"Once Upon a Time, I believe it was a Tuesday when I caught your eye. We caught on to something."
-Taylor Swift, Forever and Always
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Dedication: slcswimmer14 for being the first reviewer of chapter four!
It's been a month.
It's December now. Fabian and I have been dating since the end of November. Now, Christmas is three days away.
Fabian and I are snuggled up on the couch, watching some TV. It's some random TV show that neither Fabian nor I were paying attention to. We were just kind of making out, you know? But of course, just as it's getting good, my cell phone goes off.
"Let it ring." He says between kisses.
"What if it's my gran?" I ask, pulling away.
He smiled against my lips and pulls away as well as I answer my phone. "Hey Gran."
My smile fades slowly as she tells me her news. "Yeah Gran, I-I understand. You sure you don't want me there?"
I nod as she speaks. "Okay Gran. I'll see you soon. I love you."
I put down my cell phone, grab a pillow and hug it close to my chest. I rest my chin on top of it and fight the urge to cry.
"Neens." Fabian said, looking toward me, "Are you going to tell me what's wrong?"
"I was supposed to go home for Christmas but my Gran's sick and doesn't want me there." I say. "I'll just spend Christmas here."
"But Eddie's going to Patricia's family's place." Fabian replied, "You'll be by yourself.'
"I'll be fine."
"No." Fabian said, "You're coming with me."
"What?"
"You're going to spend Christmas with me and my family. It'll be great I promise." Fabian told me.
"Thanks Fabian. I-" I stopped myself. I was about to say "I love you" but I know that he's scared of love.
"You what?"
"I can't thank you enough." I covered, wrapping my arms around him. I rested my head between his shoulder and his neck, feeling completely comfortable. He rubbed my back and he kissed the top of my head.
"I'll always be there for you." He told me.
"Forever?"
"And always."
I remember our first date so clearly, I can play every sentence back in my head over and over again. Maybe I'll start from the beginning…
"Stop!" I giggled, as Fabian rubbed his hand over my knee in Chemistry. He smiled playfully at me and I could see Mr. Winkler peering over at us from his desk. Fabian must have noticed too, because he coughed and scooted his chair over.
"Yeah… em… beaker C, I believe." He said.
"You sure about that?" I smirked, knowing that his guess what terribly incorrect.
"Yeah, positive."
"So put it in." I instructed him.
He looked at me for a moment, the grabbed the chemical and pouring in in beaker. Nothing happened for a minute, but I adjusted my goggles and told him to duck as the chemical started fizzing. We ducked under the desk and heard a boom. We looked up and Fabian grabbed a beaker of water, throwing it over the fire that had started from the chemical reaction.
"Be more careful, guys." Jason said from his desk, "I don't need my eyebrows burned off again."
"Sorry Professor."
"It was beaker A." I told Fabian.
He just smiled and poked my side with his pencil, "You think you're smart don't you?"
"Maybe." I teased, adjusting my goggles.
His face went soft as he jotted down the answer on his paper, "I'm sorry that we couldn't do anything Saturday. I had a whole picnic planned out but the rain…"
"Hey," I said, making him face me as Jason dismissed us. We placed out goggles on the table and poured the chemicals into the sink at the end of our table, "It's fine. We'll do something another night." I rinsed out the beakers and put them on the table, then grabbed my bag and Fabian and I walked out together.
"Well, you busy tonight?" he asked.
"I don't know…" I teased, "I've got a paper due next week. And you know how Eddie loves my cooking…"
"I think Eddie can deal with Patricia's cooking for tonight." Fabian smiled as he cornered me against a wall.
"I'll have to think about it." I smirked.
"You better think fast because I'm not letting you out until I get an answer. And I know you don't like tight spaces."
I waited a moment before wrapping my arms around his neck and jumping on him. He hugged me close to him as I repeated "yes" in his ear over and over again.
"Nina, I love you, but you may need help picking out your outfit." Amber said with her arms crossed over her chest that night. "I would have helped Patricia but she threated to lock me in a closet with no food or mascara for sixty one days if I didn't shut up."
"I don't even know where he's taking me Amber." I sighed. Great, Amber is determined.
"Then I'll ask him." Amber stated simply, turning on her heel and walking out of my room before I could protest. I glance at Patricia, who just shrugs her shoulder as if to say "you're on your own."
Amber walked back in with a satisfied smile, "Well, he told me it was a surprise but he told me formal but not to formal."
