Save me! Lollipop!

Chapter 6; I'm not his princess

Nina woke up to the pale dawn, not closing the blind from the previous night, the sun light flickered into her room. She blinked open her eyes, they still stung. She was just happy it was Saturday, no school meant she had the whole day to sit in her room and sulk. Nina still wasn't able to completely wrap her head around what happened last night.

She sighed.

"All I know is now, me and him can never be anything again." Nina realized with a deep sadness in her heart. "After what happened, no way."

Nina managed to pick her heart up from the floor and walk over to the bathroom.

"You're a mess, Nina." She muttered to herself. She pulled on a navy skirt and a white blouse. She threw a black jacket over top, and turned back to her room.

She sighed, unsure of what to do now.

"I can't go down to the games center, no where even near that building. That's where everyone goes on Saturdays! It's not like I can be around anyone from school right now, after what happened everyone will be talking about it, about me!" Nina sighed as she put on her make up. "It's not like I can go to the cafe either, thats Ichii's favorite spot! And what if I run into zero if I go near the skatepark, or worse, both of them!"

Nina looked over to her wallet. Inside was a pass saying that she was a student of the school, the little plastic card allowed her to be on the property. Yet, at the same time, it was the little card that didn't allow her to go off campus. It was a rule, that students aren't allowed to leave the school grounds with out permission.

Nina knew if she did stay on school grounds, it was only a matter of time before she ran into Zero or Ichii. She just wanted to get away from it all. At least just for now. Nina picked up her sunglasses from the counter, grabbed her bag, some money with her wallet and her cellphone just incase. She slipped out of her room into the main hallway of the girls dorm. She pushed the elevator button and waited for it to open, checking behind her back every so often to see if anyone was coming. She really didn't want to be stopped and asked a bunch of questions from yesterdays event. The elevator doors where about to open, but Nina heard voices, voices that where all too familiar.

Too late, the doors opened and Zero and Ichii stepped out.

"Oh, pardon us." Ichii said softly stepping to the side.

Nina's heart was literally stopped.

"Here, let me get that for you." Ichii leaned over and held the elevator door open.

They, they don't recognize me because of my jacket and sunglasses. Nina panicked a little This is good.

"Hey, you okay?" Zero's voice came from behind her.

Nina didn't want to answer incase they were able to recognize her voice, so she quickly nodded and stepped into the elevator.

Her heart raced as she watched Zero and Ichii walk away. She listened to them talk as they walked down the hall.

"Are you sure she'll even open the door for us?" Zero was scratching his head.

"Oh my gosh." Nina whispered to herself, feeling her eyes water with fresh tears. "Th-They're going to see me."

"Hello, Zero, Ichii. Can I help you boys with anything?" Mrs. Shyla, the girls dorm teacher stopped them.

"We're just on our way to go see Nina." Ichii said, his voice was quiet.

"So was I." Nina's heart sank as she saw the dorm teacher take out a master key. "No one has seen her in a while and her friends say she wasn't feeling well, I'm going to check on her."

"We'll go with you." Zero nodded, and him and the dorm teacher turned left to Nina's room.

Ichii hung back, walking a little slower.

Nina held the button to keep the door open, she didn't know why but she wanted to see what he was waiting for.

"Nina? I'm coming in alright?" Nina heard the dorm teacher open the door. "Nina? Nina?"

"Are you looking for Nina?" That was Jazz. "She should be in there, I mean she hasn't left her room. I'm right across from her, I would have heard."

"Did Nina sneak out?" Sarah's voice was farther away. "Oh my gosh, is Nina missing?"

"Oh crap." Nina whispered to herself. "This got way out of hand."

Nina thought about stepping out and letting the dorm teacher know that she was fine, but she could tell it was going to turn into a scene. Worse, with Ichii and Zero there she knew she'd have to face them in front of Jazz and Sarah, who would surely tell their friends and from there it would spread like a wild fire.

Nina was so lost in though, she didn't realize that Ichii was turned around and looking right at her!

He looked deep in though, and when he noticed that she noticed him, he opened his mouth.

"H-Hey. Excuse me." Ichii was looking right at her, she saw something in his look change and almost heard the click go off in his mind. "Hey! Nina?"

Panicking, Nina reached over and hit the button to close the doors, she pressed it many times hoping it would close the doors faster. She hit the main floor button and held her breath, hearing Ichii from the other side of the door.

"Hey!"

She saw the light go off above the door, meaning he hit the elevator button. Thinking fast, she hit the second floor button that take you to the boys dorm, stepping out she watched the elevator go back up to the girls dorm.

