A/N: IMPORTANT PLEASE READ: Hey guys! So this is the first chapter of my first story here on FanFiction! Just a side note: I haven't watched all of season 2 or any of season 3 of HOA because I can't watch it right now because I'm in Germany for four months and I can't find it online anywhere. I'm just using the main 8 kids, plus Eddie because I love Peddie! Also, I'm making it so that Amber stayed in the picture and Eddie and Patricia were never "officially" dating. Also, Joy was never in Sibuna and is still interested in Fabian. Simply because I have some things planned and I want to keep it similar to the original seasons. I hope you all enjoy:)

Chapter 1- House of Surprises:

It was the final day of classes of the Anubis House residents 11th year. Fabian Rutter flicked his floppy black hair out of his eyes and continued strumming chords on his beloved guitar. His roommate, Eddie Miller, walked in and yelled, "Stop daydreaming Fabian! I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but I seriously don't want to be late today!" Fabian smirked at his friend, picked up his school bags, and trotted down the stairs. Eddie liked to think of himself as the "bad boy" of Anubis House and not very many people would beg to differ. Eddie was known for skipping classes and giving snide remarks.

As Fabian arrived downstairs, he figured out why Eddie had been in such a rush. Apparently the house mother, Trudy, had a surprise for all the Anubis House residents. Fabian smiled at his friends who all chattered excitedly about the news. Trudy didn't joke around with surprises, they were always something fantastic. Like when they were all in year 7, Trudy had surprised them with a trip to London for the day and each student got to pick something they wanted to do. Naturally, Fabian had chosen the natural history museum, which had a large exhibit on Greek Mythology. He had always enjoyed learning about the myths and the gods, especially since year 9 when he teamed up with the new girl at the time, Nina Martin who turned out to be... "No." Fabian mumbled to himself, slapping his forehead. He was done thinking about Nina, he had done his fair share of that after she failed to return to Anubis House after year 10.

"Maybe she's going to take me shopping so I can re-vamp my wardrobe for year 12!" Amber Millington squealed as she clapped her hands together, her slightly curled long blonde hair flying up and down as she bounced with excitement.

"Amber, how exactly does that involve all eight of us?" Mara Jaffray questioned in a polite tone. Amber looked down at her feet and shrugged, obviously upset about her wrong assumption.

"Maybe she's telling us that we are going to be abducted by aliens!" Alfie Lewis shouted, wiggling his fingers in a creepy way. His best friend, Jerome Clarke laughed and slapped him on the back,

"You wish buddy," he then smirked and turned back to his breakfast. Fabian laughed and took his usual seat at the head of the table next to Joy Mercer and her best friend Patricia Williamson.

"What do you think it is Fabes?" Joy questioned as she places her hand on his arm. Fabian quickly put a piece of buttered toast in his mouth and shrugged. It wasn't that he didn't like Joy, it was that he simply wasn't interested. He and Joy had had a little bit of something going on before year 9, but after she had returned the next year Fabian hadn't shown any interest in her, simply because of...

"Stop it," he slyly whispered to himself, pinching his own leg. Apparently it wasn't as sly of a move as he thought because Patricia seemed to have noticed.

"Why are you talking to yourself, nerd?" Patricia said in a teasing tone. She was a sassy, quick-witted girl, but was never mean to her friends unless they made her angry. Once you got to know her, Patricia was actually a really cool girl.

"Alright kids, who's excited to hear the big announcement?" Trudy, their kind house mother, cheered as she clapped her hands together excitedly. I've been saving up this money for a few years now and I finally have enough of my money and some of the other teachers and house mothers generous donations to... Jerome, Alfie? Drumroll please!" On cue, Jerome and Alfie tapped their fingers on the table in perfection unison. "SEND YOU ALL TO LA FOR A MONTH THIS SUMMER!" All the kids jumped up in excitement and cheered.

"LA is like, where all the American movies stars live! That means tons of stars and shopping. Oh my gosh Trudes this is the best present ever!" Amber cheered as she ran over and enveloped Trudy into a huge bear hug. Soon enough, all eight of the students joined into the hug, nearly knocking Trudy over.

"Guys, guys I can't breathe in here!" Trudy's muffled voice rang out from beneath the eight kids arms. They quickly moved away and Trudy smiled at them. "You guys should probably get to packing since your car leaves for the airport in roughy... five hours!"

"So that means I only have five hours to get all my clothes together? This is a disaster!" Amber yelled, already running up the stairs to fill at least three suitcases knowing Amber. The rest of the students laughed as Amber made her way up the stairs grumbling to herself about how she needed more time for a trip like this.

"So this means we aren't going to school today?" Mara questioned nervously. Trudy nodded smiling at Mara's nervousness about breaking her attendance record.

"Oh chill out Mara, have you ever even been outside of England? This is going to be so awesome!" Jerome exclaimed as he high-fived Alfie. Who knows what kind of trouble those two would be getting into this trip...

The students filed upstairs and all pulled out their suitcases and began packing. As Joy and Patricia were packing up their things, Joy decided that this would be the perfect time to bring something up to Patricia. "Hey Patricia?" Joy squeaked, knowing Patricia probably wouldn't like talking about this so she just motored the conversation on before Patricia could respond. "Do you think Fabian likes me? I mean he never talks to me anymore and I don't know if that's because he's nervous or something but I get this feeling that he does. Then again, maybe he doesn't because it seems like his mind has been on something else this year."

"Joy," Patricia responded, sounding annoyed, "You know I hate talking about this, but honestly, I think you should just leave Fabian alone. He does seem to have a lot on his mind lately. So let's just have fun on this trip, okay?" Joy huffed in response. It's like Fabian didn't even realize she was there half of the time and the other half he flat out didn't even talk to her. She wasn't going to let her Fabian troubles ruin her first trip to the United States though.

