Chapter 1: A Total Pushover

AN: Okay, so this is my first fic for HoA and I haven't watched the whole season 2 yet (kind of episode 1-6). So please don't get mad at me. And because I haven't finished the whole season, I'm about to change it on my own version. It's a little Misery Business thing, about Joy returning blah blah blah. Yeah. So here it goes. Reviews puh-lease :D

DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING HERE.

So after all we're back in Anubis House, the house full of mystery, yeah, whatever. Mara and Mick together, Amber and Alfie a little couple-ish, Patricia is still a Goth, Jerome never said he had a sister, Joy is back with a little weirdness, and Fabian and I had an almost successful date in the attic.

So, yeah, I feel something weird about Joy, I don't know about her past with Fabian, and I don't know anything yet about her, but I'm kind of a little mad of her, or maybe not the word 'mad' but it's just because he's into Fabian. First, my seat beside Fabian, yeah I don't care if she used to but it's still mine, I think I just heard her say, "first my room and then my Fabian." But I'm glad Patricia said that they weren't actually going out. Then second, when Fabian was asking about display picture, Joy and I were in a little argument and then she asked Patricia about it but just got a 'SINGLE FABIAN' status after a click, I think Joy spunk her in her arm with an eyebrow arched. Then a surprise walk with three of us together on our way to school which is so perfect that I could smack her face. And then biology time when Victor and Mr. Sweet barged in the room asking for 3 volunteers that will help them in the library thing, Fabian and Mara first raised their hands, then there goes Joy which Mr. Sweet saw raised her hand before I raised mine's and there goes his three. How lame of me. But the worst thing that made me more 'mad' is that when she said, "we make a good team, do we, Fabes? Must be in all stuff we have a lot in common." Urrggh, if I could really hit her face I would. And yeah, in the bathroom thing, she said she was going to direct with Fabian and gonna spend time together that evening, and Amber complained, "I think you spend a lot of time together," something like that but she just gave us a smile and left. And then what's next? Ruin all our dates and kiss him in front of me? I wish the house could eat her now.

"I think Fabian's a total pushover." Amber Millington said before she brushing her teeth.

"What?" I said as a reply. "Yes, and he is guilty about it. Remember when Joy asked him, about walking in school? He said yes, then no, and then maybe."

I rolled my eyes as I dry my mouth with a face towel. "Maybe. But Amber, can you tell me about their past?"

Amber hummed for a second, "Well, they seemed a little couple-ish, but I think it's a one sided love." She replied as she spit on the sink.

"What do you mean?"

"Fabian doesn't like her at all, I mean not just because she's with Patricia, but I think because she's weird sometimes like pushing herself to him, like what she is doing now."

And the next thing there was a knock, Amber opened the door and a sticky ew-smelled spilled into her whole face and the predictable squeal happened, "ALFIE!"

A very loud shout was given to Alfie, "I'm sorry, I thought it was Joy!"

Alfie immediately took a towel and helped her clean that gross thing on her face. Everyone was shaken and get out of their room to check for it and then burst into laugh after seeing Millington with that face.

"Amber, please don't say that you will undo your checklist."

"Yes Alfie unless you have cleaned all these mess!"

I just helped her and just as a light bulb appeared, "Hey Amber, in America, my neighbors use eggs to keep their skin…soft and healthy."

"Really? Alfie! Stop removing these eggs off me!" And Alfie froze as I did a little chuckle.

"Hey Alfie, there's Joy, I think you could throw some in her." I took the bowl of eggs and spilled in her. Yeah, I look evil but that was just an evil imagination of mine.

The next morning, I was helping out Jerome in the kitchen with the breads when Joy entered the room and sat beside Fabian, I narrowed my eyes as I look at them, I think Jerome had noticed me, "what's up with the look, Nina?"

And my eyes came back to normal as I looked at him, "oh, nothing Jerome, it's just…I checked out if there were already bread knives in the table." I think he just rolled his eyes and get back to work.

"Hey Nina," he called me and I looked back, "so how's with you and Fabian?"

