A/N: Hello, I am BTRFanfictioner and I am really sorry that it took a while to write this. I really don't like keeping you guys waiting, but at the beginning of this chapter I had really bad writer's block. Like, can't write for two days writer's block. Well, LoveIsLouderThanLife helped me a little on this chapter. Especially when I had writer's block. So, check out her Fanfiction story and her FictionPress story, The Wrong House. I am going to shut up now, and let you enjoy!

"Hey, Fabian! Nina!" I shouted as the couple pulled away from rubbing their noses. We were at the table eating breakfast, and Fabian and Nina had been dating for about a week now. The fellas back home were probably over me, getting on with their lives. I just decided to not think about them anymore. I already had a new home, a new school, new friends, and a new life. I was ready to move on.

"What? We're a couple. We can't show public affection?" Fabian stated. They pulled in for a quick kiss on the lips.

"Well, not when I'm here at least." I scoffed as they rubbed their noses again. Quickly Fabian pulled away.

"Oh my gosh, I forgot! You remember the traditional thing that Nina had to do when she got here? The attic thing!" Fabian exclaimed, looking at me and grinning. I saw Jerome and Mara laugh, then took action.

"Okay, what do you want me to do, exactly?"

Nina spoke up.

"There was this ritual thing that I had to do when I first got here. First, you have to steal the keys from Victor's office. Then you have to take the keys to-"

"Why would I have to steal? I don't... steal."

"Just do it, Doofus." Patricia growled, shooting a glance back at James.

"Okay, geez. You're such a witch, Patricia."

"Then you take the keys to the attic, unlock the door, and climb up the stairs to get to the attic. It's classic. We all had to do it." Nina continued, with the details on what to do.

"So... tonight?" James asked. As Alfie giggled he said,

"Yeah,"

It was after ten o' clock. Fabian woke me up and told me to bring a flashlight. He led me up the stairs where we met up with Patricia, Joy, Amber, and Nina in the hallway. Victor was sleeping on his desk and he had left his door just a little bit open so that I could sneak in. I silently walked in and stopped at the sound of a very loud snore from Victor. I giggled but continued walking until I reached the case where he kept his keys. I grabbed the key that was under the label Attic. The key was sort of slippery, but I held on to them.

Suddenly, they dropped out of my hand and crashed onto the hardwood floor with a loud cling. I heard Victor start to wake up, so I bolted down to reach the key and sprinted as fast as I could out of his office and back downstairs into my room. We charged back up the stairway to the attic door soon afterward.

"So, just unlock the door, step in and climb the stairs, and come back down. Simple." Patricia ordered.

I followed Patricia's orders and unlocked the door, even though I need Eddie's help. As soon as I walked into the doorway, I waved my flashlight around to observe the area.

"Nope, just stairs." I muttered to myself, still observing. I walked step-by-step, very slowly, snapping my flashlight at anything and everything that my head hallucinated as moving. When I got to the attic, everything was still dark and full of cobwebs, as I had expected it to be, but there was one thing that I saw that sort of freaked me out. A dollhouse. I wanted to go back downstairs befor Victor could see, but I was very intruiged by the dollhouse. It looked just like Anubis house. I observed it thouroughly before walking back down to the steps.

"What are you doing here? Get to bed!" I heard Victor shout. I ran up the stairs and hid under a table. I didn't fit very well, but I didn't have much time to move befor Victor walked into the Attic.

"Who's up here?" He bellowed with his loud, manly voice. He searched all around and even though I could only see his feet, he walked in circles and carefully observed the Attic. When he finally walked onto the second floor of the house, I crawled out from under the table and stretched - a lot. After a couple minutes, I walked down the stairs out of the Attic and yawned. It had been a long night. I ran quickly down the stairs between the second floor and the first floor quietly. I saw Victor in his office, sleeping on his desk like a little baby. I mouthed "Aww" and continued walking downstairs and by the door of the room that Fabian and I shared. I opened the door and saw Fabbian stiffen in his bed a little bit.

"Dude, it's just me, Fabian." He crawled out of bed and turned the lamp by his bed on.

"Good," He chuckled. "I thought it was Victor."

"Yeah, I saw you awkwarly stiffen in your bed. You really need to work on that."

"Yes, I'm not much of a lier or a sneaky person."

"I can tell," I saw Fabian look at the clock. It read 10:33.

"We should get to sleep, James."

"Totally. After all, tonight was a 'very fun night'." I said sarcastically before drifting off to sleep.

When I woke up, I saw Fabian's bed empty. I walked out to the kitchen and saw no one there. Trudy was the only one that was there. I walked up to Trudy and raised my left eyebrow.

"Where did everyone go?" I asked. Trudy answered quickly.

"It's Valentine's Day. Eddie and Patricia went out on a date, Mara and Jerome went on a date, Nina and Fabian went on a date, Amber went shopping, and I don't really know where Alfie went. Probably still sleeping, little fella. You should go wake him up, breakfast's almost ready.

"Sure thing, Trudy," I answered as I blankly walked up to his bed after entering his room. I shook him a few times before he stirred.

"Wh-what?" He asked sleepily, looking up at me while squinting.

"Breakfast is almost ready, dude. We're having bacon today." After I said that, Alfie shot up at super human speed, getting something nice on as fast as he could. After a minute, Alfie was sitting at the kitchen table, licking his lips at the smell of bacon. Trudy handed the plate of breadfast and some eating utensils to James and Alfie.

"Aren't you wondering where everyone is?" I asked to Alfie.

"I don't really care, all I care about right now is how delicious this bacon is," Alfie flashed Trudy a smile and got another piece of bacon.

"Really Alfie though, aren't you wondering?"

Alfie completely ignored me and shoved a piece of bacon in my face.

"Here, try some,"

I gave him the "whatever" Look and took a bite of the bacon.

"Oh. My. Gosh." My eyes widened and stared at the bacon. Alfie shot me a grin and nodded.

"Mmhmm? I told you it was good."

For the rest of breakfast, we played plenty of jokes and fooled around plenty. But that's what friends are for, right? Life wouldn't be as interesting if you had no one to share the ups and downs of life with. I always thought Alfie was just a prankster, but he had so much more depth then what it looked like. He was a great friend, always made you laugh, and surprisingly, played a musical instrument.

xXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXXxX(In Alfie's room)

"So, are we qualified as best friends now?"

"Well, we just did the secret handshake, so I guess we are!" He did the handshake with me again, and man-hugged me.

"Alfie, if you tell me who you like, I will."

After some persuading moments, he agreed.

"Alright. My crush is Amber. I mean, she's so beautiful. I just want to run my hands through her hair forever. It's so silky and she always looks perfect. She has her down days, but she is still a great person. That's what I love about her." Alfie gently answered. I was touched by the statement, and thought it was the prettiest thing that I had ever heard from Alfie.

I cleared my throat loudly and began.

"My crush is Nina. Her long, brown hair is very smooth, and she had the perfect smile. She isn't self centered, and she cares about everyone. The only problem is that Fabian is her boyfriend. And I know that she would never like me. I'm just James Diamond. Selfish boy. But this house has changed me. I'm not the same self-centered pretty boy that I used to be. I am a new man, like a phoenix rising up from its ashes."

A/N: This chapter took a while to write, but I do make up for it by making it longer. I should have the 4th chapter up by the 19th or the 20th at the latest. Plus, ideas help through reviews or PMs. And like I said, LoveIsLouderThanLife helped me a little. Check out her fanfiction and fictionpress stories. She hasn't got any reviews yet. So, help her out! Anyway, please review with ideas or just praise. xoxo Alanna