The Secret Life of Jeremy

An Innocent Eye

Chapter 2- An Innocent Eye (Ashley's POV)

I tapped my feet happily humming the tune of 'Hunger Games' by my friend Mitch.bI would get to see him and Jerome in two days when we went to Jerome's house. I was so excited packing my things I decided to call Jerome

. We haven't seen each other face to face in weeks, the last time was at Mincom and he only stayed for the day, taking the midnight flight home while me, Mitch, and Adam stayed for a few more days. "Hey there, sorry to intrude but I just can't wait to record with you tomorrow." I squealed excited.

Jerome was my best guy friend and it worked out especially because I could honestly trust him since he wasn't exactly into...well he's with someone else let's day. "No problem girly, you mean Friday though right?"

I nodded biting my lip, oh yeah it was a surprise I was coming a day early. I completely forgot. "My bad, Friday. I just am hoping I don't die in the first round of Mario Party." I laughed happily tucking in a pretty gray blouse with rainbow colors in one corner.

"I'm not letting it down that the colorblind friend beat you!" I grinned at his response. "Yeah totally crazy; are you ready for tonight's battle dome?" I asked glancing at the clock; it was 10:28pm, about two hours until recording. "You bet it, we got the unstoppable team and Mitch Time on our side."

I nodded knowing he couldn't see me, "Yeah...that's not the only reason you like Mitch Time." I whispered under my breath. "I heard that!" I blurted out laughing. Mitch and Jerome are...I wouldn't call it dating but they were certainly meant for each other.

"Hang on Ryan just texted me, you up for some vampires?" I sighed, packing was going to take a while but Jerome thinks I'm packing tomorrow night. I was planning on leaving right after the battle dome.

"Oh I-I...probably was going to edit some footage. Sorry dood." I say hoping he suspects nothing and freeze for a few moments waiting for him to answer, come on little Baca, nothing to suspect here...

"Hakep, just me and the Ryo-niter it is." I almost burst out laughing. "Okay, see you in two days." Moohahaha. I snicker as I hang up. Yes, he has no clue!

I finish packing that night and set everything up by my front door excited and figure with half an hour till battle dome I might as well do a bit of editing anyways.

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"Yes we won!"  Mitch yells through the Skype call and I giggle. I'm dead but Mitch and Vick are still alive and managed to break their obsidian.

"Yeah I ninja real good!" I laugh being the first one who died by Matt. "Spooky Boobs!" Jerome yells flying around. "Alright Mitch why don't you wrap it up for brining home the win eh biggums?"

I hear Jerome say; they didn't admit to the fans that they're in love but being a friend you can tell.  "Alright thank you everybody you doods rock and let's get a thumbs-up for this awesome win in the Battle Dome. Be sure to check out the other lovely people's channels and we'll see you all later!"

"BYE!" Vick and me yell at the same time as Jerome rambles on about winning and I cut the video. "Oh baby that better get us some likes for sure." Mitch says happily, "For sure." Jerome and Vick agree in unison.

I look at the time seeing its 2:15 in the morning and my plane ticket is at 2:30.

"Oh man I'm tired, gonna call it a night. Later." It doesn't sound like I'm too tired as I say exiting Minecraft. "You sure Ashley, thought we we're going to record a bonus hungerdeans for the wining team?

I feel bad as Mitch says sadly. "Sorry guys, promise we'll make it up later but I'm gonna crash." "Same here, later guys." Vick says and I hang up the Skype call and rush to slip on my shoes, coat and am out the door.

(Jeremy's POV)

I watched as Jerome carried in a bowl of reeking old soup clicking open my cage door, I growled as she banged on my cage, the noise booming into my ears.

He was the beast compared to me, how could someone treat a person like this, a brother? I wanted him dead, I wanted to show him, just for once; which one of us was caged to the other.

I might be around bars but he's the one trapped by this, forced to hide, pretend, keep his dark secret from anyone knowing. I wont ever tell, I promise you that, he'll be too dead to care.

"What are you looking at?" He raised a hand which I shielded my face too, after years of torture you tend to predict things. He tossed the bowl in making it splatter everywhere and burn my skin, I whimpered in pain holding my knee wiping off the tomato sting.

Jerome snickered at my pain like it was a form of entertainment, "It's so easy..." He mumbled but his sentence cut off at the sound of a doorbell. "Jerome! Fluffy!" I recognized that voice. I watch the terror in Jerome's eyes that I didn't know existed.

"Ashley?" He yells through the house as we hear the front door open, "Um-uh one, one second." He said fiddling around with my lock, "Where are you Jerome?"

He takes off into his gaming room but I notice something's wrong about the cage door, it's tilted slightly.

"Oh just in here Ashe, working on a vlog uh, whatcha doing here? So early?" I hear the soft steps as Ashley enters. I don't focus on their conversation though, I'm too shocked and in awe that after years of being so careful, so precise, my brother slipped up.

The door was open.