Together, Forever!

Chapter 3

"Zoya, Adam's here" Mum yells from downstairs. Taking my glasses off I run down the stairs to see mum and Adam talking, he looks over at me and smiles widely.

"I thought you weren't going to come down today" I ask in confusion. He shrugs his shoulders and says bye to mum who walks back into the living room.

"I changed my mind" He grabs hold of my hand and pulls me back upstairs with him. If only this wasn't a friendly way to hold my hand. He shuts my room door behind me and plops down onto my bed.

"What changed your mind all of a sudden?" I ask sitting down beside him. He looks up at me from beneath his lashes and closes his eyes.

"She finally agreed to go out with me Zoe, isn't that great?" I didn't even need to ask who to know the person he was talking about. Looks like Sarah killed the anticipation and finally agreed to go out with Adam after all.

"That's great" I say with a fake smile which he always seems to buy.

"None this would have happened if it wasn't for you" He pulls me in for a big tight hug which makes me bury my face into his chest. Wrapping my arms around him I close my eyes and take in his familiar scent.

"Anything for you" I pull away from him and lean my back against the bed post watching his excitement.

"It's just...I don't know. I'm just really glad she said yes. You know how much I've liked her Zoe. She's every guy's dream" He has a distant day dream look in his eye making me want to cry. I wish this was me and him...I just wish. "Hey, you ok?" Snapping out of my thoughts I look over to see Adam giving me a sympathetic look.

"Yeah I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?"

"You're quiet. Something's wrong, what is it? I feel like you've been really distant since the morning" He complains.

"Adam, nothing's wrong...can we please drop it?" He lets out a sigh and holds his hands up in surrender.

"I don't want to pressure you. You'll tell me when you're ready" Looking away from his gaze I focus my eyes on the wall opposite me. I hear Adam shift around but I don't bother looking at him. I know that it's not his fault. None of this is his fault...I just wish he knew what I really felt towards him before Sarah came along. "You've already started on our history homework. Can I please make some notes?" I hear him ask. I can just imagine that puppy dog look he gives when he wants something.

"Sure" I respond back. A scream escapes my mouth as I find myself being thrown onto my back with Adam tickling me on my stomach. "Adam please stop" I plead out with tears pouring down my face.

"Not until you talk to me properly"

"I will, I will...I promise" He stops tickling me as I try to catch my breath. Adam rests his head on my shoulders as he stills. Why can't it always be like this?

"You ok?" He lifts his head up and looks me dead in the eye.

"I told you Ad-"

"I mean it Zoe. I don't like to see you like this...you know that I don't. So why are you making me suffer?" Rolling my eyes I push at his chest and get up.

"Stop exaggerating" I say with a small chuckle.

"I'm not. Whenever you're upset I have a feeling like I've done something wrong"

"Well you haven't Adam. Whenever I don't talk that doesn't mean that I'm upset, all it means is that I just don't want to talk" I say pointing out the obvious.

We continue to stare at each other until Adam gets off the bed.

"I'll collect you tomorrow. Be ready on time" He leaves before I can even say something making me regret my actions.