I ran down the street, not looking were I was going and not caring either. Suddenly somebody caught my arm. Oh great. My first thought was that Steven had come after me and I didn’t like it, but it wasn’t Steven.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0xC2Pf7OP
Standing there, with an alarmed expression on his face, was Adam. He let go of my arm when he saw that I wasn’t going to run.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmE0E3uEtmt
“What happened?” Adam asked as calmly as he could, which was a lot calmer than I was.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1aqslOUiy
I tried to wipe away my tears and smile but that didn’t help. The tears kept coming and coming. I didn’t know how I felt about Adam being there. I was happy that I wasn’t alone and it was him, standing here, concerned for me, but at the same time I didn’t really want to tell Adam anything about Steven since I really was not interested in Steven that way and it had been just a misunderstanding. 885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnohuFIWUq2
“I'm okay. Just a little surprised, and it wasn’t a nice surprise,” I explained. The good thing about Adam was that he didn’t pry. He saw I didn’t want to say anything about it and he accepted it. That however didn’t mean that he left me there in the state I was in.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2W8qLFeT6
“I'll walk you home,” he offered. I noticed that in my hurry, I had run further away from my house. I hoped that by the time we reached my house my tears would have stopped and that I didn’t look like a wreck. However that was unlikely. Mum always noticed when I had cried. I didn’t want to explain to her that I was having boy trouble.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWYRoODxxa
“Wait,” I said to Adam, “I don’t want to go home. Not yet.” 885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuD4v7Rt5S
“Where then?”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFVin7py7Q
“I don’t know. Can we just walk for a while? I don’t want my parents to see me crying.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvybMV3lJNn
“Okay,” Adam replied, “I think I know a place where you can collect your thoughts without interference,”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACCIvplBvK
We walked for a while, we didn’t talk much and we didn’t touch, but just Adam's presence helped me calm down. After some time I realized that we were almost at the beach. I hadn’t been there since August 23rd.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQKjGG11yP
It was dark, I could only make out Adam's silhouette and our footsteps on the sand were the only sounds breaking the silence of the night other than the crashing of the waves.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcrx7C84ct
I sat down. The sand was cold and felt a little bit wet, but I didn’t really care. Adam sat next to me and for a while we just looked at the sea in silence, both of us in our own thoughts. I know we came here because I was crying. I think I still looked like I had just cried, but I didn’t feel sad or angry anymore. What I did feel was Adam's warm hand lying on the sand. I placed mine next to his and our fingers touched, just a little but it still felt a hundred times better than Steven holding my hand.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhn2C37eOr
“Hey,” I turned toward the where I knew Adam was sitting, “Why did you stop me when I was running away?”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbZQZM1jHZ
“You seemed upset,” Adam's voice said. I couldn't see his face, but imagined it must have had looked gentle like his voice.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZaAKHyNEO
“I think we have established I was upset.” I laughed quietly, not daring to disturb the silence any further, “but why did you stop me?”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZDTBz5jst
“Because if something had happened to you and I knew that I could have helped, but didn’t, I couldn’t live with myself.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoUik0rYcM
“So you were thinking of yourself?” I asked. My voice wasn’t accusing or judging. I just wanted to know Adam. I didn’t care if he was selfish as long as I learned something new about him and his past.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW07A1hsgPL
“I was thinking of the way Cindy was suffering and how I saw it every day, but still didn’t do a single thing that made a difference,” Adam's voice was as quiet as mine.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfH1R6565qq
“Do I remind you of her?” I couldn’t say that name. It would have left a bitter taste in my mouth. I didn’t know if I really wanted an answer to that question either. Was I just a replacement for Adam?885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9f7M5qT41
Adam turned his head in my direction but I doubted he saw much, which was a good thing considering how anxious I looked. “No, you're nothing like her,”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnE4qxEAV9
I felt relief wash over me. Adam was with me for me, not to remember Cindy.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxfJzTqG8m
He continued, “Your looks, personalities – it's all different, but the way we are drawn to each other, I know you have felt it too, like we have know each other forever. I want that to remind me of my little sister.”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7gA67aMiN
“Little sister?” That came out loud. I just couldn’t suppress my surprise, and relief, “Cindy was your sister?”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpO4sdjAnW
“Who did you think Cindy was?” there was a hint of humor back in his voice. “A lover?”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8ipLADK79
Damn, it was like he could read my thoughts. “Silly me,”885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gNoE7Ibra
“I never told you who she was so you weren’t being silly, just imaginative.” I could feel him smiling in the darkness.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfOGTVWubG
Adam intertwined his fingers with mine and we sat there. We didn’t say any more, just enjoyed each other's company and at some point, my head fell on Adam's shoulder and I fell asleep. The last thing I remembered was him stroking my hair.885Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibbsUXSZhH
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