Chapter Three: Denise:
Adam had to sneak out of the house. Dick had stayed the night and made his presence known loud enough. Needless to say, Adam didn't sleep much. He had to get out. So, every so quietly he made his way out of his window and reached out for the tree limps that were beside his house. Adam always did love this big tree. It had its perks. He jumped down and went into the direction of Denise's diner. That was one good thing about Whindom, it was so small you could walk everywhere. The best part was she had no idea that he was back much less in town. Adam loved the surprise element.
It was Denise's turn to open up the place. She didn't mind. It gave her time to think. Her thoughts mostly swirled around Adam. He'd always been there in his mind but thanks to his brother Dean that boyfriend/girlfriend teasing was getting to her. Adam would brush him off. The sad thing was, Denise was starting to think she would like the idea. Adam was a good guy. He smart, and the fact that he was cute was just a bonus. She hated when he left. It meant that she was left alone in this one horse town with nothing to do but work. Fun times.
Denise jumped when her cell rang. She didn't have to look at the name or number to see who was on the other line. "Adam." she greeted with a smile.
"Hey," he returned.
Denise had to stop for a minute. He sounded awful close. "Where are you? Is Dean giving you a hard time again?" she asked with a laugh. He usually called when he did. It didn't help anyway, Dean would just grab the phone and then give her a miserable time. He didn't mean nothing by it. It was all in fun. It was just own way of showing that he actually liked you.
"No," he assured her.
Denise shook her head and laughed. "That would be a first then." she said. If she didn't know better it was like he was standing behind her. She hadn't clue.
Adam was behind her. She was so busy she didn't notice him. He was normally fine around her, nothing too weird. Then he felt something odd in his stomach. It felt like butterfly wings, and he couldn't help but notice that his heart beat was a little faster than usual. He would brush this off as nothing and blame it all on Dean. It was that boyfriend/girlfriend teasing. Denise was just a friend. He had to keep reminding himself of that.
Then she turned around and spotted him. She squealed. "ADAM!" Denise jumped on him, nearly knocking him over in the process. "What the Hell are you doing here?"
Adam laughed and caught her in his arms. "I was in the neighborhood." he joked.
"You could have called me!"
"I just did." Adam reminded her with a smile.
"I meant a little warning would've been nice." she replied.
Adam had to admit, it was good seeing, and holding her in his arms. He would let her let her linger there longer if she hadn't jumped off him. "And miss that look on your face?" he questioned. "Never!"
"You jerk!" she called him and hit him playfully across the arm for that one.
"Watch it, Sammy might sue you for that." Adam informed.
"Hey, I got permission to hit you and call you a jerk while they're not around remember?" she asked as she placed her hands on her hips. "Someone needs to keep you out of trouble."
"Thats you uh?" he returned.
"Yeah,"
"Whatever, you're just a bad influence."
Denise batted her eyelashes innocently. "I am no such thing!" she declared. "I'm an Angel."
That made Adam laugh out loud. "You? Angel. No." he managed between laughs. "Are those devil horns I see?" Adam asked as he reached up for her head to play with her hair. He ruffled with her bangs. "They're holding up your halo." Adam acted like he was straightening something up there. "It's crooked."
Their eyes locked for a second. Denise smiled at him. A few seconds of awkwardness crept in on them. Where had it come from? Denise wondered. There had never been anything awkward about them. She blamed it on her side. It didn't help as he as put a lose strand of her dark hair back behind her ear, his fingers gliding smoothly along her face. Her face began to flush. She was so going to kill Dean for this.
Thankfully, (or not) a costumer came in. "Shoot," Denise said. "Why don't you take a seat Adam. Do you want your usual?"
"Sure,"
"Okay, go ahead so I can get this one." Denise motioned towards Adam's chair and went to serve the other one.
Adam at his meal in peace. Denise would've come by if she had the time. The place got busy quick. The other waitresses came in giving her time to breath a little. She looked wiped. When there were three other waitresses around, she seemed to be the most popular because she did her job. The others liked to take a lot of brakes or yap on their cell phones. The only reason why they weren't canned on the spot was due to relations to the owner. Nieces, Adam recalled.
"Adam, hey," Denise swung by his table. "Do you mind if I shoo you out? We're really busy, and my boss is fussing up a storm back there."
Adam got up. "No problem."
"Thanks, I owe you. You're a life savor." she told him as she quickly went to remove his dishes and cup from the table. So, she could wipe it down.
Adam laughed and pulled out some money. Plus, a tip. Denise shook her head. "Don't even think about it."
"I got it."
"Don't." she argued.
"All right, all right," Adam caved, putting up his hands in surrender. "What time do you get off?"
"Not soon enough." Denise answered him. "Five."
"Want me to come by here to pick you up?"
"That would be great." she answered.
"Excuse me, miss," Denise rolled her eyes. "Give me a minute!" she didn't mean to snap but when you had a dozen people calling out your name, demanding to be served, it got to you. This wouldn't be a problem is the other lazy bitches actually did something.
