I'm back! I have decided to continue my Jara story. I will not keep you wanting, so here it is.

Disclaimer: Someday something will be yours. Mine? Well, HoA doesn't want to ask for directions or come to me, so I'll wait. As long as it take. As long as it takes...

Only if They Knew

Idiot, idiot, idiot! What is wrong with you Jerome? Going all soft now. She already broke you once by letting her in and now you're going to do it again? Some genius you are. The internal scolding monologue continued always back to Anubis. Why? Why? Why did he open to her in the first place? Oh, he knew why. It fairly simple, but complex. Only if she knew the real reason he let her in. Only if she knew, maybe things would be simpler.

Ugh! What did he mean? It was all too confusing for Mara. Jerome wasn't the most easiest to figure out. In fact he was tougher to break than a brick wall, behind steel, surrounded by fire, lightning bars, and quicksand. So to put it simpler he was hard to crack. First he kisses her in front of the whole House and then doesn't tell her why except that she knows the answer? Only if she knew that the answer was right in front of her. Well, more or less.

Anubis House was quiet. The only sounds came from the dinning room, where the residents of Anubis House were eating. Maybe if? Could he he? It was risky. Trudy might catch him or maybe on of his house mates. Or worse Victor might wonder what he was up to. Jerome didn't have the cleanest slate in the school. So why would Victor trust him. He walked as quietly and quickly as possible and locked himself in his and Alfie's room. Silently he wondered if thing would be easier in they knew. But for now it was only him Then he heard a sudden crash saw someone and black out.

Mara entered the House and went straight to the dinning room where everyone was eating- wait everyone? Mara did a quick head count. Someone was missing. That's when it clicked.

"Where's Jerome?" she asked before even thinking about it.

"Huh?" or "What?" was the general response from everyone.

"Sorry, never mind," Mara squeaked. Still people looked at her baffled. Patricia and Mick looked like they could care less about Jerome, Alfie looked worried, Amber was telling Joy about David Beckman and how she should be his and not Victoria, Joy was not even paying attention just nodding every now and then, Fabian looked confused and Nina looked very awkward.

"Why do you care for the slimeball and where he is anyway?" Patricia sneered. She didn't have a lot of tolerance for Jerome anyway.

"Who cares about Clarke?" Mick replied with a sneer. Unlike Patricia, who could stand him, to a degree, he rather have him rot in hole. "He's probably rotting in a hole somewhere."

Mara felt a slight pang and flashback. She remembered when Jerome told about his parents and how they left him to rot in boarding school. She was the only one that was told about it. No one else, not even Alfie. Mara stared at Mick with sad eyes. She turned away and looked at everyone but him. Silence was everywhere. Silence wasn't something she wanted when she wanted a question answered.

"Uh, Mara," Nina said, breaking the silence. Mara jumped. Now, Nina and her weren't on the best of term, but weren't on the worse either. Just, er, accustomed with each other. "we haven't seen Jerome all night. We thought you out looking for him," she said quietly.

"I did and I found him. I saw him. He went back in the house," Mara said.

Nina shook her head. "No one saw him or heard him. Sorry, Mara." Nina sounded really sincerer. But it still made Mara want to prove her wrong. One thing that no one knew about Mara was that once she was set on something, she wasn't about to give up.

Mara snapped back, making the leader of Sibuna flinch. "But I him saw go in the House! Don't tell I'm wrong!"

Nina just shook her head. God, she was persistent, Mara thought. "No one saw him come in. Maybe he-" she was cut off.

"Wait you saw him?" Joy asked. She was so quiet, no one even noticed she was there.

"Yeah, and I talked to him. Why?" Mara replied very confused. Was it bad she talked to him? All she wanted was answers, not questions. First Jerome made her confused, now her other house mate were too. What was it "Confuse and Annoy Mara Day?"

Silence fell around the table as the Anubis residents looked at Mara with curious eyes. Eyes that wondered why Jerome, out of people, let her talk to him. Mick was steaming with anger that Jerome had the nerve to kiss her then talk to her. Patricia was bored, but confused. Joy was just very curious, Amber was wondering what just happened, and Nina had replied with a, "Oh, Amber." Fabian was silently thinking.

"Maybe he was abducted by aliens." Guess who said that. Mara rolled her eyes at the antics.

SLAM! CRASH! The Anubis residents got of their seats and ran to the hallway where Victor was standing with wide eyes and soothing with anger. Jerome was standing there but wasn't alone. The Sibunas stood with wide eyes realizing who it was.

"Why, hello. So nice of you to join us. I'm afraid you're a little late," he said.

"You! Hand him back right now!" Victor roared.

"Oh, you want him back, Victor? Never knew you liked kids. Jerome here has helped me before, who says he won't again."

"He can hear you, freak!" Jerome spat back. "And who says I'll help you ?"

"No?" he re-acted quickly and pulled an unexpected and defenseless Mara.

"Ah!"

"Mara!" everyone shouted. Jerome stood with wide eyes.

"You won't." Jerome snapped icily.

"Oh, don't think I can? Well than, I'm gonna give you a choice. It's you or the girl. Your choice." he threaten.

Jerome eyes were in shock. He stared at the man then back at Mara. The choice was hard; his life or Mara's. No, Mara was his life, it would crush him if she was taken away by that sick freak. He had made up his mind.

"Me," Jerome said with a straight face.

"No! Jerome!" The man pushed Mara back, who landed near Mick.

"Come, Jerome, I have some business to deal with you," the man said dragging Jerome behind him. Jerome looked at Mara one last time, before things went black.

"Jerome, no!" was the last thing that heard before passing out into nothingness. Only if she knew how much it hurt him to see her in pain. Only if she knew how much he loved her. Now, only if she how much she meant to him. Only if she knew how much more things were going to change for her once and for all.

So was it good, was it bad? Tell me. I wish to know. The next chapter is called "Love is a Mystery." It should be uploaded by sometime this week or next. Oh, and review!