Alfie's POV

The next day I awaken to the sound of Trudy's voice ringing through the sitting room.

"Rise and shine loves!" I grumble and cover my ears, attempting to drift back to sleep, and my dream of Amber.

"Alfie get up dear" she shakes me slowly.

"Not now Trudy. I'm tired" I mumble, not wanting to get up yet. After a few more minutes of trying to "wake" me, I hear Trudy start to walk away.

"Oh well. Breakfast will be ready in ten minutes dears! Oh and do me a favor and try to wake Alfie over there" she says, her voice growing fainter and fainter with every word. Suddenly I feel a pillow hit my side.

"Wake up you lazy bum!" Jerome says, continuously hitting me with his pillow. Suddenly it's not just him that's hitting me. Everybody's awake, and attacking me with their pillows.

"Alfie we know you're awake! Get up mate!" Jerome continues. I hear everybody around me stifle their laughter. Suddenly I jump up and tackle the person closest to me, Mick. Bad idea. He easily pushes me off and my so called friends gang up on me.

"Finally up boo?" Amber teases, laughing her head off as she tickles my side.

"Hey! No tickling!" I let out, then grab her and pull her beside me, tickling her in turn, making her laugh more.

"So our little alien is ticklish eh?" she manages, then pokes my side. Nina and Mara follow suit, poking my sides until I can hardly breath because of laughter. The boys continue to hit me with their pillows, but sometimes hit each other too.

"What is the meaning of this?" Victor's voice booms through the room, causing us to gradually put a stop to what we were doing.

"I'm sorry but Alfie wouldn't wake up so we decided to attack him." Fabian answered, with a hint of a smile on his face. Victor smirked at what he said.

"Lewis get up at this instant! Unless, of course, you want me to pour ice cold water on your head, which I would gladly do." He tells me, a mischievous look in his eyes. The others try to restrain their laughter and Victor walks out of the room. As soon as he is out of earshot, the silence is replaced by assorted giggles, cheers, and fits of laughter.

"Breakfast!" Trudy calls out from the dining room. We all get up and head there.

"Well, I'm glad to see YOU up Alfie" she greets me with a smile on her face.

"Good morning to you too" I shoot back, grinning madly.

"He's just here because Victor threatened to pour water over his head" Jerome cuts in as he takes his place beside Mara.

"That would have been a great idea" Trudy comments, smirking at me.

"No my dear Trudy. That IS a very exquisite idea!" Jerome jokes, causing the others gathered around the table to smile gleefully at me.

"Can we just eat now?" I ask, trying to change the topic. If Trixie was here, the pitcher of water in front of me would already be empty, and I would be drenched in the cool, clear liquid. PATRICIA. The memories of what happened last night came rushing back to me. Joy was in the hospital, hopefully in a better state, and Patricia was stuck with YSABELLA EVERETTE of all people.

"Oh yes I almost forgot. Joy's doctor called. She's awake and she's in a stable enough condition to have visitors. I told her that you would all visit in the morning and I'd watch over her after lunch until the late afternoon." Trudy announced.

"She's okay!" Amber squealed happily.

"Yes" Trudy replied, causing relief and happiness to wash over the people seated at the table. We all rushed through breakfast and went upstairs to get dressed to visit Joy.

Mick's POV

"Mick!" When I hear her voice, a smile quickly spreads on my face. When I see her, even if she's lying on a hospital bed with a tube attached to her wrist, I feel as if the whole room lights up.

"Hey there gorgeous" I greet her as I approach her bed, kissing the top of her head.

"Stop it. I look awful and you know it"

"Joy, stop. You look beautiful. You always will" I tell her, gazing into her eyes.

"Mick just tell the truth. I know I'm a mess right now" she answers, not breaking eye contact.

"I mean it. Whether you're all covered with mud, or wearing a sack, or even when we get older and get all wrinkly and stuff" she smiles a bit as I say this "you are, you have, and you always will be stunning and gorgeous" I tell her pressing my lips onto hers.

