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A/N: Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed the last chapter because you all KICK ASS! 13 reviews on a single chapter is some never before seen shit for me so THANK YOU! Here's number 2 of? Not sure how many parts there will be.
Adam stood stunned when his eyes fell on Hailey, the thought that he had hurt her burning his insides. Maybe they weren't meant to be but she didn't deserve what was happening now. When he managed to take a step forward, she was already gone and he decided that running after her wouldn't be helping anyone. He knew what he had to do but that would have to wait for tonight. He got into his truck and pulled away, heading directly home
Hailey's ears were buzzing violently as she heard the words coming out of Adam's mouth. It had taken her everything to agree to get into a relationship with Adam and she had surprised herself to fall for him regardless and his words were cutting directly through her heart. Tears pooled in her eyes and anger at herself for being so stupid as to fall so hard for him were beginning to gnaw at her. Before he could come to talk to her, she was running back to her car. She drove back home and poured herself some drinks, hell bent on drowning the pain she was feeling, crashing on her couch hours later, wasted.
Kim's mind kept going at a mile a minute as she drove back to her place, her ultimatum to Adam shaking her to her core. It had taken her a long time to keep the pain she felt every time she saw him at bay and had tried to play coy with him when she found out about his relationship with Hailey because she had no right to cut in his personal life but she knew that she had made a big entangled mess of things. Going into work would be awkward to say the least and she was just happy that they had a couple of days off. She ignored calls and texts from Blair as she tried to get her own thoughts together. A bottle of wine would definitely help with that.
Adam slipped through his front door and dropped his keys on the table in the kitchen and pulled a beer out of his fridge with a sigh. That moment in the pool hall when Hailey had questioned him about his relationship with Kim was playing in his mind but things had changed since then and Kim's involvement with Blair and his subsequent discovery earlier in the evening had re-opened old feelings that he thought he had a handle on and he couldn't deny what was in front of him anymore. He knew that it would be a hard discussion with Hailey and realized that working with both girls in Intelligence would be a challenge but he hoped that they were all adult enough to move past it, the same way Kim had moved past the fact that he and Hailey had been dating right under her nose and had been professional enough for it to not get in the way of the job. One thing he knew for sure right now was that he would rip the band-aid off first thing in the morning, not wanting to hurt Hailey more than he already had. One beer turned into two and then into three before he called it a night. His night would prove to be a sleepless one as his mind drifted to both Hailey and Kim and how a mess of everything he had made.
Kim woke up with a massive pounding in her head as she could hear knocking coming from her front door. She had no idea who it could be at such an ungodly time in the morning but she managed to make it out of bed, putting her robe on, wanting to get rid of the intruder as soon as possible so she could go back to bed. Her heart stuck in her throat when she saw who it was and it took her a few seconds before she decided to open the door to Blair.
"Hey." She croaked as she let him in.
"You look like you have the worst hangover." He chuckled, leaning down to give her a morning kiss only for Kim to present him with her cheek, giving him a flimsy excuse about hangover breath.
"I thought we were only having dinner tonight?" She plopped down on her couch, trying to keep her own feelings even.
"Yeah but I wanted to make sure you were okay after what happened at Molly's last night." She didn't have to say it but he knew that her catching him with Adam in a heated argument had bothered her.
"I'm fine Blair."
"I can see something is bothering you." He put a hand on her knee, making her flinch.
"I'm sorry Blair but I can't see you anymore." She finally said. This wasn't how she wanted this to go down but she could no longer lead him on, not after the ultimatum she had given Adam.
"What happened between yesterday and this morning for you to end it? I thought we were in a good place."
"We were but I've been lying to myself. We can't work because you work for Kelton and I work for the police department and he's trying to shut us down."
"It's more than that. This hasn't bothered you before." He insisted.
"I never stopped having feelings for Adam and I need to work through those feelings before dating anyone else."
"What did he say to you?"
