Unexpected: Chapter 2

Nina's POV

That night, Claire and I went to the mall and shopped 'till we drop.

The next morning at work, guess who showed up. That's right. Fabian. Of all people, why did it have to be Fabian? Really, why? Anyone would be better than him.

"Morning!" Claire said happily, a fake (but very realistic) smile plastered on her face.

"Hi," Ann said, kind of hostile. Fabian gave a slight nod. They made their way to the conference room.

Just then, Hally came out of her office. "I need one of you to host the party after work tomorrow," she said.

"I'll do it," Claire said.

"Good. I'll just need your adress so I can tell everyone where to go," Hally said.

"It's in my file," Claire said.

"Would you want to look that up out of a hundred people?" Hally asked coldly.

Claire grabbed a piece of paper and wrote down her adress. "Here you are," she said, handing Hally the paper.

After Hally was gone, I asked, "Why do you want to host it?"

"So I can get the dirt on Ann." She smiled deviously. I returned the smile. What a good day tomorrow will be.

~Later that night~

I walked into my apartment. I set my bag on the counter and got a glass of water. I pulled out my Eye of Horus necklace. What good times these were.

Lately, I've been thinking about how much has changed since I moved back. I lost touch with everyone when my gran passed away. I don't know why, though. I guess because I just pushed everyone away. Fabian flew over and I broke up with him. He went back to England and never called me or anything.

And I gave up on us, and never thought about him again. At least, I didn't think about him. Now I think about him all the time. I keep wishing I could rewind my life and let Fabian comfort me. I wish we hadn't broke up, but I would never admit that, especially Fabian.

I quickly pushed my thoughts away and sat on the couch, turning on the TV. I scrolled through channels, looking for something good. Nothing was on. Finally, I retreated to reading a book.

I chose "A Christmas Wedding" by James Patterson. I opened it up to page 27 and read from where I left off.

After reading for three hours, I heard my doorbell ring. It's probably Claire, wanting help cleaning her apartment, I think.

As I open the door, I see it's not Claire. It's Fabian.

So, what'd you think? It's a bit shorter than last chapter, but I wanted to end it here.

Review please!

*~apples~*