"Well, uhmm, we're good! Yeah, very; secret date in the attic, mystery adventure as a moment together, nothing wrong."

He smiled at me, "well, good to hear that. I'm just wondering if you already know about him and Joy 16 months ago." He said lowering his voice as he walked over to me.

"Well, Amber said that it's a one sided love, a little couple-ish, right?"

"Yeah, almost, but Amber never knew at all. Why don't you ask Trixie about it just so you know?"

After having a Sibuna talk, I took the chance to grab Patricia in my room. I was kind of nervous, about the answers and so whatever information about it, the 16 months ago.

"So Patricia, I've got something to ask you, not about a life-death taking, but it's just something about Fabian and Joy." I took a breath and she nodded, "what were they exactly before I came here?"

She got that thinking face, looking on the ceiling, on the floor, side to side until she finally answered, "Well, as I know you heard me what I said that they weren't dating but Fabian kind of liked her before, and Joy wasn't yet on the thing. He asked her about going out with him but she…"

"Rejected him?"

"Exactly. So, after months, Joy had already fallen for him but Fabian had already moved on to her. You know, 'it's too late to apologize'."

"Oh…" So, that's the one sided love story of Fabian Rutter and Joy Mercer.

"But why are you so interested about it?"

"…of course, he is my boyfriend, I just wanted to know about him in the past, you know, so that I know. Well thanks a lot Patricia."

"Yeah, well, actually, I feel something about Joy. I think she still likes him."

"I'm not worried about her liking Fabian, I'm worried about how Fabian is a total pushover when she asks him." End of conversation. Patricia just left and Amber entered the room.

"Are you sure your neighbors use eggs to cleanse their skin? I would definitely have a session every night." "Yeah, I'm sure."

Later that night after supper, Jerome and I were in charge of the chores so, we were the ones who were left. "So, Nina, have you already asked Patricia?"

"Yeah, I knew it all. It was… weird."

He chuckled, "I told you. But be careful about Rutter, he's kind of a player sometimes."

"What do you mean?"

"Oh, nothing, just warning you. Uhm…Neens, can you help me with my music assignment?"

"What assignment?"

"Well, I was assigned to perform song, I could have a partner, so I chose you."

"But why not Trixie? She's your couple."

"—What? No, we're—Of course not!"

I chuckled, "Haha, okay. I'll get some stuff and we'll get start."

"Coffee?"

"Sure."

So, it is the first time Jerome asked me about helping him with an assignment, and yeah, I was walking upstairs going to my room when I heard Patricia and Joy were having a little argument in their room;

"…Patricia, I'm your best friend!"

"Yeah, I am, but Nina is my friend too, but don't let me choose between you and her."

"Fabian should be mine, not hers!"

"Well…I am not as bad as you are because if you really love Fabian you let him with Nina."

"Whatever Patricia, since I had disappeared, all of you were on Nina."

"Because you're not the chosen one—oh, I'm sorry Joy."

A silence.

"Yeah, you're right; I'm not the chosen one, you won."

I entered the room with a sigh, "hey, what happened to you?" Amber greeted me.

"Oh, nothing, just heard the best friends arguing."

"Oh."

I just took some paper and a pen then, "Jerome asked me a help about his assignment so, GTG."

"Kay, bye."

So I walked downstairs and saw Fabian in my way, "Hey Nina, will you help me with my music—"

"Hey Fabian!" A running Joy was approaching us, "so, where's your assignment thing, I thought I was going to help you out?"

Hey, what?

"Oh, Fabian, I have to go; Jerome might be waiting for me in the dining room." I fasten my walk to be far away but I was stopped then, "you will help him with his song?" I looked back to reply, "Yeah." And they just smiled.

Back to Jerome, he was in a deep thought, rubbing his hair, "hey, Jerome. Sorry, I was late." I took a seat beside him.

"That was Joy and Fabian?"

"Yeah, she was helping him with his song."

"Oh, I never should have asked your help, he might be asking you—"

"No! It's okay. We're good." I grinned just to get rid of it, "so, how are we going to start?"

