Knowing Adam

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Eli's POV:

I awoke to soft sheets, and the morning light trickled in through the blinds.

I sat up, dragged my feet off the bed, rubbed my knuckles onto my eyes. stretched my arms above my head and yawned as I watch my legs dangle above the off-white polyester carpet.

I want to stand but for some reason my legs have given way to gravity, shaky, weak.

But I eventually managed to stand up on my own two feet. I felt as steady as a leaf in a storm or as a baby taking its first steps.

I held my head in place as I felt a crushing, throbbing pain on just one side of my head that came and went in a pattern, but soon the pain radiated around my entire head.

Once I managed to walk towards the bathroom, I instantly went to look at myself in the mirror. But gasped in shock.

"It wasn't a dream! That wasn't a dream" I whispered to myself "but how?" I said as the memory of last night flashed through my mind.

How was it possible that I had fallen and became unconscious and now I'm in Kate's house with a huge white bandage across my head.

I looked down at my body scanning it for anything unusual and I noticed a bandage across my leg and another one on my arm.

The only explanation to this is that perhaps Tyler and Kate found me and brought me back here.

I stripped down from my dirt filled clothes and stepped into the shower.

Steam filled the room as the water poured down onto my body and my mind fades into dullness and everything is a foggy illusion.

The sensation of the steamy water calms me. It's like I'm standing under a everlasting waterfall.

I began to bathe my skin lightly, taking careful notice not to touch the bruises that scattered my body.

I close my eyes and leaned against the cool tiles as my weak legs threaten to buckle.

I heard a knock on the door and a small voice saying "Eli? Are you okay in there?", it was Kate

I cleared my throat and said "yes, I'm coming out of the shower now"

"Alright, get ready because we are going out for breakfast" she spoke again and my stomach growled at the thought of food.

I got out of the bathroom and slipped on a pair of ripped boyfriend jeans and a white shirt along with a pair of gladiator sandals.

I hurried back into the bathroom to apply some makeup, like mascara and a little bit of concealer for under my eyes

I brushed my teeth, placed my hair up in a messy bun and headed downstairs to find Tyler and Kate

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I sat across Kate and Tyler on a booth inside the restaurant's terrace, which overlooked the sea.

My mouth immediately watered at the sight of the bowl of granola with strawberries, bananas and blueberries coming my way.