Hey guys. Sorry about the short chapter before and it took me forever to write this one. But I tired to make up for it making it really long! Hope you like it. :)

9:00 P.M. Girls Corridor

Jerome's POV

I knocked on Patricia's door. It opened slowly. Patricia looked at me with a surprised look on her face.

"What do you want slimeball?" She asked me with disgust crossing her arms. Man the near of this woman.

"I want to make a deal." She gawked at me and rolled her eyes while attempting to close the door. I put my foot in between the door and it's frame. God that hurt.

"Hey come on now! It's about Joy." She looked at me as if she were interested and open the door all the way again.

"Come in." I walked in and she shut the door behind me. "Now what is it?"

"Look I know we hate each other, but we have something in common." She raised one eyebrow. "Joy?"

"Oh." she said finally understanding. "You like Joy?"

"Oh trust me I despise the girl. But I would rather have her here than that stupid American." Now I think she liked me saying that. Of course, I didn't mean it, I just wanted her on my side for the moment.

"Well it didn't seem that way at dinner."

"Patricia you know me, I love messing with the geek." I said referring to Fabian.

"Who doesn't?" She paused for a moment, then said, "Okay I'm in."

"Good. But no one can know what we are up to."

"That's fine. The only person I would've told isn't here anymore."

"Fantastic."

9:30 P.M. Living room

Mara's POV

"Is Patricia really making you stay downstairs?" I asked Nina.

"No. It's just that Trudy said all of Joy's things are still in the room. So I don't want to step foot in there until it is cleared. I'm already being accused of kidnapping by her. I don't want to be called a thief too." Nina responded.

"Good thinking." Fabian smiled at her. You know I think there is something going on between those two.

"Nina!" I heard Patricia scream running down the stairs. But there was two sets of foot steps. What is she doing now? "Nina, I'm sorry about earlier." She said walking into the room. But surprisingly Jerome followed her. I think everyone in this house is losing their minds but me. Patricia never apologizes and she hates Jerome. Something is up.

"It's okay." She smiled.

"Good cause, I don't want you to think you have to sleep down here forever. You are welcome up there tonight if you want.

"Um…" Nina looked at me, and I shook my head slightly. "Patricia-" I cut Nina off.

"Well, what Nina is trying to say is that she accepted Amber and mines offer." Everyone looked confused. "Amber offered Nina to switch bedrooms with her."

"I-" Amber said but I kicked her leg next to me. "Yup, I did." Amber smiled. I know Patricia's up to something she never apologizes, ever!

"Oh, um okay. Well I already took your suitcase into my room so if you are looking for it later that's where it is." She said to Nina. Jerome went to his room and Patricia followed him. As soon as we heard the door shut Amber glared at me.

"Mara! You know I can't share a room with Patricia! She is like my total opposite!" Amber yelled at me.

"Look I know but this is only temporary. Okay, Amber? Just until I figure out what is going on." She sighed.

"Okay I guess." Amber said.

"That's a good idea Mara I thought something was up too." Fabian agreed with me. Nina, however still looked confused.

"If the devil was in this house, it would be Victor, but Patricia is a close second." I explained.

"Hey, come on now. She's our friend, Mara." Fabian said to me.

"Yeah but she's sneaky."

Patricia's POV

"Now how are we supposed to search her stuff?!" I yelled at Jerome.

"Look sometime during school we can come back to the house, like at lunch tomorrow." He whispered trying to not be too loud I'm guessing. That boy better know what he's doing.

"Woah what are you two doing?" Just then we remembered that Alfie lived in the room as well.

"Look Alfie, go to sleep this was all a dream." Jerome said trying to be in a soothing voice. Alfie laid down in his bed and tried to go to sleep. Jerome turned on the radio on a low volume so Alfie couldn't hear us.

"What the hell. Now he will think we are up to something." I whispered.

"It's okay, we both know that boy is too dumb to think we are up to anything." Jerome tried to cover himself, but I know that it was really obvious.

"I'm going to bed." I turned around and quickly exited the room. I heard him try to say my name but I didn't want to listen.

Jerome's POV

I went over to Alfie's nightstand and turned off the radio.

"Thanks Alfie. Now I will never find out where Joy went." I yelled at him.

"Well sorry for living. Gosh maybe if you are soooo interested in Joy's existence, maybe I don't need to be at this house anymore." Alfie left the room. What am I doing? What the hell is wrong with me? I should've went into the laundry room instead… At least then I wouldn't have everyone mad at me. I laid down on my bed and put my phone on the nightstand. That's the least thing I remember before waking up to an empty Alfie bed across the room. I got up and ran out of the room. Only Nina was in the living room because she slept down there. I looked at my watch and it was only 5 A.M. We didn't have school for another 3 hours and Alfie wasn't here! I ran up the stairs to Victor's office.

"Victor!" I yelled coming up to the door. He was stroking his terrifying bird Corrbier's feathers, but then stopped and motioned me to come in.

"What's the matter Jerome?" He asked me as if he didn't care, but this is something beyond his matters.

"Alfie! He's gone!" Victor looked up at me. He looked like he was angry.

"WHAT!?" He got up and quickly walked downstairs. I followed him into our room as he slammed the door open, walked in, and looked around. "Where has he gone?" He asked me angrily.

