Author's Note: Hi everyone, sorry for not updating. As you may know, the Fanfiction server was under maintenance and most if not all the author's and users couldn't access their accounts or review. Sorry about this, but this is extra long so enjoy!
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Stan/Nine POV
I'm grumpy. Just that.
I think Emily is pissed at me, don't know why, but I probably did something and I didn't realise it. The rest of my free period went pretty fast, and the last class I had was… Math. What a way to ruin a Friday afternoon. It's like the person who invented Math, purely did it to make life miserable for the students who have to take it. I walk from the auditorium that I had my free period and to my Math classroom. On the bright side, most of my friends I know are in it, besides Marina; she apparently takes Higher Math or something. Nerd. I walk down the hall as usual, turning and walking up to flights of stairs until I reach the room. I head on in and am greeted with the class; noise, laughter and talking. Joe, John and Maren sit in a cluster in the far right side, half way down the row of seats. I spot Britney with her cheerleader friends sitting a row in front. I pick out Emily, she looks a bit shaken up from what happened on the field; I'm surprised her Cepan didn't take her home after. I try to make eye contact with her she doesn't look up. My shoulders slump and I make my way to Joe and the others.
"Someone doesn't look happy" Joe muses, smirking. Maren grins in amusement and John joins in. I grunt in response and take my seat next to Joe,
"Stan, what's up?" John asks, getting out his exercise book and pen, Maren follows,
"Nothing" I say bluntly, slouching down in my chair. I quickly look over to Emily, she's looking at me, but quickly turns the other way once I glance over. I think I see her cheeks redden. I try to get her attention but nothing happens.
"Aw, Emily's mad at him" Maren mocks, giggling after, Joe grins widely and puts his hands behind his head,
"She's not talking to you?" he asks, I nod glumly and put my head in my hands,
"Why?" John asks, sobering up from Maren's comment, I shrug,
"I don't even know! One minute we're all good, the next she's trying to avoid me" I say, looking up to see if she's looking this way. She doesn't.
"Dude, girls are so confusing" Joe says, nodding slightly as if he knows. Maren punches him, and John snickers,
"Guys! Not helping" I say, I don't know why, but this has really gotten me down. Sandor might be able to help, but I think he's going out with Dev tonight. Something big…
"OK, we'll talk to her for you" Maren says, Joe starts shaking his head and John joins him,
"No way man, I'm not getting in on this-" Maren clears her throat and glares at Joe. Joe groans after what seems to be a mouthing argument.
"John will also-"
"Sorry Maren, Henri is training me this arvo" John says, smiling, Joe face-palms.
"Thanks guys" I mutter and open my book.
"Don't worry man, this will all be solved soon" Joe says, patting my back. I hope so; all this emotional crap is really disturbing.
Emily/Five POV
I hate getting emotional, I told you before that I'm not the touchy-feely type of girl, but yet here I am, moping over some guy I have a crush on. I don't know why I'm like this, I mean, I guess Stan only saw us as friends; I hate getting that close to someone then misinterpreting your relationship with them… Oh wait, this is the first time. Because before, I would just be an antisocial girl. I was virtually invisible to the school, I was one of those kids who just stood in the background, went to class and didn't say a word, like those extras on those TV shows and movies. But now I want to be more than that; I'm an Elder's child for Lore's sake! I gotta get out of this shell. But first I need to get past Math class.
"Um, excuse me, is this seat taken?" a voice asks me, I quickly turn and come face to face with… I actually don't know who this guy is. I pause,
"Um, uh, yeah sure, go ahead" I say, trying to sound casual and nice. I find it really hard sometimes. The guy looks relieved that he found a seat and sits.
"Thanks" the guy says smiling, I smile back. But it's only fake, deep down I'm not only embarrassed about what happened before but still angry and sad – I'm sandgry. I look to the guy who sat down, he is quite pale, black hair, wears a grey hoodie with a spaceship on it.
