Hi! So I have another story, and I decided that the amount of multi-chapter stories I will allow myself to publish is three, so I don't get out of hand.
Now, this is based off of Gossip Girl, even some of the nicknames, but I never got past the first few episodes of season 3, so not everything will be the same. I mean, obviously, since it's HOA. I love Gossip Girl and the plot is very original, so I made this.
The cover of the story is Patricia, Alfie, Joy, and Jerome. I'd check back to it after you're done reading. Yes, I drew it. Yes it sucks. Yes I'm sorry, I just got bored.
I made this before most of season 3, so the couples are still season 2 based. (No Jeroy or Walfie or Mabian or anything) and Willow and KT don't come in until chapter 3. And this kind of starts at the beginning, but not really. It's AU beginning. Ok, that's enough. Read now.
Chapter 1
"It's a big campus you know" the cab driver said. "The biggest one in Europe"
"Really?" Nina said.
"Yeah" he said. "Where are you headed?"
"Uh, House of Anubis" Nina said.
"Oh" he said
"What?" Nina asked
"You're an Anubis kid" the man said
"Is that a bad thing?" Nina asked
"Well, they're the most excluded house. They have the least amount of residents, only eight people not including you" the man said
"Why?" Nina said.
"Because only the richest go there" the man said. This had Nina confused. She might be one of the poorest in the school, she was here on a scholarship. A FULL scholarship.
"And, there's... well you'll find out soon enough" he said. This had Nina curious.
"Oh" Nina said.
"Here you are" the man said getting her luggage out.
"Thank you" Nina said handing him a tip of two dollars. The man tried to keep his smile up, but two dollars was not a lot at all. Especially for an Anubis kid. She walked in to hear loud music and screaming. But not bad screaming, screaming like teens having fun. A beautiful blonde girl ran down the hall in her pink dress laughing with delight as another guy chased her, grabbed her, and kissed her, before leaving and not noticing Nina at all. She walked in the room the two blondes went in and felt totally invisible. The blondes were laughing on the couch with a laptop. There were two very tall guys laughing and dancing, and occasionally spraying people silly string. Then there were everyone else dancing, laughing, avoiding silly string. There was simultaneous buzzing and beeping that went on.
"Hey guys, Jack Jackal posted again" the blonde, Amber said.
"Oh boy, who's it on this time?" Mara asked.
Jack Jackal here. My sources have told me that our favorite Blondes are back together. How long do you give Barbie and Jockenstein? I'm putting my bets on two weeks, tops. XOXO Jakal
"Whatever, we're together for good this time" Mick said.
Just when I thought things were getting a bit boring, a new girl walks into the Anubis house. She looks boring enough. Pretty plain. But nothing in the Anubis house is boring. Lets see if the newby can handle Anubis house, and even more so, the initiation. What drama will she cause? We know she will, they always do in Anubis. XOXO Jakal
"What new girl?" Jerome asked.
"Uh, I think that would be me" Nina said.
"When did you get here?" Alfie asked
"Uh, maybe five minutes ago" Nina answered
"Jack's right, you are kind of plain" Amber said.
"Amber" Fabian said getting up and walking to Nina. "Sorry, I'm Fabian"
"I'm Nina" Nina said. "What initiation-"
She was cut off by more phones going off.
Spotted, our own Queen Bee just buzzed on campus. Little J's here! We just saw her walk on campus, making her way to the Anubis house. I wonder what Lonely Boy thinks of this. Or Trix. This is going to be very interesting. XOXO Jakal
"You mean Joy?" Eddie asked.
"Who else is Little J?" Patricia asked.
"Do you think it's true?" Fabian asked.
"When is Jack wrong?" Jerome asked. Just then the door opened and closed to reveal a short girl with brown hair.
"Hey!" She said. The whole house stared at her. Patricia frowned and walked up the steps.
"So it's true then" Alfie said. "You really are back"
"Yes how'd you know?" Joy asked
"Jack Jackal" Mick said.
