A/N: So I got so many reviews telling me to continue so I guess I might as well. This is for all my Fan Fiction pals!
The next morning, breakfast was at it's usual. Alfie and Jerome were stuffing thier faces with food, Mick and Amber were sitting together and talking thier usual gossip, Mara was reading a book that she found very interesting, Fabian was eating his food while taking quick glances at Nina every once in a while, Nina was just eating her food in silence, and Patricia was staring daggers at her. Nina felt someone looking at her, she looked at Mick and Amber, not them. She looked at Mara, she was too busy getting caught up in the book. She looked at Alfie and Jerome, still eating. She looked at Fabian and he just smiled at her. Then, she looked at Patricia, she was the one glaring at her. Nina just smiled politely and went back to her food.
"I know she's got something to do with this." Patricia said whispering to Mara.
"Patricia, would you knock it off? You're driving all of us crazy." Mara whispered back.
"Well, everyone just doesn't care anymore that Joy isn't here and now you're all just buddy-buddy with the newbie."
"Well, remember when she first came in and we were all really mean? We're trying to make it up to her. The least you can do is participate."
"I will once I find out what she's hiding from us."
"Well, how are you gonna do that?"
"Watch and learn, Mara. This is how you get secrets out." Patricia said taking her plate of finished food to the kitchen sink. Mara rolled her eyes at her friend's intentions.
'She is becoming too obsessed with this!' Mara thought.
When everyone finished their breakfast and put them in the sink for Mick and Alfie to wash, Nina and Fabian were sitting on the couch whispering to each other.
"So... about what happened last night." Fabian started.
"What about it?" Nina asked.
"Well, for one, the recording may come out a bit scratchy. Secondly, about the whole "me kissing your hand" and you with the "kissing my cheek" thing..."
"What are you trying to say, Fabe?"
"Well, I kinda wanted to ask you if-"
"Ohh, whisper, whisper. Getting cozy there, newbie?" Patricia asked cutting into their conversation.
"Yes, actually, thank you, Patricia." Nina said looking up at her. Patricia glared at her.
"I still think you've got something to do with this. I won't stop until I find out what you're hiding."
"Of course you will." Nina mumbled.
"What was that?" Patricia growled.
"Nothing. Nothing at all."
"I still don't get why you're friends with her, Fabian. She doesn't even belong in this house." Patricia said turning her head to him.
"I still don't get why you're being such a witch, Patricia. She came here at the wrong place at the wrong time. The least we can all do is live with what comes at us." Fabian said.
"That's no excuse, we can't live like this."
"But we can try. Nina's here in our house now, so she's family."
"No, she can't be one of us."
"Well, you never gave her a fair chance! Especially when you locked her up in the attic the other night."
"Take her in as family? Give her a chance? Fabian, look at her, she will never be one of us!" Patricia said shouting.
"Patricia, that's enough!" Amber said angrily. Nina felt a tear go down her cheek. She quickly stood up and walked out the door.
"Nina." Fabian said standing up. Nina just ignored him and ran up the stairs. Fabian looked at Patricia and scoffed at her. He was about to try and catch up with her until Mick blocked his way.
"She might wanna be alone, mate." Mick said. "Just give her some time." Fabian turned towards the dining room table, pulled up his usual chair, and plopped down crossing his arms.
Patricia, feeling proud of herself, sat next to Mara on the other sofa.
"You see? That is how you get secrets out. Just wait, she's gonna come back down here and tell us all she knows." Patricia said.
"You're unbelievable." Mara said standing up and moving away from her. Patricia's jaw dropped as one of her best friends just shunned her away. Everyone did the same.
After School
When school let out, all of Anubis house was walking back so that they're homework can get started and prepare for Alfie and Jerome's usual pranks. They all walked back together in a group, but one was missing, Nina. The way Patricia acted towards her made Nina stay away from her house mates for a little while. When they all walked in, they were all surprised to see Nina on the couch reading her history textbook. When she turned her head and saw her group of friends, she smiled for a quick second, but when her eyes saw Patricia's, she quickly grabbed her backpack and books and walked out to avoid another verbal attack. Some glared at Patricia while others just sighed and did what they would usually do after school.
When Fabian saw his companions do homeowrk or some other activities, he quietly snuck upstairs. He turned the corner to Nina's room and he smirked when he caught her trying to pull of a British accent.
"'Ello gov'ner, would like some tea?" Nina said in a horrible accent. She hesitated a bit before starting again. "Why, hello there, comrads, what the the english homeowrk, again?" Still not pulling off the accent. "UGH! This will never work! Why do I even try?" Nina said in her regular American accent and lied down on her bed.
"Nina." Fabian said opening the crack in the door. "What are you doing?" Nina sat up, as if on cue, and looked at him standing in the doorway.
"Why does Patricia hate me?" Nina said looking down at the ground.
"Maybe because you do a horrible accent." Fabian said sitting next to her and trying to pull of a joke. He laughed, but stopped immediately when Nina wasn't laughing along like she would usually do when he cracked a joke.
"Hey, you know what, Fabian?"
"What?"
"That doesn't help me." Nina got up from her spot and looked out her room window.
"Nina, just try and understand-"
"No, you understand! I wish I never came here now! None of this wouldn't have happened if I never came!" Nina said cutting him off while turning towards him. He saw a few tears go down her face. He walked up to her and rubbed them off with his thumb.
"I do understand, Nina. I understand that you are a smart girl. I understand that you have made friends with the whole house since you came. I also understand that you're solving a mystery. Let's see, what else do I understand?"
"That we're friends?" Nina asked.
"That's right." Fabian said. They both smiled at each other. "Now, Nina, what is your current home?"
"Anubis house."
"That's right. You just came at the wrong place at the wrong time. But if that never happened, then I wouldn't have met you." Fabian wrapped his arms around her in a hug and Nina did the same. "This kind of thing happens all the time but, Patricia just can't see that."
"Well, I'll make her see." Nina said and then put on a rather good British accent. "I'll become the best Brit ever."
"Of course you will." Fabian said laughing and hugging her tighter.
A/N: Sorry if it got too fluffly towards the end! As always, please review!