Not wanting to waist anytime, Nina crept across the boys lobby to the stairwell, normally busy but it seemed everyone was out since it was saturday. She ran down the stair case and opened the door to the main floor lobby, there was a small group of people but they were in deep conversation, so they didn't notice her as she snuck by.

Nina awkwardly walked outside, there where kids in groups here and there, but they were all chatting under the warm sun.

Nina crept past them with out being noticed, only catching a quick glance, but nothing to worry about. She decided to take the back way, seeing as how there where teachers posted near the front gates.

Watching her back, she opened a white fence gate that led into the school garden. Her heart ached as she remembered this spot, where she learned the truth about her funny feeling. She walked into the little clearing and stood where Rokka and Ichii had been standing. Nina felt bitter and decided she better not stay here for long in the fear of she may become sick, so she headed to the other side of the garden. she walked past very tall sunflowers, and bright pink roses to the far end of the garden where the tall black fence stood. This fence surrounded the school as well as all the schools building, it was tall and made sure that no students left the school grounds. The only exit was the front gate, where guards were posted to make sure no one snuck off campus.

Nina sighed, wishing there was another way out, but so far this was as faraway as she could get. A cool wind blew, and Nina watched a lose bit of paper get stuck in a tall potted plant. Nina noticed the potted plant was posted near a garbage can, and decided she might as well take care of this pretty garden. She walked over and threw the paper away, and was about to walk to a bench when she noticed how odd these plants looked.

They where two potted plants, tall and green, posted a few feet away from each other near the fence. Nina would expect sunflowers or a rose bush to go between them, but instead she saw an ugly flat rock. It was grey and thin looking, leaned up against the fence. It looked out of place, like it was put there to stop something.

Nina looked around. No one was watching, and something about that dumb rock was really bothering her. She walked between the potted plants and crouched down, another cold wind blew and leaves hit the fence, sliding down as the wind died down. Nina put her hand to the side of the big flat rock, giving it a little push.

"Is... something behind here?" Nina gave it another push, then another. Soon she was sliding it against the ground. Once it was slid over most of the ways, Nina realized with shock that there was a large hole in the fence. "A hole?"

Nina wondered if she would fit through, she wondered where it would lead to and what caused the hole in the first place.

She didn't get much time to think, because she heard footsteps and voices, a lot of them, slowly coming her direction.

"Great!" Nina began to look around. "As getting out of the elevator situation wasn't hard enough!"

With the voices becoming louder, Nina's options sank down to two. Either get caught now but some random classmates and walk back to the dorm in shame and embarrassment, or crawl through the hole in the fence.

"I'v come this far now." Nina muttered. "And I did want to go off campus, no way in hell am I getting caught now. It's all or nothing, so-" Nina pushed his way through the hole, feeling leafs brush her sides as she slipped through.

Once all the way through, she turned around and looked back into the garden. She saw about five heads coming towards the hole, s group of friends laughing and chatting. Nina slowly reached her arm back through the fence and grabbed the rock. It wasn't really heavy, but it wasn't really light either. She managed to pull it back, concealing the hole again just incase someone with keen eyes happened to be walking by. She held her breath, laying in the bush on the other side of the school fence as the group passed by. No one noticed anything, no one said a thing out of their conversation, and when their footsteps faded Nina sprung up, eager to get out of the leafs.

Nina brushed off her closes and looked around. She was on the other side of the schools fence, out off campus grounds, near a quiet road in a small looking neighborhood.

"Wow." Nina muttered. She made sure no one was watching as she stepped from the small patch of bushes. She got onto the side walk and pushed the street button to cross the road.

Nina didn't know where she was going, and she didn't really care. With all the school drama going on, she just needed to get out.

It was a lot more fun then she first thought it would be, walking around this little town. She walked past a strip of cafe's and little stores, even a cake shop. Nina longed to go inside, but checking the time on her phone she knew it would have to be saved for a latter day.

She instead walked into a little soup shop and ordered something to eat, seeing it was passed dinner time already.

Nina hadn't eaten a thing today, waking up at noon and sneaking out of school really takes up time. She payed for her soup, and headed out, not wanting to get a red slip for being late to the dorm.

She made her way back to the school fence, but lingered around for a long time.

"I really don't want to go back." Nina complained to herself, but finally found the heart to slip back into the garden.

Nina was aware of the looks she got as she headed to the schools shop to pick up some tea, but she didn't care. She managed to sneak off of school grounds and get away with it. When ever she got tired of this place or these people, she now had a way to get in and out and she pleased. It was her secret, and she wasn't about to share it with anyone.

