically everything I told Eddie.
"That's so cool I want to uncover a mystery" she shrieks. I laugh.
"So what about you, dating anyone special?" I ask wiggling my eyebrows.
"Ummm...Kyle" she says. I'm honestly shocked. Kyle was the guy who would hang out with us sometimes but he had his own crowd. He was the geeky hot boy kind. He was always nice to us and a sweet guy, especially to K.T. No wonder.
"Awesome, how long?" I ask.
"9 months" she says smiling.
"That's amazing" I say and it is because she seems really happy.
We talk for a little longer and exchange phone numbers,emails, and things like that until Fabian walks in.
"
Alright K.T I'll call or text you later" I say, watching Fabian pretend to fix papers on his desk out of the corner of my eye. Probably waiting until I get off the phone to talk. Once I hung up I put Eddie computer on the charger and try to walk out wordlessly but Fabian blocks the door. Great, note the sarcasm.
"Nina can we talk, please" he pleads. I inwardly and outwardly sigh. I nod.
"Sure"
" I just have one question, what do you see in him?" He ask with a pained expression.
"Fabian..." I start.
"Nina I know deep down you still love me too" he keeps on going.
"Fabian, I'm sure one day you will find a girl that's really great for you but that girl isn't me I'm made for someone else."
"No your not Nina we belong together, you need to understand that" he says quietly.
"Fabian please..." I say unable to find the words to make him understand.
"Tell me you don't feel anything" he says and without warning his lips were on mine. I stood frozen and rigid with shock. My eyes wide open.
But the kiss didn't have the same spark it use to have, in fact it didn't have any spark at all, it just felt like a kiss. Like the ones actors do but I wasn't acting back in fact I wasn't doing anything at all, I don't even think I was breathing. Its like kissing your best friend. Just plain weird.
I didn't do anything until I saw Eddie in the doorway with the same shocked look I had on just a minute ago. I push Fabian away with as much force as I can muster.
"Eddie..." I start towards him. But he is to fast and in the blink of an eye he is out of my sight and I hear the front door slam shut.
I close my eyes and exhale trying to stay calm. I'm about to run after him when Fabian pulls me back by my wrist. "Let go" I say through gritted teeth. My jaw stiff and hard .
"I know you felt something" he says.
"No I didn't." I say the honest truth. Usually I would sugar coat it but Fabian might have just broken up my boyfriend and I. "Now . .Arm" I say with more force trying not to think of a future without Eddie all because of a stupid mistake. Instead I think of Fabians hand on my arm. That hand can ruin my entire life. I have to go.
"Nina..." He says sadly.
"LET GO OF MY ARM RIGHT NOW!" I scream at him feeling the tears start to build up. I have to go fix it with Eddie before it's to late. He let's go instantly but says.
"Even if you love him, you might want to let him cool down first, saying this from a guys perspective you'd be the late person he'd want to talk to right now"(a/n: not sure if that's true sorry not a guy.)
With that I walk out of the room. I know Fabian is right, I need to give Eddie some time to cool down, but I still need to get out of the house. It instantly had another bad memory added to my list. I just needed to get out of this house, away from everybody. I feel like I'm suffocating without my source of oxygen. My sanity. My rock. My Eddie.
I hear people calling my name but once I'm out the house I don't look back and next thing I know I end up in the woods. The old Sibuna clearing. I sit down and just think. I think about everything. My mom and dad, my Gran, my friends, America, England, Sibuna, the mystery, Life.
I then realized that was the first time I gave ever yelled at Fabian like that . I've only acted like that around one other person before. Eddie.
Flashback
I didn't exactly know why I was crying and a total mess but I was and I just need to cry and scream and act crazy. I just have a lot on my plate right now and I don't know what to do. Gran always says 'all things strong break eventually' and I think that's what I was doing breaking, but I don't know why. I have been hiding my emotions a lot lately and I pretend like I'm fine and I can handle everything that's being thrown my way, but I don't think I can, and that is why I'm here in my room crying and sobbing and rolling around and destroying my room. That was the cause of my mental breakdown. My Gran tried to get threw to me but I just block her out or yell at her(don't recommend doing this to your elders or parents EVER). I just didn't care about anything anymore, everything was to much to handle.
