This update is like the latest thing ever. Anyway, this new year, I swore to cut back on my cursing so… okay. What matters though, is that I am back and I am inspired and going back to writing fanfics. So here is the latest update (for now) of Prime Suspects!

Jerome's POV

I rushed upstairs and was the first to arrive. Patricia lay on the floor and Joy was nowhere to be seen. Patricia was pale and I went over to her to check her pulse, it was quite weak. I gently put her head on my lap.

"Oh my goodness!" Trudy shrieked and rushed off to grab some water and a cold compress.

"What happened to her?" Fabian asked me as everyone began to crowd around her.

I shrugged as I stroked her hair (well, she was asleep so she didn't really need to know, did she?) "You're the smart one, you tell me!"

"She probably fainted." Nina suggested. "But why?" Mara asked. "I asked Trudy if she had allergies to any food, she said none. She hasn't even come down so it doesn't make sense even if Trudy forgot."

Trudy came back and I pressed the cold compress to her head. "Wake up, Patricia, please just wake up already." I muttered several times.

As if on cue, her eyelids began to flutter open. "What happened?" She said groggily. Trudy put a hand on her chest and Mick let out a sigh of relief. "Where's Joy?" She asked as she sat up and I helped.

"I don't know." Trudy said. "I'll go look for her." Trudy left with Mara and Mick trailing behind to help her.

"Joy screamed. I heard her." Patricia said.

"Whoa, wait." Fabian said, not bothering to introduce himself. That could be put off for later. "That wasn't you who screamed?"

She shook your head. "And your sure?" Nina asked.

"Positive." Patricia replied. "I heard the scream a few seconds before I fainted. I know it was Joy. It's too big a coincidence that there was I scream and she's gone when I wake up."

"Creepy." Amber shuddered at the thought that the murderer was now taking hostages.

"Guys, can we just focus on the fact that Patricia is awake and alive right now?" I said, a bit annoyed that she wasn't being properly taken care of. I guided her to her bed and handed her a glass of water.

"Wow Slimeball." She teased with a smirk, regaining her strength even if she still looked pale. "Never thought I'd see the day you'd be more concerned for anybody other than yourself."

"I can surprise you in more ways than one." I replied with a mischievous grin and wink.

Trudy came back with Mara and Mick. "We can't find her." Mick announced.

"What do you mean you can't find her? It's not like she's a needle in a haystack." Patricia said, beginning to panic.

"Sweetie," Trudy sat beside Patricia. "We've searched the whole house. She's not here."

"Have you checked outside the house?" I asked her.

"Me and Mick went out to look for her outside. She's not there either." Mara said.

Amber shrugged, wanting to be free of all the creepiness. "Maybe she skipped."

Patricia scoffed. "Skipped town without even knowing the way back and not even having money? I don't think so." She looked at everyone. "You guys can go, I need some time to sort out my thoughts."

Trudy nodded. "I think that would be best deary. I'll call the police and tell them what happened."

Everyone left in a single file line. I was the last to leave. When I stepped out, I heard her. I turned around and saw her, face buried in her hands and knees close to her chest. Sobbing, crying, more vunerable than I'd ever seen her.

I backtracked and stood at the edge of her bed. When she sensed my presence was still there, she looked up at me and wiped the tears that had smudged her eyeliner. "What are you still doing here?"

I sat beside her. "'Cause I want to know why you're crying."

"My best friend's gone, why do you think I'm crying?" She snapped at me. I was a bit hurt but I understood. She shut her eyes and took a deep breath. "I'm sorry Jerome, I'm just really frustrated right now."

"I get it." I replied. "If Alfie disappeared, I'd be just as worried."

"What I said a while ago," She said. "About you being concerned. I was serious. It was sort of surprising. You don't usually look out for people."

"There's a first time for everything." I said with a shrug. "Besides, if you became too depressed then that'd mean that someone made you miserable before I could."

At this, she laughed which made me smile. "Don't count on it Slimeball."

"Oh I think I will." I said with a wink and stood up to leave, nothing left to say but so many words left to be said.

One of them being I wish you knew how right that conversation just felt.

Ooooh, the plot thickens! Gonna keep writing 'cause I absolutely miss writing my fanfics. IT'S ABSOLUTELY EMPOWERING! Time for the acrostic!

P-lease become mine
A-nd I'll become yours
T-o love and hold forever and ever
R-unning back to you no matter how far I go
O-nly if you knew how much I love you
M-aybe if you did,
E-verything would be okay

PATROME!