Adam by A K Stone

Author:A K Stone [Stone, A K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A K Stone
Published: 2012-08-12T22:00:00+00:00

Later, they went back to the institute, and Foxton went off on some business while Adam went to Ijaz’s room for some more relaxation, getting ready for the night’s festivities. It was not as relaxing as Adam had expected.

‘I think she likes you,’ said Ijaz.

‘Well, I like her too.’

‘No,’ said Ijaz, ‘I think she liiiiiykes you.’

‘Nah,’ said Adam.

‘Yeah,’ said Ijaz, ‘Sorry, she likes you. I think you like her too.’

Silence.

‘Oooooh!’ Ijaz crowed in triumph, like a pearl fisher who had managed to pry open the toughest oyster. Of course, to Adam’s discomfort, now he wanted to inspect his prize.

‘So. Whatcha gonna do?’

Adam shrugged his shoulders, shifting uncomfortably on the sofa while Ijaz sat on his bed. Adam hadn’t thought of doing anything. The mere thought of her made his mind seize up.

‘I think she has a thing with that James guy.’

‘Nah,’ said Ijaz. ‘Like I said, I think she likes you. So come on, watcha gonna do?’

Adam was genuinely bewildered. ‘What am I supposed to do?’

Ijaz sat back on his bed, shaking his head in exasperation. ‘What are you supposed to do? Boy, you need adjusting. You need some jazzy adjusting. What do you want to do?’

Adam shrugged again. The problem was, he had some romantic idea of where he wanted to go, but an absence of ideas on getting there. Of course, from the adolescent mind, this came out through the lips rather more simply as,

‘Don’t know.’

Ijaz nodded sadly. ‘I think I’m gonna have to help you. This could be the love of your life. They encourage that here y’know.’

‘What?’

‘Us getting together,’ said Ijaz, ‘The Kinetics. They want us to have kids, to breed man. You two could get married. And it could all be down to Uncle Jazz.’

‘What about you?’ asked Adam.

‘Me?’ asked Ijaz, ‘What do you mean?’

‘Aren’t you interested in Ariana?’

‘She’s beautiful and a wonderful friend, but no,’ said Ijaz, ‘I’m young, I’m rich, and I’ve got superhuman abilities. Girls like that. So I ain't gonna be tied down right now. But you, you seem like a one-woman kind of guy. An Ariana kind of guy.’

The thought of riches set Adam thinking. ‘She would probably want a rich guy.’

Ijaz shook his head. ‘She’s cool, not superficial. Besides,’ he said, smiling, ‘I think she likes you.’

There was a knock at the door of Ijaz’s room. Ijaz looked at the door, then looked at Adam, grinning like a cat with a naughty plan.

Adam raised his eyebrows and pursed his lips urgently in the universal expression that means, “This conversation is over and in fact never happened. Please.”

Ijaz ignored it, and went to open the door. Ariana walked in breezily and said ‘Hi,’ smiling. She was wearing jeans and a jumper. Adam thought that maybe he loved jeans and a jumper.

‘So,’ said Ijaz as he went into the kitchen area to fix Ariana a soft drink, rakish grin still flitting across his face, occasionally seeming to escape to his ears. ‘Adam was wondering what’s going on between you and James.’

Adam opened his eyes very wide, and he went very still.

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