I'm Back! I'm sooo sorry everyone. I have been so busy and haven't had much time. I made this chapter longer so you will forgive me for taking so long. I hope none of you have given up on me and will continue reading. This chapter has many cute Jamber scenes. Ok well Enjoy! Don't forget to REVIEW!
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Jerome got up and touched his head and growled in pain. All he remembered about the day before was that he had been to a party where he saw Amber, after 3 years. Then he remembered that she went to go dance with some American guy.
He opened his bedroom door and was greeted by the smell of bacon. He was very confused and a bit scared. He slowly walked to his kitchen after grabbing something for protection incase someone had broken in. He slowly walked carrying his "weapon" and jumped out of no where.
"WHO IS TH...AMBER?!" he yelled, realizing it wasn't an intruder.
"Jerome! What were you planning on doing with a lamp?! she asked confused while looking at the lamp in Jerome's grip. "I was nice enough to make you breakfast and you were planning to kill me with a...lamp." she joked around while laughing and setting a plate full of bacon, sausages, eggs, and 2 mini pancakes on the dining table.
"Sorry I thought you were an intruder...ummm, why exactly are you here?" He asked confused while setting the lamp back to it's spot.
"Wow so you were planning on scaring the intruder away with a lamp. That's very smart," she said sarcastically. "I'm here because you got drunk last night so I drove you home to make sure you were safe and crashed on your couch for the night."
"So Millington cares about other people besides herself." He smirked, clapping sarcastically.
"Alright. I'm guessing you don't want the food," she said as she slowly walked near the trash can.
"NO!" Jerome quickly got up and grabbed the plate from her hands. "I'm sorry, I'm just so used to messing with you," he laughed aloud.
"No kidding," she spoke while heading back to the dining table as Jerome stared at her from behind, noticing she was wearing one of his favorite shirts. He smiled, noticing how good it looked on her.
As Amber sat down on the chair, she turned her head back to Jerome as he stood by the sink staring at her with his deep blue eyes.
"What are you staring at?!" she asked in annoyance.
He quickly pulled his eyes away from her and heading back to the table with his plate and sat down. "Nothing, I just noticed that you were wearing my shirt."
"Oh yeah. I needed something comfortable to wear for the night, so I stole one of your shirts," she smiled and took a bite of her bacon, as Jerome did the same.
"How did you sleep?" Jerome asked, concerned.
"Pretty good. It was way better then where I live now. I have to share a tiny apartment with Serina and her gross boyfriend," she answered.
"Really?!" I would of thought you had your own place." He asked confused.
"I did, but it burned down..." Amber explained everything to him and how it happened and how it would take 3 more months to fix it.
"Oh wow! Well sorry to hear that. I mean if you'd like, you could stay here till your place is fixed. I live alone and I could use a women to cook and clean for me around here," he smirked and looked at her. "What do you say?"
"Really?! You would let me live here with you?" she squealed.
"Only if you keep cooking, because this breakfast was the best I have had in a while," he smiled and took his empty plate to the sink.
Amber smiled and got up and followed Jerome to the sink. She hugged him from behind. "Thank you Jerome! You are the best," she finally let go and walked to the couch to fold the blanket.
As thirty five minutes passed, Amber had washed the dishes and had just finished getting dressed with her party clothes from the night before, since it was all she had with her.
"Alright, so you're gonna take me to Serina's place to get my clothes and stuff. Then I can come back here to unpack and get settled in.
"Alright sounds good. Lets go!" Jerome got his keys and walked out the door. They got in the car and Amber drove since she knew where to go.
"Living together shouldn't be weird, since we lived in the same boarding school for years," he spoke as they drove out of the parking spot.
"Yeah it will be like old times. I just hope you have grown up and have became less childish," she laughed.
"I was never childish...Ok maybe I was, buuuut I have grown up into a responsible adult," he smiled.
"Alrighty, so that means you're finally done with pranking me?" She asked, hoping for a yes.
"Sadly yes," he replied, looking out the car window.
"Wow, so I guess you really have grown up after all," she laughed and made a right turn.
