Jerome's POV

We walked into the bar that I didn't catch the name of and she walked right behind the bar putting on an apron. I look at her a bit confused til she waves to a bar stool right in front of her, "Okay I know what you're already going to ask and yes I work here" I smile at her, "Yeah that's about what I was thinking" she looks over at a guy working a table, "James! Get over here!" the guy named James looks over at Kayla and rolls his eyes before walking over towards her, "Nice of you to show up to work" she punches him in the arm. I clear my throat catching their attentions, "Who's your friend?" James asks, Kayla looks at me, "Oh, James this is 'not Matt' and 'not Matt' this is James" he looks at her confused. I just laugh and smile at her then turn back to James, "My names Jerome, nice to meet you" we shake hands and he smiles at me.

"Hey waiter! Would you mind doing your job?!" James sighs before turning around and heading towards the man who called him. Kayla looks at him pitifully, "That guy is always a dick, never can understand why he's so mean to James, he is basically the sweetest guy ever, and he works hard to provide for him and his brother" James returns a few seconds later, "Light beer for the gentlemen over there" he says emphasizing on the gentlemen part. Kayla pours a beer like asked and hands it to him, "Hey don't let him get to you" James nods and goes back to the table. I turn around and stare at him for a few seconds, James was pretty good looking; short dark brown hair, light green eyes, and in his waiter outfit I could tell he worked out as well as he was pretty skinny.

"So you like James?" I turn around surprised by the question, "W..what?" I stutter, Kayla rolls her eyes at me, "Please I'm not stupid, I can tell by just the way you're looking at him"I feel my face turn red. She pours a beer and sets it in front of me, "Don't worry I won't tell him, besides I don't even think he's ever said a single word about being interested in anybody" I take a sip of the beer and look behind me at James again, who's waiting a table with a little girl maybe around three. I look at the girl confused, but before I can ask any questions Kayla beats me to it, "We are a bar, but a family bar" I look at her smiling at me, "Does that mean you and James are related?" she laughs and shakes her head, "No, but he is kinda like a brother to me"

James walks back over to us, "Tell the cook I need two regular burger, and one junior plate" Kayla nods her head, "Will do" she leaves to the back. James sighs and sits down, "Jeez it's not even that busy yet, and I am tired" I laugh at this, "Well it's barely four o'clock, what time does it usually start getting busy at?""Around five, but at that time I usually have to leave to go pick up my brother from work, then he helps around here for a while" "You seem to care for your brother, from what Kayla says" he looks up at me, "Yeah I care for him, he is my brother after all" I take another drink from my beer as Kayla comes back with three plates, "You're meals good sir" James smiles at her before taking the plates and walking back to the table.

Time goes by and it's nearly five, by this time more people have come in and Kayla's been busy serving them as well as James is serving about six tables at once. James comes over to me, "Hey listen Jerome I gotta go pick up my brother, would you mind covering for me and helping Kayla out?""Yeah sure" he gives a sigh of relief, "Thank you so much" he hands me his apron and a notebook. He leaves and at that time four tables are calling out to me, "Well this'll be fun"

About two hours go by before I'm able to sit down, "Jesus who knew being a waiter could take so much out of you" Kayla come by me, things have slowed down a bit. "I've tried calling James so many times and have no clue what could be taking him, but thanks for filling in for him while he's out Jerome" "No problem" at that moment the door opens and James walks in looking defeated. Kayla runs over to him, I follow her, "James what took you so long?" he looks up at her, "He wasn't at work when I got there, and I've spent the last few hours looking for him" Kayla sighs, "James, I'm sure he's fine maybe he just went out for a walk, he'll call you when he can" James looks up at her again, "Kayla his co-workers said he left with someone, you know how he can get meeting new people" she simply sighs again, "Well all we can do is wait, he'll call"

