Merry Christmas everyone!

And here we have it, the final one-shot! I hope you guys have enjoyed reading this series as much as I have enjoyed writing it.

I don't own House of Anubis.

Characters: Alfie and Fabian

Prompt: Never

Christmas hadn't really been something that Fabian had experienced until he had started at boarding school at age 11. Sure, he'd exchanged presents with his sisters and had even received the odd gift from his mother, but he'd never had a tree or stocking, written letters to Father Christmas or anything else in the spirit of the holiday.

Naturally he was shocked how enthusiastic everyone was about the Christmas the first December he had lived in Anubis House, but as the years went on he soon became used to the fuss, eventually joining in the celebrations. There was, however, one thing he had never done.

"What do you mean, you've never decorated a Christmas tree?" Alfie was standing in the living room, staring at him in shock. I was a Saturday, and everyone else had gone to town so Trudy had enlisted the help of the two boys to decorate the tree.

"I just haven't," Fabian shrugged, taking a step back, slightly scared that Alfie was going to go crazy. "We never really made a big deal of Christmas in my family."

The other boy found this hard to imagine. Christmas had always been a special time for him and his parents, filled with gifts, family traditions and best of all, food.

"But it can't be that hard," Fabian shrugged, picking a bauble out of the box and moving towards the tree.

"Dude, are you crazy?" Alfie asked in disbelief, snatching it out of his hand. "The lights go first, everybody knows that."

"Does it really matter?" he asked sceptically.

"Of course it does," Alfie told him matter-of-factly. "Decorating a Christmas tree is an art, Fabian. You can't just waltz up, throw on some lights, tinsel and baubles."

"I thought that was exactly what you were supposed to do," he said, confused.

Sighing in exasperation, Alfie did nothing but shake his head. It was going to be a long afternoon.

And there you go! I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who followed, favourited and/or reviewed (and to any who review after this is posted) for your support. You guys are all so amazing!

Have a great Christmas and New Year!

-Bobbi