A/N: Hey, guys, Bridgette here.

Anyway, I'm excited about how good of a response I got for my first chapter. I have a lot in store for this story and can't wait to share it with everyone! I do not have a beta for this story, so if anyone is interested, PM me!

Without further ado, here we go.

Nina almost didn't know where she was when she woke up in the morning. Her mind was still back in America staying up until all kinds of hours in the morning reading anything she could get her hands on with Eddie. At some points during the holiday, Nina wished she never had to go back to her fancy, prestigious, British boarding school. She knew she had to though. Both her and Eddie had heard voices since the moment they left commanding them to return to Anubis house and seek "the third," whatever that meant. They knew that they had to obey, though.

She was okay with it, though. She loved her fancy, prestigious, British boarding school.

The American rolled over and switched off her alarm clock. Amber had gotten up an hour ago to get ready for the first day back to school, so Nina was happily alone. She pulled on her morning robe and walked through the hallway, and down the stairs to Fabian's room. She hadn't gotten any alone time with him the night before so she promised him she'd come down to see him before school.

"Fabian?" Nina asked. She knocked on his door. When nobody answered, she slowly opened it. The first thing she noticed was that Fabian wasn't there, the second was that Eddie sure was. He was standing in front of his mirror in only pajama pants. She had grown used to his morning habits over the break, but that didn't stop her from getting embarrassed when she saw him shirtless.

"Morning, Chosen one. Come to visit me?" He said, tauntingly. He smirked knowingly at her. Something about that smirk sent shivers down her spine. The good kind.

She rolled her eyes at him. "I came to see Fabian," She said back. She tried to her best to avoid looking at him all shirtless. Eddie watched the blush slowly spread across her cheeks. Secretly, he thought it was unbelievably cute, even though he would never admit that to anyone.

"You sure, C.O.?" He asked, taking a few daring steps towards her. Suddenly, Nina became distracted by something else.

"Holy bags!" She exclaimed, seeing the dark bags underneath Eddie's eyes. Certainly he had them from their midnight reading, but they had gotten worse, rather than better, as Nina had hoped. "You promised you would go to sleep at a normal time last night. What were you up doing!?"

"You know, if I heard another girl say that to another guy, I'd call him whipped for the rest of his life, and we're not even dating!" Eddie said. Anyone else would think he was being his typical jerky self, but Nina saw it for what it really was.

"Stop avoiding my question. And put a fucking shirt on!" She shouted. She was far too scatterbrained when he wasn't wearing one.

"Fine," he pulled on a shirt, "and I was out on a date with Patricia."

"In the middle of the night?!"

"Well, I need to keep her on her toes, don't I?" He said, wearing his familiar smirk yet again.

"What you need to do is get some sleep! Aren't you supposed to be the one protecting me?" She scolded. She was only half serious. He rolled his eyes.

"Alright, mum." He said with a wink.

"Oh! Hey, Nina. What are you doing here?" Fabian said. He had just walked into his room. It was obvious he just got out of the shower. His only clothing was a towel wrapped around his waist.

"I think this was the beginning of a movie I saw once," Eddie said. Nina slapped him. Fabian glared. "What? Hot girl, two guys?" He walked between the two of them and put his arms around their shoulders.

"Ha. Ha." Fabian said dryly. He shook Eddie of his shoulder.

"You're a pig." Nina said to Eddie,"Maybe we can get our alone time later?" Nina suggested, this time to Fabian.

"No, Nina..." Fabian whined. He tried to think of something quickly to make her stay but it didn't come. Nina just laughed.

"Relax, I'll see you at breakfast. Besides, you're mostly naked." Fabian looked down at himself and blushed. She kissed him on the cheek before running out of the room.

"See ya, C.O." Eddie said. When Fabian gave him a puzzled look, he clarified, "Chosen one. Because that's who she is to me."

"Patricia!" Joy shouted. She was standing over her friend who was still sleeping. She pulled a pillow off her own bed and hit Patricia in the face. "Get up! You're going to be late!"

Patricia sat up immediately. "What time is it?" She asked. Joy laughed.

"Its only 7:30, you still have an hour, but I really wanted to talk to you about your date with Eddie last night," Joy said with a knowing smile. Patricia was confused for a moment before all the memories from last night came flooding back.

"How do you know about that?" She questioned.

"You weren't exactly quiet. So, what did you do?" Joy asked. She sat on the end of Patricia's bed.

"We just went on a walk," Patricia reluctantly admitted. She had barely had time to process last night, she was not ready to talk about it with someone else.

