Noise

Part 19

A/N: The above picture is what I envision Donna to look like. The first collage is what Adrielle is wearing on their evening out. The second collage is what Donna's wearing that evening. I hope you're enjoying this story as much as I'm enjoying writing it!

Donna was preparing dinner for everyone one evening while Adrielle had to participate in a live discussion in one of her classes. She really hated missing the guys' show but she couldn't miss this discussion. The show itself was over by the time the live discussion had wrapped up. She knew they were doing some meet-and-greets after the show like they normally did. Feeling antsy, she decided to walk around outside to wait.

Donna could only laugh. She knew Adrielle and Adam's relationship was going quickly. Any doubts she had about their relationship was quickly squashed whenever he would look at her daughter or Adrielle would look at Adam. The love, admiration, and attraction rolled off the pair in waves. The fact that he understood her also made Donna feel more confident about their relationship. To see Adrielle's face light up every time he made her laugh, sent her a text, hugged her, or showed any type of affection made Donna feel good about allowing their union. He was, after all, in his mid-30's and Adrielle was barely 21 years old.

It was unnatural how they had gravitated towards one another even when he was still married. Donna knew that Adrielle found him fascinating from the moment she heard him on "The Sing-Off". They had fought their feelings for almost two weeks after they'd joined the boys on tour again. Every waking moment that he wasn't working, they were together. There were bets going on, neither Adam nor Adrielle knew about them of course, about how long it was going to take Adam to ask her to marry him.

When Adrielle heard the artist door to the venue open up, she quickly turned around. Austin was the first to exit the building and she almost pouted. Rob was the next to emerge and she started feeling a bit anxious. As soon as she had seen Adam, she ran straight for him. He was grinning as he picked her up off the ground. He wrapped his arms around her waist as he held her to him. She straightaway wrapped her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck as he pressed his lips to hers. They just stood there in a passionate lip-lock, oblivious to anything around them.

"You'd think they hadn't seen one another in a year!" Chance laughed as he slapped Adam's back

"People in love. What can you do?" Tim chuckled as he walked past the couple

"Just give it time, they'll settle down." Rob said with a soft snicker

"Oh, come on and leave them alone. It's sweet." Avi stated

"Sickening sweet, buddy." Austin laughed as they walked onto the girls' bus

Adam hated that she had missed the show. Somehow it felt like something was off or missing all night. He always looked for the bright pink hair and then the beautiful blond sitting next to her. Of course, she had told him she would probably miss the biggest part of the show because of school. He wasn't mad at her at all, he understood she had to put school first. She hated missing the show because she loved watching him do what he loved. She loved their interaction with the crowds and the goofy things they did onstage.

Adam finally, and gingerly, set Adrielle back on the ground. He pressed his forehead to hers, giving her a warm smile. Luke walked by and said they should head to the bus. Adrielle making a heartbeat sound always made Adam smile. He had been thinking heavily about their relationship and whether or not it was too soon to be thinking about marriage. They had known one another not much more than a year and the majority of that time was spent apart. They'd only been "together", a very short while. Surely it was way too early to even be entertaining these thoughts!