"You Don't Want Me" – Part 7

Summary and notes in part 1.

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-oOo-

"Clare."

At the sound of her name, she looked up from her reading assignment. She found Adam standing above her. They were in the halls of Degrassi Community School. It was 7:30am and classes hadn't started yet.

"Adam," she said coolly. She wasn't sure how to regard him after their fight yesterday.

He gave her a small smile, and then sat down beside her. After a long moment he spoke. "You were right," he admitted. There was no malice in his tone. "I should have talked to her about it."

Clare gave him a small nod. "I didn't want to be."

He looked at her surprised.

"I don't want to lecture you on how to live your life. It just that, lies never turn out good. Even when you have the best intentions," she continued.

He nodded. "True. I really screwed up. She was hurt," he told her. "And she dumped me."

Clare sent him a sympathetic look. "Oh Adam," she said sincerely.

He looked down. His eyes were tearing up and he didn't want her to see. "I deserved it. I had an amazing girl who liked me for me, and I ruined it by caring too much about how people would react."

"That's not true, Adam. You had legitimate concerns. You just went about it the wrong way," she consoled him.

He shrugged. "Well, it's all the same."

"What are you going to do now?" Clare asked.

He furrowed his brows. "I think it's beyond repair."

-oOo-

Fiona paused when she spotted Adam and Clare. She didn't usually arrive at school this early. Holly J told her she had some free time in the morning so she decided to bring croissants.

She studied Adam. She was too far away to hear his conversation with Clare, but he looked upset. Fiona felt a pang of worry, but stuffed it down. Whatever problems he had were his to deal with alone. She resolved herself not to care and she started down the other direction.

However, she looked in his direction one last time. This time his eyes found hers.

Clare turned to see what Adam was looking at. She spotted Fiona. She whispered to Adam, "This is your chance to make things right."

He nodded and then stood up, all the while keeping his eyes fixed on Fiona. He walked over to her decisively.

Fiona opened her mouth to speak, but he beat her to it.

"I'm sorry," he apologized. "I should not have lied. I should have talked to you."

Fiona paused. "I'm sorry I didn't let you explain. I was angry and I didn't listen to what you had to say."

Adam let out a deep breath he didn't even know he was holding and smiled at her. She gave him a small smile, but then a sad expression followed.

"What's wrong?" Adam asked.

"I get that you were worried about us being harassed," she started. "But what did you think would happen after we dated?" she questioned.

Adam thought about it. "I didn't think," he admitted.

He looked away from her and ran his hand through his hair. "I got to know this amazing girl who was unlike anyone I'd ever met… I like her a lot and I wanted her to like me."

"For the record, she likes you too," she told him. He looked at her in earnest.

"But if she's going to do this boyfriend thing she needs a guy who isn't afraid to acknowledge their relationship – even if for noble intentions."

They had reached a stalemate. Or perhaps not.

Adam looked deeply into her eyes. "If we do this, everything will change. Right now you're considered attainable and a lot of guys won't be happy that you're no longer single. Especially when they realize you're with me. There could be a lot of ugly words coming our way," he warned her.

"Let them eat cake," Fiona deadpanned.

Adam laughed. He quickly glanced around the hallway. It was practically deserted and there was no hall monitor in sight. He leaned forward and kissed her.

Clare smiled at the sight of her two friends kissing. She deduced that their talk had gone well. Suddenly she frowned. She didn't have time to warn them about the person coming towards them.

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tbc


A/N: Yay! Degrassi was so awesome last night! The fall promo looks amazing :D Cannot wait for FiAdam!

Ok, a bit of a cliffhanger here. But will post more soon.

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