Bent (Merome)

Chapter 18

I stared at them, mouth gaping.

“You what?” I asked in disbelief. Adam looked down.

“I told him,” he repeated softly.

I shook my head, shocked. Looking Ty in the eyes, I asked him a question.

“How much do you know?”

He bit his lip.

“I know that that's Adam-” He jerked a thumb backwards towards him- “And that you're actually Mitch. And I know that two people are controlling us.”

I sighed.

Turning to Adam, I asked him a question in turn.

“Why did you tell him? It didn't have to be so complicated.”

Adam looked between me and Ty.

“Because... I don't know. I just had to. He-”

He stopped, waiting for me to interrupt, but I didn't say anything.

“I couldn't- Not be me around him. I couldn't be Mitch around him, I mean. I had to be Adam.”

My brain scanned this, interpreting it.

“So you couldn't hold off your relationship for like a week while you were in my body,” I translated.

“It sounds so bad when you say it like that-” Adam protested.

“It is bad! You just involved a whole different person in this thing that you didn't need to, just because you couldn't be friends with him for however long it took for this to get better! Being me doesn't mean you don't get any contact with him! You just decided to tell him without even telling me!” I yelled. Shaking my head, I stood up.

“I trusted you,” I hissed, before storming out of the room.

The next day, the first thing I did was leave the house. I didn't know where I was going, but I didn't have the energy to speak to anyone. Closing the door behind me, I began to walk down the pavement, but I stopped when the door didn't shut. Turning back around, I saw Tom following me. His back was turned, he was shutting the door quietly. I started walking again before he noticed I'd noticed him behind me.

I walked for about twenty minutes in one direction before I finally turned back.

“Tom. Why are you following me?” I asked calmly. I'd come out here to get out some of my emotions, and I couldn't with him there.

He looked surprised, like he thought I didn't know he was there. After he recovered from the surprise, his face returned to a calm one.

“You left without telling us, and you looked upset. I wanted to see where you were going?”

His explanation sounded more like a question.

Shaking my head in exasperation, I just continued along the sidewalk, motioning for him to walk beside me. He did.

“Hey,” he said, smiling.

“Hi,” I returned. “I'm sick of people.”

He chuckled.

“Yeah. I know how that feels.”

I shook my head.

“Not like this. I just feel so overwhelmed with- everything. I feel like there's no one I can talk to anymore. I'm sick of this shit.”

Tom looked at the ground, then back at me.

“...What are you sick of?”

I laughed dryly.

“I can't tell you. It's complicated.”

He looked at me through his hair.

“I'll figure it out.”

I smiled sadly.

“I don't even really understand it. I don't know how to explain it, either, plus I don't want to get you involved.”

He sighed.

“The second I saw you in that store, I knew there was something... Different about you. Something I knew you wouldn't tell me. So I'm just not gonna bother asking.”

It was silent for a second.

“...Thank you. For not asking. It... It helps.”

Tom smiled at me.

“And,” he added, “I'm always here. If you need someone to talk to, I mean.”

I smiled up at him. Something moved in my chest again. This time it wasn't painful, it was like my body had adjusted to whatever happened the first time. Since it wasn't uncomfortable, I concentrated on what it felt like. It... It felt like someone else was in my body. Like...

Like two souls...

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Yay! Two updates in one day! 

Cat freaked out on Adam a little, huh? Guess I can't blame her. She did make some good points. ;P

Umm... 

Did you see Adam was in Lady Gaga's video? 
Let me repeat that. 
Adam was in Lady Gaga's video.
It really amazes me how some guy who makes gaming videos on YouTube can end up in a video with a super famous red-carpet celebrity. It makes me really happy, actually. :)

More soon? More soon. 

Luv <3

-The Moon's Shadow