Its Complicated (Merome Fanfic)

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Preston's POV

I chose a quiet place to call Jerome. Hearing his voice would probably make me cool down and more levelheaded, and I might be able to think about a solution for this mess.

I was in my apartment, standing on my balcony, letting the wind blow through the messy room, my eyes falling on the place me and Jerome had actually kissed only a few days ago.

Please...Jerome pick up please.

"Hello?"

Immediately, my eyes lit up at the sound of Jerome's voice and I smiled.

"Hi. It's me."

"Preston... Hi."

"How are you? What happened when you went back? Are you ok?"

"Too...too many questions. That's too many questions."

My smile quickly turned to a frown. Jerome sounded sluggish and tired. He didn't sound like himself.

"Jerome," I said hesitantly. "Are you ok? Do you want me to come down and see you or-"

"No!" My eyes widened at Jerome's sudden shout.

"Y-you can't come here in person. I'm sorry-it's -it's just...." I could hear Jerome's heavy breathing on the other end and I was frozen in place, because I had no idea what to do.

"....Preston."

"Y-yeah?" I stammered out, trying to wrap my head around this conversation.

"I have a request."

"About what?"

"In the games, do you want to make an alliance with me?"

Immediately, I lost control of any idea I had behind Jerome's behavior. Alliances weren't banned, but they were highly difficult to keep and maintain. Only really serious partners had succeeded being in alliances until the final two, mainly because the games and the prizes were mentally tough on the players head. A lot of players just worked alone for the benefits and the fact that it was easier in the end.

Besides, Jerome and I had actually tried to make an alliance before. It didn't work and we were sloppy in the way we moved and in the end we got ourselves killed and wasted our entrance in the games that year. It was unspoken between us to never mention an alliance again.

So what made Jerome want to start an alliance now?

"An alliance?"

"Yes. Do you want-"

"Jerome, are you feeling ok?"

The other end was quiet until I heard Jerome's shaky breathing again.

"Preston, in the games, do you want to make an alliance with me?"

I was shocked. I didn't even know what to do.

My mouth ended up moving on its own though, because some deep dark secret part of me wanted this. Part of me actually craved the idea of partnering up with Jerome, because that meant he wanted to work with me...he wanted to try again at spending the games with me.

"Jerome?"

"Yeah?"

"Let's do it."

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Jason's POV
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I sighed, putting my newly built phone away, and Tyler looked at me.

"What did they say?" He asked, and I broke out into a grin.