I was in my room crying and fighting the air when the door opened and in walked Eddie, my boyfriend. I didn't want him to see me this way, but he didn't say a single thing about my appearance or why my room was trashed, he just tugged on my arms and tried to pull me into a hug but I didn't want a hug so I tried to push him away. But the difference between Eddie and everyone else who came In and tried to make me feel better,was that he didn't give up when things got difficult. When I got difficult.
"I don't want a hug, I just want to be alone, I just want to be alone, please!" I screamed over and over and cried and fought, he didn't say anything while I was doing it either.
He just held my forearms tightly but gently and kept tugging. Then as he seemed to think of a different way to get threw to me he released my arms and let me have my tantrum. The only thing he wouldn't let me do is leave my room. Which then became the only thing I wanted to do. I them tried the pity approach.
"Please" I begged and sobbed. Nothing. I started to get angry so I punched his chest and tried to push him off the door, I kicked and fought him but the funny thing is he never fought back, or said a word, the only emotion I got from his face right now is determination.
I kept on begging and sobbing and fighting which I don't think was very hard because Eddie didn't show any signs of pain, or anger and plus I felt weak, like I was going to collapses any minute. Like a child who has been playing in the park all day and was tired out and ready for bed.
Once I threw my last soft punch at his chest Eddie pulled me into him by my forearms and this time I didn't resist. That hug was the only thing I needed right now. It is a sign saying I'm here for you and everything will be ok. I understand. And my legs gave out under me and Eddie carried me over to me messed up bed which wasn't in bed shape the comforter was just thrown on the floor. I was still crying but the hug did make me feel better, I was just sniffling as silent tears streamed down my face. Eddie picked up most of the stuff off the floor, he them washed my face and combed my hair and put it in a pony tail which I thought was cute. He probably learned from Stefanie, his little sister. I'll have to tease him about it when I'm sane again. He just lied next to me and let me sniffle and cry into his shirt until I fell asleep. And just before I slipped out of consciousness Eddie said his first words that night.
"I love you" he says holding me tighter.
"I love You too" I say and those were my last words of the night.
End of flashback
To this day Eddie never asked me why I was crazy and crying, he just understood, something only he can do because no body else would have thought to approach the problem the way Eddie did. He understood I just needed someone there for me and he was. That day was one of the best and worst days of my life because they was the day Eddie and I told each other we love one another as more then friends. If only things were still that simple.
It's been about 45 minutes and I decide to check if Eddie is back at the house. I walk threw the door silently crying and Amber,Joy, and Patricia are in the living room talking and reading magazines. Amber doing Joy's nails. I stop in front of the entrance and when they turn their heads.
"Is he back yet?" I ask sniffling. They all seem to know who I am referring to.
"No sweetie, not yet" Amber says. And just as fast as I came in, I ran out.
"Nina wait, what is going on?" Amber ask but I'm halfway to the woods and it's to late to answer her question. I have to find him, he doesn't know the woods like I do.
I have just passed the Sibuna clearing and am on my way to check to see if he is by the lake. It's a lake I found after the cup mystery was over. I always went there to clear my head and for some reason I knew he would too. And sure enough he was there. He was skipping stones, but he didn't look mad anymore, just calm. But then again he hasn't seem me yet so of course he's calm. I remember the words he said the morning after my temper tantrum
Flashback
Once I woke up I didn't open my eyes right away, but I knew that Eddie was awake because I could tell by the fast rhythm of his chest-which my head was lying on- and the dinging of his phone, he was probably playing a game. For some reason I didn't want him to know I was awake. Maybe it's because I was embarrassed from my little episode yesterday, or maybe it's
I heard my room door open and Eddies phone click off, I'm assuming it was Gran.
"Good Morning" I hear her say.
"Good Morning" he responds in a scratchy voice, probably from the lack of using it. Then there was silence.
"How did you do it?" She asked.
"I don't know I just didn't give up?" He says
"Did you ever find out why she was crying?" Gran asked. Eddie sighs
"I don't think she ever knew why she was crying" he laughed slightly."But I think sometimes all people need is a hug" he continues,stroking my hair.
"A hug?" Gran asked
"Yeah but it wasn't easy to get, but wants she got it she felt so much better." He says.
"Thank you" Gran said. Then I heard the bedroom door click shut softly.
End of Flashback
Maybe that's all Eddie needs, a hug but it definitely won't be easy to get.
I slowly walk towards him, he must be deep in thought because he either doesn't notice or chooses to ignore me. I talk a seat beside him and look at my lap.
I'm not sure how to start this conversation.
"Eddie..." I start. I guess I'll just think as I go along.
