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No guilt washed over Jerome. None, nope, nada. On the other hand, Rob felt like complete shit.

Not only that, he wished he could run all the way back to prison and help Mat out once more, but he knew he couldn't, only an idiot would do that. All he had left was to follow a selfish criminal without any good intentions whatsoever. He glared at the back of Jerome's head, his eyes scanning the forest they were walking through, hoping that no one would come after them. Jerome on the other hand, turned around and glared at Rob, "Why are you looking at me like that? Stop it!"

"How can I stop if I'm pissed at you!" Rob growled as he caught up to Jerome.

"It's annoying, I can practically feel the way you're looking at me." Jerome said as he tried picking his pace up, but he couldn't.

"Who wouldn't? You literally made me go with you and leave Mat behind!" Rob exclaimed angrily, making Jerome bite his bottom lip in frustration.

"Fine! Go back and get caught then! Go get yourself killed, I won't care! If that's what you want." Jerome snarled as he stopped to look at Rob right in the face, and the two tensed as they looked at each other in the eye, but not in a romantic way all romance books would say, where the two love birds would normally lean in and kiss, but this wasn't the case.

Rob just lowered his eyes to the ground, feeling even more guilty, but he wouldn't budge, ". . . You're right. . . I can't- we, can't do anything about it. . ."

Jerome scoffed and started walking once more, muttering, "Good, at least you get my drift. . ."

Rob blinked, confused at Jerome's rudeness, but he kept on walking, just as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened. But sadly, something did happen. They were probably being searched down, their friends are probably going to be questioned, jailed, and treated unfairly, while him and Jerome are going to have to stay hidden for a while, at least, until all the news about them stops being the center of attention. Suddenly realizing what was going on, Rob asked, "Um, Jerome, where are we staying?"

"Fuck, I didn't think about that. . . I guess. . . We'll have to start searching. . ." Jerome said with uncertainty as he simply shrugged it off, leaving Rob confused. So, he thought of this master plan of leaving a large prison, but he didn't think about where he would be staying? Rob mentally face-palmed, but he didn't bother arguing about it.

It was until the two heard commotion coming from somewhere near, which made them stop in their tracks.

"You fucking knew she was heading our way!"

"Who, Emily? I didn't know she was coming."

"Yes you did and you know it!"

"Even if I did, it wouldn't have mattered, the affair we have would've ripped her heart to shreds anyway!"

Rob watched silently as he saw a young, pretty female come from off of the porch of a brick house, accompanied by an obviously angered male. Jerome smirked as he muttered, "Rose and Preston. . ."

Rob frowned, remembering Rose and who she was, and one of his best friends arguing with each other. It was until Preston gave up on the conversation, and he angrily walked away, slamming the door of his house shut. Rose though, didn't seem affected by this, and she continued walking off down the sidewalk. Jerome looked at Rob and he muttered, "Follow me, I have an idea."

Rob nodded and followed Jerome down the steep hill of grass and trees, onto the clean sidewalk, just as Jerome walked up to Rose from behind, tapping her shoulder lightly. Confused, she turned around, her eyes widening in confusion at the two dirty men in front of her. Jerome licked his dry lips and he smirked,

"Hey there sweetheart, it's nice seeing you again."

-Author's Note-

You thought she would get kidnapped lmao nope

(Silently wished it though)

Anyway, if you have any opinions (won't consider the: "get rid of this character!" Or: "can 'insert name' be with 'insert this name' ?" ), go ahead and tell me in the comments, I'd love to hear them.

(example: how much Rose sucks, #FreeTy, etc. . . Hehe. . . Rose. . . Sucks. . .)

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