The flashbacks will be italicized and the present time will be normal. Thoughts are also italicized when it's present time.
*Flashback- August 2007*
Adam was waiting for the red-head next to him to fall asleep and made sure she wouldn't wake up before he made his move. He didn't want to do this, but he felt like he had to. He loved her so much which was why he was doing this; it was only for her own good. Maybe she would end up hating him if he left without telling her anything, it seemed like the easiest way. He felt horrible about this, but he just kept thinking he was doing this for her, as twisted as that sounded. He finally teared his gaze away from her and slowly and quietly got up from the bed. "I love you," he whispered one last time before gently kissing her forehead and leaving. He hated himself for this, but he would do anything for her.
Lita woke up the next day frowning in confusion at the empty side of the bed. Adam was there the night before, but he wasn't now. Maybe he woke up before her and was in another room. She looked around for him, but didn't see him. It's not like her apartment was big so she assumed he might have just left. But she found that a bit weird, he never left without telling her when he spent the night. It's not like it was a weekday and had work, she was confused as to where he could be. He didn't leave her a note to tell her about his absence like he usually did if he had to leave before she woke up. She decided to call him, but he didn't answer his phone and she became worried. She called him again, no answer. She called him at his apartment, but no answer there either. She started to get worried, what if he was hurt? She wanted to call Christian and ask him if he knew where Adam was, but she saw it was eight in the morning and didn't want to disturb him or Dawn in case they were sleeping. She kept trying to call Adam again, but there was still no answer and she couldn't wait anymore and decided to call Christian.
"Hello?" Christian answered the phone. He didn't sound sleepy, so she probably didn't wake him up.
"Do you know where Adam is? I woke up and he wasn't here. I keep calling him, but he won't pick up his phone. I'm worried. What if something happened?" She spit it out a bit quickly but Christian understood everything she said.
That idiot, Christian thought, he did it without telling her. "I don't know where he is," he lied even though he knew where his friend was. He wanted to hurt him, he told him not to do it, but he still did. "How about I try to call him and you can try and calm down? I'm sure he's okay."
"And you'll tell me when you find out?"
He didn't want to lie, but he knew he couldn't tell her the truth either, he did promise Adam after all. "Yes."
"Thanks. I guess I'll talk to you later then." He could hear her voice crack and her sniffling which made him feel worse.
He sighed when he hung up the phone. He could hear the anxiety in her voice. He knew why Adam was doing this, but he didn't agree with him at all, this was not the way to solve anything. He just hoped Adam would answer his call and listen to him that he still had a chance to go back and just ignore what happened and tell her everything.
"I'm guessing she called you?" Adam answered the phone.
"Yes, what the hell is wrong with you?! I told you not to do that. She sounds like she's been crying because she's worried about you. She thinks something horrible has happened."
"Well, it has."
"Shut up. That's not what I'm talking about, you obviously didn't tell her."
Adam sighed. "I can't."
Adam was stubborn and Christian knew it. There was no way he could convince him to go back and tell her. He was probably on his way to where he was going. "What am I supposed to tell her? I told her I would try calling you, I thought I could talk some sense into you, but clearly I can't."
Adam rolled his eyes as he continued to drive his car to his destination. "Don't tell Dawn either, we know how she has a big mouth. Anyways, I'm getting another phone and changing my number when I get there so I'll tell you then."
"Whatever. I know you have to go, but you should have asked her to go with you or at least told her what the hell is going on. Tell me when you get there. Bye." He was about to hang up the phone until he heard Adam on the other end.
"Wait. Just... please look after for her."
Christian took a while before he answered his friend. "I will. But, that's not going to do anything. She needs you. She loves you."
"What she needs to do is hate me when-"
"Don't say that,"Christian interrupted him. "Nothing's going to happen. You're making a huge mistake."
"Thanks for the support," Adam said sarcastically as he hung up the phone. Christian groaned in frustration, he knew Adam thought he was doing what he was doing for the red-head, but he didn't agree with it at all. He just hoped Adam wouldn't regret what he thought was the biggest mistake Adam had ever made. He decided to call Lita and tell her he couldn't get a hold of Adam either. He knew he had to tell her something later, she wasn't stupid, she would figure something was going on soon. He couldn't tell her the truth, but he didn't know what he would tell her.
Lita was outside of Adam's apartment knocking on his door for the past few minutes after she decided to go there and see if he was there when Christian told her he couldn't get in contact with him either.
"He left, just this morning actually," a voice said from behind her.
"What?" She asked around when she turned around to face the man who spoke up.
"You're looking for Adam right?" She nodded and he continued. "Yea, I saw him leave with most of his stuff at five in the morning."
