Summary: A new girl comes to Eden Hall, befriending Adam. He's able to tell her anything he wants to. Except for one thing. She's falling in love with the guy he's falling in love with. *SLASH*
Author's Note: This is my first shot at MD slash so please bear with me here.
This is slash so if you don't like it…DON'T READ IT!
Disclaimer: I only own Kori, Shane, and Jordan. I probably own Fulton's girl too, but she's not really featured in this story.
Kori
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Worried. And scared. My only two feelings as Adam and I walked out to the bench we always sat at in the courtyard were worry and fright. What if he did have some dreadful disease? What if he was moving and transferring out of the school? What would I do? Out of all the Ducks, Adam was the only one who really talked to me at all and even though they were all nice, I knew some of them didn't like me too much. Of course there was Charlie who was really sweet to me and stuff, but it wouldn't be the same if I didn't have anyone to talk to about my meetings with Charlie. And Adam was always there for me. What would I do without him? 'Okay, breathe Kori, breathe. It's okay, he's probably just really stressed out about his family or something. He's not going anywhere, right? Right.'
"I don't know where to start," Adam said, shifting around nervously as he took a seat on the bench.
"It's okay, take your time," I assured him, putting a hand on his shoulder. He needed to calm down before he could say anything.
"Okay," he exhaled and slowly took in another breath, "I don't know how to tell you this the right way…"
"Tell me what?"
"Listen. Kori, you're definitely my all-time best friend right?"
"That's not even a question!"
"Okay, true; dumb question. But if I told you something horrifying, something that would totally gross you out, something about me that no one except my brother and Portman know, would you still like me?"
"Adam, if you told me you had fungus growing on your back, I'd still like you. It doesn't matter to me as long as you're the same person as you were before you told me."
"Are you sure?"'
"Tell me before I die of curiosity, Adam!!"
"It's not easy, give me a few minutes."
"I can give you a few hours if you need it."
"How about a few days?"
"No, sorry can't do that one."
"Fine," he sighed. This conversation was going nowhere. I sat there next to him as he thought about his words. Thoughts from moments before crossed my mind and I was afraid to hear what he had to say. I think an hour must have passed before Adam spoke again.
"I know you like Charlie a lot," he started slowly, "And all I want is for you to be happy. It's just that since you're my best friend, you deserve to know the truth."
"The…truth about what? Is Charlie really a bastard who plays on girls all the time?"
"No," he looked a little shocked, "but you see, it hurts for me to make you and him happy. I'm going to tell you straight out right now. He likes you a lot too. And I would give anything to see the both of you happy, even if it's happy together. But it hurts for me to see you two together." This comment got me a little confused.
"Why? What's wrong? I won't go out with him if you don't want me to."
"No! It's not that. I mean, it is, I mean…I'm in love with Charlie!" he told me truthfully and rather quickly. I tilted my head and looked at Adam's face as he stared at the ground, suddenly interested in the grass. Getting up from my seat, I knelt in front of him.
"Adam? Look at me," Adam refused to look at me so I reached over and tilted his chin a tiny bit to look me in the eye, "I don't care that you like men. You could have told me that the first day I met you and nothing would have changed between us."
"But about Charlie…"
"That's a different issue, Adam. You being gay is fine with me. My two best friends at home, Shane Harrison and Jordan Keefe, are lovers. It doesn't matter to me at all. Charlie and I don't have anything going on right now, you have a chance."
"He's not gay," Adam muttered.
"So what? You can dream can't you? Besides, I'm not going to let some stupid guy come between us. Are you?"
"No. But I know you really like him, so I guess I could try and set you two up." I looked at Adam hopefully, but saw heartbreak in his face. I just couldn't make him do that for me, even though that's what I really wanted. How horrible would I feel if Adam asked me to set him up with someone that I was totally in love with?
"Don't, please Adam. Save yourself the pain and forget about it. If Charlie wants to go out, he'll be a big boy and do it himself. Besides, I can't let you do that. I love you too much to let you go on with that pain. Just know this. I'm here to talk about it whenever you need to," I extended him the offer, but I knew he wouldn't take me up on it. Even though he told me almost everything, there were things he needed to keep from me. This was one of them and I respected his need for space. What's more, I don't think he was comfortable talking to me of all people about Charlie. I know I wouldn't be.
"Thanks," he said uncertainly, "You know, I feel a lot better now that you know."
"Yeah," I laughed nervously. Now things were going to be awkward and I didn't want them that way. And I wasn't going to let things get uncomfortable between us; we'd made it this far.
"So are you ready to go snowboarding tomorrow?"
"I don't know…that depends, am I going to hurt myself?" he cheered up considerablely talking about a neutral subject. I smiled to myself, satisfied.
"That depends, are you afraid of getting hurt?"
"I've gotten injured too many times on the ice to be afraid of it. It just happens, I'm almost expecting there to be an accident. Somewhere out there on that mound of snow…"
"Don't worry about it. I'll protect you!" I flex my muscles and imitate a man's voice, "Macho woman to the rescue!" Adam laughed, a sound I hadn't heard all week.
"I guess I could get excited…" Adam stood up. We laughed and joked around, the atmosphere between us still a little weird but not tense, until we got to the door of the school. Who was there? Charlie Conway. Adam and I stopped abruptly, each trying not to act strangely.
"Good morning, what are you guys doing up so damn early?" Charlie yawned.
"It's almost noon," Adam told him dryly.
"That's early, man! It's Saturday!"
"Okay, whatever you say Charlie."
"Excited for snowboarding?" I asked Charlie, shifting to a comfortable subject once again. I seemed to be doing that a lot lately.
"Yeah! Let's hope Banks doesn't get hurt doing this sport!" Charlie laughed. If only he knew what was going to happen, he wouldn't have said that…If only I knew…
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