The Way Back to You

Chapter 10

"The pilot said we'll land in about twenty minutes," Brandon said as he sat next to Nate. Both men looked at Fiona, who was staring out the window.

Nate moved to sit next to Fiona. "You'll see him soon. He'll put that ring back on your finger and you'll be back to having the fairytale relationship most girls only dream of."

She smiled sadly and looked at him. "I hope so but… you heard the message."

"I heard a guy who was terrified that the love of his life was gone forever. That's bound to make a person reach some level of hysteria."

"And men are historically horrible at communication," Brandon chimed in.

She smiled. "Yeah, it's definitely not one of Adam's strong suits."

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Adam groaned when the doorbell rang. He paused the movie we was watching and shuffled to the door.

When he opened it and saw Fiona and two guys he didn't know, his first instinct was to close the door in their faces. But he didn't. "What are you doing here?" he asked, keeping his voice low.

"I want to talk to you," she told him.

He shook his head. "I have nothing to say." He swung the door shut and began walking away, but Fiona caught the door and followed him into the house, Nate and Brandon close behind her.

"Just talk to her, man," Nate urged.

"Who the hell are you?" Adam demanded, turning to look at the older boy.

He released a slow breath. "I'm Nate." Adam might not have recognized his face, but he knew he'd recognize his name.

Adam's jaw clenched as his eyes darkened. Every muscle in his body tightened as both of his hands formed fists. He would have loved nothing more than to beat that pretty face of Nate's in.

Instead, he took a step away from the small group. "Get out," he said simply. He walked away from them, Fiona followed him immediately.

"Adam, please, listen to me," she pleaded as they entered his kitchen.

He braced himself against a chair and slowly turned his head to look at her. "Did you really have to bring him?"

"He brought me here."

"Why? So you two can rub it in my face?"

"We're not rubbing anything in your face, Adam. We came here to explain…"

"Explain what? Why you don't want to be with me anymore? I get it, Fiona. I do. It was only a matter of time."

"Until what?" she asked carefully. He sounded so calm it scared her.

"Until you decided I wasn't good enough. Until you wanted a real guy."

She shook her head, tears falling from her eyes. "No. No, that's not what happened."

"Ok. Then what did happen? You were bored one night and Nate was there and you guys decided to…"

"Stop it!" she yelled, cutting him off. "Stop it. I did not cheat on you."

"Why should I believe you?"

"Because Nate's gay. If you don't believe me, that's his boyfriend with him. You can ask them."

He blinked. "Oh."

"Adam, I love you," she told him, walking toward him. "I know these last couple weeks have been hell. For both of us. But we can fix it. We can make it ok." She stopped in front of him and took his hands in hers. "Please."

He shook his head and slowly pulled his hands free. "Not in one day. We can't make everything better in one day."

"Don't," she pleaded as he stepped away from her.

He looked down at the floor. "We can say it's ok, but it won't be. When you leave, we're just gonna have the same problems we had before. We're still gonna miss each other and… there's still gonna be guys. Maybe Nate's not after you but it's only a matter of time until someone else is."

"It doesn't matter," she told him, shaking her head. "You're the only one for me. You're it."

"I know. For me too but… it's just not gonna work like this." He slowly walked over to her and kissed her forehead. "I'm sorry, Fi."

"Adam," she whimpered when he began walking away from her again.

"You should probably go." He walked over to the kitchen counter and leaned against it so he wouldn't have to look at her.

For a moment, she didn't move, then she slowly turned and walked out of the room. Nate and Brandon were still waiting in the living room.

"What happened?" Nate asked when he saw the tears streaming down her face.

She shook her head, wrapping her arms around herself as if that was all that was holding her together. "Can you just take me home?"

To be continued…

AN: I know, you guys are all probably freaking out right now. But remember, the story's called The Way Back to You