"Fabian, dude, what's your deal? It's like ever since Trudy announced this trip it's like you can't think straight." Eddie inquired, staring at Fabian with a confused look in his eyes.

"It's n-n-nothing. Really, I promise." Fabian stuttered. He couldn't get Eddie off of his back and he barely even knew what was wrong with him. All of a sudden, he couldn't keep himself from thinking of Nina. He knew she lived in New York, but he secretly wished that she would be in California when they were. He knew she wouldn't be, though. She always stayed in New York for the summer holidays, she had told them this when they were friends. It's not that they weren't anymore, it's just that they had lost contact. Fabian occasionally saw an open email from her on Amber's computer and once he even thought he saw his name, but he had willed himself not to snoop. It's like she was some kind of magnet. No matter how far away from her he was, he still felt pulled towards her. He shook his head. There is no way he was going to see her. And he was fine with it. She was over him, he was over her. It didn't matter anymore.

Amber Millington pulled her tan tote bag out of the car as the cab driver lifted her three pink suitcases out of the back of the car. He seemed to be struggling, so Amber attempted to help him, but he just shrugged her off and plopped her bags down in the curb.

"Maybe I overpacked just a little?" Amber grinned sheepishly at her overflowing bags.

"You think Ambs?" Patricia smirked. Mara, Joy, and Patricia giggled as Amber shrugged and struggled with lifting her suitcases into the luggage caddy. The eight students rolled into the Heathrow Airport in London. it had been a long cab ride over, but it was well worth it. For Joy, Mara, Alfie, and Fabian, this was their first trip to the states. They rushed into their airport, passed through security and all went to go get food. They all decided to sit down at a McDonalds and eat something quick. Alfie and Jerome were making their chicken nuggets fight each other like ten-year olds while Fabian and Amber were deep in conversation.

"So what do you think is going to happen this trip?" Amber asked, scooting her chair closer to Fabian.

"What are you talking about Amber?" Fabian asked, raising one eyebrow at the blonde.

"Something ALWAYS happens Fabian. It's like we attract trouble." Amber giggled at her own comment.

"It's okay Amber, I think we're safe this time around." Fabian said, patting his friend on the back.

They all made their way back to their terminal and propped their bags next to them. Amber pulled out her laptop and checked her IM. She saw the little message icon, so she clicked it, excitedly. She loved getting messages. There was nothing more Amber liked to do than talk. Well, except for shop that is.

NinaM13: Hey Ambs! How's your last day of school! Miss you tons! xx

PrincessMillington: We actually didn't end up going to school today, Trudy surprised us with an end of term trip!

NinaM13: Whoa! Makes me wish I would've stayed! Haha:) Where to?

PrincessMillington: LA, can you believe it? We're going to be in the same country!

NinaM13: NO WAY! I'm staying in LA for this month too! I'm here with my Gran, but I'm going to have my own time, she's doing some research for this marine biology project she's doing for some senior citizens program!

PrincessMillington: Nina! You have to come visit us!

NinaM13: Amber... I wish I could. It'd just make me miss you all too much!

PrincessMillington: Neeeeeeenssss!:(

"Who are you messaging Amber?" Fabian leaned over curiously. Patricia, who was on the other side of Amber leaned in as well.

"No one!" Amber responded, quickly slamming her bedazzled laptop shut causing one of the jewels to come off of it. She desperately wanted to open her laptop and see if Nina had messaged her back. She knew she couldn't, or Fabian would see. If he knew Nina was in LA, things wouldn't go over well. She didn't know for sure if Fabian was completely over Nina or not.

"Flight number 13 to LAX boarding now. All first class passengers can now board." Amber hopped off of her seat and pranced towards the terminal.

"Amber, what do you think you're doing?" Eddie asked, laughing.

"She said our flight was boarding, didn't she?" Amber replied, flipping her glossy locks over her pink blazer clad shoulder. Amber was one of the only girls who was fully dressed in the airport. She flew in style, no matter how long of a flight it was.

"We're in business class, Ambs..." Alfie announced. Amber huffed back to her seat as Jerome was laughing. She turned back around to the snickering boy and glared at him. Jerome immediately stopped and placed his hands above his head.

After they were all on the plane, they were exhausted. Soon, all of the kids were asleep. All except for Amber. There was no way she could sleep in these seats. She needed her reclining first class seats. She peeked through one closed lid to make sure Mara was asleep and pulled her laptop out of it's case. She checked for wireless on the plane, sure enough it was there. She logged in and heard a light ping from her computer. "Yes!" she whispered to herself. She clicked on the message. Sure enough, it was from her American friend.

NinaM13: I'm sorry, Ambs. I can't!

PrincessMillington: You can't see us... or Fabian?

NinaM13: Amber...

PrincessMillington: Sorry, sorry. I know. Fabina is "history".

NinaM13: I guess maaaaybe I could see my old best friend for one night. We could meet somewhere for dinner?

PrincessMillington: Yes! We get in tomorrow afternoon LA time! How about an early dinner?

NinaM13: Are you sure you're going to be ready to go out? You won't have jet lag or anything?

PrincessMillington: Millington's don't do jet lag, silly! So, how about 6ish?

NinaM13: Okay Ambs! Haha:) I'll see you then! Can't wait!

PrincessMillington: Yay! I'm so excited, see you soon, Nina! xx

Amber signed off. She sighed to herself. This was going to be an eventful trip, she could feel it! She finally let herself drift off, with the help of her personal eye mask. She would dream of her LA adventures, she thought to herself, right before she let herself drift off into a deep sleep.