Where Were You? (Merome)

Chapter 3

~Jerome's POV~

This is all my fault. I thought he was done with being depressed. I thought he was done with cutting! He's not going to do this again, and I'm going to make sure he doesn't. Even if he doesn't like it he's under my protection now. Honestly though, I'm kind of happy for the excuse, I mean I'm not glad he's cutting, it's just that I wouldn't mind sleeping in the same room as him... Jerome, get over it he's straight! Anyways Sky and the other guys went to record so it's just me and Mitch. I guess nows a good time to start moving his stuff since he seems kind of tired.

"Hey lets move your stuff to my room."

He just mumbles "okay." Then, I stand up and head over to his room to grab his stuff while he heads down into the basement to get the blow up mattress. I decided that I would only bring his pillows and stuff since technically this is still his room, he's just going to sleep in mine. Since he has so much stuff I decide to use his duffel bag to hold it all. Emptying it out, I notice something shiny fall out. I already know what it is before I even pick it up. Razors. Shoving it under the bed, I pack his stuff and head to my room, assuming Mitch would be there already. Sure enough he is there, but the air mattress is nowhere to be seen.

"Uhm Jerome?"

"Yeah?"

"Ty kinda took the mattress already."

"Oh."

"So do I just sleep on the floor..?"

"I need to treat my Benja right, you can sleep with me if you're okay with it."

"Alright. Can I get the left side?"

"No! That's my side!"

So for the next half an hour, we were arguing over who got which side of the bed, and he won. So I had to sleep on the outside while he was on the inside. Great, if he wakes up from me falling off the bed, you know who to blame. "FLUFFY!" Adam is waving his hand in front of my face. "Oh uh what?" I must've drifted off while recording hunger games with Adam, Jason, and of course Mitch. "Dood, you just let that guy kill you!" Mitch literally screamed into the mic. By now, Adam had got back to his seat and started moving around again screaming; "HES GONNA KILL ME JASON HELP HELP HELP" while the rest of us laughed our heads off. I swear Mitch's laugh is so beautiful. Right after Jason and Mitch killed the guy chasing Adam, death match began. Adam killed Jason and then Mitch killed Adam. "I won the Hunger Deans!" Mitch said and then we all did our outros.

~Time skip~

~Mitch's POV~

It was undeniable now. I had a crush on Jerome. My best friend since 5th grade. I pretty much figured it out when Jerome froze up and when I thought that something might've happened to him, that he might've gotten hurt. It felt like a tightness formed in my chest and panic started to fill my mind. So yeah, I really like him, but I know he's straight and doesn't like me in that kind of way. The rest of the guys are down there watching a horror movie. I'm such a chicken when it comes to watching those so I told them I was tired and I'm gonna head to sleep. Jerome didn't follow me thank god. If he did come to sleep next to me at the time, I don't know what I would have done.

Suddenly, I feel a weight on the other side of the bed. I try to pretend I'm sleeping until I hear him say "Mitch. I know you're awake." Sighing, I turn over and sit up to look him in the face. "Hey dood, what you need?" That's when I notice the tears streaming down his face. "Jerome?" He starts to sob and I wrap my arms around him and he puts his head on my shoulder.

"I-I miss her so much Mitch."

"I know I know."

I know who he's talking about. When his mom died of lung cancer, he was literally hysterical. He couldn't stop crying for weeks. Still, that was a really long time ago, and he was fine earlier, what happened? Suddenly he let go of me and I glanced at my now wet sleeve. Before I knew it, he was leaning in close to my face. He paused and I was frozen. Our faces were inches apart and if any of us made the wrong move, our lips would touch. Without thinking I pressed my lips on his. Surprisingly, he kissed back. The kiss was sweet and passionate. Our lips fit together like they were made for each other. When we pulled away, he just stared at me, and then he pulled me into bed with him.

"Jerome?"

"Yeah biggums?"

"I love you."

He didn't say anything for a moment and I got scared. What if I just messed it up? What if the kiss didn't mean anything? After about a minute I turned over and faced the wall my face beet red. A few seconds later I felt arms wrap around my waist and warm breath on my ear.

"Love you too Mitch."