I can't believe I'm doing this, but guess what? I'm starting another muti-chap. I always promised myself I would only have one going at a time so that I wasn't under too much pressure, but I feel like Raindrops on the Pavement is going to be a pretty long commitment, and I don't want to restrict myself to just doing that and oneshots for the rest of eternity when I have so many other ideas. This one will probably only be about five chapters, and it will definitely be no more than ten. I'll probably only update once or twice a week, usually on weekends when I have more time to write.

Anyway, enough of my talking. This is basically set after graduation when all the Anubis kids are at university. The main pairing is Fabina, however there will also be mentions of Peddie, Jeroy, former Mabian and whatever else I feel like throwing in there.

Disclaimer: I don't own House of Anubis.

KT's POV

"Sixty-eight, sixty-nine…" I counted the doors aloud as I walked through the corridor in search of my dorm. I was at my new college (or university as these English people preferred to call it), and I was psyched to meet my new roommate and start my classes. "Seventy-seven," I stopped outside the doorway of the room that was indicated on my paperwork. "This is it."

"You must be my new roomie then," a girl came up behind me and I was surprised to hear that she, like me, had an American accent. I turned around to face her and she stuck her hand out. "I'm Nina, and if you haven't already guessed, I'm from America."

There was something vaguely familiar about Nina, but I couldn't quite place it. I decided not to look into it too much: it was probably just the accent.

"Really? Me too," I told her, laughing slightly. "How weird is that?"

"Very," Nina agreed, shifting her suitcase from one hand to the other. "Anyway, should we go in and have a look?"

"Right, of course," I nodded, getting out the key I had been given and sticking it into the lock.

Our dorm room was fairly small, but it was suited to the purpose. I took the bed closest to the door, leaving Nina with the one next to the window.

"The campus is beautiful, isn't it?" Nina observed, sitting down and looking out into the gardens. "They don't make them like this back over in the States."

"Yeah," I agreed absent-mindedly as I began to unpack my things. Just then I felt my phone buzz in my pocket.

One New Message: Fabian Rutter

I rolled my eyes and opened the text. Trust Fabian to be contacting me so soon after we had arrived.

This place is so big- I already got lost. What's your roommate like?

Only known her for 10 seconds, I pointed out in reply. HBU?

He seems nice enough, Fabian's reply came a few seconds later. Some guy studying nutrition and dietetics.

"Texting your boyfriend?"

I looked up at Nina and laughed. "Nah, he's just a friend."

She giggled. "I had one of those once. We ended up dating, if that's any consolation to you."

I just rolled my eyes. Even though I'd only known him for a year, Fabian was like a brother to me. "It's not like that," I assured her. "We're the only two people from our school coming to this college. Besides, I'm pretty sure he's still hung up over this girlfriend he had, like... two years ago."

"I know how he feels," Nina sighed. "Anyway, what are you studying?"

"Clinical psychology," I told her. "You?"

"History," she replied immediately. "More specifically, Ancient Egyptian History. I know it's kinda geeky, but I've been really into it since high school, when my friends and I…" she hesitated for a moment, before finding the right word, "…studied it a lot."

If only she knew what we'd been through.

"Cool," I nodded. "That's what my friend's majoring in as well. I could introduce you."

"Really?" she asked. "What's his name? It would be good to get to know someone before classes start."

I was about to reply, but at that moment her phone rang.

"Sorry, I've got to take this," she said apologetically, standing up and pressing the phone to her ear. "Amber, I've told you a million times…"

I nodded to tell her that it was fine before going back to unpacking my stuff

The next day was Thursday, and seeing as classes didn't start until Monday Fabian and I decided to go and have coffee with Eddie and Patricia. The pair had decided to take a gap year and were living relatively close by with Patricia's sister.

"So how's school?" Eddie asked as Fabian and I joined them at the table, clearly delighted by the fact that we were still studying while he had his afternoons free to do whatever he wanted.

"We haven't actually started classes yet," Fabian pointed out.

"Whatever," Eddie shrugged, still grinning. "What are your roomies like?"

"Mine stayed up til three am talking to his girlfriend last night," Fabian groaned. "I'm not going to be happy if this becomes a regular thing."

"We all know you're just sore because Mara dumped you," Patricia teased, causing us to fall into a short but nevertheless awkward silence.

I think deep down we all knew that Fabian had never been in love with Mara. She wasn't the one who kept him awake at night, even I knew that.

"So what about you, KT?" Eddie quickly changed the subject. "What's your roomie like?"

