*Disclaimer, I do not own House of Anubis all of that belongs to Nickelodeon, Hans Bourlon and Gert Verhulst. I, however, own Cammie and her little storyline :P I hope you enjoy!*
Series 2, Episode 10 ~ House of Heartbreak
"What did we just walk in on?" Camilla asked out loud causing Nina and Fabian to look to one another before they turned to Camilla and Victor. Both expecting the sour look on Victor's face as he realised two students had crept down to the cellar, is suspicion peaking as he realised it was Nina and Fabian, after last year the two of them together was never not nothing. However, the look on Camilla's face was what caused caught their attention as within seconds of seeing them she knew something had happened, and both of them could see her mind racing as she tried to think of all the things that could be and how she could fix it.
"What's so interesting over there?" Victor asked the pair by the bookcase, "move away from that alcove." He demanded of the two who didn't move as the man prowled towards them, giving Camilla and Fabian a time to have a silent conversation. Her eyes widening and then softening into sadness as she realised what her brother was telling her, as he looked down at Nina with unshed tears in his eyes. There was only one thing that would make him that upset when it came to the American, they had broken up.
Fabiana was no more.
"How did you two get down here?!" Victor demanded causing both twins to be pulled back to the reality of the situation.
"VICTOR!" Amber's screams came as she raced down the cellar steps, grabbing onto Camilla's shoulders as she reached the bottom to make sure she didn't fall in her high wedges. "Victor!" the second shout caused the man to turn around to see Camilla holding onto her blonde friend as she reached the cellar ground level. "there's a weasel in the heating vent!" she screamed at the man a little out of breath.
All of them had the same reaction as Victor, who turned around to look at the blonde with a confused look trying to compute her words, "what?"
"Hurry, it's an emergency!" Amber dramatically screamed, causing Victor to glance at the students in the cellar before rushing from the room if there was an actual emergency then he had to fix it, Amber looking around at them all winking before running after Victor.
Camilla watched as Fabian quickly corrected the top panelling so it looked normal again, "come on let's get out of here," Camilla murmured to the too who nodded and followed her lead out the cellar.
Nina and Fabian were almost in the clear when Victor and Amber came racing from the kitchen. "Miss Millington what have I said about wasting my time?!" the man demanded. Nina was on the stairs and Camilla quickly shut the cellar door behind her, hanging back with Fabian. "Not so fast!" Victor called to Nina, pointing to her. "come!" he ushered her down the stairs again and Nina let out a sigh but did as the man instructed, standing next to Amber. "What were you doing in the cellar?" Victor asked quietly looking between Nina and Fabian, who had Camilla and Amber squashed between them looking awkward.
"Just... remembering the fun times we had down there," Nina retorted, causing Victor to give a look to Camilla who bit her lip from laughing. She was having a great effect on the American.
"Quite the comedian," Victor quickly retorted to Nina in a no-nonsense tone. Instantly he held out three toothbrushes, handing them to Amber, Fabian and Nina. Camilla not getting in trouble because she actually didn't do anything apart from follow Victor down to the cellar. "I want to see my face reflected in those toilet bowls," Victor informed the ones he'd handed the toothbrushes too. Causing Fabian to send him a fake smile. Victor strode off leaving the 4 Sibuna's, it didn't take long before Nina turned on her heel and all but ran up the stairs, Amber glancing at Camilla before taking off after her.
Camilla turned to Fabian, and held her arms out to him. Her brother needed the comforting and they both knew it, as he stepped into her arms and hid his face in her shoulder. Camilla could feel the tears as they fell and it confirmed everything for her. The two had defiantly broken up.
Camilla wasn't sure how long they had been stood there but she wasn't going to break the hug until her brother was ready. Eventually he did and Camilla used the back of her sleeve to wipe the tears from his face. "I don't know what happened," he whispered, "All of a sudden we were just over..."
"Fabian, don't worry," Camilla whispered too him, "you two will be fine, maybe right now you two arent quite ready for each other."
"But how do you know Cam," he asked softly.
"Because I have to believe that two people are perfect for each other as you and Nina are destined to be together. I have to believe in that kind of thing to keep me hopeful," Camilla told her brother, who could hear the truth in her words. "Do you want me to stay with you?" she asked, more than ready to spent the rest of the day with her brother and just crash in his room too.
Fabian however shook his head as he let out a shakey sigh and looked to the doors that lead to the girls bedrooms. "Be there for Nina, I'd feel loads better knowing she has you looking out for her," he told his sister, squeezing her hand before moving off to his room.