"Awwww that's so sweet!" Amber suddenly interrupts the moment, snapping a picture of us.

"Really Amber? Really? You just had to do that?" Nina says, faking exasperation. Amber just grins at her.

"Hey you guys! Thank the gods you're here! I was getting bored to death all alone in this place" Joy exclaims, seeing her friends. "Where's Trixie?" At that question, we all trade worried looks with each other.

"What's wrong?" she asks, creases forming on her face.

"Um... Well... Ysabella has her. She's... holding her hostage I guess?" I try to explain.

"Wait what! Patricia is stuck with that witch?" Joy exclaims, sitting up.

"Joy calm down. You need to calm down babe" I say, grabbing her shoulders and looking into her eyes.

"How can I when my bestfriend is out there with some deranged girl?" She snaps.

"We know where she is. Don't worry. We're going to get her out of there safe and sound" Mara reassures her.

"What does she want Mar?" she inquires, shifting her gaze to Mara.

"Me" Eddie says flatly.

"And me" Jerome adds.

"You're kidding right? Is she really that desperate?" Joy says disgusted.

"I know what you mean. The thought of it is just sick" Amber replies, crinkling her nose. as if she's caught the scent of a stinky sock.

"Anyway, how are you guys getting her out?"

"Oh easy! Jerome and Eddie are giving in to what she wants. Only we're going to pay her a surprise visit too!" Amber says matter- of - factly.

"You do know that she has all those thugs and stuff right?"

"Nah they're no big deal. Her minions are actually not much of a problem" Jerome shrugs.

"How do you know?" Joy asks, so Mara retells the story of how Bella had taken Jerome a few months back.

"So you mean to tell me, he" she pointed to Jerome " got kidnapped and you" she pointed to Mara "saved him?"

"Yeah that's pretty much it!" Jerome said before Joy erupted into a fit of giggles.

"Oh c'mon it's not that funny!"

"Actually Jerome, it is" Joy said after she managed to withhold her laughter. "Anyway" she said turning to me "you be careful okay?"

"I'm staying here with you tonight. Keep you posted and keep you company" I smile at her.

"That sounds like a good idea" she agrees.

"Just good? You know you wanna be wrapped in one of my bear hugs" I say, enveloping her into a hug.

"Fine. It's a GREAT idea" she giggles. "Happy now?"

"Good enough. It's no awesome or outrageous, but it'll do" I tease her, earning a playful punch from my tiny girlfriend.

"Whatever" she mumbles, burying her head onto my chest" CLICK. A camera flash goes off. I ignore Amber and allow myself to get lost in the moment, treasuring the feeling of having Joy in my arms. I didn't care if other people were watching. What mattered to me was that I finally had her. The best part? Knowing that she's mine, and she's the one for me.

"I love you Joy" I say, still not letting go of her.

"I love you too Mick" she replies, looking up. I lean down and kiss her once. Suddenly Jerome and Alfie clear their throats.

"Hey mate, save that for later. We're still here you know" Alfie jokes, causing Joy to blush furiously. I on the other hand, can't help but plaster a dopey grin on my face. Amber, thank goodness she was there to witness what her boyfriend just said, slapped his arm lightly.

"Seriously boo? You just HAD to ruin that moment?" she scolded, frowning. Alfie turned to face her.

"Awww I'm sorry boo. I swear I won't do that ever again" he said softly, looking into her eyes.

"You promise?" she asks, looking at him with those puppy-dog eyes of hers.

"Yeah I do" he answers, then he kisses her forehead and she smiles. I'm glad Amber's finally found a guy who wouldn't hurt her. After all, I'm the idiot who chose her bestfriend over her. That was stupid, I know. I just didn't feel like I had a connection with her. There was never, you know, a spark, not like when I'm with Joy. Something about her just lights up my world and I've never felt anything like the way I do when I'm in her presence. I might come off as insensitive sometimes but I've got feelings too you know! And when it comes to Joy, all these mixed emotions, all good of course, just seep into my system and I feel like I'm one of the luckiest men in the world!