Jerome and I never became friends, but for now I guess because I'm helping him. I have no idea why am I helping him anyway, maybe because he helped me about information. When we were doing the music thing, somehow, I wanted to forget about Fabian and Joy, whatever they are doing, I wanted to focus more on with Clarke. I describe him as a joker, not serious, for all he said was a joke and a lie, or a trap. Whatever, like the Mara thing when the time Mick wasn't around and he confessed to her, I don't think it's all true that he loved her. Now, I'm in his trap because he might confess to me anytime.

"You know, Jerome, it's already 2 in the morning. We should get our sleep, I'm tired." I said as I fix my stuff, wait, I wasn't awake anymore. I am sleeping! Wait, I slept on the table?

My alarm clock rang and I was irritably awaken. I rubbed my eyes and Amber wasn't on her bed, I checked on the time…it was 8 in the morning?!

I walked downstairs and saw Jerome was having his breakfast. "Goodmorning, Neens, let's eat!" He greeted me and I followed.

"Where are the others?"

"They were on a walk, by couples." Trudy explained. Couples? Without me? I just sat beside Jerome and eat. After minutes, they came, BY COUPLES.

"Hey, why didn't you wake me up?"

"Well, we knew you slept late, so we didn't want to disturb you." Joy Mercer said while she…was holding Fabian's arm. My eyes widen as I looked at them and study all of them.

"Well, yeah, thank you for your concern, Joy, you really took that chance to have time with your 'COUPLE'."

She just rolled her eyes, and left, but the Sibuna gang stayed and asked for water. Fabian sat beside me which I didn't notice. "Hey Nina, is there a problem?"

"Well..uhm—"

"Well, Fabian the problem is you give all your time and devotion to Nina, day and night." Jerome spoke up.

"Well…yeah. What's the problem with that?"

"Exactly, you really don't get it was sarcastically." He stood up and left us alone.

"Fabian, there is nothing wrong, okay? Maybe it's just some misunderstanding."

"Uhm…Nina, I was wondering if we could make some time later, walk to school, us alone. So…later?"

"Okay." I smiled. He smiled.

It's just Joy, whatever she is with, I felt that I replaced her; being the chosen one, Patricia's roommate, Fabian's seatmate, and everyone's attention. I don't know. Later that time, I was suppose to go walk with Fabian but he's busy talking with Joy, "Hey, I thought we are suppose to go walk in the school? Us two? Alone?"

He was about to open his mouth to answer but then the fake chosen one answered in haste, "Oh, I'm sorry Nina, we're gonna talk about directing and his song. Better luck next time."

She smirked taking Fabian's arm and dragged him away.

"What the fudge?"

"Hey Nina," I turned around to look for it, it was Jerome again. Jerome again? What? "Where's your Fabian? I thought you're gonna walk with him?"

"Yeah, but the fake chosen one took him by his arm." By means it's sarcastically.

"Oh, why don't you walk with me as a return of your help last night?" He grinned as he offered his arm.

"Okay?" And then I hold on to his arms and left immediately.

World Literature, yeah, I was sitting beside Jerome again and Alfie on the other side, it's just Joy again, what's wrong with her? One more then I'll prank her, I mean it. They were sitting together again and Amber noticed it, so she moved his foot by her beautiful wedge and Fabian looked at her. Amber signed him looking at me and back to him, his face was like, "Oh…" Good thing the bell rang, it's time for music and so I grabbed Jerome's arm (he was surprised) and Fabian stopped me,

"Nina, can we walk together?"

"Oh, Jerome and I were going to talk about his music assignment thing, so why don't you walk with Joy?" Wait, I said that? Oh, it's just my thoughts, silly Nina,

"Sure, but we can walk three of us, it would be perfect, right guys?" The two nodded slowly as if they were getting what I said.

After class, I walked alone by myself in the house, I don't know what's going on. Joy and Fabian, Jerome and Nina. Wait, Jerome and Nina? Huh?

"Hey, Neens, what's wrong?" Patricia noticed me on my bed. I don't know how I look like but I guess I look horrible.

