Patricia's POV

I sat in the Anubis common room, puffing air out of my cheeks in an attempt to calm myself down. Eddie, Victor and Mr. Sweet were all in Victor's office discussing Eddie's punishment. There had been a lot of yelling, but it had seemed to die down after the first ten minutes. After sitting there for god knows how long, I heard the creak of Victor's door and I could hear their voices.

"You're lucky you're my nephew. If this was anyone else, they would be gone!" Mr. Sweet bellowed. Footsteps stomped down the staircase and I watched Mr. Sweet as he slammed the front door on his way out.

"Not so fast, Mr. Miller. I do believe you'll need this." Victor called. I heard Eddie groan and figured Victor had handed him a toothbrush. "We ought to just engrave your name into it, you'll be on toilet duty so long."

More footsteps rang off the stairs and Eddie appeared in the common room. He tossed the old, dirty toothbrush on the coffee table and sat in the seat beside me.

"So you're not expelled?"

"Nope. Just on toilet duty for the rest of my life and I have detention for a month... Could be worse, I guess." Eddie said with a shrug. I scoffed at him and raised my eyebrows.

"Yeah, it could be a lot worse! I thought you were going to be expelled for sure! Good thing you're Sweety's nephew." I spat the word at him. He had neglected to tell me that he was related to the school principal. Eddie tensed beside me and cracked his knuckles.

"Oh... Right. I never mentioned that, did I?"

"No, I guess you just forgot." I shot back angrily.

"No need to be so pissed off. It's not a big deal, I just didn't really want people knowing. Which means I'd really appreciate it if you wouldn't tell anyone."

"Well, you could've told me! I told you everything about my family!"

"You told me about your mom and dad, I told you about mine. We never talked about other family members." Eddie said in his smart ass voice. I squinted my eyes at him and folded my arms across my chest.

"You really want to start acting like a smart ass now, really?"

"I just don't think it's a big deal."

"If it wasn't a big deal, you would have told me." I replied curtly. Eddie rolled his eyes and got up from the couch. "Where are you going?"

"Anywhere but here." Eddie muttered and stomped out the front door. I sighed and leaned back against the couch cushion to calm down.

When dinner rolled around, I began setting the table. Joy and Mara were already seated and gossiping about something that had happened between Joy and Fabian. I listened as Joy over analyzed every move Fabian had made, making it sound like he was still into her. After the entire table was set, I sat next to Joy and waited for everyone to come to the table. Jerome and Alfie were the first ones to join us and sat down.

"Alfie, listen to me- you cannot play ping pong; Amber can. I'm just doing what's best for the school."

"I'm what's best for the school! No one's more dedicated to the team than me!" Alfie shouted, defending himself. Jerome pinched the bridge of his nose and rested his elbow on the table.

"For the last time- It's not a team!"

"Well, whatever it is, I'm the most dedicated! I should be playing, not Amber!"

"Are you two arguing about that ping pong match that you entered in?" I inquired. Jerome nodded, still pinching his nose.

"Yeah, and Jerome kicked me off the team!"

"IT'S NOT A TEAM!" Jerome shouted. Alfie ignored him and kept going on to me.

"I don't think it's fair though, because I'm even more dedicated than he is! I'm the only one who even encourages him in this! I'm always cheering him on, and he doesn't even acknowledge that!" Alfie whined.

"Jerome, you should let Alfie be there." I said, turning to Jerome. Alfie pointed at Jerome and laughed in his face. I smirked and finished with, "I mean, it sounds like he'd make a great cheerleader for you guys."

"Patricia!" Alfie exclaimed, gaping at me. This time it was Jerome's turn to laugh in Alfie's face. Before any more could be said, Eddie walked over to the table and sat down across from me. We glared at each other, not saying a word.

"What's going on between them?" Alfie whispered to Jerome, their fight now forgotten.

"I have no idea... Let's watch." Eddie and I continued glaring at each other, still not saying a word.

"Oh, Eddie! I thought you were being expelled!" Joy exclaimed, apparently happy to see him still here. Eddie's eyes flickered to Joy as he answered.

"I, uh, got off with a warning. Guess Sweety decided to be nice today." Eddie lied. His eyes turned to me again, this time they were pleading for me to cover for him. I sighed and turned to Joy.

"Guess he just got lucky." I said mockingly, but not enough so that Joy would know I was lying. Joy gave me a smile and flipped her hair over her shoulder.

"Well, that's good." She said finally before turning back to her conversation with Mara. I looked forward and saw Eddie smiling at me slightly, his eyes thankful.

After dinner I stayed in the common room finishing up a project. Eddie was there as well, copying Mara's homework. Once I had completed my project, I got up to leave.

"Wait, Patricia." Eddie stopped me, standing up to walk over to me. "Look, I'm sorry I didn't tell you that I'm his nephew."

"Yeah, well..." I said, looking in the other direction.

"You honestly can't stay mad at me over something like this. We're still on for tomorrow, right?" He asked. I looked back at him doubtfully and raised an eyebrow. "Please?"

I gazed up at him a few moments longer before sighing and nodding. "I guess so."

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