Unsteady; House of Anubis *B2*

[53] House of Heists

"So...." Jerome finally spoke up as he watched the young boy play with a giant snake toy Alfie still kept around. "your folks took Alfie to the hospital and Camilla is babysitting you till they are back?" he asked, Nina having told him as much as Jerome watched Camilla race around her room after the child to get him to put a top and socks on, both of whom were laughing wildly. In all honestly, the sight of Camilla with the boy was the reason Jerome agreed to babysitting him whilst she needed to disappear. He just couldn't say no whilst watching the sight in front of him. A small fond smile on his face as his eyes watched the laughing pair which Nina was smart enough not to mention to anyone but all the Sibuna Jamilla shippers (bar Fabian who still looked like someone had forced him to bite into a lemon whenever someone spoke about Jamilla in front of him. it wasn't because he couldn't see the potential in the couple, he just didn't think Jerome was good enough for his sister. Not yet anyway.)

"Old sports injury." Young Alfie told him with a shrug.

"what sports injury?" Jerome couldn't help but ask as Alfie had never told him about a sports injury before – and he knew about how the boy had named his fish after the seven dwarfs.

"it was a ninja neck break."

The Alfie-ness of the comment from the boy caused a smile to creep onto Jerome's face before he could stop it, "you're more like Alfie than I expected." He couldn't help but tell the boy.

"Cool right?"

Jerome laughed. Having a sibling who grew up idolising you was something he wasn't used too. Poppy never wanted to be anything like him and the twins were more than happy to show off their individuality, having someone who had Alfie of all people as an idol was something he never expected until the boy had children. "Alfie, cool? Na..." he told the boy.

Young Alfie looked at Jerome sceptically, "And you're so cool yourself?"

Jerome couldn't help but sit a little straighter at the question, "Naturally."

"Not as cool as Cam," Young Alfie told him with a knowing nod.

"Now Milly is on a different level than the rest of us, how could we compete?" Jerome laughed good-naturedly at the boy.

"Okay then, what then makes you even close to her coolness?" Alfie asked him, enjoying the slight power he had over his best friend.

Jerome thought over the question before replying, "She's called Mara... I have a hot girlfriend."

"MARA?!" Alfie couldn't help but sound a little disgusted at the words. Since Camilla's breakdown, he had come to see that his two best friends were perfect for each other, almost as if they were created for one another. However, he also forgot that's from the outside. The two also had the two biggest personalities on the planet and oh boy Amber was correct when she said that Jamilla was Endgame but it be a battle to get them there.

"Yes, Mara!" Jerome got defensive as he saw Alfie's facial expression. "Hey! And don't go paying attention to anything Alfie says because he doesn't know. I do. Alright?" Alfie couldn't help but smile a little. Oh, how he couldn't wait for the day to tell Jerome about this exact moment.

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"This is so not a good idea," Nina muttered for what felt like the hundredth time causing Camilla to roll her eyes to the point her head actually fell back. She had finally succumbed to the wills of Amber and Camilla, agreeing to talk to the spirit only if Camilla was with her. The woman seemed almost cautious of the girl after the fire incident after the dance, and right now Nina was more than happy to have that caution on her side.