They stood before the Goldsworthy home. Fiona nodded and smiled lightly at his sweetness; she had nothing really to be ready for because questions would be shot at him, but he still asked.
She moved a hand up to push his hair to the side, "Don't worry, their your friends. They won't hate you." Fiona could tell he was paranoid of something, she didn't know what exactly but she knew that was one of the things.
Adam smiled smally, hoping she was right. They approached the door and he rung the doorbell. Within seconds, the door opened.
"Hey, Adam." Clare greeted, but not in a very happy tone. She looked at Fiona and waved smally. At the moment, Clare wasn't very fond with either of them.
Becky had called and told her everything that had occurred before Christmas. Clare had told Eli, and to her surprise he had already known of the cheating. Drew was also in the house with Bianca, and again Drew already had known.
"Can you give us a minute?" Clare asked while looking at Fiona. In response, Fiona nodded and walked inside.
Adam gulped. His friend was most of the times sweet, but he had also seen her in the rare moments where she was venomous. It was rather scary, but not as scary as Fiona's bad side.
"Why'd you do it?" Clare simply put it. They stood at eye level since she stood on the top step of her door, while Adam was on the second.
"I wasn't happy." Adam said softly, "The marriage wasn't working because I fell in love with Fiona, Clare... There's just something about Fiona that drew me to her. At first it was nothing, but it grew into something more."
Sighing, Clare crossed her arms, "I wanted to ask because Bianca and Drew are ready to pounce you." She chuckled lightly and moved down to hug her best friend.
"Becky's one of my greatest friends, but you are too. And if you're happy, she'll be happy as well." Mrs. Goldsworthy said as she pulled away.
Adam smiled, at least one of his friends understood.
"I thought it was just a fling?" Bianca raised an eyebrow as she saw Fiona walk into the kitchen.
Bianca and Becky had become close friends as their husbands were brothers. Now hearing about Adam's affair she was rather stunned; he had never come across as a cheater.
But also she wasn't too surprised, because whenever they hung out she could sense something weird going on between Fiona and Adam. It's obvious now.
"It's more than that." Fiona replied politically.
Drew leaned on the kitchen island and looked at Fiona, who moved to sit at the kitchen table, "Why'd you let it get so far, Fiona? He's married, aren't you ashamed?"
Bianca glanced at Drew. When the news was heard of what happened, Drew was upset. He thought the cheating had stopped. Becky was hurt and he couldn't help but feel protective of her. Both Adam and Fiona were at fault, but to Drew's logic Fiona could of ended it and forgotten.
But no, she came back from New York. "Or at least feel bad?" Drew continued but was stopped when Bianca stood in front of him telling him to stop.
"We've talked about this." Bianca gave her hubby a look.
Fiona held back tears as she looked at her hands. "I can't help who I fall in love with, Drew." She looked up sadly at the couple in front of her.
Before either could respond, Adam walked in with Clare as they both laughed. As soon as they walked in, they noticed the tension between Fiona and Drew.
"What did you say to her?" Adam saw Fiona almost in tears and approached her. He looked at Drew as he pulled her in for a hug.
Drew shook his head, "I asked her how this got so far between you too. Look at you! Holding a girl who isn't your wife while your wife is in tears. Don't you feel remotely bad? Becky was good to you."
Adam had let go of Fiona and walked towards his brother, who was also approaching him. "You think I don't feel bad?! It's my fault, don't point fingers at anyone else when it's on me."
Everyone had their eyes on the two brothers. Even Eli had come down from upstairs, after putting his daughter down for a nap.
"You think you know it all but you don't." Adam kept his eyes on Drew.
"Yeah? All I know is that you're the cheater you said you were never going to be. You always degraded my teenage years and look at you now." Drew pointed to Fiona who was behind him, "you're with her. Have you also forgotten you have a son?"
Eli moved between the guys and pushed Drew backwards, "Dude, that's enough."
Adam glared at Drew, who had no expression on his face. "She has a name, and it's Fiona. Becky will be fine without me."
"But Joseph won't." Drew answered quickly, "My nephew won't have his father. You know how it feels to not have a father, don't you?"
A frown appeared on Adam's face, "You don't get it? I'm not his dad." His voiced cracked, "I never was that's why I might lose him. You happy now?"
"Adam." Clare tried to stop him when he walked to the door. The mention of his father was always rare and the topic of being a biological father was always sensitive, that's why she never spoke of it with him.
A slam was heard from the door. Clare walked back towards the kitchen as her husband and Bianca scolded Drew.
"That wasn't fair." Fiona spoke up and everyone kept quiet, her eyes glued onto Drew. "As hard as it is for you to believe, I actually know and understand your brother. And bringing that up is completely unfair."
Drew opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off. "No, keep your mouth shut. You've done enough damage."
"Merry Christmas." Fiona said as she walked out the kitchen, and out the house.