After about two hours of driving, they finally arrived. Amber and Jerome got out of the car and walked to the small building in front of them. Amber knocked on the door and was greeted by Serina.
"Alright! Amber I packed all of your stuff, all you have to do is come and help me close the luggages and check if I forgot to pack anything," Serina said while grabbing Amber up the stairs to her small bedroom.
"I am so jealous of you Amber! You get to live with a hot, British guy."
"Oh god Serina, it's just Jerome." Amber said as she looked around.
When they talked and got done packing they both walked downstairs, each holding a luggage.
"Amber, do you have like two dead bodies in those huge things?" Jerome asked, looking at the two enormous luggages.
"Haha! Very funny, now be a man and carry them to the car with Blake while I say bye to Serina.
Jerome and Blake walked to the car, each carrying a luggage.
After saying bye, Jerome drove, with Amber in the passenger seat on her phone.
Jerome looked at her for a second and looked back at the road. "Who are you texting?" he asked concerned.
"Danny. I'm asking him when he won't be too busy for us to video chat," she explained, her eyes glued on her phone.
"Oh, you miss your boyfriend already?" he mocked.
"He's not my boyfrie...well not yet anyways," she looked at Jerome. "Why do you care anyways?" she asked, obviously annoyed.
"I don't, I was just asking," he replied.
The rest of the ride was silent. They headed to the door, Jerome carrying her lugagges and Amber carrying her purse and phone. They walked to the elevator and were greeted by some dude Jerome couldn't stand.
"Nice Jerry!" the guy whistled.
"Excuse me?" Jerome asked, very confused.
"Your girlfriend is moving in with you, that should be fun. You lucky bro! She's very hot! If she wasn't your girlfriend I would so tap that!" he smirked in Amber's direction while saying the last part.
Amber turned to face the guy. " Woah there love! I'm not his girlfriend, just a friend," she said, very annoyed.
Jerome randomly burst out laughing. " Me and Amber Millington? Dating?!
"Well in that case, wanna go to my place and have some fun blondie?" the guy asked reffering to Amber.
That's when the elevator doors opened and Amber and Jerome walked out.
" Okay let me answer you in a way that you will understand, HELL. NO." she waved to him before the elevator doors closed.
"Fiesty Amber!" Jerome said while softly kicking her butt from the side.
Amber smiled and pushed him playfully. Jerome opened the apartment door and set her luggages by the couch. He closed the door behind them and headed to the kitchen.
Amber began to unpack. " Where am I supposed to put all my clothes?" she asked, loud enough for him to hear from the kitcken.
Jerome came out of the kitchen carrying a bottle of beer, "I have a half empty closet in my room, my clothes on the left and your can be on the right," he explained, then took a sip of beer.
"You really think that my stuff would fit in a small closet?!" she asked, annoyed.
That's when Jerome grabbed her luggages and walked to his room. Amber stood there for a while confused, then she followed him to his room. There she saw a walk-in closet. She walked inside and saw that only the left side was filled with clothes. She looked shocked for a moment, then she smiled and unzipped her luggages, revealing many shoes and clothes.
"Well don't just stand there, help me hang my stuff," she demanded.
"Yes ma'am!" he laughed and grabbed some hangers.
~After 35 minutes of unpacking~
Amber sat on the couch exhausted, Jerome was lying down on the longer couch. It was about 3:40 p.m.
"So, how's Fashion School?" Jerome asked, breaking the silence.
"Oh that. Well actually I gave up on that the first 8 months, I'm actually attending college to be a detective," she responded.
"Wow a detective! Never would of thought you were into all that stuff," Jerome said, surprised.
"Yeah me either, but I love mysterious and all that, so detective it is. What about you?" she asked, concerned.
"Well my major is a lawyer," he answered.
"Jerome Clarke, a lawyer?! Wow I'm impressed."
They spoke till 5:04 p.m. about their lives and futures.
Amber stared at the black curtain for a moment. It was black and it made the living room seem too dark and depressing. She wanted to grab it and take it off right away. She got an idea for new curtain. She was thinking of putting a white curtain with a black scarf curtain on the top.
