90210: The Final Season
Chapter 2: The Lies We Tell
Adrianna and Navid arrived at their first house viewing since deciding to move in together, they were both excited and Navid had even spent ages searching for their perfect house online. He was convinced that this this one would be it.
"I can't believe we are actually going house shopping together," Adrianna said as they got as they got out of the car.
"I know, we're all grown up!" Navid joked and then he playfully pulled her towards him and kissed her.
They walked into the house giggling together, "Oh my god, this place is amazing!" Adrianna exclaimed as they were greeted by the estate agent.
"I knew you'd like it," Navid said excitedly once they had been left to look around themselves. He felt so pleased with himself for finding it and and loved that he was the one to put that expression on Adrianna's face.
Adrianna traced the banister with her finger as Navid helped her up the stairs, she could believe that he had found this place. It was perfect, it had everything they had talked about, it was spacious yet still cosy, it had a pretty garden around the back and a fireplace in the living room. "I think we should make an offer," she smiled turning to Navid.
He tried his best to contain his excitement, "Are you sure? Don't you want to look at other houses first?"
"I don't need to look at other houses. I mean have you seen this place?" She gestured around her.
"Ok lets make an offer." Navid said as calmly as he could manage, then laughed as she squealed and hugged him. Feeling ecstatic he leaned in to kiss her. Neither of them could stop smiling as they headed down stairs, only the sound of Navid's phone could draw them out of their little bubble.
"It's Dixon," he told her as he answered it, "Hey man how are you ya? I've got some news, me and Ade have found a house!"
Adrianna couldn't hear Dixon but she started to feel panicked as she watched the smile fade from Navid's face.
"Liam's in prison." Navid told her as he hung up.
Debbie Wilson waited at the airport for daughter to arrive, she couldn't wait to see Annie again. However she couldn't help but feel conflicted, she had been so angry when Annie had told her about the book but now she was mostly upset with herself for not being there for her daughter when she was clearly needed. Although a part of her was proud that Annie had written a successful novel but she still struggled to get past the fact that she had worked as a prostitute.
As Annie walked through the terminal she felt sick. She was so worried about seeing her mum, she remember how angry she been on the phone. She spotted her mother and froze, their eyes met and she held her breath.
Debbie spotted her daughter through the crowd and when she saw the worried expression on her face all her anger she had previously felt melted away and she couldn't help but smile.
The relief was plain to see on her face when Annie saw that smile and she hurried towards her mum, "Hi mom."
"Oh Annie I've missed you so much." Debbie said as tears rolled down her cheeks and she hugged her daughter. As they broke apart Annie struggled to hold back her own tears.
"I'm so sorry mom," She whispered and they hugged again.
"It's ok Annie, just promise me one thing, if you ever need help again you come to me. I don't care what the problem is just please tell me." Debbie told her firmly.
"I promise." Annie replied feeling overwhelmed, "and look, Liam and I got engaged!" She said pointing to the ring on her finger.
Debbie was shocked, she hadn't even noticed the ring, "I didn't even know you and Liam were back together." Was all she could manage to blurt out.
"Well it only happened the other day, but I love Liam and I want to marry him. I thought you would be happy for me."
"Annie I am happy for you, and I like Liam but your only 20 years old. I just don't want you to rush into anything." Debbie tried to explain.
"Exactly, I'm 20 years old I can make my own decisions." Annie said defensively, she was starting to get angry.
"Well you great decisions," Her mother snapped back, instantly regretting her words.
Silver sat day dreaming on her bed trying to distract herself from her illness. However that was difficult when when your next appointment was in two hours and she was waiting for her best friend to arrive from D.C. to take her there. When she had told Teddy Montgomery she had had cancer he had insisted on coming down to take care of her. Their relationship had been a bit rocky since they had fought over the baby but now they had lost it she was glad she still had her best friend left to support her.
A knock at the door pulled her out of her day dream, she opened it expecting to see Teddy but instead it was Adrianna standing at there.
"Ade what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be house hunting or something?" Silver asked starting to panic, she hadn't been brave enough to tell her friend about the cancer since the night Ivy returned and she wasn't sure she was ready yet.
"I was, but we have already found the perfect house, you are going to love it." Adrianna told her, the excitement clear in her voice, "but we haven't put in an offer yet, Navid had to rush off because of the whole Liam thing so I thought I'd come and see what you were up to today." She said sitting down on Silver's bed.
"Actually Ade, Teddy is going to be here any minute and we were going to-, wait, what Liam thing? Isn't he in Paris by now?" Silver asked confused.
