AN: there's a short twitter conservation at the beginning of this. I'll explain what all the symbols mean at the end of the chapter
The Way Back to You
Chapter 7
FiFiCoyne: back in NYC. Already missing *FunAdam :(
Adam smiled when he saw Fiona's tweet on his computer. It had been sent several hours ago, but he was in school.
FunAdam: miss u too *FiFiCoyne. Can't wait till ur in my arms again
He watched as his twitter feed updated.
FiFiCoyne: *FunAdam yes! ASAP! #longdistancesucks
He smiled again as he typed a response to her.
FunAdam: *FiFiCoyne agreed #longdistancesucks
He sat back, waiting for another tweet from Fiona. He heard his computer chime and updated his browser. There was a new tweet from her, but it wasn't addressed to him.
FiFiCoyne: thanks *JustNate. I can always count on u! LOL
Adam stared at the tweet for a long moment before moving his mouse to hover over the unfamiliar username. He hesitated before clicking the name and going to the stranger's profile. He found the tweet that had been sent to Fiona.
JustNate: *FiFiCoyne u know where to find me when u get lonely at night ;) #longdistancesucks
Jealousy quickly built up inside of Adam and he snapped the lid of his laptop shut. He released a slow breath, trying to convince himself that it was perfectly innocent flirtation.
He slowly opened his laptop screen again as he tried to convince himself that's all this was. When Nate's twitter profile popped back up, he quickly closed the browser without looking at it. He quickly logged onto Skype and noticed she was logged on.
He clicked her name and tried to calm himself down. She would know as soon as she looked at him something was wrong.
"Hey, you," she said after a moment, her face appearing on her screen.
"Hey." Instead of looking at his screen, he was looking at a picture of her on his desk.
"You ok?" she asked after a moment.
His jaw clenched and he swallowed hard before he spoke. "Who's Nate?" he choked out, his heart beating fast.
"What?"
"Nate. The twitter guy."
"Oh. He's just a guy in one of my classes," she told him dismissively.
"Do you like him?" he asked, his voice breaking.
"He's my friend, Adam. What's going on?"
He finally looked at her. "You know where to find me when you get lonely at night," he quoted.
"Oh. That."
"Yeah, that," he spat.
"We're just friends," she told him, clearly confused at his angry tone.
"Friends? Fiona, friends don't say stuff like that to each other."
"So, he flirts with me sometimes. You're acting like you don't trust me."
"Give me a reason to," he said without thinking. He quickly closed his eyes, shaking his head. "I didn't mean that."
Fiona was stunned silent on the other end of the video chat. Adam slowly opened his eyes and looked at her image on his screen.
"I trust you, Fiona," he told her slowly. "I just don't trust those other guys."
"Well, maybe you should trust me enough to know that I would never do anything with Nate or any other guy."
He opened his mouth to speak again, but she logged off the chat before he had a chance to say anything.
He ran both of his hands through his hair, looking at his empty screen. After a moment, he picked up his cell phone. He dialed Fiona's number and held it to his ear.
It rang once, then went to voicemail. He sighed, tears prickling at his eyes as he listened to Fiona's outgoing voice message. "This is Fiona. Clearly I'm not answering my phone right now so leave a message. If you're special, maybe I'll get back to you."
"Hey, um… I just wanted to say I'm sorry. I know you probably don't want to talk to me right now and I understand that but please call me back. I love you, Fi. Please, call me."
He slowly lowered his cell phone from his ear and put it back on his desk. The minutes ticked by until his cell phone rang. He sighed in relief when he saw Fiona's name.
"Hey," he said, holding his phone back up to his ear.
"Hi." Her voice was flat. "What do you want?"
He sighed. "I'm sorry." For a moment, there was no response. "Hello?" he asked.
"I'm here."
"I'm sorry," he said again.
"Congratulations."
"Fiona, come on."
"What? You're sorry, that's great. You should be."
"I do trust you."
"I know," she said, her voice still emotionless. "Adam, I can't talk to you right now."
"Fiona, please," he pleaded.
"I need some time," she told him, her voice so soft he barely heard her.
"What?" he asked. "Did… did you just… did you just break up with me?"
"No. I just need time. Please."
"Ok. Call me when you're ready to talk."
"I will."
He heard her phone click off before he had a chance to respond.
To be continued…
AN: well, that was a happy chapter. Here's a guide to what's going on in the tweets. Since FFN won't allow an at symbol, I replaced them with asterisks. So basically an asterisk is someone talking to someone else. Fiona's and Adam's twitter handles are the official Degrassi twitter names. Nate obviously doesn't have an official twitter name.