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Unexpected: Chapter 3

Nina's POV

I practically froze in place. Why was Fabian here? I'm surprised he still remembers where I live.

"Hi," I managed to choke out.

"Can I talk to you for a second?" he asked. He was a bit wet. I heard thunder. Oh, I thought. It's raining.

"Um, sure," I said, confused. I moved aside a bit so he could come in. He came inside and looked around.

"Hasn't changed much," he said. "There's more books. A lot more."

"Yeah, I've been reading a lot lately," I said awkwardly. "Why did you come over here?"

"Oh, I...I needed to get away from Ann for a little bit," he said, sitting on a stool by the counter.

"Why? What happened?" I asked. "Sorry, that was a little nosy."

"It's okay," he said. "We had a fight."

"About?" I encouraged, sitting next to him on another stool.

"Something stupid," he said.

"What was it?"

"She got upset because I didn't tell her I knew you when she asked the first time."

"Oh," I said. "Why didn't you tell her?"

"I don't know. I guess because I was having a hard time believing it myself."

"You and me both," I said. He slightly smiled. He still hadn't made eye contact with me.

"This is kind of awkward," he said. Then his deep, dark blue eyes looked at me. "I'm sorry I yelled at you yesterday."

"I'm sorry too," I said, staring back at him. I looked away, slightly blushing.

We sat in silence for a little bit. Every once and awhile, I would glance at him. He was playing with his fingers everytime I looked.

Finally, I got up and turned on the TV. The news was on. It was talking about the weather.

"I recommend you stay where you are. Driving is very dangerous in this type of storm," the weatherman said.

"Looks like you're not going anywhere for a while," I told him.

"I guess not," he said. He came and sat next to me on my couch. Not real close, but close enough to kiss if I had really wanted to, but my heart hadn't quite mended yet. Besides, he has a girlfriend.

"So, are you going to apologize to her?" I asked.

"I've tried. She won't listen to me though," he said, looking at his hands.

"Well, give her a little time to cool down, then try again," I said.

"It's too late for that," he told me.

"Why?"

"I broke up with her," he said. I looked at him. He didn't look up at me, though.

Without even thinking, I put my hand on his, squeezed it, then said, "It'll be alright. I'm sure if you just apologize to her, she'll forgive you."

"But I don't want her to forgive me," he said, which absolutely shocked me. "I don't want her back."

I froze a moment, then said, "Well, then, that changes things."

His hand clutched onto mine. I didn't know what to do. Fabian closed his eyes and breathed long, deep breaths.

And the end of this chapter. I'll probably updat either Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.

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