"Ha, no one has ever been able to sneak off school grounds and get away with it before." Nina thought smugly to herself.

Taking her tea upstairs, Nina decided she'd take the stairs, a less chance of getting spotted by Ichii or Zero since she normally only takes the elevator.

When she got back to her room, she opened the door to find Sarah and Jessie playing cards on her bed.

Nina surprised her surprise and tried to act normal.

"Hey you guys." Nina through her jacket on the bed next to Jessie. "What's up?"

The next thing Nina knew, cards where flying everywhere.

"Nina!"

"W-What?" Nina set her tea on the counter. "What is it?"

"What is it?" Sarah asked with surprise. "You've been gone forever! The dorm teacher has been looking for you!"

"Yeah, where were you?!" Jessie looked at her wide eyed.

"What do you mean?" Nina smiled and titled her head, using her innocent charm. "I'v just been wandering around all day, I felt like getting out for some fresh air."

"Fresh air?" Sarah gave her a funny look. "Nina, are you sure you're all right?"

"Of course why wouldn't I be?" Nina tried her best to give a convincing laugh.

"Alright!" Suddenly Jessie sprung up. "I'll go tell the dorm teacher you're here, fine and well, but as soon as I come back, you're totally going to spill it to us!" And with that, she was off, closing the door behind her as she ran down the hall.

"Spill about what?" Nina got up and started to make tea for the three of them. "I already told her, I was just walking around and stuff today."

"Not about that!" Sarah leaned on her elbows. "Come on, don't play dumb Nina!"

Nina watched the water bubble as she pulled out a spoon.

"We want to know about the whole Ichii, Zero, Rokka drama show! Everyone's talking about it, it's like, the biggest love square in the history of love squares!" Sarah's eyes sparkled. "You have to fill me in, so what's happening now?"

"Hey!" The door opened up and Jessie walked back into the room. "No starting without me!" She jumped on Nina's bed next to Sarah.

Nina handed out the cups of tea and sat on the bed.

"Well you know, now that you mentioned it, I might as well open and and talk to someone about it." Nina sighed heavily.

She told them everything, the miss interrupted signs, the fight in the locker room, the jealousy, even the argument in the cafe. Both Sarah and Jessica where on the edge of their seat the whole time, listening to every words.

"That is so terrible!" Sarah cried. "Your poor heart!"

"Oh," Nina waved her hand as in to dismiss the thought. "I'll be fine, I'll get over it."

"But what does this mean about Zero and Ichii?" Jessica looked at her with wide eyes.

"Yeah! You three where closer then family before, what now?" Sarah's eyes went round.

"And what about Zero? Are you and Ichii going to fight over who gets to stay friends?"

"Do you even like Zero still?"

"What are you going to do about Rokka?"

All the questions began to make Nina's head spin, half of them she didn't know the answers herself.

"Oh look at the time!" Nina looked up to her clock by the door. "It's nearly lights out! Best get ready for bed!"

"Alright alright, I guess that is enough for tonight." Jessie laughed. "But don't think you can shake us this easy tomorrow night! We need to make this an every night thing to sit around and dish!"

"Yeah! How fun will that be, just an hour every night to sit and gossip!" Sarah waved.

"See you tomorrow night, Nina!" The two of them closed the door and walked back to their own rooms.

Nina let out a heavy sigh again, laying on her bed.

"Now I remember why I was so eger to leave this place!" Nina rolled to her side and starred at her jacket that she had wore out today. "Hm?"

Something was poking out near the pocket, Nina reached over and pulled it out.

"A leaf?"

Nina realized it was the leaf from the bush just outside the school gates. Holding it in her hand made Nina long for that freedom again.

Where she could slip through the hole in the fence to a completely different world, where no one was gossiping about her, and no one asked her questions other than;

"More soup miss?"

or

"Would you like a bag to carry that?"

Out there, Nina was free from the headache that was her school and romance life. Nina gripped the leaf tightly in her hand.

She didn't know why.

She didn't know how.

But some how,

some way,

she was going to get out again.

She was going out again, tonight.

Authors notes;

Oh ho ho. Can you say delay?

Sorry.

So Nina found a way to get out of her hellish world, at least for a little while.

If only we could all find a secret path in our garden that would let us do that.

Wasn't that deep?

Can you see Adele rolling?

Why do I always have to ruin shit...

ANYWAYS.

Thanks so much for reading!

*If you see any grammar or spelling errors, even something that seems a bit out of contest, don't be shy, please let me know! English, I tend to fail at it.

-BloodUnderBark

*Ignore this or don't, I'm not your mom*

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