I'm baack! Sorry I took so long to update. =( I was on a short 4 night vacation so I didn't have much time on my hands. I went to publish this chapter and then Fanfiction was having some server difficulties. Buuut here it is! I don't know how I feel about this chapter, but I hope you all like it. I was not expecting for anyone to even read this, but I got some amazing feedback! So thank you for reading and reviewing. =) Enjoy!
Warning: this chapter has some 'sexy' scenes, if you're not comfortable reading things like that don't worry. It's barely much and I don't get too specific or too detailed with things like that. There is also alot of bad language used in a certain part of this chapter.
"You of all people have no right to come here and judge anyone. You weren't here to even know what the hell was going on," Amber paused. "Before you go on spitting in people's faces and calling them names, you should know...Poppy was killed in a car accident a year ago, and he was the one driving..."
Mara's eyes widened.
"What?! Poppy is...she's gone?"
Mara was shocked, she could not believe the words that came out of Amber's mouth. How come no one told her? Called her? Her and Poppy became close when she arrived to their school. She had the right to know when it had happened.
"If you're wondering why no one told you its because Jerome didn't want to have it affect your life. You were in New York going to the school of your dreams to have a great future. He didn't tell you because he didn't wanna ruin your life. Because he cared too much about you and your happiness," Amber explained. "...But it seems that America has really changed you, and not in a good way," and with that she walked away to find Jerome.
He was sitting on the hood of his car staring at the sky. She slowly approached him. She knew before she got near that he had been crying.
He didn't move, or look to check who it was, he just knew it was her by the sweet scent of her perfume.
"Are you alright?"
She had always been there since it happened, comforting him, trying to tell him that it wasn't his fault.
He wasn't afraid or embarrassed to cry in front of her anymore. It had become a normal thing. She didn't judge, she just always sat next to him and held him whenever he needed to be near someone. They had become very close lately. She was always there to take away the pain that he felt.
"I dreamt about that night again," he finally confessed after a long silence.
She sighed sadly and took his hand.
-One year ago-
"How the hell did you find me?"
After high school, and their mother losing their mind due to the fact that their not-so-innocent dad had murdered someone and was left in jail to rot for the rest of his life, Poppy saw no point in life anymore. She didn't see the reason to finish school and graduate so she dropped out. She began hanging out with the wrong crowd and partied way too often.
Jerome never saw it coming. His innocent, smart, sweet sister had become completely the opposite. The only good thing in her life was Jerome, he watched over her and provided food and a roof over their heads. But that wasn't enough for her.
She met some bad boy and began hanging out with his kind of people. She snuck out at parties and stole Jerome's money to buy drugs for her so called boyfriend.
That night Jerome had found out about the party, and had heard that there was a lot of drugs involved. And that's how he found himself grabbing onto her arm and dragging her out of that hell hole of a party.
"What is wrong with you?! You've been such a terrible person lately!" He yelled as he led her to his car to take her home.
He threw open the car door and soon the car was moving out into the road.
"Why do you even care anyways?" she asked angrily.
He took a sharp left turn.
"Why do I care? Because you're my sister! And I just found out that you had been doing dangerous drugs with your fucked up boyfriend and his idiotic group of friends!" He barked. "And I fucking told you I didn't wanna see you with him ever again!"
"You're not the boss of me asshole!" She spat back.
He hit the gas angrily and took another sharp left turn.
"Actually yes I am the fucking boss of you! Because last time I checked you don't have anyone else taking care of you!"
She punched the glass but not hard enough for it to break. And as she moved her arm, a little bag fell on her lap. Before she could grab it and place it back in her jacket pocket Jerome had grabbed it too soon.
"What the fuck is this?! Cocaine!"
"Give that back! It's none of your goddamn business!" she went to grab it but he wouldn't let it go.
He stared at her with so much disappointment in his eyes. "You're so screwed up. I'm so disappointed in you!"
"You're the screwed up one! I fucking hate you so dam- AH! WATCH OUT!"
He was too late, before he was able to function what was happening a flash of light blinded him and the car rolled down and the last thing he heard was her screams.
"Mara didn't mean all of that."
"Oh please, she's right."
"No she's not. You're not a manwhore, and the last thing you care about is how much money you have."
Jerome sighed and turned to her.
"Why do you treat me so nicely? I'm everything a good person like you hates."
"I don't hate you Jerome."
