This story is set to run from today until New Years Eve with approximately 9-10 chapters. Outfits for "Under The Mistletoe" will be put up on my profile soon.

I don't own House of Anubis.

As the winter holidays hurtled forward, things in Anubis house seemed to be going smoothly. That is, until Trudy began to decorate for the holidays.

"What is that?" Jerome asked as all the students walked through the doors of Anubis House after school, looking at what Trudy was hanging from the chandelier.

"It's a mistletoe, dearie," Trudy smiled her warm, inviting smile. Everyone stopped in their tracks, ensuring they wouldn't go under it.

"Well why are you putting it up?" he looked a bit astounded. He found the idea of a mistletoe in the house terrible, seeing he could mistakenly end up under it with unwanted company.

"Holiday spirit," Trudy chuckled at the question. Climbing down the latter she stood upon to hang it, Mick spoke up.

"You've never had it up before, Trudes..." Mick said, just to have Trudy brush away the comment. The truth was, she put it up because she found the residents old enough. But she wasn't about the tell them that.

Childishly, the house inhabitants gawked over the small decoration after Trudy left the room, then being careful to walk one at a time through the entryway.

~Fabian's POV~

"But why would she put one up?" Mick asked as we sat in our room, Mick laying on his bed and tossing his football up in the air while I worked on my homework. "And right after Mara and I split?" he added, anger and sadness mixed together in his tone.

"No clue," I murmured, only half paying attention as I looked down at my notebook, pretending I actually cared about the homework assignment.

What I was really thinking about was the mistletoe, like everyone else in the house...and then about Nina...

I knew if I were to be under the mistletoe with anyone, I'd have liked it to be Nina...but it just felt...weird...to even consider such a notion. I mean, yeah, Nina and I kissed that one time last year. But I felt like it was a more "spur of the moment" sort of deal, seeing we'd nearly died an hour earlier. Everything that day had moved so quickly, and now time had slowed down...but to do what, I didn't know.

~Jerome's POV~

"Who're you gonna get under the mistletoe?" Alfie asked rather intently as we sat in the living room.

"I'm planning on avoiding it, not getting anyone under it," I said frankly.

"I'm gonna get Ams," Alfie sighed happily, a foolish grin etched into his face.

"Good luck with that," I chuckled to myself. The thought of Alfie and Barbie under the mistletoe was, to me, absurd.

"It'll happen," Alfie waggled a finger in my direction. "Just watch."

"Okay," I shook my head with a sighed grin at my poor fool of a best friend.

"So, how long do you think until Nina and Fabian get under the mistletoe?"

"Not too long if Amber has anything to do with it..." I said, stretching back on the couch I resided on, my arms folded behind my head.

"True," Alfie said, staring off into deep thought...or, as deep a thought as Alfie could reach, anyways.

Thinking about the mistletoe, my mind wandered to Mara. She'd just broken up with Meathead a few weeks ago, and since then, we'd become closer, like we were when Campbell was at his sports camp or whatever it was he went to.

Slowly, an image of Mara and I with locked lips under the mistletoe crept into my mind. I pictured it for a brief second with a smile before abruptly shaking the notion out of my head.

After thinking about it, I came to a conclusion. This mistletoe was going to cause much more trouble than it was worth.

~Nina's POV~

"Aren't you so excited?" Amber said happily as we both finished our homework.

"For...?" I questioned.

"Winter! It's the most wonderful time of the year, you know," Amber giggled.

"Oh, yes," I smiled. I really did love winter. And this year, my Gran would be coming to England and staying near by Anubis House so we could spend the holiday together and I could still spend it here with my friends.

"With all the snow, and baking, and warm fires in the fire place...and Christmas..." Amber sighed happily, gazing off as she day dreamed.

"Do you all usually stay here for the holidays?" I asked, curling my arms around my knees.

"Sometimes, sometimes not," Amber said. "Jerome nearly always stays, Mara nearly always goes home, and for the rest of us, it really depends. Fabian and Joy go home a lot, too..."

"Oh," I said, my heart falling a bit when I heard Fabian's holiday status.

"But everyone's staying this year up until Christmas Eve, and then, that night, we all go to the school together because they hold a Holiday party," Amber explained. "Not all of us celebrate Christmas, but it's fun.

"Really?"

"Mhm. We all dress up in nice clothes and go and there's a bit of a dance type thing and they play holiday music and it's just really fun."

"Interesting," I smiled. My thoughts buzzed around thinking about Christmas and just winter in general. I had a feeling this winter was going to be the best by far...

A/N: So, there you go. Chapter one. It'll get better, trust me, I know exactly what to do in upcoming chapters, I'm just really bad with starters.

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