Always Adam

Chapter 24

I wake snug in Adams arms. I turn over and find him awake also. He smiles at me. I smile back. "Thanks for staying with me," I tell him. He nods. I decide to tell Adam what I found out. I tell him everything Mike said. Including that he was in love with me.  Adam rubs my arm causing goosebumps to appear. "How do you feel about that," he asks. I think about it for a minute. "I really don't know. It took him three years to finally tell me something like that." I think about this for more than a couple minutes. Adam waits patiently while I work it out in my head. 

"I feel sad for what could have been. The things we both missed out on. The things I missed out on.  I don't feel the same way about him anymore. I thought I loved him at one time, but not anymore. Mike had his chance with me. Now it's someone else's chance." He holds me tight and kisses the top of my head. Then he says "I got a surprise planned for today if you're up for it." I nod yes. "I'm going to head home and I'll be back around two o'clock. Wear jeans and a warm sweater," he tells me. He climbs off my bed and I follow him to the door. After he leaves I take a long hot shower.

Adam asks if he can drive us in my car. I hand him the keys. He stops to fill up my gas tank which I find to be sweet. I try not to stare at him as he drives. I don't ask where we're going. I want to be surprised. I smile as we drive. I can't think of anywhere else I would rather be than here with Adam. We arrive to an empty parking lot. Adam parks in the very back of the lot. He pulls a bag out of the trunk and takes my hand. It's chilly outside, but his hand is warm and soft. I like the feel of my hand in his. I wind my fingers through his and look over at him. He smiles.

We go down a trail and at the end of it is a large creek covered in ice. It's beautiful here. He opens the bag and pulls out a folded blanket and motions for me to sit. He pulls out a pair of ice skates and watches for my reaction. I smile at him. Then wonder who's skates he has. "Ava's," he says as if reading my mind. Ava and I have nearly the same size feet. He gently pulls off my boots and slides my foot into the skate. I watch as he laces up the skate. I find it to be very romantic. He does the same with my other foot. I watch as he puts his own skates on.

He turns to me. "So Carly of many talents, can you ice skate," he asks. I smile up at him. Of course I can ice skate I want to say. Instead I lie. "You found one thing I'm not very good at," I tell him. He grins at me. We take the ice and I hold on to his hand. I pretend to start to fall. He holds me tight. I grin to myself. My plan is working. I stumble a lot and Adam holds me a lot. He tries to teach me to skate by holding me in front of him. After about an hour of Adam holding me close, I break free and skate off doing circles and then skating backwards towards him.

He stands on the ice watching me. A big grin spreads across his face. "Why you little," he says skating towards me. We collide. Our bodies hitting together. He grabs me so I don't fall. He's looking down at me while I look up at him laughing. "I'm good at everything blue eyes," I tease. "You should know that by now." Somehow his skate connects with mine and we both go down. I land hard on the ice. My ass totally hurts now, but I crack up laughing. Adam laughs with me. He stands and takes my hand to pull me up. We skate around the creek holding hands. It's cold outside, but I'm burning up inside.

Back at my place I make us hot chocolate. I finish off my cup and excuse myself to go to the bathroom. When I come out Adam walks towards me. He takes me by surprise as he gently shoves me up against the wall. He takes his fingers and winds them through mine. My heart is jumping out of my chest. He pins my arms above my head against the wall and brings his lips down on mine. Once the surprise leaves my brain, I feel the softness of his lips on mine. Soft and gentle. My lips start to move beneath his. When he feels me response back, his kiss deepens. His lips are skilled and demanding.