Nighthawk | The Lunar Chronicles

03 | Ah Yes... The Dreaded Teenage Love Triangle

【 CHAPTER THREE】
nadia kumar
( TEENAGERS GET YOUR SHIT
TOGETHER CHALLENGE! )

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The door to the servants' resting room slammed open. A red-haired hurricane whisked in, vibrating with fury.

'Robin Abernathy!' bellowed Katar Wolford. 'Robin star-damned Abernathy!'

Nadia Kumar shifted her head. She looked at the girl through bleary eyes. 'Can't this wait?'

'Of all the people, Robin Abernathy?! I thought Pippa had more taste! Like hello? I'm right here?' She waved around a stuffed bunny with indignation. 'Stuffed' bunny as in 'taxidermied with the essence of nightmares, the tears of children and the screams of horror.' Katar called her Daisy.  'I literally have money and good looks and what in Luna does he have that I don't?!'

Nadia winced at the sight of Daisy's beady evil eyes. 'Bonded experience as servants?'

'So this is my fault that Pippa's my handmaid?'

Under her breath, Nadia nudged the blonde in front of her. 'Hon? Wake up. Your part of the family is bothering me.'

Viveca Ellis groaned. 'Five more minutes.'

' -And another thing! I have literally been giving her bedroom eyes for years-'

The absurdity of the statement roused Viveca. 'You've only had a crush on her for two months. Also, you're only 14. That's too young for sex.'

'I wouldn't know now, would I? It's not like I've been given a chance to reject it,' Katar shot back.

Viveca opened her mouth to counter that but yawned instead. 'Can you just... Give us like 10 minutes?'

Nadia adopted a mocking tone, 'Mommy Viv isn't coherent enough yet.'

'Don't act like you can win this argument after the day you had.'

'Katar's not my part of this circus.'

'What's mine is yours, darling. Till death do us part.'

Katar made a face. 'Ew. You two are disgusting.'

'Serves you right.' 

'Why'd you come to us then?'

'Because you two are the only ones I know in a relationship and I need dating advice.'

Nadia's eyes went glassy as she mourned her peaceful nap. 'Fine. But just because we're in a relationship doesn't mean I know how we did it.'

'Yeah, Raelynn did most of the work.'

In unison, the three of them said, 'Stars bless Raelynn.'

Viveca sat up. 'Alright,' said her girlfriend. 'So. Robin. Pippa. How'd you find out?'