I raise my fist, ready to knock on Adam's dorm room door, but it's as if there's this invisible force holding my arm back. After what feels like hours I break through the the steel wall my mind has created for me and knock. I hear shuffling before the door swings open.

Adam's eyes go wide with surprise when he sees me.

" Hey," I say awkwardly.

" Hi."

The last time I talked to him was in the weight room, and I haven't seen him since, so this conversation is long overdue I suppose.

"I uh, have some… news for you." I say.

His expression is confused. " What do you mean 'news'?"

" I know this sounds like the last thing you'd want to do, but you need to meet with Warner Saturday."

" And why would I do that?" He asks, already positioning himself in a way that suggests he's about to close his door, shutting me out completely. I start to panic. Adam needs to come to this meeting- he needs to hear this, so I say the one thing I know will leave him no choice.

"It'll affect James."

His expression shifts from annoyance to shock in an instant. "what do you mean?"

"It's not my place to explain. Just come to the address I'm about to text you at noon tomorrow, and bring James."

" I'll think about it, but I'm not bringing James anywhere I haven't been before."

I'm about to argue, but I quickly stop myself. This is probably the best deal I'm going to get.

" Okay fine, but be there Adam. This is … really important."

The door closes in my face.

I stare at my coffee cup, hands wrapped around it protectively.

"You okay there love?" Aaron asks me from across the table.

We're sitting at a cafe trying to decide on a game plan for Saturday.

"What if we get Kenji to come?" I say hesitantly. Before Aaron can protest I shoot into argument mode. " He knows Adam better than either one of us, and he can help calm him down! I don't know if you've noticed but Adam tends to allow his temper to get the better of him and no offence and all but I'm not entirely certain you'll be able to keep your cool if things get really bad, but Kenji could be like, a mediator or something if things get blown up out of proportion."

Aaron stares at me for a while. I can almost see the gears shifting in his mind, contemplating whether or not he's desperate enough to share all of this new found information with yet another person.

"Okay."

I can't stop my eyes fro widening. "Really?"

His eyes do that thing where they smile without the help of the rest of his face. "I may not be as fond of Kenji as you are, but I suppose him being there does make sense."

I smile as he takes my hand from across the small round table.

The rest of the day goes smoothly. We run some errands for Leila and do some homework. I spend the night at the apartment, since the meeting with Adam is tomorrow. We lay in each others arms, slowly falling into an anxious sleep.

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