"The One" – Part 54

Summary and additional notes in part 1.

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-oOo-

Once inside the mood was decidedly less tense. There was a salsa song playing over the sound system. Adam smirked.

"Can I have this dance?" he asked Fiona.

She smiled at him. "What makes you think I know how to salsa?" she teased.

He shrugged. "Just a hunch. But I'm a good teacher either way."

She leaned forward and pressed her lips to his. When she pulled away, she kept her face close to his.

"What was that for?" he said lightly, as he looked into her eyes.

She softly laughed. "That was a 'thanks for not running off with your Ex' kiss," she joked. "You were gone for awhile."

Adam laughed. "You're something else, you know that?"

"I do!" she giggled.

They leaned in and shared another, longer kiss.

-oOo-

After a long time passed they decided to head back to the tables, where they came across a curious sight.

"Naomi?" Adam said surprised. Fiona stood by his side, equally surprised and amused.

"Oh hey, Adam! You guys should dance!" she yelled over the music.

Adam lost the battle to hold his laughter in. She was making spastic movements she somehow considered dancing. "Smooth moves," he quipped.

"Thanks!" Naomi replied genuinely.

Fiona gave Adam a look. "We should rescue her, not tease her."

"Or you could dance!" Chris suggested, coming out of nowhere. He didn't have the greatest coordination but he was doing much better than Naomi.

"How sober are you?" Adam asked him. Chris was supposed to be taking Naomi home, so he wanted to assess if he was up to the task.

Chris frowned. "I only had two drinks. You know I don't drink much!"

Adam slowly nodded. "Okay."

-oOo-

By the time they returned to Joe's it was after 2:00AM.

"Fuck," Adam muttered as they entered the elevator.

"What is it?" Fiona asked concerned.

"We're supposed to be up early for the roommate interviews. I scheduled the first one at 9:00AM, so we could hit the road in the early afternoon," Adam told her.

She smiled and wrapped her arms around his middle. "I love that you do so much for the people you care about."

Adam softened at her words. He reached up and gently caressed her cheek. "I love you so much."

"Oh really?" she said with a toothy grin.

He nodded. "You're everything to me, Fiona."

There was something about the way he said her name that moved her deeply. She captured his lips with her own. Adam hungrily kissed back, and pulled her closer to him.

The elevator doors abruptly opened.

They sighed and disentangled from their embrace.

"Well, we can have more above the waist fun in the room," she said in jest.

"Deal!" he laughed.

They walked down the hall and Adam fished out his key. When they entered the apartment, the living room was dark. He carefully closed the door and locked it.

"I can lead us there without turning on the light," he whispered. He didn't want to wake Joe.

He took her hand and they got to couch before they noticed light smacking noises. It sounded like… kissing?

"Joe?" he called out.

He heard sudden movement.

"Adam?" Joe called out.

Fiona reached for light.

"Ow!" Joe yelped as he shielded his eyes from the sudden brightness.

Adam smirked. On the couch were Joe and a companion. They had definitely been in make out mode. Joe's shirt was unbuttoned and the other guy looked equally disheveled.

"Didn't mean to interrupt. We'll get out of your hair!" Adam said amused.

Joe stood up. "Um, I'll be right back," he said to his date as he stepped away. He signaled Adam to follow him to his room. Fiona went with them.

"Is that the pet doctor?" Adam asked once they shut the door.

"He's pretty cute. Yay for online dating!" Fiona giggled.

Joe laughed. "Who's more drunk?"

Adam and Fiona pointed to each other.

"I hope you didn't drive!" Joe scolded.

Adam shook his head in an exaggerated action. "Jake dropped us off. He'll bring back the car tomorrow."

"Ah, good!" Joe said.

"Thanks Dad!" Adam ribbed him.

Joe gave him a look before laughing. "I had a beer or two myself. But, I'm taking a page from your playbook. Things are going good between me and the vet, so I'm going to hold off for awhile… at least to the third or fourth date." He really liked Daniel. He was funny, cute, and genuinely interesting. He could picture something real with him.

Adam clapped him on the shoulder. "Good for you man!" he said happily. "But take it from me, blue balls suck!"

