Chapter 2

Adam wanted more than anything for English class to be over with. He could feel Eli and Clare just gazing at his cut that he had gotten earlier that day and he knew they would want to ask questions. Questions he really didn't feel like answering since his brain was still full of thoughts at the moment.

The bell rang suddenly, making Adam grab his book and things and stuff them deep into his backpack before heading out of the class, not leaving anytime for his two best friends to start with their interrogation.

As he quickly opened his locker and put things in and took books out, he felt a hand swiftly move across his shoulder followed by a voice.

"Hey" said the older girl and he instantly turned to face her.

"Uh Hi" Adam said awkwardly at Fiona as she hugged her books and leaned on the locker next to his.

He went back to what he had been doing before only this time with butterflies in his stomach. He could feel her eyes on him and he was getting nervous. He wanted more than anything to tell her how he felt right there, but he knew he would have to keep that to himself. As he put away everything he wouldn't need for the rest of the day, he took out his lunch and closed the door. His eyes met hers for a quick moment before he looked down at the floor again.

"Does it hurt?" She asks out of nowhere. He looked at her as she reached for his cut before he gently grabbed her hand before she made contact. "Yeah. It kinda still stings a bit" He tells her, still not letting go of her hand. He felt the smoothness of her skin next to his and he wished he could never let go, but he quickly retreated his hand away from hers when he notice she wasn't doing anything to stop him from holding on to it.

"So are you free this period?" She asks him, trying to break some of the silence that taken over as they started to walk away from his locker. "I'm going to lunch right now with Eli and Clare…Uhhh…d...do you want to join me…I mean us?" He says back to her, a little pink growing on his cheeks. She smiles as she turns to face him. "I wouldn't want to impose…"

"You wouldn't" He replies back. He knew that he should really try to avoid the girl he had feelings for since she was with his older brother, but he could not help but try to get to know her better. "You would be doing me a favor actually. Having those two make eyes at each other the whole lunch ruins my eating chances" He jokes. She lets out a laugh "Ok. Then I'll see you there in a minute. I just have to walk to my locker."

"I'll accompany you then, if you don't mind, that is" He wanted to be smoothed around and yet his dorky self came out a bit. "Sure. It's right…"

"Hey babe" they both hear before Drew hugs her from behind and plants a kiss on her cheek. She quickly puts her hands on his and slides them off of her. "Drew, don't be rude. Adam's here"

"Ah he understands, right bro?" Drew says to Adam as his younger brother simply nods and turns his head away from the couple. "Hey so where are you guys headed off to?" Drew asks as all three start to walk forward towards Fiona's locker, Drew's hand around Fiona's shoulder.

"I was just going to get my stuff and join Adam Clare and Eli for lunch. You want to join?" She asks.

Adam silently curses himself. Now he was going to feel like the odd man out if Drew decided to come. He could take his best friends being all loving with each other, but having his brother all over Fiona was something he didn't think he could stomach. "Actually, I'm heading to the gym to go and play some basketball with K.C and Dave. You guys are welcome to come and see us play if you want"

"I'll pass. I rather just have lunch in the caf for once. Right Adam?" Fiona looks over at Adam as he simply nods at her remark.

"Ok suit yourselves than. I'll be in the gym if you need me. Bye babe." Drew says before leaning in and planting a kiss on Fiona's lips.

Fiona seems shocked at his quick opportunistic act. Drew quickly starts to run away from the two, waving back at them.

Adam's heart sinks a little. He knew from what his brother had told him that Fiona avoided kissing him anywhere other than the cheek. Drew always sensed that it was because they were a new couple and that maybe soon they would be having crazy make out sessions, but even after two weeks, nothing seemed to change.

Fiona looks over at Adam as he wears a disappointed look on his face. She couldn't tell why, but she could physically see him tense up a little.

After they got to her locker and she got her things for her next class, they headed off in the direction of the cafeteria, still not saying a word to each other since Drew had left.

"This must be the third time I have eaten here since I've been at Degrassi so I might need some help in picking out…"

"Here" Adam butts in mid sentence. He hands her his lunch. "No Adam. It's fine. I'll just…"

"No it's fine. I'm just gonna head to the computer lab. Maybe study some stuff."

"So wait...what? You're not going to have lunch with me? I mean that was the whole point of you asking me…"

"I'm not very hungry right now so I'm just gonna skip lunch…I'll see you around" Adam says before leaving a confused Fiona there standing, his lunch in her hand.

"Adam wait" she says but he never slows his pace. Fiona lets out a sigh before heading in, looking for any sign of Holly J.

Adam clicks away at the keyboard, mostly just writing down small paragraphs for his English paper and trying to take the mental image off his brain of Drew kissing Fiona.

"Is this seat taken?" A voice asks him. He looks up and comes face to face with a red uniform shirt wearing girl with straight light brown hair and blue eyes. He gestures for her to take a seat as he goes back to writing his English assignment. They seat there in silence before she speaks.

"So what has you hiding in the computer room? Running away from any coaches?" She says, earning a confused look from Adam.

"I mean the chess coach?...I'm sorry. I'm making an ass of myself…I'm Katie by the way." She says as sticks out her hand. "Adam. Adam Torres." Adam says as he shakes her hand.

" And I'm not really hiding from any coaches." He jokes before letting out a chuckle. Katie laughs right along with him. "So why are you hiding then? I'm hiding from my soccer coach since she insists on making me run drills during my free period. And you?"

"Life" Adam simply says as his mind starts to wonder away. "Ah life…yep that would be a good answer." Katie states.

"What?" Adam says back, mostly just confused of the words coming out of this girls mouth. Katie wanted to kick herself. She was never too charming when it came to talking to boys so even talking to some random stranger, she had managed to be making a fool of herself.

"Uhh..nevermind…I'm just babbling weird stuff." She says before turning away from Adam. Adam stares at her for a while before bursting out laughing.

He couldn't help but laugh. The girl seemed to be as dorky as he was. She looks at him for a while before her face turns red and she starts to collect her things.

She didn't have to seat there while this sophomore made fun of her she thinks to herself.

"I'm sorry" she hears as she slings her backpack around her shoulder. "I really didn't mean to laugh." Adam says as she stares at him and lets out a sigh laugh, running her hand through her hair.

"So how about we start over. Is that ok?" He asks as she slowly sits right back down in the ball next to him.

"Hi I'm Adam. Adam Torres." He says putting out his hand, with a smile on his face. "Hi. I'm Katie. Katie Matlin" she replies back, shaking his hand as they fall into simple conversation.

End of Chapter 2