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MERRY CHRISTMAS! :)

The pre-set alarm on my phone went off at five in the morning. Groaning and wishing for just five more minutes, I got up, shut it off, and walked into the hall blindly.

Nothing made any sense for a second. Why was I in a hall instead of the middle of the hotel room? Why were there signs that another person was here? Then, it all came crashing down on me. I had a huge bruise on the side of my head that might take some extra concealer or something. I was in Fabian's cousin's apartment.

Wandering back into the guest room, I took another hour to get ready and, when I finally was, I went into the kitchen.

Fabian was up by now, ready, and digging through the cabinets.

"What are you doing?" I asked lightly as I went to join him.

"Looking for something for breakfast... do you like Frosted Flakes?" Fabian pulled a box from the nearby pantry.

"Sure," I said, getting the bowls while he got the spoons and milk.

We sat down and ate, across from each other, the big box between us, with the tiger giving us a thumbs-up. It reminded me of Amber, except she would say "Awww, look at them together!" or something like that. Anyway, with in five minutes we were both done and I asked him for a ride.

"Yeah," He said.

Silently, we walked to the car together. I still felt awkward about what I'd blurted out yesterday.

"So, are you excited for the lecture?" Fabian asked when we were both in the car, breaking the silence.

"Yeah!" I replied, relieved that we had found some common ground. "I mean, this is the farthest I've been from London sinse the beginning of the school year. And, yeah, that sounds really lame, but..." My voice trailed off.

"That's not lame. This is the first time I've been away sinse college even started," Fabian assured me.

"At least you came from America, so it doesn't sound pathetic." I said. "Which sounds worse? I went to Paris from London or I went to Paris from America?"

"That's irrelevent."

"Not really."

"Oh, look, here we are," Fabian said quickly as he parked the car. "Bye."

"Bye," I turned to look at the big brick building and felt nervouse all of the sudden. This could effect my entire future. What if she didn't like me? I would never be an archaeologist. This was going to be horrible, I could tell already! "Fabian, I'm, um, feeling sick."

"Really? You were fine a few seconds ago."

"I have a sudden... throat ache. You should just take me back and we can forget about this."

"Nina, I know what you're up to. Don't worry, she'll love you," Fabian smiled. "Everyone loves you."

"Except world-famouse professors!" I hissed.

"Even they do. Nina, if you miss this, you'll regret it. You'll stay up late wondering 'what if?' Don't you want to know what would have happened? What Professor Chandel told everybody? Don't do that to yourself. Please. Go in. For me?"

After hesitating for a second, I gave in. "Okay," I opened the door and got out. "But if this blows up in my face, I'm going into the Witness Protection Program."

"Bye!" He said again, before I did the same and closed the car door.

After the long, hard and, yes, incredibly fun, lecture I waited for Fabian outside the school. I couldn't wait to tell him that it was a success and thank him. I waited for three minutes, before his car finally came into sight and pulled up by the curb. I got in.

"So?"

"It was awesome! Thank you for talking me into it!" I cried.

"Your welcome. I think. She loved you, right?"

"She didn't think badly of me. Besides, even going to this lecture will look good on my job applications."

"Well, that's good. What do you say, celebrate with hot chocolate?" He asked. I laughed, and he drove off.

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Merry Christmas (man, Americans don't really hear that anymore...) again, and the NEXT chapter is full of Fabina, you get to find out how they broke up, and a surprise all of you have been waiting for! Please review!

~RosePedal51