Camilla didn't bother to follow him because she knew Fabian wanted to be alone, there was an innate understanding Camilla understood as to why he did. Fabian was very much an introverted person who always got pulled into Camilla's extroverted ways, the best thing for him was to let himself be alone with his guitar and let him deal with his thoughts in his own time. If he needed her, Camilla knew he'd seek her out. Camilla glanced too the doorway Fabian had been looking at. She needed to be there for her Chosen One.
Amber looked up, from Nina's bed where she and the girl where currently, as Camilla came into the room, clearly having gone on a freezer raid with the 3 tubs of unopened ice-cream she held in her hands.
"Nina, I'm so sorry," was all Camilla could say as she slipped into Nina's bed also to hug her friend who was more than happy for the comfort from her friends. "The answer is chocolate ice-cream, of which I have brought several tubs." Camilla informed the American who let out a watery chuckle, as Camilla passed them each a tub of ice cream and pulled Nina's laptop towards them. tonight, they were indulging and simply being there for Nina.
Throughout the course of the evening Nina didn't explain what had happened between them and neither of the girls asked. When Amber and Nina went through to breakfast the next day Camilla went to get Fabian from his room, his room door was open as he sat on his bed in thought.
"Some say in fire, some say in ice..." Camilla said not bothering greeting her brother from the doorway.
Fabian looked up confused as he heard the words his sister spoke, "How you think the world is going to end?"
"Actually, he was talking about the end of a relationship." Camilla shrugged with a small sad smile, "I know it hurts Fabian, but you are still friends. Plus, I believe you two are going to work it out, maybe after this mask business is over and our lives aren't on the line." Fabian couldn't help but smile a little at his sisters' words, he couldn't wallow there was too many other things to worry about. He also liked his sister's outlook on destiny and believing that maybe their time wasn't right now, but one day when they were ready it would be. "You coming?" Camilla asked holding her hand out too him, Fabian got off the bed and took his sister's hand and allowed her to drag her to breakfast.
Yes, he liked her outlook very much.
Joy had taken this bid thing very seriously and because the majority of their class who had volunteered had been from Anubis house, and because the Rutter Twins knew Gustav Ziestack, the Anubis house students had all been roped into helping with the bid.
"Right everyone!" She spoke up towards the end of breakfast, "todays the big bid. Fabian, is the films finished?" Camilla looked up towards her to see Jerome standing behind her making mocking movements and couldn't help but smile at his actions, Joy saw the girl and turned causing Jerome to act normal again, "Mara, do you have your speech learned?" Joy asked as she turned back around to the table.
"what? Yeah... yeah..." Fabian agreed absentmindedly.
"What?" Mara asked, "Oh, yeah..."
"Cam, your..." Joy instructed.
"On Victor duty, I know," Camilla answered for the girl giving her a salute before her eye caught Jerome putting something under the clipboard of Joy's turning around to see Camilla and Alfie watching him and making a 'shh' motion.
"Excellent!" Joy smiled at them all once they all confirmed they knew what they were doing, "now I want everyone to be there giving their full support and be in the library for the presentation." she told everyone else who didn't have a job.
"When did this school get a library?" Alfie asked causing Camilla to look back and smile at him.
"Every day is a new adventure for you isn't it?" she teased causing her best friend to pull a face at her as Patricia laughed.
Joy turned to Jerome who was holding her clipboard, "that means you too Jerome," she warned him.
"of course!" Jerome told her with a smile, before turning to the twins, "Like I'd miss a chance to see these two being used to impress an adult."
Camilla gave Jerome a mock glare which he laughed off good-naturedly, as he walked behind her to stand next to Alfie, she could hear them whispering then laughing but she had enough on her plate to worry about than to worry about whatever they were up too.
Fabian was looking forlorn as he glanced to Nina, who hadn't looked his way all meal.
"Okay," Amber spoke up, "back to the actual important stuff, we need to residual a date." Camilla knew she was talking about herself and Alfie, but Nina miss read between the lines as she glanced to Amber in confusion.
"Um...Ambs you know we don't..." Nina quietly spoke, though the room was dead quiet so everyone heard.
Fabian looked up and noticed the attention on them and let out a cough, "we're... we're not actually doing dating anymore..." wasn't the best way to announce their break up.
"What?!" Alfie asked, mouth full of croissant.
Amber's eyes went wild as she realised the two had just told the whole table.
