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She watched him straightened up and she liked that he was actually trying to see reason through this. If it was her, she would've gone mad at every single person who still lived with their parents. Was that selfishness? Mean? Maybe she was but Louisa was definite that Adam wasn't like her. He was actually very wise about it that she would've kissed him right then and here to make him feel better. Only her first kiss was still attached to someone else- who might've broken her heart this summer.
But Adam was tearing up now. Louisa felt her own lump rise inside of her chest, she wasn't really one of those strong people that listened and said wise words- that was Vashti. Louisa was a cryer and a shouter. Eventually, she crawled to sit next to him, her back to the wall, and shifted to face him. "I can't answer those, Adam. I don't even know why do they have children if they're unable to love them back." Her real father was included. "But try not to think of it like this.." She swallowed hard, struggling to be the strong one here. "Like you have nothing to worry about now. You had to hide a whole world from them all these years. Now you're just..you. And you have people who love you for this!" Yep, she was included. She didn't realize that one of her hands had grabbed one of his and was pressing.
Adam felt bad for looking at Louisa with this pleading look, but he needed something to help him get through this. He had handled everything on his own, but this was something that he needed someone to lean on, and if Louisa was willing to be that person then he was going to lean on her. As Louisa shifted so that she was next to him Adam kept his gaze on the wall across from them. The feeling of Louisa's had holding his gave him some comfort...really her just being there to just be with him was helping more than he possibly could have imagined.
Adam turned his face to look at Louisa and he realized that tears were also pushing behind her eyes. He certainly did not want her to cry about this...it was bad enough that he was on the verge of crying. He gave a little nod of the head, the agreement of her words weak at first but getting stronger.
"Thank you Louisa," Adam said, his eyes holding hers as he spoke.
"I don't know how I'd handle this if I didn't know that I at least have you to count on." Adam attempted a smile at her, but instead of helping him feel better the action finally pushed the tears to the brim. Adam closed his eyes, the tears rolling down his face. When he opened them his vision was blurred, and in an attempt to make them stop Adam leaned his head back against the wall.
"I guess I thought if I could keep them in the dark, that I could pretend that everything would be alright. That maybe if I acted normal enough one day they could learn to not be...ashamed of me," Adam said, his eyes staring at the ceiling as he spoke.
"But I was kidding myself Louisa...all these years I know this day was coming, and yet..." Adam's voice cracked.
"And yet...it still hurts."