CHAPTER SIX: MONOCHROME BREEZES

Adam approached the school building warily with the tips of his index and middle fingers rubbing together. He watched the school intently when Alli, Anya, and Sadie headed up the stairs in their Halloween costumes.

All three of them smiled at him though he refused to return their happy looks. He just didn't understand how any of them could look happy right now? Alli had been friends with Clare, and Anya had been friends with Riley. So why weren't either of them experiencing the pain that he was?

But Fiona, Holly J, and Bianca had all answered his questions without even knowing. They all said that everyone at Degrassi and in Toronto was just trying to forget about the deaths and everything that happened here.

Adam's own brother had been murdered just below his feet in the basement by a hatchet with KC Guthrie's fingerprints all over it. And he and many others had been chased through these halls.

Honestly too much had happened beneath these walls for Adam to even try and forget about the frightening incidents. But he was going to try his best for Fiona, Bianca, and Holly J.

All three of them needed him to stay strong so that they could do the same. Of course Holly J was a million miles away at Yale with Fiona's twin brother, Declan. So it wasn't like she was worrying about KC sneaking up to her dorm to scare her.

No, she was perfectly safe unlike Adam who was still trapped in Toronto with KC's promising words of revenge ringing in his ears.

How in the hell was he supposed to stay calm and forget about all of that? He was jealous of Bianca and Fiona. He was jealous of how calm they could stay and how they could sit there and pretend like nothing had really happened ten months ago.

Maybe Adam really was a psycho like Owen had accused him of being. Maybe he was just another paranoid schizophrenic who was on antipsychotic medication to stop him from seeing his dead friends.

But maybe he wasn't.

"Hey there," a light voice greeted from beside him. Fiona took Adam's hand and kissed his cheek even though his gaze never broke from the main doors of Degrassi.

She ran her fingers through Adam's windblown hair, finally making him glance over at her. She was dressed in her Halloween costume.

He looked her up and down with his mouth gaped open. A quiet Damn escaped his lips when he scanned her over again.

She wore a black velvet dress with a white corset that came to mid-thigh and frilled at the skirt. The corset was designed with spiders and black webs. A silky red cape was tied around her neck with a collar sticking out like Dracula's that was also tied around her neck.

She wore midnight red high heels that strapped across her ankle and showed her toenails that were also painted a midnight red color.

At this point in time, Adam was very happy to be able to call her his girlfriend. Fiona smiled wider, revealing plastic fangs.

"What are you supposed to be?" she asked with her arms around his neck now. His mouth was still gaping open while he searched for lost words.

"Because right now you just look like a guy with messy hair and a suit with a cape."

Adam gave an unwilling smile before pulling half of a white mask from the back of his black tuxedo pants. After he placed it on his face, Fiona knew exactly what he was.

"The phantom of the opera," she said lowly. The corner of his mouth rose in a lopsided grin while she fixed his bowtie and arranged his black cape back over his shoulders.

The mask covered three-fourths of his forehead, his nose, and the right side of his face.

She smiled and pulled his face against hers for a hungry kiss. They were in the middle of the kiss when Adam parted her lips with his tongue and let out a quiet moan.

She copied his movements and felt his tongue flick across her plastic fangs. Fiona couldn't help but smile against the kiss when this happened. But Adam stayed serious as the kiss deepened further.

Fiona suddenly pulled away with her hands on his chest. "We have to slow down some," she said while catching her breath.

Adam held her shoulders and gave his first real smile of the night. "It's fine, Fiona. I can have some self-control."

She nodded with a thin smile before placing another kiss to his lips. Fiona then turned on her heel and let Adam lead her up the main steps of Degrassi with his arm hugged tightly around her shoulders.

They entered the main doors and walked into the lunchroom to see quite a few familiar faces. Alli was in deep conversation with Anya and Jenna seeing as how Sadie had ditched them to go flirt with Dave in the corner.

Adam caught sight of a smiling Wesley laughing with Connor at one of the lunch tables. Ms. Oh was talking to Principle Simpson about something.

Fiona and Adam took one more step before catching sight of Bianca talking to Owen at another lunch table. Fiona felt Adam's body tense up when they both noticed Bobby who had joined Bianca.

"What is he doing here?" Adam hissed to Fiona.

"I don't know," she answered helplessly. "Ms. Oh said we could bring friends. I guess Owen decided to bring Bobby."

Adam leaned closer. "And it doesn't bother you that your abusive ex-boyfriend is going to be sleeping in the same place with us?"

Fiona turned to block Adam's view of Bobby. Adam noticed Bianca glance up and see Fiona standing there with her hands around his waste.

"No, it really doesn't because I have my current boyfriend right here to protect me if he makes a stupid move," she told him with a smile that was revealing her fangs again.

Adam stared at her with emotionless eyes as she took a step closer. He felt like pushing her away, but neither of them needed the awkward couple's feud tension tonight.

Tonight was Halloween. They were supposed to be having fun and telling scary ghost stories. No memories from that night were supposed to be flooding anyone's brain right now.

"Okay," he finally breathed. He leaned close to her ear and whispered, "But you'd better play nice tonight."

She gave him a seductive smile and inhaled cold air through her teeth so that a hissing sound could be heard. "I'll try not to be too bad."

He gave her a teasing glare and placed his arm around her shoulders again as he turned to join the other teens. Bianca was still watching them with raised eyebrows.

Owen was glaring at Adam, and Bobby was watching Fiona intently with hungry eyes. Adam pulled Fiona slightly closer as they sat down at the table closest to Alli, Jenna, and Anya.

Simpson suddenly stepped away from Ms. Oh and stepped up on the stage. "Ms. Oh should go over the rules for tonight after I leave. I just want you to know that if there is any use of violence or bullying tonight, the users of it will be suspended for two months."

Simpson kept his eyes on Adam who was doing his best to ignore him. He'd thought that Simpson had made it perfectly clear that he wanted to start off new with Adam. Clearly he'd changed his mind or something.

He suddenly looked away and muttered, "Have a spooky night."

Owen and Bianca let out quiet snickers as they watched Simpson walk out of the school to his car. Unfortunately Bobby was still watching Fiona like the creep that he was.

It looked like he was making her uncomfortable, so Adam placed a protective arm around her again.

Ms. Oh stepped up where Simpson had been only moments before. "I guess I should go over the rules now…"