The Truth Is - Chapter Three

Here's the next chapter guys! Sorry it took a little while to post. I was camping all weekend, and well there isn't exactly wi-fi in the mountains, haha. Well I made this chapter a little longer to make up for the delay, so I hope you guys like it. Please leave lots of comments! Thank you so much -Tay
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Chapter Three:

Present:

My computer screen read "message sent".

"Oh no," I think. "What if he doesn't want to be friends anymore?"
"What if I've already ruined any chance I ever had?" "What if he hates me now?"

The what if's were popping up in my head one after another; they wouldn't stop. I wanted to go back home to Virginia, this summer visit back to Arizona was doing nothing good for me. I'm simply miserable. At the same time however, I wish I would have stayed. If it meant keeping my best friend; I would have stayed.

"This is my entire fault. If I wouldn't have moved from Arizona, then we might possibly be together by now." I sighed loudly.

I am so frustrated with myself. I needed someone to talk to about this and normally Adam was the one I talked to about all my problems, but I couldn't now. He wasn't talking to me. Adam gives such great advice; he's the only one who can calm me down when I'm upset. The only one that can make me laugh when I'm mad. We've always been there for whatever we needed each other for.

This reminds me of the time I called him that one day. I was so pissed off at my mom. It was pretty much the final straw. I couldn't stand living with her anymore. She was selfish and incredibly rude. She never took the time to think that everything she was doing with her life was ruining mine by the minute. I wanted to live with my dad. Besides Adam, my dad was my best friend. At the same time, leaving Arizona scared me to death; so I called Adam crying and asked him what I should do.

Flashback:
"Damn, pick up the phone Adam!" I almost scream.

My hands are trembling immensely as I try dialing his cell phone number next. I hear the phone ringing. Each ring seems longer and longer, and then louder and louder.

"Why isn't he answering?" I hang up the phone and then dial the same number again.

Ring. Ring. Ring. Answering machine.

One more time, I dial his cell phone number. It's the only number I have memorized, so it only takes about 3 seconds to type. I press the phone up my ear, and listen to the familiar ring back. I need to talk to Adam so bad; I just don't know what to do anymore. Living with my mom just pure hell. If I stay here any longer I'll probably end up running away.

Ring. Ring. Ri..

"Evelyn?" Adam finally picks up. "Sorry I missed your calls, I was taking a nap."

I start crying.

"Evelyn?" He asks again. "What's wrong? Tell me what's wrong?"

I can barely get the words out, I am just so frustrated.

"Adam, I can't take it. I don't want to live in this house anymore. I can't take it!" I say to him.

"I know, I know." He tries to calm me down, and already I begin to stop crying. I'm not sure how he does it, but he does. "Evelyn, listen, my mom is just as bad as yours. Just know that no matter how bad things are at home, I'll always be here for you. What did she do this time?"

I explained everything to him. How my mom came home, and just started dropping her stuff all over the living room. The living room that I cleaned from top to bottom because she told me so. I explained to him that right after she did that; the fighting began. She would yell that I'm worthless. I would retaliate back and call her a bad mother. She would call me ungrateful. I would call her pitiful. The insults didn't stop coming, and I was sick and tired of it. This happened at least three times a week, though it had never gotten this bad.

"Evelyn, just take a deep breath. We'll get through this together." Adam says trying to reassure me that everything will be okay. "Just close your eyes, I'll stay on the phone with you while you take a nap."

I was going to argue, but Adam was right. I need to cool down, and a nap was what I needed. So I closed my eyes and drifted off.
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My blinked my eyes a few times and then outstretched my hand towards the phone.

"Adam?" I ask.

No answer.

"Adam?" I repeat.

"Huh, what? Oh hey Evelyn, you're awake. How did you sleep?" I respond.

"Fine I guess, I just have a slight headache that's all. How long was I asleep for?"

"Probably four hours. Why?"

"What? Four hours! Why didn't you just hang up the phone?" I sit up immediately.

He says back, "I told you. I'm here for you. I wasn't going to leave you."

"Oh, well thanks." I pause. "But ummmm, Adam?"

"What is it Evelyn?" curiously he asks.

I answer, "while I was asleep I also did a little thinking, and..."

"And what" says Adam.

"Adam, I think I want to live with my dad. He's moving to Virginia, and I think I want to go with him." I confess.

It takes Adam a second to respond. I think he was just taking it all in. I didn't even tell him that I was thinking about this, so this had to have been a shock.

"Well Ev, I think that may be you should give it some more thought. That's a huge decision. In the end though, if you think that's what best, then I guess I'm going to have to support you." he says sternly.

I have never heard Adam sound so serious. We have had plenty of serious conversations before, but I had never heard him sound like this. It was almost as if he was telling me he didn't want me to leave. The tone of his voice sent chills down my spine.

"Okay."

This was all I said to him and then we said goodbye. He knew I would put a lot of thought into this.

As miserable as living with my mother was, all of a sudden I thought, "Could I really move away from Arizona? Could I really leave my best friend? Could I say goodbye to Adam?

Present:

Maybe I have had feelings for Adam all along. The truth is that I think I did. I was just too naive to notice my feelings. He was there for me through the most important decision of my life.

I shouldn't have moved. I should have stayed in Arizona, that way we could still be best friends. Maybe we did have a chance together, but now I just don't know.

