Mikey watched as Ad left. Then he looked at Justin. "Aren't you gonna go after her?" he asked.

Justin watched as Ad got up and left. Then he looked at Mikey and shook his head. "It's best if I don't. She needs some time away from me"

Ad stopped crying and looked up. She shivered, wishing she had kept Justin's jacket. She was cold and wet but she was not going back in there. She wrung out her long red tresses and coughed, the chily, damp air getting to her.

Justin sighed and looked at the door as if looking for Ad coming back in. But that didn't seem likely.

AnnaLeah looked out the window. She turned to Justin. "It's raining Justin. Pretty hard. Ad definitely won't be getting home in this window. I'd say go find her, even if you think she needs alone time. She either needs to get home or she needs to come back inside" she said, concern written clearly on her face. She looked to Alex for help.

Ad coughed and sneezed. She was gonna end up getting sick in this. She just clutched the ring to her chest and wished with all her heart that someone would come out and get her.

Justin looked round at AnnaLeah with a look that said 'Jog on'. He was in the midst of another one of his mood swings. "Why should it be me to go fetch her? She went out there on her own, she can come in on her own. If she's got sense she'll either go round to the conservatory or come inside" he replied in a seriously stroppy mood. Yep, this mood swing was by far the worst.

Alex looked at Justin and shook his head. "Calm down, Justin. She's only got Adrianna's interest's at heart. And you should too. Despite being in a mood" he told his son sternly.

Mikey looked at Justin then at Alex. He looked frightened. Without saying a word, Mikey got up and walked outside to Ad. "You should come inside. But be careful because Justin is in a bad mood" he told Ad, taking off his jacket and putting it round Ad's shoulders. He jumped as glass was thrown in the house and smashed against the wall. Uh-oh. Justin was in a very bad mood now. He looked at Ad, a frightened look across his features as he heard Justin shouting from inside. Then there was sudden silence.

AnnaLeah facepalmed. "Justin..." she said, then threw her arms into the air with frustration. "You know what? Forget I said anything!" she said, rubbing her temples.

Ad looked up. "Even more reason to stay out here. I just...feel so unwanted here. You seem so wanted here, believe me. I'm an empath. I can feel emotions" she said, ignoring the warm jacket around her shoulders. She wanted Justin. She wanted to feel his arms around her, his lips on hers. She couldn't survive without him. To live without him was like living without air.

Justin looked at AnnaLeah and narrowed his eyes. "Why don't you just do one, yeah? I've had enough. I don't need you. Any of you. Not you, not Ad, not dad, not Mikey, NONE OF YOU" he shouted and stormed out running past Ad and Mikey in frustration. He completely ignored them and ran down the road in the pouring rain hoping a car would come along.

Mikey watched as Justin ran past. "I think it may be safe in there for now. Maybe we should go inside and let him cool down a little" he told Ad who clearly seemed upset by the whole thing.

AnnaLeah winced. Those words hurt. Shakily, she sunk onto the couch, tears threatening to spill over.

Ad looked up. She stood up painfully. "JUSTIN! COME BACK!" she shouted after him, letting every ounce of pain she felt seep into her words.

Justin stopped and looked at Ad. "Just leave me alone" he told her and carried on walking, fast. He wasn't in a good mood at all. He just walked until he was practically lost. He watched as cars continued to dodge him. Eventually he found himself on the outskirts of a small village just outside of London.

Ad's midnight blue orbs widened and it felt like someone not only clubbed her in the back of the head, but also punched her in the stomach. That same feeling. She turned back to Mikey, her eyes still wide and pained.

AnnaLeah stood up and hugged Alex tightly, as if she was a little child. Her shoulders trembled as she tried to keep herself from crying.

Mikey looked at Ad then at the road. "He'll come back when he's calmed down" he told the girl.

Alex put his arms around AnnaLeah and hugged her tightly. "He'll be ok when he's calmed down a bit. I think he's just a bit stressed with his illness and everything" he told his wife calmly still holding her in his arms.

Ad nodded sadly, still clutching the ring in one hand. "I hope so" she whispered softly.

AnnaLeah couldn't hold it in anymore. She put her head on Alex's shoulder and cried. "I try so hard. Every time I try, I don't try hard enough, or I try to hard" she told her husband, choking on tears.

Alex shook his head. "No, he just doesn't take it too well. He's always been independent, he just loses control sometimes. Like that" he told his wife.

[color="red"]Justin suddenly emerged from the darkness and into the driveway where Mikey and Ad stood in the rain. "You two should come inside" he told them as he walked toward them. He half-smiled at them both and walked in the house shamefully. He walked to the bathroom and picked up a towel then retired to the living room and sat down on the edge of the sofa, shivering from the cold.

AnnaLeah looked up at Alex. "I just...I...I want to be the mother I should have been long ago, and he pushes me away" she said, wiping her tears. She looked up at him again. She missed his smile, his laugh. He probably wouldn't believe her if she told him she still loved him.

Ad's face lit up and she followed Justin. She watched as Justin got a towel. She was fine the way she was. She'd get really sick tomorrow, but she didn't care.

Alex looked down at AnnaLeah and sighed. "He's not pushing you away, else he wouldn't have come back" he replied.

