(A/N: Okay, my first HOA fanfic….wowza! I have to admit, I love to hate this show…..it's so addicting, kinda like shaving your legs; once you start, you can't go back! Flames are accepted and OOH! So is constructive criticism! KK, R&R, c ya!

Xoxo M

AND B4 I FORGET…..

DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOT A SINGLE THING)

Chapter 1

Fabian was, for the first time, sure he was falling in love with someone. Okay, maybe it wasn't love, but perhaps he was falling into like, which was less certain, less permanent, less of a heartbreak. Nina was brilliant, and of course with all of Anubis' secrets, they were definitely growing closer on their quest to solve all of it. But, of course, like in any teen's mind, it would be impossible, even foolish; to tell her that he fancied her. What would she think? Would she laugh at him? Admit her affections for him as they always did in films? What if she didn't like him back? All of those questions had been chorusing in the back of his head since he had come this close to asking her on a date, when she had said,

"You, me? Ridiculous, right?"

Of course, after that episode, he certainly couldn't tell her that he liked her! At least, he could be close to her, admire her from afar, even though afar wasn't that far away. Write secret songs that would never be played on his guitar, and possibly never admit he was falling hard for her. Suddenly, a voice pulled him back to earth, best described as French class.

"Mr. Rutter! Care to explain how to indicate how a noun is feminine or masculine", Ms. Andrews called out. (A/N: I'm in Spanish, I have no idea what they're learning in a school on the English countryside!)

"Or were you too busy off in your own land to bother to do the warm up?" Ms. Andrews narrowed her eyes at Fabian. "I will not tolerate laziness in my classroom, Mr. Rutter, you should know that."

"Yes, ma'm, I'm sorry," Fabian stammered, bowing his head to finish the assignment.

But Ms. Andrews was already preoccupied with Jerome and Alfie.

"You boys, drop that stink bomb right at this minute!" Grabbing the collars of their shirts, she dragged them out of the classroom and headed down the hall to Mr. Sweet's office.

The classroom promptly burst into chatter. Mick, Fabian's roommate and resident 'jock' of the house, turned to him.

"Looks like dear old Fabian has been drifting into la-la land. Filled with rainbows, unicorns, and of course, the lovely Nina Martin." Mick's hands went around his head as he leaned back in his chair.

"Will you ever shut up?" Fabian could feel his cheeks burning and most likely turning tomato red. Turning in his seat to avoid anyone seeing his face, Fabian pretended to look in his bag for his schedule. Seeing the two puzzle pieces, well, puzzled him. (A/N: I couldn't resist it!) After the house coming to life, as one might say, he was left wondering what other secrets and mysteries that the House of Anubis could be hiding. Another hidden passageway, a mummy? Anything could be possible. With different possibilities clouding his head, Fabian pursued a rather useful school day. Of course, life started at midnight, when he explored the cellar and uncovered secrets with the infamous Sibuna.

(YAY! MY FIRST HOA FANFIC'S FIRST CHAPTER! KK, REVIEW, REVIEW AND REVIEW! DO YOU LIKE IT? LOVE IT? HATE IT? I WANT IT ALL!

XOXOXO M)