"At two in the morning?"

"Well, yeah. We aren't exactly your normal couple, and it was romantic. Anyway, afterwards we had a snowball fight and it was so much fun." Joy smiled at the way that her friend's face lit up when she talked about Eddie. She reckoned it was the way her face lit up when she talked about Fabian.

That's different, though. Joy thought to herself. Patricia actually has Eddie. I wont ever have Fabian.

Joy hid her sadness about what she was thinking and focused on Patricia. "I heard you two when you came back, too. What was it that you want to "re-discuss?"" Joy pried. Patricia turned bright red even though she tried to mask it.

"Oh, that was nothing," Patricia lied poorly. Joy gave her an are-you-fucking-kidding-me look.

"It isn't what I think it is!" Joy excitedly shouted after a moment of thinking about it. Patricia hushed her, not wanting anyone else to hear.

"Be quiet, and that depends on what it is you're thinking." Patricia said, trying to cunningly avoid the question.

She failed.

Miserably.

"It is, isn't it?!" Joy shouted, more quietly this time. "You're thinking about going farther with Eddie!" Patricia's face grew redder by the second. Joy practically squealed with excitement, her earlier sadness all but gone.

"Why do you care so much?" Patricia snapped. Joy, knowing her best friend and her self-defense mechanisms, wasn't hurt by the harshness.

"Because you're my best friend and I'm here to help you!" Patricia sighed. She knew this was a battle she would lose, so she chose not to fight.

"The thing I really need help with, though, is talking to him about it. Over the holiday I told him no. Not under any circumstances. Not because I meant it, but because I didn't know what else to say. I really like Eddie..." Joy sighed and looked at Patricia. She looked so broken and unsure, the complete opposite of how she normally was.

"Maybe you should just tell him exactly how you feel." Joy suggested. Patricia rolled her eyes.

"This is Eddie and I, Joy. Not Nina and Fabian," Patricia replied. Joy only let the hurt she felt from the Fabina comment show for a moment, but Patricia recognized it. "Sorry. My point was that Eddie and I don't... talk..."

"You seriously need to fix that. Don't you have any meaningful conversations?"

"Well... no."

"You're kidding me." Joy sighed. This was going to be much harder than she thought.

Lacie was the last person to arrive for breakfast, Mara did ask her if she wanted her to wait, but Lacie insisted she was okay. She knew Mara had other things she could be doing. When Mara left, she pulled on her school uniform and put on her locket. She tucked it under her shirt and set off for the kitchen.

Everyone stopped talking when she walked in. Really warm welcome, guys. She thought. The boy she recognized as Fabian apologized with his eyes almost immediately.

"You can sit with Amber and I," Nina said. Amber glared at her. She silently walked to the empty seat next to Amber that was across from Jerome.

"Hi, everyone," she said in her thick French accent. She was really trying to fit in the best she could, but being the only French student made that difficult.

"Morning, Frenchie," Eddie teased.

"Leave her alone," Nina and Patricia scolded at the same time. Their heads snapped towards each other. They both wore an expression that made it clear they thought the other person had no right to scold Eddie. Patricia was livid.

"Do I sense a cat fight coming on?" Jerome asked tauntingly. Lacie wasn't sure if he was joking or not. Mara seemed to think it was when she playfully slapped him on the arm and smiled, but Fabian really thought it was.

"Really, Jerome?" Fabian said.

"I've never met someone so good at being no fun," Jerome teased.

"Oh shut it, slimeball," Patricia said with a huff.

"I, for one, love how "no fun" he is." Nina said, finally looking away from Patricia. She linked her arm around his and gave him a sweet kiss on the lips. There was a collective groan.

"So, Lacie," Amber started after the conversation had picked up again. She was making an obvious effort to be nice and Lacie appreciated it greatly, "How did you learn to speak such good English?"

"My mum is from France and my dad is from England. They made an effort to make sure I spoke both languages. I only speak English at home." Amber and her started an animated conversation about life in France.

Meanwhile, Mick was unable to do anything but state at Mara and Jerome. Something wasn't adding up. He couldn't imagine him holding her, kissing her, touching her-

Mick stood up suddenly. Everyone stared.

"I... I have to go to class..." He left.

Mara couldn't help but feel bad watching him run out of the room. She wished she didn't have to hurt him. She definitely didn't expect him to transfer back to the school just to be with her... That's when Mara remembered that she still had his jacket. She whispered and excuse to Jerome and ran to catch up to Mick.