Her hand cupped his chin and brought his face to look at her. She wiped at his tears. "I know why you have a different girl every night..."
He looked at her confused. "Because I'm a terrible person."
She shook her head. "No, because you fear loneliness...Because when you have someone next to you every night, it makes you feel safe."
His eyes widened.
"I get it Jerome, but you don't have to be alone, and you don't need different girls to make you feel better. You're a strong man, and that night wasn't your fault. But it happened, you can't go back in time. She would of wanted you to continue to live your life, to find your true happiness because she loved you Jerome, she really did. And she knows it's not your fault. It's no ones fault."
His hand found her cheek and their foreheads touched against each other.
"You're too good to me," he whispered as they both cried.
They stared into each others eyes for the longest time.
"We should probably head back to the party," she whispered not breaking eye contact.
"Yeah, we probably should..."
They didn't move, they just continued to inch their faces close to one another. His thumb brushed across her button lip and she let out the softest sigh.
"I never told you how beautiful you look tonight," he whispered as his lips neared hers.
"Amber!" Nina called out. "Where are you?"
He sighed and backed away from her.
"Over here!" Amber yelled back. "We're coming, sorry just needed some fresh air."
They neared back to Nina and headed inside.
The party was soon over and everyone had gotten a hotel room to stay for the night since most of them lived nearly an hour away and it was 1 am.
Jerome stared out the window of his hotel room when there was a soft knock.
"Hey."
"Hi."
Amber slowly walked in. She was still wearing her red dress. "I didn't want you to be alone..."
He walked towards her and smiled. "I'm glad you came."
"I brought wine, kinda took it from one of the tables. It wasn't open so I didn't want it to go to waste."
He laughed.
She liked seeing him laugh. He hadn't laughed much lately.
"Here, I'll pour it," he offered and handed her a glass. They cheered and took a sip.
"I don't think it was a good idea to come into my hotel room wearing that."
She looked down confused. "What's wrong with this? I thought I looked beautiful," she mocked.
"Yeah that's the problem, too beautiful," he looked at her up and down.
She set her wine glass on the table and moved closer to him.
"Well then, maybe I should take it off?"
He set his wine down on the table as well then.
He moved in front of her and cupped her face in his hands. "As soon as you walked into my door, you have no idea how badly I've been wanting to kiss you," he whispered.
"Kiss me," she whispered back.
His lips slowly neared hers than. When their lips connected, he felt it then, something he hadn't felt in so long, sparks. Their lips moved in perfect harmony. Their hands roamed one another's bodies.
She pushed him back onto the small couch chair and stood in front of him. Her arm went up to her back and before he could even function what was happening, her red dress fell to her feet.
She stood completely bare. Black panties barely covering anything, not that he was complaining. Not at all.
He stood up from the couch, and closed the space between them.
"So fucking breathtaking," he whispered against her lips.
Soon he was shirtless as well as she ran her fingers through his abs.
Her back lightly collided with the cold wall as she moaned against him.
He picked her up as they continued kissing and he brought her body down onto the bed.
"Are you okay?"
Mara turned on the bed to face her boyfriend. "Yeah, just found out some bad news."
"Do you wanna talk about it?" His fingers ran through her hair.
"No, just hold me closer."
He did just that.
"I love you so much."
Patricia smiled as she lay on top of him. Their clothes had left their bodies as soon as they entered the room.
"I love you too."
"Is it just me, or was their some serious tension between Amber and Jerome?" Eddie asked later on as they lay cuddled up into each others arms.
"Oh please, those two make it too obvious. You can literally feel the sexual tension between them for about 2 years now," Patrica laughed.
"Who would of thought, those two."
"Life is full of surprises, I'm marrying you aren't I?" She teased.
He laughed and kissed her shoulder.
The next day Mara stood crying next to Poppy's grave.
Patricia and Eddie had left to Paris to plan out all the wedding details and have some time alone.
Amber was no where to be found the next morning when Jerome awoke.
He sighed confused. Maybe she was just overwhelmed. That night was one of the best nights he had had in such a long time. He actually fell asleep with no problems and had no nightmares. A feeling he had truly missed.
I didn't wanna leave off this chapter in a cliffy again because cliffhangers are the worst! I'm not 100% with this chapter but hopefully you enjoyed reading. =)
What caused Amber to disappear like that?
-See you all in the next chapter. Reviews are very much appreciated. =D