"Oh my gosh you haven't heard," Adrianna said surprised, "Liam has been arrested, they think it was him who planted that bomb at the concert."
"What? No way, that could never have been Liam. All of his friends were in there, Annie was in there," Silver said shaking her head.
"Well I know that, but apparently the police don't."
Silver was about to ask more but Teddy knocking on the door distracted her.
"Hi Sil, sorry I'm so late. How are you holding up? I couldn't believe it when you told me the news, I had to come down here." Teddy was so focused on Silver he barely even registered Adrianna's presence.
"What news?" She asked looking from Teddy to Silver.
"About Liam," Silver blurted out quickly before Teddy could answer. "He came because of the arrest."
"Silver what are you talking about? I only just told you about Liam." She couldn't understand why here friend was hiding something from her, "What's going on?"
Ivy drove her jeep over to Silver's house, she hadn't seen her friends since the night she had got back. She had been visiting her mother for a few days, but she had arranged to meet Dixon for lunch earlier but he hadn't shown up. Ivy had tried to call him but he wasn't answering his phone. None of her friends were answering their phones. She didn't understand it, they had an amazing night catching up at the Offshore when she had returned but now she was starting to feel like she was no longer a part of their lives.
After finding no one at the Offshore or at Dixon's she had driven over to Silver's, she missed them. She wanted to feel as close to her friends as she had before Mexico. Everything should have been exactly as it was before she had made the biggest mistake of her life, then she could pretend she had never made that mistake.
Ivy reached Silver's and hopped out of her jeep without opening the door, even in the full length skirt she was wearing she did it effortlessly. She walked up to the door and knocked, she waited but no one answered. Feeling feed up she sat down on the step and tried to call Silver but like before it went to voice mail. She needed a distraction, she couldn't allow herself to think about Mexico. She pulled out her phone again and picked a random number from her contacts and called it, It happened to be Naomi's.
"Hi Ivy! How are you? How's Mexico? I feel like we haven't spoken in ages, but I really can't chat for long I need to prepare for my interview." Naomi answered.
"Ade mentioned that, something to do with a prince right? Anyway I've been meaning to tell you I'm not in Mexico any more, I'm back in LA." Ivy replied.
"Really? Ivy that's great I can't wait to see you when I get back from D.C."
"Yeah Ade also said you had gone to Washington with your new boyfriend, When do you get back?" Ivy asked.
"Well i'm not even sure he is my boyfriend anymore," Naomi sighed. "Anyway Ivy I really have to go, but I'm so happy you Diego are back, ciao." she said hanging up.
The mention of Diego caught Ivy of guard, she hurried back to her jeep but she couldn't drive, she just sat there and cried.
"Ivy?" She heard someone ask and she looked round to find Teddy approaching her vehicle. She quickly dried her eyes on her sleeve and turned to face him. "Are you ok? Aren't you supposed to be in Mexico?"
"Aren't you supposed to be in Washing?" Ivy replied.
Teddy laughed, "Yeah I'm here for Silver, she forgot some forms so I'm just collecting them to take down to the hospital." He swore under his breath as he realized he had said too much again.
What's she doing at the hospital? Is she ok?"
Teddy took a deep breath and sighed, "Look I'm only telling you this because you know better than anyone what she is going through. Silver has cancer."
Naomi hung up on Ivy and turned off her phone, she needed to prepare for her interview and she needed to be there in less than an hour. She had planned all her answers but was impossible to concentrate. All she could think about was the look on Jordan's face when she had said Max's name, and the argument that had followed. She told herself she had only said it out of habit, It meant nothing. Jordan was supposed to collect her from the hotel but they hadn't spoken since he stormed out a few nights ago and she knew he wasn't coming.
Instead of waiting around, hoping he'd turn up she decided to head down early. She opened her door and found Jordan standing on the other side.
"Hey," she said quietly.
"Hey," he replied.
"How long have you been standing there?" She asked him.
"A while," he admitted.
"I didn't think you'd show."
"Neither did I."
"Jordan I'm so sorry. You have to understand it meant nothing." Naomi apologized hoping that was all he needed to hear. It was. He grabbed her by the waist and kissed her.
When he pulled away he whispered, "I believe you."
The rest of the way to the TV station they chatted as if nothing had ever happened. Naomi finally felt happy again, all the worry she had felt over the last few days was gone, nothing else mattered anymore.
As she waited in her dressing room she still could remember all of the answers she had given but she told herself it didn't matter. She was finally feeling like herself again.
