Not Over You

"Good times." I whispered. It was a quiet night, and everyone was half asleep, including Nina on her bed, and me propped up against it. The only response I got was,

"What?" And it was whispered. I responded,

"You and me. The who Fabina thing. We should give it another go." I looked at Nina, but she had drifted to sleep. Great. I just gathered a year's worth of courage, and she didn't even hear me. Harsh. Eventually, I fell asleep too.

The next morning, all of Sibuna was pretty exhausted. We had completed our mission, but only at he cost of being a zombie for a day. I was already at the table, and Nina strolled down the stairs, looking amazing despite the fact that she was exhausted, and I couldn't help but smile. Secretly, I was sort of ticked at her for falling asleep on me last night, but I was trying my best to get over it. Nina hurried up with breakfast, and was done even before me. When Nina was gone, and I was putting his dishes away, Alfie came up to me and said,

"Harsh."

"What?"

"I heard what happened last night. Harsh."

"Yeah, well what do you know?" I surprised myself by his tone.

"Plenty. Well, do you want to hear it?"

"Hear what?"

"How to get her back, of course!"

"Alfie, thanks, but I-"

"Sing a song!"

"What?"

"You know, serenade her!" Alfie said in his silly Spanish voice.

"Yeah. Sure Alfie. That only works in movies and you know it." I tried to walk away, but Alfie stopped me.

"So what song are you going to sing?"

"Alfie! I-" But I got cut off by Victor shouting,

"SHOULDN'T YOU BE ON YOUR WAY TO SCHOOL!"

"Yes, sorry sir." I muttered as I ran off to the door. Alfie mostly gave up, but I thought on that all day, partly because classes were boring, but anyways, I was starting to think that it was a good idea. Nothing like a big stunt to make the girl fall for you. It was worth a shot, right? Now I just needed a song.

At lunch, Jerome caught up with me.

"Hey, so are you going to do it?"

"What?" Not him too.

"Sing to Nina!"

"How did you find out?"

"Alfie told me. So are you going to do it?"

"I was thinking about it, until you guys started pestering me again."

"Okay, so what song are you doing?"

"What? But I-"

"Just pick a song if you want Nina back!"

"I don't know any of her American music! Why would I?"

"Just look it up! The internet is giant!"

"Fine!" I caved in, and got up from lunch. I was about to make a total fool of myself.

American top 40 songs, I typed in on my computer. Up came a website with a list of the songs, and I clicked on it. I scrolled through the songs. I didn't know any of them, and none of them made sense anyways. Until I saw one.

Not Over You-Gavin Degraw.

Well, I don't know about you, but that made a lot of sense to me. I clicked on it, listened to the song, and immediately looked up the sheet music for it. That was the song I was going to sing to Nina.

Three days later, I had practiced my guitar so much, my arms were sore, and I had sang so much that I knew the lyrics by heart. It was a quiet evening, and everyone was sitting in the living room. Jerome and Alfie appeared in white outfits behind me, and I stood right in front of Nina. I felt pretty stupid, mostly because of Jerome and Alfie, but I looked into Nina's eyes, and I wasn't nervous anymore. This was Nina, the girl I loved, and I would do what ever it took to get her back. She put her book aside, and looked up with that look of curiosity that I loved. There was nothing to do but start. I couldn't believe myself, but I did.

Dreams, That's where I have to go To see your beautiful Face anymore I stare at a picture of you And listen to the radio
Hope, hope there's a conversation We both admit we had it good But until then its alienation I know that much is understood, And I realize..
If you ask me how I'm doing I would say I'm doing just fine
I would lie and say that you're not on my mind But I go out, and I sit down at a table set for two And finally I'm forced to face the truth No matter what I say I'm..
Not over you, Not over you
Damn, damn girl you do it well, and I thought you were innocent Took this heart and put it through hell, but still your magnificent I, I'm a boomerang, doesn't matter how you throw me I turn around and I'm back in the game, even better than the old me But I'm not even close without you
If you ask me how I'm doing I would say I'm doing just fine
I would lie and say that you're not on my mind But I go out, and I sit down at a table set for two And finally I'm forced to face the truth No matter what I say I'm..
Not over you
And if I had the chance to re-new You know there isn't a thing I wouldn't do I could get back, on the right track But only if you'd be convinced So until then..
If you ask me how I'm doing I would say I'm doing just fine
I would lie and say that you're not on my mind But I go out, and I sit down at a table set for two And finally I'm forced to face the truth No matter what I say I'm..
Not over you Not over you Not over you Not over you

By the end of the song, everyone but Nina had left, and I was sweaty and shaky, and Nina was grinning, but she looked like she had something to say. I strummed the last cord, and said,

"Well?" With my famous flirty grin.

"That was gorgeous Fabian, but if you wanted me back, why didn't you just say so?"

"I did, but you fell asleep. Remember, that night when we camped out?"

"Oh... yeah. I'm so sorry." She clearly felt pretty sorry.

"So, Nina Martin." I said with a smile. "Will you take me back?"

Nina looked hesitant. "Should we? I mean, we already broke up once, and you never know what's down our path as Sibuna."

"Well, I'll take it for as long as I can get. And as for Sibuna, I'm happy to walk with you on that path. I never wanted to break up in the first place, you know."

"Then why did you-"

"I was stupid, okay? On another note, I've used up all of my confidence for the day, please take me back before I faint!"

"Yes."

"Yes?"

"Yes."

"YES!"

We smiled, laughed, and I said,

"We gotta quit doing that."

I hardly got to finish before I found Nina's lips on mine. I had my girl back, once and for all.