Of course, Jerome had to be Jerome about the whole thing as he let out a laugh and a yell of, "They've split up! No seriously?!" Jerome glanced at Camilla, along with the rest of the table, and saw her serious expression causing them all to know it was true.
"This is all my fault isn't it?!" Amber dramatically exclaimed, "me and double-date gate!" Camilla knew this was Amber trying to make it look like she and Camilla hadn't spent the night in Nina's bed with her comforting her, along with trying to figure out a reason as to why the hell the two broke up in the first place.
"no, no, no!" Nina reassured her, "it's not you, it's us."
"This is all your fault!" Amber turned to scream at Alfie causing the boy to look at her in bewilderment, along with everyone else at the table. With that Amber got up from the table and ran from the room, a spluttering Alfie in her wake.
Jerome had taken the opportunity of Amber's outburst to crouch between Nina and Fabian with a grin on his face, only he would get a thrill from other peoples love drama. Jerome turned to smile at Fabian who sent him a glare, "You're a creep," he informed the boy clearly as disgusted as Camilla at how much joy he was getting from the moment.
Jerome turned to look to Nina, "finally gotten to know the real Fabian Rutter? And dumped him?" Jerome asked, causing Camilla to pick up her own croissant and throw it at Jerome. It hit him directly in the face just as Nina turned to look at Jerome with a sour look.
"it was mutual Jerome." She informed him before she too left the room.
Jerome threw the croissant back at Camilla with a laugh that would rival the joker as he turned to those who were left at the table, "So Mick, Mara?" Camilla rolled her eyes he would turn this around on his little crush, "when's your big break up going public?"
Much to the surprise of Camilla Mara looked to Mick with a doe-eyed watery expression, "have you got anything to say to me, Mick?"
"No!" Mick instantly said sounding confused and looking confused at Mara's expression. Clearly Camilla wasn't the only one who didn't understand what was going on. Mara got up as Jerome gasped and ran from the room. "MARA!" Mick called after her, getting up too and racing after her.
Leaving Jerome, Camilla, Joy and Patricia left at the table, Jerome sitting up and taking Nina's seat as he tried to hide his smile, he glanced to Camilla and raised his eyebrows, "Quit giving me that pouty face of yours." He told his friend.
Camilla picked up a bread roll and threw it at him, "I'm not giving you a pouty face. This is my 'Your being an annoying dick' face. How much meddling can you do in one day Jerome?" the boy gave her a look which made her quickly reply with, "don't answer that," Jerome got to his feet and held out a hand to Camilla who took it with a sigh and allowed him to lead her out the room.
Both of them hearing Patricia's comment, "that boy certainly knows how to clear a room."
Camilla had never seen the library so busy and of course, she was being ever so helpful by sitting on the bottom steps of spiral stairs and just watching everyone work. She didn't care about the exhibition or Gustav, but she had to pretend so here she was, pretending. She might even be nice and smile when Gustav arrives. "Are we all ready?" Victor asked from next to the girl on the stairs. Mutter's of yes's or nearly's rang out around the room. "Let's hurry along please, Mr Ziestack is already here!" this was news to Camilla who glanced over to Fabian who rolled his eyes at the news. The exhibition Fabian was excited for, the being chummy to Gustav Ziestack not so much. "Now is this microphone working?" Victor asked as he wandered over to the podium that was set up.
Before he could test it however something amazing happened. From the balcony above Camilla Alfie's voice rang out with a megaphone, "Love will overcoming!" he screamed into it.
Camilla got to her feet and backed up so she could see what was going on, Alfie was stood in an Egyptian pharaoh outfit having locked himself to the wooden posts of the library with a bicycle chain.
"Awww this will be good!" Patricia muttered.
"This is the best thing that's happened all day!" Camilla agreed with the girl, both of them having identical grins on their faces.
"Lewis come down here we're about to start the bid." Victor's voice came from behind Camilla.
"Not till King Tut gets his Queen!" Alfie spoke into the megaphone. "I ticked every box! And there is a glittery checklist in her locker which I'm pretty sure is legally binding!"
"Alfie's finally lost it!" Nina muttered but they all heard it.
"Alfie's a stand!" The boy in the Pharaoh costume retorted with a yell.
"Someone go get Amber!" Joy ordered, "Quickly! And stall Mr Sweet!" Fabian ran from the room, as Camilla felt a light hand on her shoulder.
"Do you think... you could unlock..." Victor muttered to the girl.
Camilla shook her head, "not with this many people in the room, someone would see," she answered apologetically to Victor who nodded. Having probably assumed the same thing but wanted to see what the girl thought.
