A.N. This is for siriusblackrox123's songfic contest! Thank you to xforeverlovex21 for beta reading! Also, I don't know where I got this from, but I imagine Damon's to be a lot like Java Lava from Rugrats All Grown Up. Enjoy!

You're The Reason

That moment when the bell rings, and you feel your brain turn to ooze inside of your head. You just want to slam your book shut, slam your pencil down, and start running home yelling,

"I'M FREE, I'M FREE!"

Luckily though, Patricia was able to control herself, just shutting her science book, smiling, and standing up. She didn't even want to hear the word hippocampus for the rest of the day. Or week, since she was dreaming, but she had homework to do. As she reached the door, she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. It was from Nina, and it said,

Fabian, Amber, and I r going to Damon's now, wanna come?

Damon's was a café that had recently opened a few blocks away from Anubis, so everyone had been going there after school most days, and Patricia jumped at a chance to do something other than homework. She wanted to text her back, but this is what she got.

I;' mme/att yU uy'';';t'erre;';;)/,.0?.,-fgh

She hated her phone. Nothing but gibberish almost every time she tried to text for the last week. Instead, she just called Nina, stuffed her phone in her backpack, and started walking to Damon's.

When Patricia got to the café, she saw Amber sitting a table, Fabian and Nina next to her, in this sort of peaceful, happy way. Patricia sat down, and a moment later, Joy walked in, also apparently invited by Nina. Patricia decided to go get her smoothie so Nina could say hi to Joy for a moment. When she got to the counter, the first thing the perky blonde at the counter said was,

"Hi, would you like to try a radish smoothie today?"

Where do they come up with this stuff? Patricia wondered. What she said though, was "No, I think I'll just have a medium Strawberry smoothie."

"Okay, then!" The lady at the counter said, a little too cheerfully. Patricia got her smoothie, paid, and went back to the table, where everyone was having a debate as to whether or not flamingoes were really pink, but that was her friends for you. One by one, everyone got up to get their snacks. When Fabian went to go get his, he gave Nina a sweet little kiss before getting up, and once he left, she sat there with a happy stare on her face. After a few moments, she said,

"I can't believe we've already been back together for a month. Where does the time go?"

"Time flies when you're having fun!" Patricia said with a teasing grin.

"When's your "anniversary"?" Joy asked.

"Friday."

"You should do something special for him!" Amber said enthusiastically.

"Amber, we're just planning on going to dinner or something, nothing big."

"Please?"

"Not gonna happen Amber."

Just then, Fabian came back over. "What's not going to happen?"

"Nothing." Nina said, a little too quickly, but Fabian decided to roll with it, and they all got to talking. Nina asked Patricia,

"So what was that text I got from you?"

"Oh. That was my phone. I think it's starting to break."

"Starting to break? It looked like Frankenstein was trying to type for you.

"I know. Sorry. I'll get a new one soon."

"Hurry." Joy said. "One day, you're going to accidently send a text that looks very, very wrong."

"I know." She said, just sipping her smoothie."

A half an hour later, the Anubis kids were out of things to talk about, so they got up, but before they left, they all went to read the billboard. There were always some new fliers or something up there. As they scanned the board, they saw lost pet advertisements, a reminder to sign up for the gym by next week to get a discount, and one bright orange piece of paper, advertising for open mic. night.

Open Mic. Night!

Love to be on stage?

Perform

Next Friday Night, 7:00!

Sign up at the front counter!

Fabian rushed to the counter, he always had a song that he was obsessing over playing on his guitar; he would probably just play whatever song that was come next Friday. While he went to sign up, they all agreed that they'd have to come to see him, but Nina secretly had a different idea.

The next morning, after breakfast, Nina said that she was going to go to school a few minutes early, and everyone understood, but that's not exactly where she was going. 10 minutes later, she was writing this down on a clipboard at Damon's.

Name: Nina Martin Age:16 Act: Singing and dancing

Friday, 6:45. Nina was sitting in a very hidden corner of the café near the backstage entrance. She knew Fabian would probably come in any minute, and she wanted him to think that she wasn't there yet. He was up the act before her, so when he got on stage, she'd have to smile at him quickly, and vanish backstage without him seeing. She had Patricia sitting next to her, and she was texting Fabian. 10 minutes earlier, she had said,

Are you coming?

In reply, she got, Yes, sorry I had to re-string my guitar, I'm on my way now.

This time, Patricia texted, Where r u?;',.lgj';[ Nino,s here f'lg' haiting on U dlkgj

"Stupid phone!" She shouted, but it had already sent the text. Joy had been right. If you got past the random letters, it looked like,

Where are you? Nina's here hating on you.

This wasn't good at all.

Fabian's phone vibrated as he was running up the street with his guitar case. He flipped it open to find a text from Patricia. Another gibberish text, but as he tried to decipher it, he figured out what it looked like. It was a typo, right? He couldn't decide. Patricia's phone was wacko, but there was no telling. He ran in the doors, seeing tons of people milling about, but he didn't see Nina. He was definitely worried. He got out his guitar and went to sign in anyways.

The show went on, and the fifth act was Fabian. He sang his song, Lego House, much to the audience's pleasure. As he sang,

I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
I'll do it all for you in time
And out of all these things I've done I think I love you better now

About halfway through the song, Nina snuck backstage, he hadn't even seen her yet, but it made more sense that way, because Nina had seen the text that Patricia sent, and it was better that she got to do her act before she got into a fight. With any luck, this would prevent a fight. Backstage, Amber and Patricia stood next to her in matching white outfits, comforting each other's stage fright. This was going to be fun.

Fabian struck the last chord, and as he went down to his seat, Nina, Amber, and Patricia all confidently walked to their places. When Fabian first looked up at the stage, his eyes popped. The music started, and Nina began singing, Patricia and Amber dancing along with her.

I don't wanna make a scene. I don't wanna let
you down
Tryin' to do my own thing, and I'm starting to
figure it out
That it's alright keep it together where ever we
go
And it's alright oh well whatever
Everybody needs to know

You might be crazy
Have I told you lately
That I love you
You're the only reason that I'm not afraid to fly

And it's crazy
That someone could change me
Now no matter what it is I have to do
I'm not afraid to try
And you need to know that you're the reason,
why!

I don't even care when they say you're a little
bit off
Look them in the eye I'd say I could never get
enough
Cuz it's alright keep it together where ever we
go
And it's alright oh well whatever
Everybody needs to know

You might be crazy
Have I told you lately
That I love you,
You're the only reason that I'm not afraid to

fly,

And it's crazy
That someone could change me
Now no matter what it is I have to do
I'm not afraid to try
And you need to know that you're the reason,
why!

If it was rainin' you would yell at the sun
Pick up the pieces when the damage is done
You say it's just another day in the shade
Look at what a mess we made

You might be crazy
Have I told you lately
That I love you
You're the only reason that I'm not afraid to fly

You might be crazy
Have I told you lately
That I love you,
You're the only reason that I'm not afraid to
fly,

And it's crazy
That someone could change me
Now no matter what it is I have to do
I'm not afraid to try
And you need to know that you're the reason
why

I don't wanna make a scene. I don't wanna let
you down...

As the song went on, Fabian just smiled, jumping along with the music a little. When the song finished, Nina looked down at Fabian with a grin and said into the microphone,

"Happy anniversary." She jumped off of the stage, and into Fabian's arms, where they kissed for one glorious moment. Message received. All was okay. And they got to enjoy a very happy anniversary.

A.N. I hope you liked! Please review!