Hey, Nukia here!

This fanfiction is a side story to Beyond This Love.

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Chapter 27!

I groaned when I heard my alarm clock ringing from my bedside table, I opened one of my eyes and switched it off as I sighed. I sat up in my bed, I stretched my arms above my head and yawned loudly. I felt really tired this morning, the Halloween party went on longer than expected. Somehow May had talked Mr Ruvie into letting the party end at 10pm instead of 9pm, I'm not to sure how she managed to do that but she is his niece after all. I kicked my blankets away from myself, I got out of my bed and headed to the bathroom. I took a quick shower, cleaned my teeth and got changed into my favorite blue dress. I fastened my black belt to my dress as I left the bathroom, I walked over to my dressing table and sat down on my chair in front of it.

I applied some of my chapstick to my lips and quickly did the rest of my makeup. I tied my hair up into a messy bun, sprayed myself with my vanilla scented perfume and got up from my chair. I smiled to myself when I noticed A's denim jacket hanging over the back of my chair, he must have forgotten to take it with him last night. Me and A had left the Halloween party an hour early so we could have a quick catch up before lights out, he told me all about Los Angeles and the main attractions he had seen well he was there. He also told me that they couldn't find Elèanore anywhere, but it turned out that a few other students had gone missing from Watari's business contact's orphanage and the university's campus too.

I took A's jacket from the back of my chair, I quickly put it on and left my room. I got a few cheery good mornings from some students as I walked past them in the corridor, everyone seems to be in a good mood this morning. I opened the door that led to the two flights of stairs that I always used to get to the ground floor of the orphanage, I walked through the doorway and stopped at the top of the stairs when I felt a strange fluttering sensation in my chest. I took hold of the staircase's banister as I placed my hand on my chest, I watched a student pass me on the staircase and I continued to walk down the two flights of stairs. The fluttering sensation had subsided by the time I had gotten to the ground floor, I took a deep breath and crossed my arms as I walked down the corridor to the dinner hall.

I entered the dinner hall and took a wooden tray from the tray rack. I walked over to the deli counters, I took a plate of hot buttered toast from a deli counter's shelf and an apple from a fruit basket, I wasn't feeling that hungry this morning. I'm not surprised though with all of those sweet treats and hot dogs I ate last night at the Halloween party, I think most of the students will be on sugar highs for the rest of the day. I made myself some tea, I placed the teacup down on my tray and picked my tray up from the counter. I took a look around the dinner hall and spotted A sitting with four blonde-haired girls in the corner of the hall, I watched one of the girls drape her arm around his shoulders and laugh loudly as she took something from his hand. I sighed to myself as I bit at my bottom lip, I guess I will be sitting alone this morning.

" Disgusting isn't it?" I heard Nonie say from behind me. " They're like a bunch of puppies drooling all over a new chew toy, who knew that A would get this popular after being away from the orphanage for over a year. I really hate bimbos drooling all over my brother, what the hell is wrong with you girls?!"

I cringed when a few students turned around on their chairs to look at us, I hate when Nonie gets overprotective of her brother in public. I saw A push the girl away from him and cover up his face with both of his hands, I think he feels more embarrassed than I do right now. I looked at Nonie over my shoulder, she was wearing her sunglasses again and her favorite red devil hoody with blue skinny jeans.

" Good morning SJ, how are feeling?" She asked with smirk. " I think I'm sugar wasted, I've not slept all night. How about you, did you sleep last night?"

" I slept well thank you..." I replied.

" I bet you did, I saw you and my brother slip out of the side door last night an hour before the party ended..." She chuckled. " Where did you both go? You missed out on the pumpkin walk to the cemetery, it was so creepy and Backup scared the crap out of these 5 year olds with his werewolf mask. It was hilarious until one of them peed themselves, then the party was truly over..."

" We just went for a walk and hung out in my room for a while, he was telling me all about Los Angeles and its main attractions..." I replied and turned my attention back to A sitting at the table. " It sounds like a nice place to take a holiday, all those piers with arcades and ice cream stands along the beach..."

