Is it love? Grace's story 🔞 Adam or Owen?

Secrets part 2

Adam's point of view

The memories, flood back as I enter the crowded room, so many people, the mixture of perfume and aftershaves twisted together make a terrible concoction, the noise of people trying to talk over each other.

The 1st time I walked into this room it scared me, I was young and unsure of what was going to happen on the inside of this building.

From the outside it just looks like a regular large buisness building in new york, however on the inside after walking through 2 double sets of red double doors covered in the same colour curtains covering g the windows.

I followed owen, looking round the room I stood in contained thousands of chairs laid out in front of a stage, with a aisle down the middle and a bar on the right handside filled with every bottle containing alcohol you can think of.

To the the left where big windows which ran all the way down covered with dark red curtains, that matched the drapes on the stage and the doors we just entered through, where more chairs where laid out and a podium with a mic in the middle.

The grand clock at the back of the room began to chime, it was dead on 8pm, I brush my hand through my hair feeling aware of just how crowded the room is.

Suddenly everyone goes silent and quickly found a seat, it was like nothing I had ever witnessed before, owen dragged me to sit in the chairs on the middle row on the right hand side. I look around the room anyone who had just walked in would of believed it was some sort of cult.

A man takes centre stage of the podium and the chairs behind him that were empty moments ago are now quickly filled with people in a range of ages from around, I guess 19 to 50 odd.

The man begins to speak. "Good evening, I glad to see some old friendly faces as well as new" he shuffles the papers in front of him trying to keep his nerves in check.

I saw a guy around my age sat a few seats forward from where I sit leaning forward looking a little nervous, jet black hair, dress in what seems is a blue polo shirt, I try to whisper to owen but he shakes his head and I turn my attention back to the stage.

"As most of you are aware I don't normally lead these meeting and a few of us"he turns and with an open palm moves it across the people sat behind him " have been asked to take over for a while as our faithful leader is dealing with personal buisness and also working behind the scenes to get us as much info as possible, our next rally will be Saturday, this rally will involve going against animal testing, so as a reminder please don't bring your children, it may get out of hand as some of you are already aware of this. I will make sure to give you a text on the full details, he picks up some leaflets from the stand passing them to a girl around my age asking her to pass them around, shes slim, tall, with long dark hair scraped back into a ponytail, dressed in skinny black Jean's white v neck tshirt and black leather jacket, I listen to the guy still speaking "so please make sure you leave your details so we can contact you with any changes, and also we need you to fill in a few forms as most of you are aware it is for this for your sake as well as ours, but in the mean time, we have important buisness to discuss with different members, if anyone has any questions please come and speak to any of our members" he turns back spreading g his palm moving across the people sat behind him, "the bar will remain open till midnight as always, I apologise for the shortness of this meeting this evening but as most of you are all already prone to know by now, our meeting do tend to not be very long, without our fearless leader"  he laughs awkwardly 

"Anyway please stay join us for a chat, and a drink or 10" he laughs again.

I squint my eyes what is with this guy he really is strange. I shake off the idea as owen stands up knocking me out of my own little world.

So what do you think so far...

As I'm about to answer we were interrupted  y the girl who was handing out the leaflets and the guy who was a few seats ahead of us.

"Owen you made it" she nearly shouting as she leans across hugging him, till she turns to see me with a grin on her face

The guy who stood behind her, moves his glasses off the bridge of his nose pushing them further back. As she starts to talk again,

"Hi you must be Adam, I'm fiona" this girls is already getting on my nerves, however I decide to just answer "yes" as she's a friend of Owen's, girls like this make me want to run in the opposite direction.

I taken out of my own world once again as the guy on stage makes his way over to us and introduces himself.

"Hi I'm Neal, and you are?, let's get a drink and have a chat"

I smile and realise this guy seems to always be nervous, as I follow him wondering why he decided to pick me out for a little chat