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Patricia POV

I make my way back into the common room after kissing Jerome and flop onto the couch next to Joy. I needed to get away from Jerome before I caved, to accomplish this dare I needed him to give in, not me.

"How's it going?" Joy asks, turning to me in excitement.

"It's going," I nod, nudging to shoulder with hers. "Don't worry, you'll get him to give in."

"That's not what I'm afraid of," I mumble and turn as I hear Jerome reenter the room. His eyes are on my and I can tell he means business. He's not going to make this easy for me. "How long do I have?" I ask Joy, my eyes still on Jerome's as he makes his way over to us.

"Think you can pull it off in a week?" Joys asks.

"Yeah," I nod as I watch Jerome take a seat next to Eddie on the couch and pretend to pay attention to the game. I can tell his mind's a million miles away, just like mine. "How will we know when he falls for me?" I ask, keeping my voice low so we're not overheard.

Joy seems to think this over for a minute before responding. "We'll get together at the end of the week and evaluate everything," Joy says, her forehead scrunching in thought. "Because you could get him to hook up with you without him necessarily falling for you," Joy speculates. "Does that work for you?" she turns her brown eyes to me in question.

"Yeah," I nod. Honestly this whole thing sounds subjective, but I know it's not worth fighting it. I'm not going to back down, so it doesn't really matter. Another reason I don't push the subject is because I can feel Jerome's eyes on me. I look up and meet his blue eyes across the room; I decide it's time to turn up the heat a bit.

I send Jerome a knowing smile, before stretching my arms over my head and pushing my chest out deliberately. The move worked like a charm and Jerome's eyes were traveling over my body. When his eyes made their way back to mine. I sent him a wink. I didn't miss the look in his eyes that said two could play at this game.

Jerome sent me one of his patented smirks, his blue eyes sparkling, as he starts to stretch out as well. As he extends his long strong arms above his head, his black shirt rides up revealing pale, toned skin and muscles. While that sight is hot, it's the trial of golden hair leading from his belly button downward and the strong V lines that have me biting my lip in anticipation.

Dammit, he just one-upped me in my own game and the look in his teasing blue eyes tell me that was his intention.

"Damn Jerome's playing this game too, isn't he?" Joy whispers beside me.

I reluctantly turn away from Jerome and face Joy.

"He's not going to make this easy," I mumble, trying to get my racing heart to slow.

"Looks like it's time to step it up a step, Patricia," Joy voices my own thoughts, the only question is: how?

I turn back to face Jerome and catch sight of Eddie beside him. That's it! A plan starts to form in my head, why don't I use Eddie to drive Jerome crazy. "Hey Eddie, do you still need help cleaning out the theater stuff tomorrow?" I ask. Earlier today he'd asked me to help him out and I'd declined. Now, it seemed like the perfect way to make Jerome jealous.

"Yeah, you want to help?" Eddie asks as he turns his brown eyes away from the game and to mine. I can feel Jerome watching, but don't look his way. I don't really want to see the look of confusion I'm sure is on his face.

"Yeah," I nod with a smile.

"Great," Eddie beams and turns back to the game.

I finally let my eyes wander back to Jerome and he sends me a questioning look that says, "What the hell? You were just flirting with me and now you're making plans with Eddie."

I just shrug in response and let my eyes travel over his body suggestively. I know the look I'm giving him is enough to leave him with no doubt about what's happened between us in the last hour. I hope it's enough to make him want me.

I know tonight's been enough to make me realize just how bad I want Jerome and not just because of the dare.

Damn Joy and her dares that make me start to think about Jerome in this way.

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