In Another Life

6 - "You walked in, I'm a physical wreck"

6 - "You walked in, I'm a physical wreck"

Ava was so excited to go home, because yes she had three homes now and Mak's house was one of them, that she was almost vibrating with excitement. When Uncle Frank's driver came half an hour later than expected, she was almost having a meltdown, especially because no one had bothered to text and say they were going to be late.

But it was all good and well when she actually got there because Felicity was as welcoming as ever, the twins were a little excited to have company other than each other and when Mak finally came back from her weekend job, they hugged out whatever anxiety had remained.

"Dad's gonna be late today so Mum said we'll eat when he gets home. Is that fine?"

Ava nodded at Mak's question, eyes flitting to the door then to her phone for the twentieth time that evening. The kids were all sitting around the dining table playing Uno and Ava had been ridiculously distracted, wondering where Adam was.

Mak frowned. "I'm only asking because you keep glancing at the front door and I thought maybe you were waiting for Dad."

Ava felt a flush of guilt and quickly shook her head, paying attention to the cards in front of her instead.

"No, no sorry I was just thinking."

Luckily, Mak was distracted by the +2 card that Sarah had set down, cackling in delight when she placed her own +2 and sending an evil grin Ava's way.

She narrowed her eyes. "I thought we were friends, Mak. But I see that all along it was a plan to betray me."

She sniffed exaggeratedly as she picked up her four extra cards and turned to pout at Noah. "Please annihilate your sisters. Have no mercy."

Just then, the sound of a motorcycle pulling up caught their attention and Ava forced herself not to react. Mak was already suspicious and she didn't need to confirm anything. She heard the door open and her heart flip-flopped in her chest before she casually lifted her head to see who it was.

And then she died. Because Adam had just walked in with blue hair!

Mak expressed her feelings quite loudly on the matter which was a good thing because Ava was officially disintegrating on the sofa. His ripped jeans hinted at muscled thighs and he was grinning as he pulled off his motorcycle leathers, eyes catching hers and winking.

Dis. Inter. Gra. Ting.

"You didn't tell me..." she trailed off, staring at his electric blue hair that went shockingly well with his olive complexion.

Mak, bless her heart, thought she'd been speaking to her and said, with all the indignation in the world, "I didn't know! Adam, what did you do to your hair?"

His teeth flashed as he grinned and ran a hand sheepishly through said spectacle. "There was a charity thing this morning and I was gonna just do my tips and strip them later but I saw this colour and yeah, it just happened. Do you like it?"

He asked the question whilst looking at Ava and she gave a small, wide-eyed nod but Mak answered anyway, once again thinking it was for her. "Uhm, yeah I guess it looks cool." She touched her own dark hair and pursed her lips. "Maybe I should get mine dyed too."

Sarah and Noah were already in Adam's face, peering up at him and actually trying to tug at his locks much to Ava's amusement when they were interrupted by a gasp.

"Adam! What did you do to your hair?"

All four kids turned to look as Felicity walked in, mouth dropped open and hand to her heart. Ava felt a flash of worry before realising that Felicity was not Jordi Espín and no one would be dying that evening.