A/N: Thank you all for all the reads and reviews! I love you guys so much! And if you don't understand anything in the below, I just made up the stuff about twins, savvy? Okay, I should stop typing and do some homework, but really who wants to do that stuff anyway?
I DON'T OWN HOUSE OF ANUBIS...add that to the things I don't own...Harry Potter, the world (good thing there)...the school, my math book, my room...
I guess it was strange. To see Olivia admit so much in front of complete strangers who she only trusted because we trusted them. That took major trust on her part. I chewed on my lip as I tried to read my book on Grecian Mythology. It was interesting, but the conversation Nina and Fabian were having upstairs was more interesting. Unluckily whenever Nina was around Fabian, sometimes her mental controls broke down and I could hear everything thought and all of their words.
Now, we could hack into each other's brains. Like that one time when Nina wanted to see what I was thinking. It wasn't all that pleasant on either sides, but sometimes it had to be done.
But we could also send a distress signal to each other. And for some reason, Nina's signal kept going off. It was like an unknown connection. That was the trouble. Our brains wouldn't let us ignore the conversation of the other if they were in trouble. Damn.
I slammed the book shut, surprising Mara who was sitting across from me. I smiled sweetly at her.
"Sorry, just a bit confused about something," I explained.
"Oh, is it school related?" she asked, her chocolate eyes filled with concern.
"No," I shook my head. "More like Nina's troubles with Fabian."
"How does that effect you?" she asked, moving over to beside me.
"Well, we're twins so it effects me like it effects her," I said shrugging.
Her brow wrinkled. "I've never understood twins. I mean, are all of the telepathic? Or is that just some?"
"I honestly don't know Mara," I sighed. I covered my head with my arms, drawing my knees up so they were next to my chest. Tears slipped down my face. "It's all too much." She rubbed my back, trying to calm me down.
"Elaina," she checked to make sure I had the braid, "look, it's okay. Everything will be alright!" She tried to smile, but I could see through it. She knew nothing was okay.
"You are a horrible actor," I laughed through my tears. She grinned slightly.
"I knew that already," she smiled. She paused. "Elaina, what is your connection to him, Mr. Winkler?" I stared at her.
"Nothing. It's not important." I stood up and left the room. She could be so naïve sometimes, without knowing it at all. It was painful almost, to watch her. She reminded me of Aggie so much. They way she would cock her head to the side when she wanted something, or how she would study something for hours on end, just to figure out how it worked. When I reached my door, I opened it and walked in. Nina was there, guess what? Kissing Fabian. I just made them blush brilliantly.
I rolled my eyes. I guess they expected me to put up a big fuss about them finally getting together.
"Sorry," I muttered, "wasn't thinking." I walked to the door before saying, "By the way, nice going you two. And Nina, next time, please try not to broadcast you thoughts to me. It gets a bit annoying when I find my brain full of rubbish about how cute Fabian looks. Not that he isn't good looking but, there is a certain point where it gets annoying." Nina blushed as did Fabian. "By the way Fabes, good job." I left the room before either of them could say a word. I felt the connection to Nina fall away and for once I was a bit sad. I couldn't hear what they were saying now. Or doing. Now that was annoying. Listening to them kiss from Nina's point of view. Bit Romanic fluffiness. I had a sudden thought. It would take some effort though.
I plowed into Nina's mind and planted a thought in her head. "I've known forever. I won't tell." I felt her nod and I closed the link between us again.
Walking back downstairs I was met by a frantic Amber and an annoyed Patricia.
"I can't find Fabian and Nina anywhere!" Amber cried, running around the hallway, looking in the umbrella stand.
"Amber, think about it, would Fabian and Nina fit in an umbrella stand?" asked Patricia.
"Um…no…" said Amber slowly.
"I dunno where they would be," I muttered before pushing past them to the common room. Wow. I sound pretty British for an American. Crazy.
As I walked in I saw Alfie and Jerome look up. They walked towards me. Oh no they didn't. I immediately turned on my heel and walked out of the room, only to be swept off my feet, literally, by Jerome and Alfie. They pulled me back into the common room and sat me down on the couch.
"What do you want!" I insisted.
"Answers," answered Alfie.
"So talk," said Jerome. They towered above me like buildings. I looked at both of them and laughed.
"About what?" I asked.
"About my teddy bear!" cried Alfie.
"Not now Alfie," said Jerome, hitting his friend on the head. "No, Elaina, we have a favor to ask."
"What is this favor?" I asked.
"To get—" began Jerome.
"Sorry, if it has anything to do with getting someone together with someone else, I can't help you. I'm rubbish at that sort of thing," I said. His face fell. I smirked. "Now if you would please give me some personal space, it'd be much appreciated." They nodded and backed away a bit. Suddenly the world went black.
It was a summer day and we were back in England for the holidays. Gran always insisted on coming. It was our present to her almost, except we did spend any money on one or two meals. That was all she allowed us, and that was after a lot of fighting. I was fourteen almost fifteen, five years and a half years older than when I had last been in England. It felt like I was treading in forbidden territory. Olivia had told me that it would be alright, everything would be okay. Nina had cried along with me. Liv, being of the age of eighteen and a half hadn't told us off for crying like so many others. She just comforted us and waited until we were done crying our eyes out.
It always seemed like it was raining whenever we were in England. Liverpool, London, Buckingham, anywhere. It was just raining. I felt like it be something else to be back in England, but it wasn't. Gran had always said it was a home in a home. I never got it. I did now. It was simply that's where you belonged and it was simple.
But nothing was simple these days. That fall Nina was applying for a scholarship to some boarding school here in England and Gran wanted to come back just for the kicks. I supported Nina, but it always felt like I got the back seat, the left out place.
I was jolted back to the present by Nina poking me in the back. "Elaina, come on, Gran promised us that she would do something special for our fourteenth birthday!" Nina cried, pulling me up from the couch in Gran's old apartment. I smiled, trying to look like I was interested. When her words finally got into my thick skull I actually brightened up a bit.
"Good news my dears," called Gran from the kitchen to were Nina was dragging me. "Elaina is going to!" Nina beamed and hugged me so tightly I dunno how I managed to breathe.
"If you get off her, she'll be able to go with you," joked Olivia who was entering her first year in collage the U. S. She smiled at the two of us.
"Now, what do you want on your cake?" asked Gran.
