CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: IT WASN'T ME
Adam's POV
"So what all does she know?"
"Not as much as I thought she would," I answered while sinking into the sofa in my living room. Bianca stood in front of me with her arms crossed over her chest and her hip jutting out to the side. I knew this stance all too well.
Bianca had one eyebrow cocked. I still wondered if she knew how sexy that made her look sometimes. "Is she suspicious?"
"Probably. Knowing Fiona, she's probably very suspicious. But I don't think she'll get too nosy."
I traced my tongue over the front of my teeth while a smirk appeared on my face. Bianca looked genuinely worried right now. Her brown eyes were cast off into nowhere, and I could see that she was chewing on the inside of her cheek.
"Be careful though. Fiona is pretty good at hacking FaceRange accounts," I teased. Bianca's eyes flashed and attacked me head-on. I tensed a bit when I saw the scary look in her eyes.
She let out a sarcastic laugh and replied, "Yeah, you're hilarious. What makes you think I'm worried? Maybe I want to ruin your relationship with the princess."
"I'm sure that is exactly what you were aiming at all along." The knowing smirk never left my face. She uncrossed her arms.
Bianca looked like she was about to make another smart remark, but she bit her tongue. She sat in the space next to me on the couch. I sat forward and watched her.
"So how exactly did she even find out about 'us'?" she asked, motioning between us with her index finger.
I rolled my eyes when she asked, but only because Drew's cocky expression was the first thing that came into my mind. First he'd tried to get into Fiona's pants while he knew I had a thing for her. Then he'd had the nerve to start dating the one girl who had ruined so many of my days at school.
I was done with him.
"I've got a feeling that it was my cocky brother who you used to be so in love with," I muttered hatefully.
Bianca's eyebrows rose. "Drew? How would he even know that we were together? He's never even here."
"Well he knows. He must've told Fiona and acted like he was just trying to protect me from you. Now Fiona is almost having an aneurism back in New York."
"Oh please," Bianca's shoulder brushed against mine, "if anyone told your precious Fiona, it was definitely Saint Clare. She's just too chicken to come forward and confess."
"You can't seriously put this on Clare. She wouldn't do something like that because she'd know how much it would hurt me."
"Well maybe Clare isn't as sweet and caring as you think she is. She is dating Eli Goldsworthy after all," she argued back.
I shook my head and kept my eyes trained on my hands. "No, Drew would do anything to ruin my relationship with Fiona. He's had a thing for her ever since last year. He wasn't exactly happy when he realized that Fiona liked me better either."
"And now he's pissed because I'm with you," Bianca said in disbelief. I nodded in agreement with her statement. She'd taken the words right out of my mouth.
Bianca shook her head while saying, "He's always had a strong tang of jealousy in him."
I stayed silent while considering her words. So it really was Drew after all. He must've seen Bianca and I in the hallway together at some point, and now his jealousy had taken over his actions.
Lovely.
Bianca placed her hand over mine. I glanced down for a short moment to watch her thumb trace circles over the top of my hand.
"What are you gonna do?" she asked softly. I shrugged and chewed on the corner of my mouth. "I'll just wait until he or Fiona brings it up again."
My blue eyes met her brown ones when I looked up again. "Maybe we should just end this. People are getting too suspicious."
I pulled my hand out from under hers and began to stand up from my place on the sofa. But Bianca tugged me back and gripped my shoulder. "That's not what you really want, is it?"
"What I want doesn't matter anymore, Bee," I lectured. "Fiona can't be hurt again. It was wrong for me to even agree to do this. I was being stupid. Maybe you should just go."
Bianca made a pouting face and scooted closer to me so that our legs were pressed against each other. Her shoulders were even with mine as she pulled me closer to her.
"We both know that that's not what you want to do, Adam."
I looked her up and down. That pouting expression made her look even more adorable as she squished herself closer to me. A smirk slowly crawled across my lips.
"You like me," I teased with a grin appearing on my face. Bianca rolled her eyes, but she also shared my grin. Her fingers raked through my hair moments before she closed the distance between us.
I smiled against the kiss and tied my arms around her waist. I held her tight to my body as she rearranged herself and straddled my hips. Her hands were on my collarbone now, and mine were resting in the small of her back.
"You might be right about me liking you…," she responded after pulling away from my face. I grinned back at her and leaned in to close the distance again.
Our bottom lips had just brushed against each other when I heard the front door fly open. Our attentions snapped to the open door where Drew stood with his mouth gaped open.
"Uh…," was all Bianca could muster up. I quickly threw Bianca off of me none too gently and stood up beside the sofa.
"Drew…," I started, but he interrupted me.
My brother set his jaw and pursed his lips while he looked back and forth between Bianca and I. "I can't believe this." His voice was a lot more even than I expected it to be.
"Don't pretend to be angry. You already knew. But did you really have to blab to Fiona about it?"
Drew slammed the door shut behind him with his foot and began marching towards me. I didn't even budge while we stood close enough to touch noses. I could see the glowering hatred in his blue eyes.
"What are you talking about?" he muttered darkly.
"You've known about me and Bianca. And you called Fiona and told her about us out of jealousy!"
A dark smile arose in Drew. He laughed silently, but he quickly snapped back into attack mode. "You think I would be jealous of Bianca? I genuinely feel sorry for you if you think I want that slut back in my life."
"You're jealous, Drew. Just admit it, and we can put this behind us."
"I'm not jealous of anything!" he bellowed in anger and annoyance.
I poked his chest hard. "You're jealous. And that's why you snitched on me."
"Don't touch me," Drew demanded before shoving me away from him.
My anger boiled and I lunged at Drew. And I would've gotten a nice tackle if Bianca hadn't decided to step in between us. Drew looked like he was about to lunge at me as well. But neither one of us could make a move thanks to Bianca's hands placed on our chests.
"Stop it," she ordered with her eyes on my angry face. But my eyes were locked with Drew's. He swallowed the angry pill in his throat before stepping away from me and Bianca. We both watched him carefully.
"Whatever," he muttered. "You two can do whatever you want. I just can't believe you actually though I would snitch on you to Fiona."
He sent us both glances of disappointment before turning on his heel and hurrying up the stairs to his room. There wasn't much of a chance he'd be coming out very often this week either.
"Well that was fun," I said under my breath. Bianca instantly turned around with her hand still placed on my chest.
"Could you at least try to control your anger a little better? You're gonna get seriously hurt if you keep that up."
I held my hands up innocently. "Excuse me for being a little daring." Bianca rolled her eyes and watched me while I turned around to sit back down on the couch.
She watched me for a few more moments in a quiet manor before I finally decided to break the awkward silence. I patted the seat next to me and asked, "Aren't you gonna sit back down? Drew isn't going to ruin all of my fun."
Bianca smirked before joining me on the couch again while a sci-fi movie played on the flat screen TV.
A/N: I KNOW! I'VE BEEN BUSY! There's gonna be a lot more drama to come for Adam though.
Here's your hint…
Ron-Ron & Bianca & Adam
Start making guesses. It's pretty obvious