It's been a little over a year since I moved to Virginia with my dad. It's been nice here, I've gotten to meet new friends and go to a new school, and even my dad and I have gotten closer. Though, it's not the same as Arizona. The entire environment is different. I'm used to moving lot, but this time it didn't feel right. It's like there's a part of me that's disappeared.

I run my fingers through my hair. I want all of these thoughts to get out of my mind. I want Adam back in my life so I can stop worrying.

"I'm going swimming." I stand up and say, "I need to do something so I can cool down for a little bit."

I pull my t-shirt over my head, and then throw it onto the floor. Then I rummage through my huge pile of clothes and dig out my bathing suit. After I get dressed, I grab a towel, wrap it around my waist and head out the door without saying a word to anyone.

Once I step outside, I can already begin to feel beads of sweat forming on my forehead. I start down the black asphalt in my beat up flip-flops, and the heat reminds me of what a good idea the pool is. It's not a long walk to the pool luckily, there are two at my mom's apartment complex, and there one of them basically right around the corner. As I approach the gate, I take out the key and attempt to stick it in the slot. It takes me a few tries but I get it eventually.

"Sweet, no one is here." As I look around to notice that I have the pool to myself for now.

I take the towel off my waist and place it on one of the pool chairs, along with my flip-flops and my necklace. And then in I go..

Splash, I jump immediately into the pool and float on my back.

"The water feels so nice." I say to myself. "I should've come out here sooner, there's nothing better than a quiet afternoon in the pool."

I dip my hair back into the water, and take a deep breath. The air smells thick of chlorine. I then kick my legs repeatedly and swim from one side of the pool to the next. Doing laps like this clears my mind a little..

But then I can feel it again, another memory of Adam. ..

Flashback:

"Happy Birthday!' Adam practically screams in my face.

"Thanks." I smile at him.

"Well let's go, shall we?" Adam sets off towards the pool.

This was my fifteenth birthday party/ going away party. I decided I was going to have a big pool party and invite all of my good friends.

As I follow Adam, I notice something I have never really thought of before. He has really strong muscles. He is in his swim trunks so he's not wearing a shirt. I've never seen him without a shirt before, and wow I'm kind of impressed. The sun hit his dark tan skin perfectly outlining every little detail on his body. The truth is I don't think I've ever really paid attention to Adam's physical appearance, but now I realize he's actually a pretty good-looking guy. He's not someone I would normally call hot or gorgeous, but he was a pretty attractive guy. He had brown hair that was somewhat short, but it looked good. His light brown eyes were always really soft, and I look up to see that Adam's height is almost perfect. He's about 5'11, and I began to picture hugging him and then he hugging me back with his strong arms...

I shake my head, "woah, what am I thinking?"

I speed up my walk to catch up to Adam. He's talking to my friends, well actually our friends.

When they see me approaching they all turn and say, "Happy Birthday Evelyn!"

"Thanks Everyone." I am so glad that everyone showed up.

Only five minutes later everybody was in their bathing suits and in the water. There was splashing and laughing, and it seemed like everyone was having a great time so that made me happy. I was in a group with my friends Shelby, Corbin, Ally, Ryan, and of course Adam. We were also having a good time in the water playing chicken. Shelby was on Ryan's shoulders and Ally on Corbin's. After I screamed go, they went at it. Adam and I couldn't stop our laughing.

After Ally manages to knock over Shelby and Ryan; Corbin yells, "Let's play again!"

"Yeah, c'mon Evelyn! Get on Adam shoulders!" shouts Shelby.

I turn and look at Adam. And he says, "only if you want Birthday Girl."

This makes me smile, so I accept to play and then I push my arms straight up onto Adam's shoulders. Once I'm steady I yell to Ryan, "It's on!"

Everyone begins to laugh at the fact that I'm super competitive, but I don't mind. Seeing everyone's smile makes me smile even bigger. Seeing Adam's smile makes me get the butterflies. (I know, you're thinking butterflies?! That's so fourth grade, but it's true I was getting the butterflies sitting on top of Adam's shoulders.)

After I yelled go, we all went for it. Shelby pushed Ally, I pushed Shelby. Water was splashing everywhere, and all the guys were trying so hard to keep their balance. After another minute Ryan slips again, and Corbin yells,

"Haha, you lose again!"

"Oh whatever!" Ryan sticks out his tongue. This makes us all laugh even harder, I can hardly even breathe I'm laughing so hard. This makes the game just a little bit harder, but I am determined. So I turn to Ally and we clasps our hand together as we try to knock each other over. I tried twists. She tried turns. In the end I came out victorious!

I jump off of Adam's shoulders. "We make an awesome pair."

I nod my head in agreement. And then Adam says,

"You wanna go swim around the deep end, just the two of us?"

"Sure, let's go!" I yell, as I dart underwater and begin to swim.

I can hear him splashing behind me.

"Gosh, this is such a great day." I think to myself.

Once we reach the end, I look all the way down. We're in the twelve feet. I love water so I don't mind that it's that deep. I then turn and Adam grabs a hold of me. He's carrying me.

"Hey what are you doing?" I ask him curiously.

He replies, "I'm just taking care of you."

I smile and then don't say anything back. I let him drag me around the water while his arm is around my waist and my arms are around his neck. I carefully hold on and l shut my eyes as the two of us glided around the water...

Present:

I tighten my arms around myself. I wish things could be like that. Where we would be close, and not care about anything else. I take a huge breath and then stay there underwater for as long as I can. I can see tiny bubbles floating towards the surface.

"Oh Adam, why can't I be with you?" I whisper. "I love you Adam."
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