Yours: Merome

Chapter 20

Tash's POV

"Hey! Tash!" I turned to see Jerome walking up to me, and I quickly gave him a hug. "Hey there! Long time no see!"

"Yeah... I realised that I never had your number..."

"Heh, and you're probably really busy now?" I asked, and he blushed. "What do you mean?..." I winked, and he blushed deeper. "Actually, I don't wanna know." I smirked, and he smiled. "How's life."

"Being shit as always." I replied grumpily, and Jerome raised his eyes. "Hey, no need for that language... I can tell you it will get better now that I'm here though."

"No, I'm much more fab!" I replied, striking a pose, which made him laugh. "But seriously, what's up? I thought you were with Jarred?" I scowled at the memories. "We broke up months ago."

He shifted awkwardly. "Oh. Sorry about that." I shrugged. "It's fine. He was a dickhead a lot of the time anyways." Jerome shook his head with a sad air. "You never think of the kids, Tash."

Then he nudged me. "Leaves you for someone else though, right?" It was my turn to squirm. "Maybe..." He gave me a sly grin. "Spill." I gave him my best death glare. "It's complicated, so I don't feel like sharing." He pulled a face. "C'mon, you can tell me. Promise I won't tell."

I sighed, scratching the back of my neck. "There's this guy that I like, but he doesn't feel the same. Plus, I think he's in love with someone else." Then I forced a smile. "Enough about my screwed up life. How's yours?" He smiled almost shyly.

"Mine's pretty good. I got Mitch back from his insane ex-girlfriend who decided kidnapping him was a pretty good idea, and he's starting to recover. And we still love each other." I smiled, giving him a hug. "I'm glad you found someone." But inside, my heart was breaking, along with my mind.

"So, ready to hang with us for a while?" He asked, and I rolled my eyes. "Do I have to? Amber knows I'm going to try and murder Gale the moment I see his ugly face, or at least which I think is ugly." Jerome gave me a one-armed hug. "You'll survive. C'mon, let's check on Mitch. He's unnaturally quiet. It's scaring me a little now."

We walked over to his room, Jerome chatting with me, cracking jokes, but I was far away, too busy wallowing in my own misery to take much notice of him, me, anything, really.

I think I knew how Mitch was feeling.

Mitch's POV

What am I meant to feel? Fear? Anger? Happiness? No. Scratch that. Why the hell would I be happy I saw a lookalike of Alison's?

Never before have I felt like this. I haven't, I can't tell Jerome. He cares too much, and this would worry him. So my next best option is Amber.

She was sitting with Tash and Shadow, and I could see she was in a heated argument over a certain person. "You know, he is great once you get to know him!" Amber yelled, and Tash snorted. "More like great in bed."

"No! Shut up!"

"Hi." I said suddenly, causing both girls to look up at me. "Well, is it alright if I steal Amber? I need to talk to her."

"Yeah, go ahead." Shadow said, a bemused look on her face. "Just don't let Gale get jealous..." Tash said, and I rolled my eyes. "Would I ever?" We walked outside, then I took a seat on the grass, and Amber sat next to me. "This looks pretty important, so what's up?"

"I'm scared." I whispered. "I saw a blonde person at the party, and they looked so much like Alison, and it brought everything back, everything I thought I had beaten. All the memories, everything! I'm scared, Amber! I'm scared! I don't want to lose Jerome, not again, especially not to someone like her! All I wanted was the boy I love, and for him to love me back. I didn't want the pain, I didn't want the drama, and I didn't want fear of darkness! The darkness is where imagination flourishes, and mine is laced with fear!"

Huge thanks to Tashaandbuddy who gave me something to write :3

Amber