Company Of Angels || Adam Park

forty eight

Not a single person said a work to me about the new people on the team when we all said goodbye to Kimberly at the airport. That was probably for the best because I already knew leaving was hard on Kimberly. I knew she was going to miss Tommy, and all of us too, but her boyfriend the most.

I'm not going to lie, I cried when I gave her a hug. She had always been such a great friend to me ever since I moved to Angel Grove. I was so happy that she was going to be traveling and doing something she loves, and I know she was going to keep in touch, but I was going to miss her so much. We all stayed at the airport until Kim's plane had left. I had mentioned to Adam that he and the other boys should go hang out with Tommy and make sure that he was going to be okay. He looked really sad and I completely understood why – he just said goodbye to his girlfriend for who knows how long.

He thought that was a great idea, so that's exactly what they did. I didn't know exactly what they did, but I was just glad they were there for him. As for me, I didn't do much. Aisha went back home to finish packing up her things because she was leaving in a few days herself. I kind of just wanted to be alone for whatever reason so I made it a point to try and make that happen.

With both of Rocky's parents' home because it was Sunday, it made it hard for me to be left alone. They both kept coming in and trying to talk to me and so did Rocky's cousin Justin. I guess he was going to be staying here a lot longer than we all thought because his dad had to go away for his business or something, so he'd be with us for the rest of the summer. It was going to be interesting having him around. I didn't know him all that well other than he almost got Adam and I in trouble. I would have to learn to get deal with him though, but I could just stay in my room and he wouldn't bother me. At least that's what I thought.

Sometime in the afternoon Adam had come over. I still really wasn't in the mood to be bothered, but Adam could tell something was wrong. I refused to talk to him about it though and just tried to play it off as I didn't know why I was in a weird mood. I knew he didn't by that, but he didn't push the subject any further. Instead, he had convinced me to come outside and sit on the porch with him. We didn't do much other than sit there, but that was mainly because I was starting to get in my own head again.

I started thinking about my mom and dad while we sat on the porch. I wished I could talk to my mom right now – she would give me the best advice about how I was feeling right now. I just wanted one of her hugs right now and that made me start tearing up as I stared off into the distance. I tried to stop thinking about her, but she just would know what to say. She'd tell me if what I was feeling about everything right now was stupid of me or she would validate it. Either way, she would make me feel better about the whole thing. I missed her so much and I just wished I had never caused them to get into that accident...

"Will you please tell me what's wrong?" Adam asked when he put his hand on my lower back.

"Nothing." I shook my head, letting a tear roll down my cheek. I quickly reached up and wiped it away. I blinked a few times, trying to get the other tears to go away. That didn't exactly work though.

"Then why are you crying?" Adam asked.

"I don't want to talk about it, please." I muttered, swallowing hard.

"Okay..." he muttered back, keeping his hand on my lower back still.

Even though I just told him I didn't want to talk about it, I started telling him anyway. My mind was just all over the place right now and I had to talk to someone. I guess I'd rather it be him than anyone else.

"I was just thinking about my mom. She'd know exactly what to say to me right now. She'd made me feel better, maybe worse, about some of my problems right now." I shrugged.