I'd like to thank ginger-drake14 for being the first to review chapter 7! I love all of my kind reviewers. Chapter title is from Taylor Swift's song Innocent.

Fabian got up just in time to see Nina running off, crying. He would give anything to change hurting her. He would kill anyone, to see her without her eyes full of tears. But he can't, not anymore.

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One Month Later

"Hey Ambs!" Nina called out to her still single best friend, "I'm going to head to the supermarket!"

Nina had quit her job as a lawyer. She was now a columnist for a magazine.

"Wait Nina, where are you going?" Eddie asked, coming through the door of their apartment, Jerome Clarke following closely behind him.

"Hey Eddie, Hey Jerome," Nina smiled, "Where's Patricia and Mara?"

"I don't know, shopping or something." Eddie replied, "Seriously where are you going?"

"I'm going too!" Amber yelled running in, "We're heading to the supermarket."

"The one on Maple?"

"Yeah."

"Oh, okay. Sounds boring, we'll watch the fishes for you." Eddie said.

"First of all its fish," Nina reminded him slowly, "And I think it's you to that need the watching."

"We'll be fine." Jerome promised, "You'll only be gone like an hour."

Nina and Amber rolled their eyes as the grabbed their purses and walk out the door.

As soon as the door shut, Jerome yelled, "Text them! Now!" Eddie quickly grabbed his phone and started a new message.

New Message To: Mick Campbell; Fabian Rutter

Date: 12/15/12 Time: 12: 37 A.M.

They just left for the supermarket on Maple!

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"Can we please get Chips Ahoy!" Amber wined.

"Sure, grab them." Nina told her.

"How about-" Nina began, but was cut off.

"Nina!" an all too familiar voice said, "Fancy seeing you here."

"Oh Mick, what an unpleasant surprise." Nina muttered, "Where's you idiot best friend?"

"I guess you mean me." Fabian mumbled coming up beside him, "Good seeing you Nina, Amber."

"Devil." Amber said to her cousin.

Nina doesn't acknowledge him, simply staring at the ground.

"You know you can't pretend I don't exist forever." Fabian reminded her.

"Amber, did you hear something?" Nina asked her, simply pretending Fabian wasn't there.

"Nope, just some idiots talking to themselves." Amber replied.

"Listen you two." Mick said, walking up to the two of them, "I'm so sorry for what I did to both of you. Especially you Nina. I, betrayed by sister and the woman I love. And I regret that more than anything I've ever regretted ever."

Nina gave her brother a light smile, wrapping her arms around his neck, "I love you Mick."

"I love you too Nina." He said tightly wrapping his arms around her waist. Nina retreats from the hug and Amber promptly hugs her boyfriend happily.

"I missed you beau." Amber claimed, tears in her eyes.

"I missed you more babes." Mick said.

Nina turned to leave but Fabian grabbed her arm, "Wait!"

"What?" Nina hissed.

"Don't I get a hug and an 'I love you' too?" Fabian asked, "I mean, why did you forgive Mick and not me?"

"Because you lied to me more than once," Nina stated, "And that hurts Fabian. More than you can understand."

"Nina, I told you I was sorry. I love you and I wasn't lying when I told you, you were then only girl I ever felt that way about." Fabian told her.

"How do I know you aren't lying to me, again?" Nina asked.

"I can promise you that I'm not." Fabian said.

"You can't promise me anything. You promised you loved me." Nina hissed.

"And I didn't lie." Fabian told her.

"Excuse me?" a small voice said.

"What?" Fabian and Nina yelled turning toward a small teenage girl.

"I need the Rice Krispies." She said, pointing behind them.

"Oh, sorry." Nina said quickly, moving aside and pulling Fabian with her.

The girl grabbed the box of cereal, "For what it's worth, I think you make a really cute couple."

"Thank you!" Fabian shouted, "I like you!"

The girl giggled.

"But, he lied to me! Twice!" Nina shouted.

"Boys are stupid," the girl said shrugging, "But, it doesn't matter we love them anyway."

"Yeah!" Fabian shouted, "Wait, hey!"

Nina and the girl laughed. With a small smile and a wave, she walked away.

"See, even if I'm stupid you love me anyway." Fabian said.

"It's too late for that though." Nina reminded him.

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"You set us up didn't you?" Amber and Nina asked Eddie and Jerome when they got back to their apartment.

"I guess it only half worked." Jerome muttered, his arm around Mara who must have arrived earlier.

"Wait what did they do?" Patricia asked, coming in with two cups of water.

"Tried to get everyone back together. Only half worked." Eddie explained.

"Well, good for Amber and Mick then." Patricia said.

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Nina sighed as she finished wrapping some Christmas presents. She looks at the clock on that December 24th and immediately hops into her car with Amber and Mick. Mick's at the wheel and he stops in front of Fabian's apartment.

"Mick? We're going to mom and dad's for Christmas." Nina reminded him.

"Yeah, Fabian's coming with us." Mick said.

"What? Why?"

"His grandmother passed away and his parents are with his grandfather in Ireland. And I didn't want him to spend Christmas alone."