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Hopefully this chapter is a little more exciting than the last few. It's part one of game night, I'm not sure how many parts that are going to turn out being. I'm just winging this. Anyway, thanks for reading and if you have anything you want to see happen let me know.
Jerome POV
I couldn't believe I was sitting in the common room on a Saturday night bored out of my mind. This game night that Patricia had talked me into was a complete bust to this point. So far everyone was just standing around talking, no different than any other night.
I had seperated myself from the group and was on the couch staring at my phone. I couldn't believe I was here when I could be at the party at Horus House. Katie, a girl I'd gotten together with and seriously regretted, had invited me. I didn't want to go to see her, she was way too clingy, but I'd much rather be there than here right now.
"You look bored there Jerry," Eddie says as he sits down next to me.
"Is it that obvious?" I say sarcastically as I look up at him with thinly veiled disgust. I really didn't like whatever was going on with Eddie and Patricia. I wanted Patricia for myself and I needed Eddie to back off.
Eddie laughs, "Yeah, you're not doing a very good job at hiding it."
I just send daggers at him with my eyes; he's really pissing me off right now. I'd prefer to go back to a few seconds ago when I was sitting here wallowing in my self-pity than talking to Eddie.
"Let's get the games started then," Eddie ignores my silence and continues on.
"What did you have in mind?" I ask without looking at him.
"I don't know, Never Have I Ever?" Eddie suggests.
"Without drinking?" I point out. Never Have I Ever is more of a drinking game in my past experience and since Victor is staying in all night that's out of the question. Even though I could do with a drink right about now, maybe that would help me make a move on Patricia without overthinking it.
"Fine, then Truth of Dare or Spin the Bottle?" Eddie shrugs, coming up with more suggestions.
I roll my eyes, "Could you come up with anything more elementary?" I ask. I know I'm not making this easy, but Eddie keeps persisting.
"Trust me Jerry, we came make Truth or Dare far from elementary," Eddie sends me a devious look. "Are you in?" he asks with raised eyebrows.
I take a minute to respond and let my eyes travel over to where Patricia is talking with Joy. She must feel my gaze because she looks up and sends me a sexy little smirk. Maybe Eddie's right; Truth or Dare could work in my favor. "I'm in," I nod, never taking my gaze off of Trixie. This game could help me in winning her over.
"Great," Eddie smiles at me before standing and saying to the rest of the house. "Truth or Dare, who's in?"
There is a wave of commotion as everyone agrees to play. We all arrange ourselves in a circle on the ground. I am sitting with my back pressed against a couch with Alfie and Eddie on either side of me. Trixie is sitting across from me; I chose this seat for that very reason. It would be very much to my advantage if I could watch her and send her looks that told her exactly what I wanted. If I was sitting next to her we could have a repeat of last night and I didn't need her touching me and distracting me from my goal.
"Who's first?" Amber asks as she clasps her hands together in anticipation.
"I'll go," Patricia chimes in. "Eddie, truth or dare?" Everyone turns to Eddie as they wait for his decision, but I keep my eyes trained on Trixie.
"Dare," Eddie chooses.
"I dare you to kiss Joy," Patricia says with a devious smile, this game may be a good idea after all. I look to Eddie next to me and he has a small smile on his face like he knew this was coming. Looking over to Joy, she looks shocked, but not in a bad way. Eddie crawls across the circle and plants a kiss on Joy's lips.
Once Eddie is seated back in his position he picks the next victim. "Amber, truth or dare?" he asks.
"Truth," Amber answers, her eyes wide with anticipation. The game goes on like this with truths and dares of people doing stupid things or admitting something to the group.
It wasn't until Joy said, "Patricia, truth or dare?" that I perked up some. I am curious to see what Trix will choose and I hope that it will somehow shed some light on how I can win this game that we'd been playing since last night.
"Truth," Patricia answers without hesitation.
"Playing it safe, aren't we Trix?" I ask, my eyes on her green ones. I would have expected her to choose dare, after all she wasn't one to back down from a challenge.
"Actually Jerome, I believe dare is the easy way out. Anyone can do a simple dare, not everyone is willing to answer a question truthfully," Trixie answers, her green eyes boring into mine, challenging me to fight back. I don't, I want to see where this goes.
"Okay, Patricia, do you or have you ever had a thing for anyone in this room?" Joy cuts into our bickering and asks.
Patricia doesn't hesitate before answering Joy's question. Her eyes are on mine the whole time and they tell me everything I need to know. "Yes," Patricia says. The look in her eyes and her steady eye contact tells me she means me.
I am still processing this new information when without missing a beat Patricia says, "Jerome, truth or dare?" That sexy little smirk is back on her face and it takes all of my self-control to stop me from crawling across the circle and kissing it off of her.
"Truth," I answer, not backing down from her earlier challenge. If I'd have picked dare I know she would have taken that as a surrender. I wasn't giving in quiet yet, I now had the knowledge that liked someone in this room at one point or another and her body language was telling me it was me.
"Would you ever hook up with someone in this house?" Patricia asks, her green eyes sparkling. I know exactly what she wants, she wants me to admit that I feel it too. The truth is I do and I'm not going to deny it now, maybe this is the move that I need to make to get her to come crawling to me.
"Yes, but I thought I'd made that abundantly clear Trix," I answer with a teasing smile. I hold her gaze, not backing down and neither does she. Dammit, this girl knew how to play and she wasn't going to be an easy one to crack but I was going to do it. I was falling for her; I needed to make her fall for me to. The night was still young and I had faith that something would happen between us before the day was done. I was counting on it.
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