"Whatcha thinking about?" Jerome asked, noticing Amber had been staring at the window for a while.
"That curtain," she pointed to the living room window. "I don't like it. If I'm going to live here with you for a while, I have to like the furniture and decorations. I have a perfect idea for a new curtain," she smiled happily.
"The curtain is fine!" Jerome sighed as Amber got up and walked to the door. " Where are you going?" he asked, confused.
"When we were driving here, I saw a store near by, across the street," she said as she began to open the door, and was interrupted by Jerome's cough.
She turned around to look at him with a confused expression on her face. "Uhm, you're gonna go out in that?" he asked, pointing to her very tight mini skirt from last nights college party.
She looked down at where he was pointing and her eyes became wide. "Oh shit!" she quickly walked to his room to change. Jerome laughed at her as she ran.
After she had changed and was gone out the door, he lay there looking at the ceiling, and without hesatation he had fallen asleep.
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When he woke up about 2 hours later he noticed a blanket over him. He thought for a moment and knew that Amber had probably covered him up.
He removed the blanket and stood up. As he looked around the room, he noticed a white curtain hanging on his window. He saw Amber coming out of the kitchen carrying what looked like a long black scarf.
Amber noticed Jerome was finally awake and smiled at him. She had changed into a dark blue top, with black shorts and black heels. She wore her hair up in a nice bun, two curled strands of hair hanging on both sides of her face.
He stared at her for a second before she spoke excitedly. "What do you think?" she pointed to the white curtain. "I know it looks plain, but I'm not done just yet." She picked up the scarf and walked to the window where there stood a stool.
"Can you come here and hold the left side." she asked as he did as he was told.
After she had adjusted the right side perfectly, she had told Jerome to let go as she fixed the left side. He walked behind her and watched as she worked her magic. That's when she lost her balance on the stool and before he had time to catch her from behind, she had fallen and was now laying on top of him on the black carpet floor.
With her hands on his chest and his on her hips, she picked her head up and looked at him nervously. There faces so close to each other, foreheads almost touching, she could feel her face begin to heat up as he looked back at her. That's when she noticed -for the first time- how blue and beautiful his eyes were. This was the closest they had ever stood by each other, and it was the first time she had looked deeply and closely into the blue pool of amazement.
They both stared at each other for a deep second before Amber quickly looked away and got off of him, standing back up and apologizing.
"No problem," he responded while getting back up as well.
She turned to the curtain as if nothing happened and smiled, " What do you think now?"
He looked her up and down from behind, smiling he said," It's beautiful!"
She turned around to face him and smiled. " I'm glad you like it."
What Amber didn't know was that he wasn't talking about the curtain.
That's when Amber's laptop began ringing. She quickly ran to the couch and looked at the screen and saw that she was getting a video call on Skype from Daniel. She fixed herself a bit then answered the call.
Daniel's handsome face showed up on the screen and Amber smiled.
"Hey there sexy!" he smirked while winking at her and blowing a kiss.
Amber smiled then turned to Jerome who was standing behind her listening.
"Jerome! Do you mind?" Amber asked frustrated.
"Right sorry, I'll be in my room." he said as he walked to his room a bit disappointed.
'Sorry," Amber apologized looking back on the laptop screen at Daniel.
"Where are you? Are you at his house?" Daniel asked angirly.
"Yeah..."
Why the hell are you there?" he yelled.
"Calm down! I'm living with him until my house is fixed." she explained.
Why do you have to live with him? Why not someone else...like maybe a female friend." he looked down away from the screen.
"Because there is no one else, and I'm used to living with him. Haven't you forgotten I lived with him for years in boarding school?" she explained and added, "Why are you so angry?"
"Because...I'm far away from you and I just found out my girlfriend is living with another guy!" he yelled.
"He's just Jerome...Wait, your girlfriend?" she asked surprised..
"Yes! My girlfriend," he smiled. "Why? Do you not want that?" he asked concerned.
"No no! I do!
"Good!"
They continued video chatting for about 35 minutes more and then they finally ended the call.