Adam stepped back. "I'll be here early." Sometimes Denise's boss let her leave early if they weren't too busy by the time he'd come around.
It looked like Adam had some time to kill, a good few hours. He decided to go back home. He would have some peace. Adam could catch up on sleep before picking Denise up. Then that way they could hang out tonight if she was up for it. Adam had a good guess she would be tired as Hell by the time her shift was done.
Adam wasn't sure if he should tell her about Dick's smooth move the other night. He would keep to himself for now. When Adam got home he found a note from his mom saying she would be back late and that dinner was in the fridge. Adam was scared to see what that was. His mom was going through a healthy phase right now. Thats another reason why he liked to go down to Bobby's. They had junk food galore. Dean actually let him have chips and soda for breakfast. If his mom only knew, he'd be six feet under.
Adam made himself comfortable on the sofa to see if anything good was on. He'd just found one of his favorite shows when his cell rang. It wasn't Dean. He smiled when he saw it was Sam. "Sammy!" he greeted into the phone. "How the Hell are you?"
Sam laughed on his line. "Great. Dean called and said you were at home. Just wanted to make sure you were doing okay." he made known. "Dean informed that you had a fight with your mom."
"Its cool." Adam assured.
"You sure?" Sam questioned.
"Yeah, it was just over her new boyfriend."
"A new one? All ready? Ouch." he said.
"Speaking of which, how's Jess?"
"Hi Adam!"
Adam laughed when he heard Jessica on Sam's end. "Give me the phone!" Sam told him. "Jess wants to talk to you."
"Put her own." Adam replied. "Hi Jessica."
"Hey kiddo,"
"My brother treating you all right?" Adam asked her playfully. If anyone knew how to treat a girl well, it was Sammy. "You know, because if he's not, I'll totally kick his ass for you."
"That is so adorable!" Jessica cooed with laughter. "You better watch it Adam, you're only a few years younger than I am."
"Hey!" Sam fussed. "He's taken and so are you might I add!"
Adam heard a smooch noise somewhere in the background. Sam must have snuck a kiss. "Dude, seriously. Get a room!"
"He's taken? Did he finally ask Denise out yet?" Jessica asked him. "Well?"
That was it. Adam was really going to kill Dean for that. "No!" Adam told her.
"Aww, you should." Jessica encouraged. "She's adorable."
"Are you done Jess?" Adam teased her.
"Okay, a girl can take a hint. I'll give your brother back to you. Here Sam,"
"I'm back." Sam declared.
"I think I'm just going to kick your ass anyway." Adam threatened.
"You could always try." Sam taunted.
"Are you coming home for Summer vacation Sammy?" Adam asked. "Or are you going to spend it with Jessica?"
"I don't know man, I haven't decided." Sam said. "You know with everything."
"I know," Adam agreed. "I just kind of miss you, thats all." he admitted. He loved Dean, he did but sometimes Dean could be a hand full and Adam felt so small compared to him. He liked it when Sam was home. They double teamed up against Dean. "Don't tell Dean that. You know him and his chick flick moment issues."
"I miss you too." Sam confessed. With everything that was going on, he did miss his brothers. He hated being away sometimes, but he needed school. It wasn't just going to help him, if he could get a good internship with some big law firm, his family wouldn't have to worry about much anymore. School wasn't just an escape. It was a necessity. "Listen buddy, I got to go. Got to get to my next glass."
"I'll let you go then." Adam assured him. "Tell Jess I said bye,"
"Bye Adam!" Jessica heard him.
Adam laughed. "Hey Sammy, asked her to marry you yet?"
"Goodbye Adam," Sam told him.
Adam flipped down his phone. Thats what he got for telling her about Denise. He put away his phone and went back to watching his show. He wasn't sure how long it was before he was knocked out.
Dick came into the Millighan house and found the same note that Adam had. He sighed. It looked like he was alone, or so he thought. Light snoring caught his ear. He went into the living room, and saw Adam's sleeping figure. He smirked. Adam was a tall, lean thing. Adam was clearly Kate's son. He had her beauty that was for sure. He couldn't help but reach other and let one hand touch his leg and let it glide up of those slender hips of Adam's. He tried to imagine how smooth Adam was under his clothes. He didn't look like one of these rough boys that he'd come across so often. It was a very nice change.
At first, Adam thought he was dreaming. It was a nice feeling, because it was Denise he saw. He bolted up when he realized that it wasn't a dream, and it wasn't Denise who was touching him. "What are you doing?" Adam demanded as he kicked the bastard off him.
Dick just laughed. "I was just making sure you weren't dead."
"Sorry to disappoint moron, I was asleep!" Adam jerked up.
"My apologizes."
Adam got up. He looked at the clock. Shit, he cursed to himself. He was going to be late picking up Denise. He brushed past him but Dick grabbed him by the arm. "You won't say anything to your mother will you?"
Adam yanked himself free of his grip, glared him before storming out. Why did he feel dirty all of a sudden?
TBC...