"I don't know. Patricia, when I came here, did you ever feel that I replaced Joy in everything? You, Fabian…everyone."

Patricia came in and left the door almost closed, she sighed, "Well, at first yes because I was mad. But for now, no."

"What about her and Fabian? Did I steal him from her?"

"Yes, you stole him from me." A voice joined as she entered the room.

"Well, it's not my fault if you disappeared and caught everyone's attention."

"Yeah, I know you were one of them, Nina. By the time I disappeared and you came, it wasn't a coincidence, wasn't it?"

"I don't know what you are talking about, Joy," I stood up, "but, if you ever took him away from me again, I don't know what I can do with your face."

She was speechless and left. "What's wrong with her Patricia?!" I said almost yelling as I sat on my bed and face palmed.

"Obsession? I'm gonna talk to her."

As she was about to leave, I stopped her, "Patricia, it's okay, don't argue with your best friend again. You don't have to choose between us because she's your best friend."

She sighed, "Actually, I feel like she's being selfish now, when I'm with her, all she said was about Fabian," Her sad voice made my face frown. "You know Nina, I can help you with Fabian. I'm gonna sneak out in Fabian and Mick's room."

"Okay. Thanks Patricia."

It was 10pm and I wasn't in the mood of sleeping, so, I walked downstairs in the living room, and then I saw Jerome Clarke again. What's with him? "Hey Jerome, what's up with a physics book?"

"Doing my homework."

"Homework? I thought you'd already finished that?"

"I was confused."

I walked in the dining table and look for it. "U. A. M.?"

"Yeah. I didn't get this part." I sat beside him.

"Jerome?" I called and he looked at me.

"Do I look like an idiot in front of Joy and Fabian?"

"Very." He said and looked back at his textbook.

"Really?" I was upset. I really look like an idiot?

"Yes, very." I frowned and he examined my face.

"Come on, Nina, I was kidding. But a little you look like an idiot but I think it's better if you break up with him." He agreed.

"What? Just like that?" I raised a brow.

"Yes. Precisely, so that if you two are already broke up, you won't have to worry about Joy flirting him."

He has a point then, but I can't just break up with him like that. I'm going to talk to him. I stood up and sneaked out into their room. I knocked as I called 'Fabian'. He was playing with his guitar, facing infront of the mirror, "oh, sorry to interrupt. But can I talk to you for a sec?"

"Sure." He put aside his guitar as I walked in and sat on his bed.

"Fabian, what's up with Joy?"

"Joy?"

"And why are you a total pushover? I mean, I'm your girlfriend, she's your ex, and why all of these were turned around?"

"What do you mean, Nina? Yeah, I'm sorry if I put a lot of time with her, I'm just a…"

"Total pushover?"

"Yeah."

"Fabian, let's just be clear. If you two will gonna spend time all day and no space for me even a second, and then let's just…settle down."

"Nina, don't be like that," a hand holding mine, oh, he's starting to be sweet again. "Then what am I suppose to do?"

"Okay, I'll go talk to Joy and make her clear that I'm your boyfriend now, so that she'll start to distance herself from me, okay?

"Kay." I half smiled as he kissed me on the forehead. "Goodnight." "Goodnight, Neens."

The next morning, as I walked myself downstairs, I heard Amber squealing again, "ALFIE!"

Alfie was handing a plate full of cockroach toy and a cover on his other hand, he was confused on what he saw and was looking back to Jerome which is busy laughing on the prank, "I thought these were cupcakes?!" Alfie yelled at Jerome.

"I fooled you!" Jerome just continued laughing and I walked into my seat near Fabian which is sitting there already, waiting for me I guess.

"Good morning." He smiled, "Good morning." I replied, "so how's it, did you already talk to her?"

"Well, not yet, but maybe in school if I have time."

"You always have time for her." Oh, silly Nina answered again on her thoughts.

AN: So what you think? Tell me please :D I'm already done with the chapter 2, but I can change it if you have ideas or whatever you review. Thank you for reading! Godbless.