"I don't know, honest." I put my hands up. I followed Victor out into the hallway. We saw Nina come out of the living room rubbing her eyes, then looking at us.

"You!" Victor pointed walking towards her. "Have anyone come in or out of that door?!"

"No. Not that I know of." When Nina said that Victor look furius. Then started looking down the sign in sheet book. "Oh! He signed out. It says he went with his parents somewhere." Victor sighed. I think he had enough stress for the day. Although, I think he's never pleasant.

"Victor what's going on?" I saw Trudy come out of her room near the front door.

"Alfie has left." He responded with relief.

"For how long?" I looked at the sign out sheet. I couldn't believe it. "He was leaving Anubis house, for the rest of the year." I turned around and looked at everyone. Then stormed off to my bedroom and sat down on my bed. He left all of his stuff here. He has to be coming back next year then, right?

This is because Nina's here. I like her but me and Patricia wouldn't have made a plan to figure out what Nina has done with Joy. Really it's my fault. If I hadn't yelled at Alfie then this wouldn't have happened.

Right after Jerome looked at the sign out sheet

Nina's POV

Wow. I feel like this is all of my fault. If I hadn't come here then none of this wouldn't have happened.

Fabian came out of his room.

"What's all the yelling about?" Then after he said that, Mick followed him out of the room.

"Alfie left…." I paused, then said " and it's because of me." I ran out the front door and headed to the school. I needed to get my uniform from Mr. Sweet anyways. When I ran out the door I heard someone following me. When I turned around, it was Fabian.

"Where are you going? You aren't leaving are you?" He asked me

"No I'm not. I have to get something from Mr. Sweet."

"You aren't joining classes today?"

"I am. I'm getting ready when I get back from the school."

"Well I will walk you there. The school is huge, it's like a maze."

"Thanks, I'd like that." We both smiled at each other. I think I like him. I don't know. Maybe people here are just really nice.

We got to Mr. Sweet's office and knocked on the door. Then we heard him say "Come in," loud enough for us to hear him. As we entered the door he started talking.

"Oh, Mr. Rutter, showing our new student around I see?" He asked.

"Actually Sir, Nina needed her uniform." He requested for me.

"Oh yes," He turned around in his rolling chair and reached into a box. Then handed me five individually wrapped uniforms.

"You are a small, am I correct?" He asked me. That made me feel good about myself.

"Yes, thank you." I smiled.

"Well, we have to get back to the house now. I will see you later." Fabian announced. Before we walked out the door Mr. Sweet stopped us.

"Oh, wait! I almost forgot your schedule." Mr. Sweet got up and handed me a piece of paper with all of my classes on it.

"Thank you." I said, as Fabian and I walked out the door. Mr. Sweet shut it as we started walking down the hallway.

"Thanks for walking me here, I don't think I would have found it in time." I thanked Fabian.

"No problem, it was my pleasure." He looked at his phone, "We still have two hours before school starts. Would you fancy a walk?"

"Yeah sure." We walked around looking at the other houses on campus. They were all very nice, but I still liked Anubis house the best. It had that old rustic feeling that I like. I was chilly and I was wearing my shorts and sandals. The dew on the grass made my feet wet and the air was wet. The sun still wasn't up yet and I was really tired, probably jet lag. The sky was a dark blue with clouds, then as we walked longer, the clouds started to change color. They were pink and orange, many other colors too, but those stuck out the most. I am glad Fabian took me on this walk, it was a good stress reliever. I looked at him and he was staring at me smiling.

"What do I have something in my teeth.?" I asked him.

"No, you were smiling, I thought it was cute." Once he said that, I couldn't stop smiling.

"Yeah this walk is probably the most peaceful moment I have had here so far."

"It's nice isn't it."

"Yeah", I responded.

"Do you want me to carry a few of those uniforms?" Fabian is so sweet. I nodded and gave him three of them.

Fabian's POV

Oh my god. I am loosing my mind with this girl. She is so sweet. I look at her face and I can't forget her beauty. If only I could tell someone how I feel about her. I couldn't tell Mick because then it would get to Amber, then the whole school would know. Jerome is not trustworthy, and then there's Alfie. Alfie's gone. I can't believe it. We have been the same group of friends for years, and now, it's changing. Wonder if someone new is coming to the school. Hopefully he won't flirt with Nina. Any chance I have with her would be stolen in an instant.

"Fabian?" She asked me.

"Yes?"

"I think we should go back now, we could be just in time for breakfast after we get ready."

"Yeah sure." I didn't want to go back to the house yet. I liked looking at her happy.

I started following her because I had no reason not to. When we got back to the house I stopped to open the door. Then I saw Patricia walking down the stairs.

"Where have you two been?" She asked us.

"Uniforms." Nina replied, grabbing the rest of the uniforms out of my arms. Once Patricia was into the other room Nina faced me.

"Thank you, Fabian. That was fun." She smiled, and I couldn't believe it. My face started to blush tremendously, I could feel it. My heart started beating really fast and before I knew it she turned around and headed up starts. My eyes were wide. I was trying to accept the fact that she kissed me on the cheek. I really like this girl.