"I've only been here three seconds and already I'm on that stupid app again" Joy said.
"I'm going to go check on Patricia" Mara said.
"I'll go with you" Fabian said
"I'm hungry" Mick said heading to the kitchen.
"Same" Eddie said. Amber, Jerome, and Alfie nodded at each other.
"So newby" Jerome said.
"My names Nina" Nina said.
"We're the... Welcoming Committee" Amber said.
"Patricia's head, but she's a bit preoccupied" Alfie.
"Ok, so what does the welcoming committee do?" Nina asked.
"Oh God" Joy said. Nina looked at her, confused.
"We'll be more than happy to tell you" Jerome said.
"You see, before we can properly welcome you into the house, you have to prove you can handle it" Alfie said. "We aren't just a house. We're the house"
"We have a reputation to uphold" Amber said
"That's right. So we can't let some girl waltz right in and ruin it" Jerome said.
"So what do I have to do?" Nina asked
"Nothing!" Joy said. "Absolutely nothing"
"Yes she does" Alfie said
"What are you going to do to her if she fails?" Joy asked. "Kick her out?"
"Precisely" Amber said.
"You can't do that" Joy said
"Yes we can" Jerome said. "Now that we have Sweety Jr"
"Stop being so uptight about this" Amber said
"It's just a way to make people suffer!" Joy said
"It was your idea!" Jerome exclaimed
"It was a dumb one!" Joy said
"When did you become such a buzz kill?" Alfie asked
"I grew up. You should try it" Joy said. She walked up the stairs with her luggage.
"So, are you game for it? Or do you want to leave now?" Alfie asked her.
"What do I have to do?" Nina asked. The three smirked at this.
Joy went up to her old room with her luggage, to see Amber's stuff. Trudy came up behind her.
"Oh Joy!" Trudy said with a surprised grin.
"Hi Trudy!" Joy said hugging her.
"Victor told me you were returning today!" Trudy said. "That's going to be Nina and Amber's room"
"Where am I gonna sleep?" Joy asked
"With Patricia and Mara of course" Trudy said directing her to a slightly larger room with three beds.
"I'm not sure that's the best idea" Joy said as she walked in the room. Patricia was in there with Mara and Fabian. She smiled at Fabian and he shyly smiled back.
"You're rooming in here?" Patricia asked. "I'd rather room with the dopey looking new girl"
"Uh, Mara, Fabes, Could you give us a minute alone?" Joy asked
"Sure" Fabian said
"No!" Patricia said
"I think it would be good for you" Mara said at the doorway. Just before leaving she added: "Just... try not to kill her"
"Ok Patricia, I'm sorry. But that was last year-" Joy started
"Well you left, so I didn't have time to be angry at you then!" Patricia said. "We were supposed to be best friends"
"Is there anyway I can make it up to you?" Joy asked
"Two ways actually" Patricia said. "You can either get out of my room, or go to hell"
With that said Patricia walked out of the room and down the stairs. Joy walked out and bumped into someone.
"I'm sorry" Nina said.
"It's ok, uh that's your room" Joy said pointing to the room she used to be in.
"Oh ok, thank you" Nina said walking in. Joy followed in.
"What are they going to make you do?" Joy asked her sitting on the bed.
"Well, they're planning this party tonight, and apparently they want it in some warehouse. I have to get the keys from some guy named Victor so I can unlock it for them" Nina said
"That's all? They're either running out of ideas, or getting soft on their victims" Joy said
"Well what do you usually do?" Nina asked
"Well, we once made Fabian stay in the Attic all week. Worst part is, we kept the door unlocked, so he could come out if he wanted to, but it would prove he couldn't handle it here" Joy said. "But even that was weak compared to what we did to Mara"
"Weren't the teachers worried?" Nina asked
"Please, we had the teachers wrapped around our fingers" Joy said.
"How did it get started?" Nina asked.
