Authors Note: We are currently in new territory! I haven't Written "Chapter 13" yet. Honestly I'm really excited. The Peddie rekindling is starting, Nina's new agent is up to no good, and the girls are making a plan. I wonder if it will lead to something good or bad. Hmmm. The end of this chapter... Legit prepare yourself. You may have a heart attack! Jk! But it's crazy. It's the 7 words you've been fearing to hear since S.O.S. started. And you should listen to "The Devil Within" on loop while reading :)
BTW I wanna see big reactions! (This chapter and the next one...)
Disclaimer: I don't own HOA or PLL.
"Ya, well she hasn't exactly spoke to me in a few months." Jerome admitted to Eddie. The two were talking about Patricia in homeroom.
"Why not?" Eddie asked.
"You have to promise you won't kill me!" Jerome said, worried.
"No promises there." Eddie said suspiciously.
"I... I got caught up in the moment and I kissed her."
"WHAT?"
"Calm down. It's not like you've never done it. She didn't kiss back if that's what you're worried about." Jerome said.
"It's just-why would you...?"
"I couldn't help myself. She's just so..."
"I know." Eddie said in a tone that was a mix of dreamy and frustrated.
Just as they said this in walked Mara, Patricia, and Willow. They were all whispering about something.
"And they still haven't caught the driver?" Mara asked Patricia in a hushed tone.
"They don't know who hit her." Patricia said.
"How can they still not know?" Willow cried.
"Like I said, this is just what I overheard. But Victor says who hit Evelyn covered their tracks incredibly well. And, can I just say, Denby didn't seem too shocked." Patricia said.
"I bet a million bucks it was Rufus." Mara said.
"I'm telling you, I think we need to give whole 'having KT turn him in' thing another go!" Willow said.
"You really think that'll work?" Patricia didn't seem convinced.
"It's worth a shot. We know he's the one who hurt KT, we know he's dangerous." Willow said.
"Well, it wouldn't be a terrible idea." Mara admitted.
"I just feel like everything we do backfires. I got arrested yesterday." Patricia cried.
The girls sat down, and Eddie tapped Patricia on the shoulder.
"How was community service?" he asked as she turned around.
"Just great." she sassed.
"Oh good, well maybe now that you're done you can make out with Jerome and Mick I your free time." Eddie spat.
Patricia's jaw dropped. How could he even say something like that?
"Excuse me?"
"Oh ya. Jerome told me all about how you're charming all the guys." Eddie said, scowl on his face.
"I'm not charming anyone!"
"They think otherwise."
"Since when are you such a jerk? It's none of your business who's interested in me or who I 'charmed' or whatever."
"You were just waiting to get rid of me. So that the moment I left you could bat your eyelashes for someone else." Patricia inhaled sharply.
"Ya, you know what, you're exactly right." Patricia grabbed her bag and stormed out of the classroom.
"Are you on your man period or something?" Willow sassed.
Eddie immediately felt guilty. He hadn't meant to hurt her. He should've known better. He shouldn't have interrogated her. It wasn't her fault that Jerome and Mick now had massive crushes on her. She probably didn't lead them on. But, it felt like old times. When guys would try to get close to her and Eddie would get some sort of protective instinct to get her away from them. Jealousy. That's the word. He had been overcome with jealousy.
"KT?" Amber said, approaching the curly haired girl.
"Uh hi... Umm?"
"Its Amber." Ambers face lit up in a bright smile.
"Amber! I knew I knew an Amber!" KT cried.
"You, you remembered me?"
"Ya. I mean, I couldn't forget you! You're just so..." KT stopped herself before she said something embarrassing.
"So?"
"KT!" Patricia fired barging in. "There is something I need you to do."
"Patricia?" Amber said shocked. She looked closely at her face and Patricia had obviously been crying. "Are you ok? Did... Did something happen with Eddie?"
"You would know. Does Nina still keep you in the loop?" Patricia spat, sitting down. Amber got a sad look on her face that made Patricia instantly feel bad. "I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean that it's just-"
"It's ok." Amber insisted. "I know you didn't mean it."
"Amber.. Can I have a minute to talk to KT alone?" Patricia asked.
"Sure thing." Amber said reluctantly getting up.
"KT," Patricia said softly. "I overheard the police talking. An officer will be here tomorrow. You need to tell him that you got your memory back and you remembered that Rufus Zeno is the one who hurt you. Ok?"
KT thought for a moment, then boldly said. "Ok."
