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Chapter 83: Dismissed

When Drake woke up that morning he expected to find Adriana in the bed next to him but she wasn't there. He sat up and looked around the room spotting a note with his name on it sitting on her side table drawer. He moved over and grabbed it remembering the last time he'd woken up to a note from her. He sighed as he opened it and started reading it.

"Thank you for an incredible night. You are truly an amazing man but I can't allow myself to get wrapped up in you. If I do that, and this doesn't work, I'm going to lose myself and I can't handle that because I've finally just started finding myself. I think it's best that we remain friends. I left a copy of my house key on the table by my front door for you to lock up when you leave. You can give the key to Tori when you see her. Thank you for everything."

"What the fuck?!" He said out loud but to himself. He read the note over again because he couldn't believe what it said. He examined it and noticed a spot where some of the ink looked like it bled and realized she was crying when she wrote it. He grabbed his phone and called Chubbs asking him to have a car sent for him and Chubbs informed him that someone was already outside waiting for him. He got up and got dressed and slipped the note in his pocket. Then he went downstairs and found the key. He looked around her living room at all her pictures before leaving and locking the door behind him. The drive home seemed eternal. He wanted to call her but he knew she wouldn't answer. That was the whole point of her leaving a note. So he wouldn't call her. He did need to talk to he though. As the car was pulling into his home he pulled out his phone and decided to send her a text message.

We need to talk.

He sent the message and sighed. He didn't understand what he did wrong. He told her he loved her and she pushed him away. This wasn't what was supposed to happen. When he entered the house he could hear voices in the living room. He walked in and saw Chubbs, Tori, Sandi, Noah and OB. "Morning." He said dryly. They said 'Good Morning' back and he walked over to his mom and gave her a kiss on the forehead.

"How's my baby this morning."

"I'm good. I'm going to go take a shower." He turned around to walk away and remembered he had Adriana's house key. He was going to turn back and give it to Tori but he changed his mind. He wasn't going to give it to her, he was going to give it to Adriana. She said she wanted to be friends yet she asked him to give Tori her house key, meaning she didn't want to see him. If she wanted her key back she was going to have to talk to him. He went upstairs and took a shower. When he got out he checked his phone and saw that she read his message but didn't respond. "FUCK!" He yelled. He decided to call her but got her voicemail.

"You've reached Adriana, I'm sorry I missed you're call. Leave me a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can."

"Dri, we need to talk. I'm leaving tomorrow morning and I can't go without talking to you. Please call me?"

He hated how desperate he sounded but that's exactly how he was feeling. He got dressed and went back into the living room. Tori and Chubbs were the only ones sitting there. "Hey Tori have you talked to Adriana today?"

She looked up at him with a confused expression on her face. "I thought you were with her."

He sighed. "I was. But when I woke up this morning she was gone. She just left me this." He pulled the note out of his pocket and handed it to her.

Tori read it and looked up at him. "What happened exactly?" She asked handing him the note back.

"I don't know. I.... I don't know. I just need to talk to her. Please tell her to call me?"

She nodded her head. "Okay. I will." She held her hand out.

"What?"

"Her key."