"Good question" Joy smirked. "Back in 2007, when we were in our fifth year, the house used to put different grades in a house together. There were eight of us. I was the youngest. The older kids would give me advice, for how to survive high school. I kind of took after them. Then they did some rearranging, because they felt mixing grades was a bad call on their part. So I was in a house with Patricia and Jerome. The rest of the kids seemed... weak. They would always rat us out whenever we did something fun. It began to get annoying. So Patricia had the idea to get rid of them, one by one. Put them in a different house. By now we were in eighth grade. Somehow, we managed to get them put in a different house. We got five more kids, Alfie being one of them. Most of them would rat on us, just like the old group. Alfie wouldn't. He wouldn't do anything. So we tortured them until they asked to be assigned to a new house. Alfie was the last one, and no matter what we did to him, he wouldn't break. One day, he got us back. There was globs and globs of gum in my hair. It was so bad, I had to cut it off. I walked around with a boy cut for months. He found a way to make Jerome turn blue. He put something in his body wash. It wouldn't come out for weeks. He replaced all of Patricia clothes with pink ones. She couldn't go shopping, and was stuck in them for like three months. Instead of getting angry, we were impressed. Well, a little angry too. So I came up with the idea to have an initiation. If they could handle being in this house. Patricia, Jerome, Alfie and I became the 'welcoming' committee. I guess Amber took my spot when I left"
"Wow" Nina said. "You guys sound... cruel"
Joy smiled at her. "We've been called worse. But I've changed. I'm not like that anymore. I don't want drama, I just want a normal school year"
"Why'd you leave?" Nina asked. Joy looked guilty.
"Time for supper!" Trudy called from downstairs.
"Come on, let's go eat" Joy said smiling and pulling her down stairs. Everyone was already sitting at the table, and there was no room for Nina or Joy.
"Oh, I have two more chairs" Trudy said running into the back and coming out with two more chairs that she smushed into the table. Nina and Joy sat awkwardly.
"So, Gia" Amber started
"It's Nina" Nina responded.
"I just wanted to make sure you know the plan" Amber said. Everyone looked at her.
"What does she have to do?" Mara asked
"Unlock the warehouse for our party tonight" Jerome said.
"What?" Mara asked. "That's all? Do you know what I went through during my initiation?"
"Our best work" Joy mumbled. Alfie smirked at her.
"Wait, I thought the party was in the wo-" Eddie started
"Warehouse, correct" Patricia said. "You're lucky Newby, we usually do much worse"
"I've heard" Nina said. She turned to Mara. "What happened during your initiation"
"We dropped her off in the middle of the woods, and told her to find her way back" Jerome said.
"But those woods aren't that big, they're mostly just a barrier" Nina said
"Which is why we had to drop her off in the woods two miles from here. Big enough to go camping" Patricia said
"But they didn't tell me that! They told me we were going the next day! They took me when I was sleeping! I woke up surrounded by trees" Mara said.
"Not our fault you're a heavy sleeper" Alfie said.
"Some guy tried to kidnap me, and I almost got mauled by a bear. Plus when I finally made it out, I was expecting to see campus, and instead I saw a hill that lead to the freeway!" Mara said
"Oh yeah, we forgot to tell you, we hired that guy" Patricia said. Amber, Alfie, Jerome, and Patricia burst out laughing. Joy snickered a little bit.
"Sorry Mara" Jerome said. Mara rolled her eyes. After dinner, everyone got ready.
"You can come to the party if you want. But you have to look better than that. Even I'm dressing up" Patricia said to Nina. Nina had on jeans and a plain tank top. Patricia had on red leopard print jeans, a black crop top, and her biker boots. Nina was in Patricia's room, because Mara was helping Amber choose her outfit.
"Are you going Joy?" Nina asked. Though she could have guessed the answer. Joy was in her pajamas, on her bed, reading a magazine.
"She's not invited" Patricia said
"Even if I were, I'm not a party person" Joy said
"Please, you are the party person" Alfie said coming into the room with Jerome.