He and Fiona laughed.

"He's right," she agreed. "Though I guess it's blue ovaries in my case."

Joe looked at them amused. Only with them drunk would this be a laughing matter! He shrugged. "Technically it's blue ovaries in my case too," he quipped. Unlike Adam, he hadn't had lower surgeries yet.

"Oh yeah!" Adam said remembering that.

Fiona giggled. "Not having sex when you want to sucks!" she stated profoundly.

All three of them laughed.

-oOo-

The next morning Fiona groaned as the alarm clock beeped obnoxiously. It was 8:00AM.

"It's too early!" she complained aloud. She looked over to her left, and Adam was sound asleep. She nudged him. "Adam."

He didn't budge.

"Adam!" she repeated louder. This time he stirred a little.

She sighed. Waking him up when he had a hangover was always tough. "ADAM!"

His eyes fluttered open. "What?" he groaned.

"It's time to get up," she informed him.

"Ten minutes," he muttered and closed his eyes again.

She knew he was going to hate this, but she was tired and really didn't want to shower first. She peeled back the covers and carefully crept closer to him. She took aim, knowing he was ticklish at his sides, and launched her attack.

She smiled her handiwork as he jumped up.

"Hey!" he said annoyed.

"Well, you're up now," she said smugly.

Adam shook his head. "This is war!" he declared and promptly pulled her into his arms.

"I was just trying to help!" she protested as she giggled. Adam laughed and gently kissed her.

-oOo-

"I'm not going to lie… I'm gonna miss you man," Joe told him.

Adam smiled. Goodbyes were always bittersweet. He had fun this weekend. It was like old times, but what made it even better was that Fiona was with him. But now it was time for them to head back to their lives in New York. After all, they had work tomorrow.

"I'm going to miss you too," Adam replied. "We did a lot though," he said, trying to focus on the positive.

Joe laughed. "Yeah, we did," he agreed. "Movies. Basketball. Roommate searching."

Adam chuckled. By unanimous decision, they settled on a guy named Ryan. He was a thirty year old graphic designer and skateboarding enthusiast. He seemed like a good dude and had solid references. He and Joe had an instant friend vibe, which they were all happy about. After the interview ended Joe had joked with Adam, "I want things to work out with Daniel so I don't need to live with eye candy!"

"It was really good to meet you, Joe," Fiona said warmly. They shared a hug. "You too, Naomi."

Naomi was hungover but she came by anyway, and provided another opinion on the roommate decision. She wanted to spend the morning with Adam before he left. "Same here," she smiled.

The two women hugged.

Adam and Joe moved forward and shared a hug.

"Be good, and don't do anything I wouldn't," Adam teased him as they pulled away.

Joe laughed. "Yeah, you have such an upstanding record to behold!"

Naomi pulled Adam into a long hug. "You better keep in touch!"

Adam laughed. "Of course I will!"

She gave him a mock scolding look as he stood beside his girlfriend. "Good, because I want an invite to the wedding!" she joked.

They all laughed.

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tbc

A/N: Oh wow! Well, they definitely had a fun trip!

Reviews rock! :D

This is the last chapter set in Boston. You know what that means, right? We're heading back to New York and there's a time jump ahead. Not going to say how much, but you'll find out in the next chapter!

Speaking of which… hmm… I don't want to give too much away. I'm not confirming or denying anything with Fadam, but I guess I should warn you that it ventures into M territory…

To the folks I can't directly message... (This was getting long so I moved them here, lol.):

I3FADAM – It was very wrong of her. People do stupid things when they're angry, and sometimes you can't take it back. *shrugs* Either way I find it unlikely that whatever feelings he had for Emily would even come close to how he feels about Fiona, so it's definitely time for her to move on! Thanks for the review!

FADAMisMYlife – Thanks for the kind words! Haha at guessing what she was up to!

Anonymous – Oh, awesome ;-) I'm glad you liked the previous chapter. Thanks for the review!

Anonymous # 2 – HAPPY BIRTHDAY :D Hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Off topic: "Dreams Like Oceans" is an awesome song by the band Meg & Dia. If you haven't heard it before, google it :D