"If Mick thinks he can just come her and take her back, he has another thing coming." Jerome said after Mara was long gone.

"You go, Jerome!" Amber cheered. When everyone gave her a weird look she said, "What? I think they make a perfect couple. But don't think that means I like you, Jerome. That's something that will take a lot of time." Amber stood up and grabbed her bag. "Are you ready to go to class Alfie?" He said yes and they happily left together.

Lacie leaned over to Nina. "Is it always this... weird?" Everyone laughed.

"Yes. It is."

"Amber's right. We really should get to class," Fabian said. "Coming, Nina?" He asked when she didn't get up to follow him.

"Of course, Fabes." Joy rolled her eyes at the nickname that she had invented. Slowly, everyone began leaving until the only two left were Joy and Lacie.

"You're friends with Patricia, right?" Lacie asked through a bite of waffle. She was trying to make small talk.

"Yeah. We've been best friends since we started here." Joy said.

"Are you dating anyone." Normally Lacie wouldn't have been so bold to ask a question like that, but at Anubis, dating seemed like such a big topic that it was okay.

"No..." Joy said sadly, "There's someone I like, but he doesn't like me."

"Are you sure? Maybe he does-" Lacie said before she was cut off. She was happy to be making friends.

"No. He's told me. We even almost kissed once, but he stopped me..."

"Then why are you still hung up on him?" Lacie asked. Joy sighed.

"I've liked him since I was 10..."

"Come on! Why don't I help you get over him?!" Joy looked at her, shocked.

"Alright," Joy said after realizing she had nothing to lose. Perhaps she would find another best friend in this girl.

"Cool. Want to walk to class?"

"So, tell me more about your holiday," Fabian said to Nina on their way to French class. He had been trying all day to get her to tell him about the whole Patricia thing, but it wasn't working.

"It was pretty boring, actually," Nina said. She wasn't lying, exactly. Research wasn't the most interesting thing ever. Fabian, though was getting more and more frustrated.

"Nina, I know Eddie invited Patricia!" He hadn't meant to say it that was, but it just came out. Instantly he regretted it. Nina turned a dark shade of red.

"Oh. That." Nina said quietly.

"Nina... I'm sorry I snapped at you." Fabian apologized when she didn't reply right away.

"Fabian, it's okay. Let me explain," Nina said as they arrived at the doors of the classroom.

"Actually, no." Fabian said after thinking about it for a moment. "Why don't we just put it behind us?" Nina silently agreed and they both entered the classroom, happy they were able to avoid a fight.

"Mrs. Andrews?" Nina yelled. "I didn't know you were coming back!"

"Well, I have, Miss. Martin," Her teacher replied, "Now could you and Mr. Rutter please take your seats so we may begin class."

"What made you decided to come back, Mrs. Andrews?" Mara asked while Fabian and Nina sat down.

"A new opportunity presented itself, Mara. Now if we could proceed with the lesson," she answered vaguely.

"That doesn't sound good," Nina said. leaning into Fabian.

"No it doesn't, do you think it's something," He lowered his voice even more, "Victor related?"

"Maybe. We should talk to Eddie about it after school." Nina said.

"Eddie? Why him. He's not even a part of Sibuna..." Fabian suddenly got extremely defensive, Nina wasn't sure how to react.

"He's the Osiron... I think that makes him a member instantly. We're kinda, ya know, bound together by fate." Nina said.

"Miss. Martin. Do I need to give out a detention on the first day?" Nina replied with a quick no.

When Mrs. Andrews turned back towards the board, Fabian and Nina began talking again.

"Sorry. You're right, Nina." He apologized. For the first time Fabian thought that maybe his jealousy came, not from his fear of Nina and Eddie falling in love, but from their bond that already exists. Eddie and Nina had something he and Nina never could have. He was her chosen protector singled out my Osiris out of everyone in the world. Fabian was just... Fabian, and no matter how many times Nina insisted she loved him, it would never be enough. Eddie would be there her whole life. Fabian would be gone when they graduated high school.

"It's fine, Fabes. There is so much that we found out that we need to tell you about."

They sat the rest of the class in silence, listening to the lecture. He was only thinking one thing.

Why couldn't Sankara have been right about me being the Osrion?

A/N: Tell me what you think of this latest chapter in the reviews! These first few chapters (up until about chapter six) will be a lot of filler and set up but I promise it will start getting good very very soon. I'm sorry that they've been so short, as well. That will be fixed soon!

See you soon!