Joy's POV

I watched in amusement as Alfie and Amber continued to act all loveydovey towards each other. They were the last two people on Earth that I thought would actually get into a relationship, let alone become something as serious as they are now with each other.I'm glad they've settled their differences and all, plus I'm really happy for Amber. Out of all the girls at Anubis House, this hopeless romantic is the one that I think deserves her happy ending the most. Alfie's had a crush on her sicne forever and I'm glad he finally got her, though I swear on my favorite shoes that I will beat Alfie up if he breaks her heart. I doubt that. He loves her so much, I can see it in the way he looks at her. I wish Patricia were here to see this. She'd make a joke of all this and crack us all up. Sadly, she's stuck with Bella. Dang I'm worried about her more than I am of myself right now. Ysabella isn't exactly what you would call an ideal companion, especially since Ysabella FANCIES her boyfriend. If I wasn't in a bad state, I'd totally go on the help-save-Trixie mission that's gonna happen tonight.

"Okayyy so I think we all better give Mick and Joy some time together before Trudy gets here, don't you think?" Nina's voice interrupts my thoughts. I really came to like her, she's pretty nice. If only I hadn't been blinded by Fabian back when I first met her, we could've been really great friends from the beginning. "What do you guys think?"

"OMG yeah I sooo agree!" Amber replied, giving me a knowing smile. I guess she's really glad that her "Moy" fantasies have finally come true. I can't help but smile back at her.

"So let's go then!" Nina says enthusiastically, also grinning at me. I mouth a thank you at her, glad that she knows what I want the most right now. She manages to mouth a "sure thing" and "enjoy" back at me before Fabian takes her hand and drags her out the door.

When they've all left Mick shuts the door and takes a seat beside me on the bed.

"How you feeling today babe?" he asks, wrapping an arm around me and pulling me closer to him.

"Okay I guess" I mumble in reply, laying my head on his chest.

"You guess?" he asks. As usual, he knows more is going on than I actually tell him.

"I'm just worried about Patricia you know? Ysabella and her aren't actually the best of mates" I blurt out.

"It's okay Joy. She's going to be alright. What I want you to worry about right now is getting well okay?" he places a kiss on the top of my head, making me smile.

"Fine" I reply, looking up into his gorgeous eyes. He then kisses my lips and I kiss him back, not caring about whatever was going on around me. After a while we break free and just rest our foreheads on the other person's.

"Oh dear me what do we have here?" Trudy's voice suddenly fills the silence. Mick and I sit straight and turn to look at her.

"I didn't here you come in. Um... Hey Trudy" I greet her, giving a little wave. I can feel my cheeks burning.

"Hello dear. Feeling better? It's a good thing Mick is here to keep you company eh?" she says, winking at me. I just shrug and smile back at her.

"Uh..yeah.. I guess so" I turn to look at Mick and crack a smile, which he returns.

"Um.. hey why don't I go get us lunch? I'll leave you two here to, I don't know, chat" Mick says as he escapes what seems to be a trance and stands up.

"That's a wonderful idea Mick" Trudy says and I nod in agreement.

Before Mick leaves the room, he turns to Trudy. "Hey Trudy, do me a favor and keep an eye on her while I'm not here? Call me when she needs anything. Oh and just take good care of her please? I don't want anything wrong to happen to my girl over there while I'm away"

"Oh don't worry yourself Mick. Your "girl" is in perfectly good hands. Go on now" Trudy shuffles him out of the room while I chuckle in amusement at the scene.

When Trudy finally shut the door, she turns to me with a sly smile. "So Joy dear, what's going on with you and Mick over there?" she asks and I settle myself.

"You better take a seat Trudy. This is gonna be one long story" I say, smiling at the woman who I consider a second mother.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOUR MOMS GUYS! :D

I went through a Moy and Amfie phase in this chapter(mostly Moy) and I'm glad to say that I made this in the middle of the night!Nah actually I started on it yesterday afternoon and finished it at midnight today but anyway...Who cares right?lol I joke bro. :D

tell me what you think of this chapter!Was it okay? Review please! :)