"Maybe I was" Joy said. Jerome rolled his eyes.
"I'm not buying this little saint act" he said. "You were too messed up to turn into Britains Little Angel"
"Whatever Jerome" Joy said.
"I'm not going to this party" Nina said interrupting the conversation.
"But you are getting the keys" Alfie said
"C'mon Christina" Jerome said.
"Christina?" Nina asked
"I thought her name was Carina" Alfie asked
"Her name is Tia doofuses" Patricia said
"Actually my name is Nina" Nina said as all four of them left. Mara bumped into her as she tried following the three of them.
"Sorry Nina" Mara said
"You know my name!" Nina said
"Yeah, don't mind them. They used to call me Laura, Tiara, anything but Mara" Mara said
"Well I have to go" Nina said running to catch up with them.
I heard New girls about to start her initiation. My sources have told me they're going easy on her. Well that's no fun. Don't worry, I'm sure it's all a trick. They're never easy on anyone. I think they're just revealing something else she has to do. New girl better watch her back, because when the Anubis kids get sneaky, someone gets hurt. XOXO, Jackal.
"Lucky" Alfie said when Nina showed them the key.
"Very lucky" Jerome agreed.
"We'll see how lucky she is tonight" Patricia said.
This had Nina a bit confused. All she had to do was unlock the warehouse and go back home. Had she seen the new Jack Jackal post, she would've known to be warned. But of course, she knew nothing about Jack Jackal.
Mara walked up the stairs in her black mini pencil skirt and red tube top. Her stockings had a slight design on them, and she carried her black pumps in her hand.
"Did she get it?" She asked. Nina smiled and dangled the keys in the air.
"Let's go, I'm ready to party!" Alfie said. The house quietly slipped out of the house with their flashlight. They arrived at the warehouse. Nina unlocked it and handed the keys to Amber. It was dark and there didn't seem to be a lightswitch. She didn't know why they wanted to have a party in there. Suddenly she was pushed in and door slammed shut and locked. Lots of laughter followed. She tried opening the door, but to no avail.
"Let me out, what the hell is going on?" Nina yelled.
"Your real initiation starts now" Jerome said.
"If you can stay in there for a week you pass. We'll check on you and ask you if you want to come out. If you say yes, you fail" Patricia said.
"Then it's bye bye Asmina" Alfie said
"Have fun Asmina!" Amber called as the group walked away laughing.
"Asmina? Seriously? That's the weirdest one yet!" Nina yelled. She banged on the door in rage. They tricked her. She should have known, everyone told her they were going suspiciously easy on her. She took her phone out. No service. Looks like she was going to be stuck there. But for how long? It felt like days have passed already but she knew that wasn't true. After a little while she heard footsteps.
"Uh, Nina?" A voice said. "It's Fabian and Mara"
"Mick wanted to come as well, but Amber held him hostage" Mara said with a hint of bitterness.
"How're you doing in there?" Fabian asked.
"Fine I guess. It's dark, I can't even see my hands" she said squinting and putting them out in front of her.
"That sucks" Mara said. "Amber, Patricia, Alfie and Jerome aren't that bad. Sometimes. When you get past the initiation, they might even remember your name"
"Do you think you could get me out of here?" Nina asked hopefully. She waited for an answer but it didn't come. Had they left? "Fabian? Mara?"
"Uh, I don't think so" Mara answered slowly, with hints of sympathy.
"What?" Nina asked
"We would like to, but we aren't going to" Fabian said.
"Why not?" Nina asked.
"Well, if we let you out, then that means you have failed your initiation" Mara said.
"I DON'T CARE!" Nina yelled.
"Well if Eddie weren't here, you could just prove that you can handle whatever torture they'd do to you to get you out of the house, like I did. But now they can just kick you out now" Fabian said.
"We like you, we want you to stay" Mara said.
"Fine" Nina huffed.
"Uh, we're gonna go back to the party" Mara said.