"Amber…" I sighed as she began searching through my closet.
"Nina." She stopped me, "Just think… YOLO."
"You did not just say YOLO." Patricia groaned.
"You. Only. Live. Once." Amber stated.
"I know what YOLO means Amber." Patricia argued, "I just can believe you actually said it."
A long two hours later, Amber had me in a spaghetti strapped white dress that feel just above my knee. It was plain white, with a layer of white floral tulle covering the entire dress. A thin white strap separated the top and bottom. (A/N: THIS IS A REAL DRESS! SOLD AT DELIAH'S! I wear it anywhere, it's adorable. They also have it in pink!) Apparently, no AME (Amber Millington Ensemble) is complete without jewelry. Amber found a pair of gold studs in my jewelry box (they're okay Nina, but they aren't the pretties earrings I've ever seen) and a gold chain with a small ruby pendant (OMV [oh my Victoria] Nina this is so pretty!) to match my gold flats. But I drew the line at the gold eyeliner.
"Nina, where did you get that amazing gold necklace from anyway?" Amber asked as she fiddled with my hair.
"My mother gave it to me the last birthday before she died." I muttered.
"Oh Nina, I'm so sorry!"
"Amber, it's fine!" I assure her, "I'm okay."
"Hey Yacker!" Eddie shouted walking in the room, "You look pretty Neens. Anyway, Patricia! I got great seats for a Sick Puppies concert! It's just an hour away!"
"No way, Eddie!" Patricia shouted wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Yeah, it's great right?" he smiled, "I was wondering, if perhaps you'd… I don't know… maybe you'd like to take the second ticket?"
"Me? Miss a Sick Puppies concert?" Patricia said, "I'd love to go."
"So… can we consider this our second date?"
"Yes we can Kruger." Patricia smiled.
"Cool." Eddie said, "Meet me outside in five minutes."
Eddie left the room and Amber cornered Patricia, "OMV is Peddie happening?"
"Yeah," Patricia muttered, "You know, he hasn't asked me to be his girlfriend or anything but… we're like going on dates and stuff."
"I didn't ask if you were dating. I said Peddie is happening. I means that Eddie will so totally ask you, but he hasn't yet. Like Fabian has asked Nina, right Nina?"
"Yeah, he asked me last night if I wanted to be his girl." I responded.
"See?" Amber said, turning toward Patricia, "It's science. You should let me work out you're numberology numbers!"
"Amber," Patricia mumbled, "I think you mean numerology."
"That's what I said. Numberology."
Patricia groaned, "I'm out, I have to meet Eddie."
"Yeah, I gotta meet Fabian." I added.
"Ah, young love." Amber smiled.
"Are you ever going to tell me where we're going?" I asked Fabian. He looked really hot in his jeans and white dress shirt. I could see his muscular arms since Fabian had the sleeves rolled up a bit.
"No," Fabian answered, "But you will get to see it when we get there."
"You're impossible." I sighed.
"Maybe," he said, looking down at our intertwined fingers. "But, I think you'll take that back when you see what I have planned."
"You're that confident?"
"Look in front of you Nina."
I turn away from him and see a gazebo, lit up in the middle of a lake. There were millions of lights, changing from gold to silver to red to blue to green to pink. I could make out a table set for two in the middle and I heard music playing faintly from the boardwalk where I was standing.
"Amber made me add the pink." Fabian commented.
"Amber actually knew?" I asked, "She told me she didn't know!"
"She helped me with it actually. She said and I quote "you need to be romantic! This is Fabina's first date!" She told me if she pretended she didn't know, it would be easier for her not to tell you." Fabian chuckled a bit at the last part.
"That's Amber for you." I sighed, "How are we getting over there?"
Fabian pointed toward a small paddle boat. Well, that's one way…
"Fabian!" I heard Eddie call from the kitchen. It was December 22nd and Fabian and I were actually apart at the moment. It was a rare occasion, but a show he loved and I hated was on so we were separate. Eddie's tone was stern which surprised me.
"What?" Fabian shouted.
"Come here!"
"Why?"
"Do it!"
"Why?"
"DUDE!"
"Fine!"
I walked from the couch in the living room, to the kitchen where Eddie was. Fabian was in there at around the same time. Eddie didn't waste any time.
"Who's Joy?"
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"Socks?"
"That's the distracter… look at the bottom."
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"DUDE!"
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