"Naomi Clark you're on in 10 minutes." A short middle aged women informed her, "and Miss Clark we have a man outside claiming to be your husband. Shall I let him in?"
Naomi was shocked, the words would form in her mouth, all she managed was a quick shake of her head. The woman lead her out to the interview room, she was giving her end less instructions but Naomi wasn't listening, she was looking down the corridor at a familiar dark haired man been ushered outside.
Liam was waiting in a high security room, he didn't know who he was meeting all he had been told was that he had a visitor. He wasn't allowed in the usual visitors room with the other criminals whilst he was still considered a threat. All he could do was wait, he felt bad for hoping it was Annie but he and Dixon had decided it best not to tell her yet.
He was surprised to see Navid enter the room with Dixon. They sat down opposite not sure what to say. "Ooh orange really isn't your colour man!" Navid joked trying to break the silence.
"Hey, I picked this out specially." Liam laughed, he wanted to feel like he was back at the Offshore joking around with his friends.
"Come on guys this is serious," Dixon said. "Liam your in jail, your trial is in two weeks."
"I'm sorry but this whole thing seems like a big joke, I mean who would think Liam is a terrorist?" Navid asked the question on everyone's mind.
"Someone did." Liam said, "Someone told the police I planted the bomb and the CCTV shows me heading back stage to see Ade with a big black bag packed for Australia."
"Surely you explained what you were doing." Navid was surprised that was all it took for them to arrest him.
"They don't want to know, they need someone to take the blame and I'm the perfect guy." Liam explained bitterly.
"C'mon man! They don't have enough evidence." Navid said, "And if you do go down, I here the food here is fantastic."
Liam laughed but the mention of food made Dixon remember his lunch plans with Ivy.
"Damn I forgot I was supposed to meet Ivy today," he told them, "I have to go but Liam I will be back tomorrow I promise." The guard unlocked the door and escorted him out. Once he was outside he called Ivy. "Hi Ivy it's Dixon, look I'm really sorry I missed lunch, I completely forgot. I've just had so much going on-"
"It's ok Dix," She interrupted him, "Teddy told me about Liam."
"Oh I guess news travels fast." He said thinking of Annie, "you haven't spoken to Annie have you?" He wasn't sure he had made the right choice in not telling her but for once he wanted to be the one protecting her for once, not the other way round.
"No but I bet she's freaking out, is she coming home?"
"Annie doesn't know." He said bluntly.
"What? Dixon why haven't you told her?"
"Ivy I have to go." He lied, "but Annie can't find out, ok?"
"Fine I wont tell her." Ivy replied hanging up.
Silver sat in the hospital waiting for her scan results, she was fed up of all these tests and she was still terrified but having her friends with her made her feel stronger. Teddy had gone to get them a coffee and Adrianna had insisted on helping despite her broken ankle. Silver thought Ade probably wanted to tell Teddy he shouldn't have told Ivy, but in truth Silver was glad that he had, she would never have been able to tell her herself. However she did plan on making Teddy feel a little guilty if just to distract herself. She sighed, she knew nothing could distract her for long.
Ivy took Silver's hand in hers, "Your going to be ok you know."
Silver could tell Ivy really meant what she said. "How can you of all people be so positive about this?"
"Is that why you didn't tell me?" Ivy asked, "because of Raj?"
"Yeah, mostly, and also telling people makes it feel more real." Silver admitted, Ivy nodded understanding.
"But you are glad Teddy told me aren't you?"
"Yes I am, having friends here really has made it a lot easier to cope with." Silver said and Ivy squeezed her hand.
"So you don't think it would be better to tell everyone else? Like at least Annie and Naomi?" Ivy knew she was pushing it but she couldn't help it.
"I'll tell Naomi when she gets back from Washington, I think it will be better face to face."
"And what about Annie?" Ivy pressed, "You can't wait a year to tell her face to face."
"Annie has enough to deal with. She must still be struggling with everything going on with Liam." Silver said.
"Annie doesn't know about Liam. Dixon doesn't want her to find out."
"That's crazy!" Silver exclaimed, "she's bound to find out, it'll be all over the news and she'll kill Dixon when she finds out he kept it from her."
"I know, but what I'm trying to say is you should call her. We shouldn't keep everything from her and you need the support of your friends right now trust me." She said handing Silver her phone.
"What now?" Silver asked feeling pressured and Ivy nodded.