"Are you new?" I ask, it feels kinda weird asking this, the boy looks to me,
"Um, yeah. I'm Adam" he says, giving a small wave,
"Emily" I say mimicking his small wave. He grins and opens his book, I do the same. I quickly look over at Stan; he looks grumpy and sad, I want to go over to him and comfort him, but even if I wasn't sandgry at him I wouldn't do that. I just too nervous – I'm sandvous. I gotta stop making up words. Stan suddenly looks over and I flinch from surprise I quickly turn the other way, but I'm sure he saw me. I flush with embarrassment and just pretend I'm looking at my textbook.
"So how long have you been at the school?" Adam asks, he's opening his book to the page numbers written on the board,
"Um, only since last semester, so not long" I say grinning, he grins back,
"So do you have any idea if this teacher is good?" he asks, looking at Professor Donald. I shrug,
"He's… interesting, I guess" Adam laughs and I join him,
"You just have to do your homework" I say, sitting back in my seat, Adam nods like he's mentally taking notes. I can't help but smile. As soon as I finish, Professor Donald starts the lesson.
"Now who can tell me what Lore's Law is?"
Joe/Eight POV
Math goes pretty quickly, we just learn about some guy called Einstein, he was apparently Loric; we just learnt his history. So I guess it was History class just then. It's so confusing. Anyway, I'm really excited for tonight, I'm taking Marina out – it's going to be our first date! We were going to do it earlier but she developed her Telekinesis and couldn't go to school. But now we can! Also speaking of dates, the Quarter moon Festival is coming up; I usually am not that hyped about it, but this year I have a good reason to be. As I walk out of Math class I notice Emily secretly watching Stan out of the corner of her eye, this makes me more confused. I thought she was mad at him. I'm about to walk down the stairs to go wait for Marina to finish her Math class, but an arm grabs me. I would've screamed but I realised it was Maren,
"Uh, Joe, you're not going anywhere, until we sort this Stan-Emily sh*t out" she says, pulling me to Emily, who's already halfway down the hallway. I groan,
"Why me? I don't want to get involved in Stan's love life… it's weird" I say with a strange voice at the end. She smirks and rolls her eyes,
"We're doing it because he's our friend, and… actually that's probably the only reason" she mutters. I exaggerate my groan again,
"Oh, look, there's Marina" she says. I immediately stand up straight and look around,
"Where?" I ask looking around, we're still walking. Maren laughs and shakes her head,
"Na, I'm just kidding" she says with a wide grin, I roll my eyes and continue to follow her. We eventually catch up with Emily, who's at her locker, she's packing her bag to go home.
"Hey Emily" Maren says a bit sternly, Emily looks a bit caught off guard before looking to us, she smiles at me but… glares at Maren?
"Hi, um… can I help you?" she asks, still packing her bag, Maren raises an eyebrow. This is going to get real ugly, real soon. I try to tip-toe away but Maren's iron grip grabs my hand and puts me in place.
"Yeah you can. What's up with you and Stan?" she says, realising my hand and putting hers on her hips, I imitate her with a goofy grin. Emily smirks, but turns to Maren,
"What do you mean what's up with him and me? What's up with you and him?!" she says, clenching her fists, I immediately step forward, before Maren counters,
"What Maren is so nicely and calmly trying to say is; why are you angry at Stan? He thinks you're mad at him" I say, Emily unclenches and looks down at her feet. She's really upset. Maren sees this and her glare softens,
"Well, I don't know, ask her! She's his Sweetheart" she says, pointing at Maren. Maren's eyebrows go up and her face twists in surprise. I speak up,
"Great, now I'm even more confused"
Maren/Six POV
"Great, now I'm even more confused" Joe muses, I lightly slap him,
"What do you mean 'his' Sweetheart?" I ask loudly, Joe stands back but I grab him before he can run away,
"You guys are a couple! He calls you Sweetheart!" she says, looking really upset to admit it. There's a pause and then Joe breaks it with his laughter, I nudge him to make him stop, but he just laughs harder, I can't help but smirk at his reaction – it's contagious!
"What?! What is so funny?!" Emily asks, her eyebrows curve in confusion,
"You thought Maren and Stan were a couple" Joe sobers up, but ends up laughing at the end. Emily innocently nods and my heartbreaks at her confusion,
"Yew, gross" I mutter, I can't even think about it without gagging. Joe sobers up and pats Emily's back,
"Wait so, you're not dating?" she asks, a flash of hope sparks in her eyes, I smile,
"Of course not, that's just… ugh yuck" I say shivering my shoulders, Joe snickers and I elbow him again. Emily's expression changes into one of pure happiness, she smiles widely, I think she silently squeals to herself.
