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29 | DATES

"It's like you wait until I'm happy again, and then you decide to walk right back into my life."

[29]

MY LEGS GIVE way and my hands begin to tremble. Adam quickly takes hold of my arm and helps me up. I take deep breaths, trying to control the panic that's bursting its way through my body.

"Good chat, bro," Adam says before grabbing my hand and heading back towards the car. Tears cloud my vision as I try to focus on where I'm going, trying to not let reality knock me down. 

Tears are pointless, they only make me hurt more.

"He's not going to hurt you, Prezioso, okay?" Adams' gentle voice whispers, breaking me from my thoughts. I nod my head agreeing with Adam, but deep down, I know they're going to get me.

"Isabelle, I promised, didn't I?" Adam says, coming to a halt. I faintly smile at him and nod my head in reassurance.

"I know, Adam."

Adam nods his head before opening his car door for me. I gently lift my body into the car and lay my head on the headrest. Thoughts after thoughts explode in my mind, different scenarios playing together. When is all this going to stop?

"Isabelle," Adam begins, "I'm taking you out on a date tonight." My eyes snap open and my body jolts forward.

"Say what?" I exclaim. Adam eyes me warily before grinning at me.

"I'm taking you, Isabelle, on a date tonight in three hours," he explains. I grin back at him, my dimples popping.

"Really? You're taking me on a date?" Adam laughs and nods his head.

"Yup."

"Oh..." I whisper. My eyes gleam with happiness as a slight smile rests on my face the rest of the way to my house. A comfortable silence falls over us as our own thoughts consume our minds.

I'm going on a date with Adam Black. Wow. I smile again as I watch the different cars zoom by in a hurry. Suddenly, a hand grabs hold of my own. I jump in fright but laugh when I realise it's Adam.

"Thank you..." I whisper as we pull up to my house. Adam turns his head and looks into my eyes.

"For what?" He asks. I hesitate but then regain my confidence and breathe out another shaky breath.

"For all of this. You helping me and not leaving when you see me at my worst. It means so much to me and - " I like you too. I stop myself before I say it. Adam waits for me to continue my sentence but he realises that that isn't going to happen, he nods his head and smiles lightly at me.

"You mean so much to me, Isabelle. I wouldn't ever think about leaving you," he whispers. I smile gratefully at him and open my car door.

"See you in three hours," I say with a wink before turning around on my heels and walking into my house. I hear a deep chuckle behind me followed by the rumble of a car engine and then it zooming off down the street.

I open my front door and quickly rush into my bathroom, afraid as to what I'll see in the mirror. I close my eyes momentarily before I reopen them and look back at the, once again, broken girl in the mirror.

The mascara that Lily had pushed me into wearing today, is now smudged all down my face. My eyes are red and puffy and so are my cheeks. I sigh and numbly shake my head, stripping my clothes off and hopping into the shower.