Yeah, I know I disappeared off the face of the Earth for a couple weeks. I was busy. To make it up to you all, I'm trying to upload another chapter tomorrow or the day after.

Disclaimer: I don't own House of Anubis.

*Fabian's POV*

"Is there any privacy in this house?" Nina asked, trying to look annoyed, but the corners of her mouth twitching upward showed she wasn't that mad at them.

"They must've been spying on us," I groaned. Really, would it kill them to leave me in peace for a night?

Nina nudged me. "So...did I happen to hear Uncle Ade's voice floating through the halls last night?"

"Yeah, he was spending some time with Trudy."

"Aww, that's sweet."

"Once you get over the weirdness of it, yeah."

"Did he say anything interesting to you?" Did she know? With my luck Nina would have heard the whole thing. I mentally panicked, then glanced over to her. No, by her eyes I could tell she was just making conversation. You lucked out, Rutter. I was not, under any circumstances repeating that conversation to anyone, least of all her.

"Nothing other than 'hello,'" I lied. I didn't want to skirt around the truth anymore than necessary, so I switched topics. "Hey, how long were you down in Jerome and Alfie's pit?"

"Somewhere around three hours."

I looked at her in shock and confusion. "Three hours! Why didn't you call?"

She blushed. "I left my phone back at the house. It wasn't too awful. Some of the time, I searched for shapes in the clouds."

"Nina, you have seriously got to keep your phone on you."

"I know; I know. Speaking of the pit, should we go pull out Jerome now?"

I didn't really want to, but he had been there all night. "Fine." We headed over there. "Jerome!" I called.

"Come to release me from my prison?"

"Unfortunately." I glanced around. "Where's the rope?"

"You mean to tell me the science geek and the scholarship student didn't remember to bring a rope?"

"Quiet, Jerome." I turned to Nina. "Should we go back to the house and grab it, or try to pull Jerome out now?"

"Well...since we're here..."

I nodded. "Throw up a blanket, Jerome." A large semi-dirty white sheet landed on my feet in reply. I laid down on my stomach at the edge and told Jerome to start climbing. Nina anchored me. Eventually, we managed to get Jerome back on the ground. I stood up.

"Thanks, you guys." He reached over as if to pat me on the back or-he came too close for that- give me a hug? Jerome wasn't a hugger. That should've set off warning bells in my head. Once he got close enough, he shoved me back into the pit. Nina landed next to me.

"You have serious problems!" she shouted.

"No," Jerome called down,"I just have developed a taste for revenge. Don't worry- you two weren't the only ones on my list. My only regret is that this wasn't that epic. Toodles." We sat there silently, unable to believe what had just befallen us, listening to his footsteps recede.

Nina reached into her pockets, but her hands came out empty-handed. "Let me guess: your phone's in your room."

"I thought we established that I forget it sometimes. Besides, who would I call at breakfast? What about you? Aren't you going to pull out yours?"

"Just getting to that." I reached in my right pocket and grasped nothing. I felt my left pocket...empty. I blushed. "Well, it seems this one time I forgot mine, too. Someone should come around here soon. Let's talk to pass the time."

"Okay,"-she paused in thought-"what's your favorite color?"

"Can I have two?" I asked.

She laughed. "Sure."

"Red and green. Not together though. Green because it always makes me think of science. Red because...er...it's red. Yours?"

"Well... ever since I came here, I've been partial to blue." [A/N ;)]

Interesting. "What's blue that you like the color so much here in England?"

She turned a bit pink and opened her mouth.

*Alfie's POV*

I tried to get a bet going on whether Nina and Fabian were officially a couple or not. Unfortunately, we were all on the same side, so I switched it to when they became boyfriend and girlfriend. Mick said on their walk right now; Patricia said while they were dancing after she went upstairs;Amber said right before they kissed, and I agreed with her; Mara said soon after they smooched. We were each willing to wager five pounds.

"Hey, time to get the slimeball," Patricia said. We walked over to the pit. Boy, were we surprised at what we saw down there.