"Yeah, Maren got her eyes set on John" Joe says, wiggling his eyebrows, I glare at him. Emily and him start smirking and she giggles,
"Joe!" I say, trying to slap him, he jumps behind Emily who's laughing. I soon smile,
"Sorry for you know-" Emily starts,
"It's OK, I am too" I quickly hug Emily, she hugs back. I really didn't want to make an enemy out of Emily. Joe smirks and also half-hugs Emily,
"So, when are you gonna ask John out?" Emily muses, Joe grins and tries to suppress his upcoming laughter; I roll my eyes, but I can't help but smirk. Emily giggles along with Joe.
"So what are you guys doing tonight?" Emily asks, still packing her bag, Joe leans against the locker and smiles widely,
"Well this guy over here has got his first date with Marina" I say pointing at Joe, Joe grins wider – he's like a little brother to me; annoying, annoying and annoying, but funny and caring. Emily smiles,
"Really? I'm happy for you Joe" Emily says, but she looks down at the last part,
"You know, you should go talk to him, I'm sure he's just confused. Just tell him what you told me… but without the shouting and fist clenching" I say smirking, she rolls her eyes but I see her grinning. She eventually nods and smiles.
"Hey Joe!" I hear a feminine voice call out from beside us, we all turn around and are met face to face with… Britney. I silently groan, Joe smiles,
"Hey guys, gotta go, I think Stan is organising a small gathering at his place this Saturday, so I guess I'll see ya tomorrow" he says, smiling, he jogs off to Britney – wait, why is he hanging out with Britney?
"Wait Joe-" he's long gone before I can get a hold of him, Emily face-palms and I just grin. My mind drifts to John. I don't know what I feel for him, we've been friends since we were 3 and I don't want to ruin our friendship. But I want to be closer… Ugh. It's probably one of those girl things.
Maybe I should ask John out.
Marina/Seven POV
Joe is taking quite long, he normally is outside waiting for me when I finish Math. We've got it at the same time and he finishes five minutes earlier than I do. But I've got to admit, he's taking his time. I eventually grow tired of waiting and go to his classroom. Maybe he got kept in – he sometimes does, he's been getting a bit of tutoring for Math now. I turn around the corner and see Joe laughing with Emily and Maren; Maren has her hand wrapped around Joe's. Jealousy courses through me again, the same that I had before when I wasn't with Joe. Another laugh follows which makes me flinch a bit; I trust Joe completely, with my life that is. But would he cheat on me? I physically shake my head – he wouldn't, he must have a good reason for it. I mean, he is very attractive and girls would look twice when he walks past them, so I guess it's natural for me to be jealous. I watch Joe leave Emily and Maren who keep on talking and he walks over to another girl. Blond hair, blue eyes, cheerleader… it's Britney. My stomach drops again, he's been visiting Britney frequently in between classes. I mean, Britney is very pretty, and funny like Joe… I guess they're similar. Before I know it I'm quietly sobbing to myself. Joe laughs and I think says thank you to Britney before leaving her and walking down the hallway. I quickly run back and pretend I'm just walking out of my class. He turns round the corner and I bump into him unintentionally, he laughs, which makes me blush and grin,
"Hey you" he says, pecking my cheek, I goofily raise an eyebrow. He stops,
"OK I'm sorry I'm late. Maren dragged me over to fixed some Stan-Emily problem, and then Emily thought that it was a Maren-Stan thing, but it wasn't so-" I cut him off with a short kiss, before he can kiss back I pull away, he fake pouts which I giggle at. I'm about to ask him what he was talking about with Britney, but he wraps his arm around me,
"So, are you excited for tonight?" he asks, wiggling his eyebrows, I laugh and nod,
"Yes silly, for the tenth time" I say, holding his hand and planting a soft kiss on it, he smiles and pulls me along,
"What are you going to wear?" he asks, I raise an eyebrow, but realise that he is generally curious, I smirk,
"It's a surprise" I tease, he fakes a sad face which I fall for,
"OK, but not too formal or too casual" he says, I give him a questioning look, he just smiles in return.