" God, you're so boring at times!" I heard Nonie say. " Do you want to eat in the corridor with me today? I don't feel like sitting in the dinner hall with those puppies drooling over my brother, I don't think I can stomach anymore of it! God he's so stupid, public displays are not allowed in The Wammy House!"

I looked at Nonie again over my shoulder, I agreed to sit with her in the corridor as long as she didn't have anymore public outbursts. I took one last look over at A, I sighed to myself and left the dinner hall with Nonie. We sat on some benches at the end of the corridor near an arched window, I picked my teacup up from my tray and took a look out of the window. I took a sip of my tea as I watched some of the younger students playing football on the grounds, I leant my shoulder against the window-frame and stared into my teacup.

" You're quiet this morning, have you lost your voice?" I heard Nonie ask. " More to the point, why are you wearing my brother's jacket? Did you steal it? Please say you stole it, it would break that innocent streak of yours which would amuse me!"

" I didn't steal his jacket, he left it in my room last night..." I replied as I looked up from my teacup at her. " I thought I would wear it so I didn't have to carry it around with me, also it's cold this morning and I couldn't be bothered to find my own jacket. But I will make sure he get's it back today, that's when he's finished talking with those girls..."

" I guess that makes sense, it makes more sense than those girls drooling all over my brother. What does he see in them besides short skirts and high-heels?" She asked, she picked a gingerbread man up from her tray and snapped its head off. " I hate that he chooses to waste his precious time on those idiotic girls instead of his own family, I would even prefer if he spent more time with someone like you than them! He makes my blood boil, why does he have to be so thoughtless?!"

" I don't know, maybe he likes trampy girls now..." I replied and placed my teacup down on my tray. " He as been away for over a year after all, people can change sometimes when they have been gone for a long period of time..."

" What male doesn't like trampy girls?" She asked. " They're all the same, they think they can control you and mold you into something that you're not! I'm sick of them all, they'll point out all of our faults and destroy our hearts without a second thought!"

" Are you okay?" I asked.

" Do I look okay?!" She asked, she dropped her broken gingerbread man on her tray and got up from the bench. " I'm sick of this place, everything about it is poisonous! He's going to leave us soon and I don't know how I'm going to cope without him around, he's my rock!"

" Who is going to leave us?" I asked.

" It doesn't matter, you wouldn't understand if I told you anyway!" She frowned and picked her tray up from the bench. " I think I need to go and have it out with him, I will not stand being treated like this anymore!"

" Nonie, who are talking about?" I asked.

" None of your business!" She yelled.

I watched Nonie scream with anger as she threw her tray against the corridor's wall, she wiped a few tears away from her cheek and then ran down the corridor. I picked my tray up from the bench when I heard Mr Ruvie yelling and quickly made my way back to the dinner hall. I walked through the doorway of the dinner hall and bit at my bottom lip as I looked over at A, I think I better tell him about Nonie. I slowly walked over to the table he was sitting at with the four blonde-haired girls, I stopped next to the table and placed my tray down on it. He looked up at me from some photographs he was holding in his hand and gave me a smile as he pulled his chair away from the table.

" Hey there SJ, pull up a seat!" He smiled.

" Maybe later, but may I have a private word with you for a moment please?" I asked. " It's important, it won't take long..."

" Sure..." He replied.

I watched A get up from his chair, he placed the photographs down on the table and walked with me over to one of the deli counters. I took an apple from the fruit basket, I leant back against the counter and held the apple towards him. He shook his head at me and grabbed a chocolate chip muffin from a tray, I should have known he would have chosen the unhealthy opinion.

" So what's up?" He asked.

" It's about Nonie, she just had an extreme freak out in the corridor not long ago..." I replied. " I know she can lose her temper at times, but I've never seen her act this way before. She was ranting about you at first, she said she didn't understand why you were wasting your precious time with those girls instead of spending your time with your family. I'm worried about her, I also think she maybe in trouble with Mr Ruvie now..."

