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Here is another chapter, sorry I didn't get a chance to get one up yesterday. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy!
Patricia POV
I clomp down the steps and head to Eddie's room to let him know I am ready. As I walk past the guys' bathroom, the door opens and out comes none other than Jerome. He stops in his tracks when he sees me and I don't miss the way his eyes quickly flick over my body before coming to meet mine.
"Hey Jerome," I smile as I walk up and run a hand over his chest, loving the way his abs clench as my fingers graze over them.
Jerome reaches out and removes my hand from his chest before he says, "Looking for Eddie?" His tone is hard, I can tell something's bother him. If I am correct I think it is jealousy, exactly what I was going for.
"Yep," I pop the word out of my mouth. "We've got a hot date," I send Jerome a wink as I back away from him.
I saunter off to find Eddie and pause at his door to look back; Jerome's eyes are still glued on me. I smirk at him and send him a knowing wink before heading into Eddie's room.
Eddie is lying on his bed talking to Fabian. "Hey, you ready to go?" I ask, interrupting their conversation.
Eddie looks up at me and smiles, "Yes, I am." Eddie gets off his bed and heads over to me. "Let's go Yacker," Eddie laughs, locking his arm with mine and leading me out of the house.
Once we are settled in the theater room and have gotten to work on clearing things out, Eddie asks what I knew was coming, "So, Yacker, what's up with you and Jerry?"
I turn to look over my shoulder at Eddie. I am trying to figure out if I should tell him about the dare or not. Joy never actually said not to mention it to anyone and I could really use Eddie's help at making Jerome jealous. It would also be great if he knew what I was doing so he wouldn't actually think I was into him. Eddie and I were friends and we wouldn't be anything more than that.
"There's a dare," I answer, gauging Eddie's reaction. "And I actually need your help," I say, hoping he's willing to help.
"What kind of dare?" Eddie asks as he sets down the box he was holding and makes his way over to me.
"Well, Joy kind of dared me to get Jerome to fall for me," I answer, running my hand over the back of my neck.
"And you need me to help make him jealous?" Eddie guessed, knowing exactly what I was getting at without me having to say it.
"Yeah," I nod. "Are you in?" I ask and wait for his answer. If I can get Eddie on board with this plan, I can get to Jerome in no time.
Eddie studies me for a few seconds, his brown eyes searching for something. "And we'd be nothing more than friends, right?" Eddie asks hesitantly.
"God no!" I burst. I really hope Eddie's not looking for something more because he is not going to get it from me.
Eddie just nods, not revealing how he feels about this. "If I do this for you, I need you to help me with something," Eddie says after a moment.
"What is it?" I ask, really hoping it's something I can actually help with.
"I'll help you make Jerome jealous, if you help me win Joy over," Eddie says, his eyes searching mine.
"Wait…you like Joy?" I ask in shock and confusion.
"Yeah, I like Joy," Eddie answers, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly.
I smile at him, "I'll help you with Joy." This will be great, set Joy up with Eddie and get Jerome for myself. Now I just have to be able to pull it off.
"Great, then I will help you make Jerome jealous," Eddie smiles as he makes his way over to me and pulls me closer. "But, we are nothing more than friends," Eddie whispers, his eyes on mine.
"Of course not," I smile and push Eddie away with a laugh.
With that issue out of the way, we go back to cleaning up the theater and planning ways to make Jerome jealous. I am more than ready to put everything into action. I want to win this dare, more than I ever thought I would. I want Jerome to fall for me, not only because of the dare though and that was starting to scare me.
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