Hollywood Heights! Leddie must go on

chapter 13

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The strained silence in the car was killing Mel. She was drumming her fingers on the steering wheel refusing to look over at Adam. He asked for the ride home, so she waited for him to start the conversation.

"What have you been up to?" Adam finally asked.

"Well, I've been trying to call you, but you haven't answered," Mel snapped. She instantly regretted the sharp remark.

"I've needed time to think," Adam said.

The silence stretched in the car. Mel stopped at a red light, and both she and Adam stared straight ahead not saying a word. Mel thought of a thousand ways to start a conversation, but she could never decide on anything that sounded right.

A car honked behind her telling her that her light had turned green. She looked ahead and stepped on the gas, not thinking about anything except what she could say to break through this wall Adam had seemed to put between them.

She didn't see the truck coming from the right that was going too fast to stop at the red light; she heard the revving of its engine before she saw it. Mel instinctively floored the accelerator hoping to get out of the path of the truck. All she could think about was Adam. In that split second, she realized that if the truck hit them, Adam would take the brunt of the impact. Her heart dropped when she thought he could get hurt. She squeezed her eyes waiting for the impact, and all she could hear was Adam's scream. The car lurched forward just missing the truck that had swerved to avoid them.

Mel immediately pulled over into a parking lot to the right and put the car in park. Her heart was about to beat out of her chest as she fought to control her breathing.

"Mel . . . Mel," Adam said, "Are you okay?"

Mel looked over at Adam; his eyes were wide and he was breathing heavy too. She saw concern in his eyes and said a silent prayer of thanks that he wasn't hurt.

"Yeah, I'm okay," she said.

Adam grabbed Mel's hands from the steering wheel and pulled her towards him for a hug. Mel finally snapped out of it and hugged Adam back with all her strength. She fought to stop her tears. They were fine, but her mind kept thinking about what could have happened.

"You're still shaking," Adam said.

"That was too close," Mel said. "That jerk – "

"Everything's fine," Adam said rubbing her back.

"If something would have happened to you, we would have still been mad at each other. That's ridiculous," Mel said as she pulled back to look at him. "I'm not gonna say I'm sorry for what I said. I don't want you to give up on your dream, especially for me."

"I know," Adam said. "I realize that now, but being away from you would be hard."

Both sat in silence still in each other's arms. Mel didn't know what else to say; she was not going to let Adam give up his dream. She leaned her forehead on his and waited; the next move was his.

"Can we take this day by day?" Adam finally said.

Mel didn't know quite what that meant. Were they still together? Were they breaking up when he went to NYU? Maybe those questions didn't need to be answered just yet.

　

Loren sat in Jake's office daydreaming; her mind was racing a mile a minute. They were waiting on Jake to get back so she and Eddie could pitch their idea of recording together. Eddie and Kelly were standing by Jake's desk talking, but she wasn't paying much attention. She kept her mind on the stalker absentmindedly rubbing her arm where her bruises had darkened. She was on pins and needles waiting for him to make his next move. Loren knew this was no way to live. What was worrying her the most is that Eddie was unprotected. He had no idea the stalker was really after him. But would the stalker do something to Eddie, or was he just going to use Loren to torture him?