"Patricia?!" Eddie called down the halls. He had missed two classes just looking for her. Where could she have possibly gone? She wouldn't have gone home would she?
"Patricia?!" he called again.
"What?" Eddie whipped around to the red head girl behind him.
"Oh my god. Thank god your ok." he breathed.
"Why? So you could ask me about my many affairs with the men of Pinewoods?" she scoffed.
"No." he said, inching closer to her. "So I could apologize. I'm so, so sorry. I got jealous ok?" Patricia sighed.
"It's ok. I forgive you." she said.
"Where were you? I was looking everywhere?!"
"I was... Taking care of some unfinished business."
"That can't be good."
"No, it is good. Trust me." Patricia assured.
"Eddie Miller and Patricia Williamson!" A teacher scolded coming up to them. "Neither of you have been in class all morning! You both have detention!"
"I can't believe she didn't get in more trouble! We go through all this work for nothing I tell you! NOTHING!" Nina cried to the hooded person in front of her.
"Not for nothing. She snapped." The disguised voice said.
"What do you mean?" Nina asked.
"I mean she just completed stage 5 for us." The voice told her.
"What?! That's incredible! Yes! Yes! So we've won?!" Nina cried.
"We've won."
"How long do you think?" Nina asked eagerly.
"Give it till tomorrow afternoon."
"Finally, the day I've been waiting for is here." Nina cheered.
Patricia plopped down in detention, clearly miserable.
"You would sit next to me." Eddie said with a smirk.
"Would you like me to pick a different seat?" she scoffed.
"No, that ones just fine." Both of them were trying to hide their smiles.
"You know this is your fault. That we're here." Patricia said matter-o-factly.
"I didn't get mad and storm off."
"You were trying to piss me off."
"I was TRYING to make you feel how I was. I mix of sad and mad. I didn't expect you to LEAVE."
"I MAY have over reacted."
"May have?"
"Ugh shut up Eddie."
"I was barely even talking, Yacker." Patricia bit her lip to keep a smile from spreading across her face. "Oh NOW your quiet."
"I was thinking for a second. Calm down." Patricia said.
"What were you think about?" he asked like a small child.
"Nothing that concerns you."
"Were you think about me?" He said this again, in a childish mocking tone.
"I was thinking that I wish you'd stop talking!"
"No you weren't." Eddie teased.
"Whatever."
"I bet you were thinking: 'damn Eddie looks so hot today. Is that a new shirt. It's totally his color.' I'm right aren't I?"
Patricia burst out in laughter as he said this.
"Patricia! Eddie! QUIET!" the supervisor demanded. Eddie whipped out a piece of paper and began to write. When he finished he slid it over to Patricia.
Hi Yacker.
It said. Patricia smiled and wrote back:
Hi Weasel.
Eddie:
How r u today?
Patricia:
Suckish. Hbu?
Eddie:
Awww Yackers not happy.
Patricia:
Well duh. Look who I'm sitting next to!
Eddie:
HEY!
Patricia giggled.
"Ok detentionees! I have to run to a meeting. Just, stay here for 20 more minutes." The supervisor said.
But of course, the minute she left, everyone jumped up and ran to the door. To their disappointment, it was locked.
"Damn it!" Patricia cried.
"Oh, it's not like you had anything better to do anyway." Eddie scoffed.
"Hey, you don't know that. I could've been going out or something." Patricia said, crossing her arms.
"Well, I could've been going our or something too. You never know."
"I never asked."
"Oh. Well then this is awkward." Patricia chuckled at how adorable Eddie was.
They didn't understand exactly what happened. Who leaned it first, who kissed who, but they definitely kissed. No more than 5 seconds later they both pulled away, shocked looks on their faces.
"Sorry!" they both scrambled to say, and they say back down, this time completely silent.
The next day came around quick and KT was ready and prepared to lie to the cops. She couldn't say no to Patricia. She knew that they used to be close friends, and I all honesty she was a bit scared of her. She told them the story with confidence. Obviously they had more questions, so she had to lie to answer them. She did well. She thought.
"What were you talking to the police about?" Amber asked.
"I-I don't think I should say." Kt said.
"Oh, ok. Just know, the police take everything you say and twist it to make it sound bad."
"Really? How so?"
"When I had to talk to them they totally ignored the fat I was being threatened and blackmailed and looked at what I'd done. They didn't wanna know my side of the story. They just want justice." Amber warned.
Patricia was being extra careful today. She couldn't jump into Eddie. She knew he'd wanna talk about the kiss and that was the last thing she wanted to discuss right now. She already had enough on her plate and she was not in he mood to deal with her "Eddie issues."
