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Patricia POV

Jerome hasn't taken his blue eyes off of me since our little fire truck dare and it's starting to affect me. There's something in the way his dark blue eyes stare at me that makes me think he's seeing into me. Like he's reading my mind and he knows exactly how I feel about him. Something has changed in his eyes since he said "Red Light" but I don't know what it is. I want to know what it is.

I can't get him out of my mind, but I keep trying. I try not to look at him because when I do my eyes meet his blue ones and I can't focus. He pulls me in and there's no going back if I take that plunge, so I don't look at him. Even though I don't look at him I can still feel his eyes on me.

Instead of focusing on Jerome, I try to focus on the game that's still going on, but I can't. I really just want the game to be over so I can go lock myself in my room where I can't do something stupid that I may regret. Of course nothing's that easy, instead I sit there and watch as Eddie says, "Jerome, truth or dare?"

Jerome's eyes finally leave me as he looks over to Eddie, but they quickly move back to me as he answers, "Dare."

The look on Eddie's face tells me he's putting our plan to action, but I don't want him to. If he does I know that I will cave. My self-control is currently fleeting and I know that any dare involving Jerome will need self control. I try to send Eddie a mental message not to include me in the dare, but of course it doesn't work. "I dare you to play seven minutes in heaven with Patricia," Eddie smirks.

Jerome's expression mimics what I'm feeling inside. We are both fighting something internally and seven minutes is heaven is going to wipe away any resolve we currently have. Jerome doesn't protest, instead he just nods his head in a defeated manner as he runs his hands through his sandy blonde hair. "Where?" he asks.

"Your room," Eddie answers with another smirk.

Jerome just nods and stands, he stops in front of me and extends his hand. I take hold of it and let him help me up. I don't miss the spark of chemistry that surges between us at the contact. I silently follow Jerome out of the room and down the hall to his room, my hand still in his. When we are alone in his room with the door closed we stand there staring at each other, waiting for the other to make the first move.

Jerome takes a seat on his bed after a few seconds of silence. He looks up at me with unreadable blue eyes. "Trix…" he starts and I can tell by the tone of his voice that things are about to turn from teasing and flirty to serious. I'm not ready for that, I'd prefer to pretend like the feelings that have started to appear for Jerome aren't there. I don't want to talk serious.

I stop Jerome from continuing by holding up a hand and moving to sit next to him. "Shall we," I ask with a raised eyebrow. The look I send him says, Let's just not talk, not tonight.

"Yeah," Jerome shakes his head slightly, seemingly shaking the previous thoughts out of his head. He cups my cheek with his hand and leans in to press his lips against mine. His lips are soft and tentative at first, but when I respond to his lips things heat up. Before I know it Jerome and I are full on snogging, moving closer and closer to each other until there is absolutely no space between us. My hands are tangled in his hair and his are skimming my sides. I can't get enough, I want Jerome, all of him.

We get lost in the moment and for a second I can push everything but the feel of his lips on mine and his hands on me from my mind. There is no dare to get Jerome to fall for me. There are no unexpected feelings for Jerome. There is nothing but the two of us.

I never want this to end, but of course it does. There is a knock on the door as Eddie yells, "Times up!"

Jerome and I pull apart and I let out a groan. Did Eddie really have to interrupt us? Everything else just came rushing back to me and I really don't care to think about it right now.

I look over at Jerome and he looks as frustrated as I feel. He must feel my eyes on him because his flick up to meet mine. He sends me a small smile and I can't help but smile back. "I guess we should head out there before Eddie breaks down the door," Jerome says, seeming calmer than I am.

"Yeah," I nod and stand from the bed. I take a few steps toward the door and my head clears the farther away from Jerome I am. I take a deep breath and release it as I try to get back into the mind frame of the Patricia that is supposed to be seducing Jerome for a dare. I can't seem to leave the Patricia who actually has feelings for Jerome behind though. The Patricia that is falling for Jerome is winning out.

I feel Jerome's presence behind me and I turn to face him. "Can you tell everyone that I went to bed? It's been a long day," I shrug. I need to be alone for a bit and from the look in Jerome's blue eyes he understands.

"Yeah no problem," Jerome nods. He opens the door and we walk out in silence. I walk straight for the steps and Jerome heads to the common room.

"Hey Trix," Jerome catches my attention as I start up the steps.

"Yeah?" I ask as I turn to face him. He is standing by the door to the common room with his hands in his pockets. He seems to be debating something.

"Do you want to hang out tomorrow?" Jerome asks. I'm shocked, I honestly didn't expect that but I'm happy that's what he said. I do want to hang out with Jerome and not just for the dare. I actually just want to spend time with him.

I hesitate for a second because I know if I hang out with him I'll fall even harder. "Yeah," I nod.

"Great," Jerome smiles and turns to walk off into the common room.

When he is gone I allow myself to race up to my room and flop down onto my bed. What the hell was I going to do? I was falling for Jerome. No, I wasn't falling for Jerome; I'd already fallen…hard. There was no turning back now and I honestly didn't want to. I knew there was one thing I had to do though. I had to talk to Joy about this dare. I couldn't do it. There were too many feelings involved. If I actually wanted a real shot with Jerome outside of this dare I'd have to surrender and accept Victor duty. It wasn't giving up it was prioritizing. I knew if Jerome found out about the dare there would be no hope of whatever was starting to form between us.

Yes, I was picking Jerome over the dare. I had clearly lost my mind.

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