*So sorry for the huge delay of this chapter. Had so much going on for some time, but I finally made it. Just had to do school finals, graduate from high school, went to see Avengers Endgame, had my wisdom teeth pulled out, had to help out Dad prepare for harvest and other work required, but I made it!*
Chapter 13: Nolan meets...Nina?
Meanwhile, about three thousand miles away in Rackleff, Maine...
Life was not the same without Nate. Translation: Nate's old friends had or STILL having struggles coping with Nate in California now, especially Ruby. Francis missed the old days of Nate giving noogies to his head, Teddy had struggles finding someone to crack a joke to, Randy kept a VERY quiet profile since the PS 38 school incident and struggles with his parents' divorce, Chad...well, he was still Chad at his same old ways of eating and drinking sweets and other good food he liked, Jenny got on Webcam to continue "dating" Artur, who went back to Belarus since he was an exchange student, Dee Dee kept getting dramatic over one little thing and was CONSTANTLY worried on what's to come in the future, and RUBY? Well, she wasn't the same without Nate, since their relationship didn't last too long because Nate had to move. But despite promising on finding Nate in the near future, her hopes and dreams were slowly dying every single day, mainly due to her parents telling her that "friends come and go, but family is forever."
It was another typical day at Jefferson middle school (and yes, they still had good food especially with the the ice cream machine but NOW they also have a smoothie machine. Smokes! Even I wish I had a school that can afford that!, because PS 38 had to close and eventually get demolished so it can turn into a memorial for the fallen teachers and students, and Mr. Chung is in the middle of teaching when the principal came in with a good-looking female student.
"Oh hello," Mr. Chung said to the principal, Mrs. Williger, who introduced the new student to the class.
"Kids, this here is Nina Watson. She will be with this class, so please let her fit right in. You hear me?" Mrs. Williger said to the class before leaving.
So that was that, as Nina went to sit down in her new desk, Teddy couldn't help herself but look on how just so beautiful she looked.
"Teddy, you still with us?" Mr. Chung broke Teddy out of his dreamy gaze.
"Uh, yeah. Yeah I am," Teddy responded quickly, not wanting to become an embarrassment to the class.
"Okay, now as I was saying..." Mr. Chung said before turning back to the chalkboard.
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggg!
Class was let out soon after. And lunch commenced.
And, again, they now have a smoothie machine (much to everyone's delight). As everyone was getting their lunches, Nolan spotted Teddy an the table with his friends, got up, and headed straight towards them.
Randy noticed Nolan first, then got up and went face to face with Nolan while the chit chatter quickly died down and all eyes on the two students.
Silence for a few seconds.
"...you know, just because you are now part of Jefferson Middle School, doesn't mean you are a Jefferson student completely," Nolan said finally, breaking the silence.
"Let's not do this, man," Randy said calmly.
"Or what? Do nothing but watch you break all our other streaks we had over the years?" Nolan shot back quickly.
Nolan was right. Ever since Randy joined sports, he DOMINATED all the other streaks Jefferson had over the years, including but not limited to basketball, baseball, soccer, whatever. Jefferson lost every other sports game and every other streak because of Randy.
"Well, why don't you just wait for the next 7 years and see if you can win your streak back?"
"I LOVE to, but none of us are going to be here in the next 7 years because we are going off to college an some to the military, so I can't!" Nolan hissed before raising his hand as a fist, ready to strike down Randy, until suddenly-
"It's not worth it," Nina said, stepping in to keep a fight from breaking out.
Then Nina leaned in to Nolan and whispered:
"I'm on your side, we'll talk later," she said with an accompanied wink.
"Oh! Nina! Hi! How are you doing?" Nolan quickly switched to his good side, because, like Teddy, Nolan has an attraction to Nina.
"Good," Nina replied back before heading to the girls' table.
Nolan looked at Nina, the back to Randy, before heading back to his table with his friends, while Randy headed back to his table.
Francis had a weird feeling about Nina. He even acknowledged it to his friends.
"I can't help but noticed that Nina sounds a LOT like GINA. Don't you agree?" Francis asked to his friends.
"I dunno, but I think she's kinda hot," Teddy said back.
Later...
"...And I am at least GLAD Nate has moved. Let's consider that an eye for an eye," Nolan said to his friends.
"And did you hear that that P.S 38 has been torn down so that it would be rebuilt as a memorial?" One of Nolan's friends chimed in.
Nolan wasn't aware of this.
"...What?"
"It's true," another friend jumped in the conversation. "Rackleff is announcing to acquire the remainder of P.S 38 for around 2.25 million dollars."
"You're kidding!"
"Not really."
Nina then comes by.
"Hey Nolan! Can we talk?"
Nolan was caught off-guard by Nina's sudden presence. So was his friends.
"Oh hey Nina! Hows it going?"
"Good. Mind if we have a word alone?" Nina asked, flashing her eyelashes.
"Talk here. We have no secrets," one of Nolan's friends encouraged Nina.
Everyone else agreed right after that.
"Okay, fine. What were you guys talking about? Was it the P.S 38 mass shooting?"
"Uh... yeah. Why are you asking? You know something about this?" Nolan asks suspiciously.
"I do. And I know that Nate was somehow behind it."