"Your Eddie issues?" Mara asked as Patricia explained all this to her.
"Keep up. It's boy issues involving Eddie." Patricia said.
"I still can't believe you kissed. That mean you guys are still so in love with each other. Give it a day and you'll be back together."
"No, we aren't getting back together. It hurts Mara. You don't know how much it hurt me to love him. My heart keeps breaking and I don't like it. I don't like the power he has over me. I don't like that I love him. But I do. It's like, when you have an addiction. It's something you have to live with."
"Whatever. I gotta get to class." Mara shut her locker and hurried off.
From behind the corner, Eddie felt his heart breaking. She didn't want to get back together. He hadn't mean to be spying on her, he just sort of over heard his name.
Patricia was packing up her things when she go a text:
You're damn right your gonna have to live with it. And I'll make it hell.
-J
Patricia dropped the two books in her hands. A new emotion had overcome her. Fear. Fear stronger than any fear she'd ever felt before. She hardly noticed Eddie running over to pick her dropped books up and handing them to her. He didn't ask what was wrong, but he saw the fear in her eyes. More fear than he had ever seen in her. She'd cracked.
Eddie wrapped his strong arms around Patricia and she buried her face in his chest. He made her feel safer, but nothing could make her feel completely safe now.
"It's starting again." she whispered into his shirt.
"What's starting?!" Eddie cried.
"She's back." Patricia croaked.
"Can Mara Jaffray, Willow Jenks and Patricia Williamson please report to the office?" The secruitary said over the loud speaker.
"She's been released." Denby informed the girls.
"What?!" They all cried.
"Nina Martin has been released from prison."
Authors Note: Oh ya. I've been waiting for this moment since I started S.O.S. The reason she was released is beyond confusing and I tell you some I it at the start of chapter 14. However, you won't truly understand for a while. If you thought that was a shock, just wait. I have loads in store for you. And, the biggest surprise is something that I wasn't gonna have happen, but I changed my mind cause I know you guys will love it. Wanna hint? Well I know I've been playing with your hearts and making me seem like I hate a certain couple, but I may- or may not, change your mind. We will see.
That little Peddie kiss was for all y'all begging for Peddie!
Update: SO 3 of my quizzes went well. The one on the book I didn't read is kind of up in the air. I just made "educated guesses" for the things I didn't know, so at this point I could get anywhere between a 70-95. Which for me, sucks.
Also, this isn't really a big deal, but I'm tied for top Latin student of my grade level in the state, and I'm currently having to help kids with their Latin because "it's so hard" and "they don't get it." So, if anyone wants me to do their Latin homework for them I can just add it to my assignment stack, NO BIGGIE. Gosh, people can be annoying sometimes.
Anyway, enough about my ever so boring life.
Responses (I apologize if I didn't get your review till late and didn't respond!):
HOAlover4life: Thanks! I definitely had all you guys' well wishes in mind while guessing on half the multiple choice!
prettylittlepeddie: Not just one cute moment... haha ya I figured I had to put a TOR character in SOMEWHERE! Thanks for the tip though! It helped a lot! If I fail, at least I made my best effort to understand the book though I didn't read it!
hbhs12: I promise you, this is just a taste of the Peddie moments (some which are outright HILARIOUS). i'm calling it Millow for now... and there's more to come :)
Sibuna4260: I'm honestly not sure what you're gonna think of Fabian by the end of this, who you'll ship him with I mean. But I like Millow too! Its a bit of an experiment with a risky pairing... And they actually did just the opposite! And the strangest thing is the explanation as to why! Thanks so much! Ugh I hope I can pull of my songs, then I should be fine!
Houseofanubislover89: IKR! And now she's OUT?! AND WTF A J TEXT!? I thought that was over and done with! But, maybe something good CAN come out of Amber's time there... Don't you worry about Peddie, they're going to love each other till death. Fabian and Mara will be interesting... (OH BTW: There's a huge clue in this response...)
bondlikesuperglue: You are just like: WTF your pairing ARE WEIRD! HAHAH kidding ily! I'm calling them Millow for now... WATCH OUT FOR THAT DENBY.
Torispeace: Don't you worry... I didn't say Eddie was interested in HER! The girl is trouble!
SilverPebbbles: HAhahah I will be lucky to get an 80 at this point! LOADS of Peddie fluffiness! Fabes is getting better... so much better that he doesn't really need and more help (HINT HINT).