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Sorry for the wait, I've just been extremely busy. I would really love to say that I hope to update daily, but if anything updates are going to get slower than they already are. There is so much that I need to get done in the next month or so and sadly writing will have to get pushed off. I will try to update whenever I can, but please stick with me. I promise I will update, it just might take a while with everything going on.

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Patricia POV

It wasn't even in my room alone for five minutes before Joy joined me. I kept telling myself I wanted to be alone so I could figure things out, but I don't think I really wanted to be. I already knew what I needed to do and that was call off this dare and I needed Joy to be here to do that.

"So what happened Patricia?" Joy asks as she sits down on her bed across from me and smiles.

"Actually Joy, there's something we need to talk about," I start, ready to spill that I was going to give up on the dare. I didn't want to ruin anything that could possibly be happening between Jerome and I for a stupid dare.

"Yes, you need to tell me what happened in Jerome's room," Joy smiles happily. I can tell she isn't going to stop until I give her the details.

"We made out," I shrug, there really wasn't more to tell.

"That's all you're going to give me?" Joy asks incredulously. "Oh come on Patricia, I'm sure there was more than that."

"Really, all we did was make out," I answer. "But it did make me realize something…" I start only to be cut off.

"He didn't try to make a move or anything?" Joy asks skeptically.

"No, but we're hanging out tomorrow," I answer, maybe that bit of information would get her to back off so I could tell her the conclusion I'd come to. No such luck.

"Perfect!" Joy bursts. "You can seal the deal tomorrow and win this dare once and for all," Joy smiles in excitement.

"About the dare…" I start only to be cut off once again. Joy isn't making this easy on me. I need to tell her before I chicken out, whatever I may have with Jerome's is more important than some stupid dare. I need to take care of this before I regret it.

"Ooh… speaking of dares, what the hell was that with all the Joy and Eddie dares?" Joy asks, turning her serious expression on. I knew this was going to come up eventually, but I was hoping I could get out what I wanted to say first.

"Why does it matter Joy? You like him," I say, hoping she doesn't push the subject too much. I know she feels slightly betrayed because I swore I'd never tell anyone she likes Eddie. I never actually did tell anyone though, she did, but I was the one to blame for the dare that led to it in the first place. Until this afternoon I'd had no intention of sharing Joy's feelings with anyone, but when I figured out Eddie liked Joy back I had to do something. Joy was working to get Jerome and I together, no matter how unconventional of a way she was going about it, so I figured it was only fair that I set her up with Eddie.

"Patricia," Joy sends me a hard look. I can tell she feels hurt.

I take a deep breath and tell her the truth. "Eddie likes you Joy," I admit. I never promised Eddie I wouldn't say anything, I only promised to help him get Joy.

"He does?" Joy asks in shock. Her whole expression changes completely.

"Yes, he does," I answer.

"How do you know?" Joy asks, her eyebrows furrowed in thought.

"He told me," I say as I rub the back of my neck.

"When?" Joy questions.

"Today when we were cleaning the theater storage room," I answer as I look at Joy. Her expression is confused, yet happy.

"Why did he tell you?" she asks. She wants to know everything and I can't stop myself from telling her. She's my best friend and I want her to be happy. If answering her questions leads to making her happy then that's what I 'm going to do.

"He promised to help me with the whole Jerome situation if I agreed to help him with you," I admit with a shrug.

"And you agreed?" Joy continues her questioning as she tries to process everything.

"Yes I agreed," I laugh. Joy's questions were getting more and more repetitive and simply. "He likes you, you like him, I figured it would be worth my time to set up two up," I shrug. I wasn't sure if Joy was going to be happy that I'd taken it upon myself to set her and Eddie up or if she was going to be pissed.

"So, do I make the first move? Or should I wait until he does?" Joy asks, a smile taking over her face. Apparently the answer was happy, she was happy I'd intervened.

"That I can't tell you Joy, but you've never been one to sit back and wait for what you want to just fall in your lap," I laugh. Joy went for what she wanted and didn't take no for an answer, kind of like me. I found myself chewing on my lip as I considered what would happen if I went after Jerome like I was suggesting Joy go after Eddie. Did I have it in me? I wasn't quite sure. Jerome did things to me that I wasn't used to. He made me second-guess myself.

"I'll go after him starting tomorrow," Joy smiles at me. "Just like you'll go after Jerome and finish this dare."

"About the dare…" I start again, only to be cut off once again. It was appearing as if the dare was not a topic I was going to be able to talk about tonight.

"Let's talk about the dare tomorrow, okay?" Joy asks as she stretches her arms out above her.

I just nod and fall back onto my bed. It's not worth fighting it tonight; we can figure it out tomorrow. I'm not sure where things are going to go from here, but I know I want to find out what is actually between Jerome and I. To do that, I am going to need to take the dare off the table, I can't do that to Jerome. It's funny how many things can change in the matter of hours. I was in too deep already to back out so I was just going to dive in and see where the tide took me.

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