Adrian.

He was only on my mind right now, his luminous eyes always seemed to gleam at me, finding its way into my heart. Just like that he has a place in my heart, a place where I care about. Adrian, I want to get to know you. If you'd let me that is.

Shit!

Just say it!!

"Adrian?" I called. His head wasn't in my direction, I turned to see what he was looking at, my God! He was flirting with a bimbo in her vehicle. Her blonde malicious hair slithered its way into ours claiming his eyes from mine.

Oh hell no.

I decided to honk which seemed caught his attention. "Hey, Adrian?"

"Oh yeah- what?" He says, his eyes in total lust. I cough and give him a pointed look. "She's gone, the lights are green. Can we go now?" I ask to bother.

"Yeah ok." He says, accelerating fast. "Darn."

"Listen, Adrian, I don't want you to get your feelings wrong, I care about you. Just tell me what happened to you and Avery." I give him a stern look.

"Me and Avery?" He chuckles, not taking it seriously.

My breath is a little shaky, so are my hands. "Yeah, did you guys go out or something?" 

"Avery is not worth it, I don't spend time with girls like her." He says, dropping the topic and changing gears.

I told him we're going to Fred's house, he does a little turn and he parks into a nice wooden house. A nice gateway, with flowers blooming all around. He holds my hand, it makes me feel comfortable. I let out a heavy sigh and knock on the door.

Then two young girls appear, their eyes widen when they realize it's me. "Aurella! What are you doing here?" They ask, after giving hugs and kisses. 

"Hi, guys I need to speak with your father if that's alright," they nod and let us inside.

"Its that boy who babysit us." Christy points out.

Misty wearing a kawaii girl scout outfit, smiles and hugs Adrian who surprisingly hugs back and smiles, so happily. "Hey girls missed you."

"We missed you too." Christy wearing a ninja outfit says, cheekily, her cute dimples evident.

We head further in the house and walk into the lounge area where a woman in a uniform and Fred are talking. Adrian gives me a look.

"What?" I say, already feeling his smirk on me.

"Nothing." He rolls his eyes and walks away with the twins somewhere.

I sigh and call Fred's name to aware my presence. "Hello Fred."

He turns towards me, "Oh I was wondering who they opened the door of, come in dear come in."

I sit beside them on the table full of papers, a lot of papers.

"I'll call you tomorrow for the final sign, yes?" He gives a questioning gaze. She nods and adjusts her glasses walking off. "Have a nice day."

"You too." He says as she leaves. After we hear a door slam, he arranges the papers into a wallet and looks back at me. 

"Fred who was that?" I ask, he gives me a sympathetic look.

"I'm sorry."

"For what?" I ask puzzled.

"Those papers aren't bills or medical papers, they're a partition in the upcoming marriage, they're basically letters to cancel the wedding. As you may have noticed the badge on that woman's blazer... anyways I'm not marrying your mother. I'm sorry. Its just I can't do it. It's not something you'd understand I'm sorry Aurella, so sorry." His eyes are so dark and full of remorse and redemption.

"I understand. Were not good enough for you. Is that it?" I say, bewildered, tears prickling my eyes.

"Aurella its not like that - I promise its difficult, but I've already told your mother. And she seems to take it in without problems and you should too."

"Really Fred! My mom isn't one to show her emotions like that. For God sakes - she was picking on me for the first time ever yesterday, we had a fight and she wants nothing to do with me, I can't even look her in the eye." I say, my voice cracking from the agony and pain.

"Im very sorry - but I'm not good enough anyways," He says, walking away to the kitchen. "Tea?" His eyes turn cloudy and I can't figure him out. But Fred isn't always like this. Something is up, clearly.

"No thank you. I'm going now!" I say, exclaiming in his ears, he doesn't bother and nods. I head out, the air capturing my lungs.

I run don't think just run.

The air fills my nostrils and the wind picks its course. My hair swaying left and right like a flag waving goodbye. I don't want to return home.

Mom isn't the same, she's having PTSD again, and there's nothing a person like me could do about it. I let her be and focus on myself, running as fast as I could. 

I run for 10 minutes and head into some woods, sticks, and trees all around me. Nature is so pure, why is nature peaceful and I'm not?

I decide to sit on a rock and throw rocks along the lake. Memories of camping fill my mind, I'd rather not think about, but it does.I am just meaningless, nothing very fortunate heads my way. That you can't argue on.

I sit tight crossing my legs together. When a bird sits on the other rock, its eyes shining on me. It flaps its wings and flys away when somebody approaches. Adrian. Of course.

"Hey, are you okay? Why'd you run off like that?" He asks, hugging me tight, close.

I pull away as the tears and emotions get the better of me. "It's complicated. I just don't want to tell you, so just stop..." I cry more and push him away, facing the lake rather than him. I feel his arms clasp around me, his immediate gaze rushing to my aid. 

"No Adrian just stop! Ok - leave me, don't you get that, stay away from me." I say, clenching my jaw.

"Why?" He asks breathless.

I turn away, letting out a shaky breath. "I'm too broken."

"No your not." He says firmly. My hand in his tight grasp.

"How, how would you know?" I stammer.

"Because I'll be the one to put the pieces together. I'll be there to finish the story. And when I do...." His eyes leave me hanging.

His touch on my skin, makes my skin tingle. Nothing but Lust is lured in his eyes. I feel sick, I push away and sit down on the rock.

"Whats a matter?" He asks, his eyes alarmed with my sudden disappearance.

"I don't think were friends... there's something more, and I don't want to say it because the word could trigger some awful memories like Chase... whom I cared about and don't ever want to get my feelings in the way as a burden." I explain, touching the key around my neck. The key which opened my chest of nightmares.

Even if Chase and Evelynn are gone.... he's still out there.

Rick.

I look at Adrian who seems to be studying me, he lets out a breatha nd clenches his jaw. "I ahve to telly ou something."

"Ok sure tell me." I say.

"Im not who I say I am... I'm also hiding from some people, some people who hurt me and they'll hurt everyone I acre about too." He says, with so much guilt.

"I believe you, you'd never hurt anyone, although your kind of difficult to figure out." I say honestly.

"I have trust issues, I guess we all do." He holds out a hand, I look at him studying him. Then I join my hands. "Tell me."

"My real name is..." A car honks and we both look up, much to our dismay a broken Fred approaches us.

"Fred how did you find us...?" I ask, looking at a clueless Adrian.

Adrian looks back at him, in which I do too.

"It doesn't matter, right now... your mother is in a coma!" He shouts, I drop Adrian's hand from mine and run towards him to see if he's bluffing, but why'd he bluff about something like this.

"Please tell me more! What happened Fred!!" I yelled.

He sighed, rubbing his temples, a look of regret washing over his face; "Just go! Take her to the hospital, in lynch anne. Go!" I ignore his demanour and head back to Adrian's car quickly parked near-by. My mother... its all my fault.

If i lose her...

I'll have no one.

Just be alone.

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