"That doesn't mean he left."
"The apartment has been up for rent for a couple of days now. Sorry," the man then entered the apartment next to Adam's previous apartment. This didn't make sense to her, why would Adam move without telling her. Where did he go? Why wouldn't he tell her? She thought of her previous conversation with Christian and thought how he probably knew something but he wasn't telling her anything. She tried to pull herself together, then went to his house to confront him. He wasn't that good of a liar so she thought she could get something out of him in person.
Shit, Christian thought when he opened the door and saw Lita. He knew why she was here, he didn't believe a word he told her and was here to confront him. "Hey," he was about to say more until she interrupted him.
"Where the hell is Adam?!" Lita yelled as she entered his and Dawn's house. She was angry.
"I don't-"'
"Cut the bullshit! Stop lying!" She said glaring at him. "His neighbor told me he saw him leave him apartment early in the morning at five and that apartment has been up for rent the past couple of days! Where did he go?!"
Mhm, she knew. Sort of. He sighed as he thought he couldn't really hide the fact that he actually knew something. "I'm sorry, I can't tell you."
"And why the hell not!?" Her voice was actually rising even more. He felt like she would start hitting him some time soon. She frightened him when she was angry.
"I promised him."
She laughed humorlessly. "Are you fucking kidding me?! He planned this?! He told you?! What the hell?!"
"What the hell is going on?" Dawn asked when she made her way to the doorway where the other two were. "Li? What are you doing here? Why are you yelling? What's wrong? Don't you want to move from there? We can go in the living room."
The two ignored her and continued on their conversation. "Look, all I can say is that he went to another state, can't tell you why. But trust me, I tried stopping him."
"Who went to another state? Who are you talking about?" Dawn asked confused, she was still ignored.
"Great job with that!" She started to break down into tears right after that. "Don't come near me," she said as she saw Christian coming towards he to comfort her. "Does he hate me that much that he had to leave in the middle of the night without telling me?"
"Quite the opposite actually," he began to say then stopped himself. He didn't know what else to say. He couldn't really say much without saying anything.
"What the hell is going on?" Dawn asked yet again.
Lita looked up at her friend trying to control herself. Why was she wasting her time crying over Adam when he didn't even care for her? "Ask your husband," she began to say wiping her tears away, "because I really don't know." She then turned her attention to Christian. "Thanks for nothing. I thought you were my friend, I guess not." Christian didn't know what to say, it was like he was stuck in the middle. He wanted to tell Lita because he really thought Adam was making a huge mistake, but at the same time he promised Adam he wouldn't say anything.
"I'm sorry," and he truly was. Lita just shook her head and turned around to leave, her hand on the doorknob before Christian spoke up again. "Don't go. You probably shouldn't be driv-"
"Don't act like you care," she interrupted stopping in her place, but not turning around to face him. "If you did, you would tell me what's going on. But you don't."
"Li, pl-"
"No Dawn. Just leave me alone." And with that said, she left.
*End of Flashback*
*Present Time*
"And there were two monsters," Ethan said finishing his story about his bad dream which his mother wasn't paying attention to, she couldn't stop thinking about Adam.
"Mommy checked, there are no monsters in here."
"You promise?"
Lita smiled at him. "I promise. Go to sleep now okay. I will stay with you."
"Who was that at the door?"
Lita felt her heart stop when Ethan asked her that. She was hoping he wouldn't bring that up. What was she supposed to say? "That was your Uncle Christian's friend," she decided to tell half the truth. It's not like she was lying, she just wasn't saying the truth. This was hardly the time to have a conversation about Adam.
"Why was he here?"
Crap, what am I supposed to say now? "He needed something." She didn't stop right there, she didn't want him to ask another question. "Let's go to sleep now. Mommy's tired too."
"Okay. Good night." Ethan closed his eyes to go to sleep and he was asleep within a couple of minutes. Lita, on the other hand, knew she wasn't going to get any sleep tonight. She couldn't help but think about Adam and why he was back again. She wanted to know why he came to her home today. A part of he wanted to know why he left, but at the same time, she didn't care. She hated him, or at least she tried to. It had been five years and she tried to forget about him, but she couldn't because Ethan was always a reminder of him, he looked just like Adam. She didn't know how she was supposed to explain any of this to Ethan. He started to ask her about his father just two weeks ago when he started preschool. He wanted to know why everyone had a father except for him. She was at a loss for words, she didn't know what to say. Luckily for her, she didn't have to say anything because the phone rang and she went to answer it, and by the time she got off the phone, Ethan forgot all about his question and was playing with his toys. She felt horrible for not telling him anything about Adam, but she really didn't know what to say to him. And now that Adam was back, it complicated things even more.