"Look if you came to dump me, let me save you the trouble and just go away" he says harshly. I'm dumbfounded.
"What that's not why I came at all! I wanted to apologize and explain so I don't lose you" I say hurt, does he really believe I would dump him?
"You don't get it do you?" He says frustrated.
"Get what?" I ask
"How important you are to me!" He takes a deep breath and sighs."I'm just waiting..." He says softly, closing his eyes.
I wrap my arms around him and rest my chin on his shoulder, he pulls me into his lap and starts making shapes with the pad of his fingers on my leg. His ears are getting red so I know he in starting to get embarrassed.
"Waiting for what baby?" I ask.
"Waiting for the day you leave me for someone better" he says sadly.
"Is that why you didn't tell K.T we broke up?" He nods.
"Because I didn't want to believe it" he says
I then notice a lone tear run down his cheek and wipe it away with my thumb. It's now that I realize how much I've hurt him. Instead of the strong confident Eddie, in his place is the sad, vulnerable Eddie. He's always there for me, now I have to be there for him. As a girlfriend and a best friend. As a rock. As his rock. I grabbed his face between my hands firmly but gently. Our nose were touching.
"Eddie, there isn't anyone better than you and there never will be. You are one of the best things that have ever happened to me and trust me when I say this I'm not going anywhere, and neither are you because I love you. Not Fabian, not anyone else, you!" I say reassuringly, putting emphasize on the last you. I give him an Eskimo kiss and then a real one. Hoping he understood all of my emotions.
"I love you" I say looking him right into those deep hazel brown orbs.
"I love you too" he says
"And listen Eddie, what happened with Fabian, I didn't know he would do that, I was in shock,but I want to get something straight I DIDN'T kiss back" I say
"I believe you" he says pulling me off of his lap and sitting me next to him
"Good" I say as we start the trek back home in comfortable
There was a reason Eddie still wasn't the same old Eddie, he was quiet and slightly pink and he was biting his lip, really hard, I'm afraid he might draw blood. I stop him a few minutes into the walk.
"Eds what's wrong?" I ask him. It's not me because when he saw me it looked like he was calm
"Nothing" he says. His teeth were gritted, his skin was red, his jaw was tense, and whenever I wasn't in his line of sight he looked like he was ready to kill. Oh no. He is ready to kill. It's not me he is mad at. I know who it is. The guy who caused all the trouble. Fabian.
It's to late to stop it he may not do anything in front of me, but after 10:00 I can't do anything to help Fabian. They share a room. And kissing your roommates girlfriend isn't the smartest thing to do.
American guys and British guys are way different (not sure if this is true but I know what American guys are like, going to talk about British boys based on what Fabian acts like) they tend to handle things differently. While British guys tend to fight with their words. American guys fight with their fist. And that's what Eddie planned to do.
I just know it.
When we got back to the house Eddie marched to his room,it was almost ten o' clock. Fabian was getting ready for bed shuffling around the room when Eddie went up and punched him square in the jaw. He fell to the floor in pain.
"If you lay a hand on my girlfriend again I will kill you" he said in a calm, scary voice, with cold eyes and then walked out the room, me right behind him.
"She picked you anyway" I heard Fabian whisper. And for a second I feel kinda bad for him.
Eddie told Victor he wanted to switch rooms, so now he and Jerome share a room and Alfie and Fabian, Alfie and Jerome weren't to happy but oh well.
I'm stating in my bed going threw my old photo files and came across a picture of Eddie and I when we were kids, on valentines day. He made me this amazing heart and kissed my on my cheek, even though we were kids I still find it romantic.( )
I emailed it to Eddie and almost instantly got a reply back
Eddie-even at that age u were still prettier than most of the girls in the world.(no offense girls of the world which include me)
Nina-ur were, and still r soooo adorable! I type back
Eddie-lol night babe, sweet dreams I love you
Nina-I love you too, goodnight
And with that I shut down the laptop and close my eyes, today has been a long, emotional day but I have a feeling tomorrow with be better, maybe we can go on our date.
Hey guys so most of this chapter was based on the idea given to me by a guest(you probably know who you are) but anyway I would love to here your suggestions and I will happily put them in my story!
Where should Nina and Eddie go on their date?! Let me know in the review section
I also started a story called THE SECRET CIRCLE that I am insanely proud of and would love love love if you read and reviewed it, would bring a smile to my face plz!*puppy dog eyes*