"Good luck" Fabian said. The two walked together to the woods, and saw the fire in the darkness. The music was blasting. She went to get punch at the snack table. It was pretty amazing that they were able to have a woods party. Alfie and Jerome were on the side looking at the dancers. Alfie was looking at Amber dance with Mick and rolled his eyes.
"They'll be broken up again in a day" Alfie said to Jerome over the music.
"And why do I care?" Jerome asked. A girl came up to him with a smirk and she winked at him. He looked past her to Mara, who was busy looking at Mick. He winked back at the girl, and they made their way to the dark part of the woods. Mara went next to Alfie.
"They'll be broken up in a day" Mara said.
"That's what I said" Alfie said. Mara looked at Alfie.
"You're in the same boat as I am, aren't you?" Mara asked.
"Guess so" Alfie said.
"Well, we don't need them to have fun at a party" Mara said. He nodded and the two went into the dance crowd and began to dance together. Eddie came up to Patricia, who looked at him with annoyance.
"Wanna dance?" He asked.
"I don't think so" Patricia said walking away. He followed her.
"Why not?" He asked.
"If you knew anything about me, you would know that I don't dance" Patricia said.
"Well maybe you haven't found the right dance partner yet" Eddie said
"Or maybe I just don't like it" Patricia said. Eddie rolled his eyes at his attempt of a truce.
"Maybe you don't like it because you're too busy talking, Yacker" Eddie said and walked away.
Amber did her signature moves, rocking back and forth, as Mick began to breakdance.
"Mick, beau, stop it. You look like a fish out of water" Amber said.
"Amber you're doing it again. You're trying to dominate my life" Mick said
"I am not!" Amber insisted.
"Yes you are, you do it all the time" Mick said
"If I do, it's only because I care about you" Amber said. Mick smiled and they kissed. There were lots of cat calls and smiles. Alfie and Mara stopped dancing and stared.
"Alfie, you wanna go back and watch movies together?" Mara asked. Alfie sighed.
"Sure" he said, and the two walked back to the house. They went to Alfie's room and watched The Proposal together. Halfway through the movie Mara paused it and looked at Alfie.
"I'm cold" she said
"No one told you to wear a skirt and no sleeves" Alfie said. He grabbed sweat pants and a hoodie and tossed it to her. He left the room to get snacks.
"Uh, do you know where Nina is?" Joy said coming into the kitchen.
"She's completing her initiation" Alfie smirked. "She's locked in the warehouse"
"Oh no" Joy said. He smiled and walked back into his room to see Mara with the sweats on, and under his covers.
"Did you just take over my bed?" Alfie asked
"I was still cold" Mara said and shifted over for him. He rolled his eyes and they fell asleep in bed watching the proposal.
Nina woke up from her uncomfortable position shivering. There were a few cracks of light shining through parts of the warehouse. she sighed. After sitting there for a while, she felt something run over her foot and screamed.
"That's it" she said. She found a brick and went to what she believed was a window boarded up. She banged on it until it fell apart to see it open, she could escape! She had an idea. She slipped through and ran to the house. She opened the door quietly and went to the kitchen with a large bag and grabbed food and water. She then went to the laundry room and grabbed a blanket and pillows. She walked out to see people in the living room. She crawled out of the kitchen and to the door without being seen. Right before leaving, she heard Patricia.
"I'm going to go check on the new girl, see if she's chickening out already" Patricia said. Nina ran to the ware house and climbed through the window and caught her breath. Moments later Patricia came.
"Hey, you wanna come out yet?" Patricia asked.
"No, I'm ok" Nina called back. Patricia went back to the house. Fabian saw that Patricia was not with Nina, and did a silent cheer.
"Go Nina!" he whispered.
Mara woke up, startled to see Alfie shirtless. She gasped and he slowly woke up.