"She's alright," I shrugged. "I haven't really had much of a chance to talk to her yet. She's studying Egyptian History like you, Fabian."

"Cool," he nodded, but I could tell he wasn't really interested.

"So how are you guys?" I asked, turning the attention back towards Patricia and Eddie.

"I got a job," Patricia announced. "I'm waiting tables at a local restaurant."

Fabian and I both looked at her in surprise.

"Do you really have the… temperament to be a waitress?" I asked.

Patricia just rolled her eyes. "Well someone has to pay the rent, and it's certainly not going to be Weasel over here."

"I could get a job if I wanted to," Eddie defended himself. "I just… don't want to."

We all just laughed, Eddie loudest of all.

I got back to find that Nina was still in our dorm, tapping away at her laptop, which she was balancing on her lap.

"Hey," she said, not looking up at me as I entered.

"Hi," I nodded back. "Watcha doing?"

This time she stopped typing and moved the computer over and onto her bed. "I'm… writing a novel," she told me, grinning sheepishly.

"Cool," I said, genuinely enthusiastic. I'd always wanted to write a book, but my writing skills left more than a little to be desired. What's it about?"

She shrugged. "Five kids who go to an English boarding school and find themselves caught up in an Ancient Egyptian mystery."

I was shocked into silence for a moment, mainly because this girl had literally just told me the story of my life, or at least the last year of it.

"It's stupid, I know," Nina sighed.

"No, it sounds really cool," I shook my head quickly. "So is that why you're studying over herein England, to get an idea of the culture?"

"No," she laughed. "I actually came to school here for two years, but then…" she hesitated. "…stuff happened, and I had to stay in America for my last year of school. I broke things off with my old friends really quickly, so I figured I'd come over here and catch up with them, but I'm honestly too scared. I stopped talking to all of them except one despite their efforts to keep in touch, especially my ex, and… I guess I just feel bad. I'm scared they're all gonna hate me."

I nodded slowly. "You want my advice? Just go for it. I have these friends who had a girl who just left, kind of like you I think, and I know they'd do anything to get back in touch with her. If your friends are anything like mine, I'm sure they'll understand."

"You think?" she asked, sceptical.

"I know," was my reply.

"I guess you're right," Nina sighed. "Maybe I'll get there eventually. Anyway, I was thinking about dropping down to the mall to get some food. Anything you need?"

I thought for a moment before shaking my head. I had gone to the supermarket with Fabian on the way back from the café, so I had everything I wanted. "I'm right thanks."

"Okay," Nina nodded, closing her laptop before standing up and reaching for her keys. "I'll be back in about half an hour."

"Bye," I nodded as she left the room.

I spent the next twenty minutes or so on ChumChatter talking to Mara and Joy, who were both settling in well at their separate universities. It was then that Joy brought up the elephant in the room.

So what happened to you and Fabes? She asked Mara. One minute you're thick as thieves, next minute you've both changed your relationship status to 'single'.

I was honestly kind of curious as well, because all I had been able to find out from Fabian was that she had dumped him and not the other way around.

Mara took a few moments to reply.

We just weren't compatible, she typed eventually. Besides, I was never going to measure up to Nina, so I decided to call it quits before he did. Maybe that's why I found my roommate so familiar, because she had the same name as Fabian's ex. That made sense, didn't it? Besides, I'm already over it.

Are you really? Joy asked her, and I could almost hear the scepticism in her voice.

Yep, was Mara's reply. I'm actually going on a date tonight.

With who? I asked, surprised that she had moved on so quickly. Then again, from what I'd heard Mara had ploughed through boyfriends during her time spent in Anubis House.

It was then that I heard the door open behind me. I didn't want to seem rude or anti-social, so I typed a quick goodbye before logging off and shutting down my laptop. I turned around to see that my roommate was very flustered.

"You okay?" I asked, concerned. In the short period of time I had known Nina, I had come to assume that she was more of the calm, collected type who was unlikely to let her true emotions show.

"Yeah, sorry," she replied, shaking her head. "Just… having hallucinations of my ex-boyfriend. Does that make me crazy?"

"Believe me hon, you're not alone," I promised her. "I've been there before, many a time."

"Well that makes me feel slightly less insane," she laughed, relaxing a little.

"You and me both," I told her, giggling. "You know, I have a feeling that you and I are going to get on really well."

"You know what? I think you might just be right."

So there you have chapter one. Please review and tell me what you think!