"It's not about something he said, it's just over Blair." He knew that nothing he could say would change her mind so he stood and leaned down, kissing her cheek and he let himself out of her life. Kim sighed and leaned her head against the back of her couch. This situation was bound to get worst before it became better.
Adam rolled off of his couch and ran his hands on his face. The lack of sleep and the mind in high thought were not a good mix and he decided that a shower was needed. He was out the door as soon as he was dressed and he drove towards Hailey's place. He had rehearsed a speech of what he would tell her on the way there but somehow, he drew a blank when he raised his hand to knock on her door.
The knock on the door pulled her out of the alcohol induced fog she was in and she groaned, not wanting to have anything to do with the person on the other side of her door. She wanted to sleep it off until her heart was healed but the persistent knocking forced her to swing her legs over the side of the bed and go hunt down the person that was disturbing her not so peaceful sleep. When she looked through the peep hole, she refused to open the door.
"Go away, we're done."
"Come on Hailey, open up."
"To do what exactly?" She swung the door open and took an angry step towards Adam.
"I just wanted to talk." He whispered.
"We are not doing this." She growled. "If you remember correctly, I asked you, point blank, if you still had feelings for Kim in that pool hall and you said that you were just friends, that you hadn't worked and that you were friends. I trusted you with my heart but I should have known that it was a mistake. Now get out, we're done."
"I'm sorry." He took a step back and she slammed the door in his face, her rest of heart breaking with it.
Adam hung his head and walked away. He pulled away from Hailey's place and found himself driving around, trying to clear his head. He knew it was too early to call Kim being that she wasn't much of a morning person but he ended up driving in her neighbourhood until he made it to the front of her two-story building. He put his phone to his ear and waited for Kim to answer, hoping he wasn't waking up.
"Hey." He called into the phone. "I was just driving around and I was wondering if I could stop by?" He listened to her intently and then hung up after saying bye and he took a deep breath before he got out of his truck. He didn't know what Kim's status with Blair was but he wanted to tell her that it was officially over with Hailey and that he was finally ready to be one hundred percent committed to her. He knocked on her door and waited, stuffing his hands in his jacket pockets.
"Adam." She pushed the door wider to be able to let him inside. "What are you doing up so early?" She had an inkling as to what it was but she wanted him to confide in her, not having to pull it out of him.
"I eh, swung by Hailey's and broke it off officially. Well she yelled at me and slammed the door in my face but it's over between us Kim." He leaned against the wall next to her front door.
"I ended things with Blair too." She bowed her head as she leaned against her kitchen table. "I couldn't stay with him knowing that maybe something to happen between us again, that wouldn't be fair to him."
"You're a bigger person than I am." He looked up at her and his insides started to tingle, the only way she knew how to. "So where does it leave us?" He knew it couldn't be as easy as breaking up with their respective partners.
"I think that we need to move forward individually first, go through the motion that this break-up means to each of us."
"You told me to do something about my feelings Kim and I told you that I still love you, what more do you want from me?" He pushed himself from the wall, feeling anger rising in his chest.
"I don't want us being together to be rushed. I want us to take baby steps towards being together. I don't want to make the same bad decisions as the first time. I want us to be better, stronger."
"Than we'll do things differently, we won't make those same mistakes because I never want to feel the pain I felt when you gave me the ring back, not ever again."
"So we take it one step at a time, build a better foundation." She walked towards him and placed her hand on his arm. "I want us to work more than you know and I think that we owe each other that at the very least." She smiled lightly as he looked into her eyes.
"I want that more than anything." He finally cupped her cheeks and planted a sweet kiss on her lips.
"Good than." She kissed him back. "Join me on the couch?" She pulled on his hand and he followed her towards the living room where they spent the rest of the day, talking and reconnecting together.
A/N: So getting back together won't be as easy as Adam probably thought but I want them to start with something stronger and go through the situation that I assume is awkward, knowing everything we know. I hope you guys liked it and please take a few seconds to review before you go, your thoughts mean the world. - Sarra