"Alfie!" Patricia spoke up to the boy whilst Victor and Camilla talked. "don't be silly just come down."
"Not until-"Alfie started until he realised he hadn't used the megaphone which he promptly put to his mouth, "Not until I get what's mine!"
This was the last straw for Victor who promptly made his way up to the boy to see what he could do about the chain.
Amber seemed to have got the memo about Alfie and she rushed up the stairs to him the moment she arrived at the Library without even looking at anyone else.
"Hand over the key," Victor asked the boy in the most menacing tone he could muster once he realised Amber being there wasn't doing anything, "now!"
"I swallowed it," Alfie told the man causing Camilla and Jerome, who was stood behind her, to softly snigger to get glares from Joy.
"What?" Victor whispered in shock, "if we lose this bid, I shall not rest until you are thrown out of this school!" Victor threatened him before turning on his heel and walking down the stairs again, muttering something about saw's and clippers.
"Can he do that?" Jerome whispered in Camilla's ear.
"Its Victor, I'm sure he could scare Mr Sweet into it." Camilla shrugged.
Amber seemed to be having a similar thought to Camilla, the threat was a very real one and she needed to get Alfie out of this predicament ASAP. "Alfie what are you wearing?" she asked the boy.
"See, you're doing it again!" Alfie argued with her, "you still think I'm a joke..."
"Says the guy in the pharaoh costume..." Jerome muttered to Camilla being rewarded with a giggle bubbling from her mouth, causing a grin to slide onto his face.
"I don't think that," Amber told Alfie from above them, "I couldn't stand it if you got thrown out of school." She honestly told him.
Alfie's face softened as he heard the sincerity in her voice, "so why won't you go out with me?"
Amber looked down at Camilla, seeing her giggling at something Jerome said causing him to grin, the two not really paying attention to what was happening above. If Camilla could have a jokester who made her happy as ever and she did the same back - (Amber was working on it Jamilla was going to be a thing once the two finally opened their eyes) – maybe she could be the princess to the jokester in front of her. He wasn't who she'd have planned but who knows, maybe it be the best choice she'd ever make. Looking back to Alfie Amber smile, "okay I will."
"What?" Alfie sounded as shocked as everyone else in the library looked.
"I'll be your girlfriend," Amber clarified for him, causing a wide smile to appear on his face, "Just take that look off!" Amber instantly added if they were now Amfie she had some standards Alfie had to meet. At least Camilla had a boy who knew how to dress properly.
"No more tests?" Alfie asked, "trial dates or telling me what to wear?" Amber shook her head for all of them apart from the last giving Alfie a look which he instantly understood. There was some things Amber had to have a say in – clothes being one. He had witnessed Camilla being Amber's dress-up doll for a year now. "Okay, I'm coming down!" Alfie called down to everyone below hearing relief from them all and soft fake boo's from Camilla and Jerome a sound that was replaced by sounds of pain as Joy hit them both.
Alfie pulled a key out from around his neck and handed it to Amber who crouched to unlock the padlock however the positioning was awkward and predictably the key fell into the large glass jug of juice just as Joy turned around from telling Camilla and Jerome off for encouraging Alfie.
"What?! No, no, no, no!" She muttered racing forward, "where did it go?!"
"Oops sorry!" Amber squealed from the upper level, scared of the wrath of Joy.
None of them had time to really do much else as within seconds the door was opening and the fake laugh Camilla knew all too well was heard as Fabian lead Mr Sweet and Gustav Ziestack into the room.
"Mr Ziestack," Fabian smiled at him as he watched Joy not to subtly grab Camilla's arm and push her across the room towards the gentleman entering, "you remember my sister, Camilla, don't you?"
"My, my, you can't be little Camilla-Anne Rutter," Gustav teased as he happily shook Camilla's hand, "I haven't seen you since the new year you got into the wine cellar," much to the shock of most people who knew her a very fake but very polite laugh came from the girl "you have defiantly grown, I see you have a nice colour too you, am I to assume you were at the same dig as your brother this summer. I can't wait to read about your parent's findings."
"Yes, you know me and Fabian love to dig in and help out where we can," Camilla politely smiled at him.
The man looked between the twins with a fond smile, "I do love hearing of your adventures, its very rear to see such brilliant young minds eager to help in the field."
"Mr Ziestack let me show you too your seat," Fabian said moving past his sister, a split second being enough for the two to share looks of annoyance before the fake smiles were back up. The men moved forward and Camilla moved to her placed behind them. Students all milling around to watch the movie.