"How? I mean... what sort of involvement did Nate have?"
"He drove Gina completely insane and did not come forward to tell the truth. Such as tasering her in class and drove her insane in lunch but said nothing when the principal show up. THAT'S what drove her insane!" Nina explained to Nolan and his friends.
Silence.
Mouths hanged open.
No one said a word.
Until-
"Geez, Nina. I didn't realize how serious that is until now. Where could Gina be at now?" Nolan asked in shock.
"You're looking at her right now."
Absolute silence.
Nolan's friends were freaking out. Repeat: EXTREMELY FREAKING OUT.
"P...p...please! I don't want any trouble!" Nolan yelped.
"It's cool bro! Chill, okay?" Nina, or should I say GINA, tried to calm Nolan down.
"Look... I don't want any trouble! But I can get whatever you want! I won't even tell anyone about it!"
"Relax, Nolan. I know we both want the same thing. So I was thinking of a collaboration between us," Gina reassured and explained her proposal Nolan.
"You're asking US to have blood on our hands too?" One of Nolan's friends asked.
"What does this have to do with Nate again?" Another friend asked.
"Think about it: Nate humiliates me in school, drives me to the breaking point, but DOESN'T come forward to tell the truth about it. You on the other hand lost the mud bowl and lost the 37th year streak in a row and won't be able to make up for it (possibly) for the next 37 to 38 years and your other streaks for the next 7 to 8 years because you will be graduating in the next couple of years. Now are we getting somewhere?" Gina explained herself out.
"Uh...yeah. I agree! Nate DID take EVERYTHING from us, hasn't he?" Nolan jumped on board quickly.
"So here's the thing..." Gina began. "I can help you get that streak back in the next 37-38 years and I will make SURE it STAYS that way, and that no one will be asking questions on HOW it happened or WHY it happened... IF you join me. We can get REVENGE on Nate for what he has done to us!"
Silence.
"...and IF this offer is refused...?" Nolan asks, wondering now that HE will have to have blood on his hands.
Then Nolan spotted down to Gina's coat, which a hand slowly pointing a loaded gun, while checking to make sure no one else was looking.
"You either make the right choice... or you die for the wrong choice."
Nolan and his friends looked at each other nervously, not even knowing what to say to each other.
"So... what's it gonna be?" Gina asked, waiting for a final answer.
*Ellen's POV*
Okay, I may not be part of the story much, but at least I come in in some moments...right?
Anyway, life in California seemed rough, but the closest friend I have is Charlotte, but she helped me make other friends too, but not very much.
As me and Charlotte are heading home when we spotted a suspicious looking woman carrying what appears to be a body bag, and Charlotte began to worry. So we followed where the unknown individual are going until finally-
"Laura Diaz, one of the moles who faked being a high school teacher for English," said the female voice.
Laura Diaz. The woman that Dad brought over and made Nate very uncomfortable. I even told Charlotte about it.
"Alright Laura, where's your boss? What is he planning?" the woman demanded.
"You ain't getting NOTHING out of me! No way!" Laura fired back.
"Hmmmmmm... maybe I'm not being clear..." said the woman before delivering a severe blow to Laura's stomach.
"Oooff!" Laura cringed in pain, making her fall to her front side.
Laura was coughing up blood now.
"Still not cracking," Laura replied weakly.
"I believe you," said the woman before leaving to get something.
The woman came back with a huge bag, unzipped it, and pulled out a baseball bat.
"But my stomach doesn't," the woman said before swinging down the bat on Laura, breaking her foot, knee,arm, stomach, and upper shoulder. But Laura prevailed.
"You...ain't getting...ANYTHING...out of...me..." Laura spoke weakly between coughs.
"Okay... then we are done talking," the woman replied before-
CRACK!
The unknown woman murdered Laura with a crunching blow to Laura's head.
Then-
Crack!
Charlotte stepped on a loose wood and it cracked and fell to the ground with a soft thud!
The woman became alarmed of the unwanted noise as me and Charlotte quickly fled the scene in a panic and began to run home when suddenly-
"I SEE YOU!" shouted the woman and I nearly screamed and along the way, I dropped her notebook, but didn't dare to turn back to get it and kept running with Charlotte, until finally, we made it home and slammed the door shut and locking it.
I was the one who was panting the most, covered in sweat and Charlotte was panting too.
Silence fell among us until we heard a knock on the door.
"Dad?" I called out completely worried it might be someone else.
Charlotte open the door and screamed and it turned out it was that woman who killed Laura and came charging at me.
"NO! LEAVE ME ALONE!" I screamed as I fled to my room and tried to close it, but the figure was one step ahead and managed to pin me to a wall, and that moment I knew... I was DONE. For good.
"What do you want?" I cried out, close to crying.
Then the figure held out my notebook and said with a warm smile:
"...I just wanted to return this. Call me Villanelle. Bye!" The woman-Villanelle now named- then left Ellen and Charlotte alone without any further incidents.
Left quite...shaken.
* Made it! Big shout out to the review section for ideas and hope I will get more ideas from you guys and big shot to the reviewer for inserting Killing Eve in this chapter and the episode inspired was called 'I have a thing about bathrooms.' So hope you have liked this chapter and stay tuned! :)