How To Stay Afloat (BxB)

Chaper 123: unfaithful

I've been lying in bed for half an hour, doing nothing.

What do they mean Adam is in love with me? By now his crush or whatever it was must have disappeared.

I roll over and grab my phone. Adam doesn't like me. What are Carla and Harry talking about? He even tried to convince me to ask Austin out on a date. Why would he do that of he liked me?

And how should I feel about it?

I decide to ask him myself and click on his contact.

"Hey." He says softly. "Everything alright?"

"Yeah. It was a rollercoaster of emotions." I say.

"Yup. I just talked to Dylan. I really suspected him of ratting us out. What a dumb idea that was. Of course he wouldn't do that!" Adam says.

"Hey, uhm. Are you in love with Dylan?" I wanna know.

I can hear him snicker. "In love? I don't think I could call it that. But I really like him when he's not busy breaking into my parents' house." He says.

"So, you don't like anyone else, too?" I ask carefully.

"Sammy, what do you wanna ask me?" He asks annoyed.

"Harry and Carla think you're in love with me or something." I confess.

"Sorry Sammy, but I don't wanna get between Austin and you again." Adam says.

"So they got the wrong impression?" I wanna know.

"Dylan and I have been dating for over a month now." He explains.

I exhale relieved. "Oh god. Thank god. I almost believed them."

"Wow, very enthusiastic reaction. Am I that bad?" He asks, playing offended.

I chuckle. "I'm pretty sure I'm gonna love Austin for the rest of my life, so, yeah, I'm glad you don't like me like that cause you're important to me and I don't wanna hurt your feelings." I explain.

"Wow. So sentimental." He comments amused. "Anyway, why did you talk to them about me?"

"Right. You and I were secretly kinda dating, not dating- flirting? Something like that. That's why I said sorry to Harry when we got arrested." I blurt out.

I can hear him groan annoyed. "Are you fucking serious? I'm dating Dylan. We can't say that! He probably wouldn't care cause he's all about open relationships, but it would still be weird."

"Yeah, but I told them and we gotta stick to the story." I urge. "Okay? You can obviously tell Dylan the truth."

"You're fucking annoying. Why did you tell Harry you're sorry in the first place?" He wants to know.

"Because I thought it's my last chance." I admit.

"You're annoying." He repeats.

"Does Dean know?" I ask him.

"Huh? Know what?" Adam asks confused.

"Noah. Does he know about it?" I ask him.

He sighs. "Yeah. He found out. I'm really, really sorry."

"But we can trust him, right?" I wanna know.

"Yeah. It's Dean." Adam answers. "I'm sorry for telling him. He suddenly asked all these questions last monday."

"Yeah, I know what you mean. I mean my parents and Caleb know, too." I point out.

"What?" He asks me, yelling into his phone.