How Do I Say, 'I Love You'?

❤Chapter 10: Thank Goodness❤

All hell broke lose. Adam was hurt. Dad was confused. And I couldn't see a thing.

"Finn! Help me bring Adam to the nurses." I say and I saw a flurry of black as Finn supported Adam.

I felt dad approach me slowly and I turned away from him, focusing on Adam.

"He's very injured. We should take him there now." Finn said as we started walking with Adam in the middle, my dad following behind but very slowly.

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The next few hours went by with a blur. Adam made it to the nurses and was laid on a bed as the disinfected his wounds and such. Dad had dragged me out and made me explain who the boy was, what happened, and my relationship with him.

I told dad and he just sighed deeply. You see, my dad wants me to marry some big movie star. Pshhh. As if.

Adam was sitting on his bed, under a thin blanket, with bandages over several places. He was ruffed up pretty bad.

"Hey." I say and he sat up, looking over at my direction.

I walked over towards him and sat beside his bed. I had changed from my pyjamas to a black loose pants and a white t-shirt that was a size to big. I love wearing clothes like this because they are comfortable and I still look okay.

"How you holding up?" I ask him and he sat up slowly. "Easy." I say and sighed in relief as he was still doing okay.

"I'm okay. Thanks so much though." He said and smiled at me, making me blush instantly.

"Ummm.... No problem. It's fine." I say and shifted uncomfortably in my seat.

"I'm so sorry for coming in so suddenly." Adam said and drew a breath. "I was walking home from the grocery shops and 3 big guys jumped onto me."

I was listening but staring at the ground, doing the best to avoid eye contact.

"They stole my wallet, but it barely had any money in it. They stole my phone and all the grocery's I had." He shook his head. "I would've gone home but no ones there at this time. Nicki is at day care and mum left for work and dad is still working." He said and grimaced as he said dad.

Actually, this was the first time he mentioned his dad. Yeah. Did they have a bad relationship? I would ask but now's not really the time.

"So the first place I thought of was yours, Ave." He said and then placed a bandaged hand on mine.

This made me look up. He had a bandaid down the side of his cheek and both his arms were bandaged.

"W-were they armed?" I ask quietly and watched his gaze fall.

"Yeah. They had a knife." He said in a cracked voice and swallowed. "But they didn't get me anywhere to bad."

I smiled and then we kept talking. We talked about how weird Dakota and Mellisa are acting. How Ebony is such a weirdo at times. And then how our subjects are going in school.

Then there was a knock at the door and Finn came in. "Miss Ave. Your father requests you."

I looked up at Finn and said a goodbye to Adam before walking out the door.

"He's in the dining." He says but I turned on my heel and walked off to my bedroom.

"Miss Ave!" He called out to me but I kept going.

"I'm not talking to my 'dad'." I say and then slammed my bedroom door.

Okay look. I love my dad okay? Especially to bits. It's just that. He leaves me so often and I know it sounds really selfish, but I don't want him always leaving me. After mum left, I couldn't handle it and I need my dad to be here. I would say that Finn knows more about me than my father.

I opened my door a little and peeked out. Finn was standing there holding a silver platter with a silver cover on top.

"Your father says you haven't eaten yet." He then held the platter out to me. "He sent this up for you." He says and then I took it from him, closing my door slowly again.

I set the platter down and stared at it. I was trying to think of what he would have given me.

"Alright. Lets do this." I say to myself and then opened it.

Strawberries. Fresh strawberries.