The Hunting (A House of Anubis Story)

Chapter 4

Nina POV

"What are we gonna do about tonight?" KT asked me, interrupting me from my thoughts.

"What...oh I don't know set up perimeter censors and a few night vision cameras maybe. Then we can just set alarms on our phones," I spoke as I went back to my original thoughts.

"Thinking about Fabian?" a cheerful voice asked. KT and I looked up to see Amber standing in the door way.

"Why would I be thinking about him?" I questioned as my cheeks began to grow hot.

"Puh-lease! I see the way you look at him. You obviously like him," she spoke rolling her eyes like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Even I can tell you like him," an amused voice said, "Or that he catches your attention." I glanced up to see Patricia with a smirk on her face.

"See even Patricia can see it!" Amber exclaimed.

"Yea and I came to apologize to you guys. I was out of line and I'm sorry. I still think there's something off about you Americans but I honestly think if I got to know you we could become great friends," Patricia apologized softly.

"We accept your apology and we'd both like it if you'd be our friends...eventually," KT smiled.

"Yay!" Amber squealed, "We could have a girl's day out tomorrow. Bring all the girls and get to know each other!" Patricia rolled her eyes as a smile came to her face.

"That'd be cool," I spoke softly. Amber raced out of the room, hunting down each girl and telling them the plans for tomorrow.

"Anyways it's quite obvious that you like Fabian," Patricia said, gesturing to me as she sat down on Amber's bed.

"And it's quite obvious Eddie catches your eye," I retorted with a small giggle.

"What? That Weasel? Never, ever!" she yelled defensively.

"Keep telling yourself that," KT laughed, "But we can tell he likes you too." Patricia's eyes lit up the tiniest bit before she rolled her eyes again.

"I like you two. We'll talk later," she spoke in her heavy British accent as she got up and left our room.

"What time is it?" I asked KT as she began to settle in bed.

"9:50," she answered drowsily.

"Let's go set up perimeter alarms and a few cameras," I said getting up and putting on my shoes and jacket.

X

We set up the last camera as Eddie came into our view.

"It's 9:59! Come on!" he yelled as we raced after him. We barged through the doors and all gave a sigh of relief as the clock hit ten. Victor came waltzing in as he gave us a look of disgust.

"It's ten o'clock! You have five minutes precisely! Then I want to hear...a pin...drop," Victor yelled throughout the house. We all rushed to our rooms and got ready for bed.

"Night KT. Night Amber," I spoke, snuggling into my blanket.

"Night," KT and Amber chorused.

Patricia POV

I woke up to a blinding light cascading into our room. Ugh I hate mornings.

"Patricia, you got to get up! Amber ordered us up by 6:30 so she can dress us!" Mara shouted.

"Ugh!" I moaned as I got up and headed to the bathroom. I quickly washed my face and brushed my teeth before heading to Amber's room.

"What torturous outfits do you have prepared for us today?" I asked sarcastically as I strolled into Amber's room.

"Now Patricia, can't you at least try to act enthusiastic?" Joy scolded playfully.

"Shush you two!" Amber shouted. She squinted her eyes trying to decide what outfits to put on us.

"Ok! Willow first!" Amber yelled, handing Willow her outfit. Willow left to our room to change then within minutes came back all dressed. She was wearing a gray long-sleeved shirt with floral print, black low-cut shorts and a pair of black flats with a flower in the toes. Amber squealed in approval before dragging Willow to her vanity. Amber french-braided Willow's hair and pulled it into a low side-ponytail. Willow gave one of her signature "squees" before getting up and sitting on KT's bed.

It went like that for quite some time until we all had our "Millington Perfect" outfit.

Mara was wearing a red-orange tank top that had white polka-dots and a bow at the neck, a pair of dark, navy blue jeans, and black sandals. She also grabbed a bracelet that was the same color as her shirt and said "Love" on it. Amber had put her hair in a pretty loose bun with a few strands roaming free.

Amber was wearing a lace pink tank top with frilly ruffles going down in a V-fashion to her rib cage, gray skinny jeans, and her favorite pair of black heels. She pulled back her front pieces of hair and tied them in the back as a bow. Once she was done, she put on her sterling silver "a" necklace and tossed Mara her small coach bag so she could finish the rest of us.

Joy was wearing a creme' colored loose tank top with tie-dyed gray and pink on it. Underneath she wore a bright pink tank top. She had on a pair of ripped skinny jeans and a light tan pair of combat boots. Gold, beige, and brown bangles hung on her wrist. Amber curled her hair as normal and put a crocheted creme'-colored slouchy beret on her head.

KT was wearing a pair of black skinny jeans, a bright orange tank top and a jean jacket. Amber put a gold heart necklace with a face and a mustache on her. KT ended up arguing with Amber over what shoes to wear and ended up in her favorite pair of black converses, which she wears everyday according to Nina. Amber then pulled KT hair into a tight bun.

Nina was wearing a blue and white striped shirt, white jeans and a pair of light gray converse. She had on a gold heart necklace with an arrow through it. Amber had straightened her hair and put a crocheted white slouchy beret on her.

I was wearing a plaid blue shirt over a black tank top, a pair of dark skinny jeans and my black combat boots. I also wore a black banded ring that had diamonds studded along the band and a bright blue sapphire in the middle. Amber did my hair in my normal curls and waves, which I-thankfully- didn't have to beg for.

Once we were all done we headed downstairs for breakfast. Nina sat at the head of the table with Amber to her left then KT, Willow, Mara, Mick, Alfie on the the other end of the table opposite of Nina, Jerome, Joy, me, Eddie and then Fabian to the right of Nina.

Eddie POV

Everyone sat down as I glanced at Patricia beside me. She looked amazing. Woah, where did that come from?

"Us girls are going for a girls' day out. You guys should go do something," Amber spoke in her sing-song voice. Jerome and Alfie started asking her what they should do when my phone buzzed.

From Nina:

Can u keep down the fort? I promise 2nite KT and I will go on patrol. But can u watch the ground while we gone?

Typical, while they get to have fun I'm stuck doing work.

To Nina:

Don't I always.

I glanced at Nina until she got my text.

From Nina:

Shut up! We always cover u when u wanna go out. We goin anyway so have fun!

She smirked at me from across the table as her and the rest of the girls got up to leave. This was gonna be a long day.