Hey everyone! I wasn't going to update, but today's my BIRTHDAY (sobs at the thought of my oldness sniff sniff) Soooo, here's a mini chapter to fill you all's Jara needs! Please review! I want to hear all your thoughts and opinions! Enjoy!
The silence was deafening. It was suffocating, and the longer it stretched, the harder Mara's heart thumped in her chest.
"You...like me?" Jerome finally asked in surprise, as if still believing the answer to his question.
She nodded.
"You're...you're not joking are you?"
She shook her head.
"That's, that's," Unexpectedly, a smile broke across his face. Not smirk, not a grin, not a sneer, but a genuine smile. It was dazzling and Mara was sure she had never seen it before. "That's brilliant."
He leaned in to kiss her but she put a hand over his mouth. "No."
He gave her a questioning look and she shook her head. "No, Jerome."
"Why?" He asked once she removed her hand "You just said you like me."
"Just because I like you, Jerome, does not mean that I will let you kiss me or go out with you."
"Why?" He asked again, watching her stand up "Why not?"
"Because," She said, buttening up her shirt "first of all, I have a boyfriend."
He gave her a blank look. "So?"
"So, I'm not breaking up with Brandon just because you kissed me, Jerome." Mara stated, fixing her shirt collar. "It won't be fair to him."
"You know what isn't fair, Mara?" He bristled, standing up "You dating one guy while you like another."
Mara shrugged. "Who says I don't like Brandon?"
"You did!" Jerome exasperated "When you told me you liked me!"
"No," She corrected "I never said I don't like Brandon. Liking you has nothing to do with liking Brandon."
Jerome stared at her. Really stared. "Are you serious?"
"Yes I am." She answered, patting her hair "I'm leaving." She turned to go but Jerome grabbed her wrist.
"Mara, that is the stupidest bull shit that I have ever heard. You can't like two people at once."
"How do you know?" She retorted, yanking her arm "It's not like you've experienced it before. Besides, I like Brandon. He's sweet and respects, and trusts me. Something you fail to do." She pulled again, but he held on.
"I wonder how much Brandon would trust you, if he found out that you cheated on him with me." Jerome sneered.
Mara froze. "Are you, are you threatening me?" She asked, appalled "For a drunken snog?"
He smirked. "Not for that, darling" he mocked, jerking her into him "I mean about what we did moment's ago." He traced his finger over the bruised spot on her neck "You weren't drunk now and kissed back. So what would he think?"
She stood very still, painfully aware of his finger gliding across her neck. What would Brandon think? Would he call her a slut? Would he be hurt, humiliated, ashamed? And what would she say? That it happened? That Jerome just kissed her out of no where and even though she told him to-
Mara smirked. A cold satisfying feeling curled in her chest. "Yes Jerome, you should tell him."
His fingers froze. "What?"
She looked up, the smirk still intact. "I said yes, Jerome. You can tell him. Tell him, and I can send you behind bars."
Jerome blinked. "What?"
"Oh yes, legally the stunt you pulled just now, I can take you to court for it." She purred "Because that counts as sexual harassment."
"What?" He uttered, taking a step back "No it doesn't. You complied."
"Oh did I?" Mara asked, crossing her arms "Because I clearly recall telling you to stop, which, you in fact ignored and continued kissing me. Even after my verbal protests. So, my dear Jerome, that counts as sexual harassment. So does the fact that you refused to let me leave when I wanted to and locked the door. Another discard of my verbal protest. Another harassment charge."
She leaned forward and smiled. "So the question is, Jerome, what would Brandon say after he finds out that you sexual harassed his girlfriend?"
He clenched his fist. "I didn't." He hissed "You complied. You kissed me back!"
Mara checked her nails. "So what? I might have kissed you back, but in technical and legal terms I didn't comply. I can legally file a restraining order against you." She looked up at him "Deny it all you want, but we both know I'm right. You can't change the law."
Jerome looked livid. Mara smiled. Good, he needed a dose of reality, of what his actions could potentially lead to. He needed to learn that.
"But you wont do it." He claimed "You wont do it. You don't have the guts to do it, to sully your precious School Representative's reputation."
"Really? Is that what you think?" She asked "That I won't do it? Stop thinking that I am a scared little girl, Jerome. Because filing a restraining order against you might just be the best thing for me. Keeping you always three hundred feet away from me? Sounds like a dream just now."
"You won't." He firmly replied "You can't."
"What makes you so sure?" She hissed, getting angry at his accusation"Because of my school Representative position? Ha! If I do, it would only make me seem more suitable for the job. That I'm neither afraid or ashamed to send people like you to jail!"
"Oh? People like me?" He bit out "Oh, do go on. I am positively dying to hear more."
"Yes, Jerome, people like you. Annoying, cocky, self absorbed, gits! Who think that their actions have no consequences. Who enjoy toying with peoples emotions. Who are just fucking assholes!" Mara all but screamed.
"If that's the case, then why do you like me?" Jerome shot back "If I am one of those assholes, huh? Why Mara?"
"You know what, I actually don't know." She answered "Because you really are too much. And guess what? The part of me that did like you, dimmed even more just now."
"Fucking perfect." He spat.
"And you know what else? What's the real reason that I would never, in a million years go out with you, despite the fact if I liked you or not"
"No, do tell. I can't wait to know more about my personality." He jeered.
"Because you have never once proven to me that you truly cared about me. Never once have you given me a direct answer. So even if Brandon wasn't around, I still wouldn't give you my time. Because frankly, I don't trust you with my feeling."
"Proof? Proof? You want proof, Mara? I fucking brought your pissed arse back home from the party when your bleeding boyfriend abandoned you!" He shouted "How is that for your bloody proof?"
"That's not proof." She spat back "That a decency that any normal person would do, Jerome. Any! You're hot and cold. Hot and cold. One nice deed for five horrid words. Now tell me? How's that proof?" She unlocked the door and swung it open "And until you get act straightened up, my feeling will be walled up. You know how that is right? To hide behind an emotional traverse? Well, now I'm doing it from you." She slammed to door behind her, leaving him fuming.
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