I own nothing HOA!

sorry the chapters are so short

"Hey Patricia what's up with you and Jerome?" Nina asked stopping in my doorway.

"I have no clue what you are talking about," I bluffed.

"Oh come on Patricia. You can talk to me," Nina smiled as she came into my room.

"There's nothing to talk about," I insisted.

"Patricia, I heard you and Jerome talking earlier," she smiled.

"How much did you hear?" I asked.

"Enough to know that you don't really think he's a slimeball like you always say," Nina smiled.

"I never said that," I defended.

"You didn't need to," Nina sat down on Mara's bed across from me.

"It doesn't matter how I feel anyway. He fancies Mara," I muttered. I hated the idea that Jerome liked Mara, the true goody two shoes.

"I knew it," Nina smiled.

"Okay, fine you're right" I mumbled, knowing I had been caught.

"Why don't you just tell him?" Nina asked.

"Oh and what would I say? 'Oh hey Jerome, even though I think you're a slimeball and everything I really fancy you.' Yeah, like that will ever happen," I scoffed.

"Just tell him Patricia. You won't regret it," Nina advised.

"No offense, but you can't blame me for not readily taking the advice of a girl who has been crushing hard over a certain brown haired boy for the whole year without making a move," I smirked.

"None taken," Nina smiled sheepishly.

"If you tell Fabian how you feel, I'll tell Jerome how I feel," I proposed.

Nina thought about it for a moment before answering, "Deal."

"You first," I smirked.

"Okay, I'll go find him now," Nina got up and went to find Fabian. "You coming?"

"Sure," I followed her out of the room and down the stairs to Fabian's room.

"Hey Fabe, can I come in for a sec?" Nina asked, sticking her head in the door.

"Of course," he smiled putting his books aside.

"So there's something I need to tell you," Nina smiled, blushing.

"What is it Nin?" Fabian smiled.

"I like you," she whispered as she pressed her lips to his. I stood in the doorway watching. I couldn't believe she actually did it.

They pulled apart, both smiling and blushing and then Nina turned to me, "You're turn Trix. A deal's a deal."

"I know. I'll go find him," I muttered as I went to go find Jerome.