"What was that?" Jerome asked Camilla softly, Patricia nodding her head too as they had never seen that side of Camilla before – fake laughs and polite ladylike manners.
"That is the Camilla that gets my family deals with big wigs like him. That's the Camilla my parents want in a daughter and don't worry I know they are disappointed in who they got." Camilla muttered too them looking to Gustav who was smiling as he settled in for the movie.
Mr Sweet bumbled up to the podium with a smile, "A warm welcome to Mr Gustav Ziestack," he welcomed the man causing a round of polite applause from the students. "and we hope he will, find his time here enjoyable, before we start our presentation, I am going to hand over Miss Mara Jaffray."
Instead of Mara going up to the podium Joy walked up and nervously looked at them all. "Eh, thank you, eh Mr Sweet." Joy stuttered a little before looking down at her clipboard.
"What is she doing?" Patricia hissed to Fabian behind Jerome and Camilla, seeing Joy falter.
"I don't know!" the boy hissed back, "but don't worry she'll get there!"
Joy smiled over at Fabian who smiled back before taking a deep breath and starting, "sometimes you have to wait a really long time for good things to come along, but they're always worth the wait." Camilla couldn't help but glance to Jerome as Joy spoke, not knowing why but just feeling like it was right. To her surprise he was already looking down at her a smile creeping onto his face as their eyes met. "this library, has been closed for ages waiting for something to give it purpose and meaning, that something is the Treasures of Egypt Exhibition. Welcome to the Frobisher Library, Mr Ziestack."
At that moment Alfie let out a sneeze and the tarp Amber had covered him with coming flying off, all eyes going towards him with smiles.
Thankfully Patricia's quick thinking came to play as she raced in front of the podium and proclaimed dramatically – making it look as if this was all planned – "our school has many links to Egypt. From the Rutter twins whose family uncover the past to King Tutankhamun, who is chained to our library. Symbolising the many links, we have!" with that Patricia ran back to her place behind the teachers and Joy took that as her cue to keep talking.
"Links to Egypt and its past are very strong, and this is why. Enjoy the film" with that she hopped down from the podium and ran back to her place amongst the Anubis students.
As the lights dimmed, Camilla felt someone take her hand and squeeze it, "well, if I can put my opinion into the mix, I much prefer the real Camilla, over the fake one I just saw. Never change Milly the world needs you just the way you are." Jerome's voice came, though as she looked up at him, he was looking at the TV screen that had just come to life.
The movie was good but boring as hell.
Victor's voice had been the perfect narrator to go with, but the whole thing was way too long. Camilla on one side and Patricia on the other, the two girls where using Jerome's shoulders as leans as they all tried to fight sleep. Thankfully with, "Egyptologists Robert Frobisher-Smyth and his wife, and so since its genesis in 1890 this estate has been the home to the present generation for learning and development." The whole thing was over. The lights going back on to reveal Nina and Fabian whispering to one another, but Camilla wasn't fussed what about currently because her feet had fallen asleep.
Gustav Ziestack smiled warmly at them all as they applauded and he got up from his chair and walked to the podium himself, "Thank you for your warm welcome, it was a delight to see so many eager young faces, along with two very familiar old ones." Gustave looked to the twins who immediately put identical fake warm polite smiles on their faces back at him, "this is the third and final bid I have seen this week, and it certainly the most original." The man took a moment to look up to Alfie with a smile, one of the few redeeming qualities within Ziestack was the man had a great sense of humour, "and the strongest."
"So? Do we get the exhibition?" Victor asked the question they all were wondering.
"yes!" The man told them all with a huge grin. Causing celebration all round, well mainly from the teachers and the students who volunteered.
"Do you ever escape Egyptian stuff Milly?" Jerome asked as she gave him a side hug as a mini celebration. Maybe this would get Victor off their backs for a bit.
"It a curse of my bloodline I think," Camilla joked as she turned to look towards Nina and Fabian watching Nina's face drop. For a second, she thought it was because Fabian was hugging Joy but then she realised Nina was looking at his arm... where the mark of Anubis the twins had lied about Fabian having was on display for all to see.
Camilla watched as Nina confronted Fabian but with the noise of the students chatting excitedly, she couldn't hear what was being said between them. Well not until Fabian tried to leave and Nina let out a scream as she saw something in a display, "WHO ARE YOU?" that was a scream no one could miss and all heads turned towards the ex-couple at the door.
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