Silver grimaced and dialed her number, it went straight to voice mail but she decided it would be easier this way, " Hi Annie it's Silver, I have something that I need to tell you and it's not good news." She took a deep breath but couldn't continue, she panicked and blurted out "Liam's in jail." Ivy yanked her hand away and mouthed 'what are you doing' but Silver had to continue," They think he planted the bomb at Ade's concert, there's going to be a trial in a few weeks i'll call you when I know more." Silver winced as she hung up, she knew Ivy was going to kill her. But before she got the chance Teddy and Adrianna re-entered with the coffees and the doctor followed them in.
"Sorry we took so long, but I'm definitely getting the hang of these crutches," Adrianna laughed.
"It's ok, maybe next time you'll get them to us before they've gone gone cold," Silver joked but her smile faded as she turned to the doctor.
"Miss Silver I have your scan results, and fortunately the cancer has not yet spread. However we would like to start you on the chemotherapy course we talked about next Wednesday." He said as Ivy took hold of Silver's hand again.
Annie slammed her bag down on the table as she walked into the kitchen, she had barely spoken to her mother since the airport and she was still fuming over their argument.
"And where have you been?" Debbie demanded, she had been worried ever since Annie had stormed out the house immediately after they had arrived.
"Out." Annie replied rudely.
"Well couldn't you have called? You've been gone hours." Debbie said calmly.
Annie glared at her, but she was struggling to stay angry. "I tried," she admitted throwing her phone down next to her bag, "but my stupid phone died."
"Annie I'm really sorry," Debbie apologized for the millionth time. "I know you can make your own decisions, and I trust you to make your own decisions."
To stop herself for crying Annie rummaged though her bag for her phone charger. "That's not what upset me really," she said quietly struggling to hold back the tears. "I just, I really thought you would be happy for me, I know it sounds stupid but I really wanted you to be happy for me."
"Oh Annie I am happy for you," Debbie said relieved that she seemed to have forgiven her. "I was just surprised, and I wanted to make sure you were happy."
"Thank you," Annie whispered as she plugged in her phone, then she turned to hug Debbie, both of them crying a little.
Neither of them could help laughing at how ridiculous they were being. Annie pulled away first and smiled, she really was happy. Her phone flashed on and she reached to check her messages, wiping her eyes on the sleeve of her sweater.
"What's wrong?" Debbie asked as she watched Annie listen to Silver's voice mail.
But Annie couldn't respond, she just stood there, frozen as she felt her whole world come crashing down around her.
Liam sat in his cell feeling more alone then ever. Navid had stayed as long they would allow but now he wished he'd had longer to see his friends. He hated feeling so helpless, he hated waiting around until they locked him up for good.
He pulled out a photograph from under his pillow, it was the one he had taken from his room the day of the arrest. It was the only thing he had been allowed to keep. As Liam looked at the girl in the photo, he studied every inch of her, he missed Annie so much and he wished she was here to help him through this. But knowing she was happy was the only thing keeping him going, he had talked to Dixon about telling her and they had both agreed it was best she didn't know, she deserved to enjoy Paris. Would she still stand by him if he went to prison he wondered. Of course she would he told himself, they could get through anything together.
"I miss you," he whispered tucking the photo back under his pillow and he lay down to try and get some sleep.
Navid left the prison an hour after Dixon had rushed off to call Ivy. He had been talking to Dixon's, trying to find out anything that would help Liam's case. He had gotten nowhere, he knew the only way he could help Liam would be to figure out who told the police it was him, if he could convince them the had made a mistake the whole case against Liam would fall apart. He felt so frustrated, the police would never tell him their witness.
"Navid! How are you man?" A mocking voice asked and he turned to face the man he had hoped never to see again.
"Cambell what are you doing here?" Navid asked the tall snide blonde standing in front of him.
"Oh come on man no need to be rude," Cambell laughed. "We were brothers once!"
"Oh my god it was you!" Navid realized, how had he not figured it out before, "You set Liam up."
"Nah I didn't set him up, I just saw an opportunity and I took it." Cambell smiled heading towards the prison.
"They'll figure out that you're lying!" Navid shouted after him, "I'll tell them you're lying!"
"The police won't listen to you." Cambell told him, "not when I tell them you assisted in the bombing."
Navid froze on the spot, he didn't know what to do. Cambell was right, the police would never listen to him. Then he remembered one who might.
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Authors note: Sorry it look me so long to update, but school got in the way. I hope you liked this chapter, sorry if it's a bit long. I'll try and add the next chapter soon and thank you all the nice reviews, they were great to read. Ooh and thanks to my 8 followers, I promised to put a big Lannie scene in the next one! And I would appreciate any comments. =)