Amber fell back on the couch smiling to herself. The thought of her and Daniel finally being a couple made her happy, and she didn't feel used anymore.
That's when Jerome finally came out of his room and turned on the television.
"Are you okay?" he asked concerned.
"Amber sat up and looked at him confused. "I'm fine?"
"I heard him yelling at you for living here with me," he explained. Jerome had only heard the beginning of the conversation because Amber had inserted headphones after that.
"Oh, no don't worry, we worked that out...he also said that I was his girlfriend!" she announced happily.
"Wow! That's...wonderful," he responded, not sounding very pleased.
"What?" You didn't sound too happy about that," she stared at him.
"It's just that he's in Las Vegas, and you're in New York...LAS VEGAS...the city of sex and money..." he was quickly interrupted my Amber's yelling.
"What are you saying? He's not gonna cheat on me! You just don't like seeing me happy! You never did!" she yelled while getting up from the couch and getting ready to head to the bathroom, away from Jerome.
Before she could, she felt a hand holding her back on her wrist. Jerome stared at with a questioning face.
"What the hell are you talking about? Of course I like seeing you happy!" he yelled back, holding her wrist higher now.
Amber looked at her wrist and looked back at him. "Never mind, forget I said anything." Amber took her wrist away from his hold, but before she could walk away from him she was pulled by the waist and was pushed against the wall very lightly.
He looked at her, his eyes concerned and sad. Once again they stood very close. She could hear his heartbeat. "Tell me!" he demanded.
"Every time I was happy you would do something, or prank me and ruined my happiness. You thought it was funny, but it always hurt me," she explained, tears streaming down her cheeks.
She continued, " Like the time when you found that terrible picture from my past and put it all over the school. I was trying to forget my terrible past, but all you did was brought it back...I'll never forgive you for that."
Jerome looked her deeply in her tearful eyes," Wow! I would of never guessed a girl as perfect as you, could be someone with a terrible past," he said, half whispering now.
"Perfect?" she asked.
"Yes, perfect. You're beautiful, you're the whole package, everyone loves you and no one would dare to hate you," he explained looking down.
Amber looked surprised and said,"That's where you're wrong, I'm not perfect. I have secrets, bad memories...even scars. When I came to Anubis House I was getting away from the terrible past when I was young and just a little girl. I was walking away from the hate, all the bruises..." she gulped and continued, "The worse part was being hated and unwanted from my own father. He didn't want me from the start and he never will.
"Amber began to cry, thinking of her past and all the pain it had caused her.
That is when he did the unexpected and he hugged her tightly. He leaned his head to her ear, his lips almost touching her skin and he whispered, "
I'm so sorry for all the hurt, sadness, and pain I have caused you. I didn't know about your past and I'm so sorry, but I will make it up to you, I promise." he hugged her tighter.
Amber smiled in his chest and finally hugged him back.
This was their first real, long hug they had shared in a while. She felt safe in his arms, and she was glad she would be living with him."I guess you really have changed Mr. Clarke," she smiled as they finally pulled away from each other's embrace.
A happy tear ran down her cheek and before it fell all the way, Jerome placed his thumb on her cheek and slowly wiped it away.
With his hand still on her cheek they looked deeply into each other's eyes. They both noticed something about each other, they noticed that the other person wasn't as bad as they thought.
For some odd reason, Jerome couldn't help but stare at her pink, glossy lips. He wanted badly to place his lips on hers, but then he thought of Daniel. Daniel wouldn't be so happy if he found out that he had kissed his girlfriend. But then again, Jerome knew that Daniel was not the right guy for her.
He began to lean in as his lips got closer to hers. She looked at him shocked but couldn't help but also lean in. Before their lips could touch, they heard a loud knock on the door and quickly jumped away from one another.
Amber was glad but also disappointed. Then she thought of Daniel and she wasn't gonna let what just almost happened between her and Jerome ever happen again.
Jerome sighed loudly and backed away from Amber. He walked to the door and sighed even louder when he saw who it was.
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Hope you all liked this chapter. Chapter 4 will be up in about a week, but I'll try to update earlier then a week. Okay Plzzz review!