I stay around and help James only smiles when he's talking to the customers, as soon as he steps away he is back to frowning. Midnight rolls around and Kayla's about to lock the door, when it opens and a boy about my age with red hair walks in. "Ethan!" James runs over to the boy and engulfs him in a hug, "Hey bro" Kayla walks over to me, "That'd be Jame's pride and joy right there" I smile hearing this. We both walk over to them, "Hey Ethan glad you aren't dead" Kayla says hugging him, "Nice to see you too Kayla" he then looks over at me, "And you are?" "Oh hi, I'm Jerome" he smiles at me. After I meet him James looks at him anger in his eyes, "Okay now that I know you're not dead, where the hell were you?!" Ethan rubs the back of his neck a blush coming onto his face, "Well I met someone at the coffee shop and we just went on a walk together" he smiles at the memory. James stares at him, "You could have at least called me" "I'm sorry, I was so entranced by him that I kinda forgot you were meant to pick me up" Kayla laughs, "This guy is that good?" Ethan lights up, "You have no idea, he is funny, smart, cute, and god his laugh" Kayla just laughs and I do too, the way he talks about this guy reminds me of Mitch. James just sighs, "Well fine, just don't scare me like that again" Ethan smiles at him, "Will do, hey I know I'll invite him here tomorrow then you can all meet him" Kayla smiles, "Okay, but if he is not as magical as you say he is then I will be disappointed" Ethan laughs, "Don't worry he will be"

After that I yawn, "You tired Jerome?" James asks me, "Yeah I should start walking to my apartment, it's already too dark" James shakes his head at me, "Nonsense I'll drive you home, Ethan can help Kayla clean up" "Come on" Ethan complains, James glares at him causing Ethan to look down at the ground. James looks back at me, "Come on I can take you, then Kayla can take Ethan home" I smile at him, "Thanks."

We go outside and we head into his white Jeep Wrangler, "Wow this is nice" I say getting inside, "Thanks, Ethan loves Jeeps so when I needed a car I got a Jeep" I look over at him as he pulls out of the parking lot, "So is it just you two?" James sighs, "Yeah, our parents kinda kicked us out when I came out, I was sixteen, Ethan was fourteen" "So that means you're-" "I'm twenty-three at the moment and Ethan is twenty-one" I nod, "Why'd they kick both of you out?" James frowns, "Cause Ethan looked up to me and they thought I had already corrupted him, which I guess was true by the way he was talking about that guy" he smiles after those last few words. I smile too, he had this really contagious smile, but one thing is still bugging me, "So does this mean you're-" "Yes" he answers before I even finish my question. I hated people who did that so I put on a frown and looked out the window, "Oh that sucks that you're straight, I was planning on asking you out" he turns a little too rough indicating that what I said surprised him. I can't help the smile that came onto my face, I turned around to face him and saw him hit himself in the face, I laugh as I see this, "Why'd you hit yourself?" he looks over at me then back at the road, "I answered too quickly, I thought you were asking me if I was gay," he says grimacing, "that was pretty stupid of me to just assume what you were saying" I laugh again, "Yes it was" we arrive outside of the building to my apartment.

"Thanks for the ride" I'm about to get out when he grabs my hand, "Wait" I look over at him and he blushes before removing his hand, "What's wrong?" he looks at me before blushing a brighter shade of red, "You said you wanted to ask me out before, was that true?" I look at him and smile. I lean inn and kiss him, he's shocked at first before kissing back, I pull back first and speak, "Yeah it was true." I dig in my pocket to find a pen, I grab his arm and write down my number, "Again thanks for the ride" he looks at me speechless before smiling. I get out of the car and head up to my apartment, I let out a breathe before falling down against my door, "Today was good" I think to myself.

A/N

Sorry it's taken me such a long time to update this, but I promise you it's been because I'm working on Truth. But I refuse to abandon another story so here is another part for you. Thank you all again for almost 400 reads it means a lot to me. And as always Keep On Hacking and I'll Meet You There Goodnight/Morning!