Midas Touch | House of Anubis

𝟏.𝟑 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝

"Help me! Joy."

Daphne stared at the back of Patricia's head in confusion. "And she's wiped it off so now it looks I'm going crazy!"

She noticed how Nina had looked back to the mirror in confusion before looking back to them. "Take it easy Patricia," Mara placed her hand on the girl's shoulder, trying to get her to calm down.

Before Daphne could say anything, Patricia continued pointing her fingers at Nina, "This is what she wanted. She's involved, I'm telling you."

Amber looked back to Daphne, knowing Patricia was wrong about this but did not want to be on the receiving end of what ever she was feeling at that moment. Especially since they had no proof to convince her otherwise.

"I didn't see anything when I wiped the steam off the mirror. Except for myself, I swear," Nina didn't even know why she tried to reason with her roommate when it had not been working the entire day.

Just as Daphne was about to tell the American she believed her, Victor's booming voice startled the five of them, "Why are you girls not in your rooms?"

He closed his door behind him, with his stuffed bird on his arm. "You know the rules," He pointed whatever he was holding at them.

"I don't want to share with her," Patricia plainly said, gesturing to Nina. Daphne rolled her eyes, thinking Patricia was really going overboard.

"You know what?" Not wanting to anger the already angry man even more, Nina tried to solve the issue, "I'll move! Half my stuff is in a pile on the floor anyway, or I could sleep on the couch."

Victor shook his head, tired of having to deal with the teenagers, "Nobody is moving anywhere! Get to your rooms immediately."

Daphne patted Nina on the shoulder, offering her a small smile before heading back to her room with Amber and Mara.

§

The next morning, Daphne was eating her usual yoghurt and granola bowl as Jerome poured her a glass of apple juice.

"Joy definitely would've called me by now," Patricia whined as she walked back to the dining table, handing Jerome a plate of bread. "I'm telling you something has happened to her."

"Patricia give it a break," Jerome held back rolling his eyes, "You're driving me crazy." He took a bread from the plate before passing it to Mara who frowned at his words.

Daphne did not bother saying anything as she felt the same way as her best friend, who had woken up later than usual leaving him only half dressed for school at the moment.

"Jerome," Mara started in a warning tone, "Some of us are worried about Joy even if you're not." Daphne let out a small smile watching Jerome silently mocked Mara to his bread.

"Did you get any response to that email you sent her last night?" Amber asked, taking a roll for herself after Mara. "No," Patricia shook her head sadly.

Fabian took the plate of bread from Amber before looking to Patricia, "It's difficult to know what else we can do."

"Question the newbie," Patricia looked at Fabian who returned her the now empty plate, "That's what." Everyone turned to Daphne as they heard her spoon hit her bowl.

"Patricia," She started, staring at the girl who sat towards her left, "You can't keep pointing fingers at her like that." The other four shared a look, not wanting a fight between the two girls this early in the morning. Again.

"She has nothing to do with this Patricia," Fabian tried to get her attention away from the brunette who had continued with her breakfast. "She just has really bad timing," He concluded.