Always Adam

Chapter 8

It seems like it takes forever for Friday finally get here. I'm excited about my friends coming over tomorrow night. I glance through my closet and pull out a short black denim mini skirt. I pull on the high black boots and dig around for a shirt. I decide on a white sports bra and see through a black blouse over it. I tie the bottom of the blouse at the ends. I decide to put my hair in a ponytail. It doesn't exactly have the effect I was hoping for, but I decide it will do. I add some jewelry. A fast bowl of cereal and I am out the door.

As I dig through my locker looking for a pencil, I can feel someone standing behind me. I turn to find myself looking at a guy's chest. A nice muscular looking chest. I look up and see its blue eyes. Or perhaps I should start calling him Adam. Not yet I tell myself. He never did tell me his name. He steps back some taking in my outfit. He whistles. "Wow bad ass. You are looking super hot today." I can actually feel myself blush and hope he can't see it. "I second that," Donnie says coming up behind Adam. The two stand checking me out. I guess I achieved the look I was going for after all.

I stand there looking at the two of them. "Well," I say trying to play it cool, but I can tell they are both shocked by my appearance. The skirt is really short. I have never worn anything this short other than my cheerleader outfit. Neither says anything. They are both just standing there looking at me. I wave my hand at their faces. "Hello. You're blocking my way and I need to get to class. Did either of you need something," I say trying to put annoyance into my voice. "I was going to walk you to class," Donnie finally says. I look to Adam. His thick black hair is falling over his right eye. I want to reach out and push it back. "I was going to tell you to be careful bending over in that skirt," he says. That sexy grin of his returning to his face. "Shit," I say knowing that my ass was probably hanging out while I search for a damn pencil.

"Thanks for the tip," I tell him and reach down to pull the skirt down some. Donnie sighs. "You mean I missed it," he whines. "Yes Donnie you missed it," Adam says and then adds "and it was about the best view I've seen in a long time." "Damn" Donnie says. "Can you do a replay for me." He looks hopeful for a second but frowns when I scowl at him. The bell rings. "Later bad ass," Adam says and walks off. "Sorry Carly I won't be able to walk you to class now. See you at lunch," Donnie says and hurries off. I walk down the hall to my first class tugging at my skirt.

This time I'm not thinking of Donnie. I'm thinking of Adam. I can't figure him out. He pops up here and there only to say hi and then halls ass away from me. My mind pictures his chest. I wonder what it would feel like to run my fingers across it. I wonder what it would feel like to be held against it. Alright so obviously at the moment I have an obsession with his chest. It is very nice obsession though. I copy the notes that Mr. Thomas is writing on the board. I glance over at Janae. She's doodling on her paper.

At lunch I want to ask Nat, Janae or Ava about Adam, but feel awkward about it. I have no idea if Ava and Adam dated. I didn't want to hurt Donnie's feelings either by asking about him. So, I don't say anything about Adam. I heard Ava mention she was dropping Adam off at the river. Nat makes a comment about him needing to give up. I wonder what they are talking about. The girls move on and talk about the party at my place tomorrow night. We discussed what movies the girls have that they could bring. Nat's a big fan of horror movies so she says she'll bring some scary shit for us to watch. We all agreed on the time of eight o'clock. It wasn't like I had to worry about a curfew. I smile at that. I'll never have a curfew again. And I can even date now if I want to.

Thinking about dating my mind goes back to Mike. I want to kick my ass for letting him enter my thoughts but, I do miss him. I missed Julie also. We emailed each other and face timed when we could, but I miss my best girl friend. Deep down I miss my best boy friend also. But I knew that was over and done with. I had no idea what I had done to him. Why he was such an ass when I went to see him. It was like he didn't even like me. I mean telling me to just go when I was hoping he would ask me to stay. I was so lost in thought I didn't even hear any of the conversation going on around me.

The bell rings and Donnie follows me to my locker. "Your awful quiet," Donnie said leaning against the locker next to mine. "Just old baggage that sometimes pops into my head. I try to shake it out, but it doesn't always work." He doesn't say anything else. I shut my locker and look up at him. His green eyes are staring at me intently. As much as I like Donnie, I'm not in the mood. "I got to go. I'll see you later," I say and walk off. I feel bad leaving him standing there, but I really don't know what else to say.

In my last class of the day, Business Management, my thoughts are a jumbled mess in my head. When Mr. Halowickie calls out my name, I look up from my book confused. The he calls out Carlos Hernandez. I follow Mr. Halowickie's line of vision to see a boy looking over at me. He smiles and nods. I give him a slight smile back even though I'm very confused. I listen as Mr. Halowickie announces two more names, then two more and finally two more. "This project will require some time outside of school. It will count for half your grade this year." I sigh. It looks like I've been paired up with the boy named Carlos. "Tomorrow you can pair up and work on some rough ideas for the project. I want to approve each idea before you start it. There's no use wasting your time if I don't see the potential."

I glance over at Carlos. He's talking to the boy that sits next to him. Since he's not paying attention, I can check him out without getting caught. I suddenly realize all the hot boys go to East Riverside. I can tell Carlos has a nice body. His shoulders are broad and he's wearing a t-shirt so I can see his arm muscles are very nice. His profile is nice. His hair is dark brown and cut with the current style of short on the sides and longer on the top. The boy he's talking to isn't bad either. I glance around the room and notice a few other boys that are very nice looking.

The final bell rings and I head to my locker. I find what I need to take home to work on and hurry outside to the parking lot, Donnie isn't waiting for me. Great I figure I managed to piss him off. I walk alone down to my car and notice Ava driving away with Adam in the passenger seat. Great the day is just getting better I think. If I had any doubts about Ava and Adam having some type of relationship, seeing that erased them. I climb into my car and head home. The quiet getting on my nerves for the first time since moving in. I flop down on the couch and fall asleep.