Adam had been sitting in his car outside of Christian's house for the past few minutes. He was angry. He couldn't believe his friend didn't tell him anything about him having a son. He was his best-friend after all, he was supposed to tell him something like this. He realized he was just going to get even more angry than he already was so he might as well just get out of his car and ask his so called best-friend some questions. He rang the doorbell and within seconds, Dawn opened the door for him. He saw her frown and then immediately smile, a fake smile he could tell.
"Hi Adam," she always tried being civil with him. "Welcome back." After five years. Leaving my best-friend by herself. To take care of YOUR son. She really wanted to say those words out loud, but decided not to.
"Hey," he said as he followed her into the house and into the living room. He looked around for Christian and saw him sitting on the couch. "I have about a billion questions for you."
Christian looked up and over at Adam. He knows. Damn it. "Hello to you too."
"Cut the crap Christian," he said folding his arms across his chest, glaring at his friend, he was definitely very angry right now. "Why didn't you tell me that I have a son?"
Christian sighed as he stood up facing towards Adam. "I promised Li-"
"I don't care what you promised her! This is something I should have known! You should have told me!"
"Kind of like how Li didn't care what he promised you but you made sure he wouldn't tell her why you left." Yup, Dawn was done trying to be civil. "You didn't deserve to know. You left her, you wouldn't answer her calls. How the hell was she supposed to tell you?"
"I was still answering Christian's calls," Adam said still glaring at Christian.
"Damn it Adam!" Dawn finally exploded. "This is your own damn fault! Don't come here and blame Christian for this! And you sure as hell better not blame Li for any of this. Yes, she should have told you, but you weren't answering her calls, therefore you didn't deserve to know!"
"Okay, you two yelling isn't going to do anything except wake up Brooke," Christian said referring to his and Dawn's two year old daughter.
Dawn took a deep breath. "Okay." She looked over at Adam. "I swear, if you hurt her again, I will kick your ass and then I will kill you." With that being said, she left.
"That wasn't a threat, that was a promise."
Adam nodded. "I know." He then walked over to the couch and took a seat with Christian following suit. "How would you like it if your situation with Dawn was different and she didn't tell you anything about Brooke?"
"I would be angry with her."
"And what if I knew and I didn't tell you anything?"
Christian sighed. "I would be pissed off. I get it, and I do apologize for not telling you. But it was complicated. Her pregnancy wasn't easy, there were a lot of complications and honestly, you coming back into the picture would have caused more problems. She was really angry with you and probably still is."
"I left for her own good."
"Okay, but you didn't tell her. Did you say anything to her about it when you went over there?"
Adam shook his head. "We didn't really have a conversation. She asked why I was there and then I asked her if I could come in. She said no and was about to slam the door in my face but then her... my... our son showed up. And then I tried to ask her if he's mine and she called me his sperm donor. She said I'm not his father, but she didn't even give me that chance. I deserve that much."
"It's her choice."
Adam looked over at Christian a bit bewildered. "No it's not, he's my son. I have every right. If she stops me from getting to know him, I'll just take her to court."
Christian was supposed to say something, but he wasn't given a chance. "You are so fucking stupid for that! You do that and I promise you I'll kill you!" Dawn spoke up coming from the other side of the door that led to the kitchen.
"I thought you left?" Christian asked. He should have known she was around somewhere eavesdropping.
"This is none of your business. This is between me and Lita."
"No you dumbass!" Dawn looked like she was restraining herself from attacking Adam. "It's between you, Lita, and Ethan! She has to think about him first before she makes any decisions so you better not force her! And do you know how it will effect him if you take his mother to court?! You are such a moron!" Dawn groaned when she heard a crying voice coming from another part of the house. "You are so lucky Brooke needs me, otherwise I would probably punch you right now," she said finally leaving, for real this time.
"His name is Ethan?" Adam asked after a couple of minutes after Dawn left.
Christian nodded. "Ethan Alexander Dumas actually." It was quiet again. "Your name is on his birth certificate though, she almost didn't put it on there. I kind of convinced her. So you do have a right to him, but like Dawn said, don't force her. Be patient, it's going to take some time. She's going to have to explain this situation somehow to Ethan first and that's not going to be easy." Adam nodded in agreement. He really wasn't going to take Lita to court, he was just pissed off and that's the first thing that left his mouth. He just hoped she should would hear him out, he wanted to explain everything to her and hoped she would give him a chance being a father to his son. His father was never around so this hit him hard.
Thanks for reading. Thanks for the reviews.
Any guesses as to why Adam left?