" Really?" He asked." What as she done to Roger?"

" She's done nothing directly to him, but I heard him shouting not long after she threw her tray of food against the corridor wall..." I replied. " I think you need to go and talk to her, I think something or someone is bothering her..."

" I see, she's most probably getting jealous again over silly little things..." He sighed, he took a bite of his chocolate chip muffin and spoke to me with his mouth full. " You know how childish she can be at times, but I will go and speak to her just to see if she as any private issues she would like to discuss with me. But I see what you mean about her acting oddly, I mean what was with that outburst she had not long ago in the dinner hall? I didn't know where to look, she needs to learn to control her temper or stick some duct tape over her mouth..."

" I know, it didn't help much with those girls drooling all over you..." I said quietly and placed the apple back into the fruit basket as I sighed. " I think that provoked her even more, she thinks you're wasting your time with girls like that and wants you to waste some of your time with someone like me. That's if you want to be with someone like me anymore, you seemed pretty cosy with that blonde-haired girl earlier..."

" SJ, you know very well how I feel about you..." He said quietly with smiled. " I wouldn't trade you in for a blonde, I'm more of a brunette lover and I'll prove that to you on your birthday. But for now I better go and find Nonie before she does something reckless, I don't want her getting put in isolation like Backup does sometimes. I've only been put into isolation once, but the once was enough for me..."

" Okay..." I nodded.

I followed him back over to the table where the girls were sitting, he picked his bag up from the floor and hung it over his shoulder. I watched him take some photographs from one of the girls, he said goodbye to them and walked past me. I picked my tray up from the table, I got a cruel glare from one of the blonde-haired girls sitting at the table and quickly followed after A. He stopped me next to a table, he took my tray from my hands and placed it down on the table. He pulled a chair away from the table, he gently took hold of my arm and sat me down on the chair.

" I want you to stay here and eat your breakfast, it's probably safer if you did stay here to be honest..." He said with a smile as he quickly tuck some of my hair behind my ear and rested his hand on my shoulder. " I don't want Nonie to hurt you, you know what she can like when she gets angry. But I'll see you in Art class, so just wish me luck for now..."

" Okay, I wish you luck..." I smiled, I took A's denim jacket off and held it towards him. " You should take this with you, it's chilly this morning and I wouldn't want you to catch anything nasty to ruin your day. Also Nonie questioned why I was wearing your jacket, so it's best if you take it with you..."

" Nah, you can wear it..." He said with a slight smirk. " It looks better on you anyway, also you're only wearing a dress. It would be ungentlemanly of me to take a jacket from a lady when it's cold outside, I learned that one of Watari. I bet he was stud muffin back in his day, your Aunt probably didn't stand a chance when he was around with his good manners and other disturbing grown up things. I think I should go now before I vomit, but I'll see you in Art class..."

" Okay, I'll give you your jacket back later then..." I laughed.

I watched him leave the dinner hall, I put his denim jacket back on and turned my attention to my breakfast. I picked a slice of my toast up from the plate, I took a small bite out of it and laughed quietly to myself. A always made me laugh when he talked about Watari and my Aunt's past friendship, he always reckoned that they had a secret love affair when they were younger. It would be a nice notion to think that they felt some kind of happiness or love in their life's at one point, but I know it would be impossible with the life's they both led.

I ate the rest of my breakfast, I carried my tray over to the cleaner's tray rack and placed it with some other trays. I brushed some toast crumbs away from my dress as I walked to the entrance of the dinner hall, I stop dead when I felt the same fluttering sensation in my chest again that I felt this morning on the stairs and placed my hand on my chest. I shook my head slightly when my eyesight began to blur, I leaned on the nearest chair to me as I began to feel unsteady on my feet. I took a few sharp breaths as I fell onto my knees, I don't feel to good I thought to myself before everything went dark.