We hand in hand to our lockers.
Joe/Eight POV
The reason why I told her to dress not too formal or too casual is because Britney told me. There I said it. Pretty much, I went to Britney for advice on dating, since Maren won't help me because she'll be too busy giving advice to Marina, John is too busy staring at Maren, Stan is… Stan and Emily doesn't really know Marina that well. That left me with a hard situation, so I decided to go to the queen of dating herself; Britney. I also kinda begged her to give me tips for the Quarter moon Festival, I know I seeming really over-the-top right now, but I really want to make this perfect for Marina.
I can't wait for tonight.
Sandor POV
I can't wait for tonight.
Even though it is already here.
We just got out of my car that we parked in front of the new place near the Chimaera. It's called Mimics Bar; it apparently has a five star rating already even though it's only been open for about 3 days. I made reservations at the start of the week. I pull Devektra down the footpath until we're in front of the restaurant, it has a dark wood brown out colour with Mimics Bar written in orange, neon capitals. I smile and take a deep breath, Dev squeezes my hand next to me,
"C'mon Babe" she says, pulling me to the entrance. I quickly check my pocket for the most important item right now. I sigh in relief when I touch the small thing. I walk to the front entrance, a very formal looking waiter stands there, greeting guests on their way out,
"Uh, reservation" I say awkwardly, Dev smiles and rests her head on my shoulder, I smile and feel much better. The waiter smiles warmly, but I think he's just getting paid to do that,
"Name please?" he asks,
"Um, Devedor" I say, Devektra smiles and pecks my cheek, I think the waiter rolls his eyes, but nothing can ruin this night. I hope nothing does.
"Right this way sir" he says walking, guiding us to our reserved table. I pull Devektra with me, her beautiful still mystifying me,
"Thanks" I say to the waiter, he fake smiles before filling our glasses with Loric wine, he puts the half full bottle on the table and leaves. Devektra wiggles her eyebrows, we're still holding hands,
"So, what do ya think?" I ask, she grins – the same grin I fell in love with,
"It's really nice, I hope you didn't spend too much money" she says, biting her lower lip, I squeeze her hand and give her a reassuring smile,
"So how's work?" I ask, she shrugs,
"Ya know, the usual. I'm releasing a new single this weekend" she says excitedly, I smile, still lost in her eyes. They twinkle with the same spark,
"Really? I'm looking forward to hearing it. Maybe a sneak peek?" I say, wiggling my eyebrows, she laughs and blushes,
"Only if a certain someone got more of these amazing dates, with her amazing boyfriend" she muses, I grin and I think I feel heat rising in my cheeks,
"Consider it done" I say. For the rest of the evening I'm really nervous, I think I see Joe, one of Stan's good friends come in with a girl. I grin. But now the only thing I can think about is what's going to happen next. I have to do it now, I stand up, Devektra looks at me questioningly, still with her beautiful smile. I take out a small box from my pocket and bend down on one knee next to Dev. She gasps in surprise and what I think is happiness. Her eyes twinkle more and my heart pounds through my chest.
"Devektra, we've known each other and dated for a very long time and I love you. Your all that I think about, day and night, every hour, every minute, every second. You have become not only a part of my life, but part of me; and I want you to know that I love you with every ounce of me, and that I want to spend the rest of my life with you"
I see her eyes fill with tears – I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but she's smiling, so that's something, right? I take a deep breath and look into her eyes, people have started to look at us, but the only thing that matters now and forever will be Devektra.
The next words I say will change my life,
"So Devektra, will you-"
Author's Note: Sorry! I know you probably hate me right now; with the repeat of Joe asking Marina out (Mwhaaaaa) but I love anticipating and cliffhangers. Please tell me what you thought, this is an extra long chapter, I hope you enjoyed it!
What will Sandor ask? (seriously if anyone doesn't get this right, I'm seriously going to stop this fanfiction – Na just kidding! But please don't get it wrong) :D
Until time my awesome readers!
Au revoir!
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