Disclaimer: See Chapter One

A/N: I wasn't going to continue this one at first, but all of sudden, in the middle of chemistry class, I was inspired with more ideas for this fic. So, here's the next chapter for you to enjoy…

Chapter Five

Aisha sat on her bed and let a tear fall from her eye. She had returned from the Youth Center over an hour ago and had been crying in her room ever since. She hadn't told any of her friends about her conversation with Adam; it hurt too much to even think about it.

Her heart was filled with pain and sadness. She couldn't believe how stupid she had been. How could she have ever thought that Adam would actually like her? She should have known better than to get involved with him when she did - or even get involved with him at all.

"Oh my gosh! Aisha, what's wrong?"

Aisha dried her face and glanced up at the concerned voice of Kim. She hadn't even heard Kim come in the front door. "When did you get home?" she asked. She still wasn't ready to talk about any of the day's events.

"Two minutes ago," Kim replied. "Why are you crying?"

Aisha shrugged. "I don't want to talk about it."

Kim looked at her. "Does it have something to do with your talk with Adam?"

Fresh tears welled up in Aisha's eyes as she nodded.

"What did he say?" Kim asked.

Suddenly feeling as if she would die if she didn't say something soon, Aisha stammered through her tears, "That…he…doesn't l-love me."

"Adam said that?" Kim asked in shock.

Aisha nodded as tears streamed down her face. She told Kim all the details of the conversation. "I was so stupid, Kim. Why did I ever think he liked me?"

Kim sat down on the bed next to her best friend and draped an arm around her shoulders. "I'm sorry, Ish."

"Don't be. It was my stupid judgment." Aisha paused to wipe a tear away. "I'm gonna go for a walk in the park. I'll be back later."

Kim watched sadly as Aisha left the bedroom. Adam, of all people, had broken her heart in the coldest way. Kim's heart ached for Aisha. She felt so bad for her, but at the same time, she was becoming angry at Adam for the things he had said to Aisha. That's when Kim decided to do something about it.

Kim got off the bed and ran downstairs. After telling Mrs. Campbell where she was going, she headed off to Adam's house.

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Adam was sitting in his bedroom, pondering over what he had told Aisha. He felt terrible; how could he have lied to his best friend, the person to whom he always told the truth, the girl he loved for all these years? He was trying to come up with an answer to his question when the ringing of the doorbell interrupted his thoughts.

"I'll get it, Adam!" Monica called upstairs.

Sighing, Adam went back to thinking but was disrupted again a few minutes later by his aunt calling up to him a second time. "Adam, your friend's here for you!"

Wondering who it could be, Adam ran downstairs. He found Kim standing in the foyer with his aunt.

"Kim, what are you doing here?" Adam questioned.

"We have to talk," Kim replied sternly as Monica left the hall.

"Okay. About what?"

"How could you be so mean to Aisha?" Kim asked point-blankly.

Adam's back stiffened. "I guess she told you what we talked about."

"Yes, she did. She was really upset."

"Why? She was sorry for what we did, too!"

"Oh, that explains why she was sitting at home crying all afternoon!"

Adam felt a sudden pang of pain in his heart. "She was?"

"Yes!"

Adam pushed the painful feeling in his heart away. "What we did was a mistake. Aisha told me she felt the same way."

Kim shook her head in disbelief. "She was lying, Adam! How could you have not noticed that the girl you love was lying to you?"

Adam stared at her in shock for a moment. "Look, I don't love Aisha. We've already been over this. What we did was a mistake, and it meant nothing to me." Adam felt pain stab his heart again as he said those words out loud but played it off.

"You're in denial!" Kim blurted out.

"What?"

"I said, you're in denial," Kim repeated firmly. "Come on, you know I'm right."

"You don't know how I feel about anyone, so stop trying to act like you do!" Adam snapped.

"Well, why do you keep denying your feelings for her? Why won't you admit that you love her, too?"

Adam bowed his head without responding. She was right; why was it all of a sudden so hard for him to admit that he loved her?

"Look, Adam," Kim continued. "Aisha loves you. She has loved you for such a long time. She cherished the night you spent together, and she thought you loved her too. But then you told her you didn't, and she was so upset. Why did you say that to her Adam? Why did you have to be so cruel like that?"

"Kim, you don't know how hard these past couple of days have been like for me," Adam replied. "Besides trying to get over my parents' death, I was trying to figure out my feelings for Aisha. I thought that if I lied and told her it meant nothing to me, it would make things better. But it didn't."

"So you really do love her, don't you?" Kim asked softly.

"Yes," Adam whispered. "Kim, I felt horrible after I talked to her. I couldn't believe I had lied to her." He looked up at her. "I really do love her."

"Well then, you have to tell her."

"How can I? I broke her heart. She probably hates me."

"Trust me, she doesn't hate you," Kim replied. "You have to tell her how you truly feel."

Adam ran a hand through his hair. "I don't know…I don't think I can."

"Adam, you have to!" Kim cried. She put a hand on his arm. "Will you talk to her? Please?"

Adam looked down at Kim's hand on his arm and up at her pleading face. "All right, I'll talk to her," he gave in. "But when can I?"

"Come with me back to her house," Kim suggested. She figured that Aisha would have been back from her walk by now. "She won't be busy."

Adam told Monica he was going out and left with Kim. "So…what do I say to her?" he asked nervously as they walked along the streets of Angel Grove.

"Just tell her exactly how you feel," Kim replied.

Adam fretted about what he was going to say to Aisha the whole walk to her house. But there's no way I can back out of this now, he thought.

Adam's heart pounded as Kim led him inside the front door of the Campbell's. After stopping to say hi to Aisha's parents, he followed Kim upstairs to hers and Aisha's room. Kim opened the door wide enough to stick her head through, but not so Aisha could see out into the hallway. "Hey, Ish," Kim greeted Aisha cheerfully.

"Hey, Kim. Where did you go?" Aisha wanted to know.

Suddenly becoming nervous, Kim swallowed. "I went…out. But there's someone here who needs to talk to you."

Kim opened the door all the way to reveal Adam standing out in the hall.

A/N: The ending was not intended to be a cliffhanger, because I stink at writing them. But this was the only way I could think of to end this chapter. Please r/r.