"The One" – Part 69

Summary and additional notes in part 1.

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Once she settled at her desk, Fiona felt bad for ranting about Drew. All of those slights occurred ten years ago and they were both different people now! Besides, she and Drew had moved past it as her relationship with Adam continued, or so she thought…

Fiona hadn't realized she still harbored so much resentment about it! When she isolated her thoughts, a couple of things came to mind. That period in her life had been a rough since she had been dealing with a lot of issues. Drew's cruelty towards her, and his unwillingness to forgive her for breaking Adam's heart truly stung. He was judging her for something she deeply regretted and also for things that were beyond her control.

She took responsibility for lying to Adam and faced her drinking problem head on. However questioning her sexuality was something she couldn't help! It was a difficult struggle for her. Adam understood that, and was patient, supportive, and loving towards her. There were no strings attached because at the time he was fully committed to being her friend and wasn't looking to make what they had into something more. As wonderful as Adam was towards her, his brother was the opposite!

Drew saw her struggle as a marker that she was untrustworthy and deemed her unfit to date his younger brother! Even after she and Adam decided to be together, his view was fixed and he sought to undermine them whenever possible. His attempts to break them up really got under her skin, because in essence he was trying to separate her from the love of her life! The one person who meant the most to her! At the time it felt like she was flailing in the water and Adam had his hand outstretched to pull her to safety, whereas Drew was trying to pull her back under.

As her relationship with Adam continued, Drew eventually came around. He had apologized more than once for the things he had said and done. This was long buried, so Fiona chided herself for getting worked up about past slights again. She hadn't seen Drew in seven years! She took a deep breath and decided for her own sake it was best to move on.

Fiona opened her internet browser and navigated to FaceRange. She quickly logged in. Right away she could see a lot of activity in the news feed. She decided to check out Adam's page first. She needed to see him after her thoughts had ventured to such a dark place. When his picture came into view she instantly smiled. It was the same picture he had when she first visited his page, one month ago. It was a close up of him with his bass guitar in his arms. He had played her a song on Sunday, before they left to go jogging. She loved his voice.

She looked underneath his picture and her smile broadened. There it was on the left-hand side, 'Adam Torres is in a relationship with Fiona Coyne'. It was a small thing, but in the aftermath of her break up with Beth she thought it was best to leave it hidden while the dust settled. Now they were moving forward and she couldn't be happier.

She scanned the other side of the page and saw his wall had a number of comments from friends. The change in relationship status hadn't been added to their news feed or post to the wall, because they wanted it to be low-key. However, she saw that Eli Goldsworthy had made a comment about it, and in turn everyone responded to it!

"So I guess weekend celebrations went well? ;-) Congrats you two!" he wrote. His comment had 46 'Likes'.

Next to post was Clare. "You finally updated! I'm so happy for you guys! Can't wait to see you both this weekend!"

His brother commented after. "Didn't expect to see you online tonight! Thought the whole weekend was going to be a blackout! ;-) Congrats baby bro! You guys are great together!"

Fiona sighed. His comment here wasn't so bad. However, from what Laura mentioned it was what Drew posted on her wall that was a problem.

She briefly scanned the rest and saw posts from Alli, Meg, Isaac, Allen, Robin, Jake and others. She spotted a comment from Joe that got 17 'Likes'!

"It's official! Though we already knew that :D Greg, you might want to invest in noise cancelling headphones!" Joe wrote.

Gregory responded, "Thanks for the advice! Lolz"

Naomi also weighed in. "Adam's gonna kill both of you for that! :-p"

Despite herself, Fiona laughed at their exchange. She decided it was time to check out her own page. She clicked on her name and her profile quickly loaded.

She saw that Eli had made the first comment on her wall as well!

"Congrats Fiona! I'm glad to see that you guys updated. Looking forward to seeing you both this weekend!"

She smiled. She thought his message was sweet. Apparently Clare had been online at the same time because she also responded.

"I second that sentiment! I'm so excited about this weekend! Can't wait for you to meet Sierra!"

Surprisingly, she saw that Eli made a second comment. "And she's adorable. Prepare for cuteness overload :D"

She scrolled down and saw a number of posts from friends. Holly J had made a comment, "Well, well! This was just a matter of time ;-) Congrats you two! You're meeting me for lunch Tuesday and no is not an option!"

Fiona softly laughed. She didn't think it would be!

She scrolled further down the page and spotted a post from Drew. "Sweet! I'm glad to see you guys are FR official! Haha. I for one, can't wait to see my brother and future sister-in-law(?) this weekend!"

She frowned a little. First off, the question mark thing annoyed her! It was a lame joke, but what was the point of adding a question mark? She and Adam were solid. Maybe she was reading too much into it, but it still bugged her. Secondly, making a joke about them getting married on FaceRange where everyone in her network, including mutual friends of her Ex, could see it when she and Adam had only been dating for a month was just thoughtless! Then again, it was classic Drew not to give it much thought! If it had been posted on Adam's wall that would be one thing. But posting it on her wall was problematic! She didn't want it to seem like she was rubbing salt in fresh wounds, and that fact that he was Adam's brother gave his comment more weight!

Apparently others agreed with her.

"Um, not funny Drew!" Eli responded. Fiona idly wondered if he lived on FaceRange, since he posted so much!

"That's jumping the gun a bit…" her friend Pete commented. He was going to be at Gretchen's dinner party tonight. He was also friends with Beth.

Fiona cringed.

"Wow, no pressure there!" her friend Anya remarked. Fortunately, she was a friend from college who currently lived in Seattle. There was no overlap with her other group of friends!

To her charring, she saw that her brother also posted a response. "What? You guys are engaged? ;-)"

She wanted to throttle Declan after reading that! However, she was certain Holly J already did so on her behalf!

"Seriously, Declan? Not helping! Fi, just ignore my husband!" Holly J wrote.

Fiona chuckled.

"And ignore mine too! We are looking forward to seeing you and Adam though," Abigail Torres posted onto her wall. She was Drew's wife and everyone called her Abby.

Fiona knew she was bias, but at the moment she couldn't help feeling a bit sorry for her!

"Geez! It was just a joke! I'm sure they get that… Abby, who's side are you on? :-p" Drew wrote in response.

"Fiona," a voice called to her.

She looked up and spotted her assistant, Jessica, with a cup of coffee in her hand.

"I picked up another Soy Mocha Latte," the younger woman told her as she handed it off.

Fiona smiled broadly. "Thanks! This is a godsend!" She needed the extra energy boost.

"You're welcome." Jessica glanced at the screen. "It's not too bad, is it?" she inquired.

Fiona shook her head. "No, it isn't."

Jessica smiled. "That's good," she told her. "So, what did Adam's brother say?" she asked curiously.

"He joked about me being his future sister-in-law," Fiona told her.

Jessica furrowed her brows in confusion. "Isn't it a little soon for that?"

Fiona chuckled and took a sip of her latte.

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tbc

A/N: Oh Drew! That joke was bad timing, but it's very possible that Fiona and the others are overreacting! I'm not taking sides… Lol!

Eli and Clare are full of win! Holly J was pretty cool too ;-)

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In the next chapter… wow, it'll be #70! There's gonna be Fadam! And there might or might not be lemons...

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