I’m still not sold on ‘fiction tuesday’ but what’s a girl to do? I really wanted a new day.
I hope you’re enjoying the story…
back to you. part 6. [previous: part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5]
Adam dragged himself to the kitchen where he found Ava sitting at the table sipping coffee.
“Morning, Adam.” Ava took another sip. “Sleep okay?”
“Not really,” Adam mumbled, pouring himself a cup.
“Yeah, the couch is not ideal for sleeping.”
“It’s not that.” Adam sat across from his little sister.
“Dani?” She already knew it was Dani.
“Yeah.” He paused for a moment before he spoke again. “Ava… I talked to her last night.”
“What?!” Ava almost choked on her coffee.
“You left your phone in the living room. She texted you… and…”
“Adam… tell me you didn’t pretend you were me…?” Ava looked horrified.
He sighed. “I told her I wasn’t you. I told her a few times… but I don’t think she believed me.”
“It never occurred to you to say, ‘Hey, this is Adam’?”
“Of course it occurred to me. I just didn’t do it.”
“Oh Adam…” Ava sighed.
“I know. I should have told her. But I was afraid she’d leave. I’m going to lose her today. I didn’t want to lose her last night.”
“You know you don’t have to lose her…”
“I already have. Ava, it doesn’t matter who she thought I was last night. She’s going to marry someone else.” He shook his head and took a deep breath. “I never told her not to.”
“But you don’t want her to marry him!”
“Hell, no, I don’t! But she needs to make her own decision. I can’t make it for her.”
“Well, you’re right, of course. I wouldn’t have told her what to do either.”
“Ava, I think she’s given up on me.”
“Like you’ve given up on her?”
“I haven’t…”
“Adam… you have. You’ve known this day was coming for months… but you didn’t even try to get her back…”
He closed his eyes and sighed. In a moment, he looked at his sister again. “But… I can’t win. If she calls off the wedding because of me… because she wants me… it means she didn’t really want to marry him.”
“Exactly!”
“But… if she doesn’t really want to marry him, why is she? Whether it’s about me or not? Why is she willing to spend her life with someone else?”
“Why do you have to be so damn logical?! You’re madly in love with her… and love is not logical. You’ve got to fight for her. Dammit, Adam, go get her!”
“But, my God, the wedding is in…” he looked up at the clock, “… six hours. How can I do this to her?”
“Maybe you’re not doing it to her. Maybe you’re doing it for her.”
Again, pieces of his conversation with Dani replayed in his head. ‘Who’s the love of your life?’ He shook his head and his lips curved into the slightest smile.
Curiously, Ava prodded. “Why are you smiling?”
“She made me… well, she made you… ask her ten questions last night.”
“You guys played ten questions?!”
“Yes.” Adam sat there in silence, his little smile growing.
“Oh, this should be good.” Ava’s sarcasm was not lost on Adam.
“She still loves me.”
“I am stunned.” More sarcasm.
“I asked her who the love of her life is… and…”
Ava smiled. “And she said you.” It wasn’t a question. She knew that’s what Dani said.
“Yes. My God, I couldn’t breathe. And she thought she was only telling you.”
“Maybe she didn’t. Maybe somewhere inside she knew it was you… maybe she was telling you. Asking you to stop her wedding…”
“Ava…” Adam looked down at the coffee mug in his hands for a moment before turning back to her. “You don’t really believe that, do you?” He didn’t give her a chance to answer. “I think she’s going to go through with it… I’ve lost her.”
“You don’t know that. If you want my opinion, and I know you always do, I think Dani wants to want Finn… but she doesn’t… not completely. She thinks she can’t have you… so when she found someone who loves her, she tried to love him, too. And maybe she does… but not the way she loves you. She’s settling.”
“I want her to be happy.”
“I think you can give her that.”
“Unless I’m too late.” He took an anxious breath. “She was crying. I could tell. And I told her she’d be fine… but she didn’t like that.”
“Because she wants better than fine…”
“Yes.” Adam ran a hand through his hair and looked at his sister. “Ava… I want her back. I’ve wanted her back since the moment I let her go.”
Ava gently punched him in the arm. “Then tell her! Adam… she’s not married yet.”
“Oh God.” He rested his hand over his heart. And the light inside him finally turned on. “I have to tell her.”
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what sandra thinks 
Hell yeah, he does! The sooner the better….maybe. He’s at least gotta try. The other dude is gonna be pissed though. 😃
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It’s a no-win situation, really. Someone gets hurt no matter what…
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That’s true. But if she married the wrong guy, all three get hurt, eventually. If he changes her mind, only the other guy gets hurt. Either way, the other guy is gonna get it, so might as well just rip the bandaid off now.
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Haha… Love bites.
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It sure as hell can. 😃
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LOL 😀
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I find myself so emotionally involved in this story. You’ve done an amazing job, Sandra. Can’t wait to read more! ♥
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Thank you! The emotional involvement happens to me all the time. I don’t think I could write without it… but I feel like a nutjob when I make myself cry!
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Nah, you’re not a nutjob for making yourself cry. You just care deeply for your characters. 😊💜
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I do. I often (always?) wish I was one of them!
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I can definitely relate to having my head in the clouds and living in a dream world most of the time. ♥
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Everything is perfect there. Well, eventually… 🙂 ♥
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Happily ever after. 😊
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Damn right he better go get her! Ahhhhhh I love this so much!
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Thank you! I’m trying so hard to stay at least one step ahead with my writing… not sure how long that will be successful!
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I know! Self imposed deadlines…. I make myself crazy with them too. However, I’m really glad that you’re rolling along with this story – it’s excellent!
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Thanks… I need to get myself to just write and stop editing as I go. It’s killing me… I spend an hour on 1-2 sentences because they’re not perfect! Ugh! I hate when I do that… but it seems to happen every time…
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That’s my preferred method as well, edit as I go. It may slow you down now, but it’ll save time later!
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I just hate when it takes me hours for one paragraph… plus sometimes I lose my train of thought because I stopped to edit something… And then it’s gone forever because my memory sucks…!
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You have to jot notes as soon as you think of them! Make it a rule to finish one chapter/section before you edit anything. At least you’ll have a complete thought finished (hopefully) 😜
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I write notes all the time but I still sometimes think of the perfect way to say something… and then… poof… It’s gone… This is especially problematic in the shower…
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Ah! Right! Shower markers!
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what about “free fiction” or something? I’ve spent the last 10 minutes trying to think of another solution for you but that’s literally all I’ve got! I’m sorry 😦 I can do better lol probably not……
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I’ve been thinking for days… don’t feel bad! 🙂
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I will think of something fantastic!
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Oh, he’d better take a chance and tell her!! Loving this 🙂
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Thanks, Diane! ♥
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I’d say that if Dani said she still loved Adam, thinking she was telling her BFF that was most definitely the truth. Call it a sign from God or a from the universe whatever, Adam man up and get Dani back. Great excitement and build up in this one, especially with like 6 hours to go.
As for your title of your Tuesday fiction I was thinking you could rename it so it has a similar alliteration or assonance as Friday Fiction had . Like ‘Flirty Fiction Tuesday’ – ‘Teriffic Tuesday Fiction’ I don’t know what exactly but something like that just better and unique to you.
Great stuff! 👍
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Thank you, Mandi! I’m glad you’re enjoying the story… 🙂
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I’m going to come over and bang their heads together. Loving the story, and the tension.
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Sometimes, it takes people a while to figure out what they should have known all along…
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