"Oh, if sweat in my sleep, I take my shirt off at night, unconsciously" he said. She nodded and stepped out of the bed. She told him to look the other way and he turned around as she took off the hoodie. She took the sweat pants off and looked around for her skirt. Jerome woke up with a bit of a hangover. The girl he met at the party was sleeping next to him. He looked over to see a shirtless Alfie, and didn't want to know what was under the covers. He then saw Mara looking for her skirt, in her underwear. His eyes popped out of his head. He must have been too drunk to notice them yesterday, and they must have been sleep. By then. He would have said something but was speechless. Victor walked in, looked around the room and left without another word, unseen. Mara finally found her skirt and put it on.
"Thanks for last night Alfie" Mara said kindly. He turned to her and smiled.
"We didn't need the party to have fun. We had our own fun here" Alfie said. They didn't notice the shocked, hurt, and betrayed face Jerome was wearing. She left the room and Alfie stepped out from the covers. Jerome turned so he didn't see anything, and Alfie left. He shook the girl laying next to him awake.
"Hey, uh.. Tiffiney" Jerome guessed.
"I'm Lisa" the girl said groggily.
"That's what I said. You have to go" Jerome said. She looked around and got up to put her clothes on. He changed too, after sending something to the Jackal. She left the house and Eddie saw and hi-fived him.
"Another one?" Patricia asked him. "Does it hurt from overuse?"
"No" Jerome said with a smirk. "But it is throbbing"
"You're disgusting" Joy said. They were in the living room doing their own thing when Victor came through with three toothbrushes. He gave one to Jerome.
"That's the fifth time this month" Victor said. Jerome took it proudly. He gave one to Alfie who was confused. "Third time this month"
"What?" Alfie said. He then gave one to Mara.
"That's a first" he said and left. Mara looked at the toothbrush in her hand. She couldn't think of what she could have done. He wasn't talking about the first time getting a tooth brush, seeing as she got one last week for being out of bed after hours for a glass of water. She knew Jerome was getting one for his girl. Alfie did do it twice already, so he must have just gotten caught doing it... it a third time. But why was she getting one? Just then there was a simultaneous buzzing.
Oh. My. Anubis. Big A and Little M were spotted dancing and leaving the party together, but I didn't think much of it because, hello! It's the jokester and the bookworm! Turns out those two aren't so innocent. An inside source just told me that those two did the deed. It's less surprising on A's part. It's more surprising that they did it TOGETHER. I was not expecting that one. Do I spy a new couple? Or is it only housemates with benefits? ;) XOXO Jack Jackal.
Alfie and Mara looked at the post with their jaws on the floor. Their housemates were looking at them. It was pin drop silent in there. Finally, Mick broke it.
"How long has this been going on?" he asked
"Are you guys going out?" Amber asked
"You guys really did it?" Patricia asked.
"No!" Alfie said. "We didn't do anything"
"Jack Jackal's never wrong" Eddie said.
"But I swear we didn't do that" Mara said.
"Oh stop denying it" Jerome said annoyed. "I saw it with my own eyes"
"What? Really?" Amber asked.
"I woke up to see a half naked Mara and a half naked Alfie" Jerome said. Their eyes widened with realization, though others thought it was because they got caught. "Then they said, and I quote, 'thanks for last night Alfie, We didn't need to party to have fun. We had our own fun right here'"
"Oh my God" Joy said. "Who knew Mara had it in her"
"I don't have it in me! I didn't have anything in me! I'm still a virgin!" Mara yelled.
"There was a misunderstanding" Alfie said trying to explain.
"We get it. You guys were dancing together and probably had a few drinks. Then one thing led to another thing, which led to sex" Amber said bluntly. "I just hope you used a condom"
Alfie and Mara were speechless at this point. Now the whole school thinks they're having sex.
"Is this the first time?" Mick asked
"No, nothing happened!" Alfie said. However, most of what he said was drowned out with sounds of 'I can't believe this' and 'oh my god' coming from their house mates as soon as they heard the first part.
"That's not what he said" Mara said
"Ms Jaffray, Mr Lewis, Mr Clark, the toilet bowls!" Victor yelled and they scrambled to get them clean.