Justin sighed and looked at his dad and step-mum. "I'm sorry" he told them

AnnaLeah nodded. She refused to let Alex go. Never, ever again. "Yeah..." she said softly. She sighed. "Can I talk to you? Alone" she whispered, serious.

Ad finally cracked. She limped to the bathroom and grabbed a towel, then re-entered the living room. She was shivering badly. She gave a hacking cough, then sneezed.

Crap.

Alex nodded and followed AnnaLeah. "What's up?" he asked cautiously

Justin sighed and looked at Ad as she coughed and sneezed. "You should've came in" he told her, his hands on the back of his neck. "Is Mikey still outside?" he asked Ad seeing he was nowhere in the house.

AnnaLeah sighed. "Even if you don't believe me, I just want to tell you this. I miss you. Everything about you. Your smile, your laugh, and the way your eyes danced. I honestly don't know what happened to me. Call me a liar, but...I still love you Alex. And I'm so sorry for everything that I ever did. So...there. I'm done" she said, looking down.

Ad flinched a little at his tone. "I was just a bit upset, okay?" she said, looking down. Her fist loosened, and she barely noticed the ring slip from her fingers. "I don't know. I thought he was behind me" she said truthfully.

Alex listened as AnnaLeah spoke, her tone sounding honest. More honesy than it had ever sounded before. He looked in the living room at his son then back at AnnaLeah again. He lifted her chin up with one finger and kissed her. "I miss you too" he replied.

Justin sighed and looked at Ad again, this time his hands out in from of him. "Ok" he replied not wanting to say anything else. He just stood up and walked to the window. Yep, Mikey was still outside. So he went to the door and called the boy in. "You'll catch a cold out there" he told the eleven year old calmly, though he was far from calm.

AnnaLeah looked up at Alex as he brought her chin up. She returned the kiss sweetly. "Y-you do?" she asked. She wanted to make sure he was actually telling the truth. She looked at Alex, her sky blue eyes-ones exactly like Cass'-wide. Her strawberry blonde curls fell in front of those eyes as she got lost in Alex's eyes.

Ad bit her lip and knelt down to pick the ring back up. She watched Justin, then closed her eyes and bowed her head. "Me leaving like that upset you, didn't it?" she asked.

Alex looked at Justin as he went to the door then looked back at AnnaLeah and nodded. "Yes. I want you to come back home. And ignore Justin's mood changes, he gets down when people he loves walk out on him" he repleid.

Justin watched as Mikey walked back in and shook his hair. He looked at his hand and wiped it down his jeans. Then he looked at Ad and crouched in front of her. "Yeah it did but it's not an excuse for yet another mood swing. 'Specially not that one. I owe Courtney three glasses now" he replied. Yep, he'd thrown glass about.

Mikey walked past Justin and smiled slightly. He then sat down in the seat Justin was sat in and dried himself off.

You know how in WM, I said AnnaLeah was short? She barely comes to Alex's shoulder.
 

AnnaLeah put her arms around Alex and hugged him tightly, smiling. "I wanna go back home, too. I understand" she said, blinking back all her remaining tears.

Ad watched Justin a little, then looked at him when he spoke. "I'm sorry for upsetting you. I just...for some reason, I felt unwanted. I really did. I don't know why. Three glasses? Here" she said, digging in her back pocket with one hand to pull out her wallet. She handed him about half of the money in her wallet. Which was still quite a bit. "i don't want that much" she said, putting her wallet back in her pocket, Then she held out the ring. "Do you want it back?" she asked softly, head bowed.

Alex smiled and hugged AnnaLeah back. "I love you"

Justin sighed slightly and took hold of one of Ad's hands. "Don't be sorry. You're an empath, you feel emotions that you shouldn't feel. I don't know if its the case with you but I've known empath's to feel emotions that aren't even there" he replied. "Yeah, sorta got really angry" he replied indicating the glasses in a pile near the wall. He refused to take the money. "You're not paying for the damage I caused" he said, his Californian accent now coming out again. Why? He had no idea. "No I don't. I gave it to you for a reason and you're gonna keep it for that same reason"

AnnaLeah looked up at Alex with a look she knew made her seem like a blond Cass. "I love you too" she whispered softly

Ad blinked. "Yeah, it's happened before" she whispered softly. She got that feeling, again, creeping under her skin. A feeling she had felt since Cass died. A feeling that the raspberry-haired young woman was crouched next to Justin, calming her down as well. Her shoulder relaxed as she let that feeling take over. "It doesn't matter" she told him. Angry or not, he was still him. She shoved the money towards him again. "Please? I don't want all this. I get enough as it is. I'm not doing this for you. This is for my own sake. I can't take this money. I just can't" she said, looking at him with pleading eyes. This money all came out of Cass' account from Gringotts. The goblins had been told to give Ad a large sum of money every birthday. She hated it. She sighed and clutched the ring to her chest. "I know...but, today...things haven't exactly been going our way" she said softly.

ok im gonna skip AnnaLeah/Alex for now
 

Justin sighed. "Thought so" he replied. He smiled slightly as Ad sort of went out of reach. It felt like he reaching out to someone who wasn't there. He got that feeling a lot. "Ok" he said. He still had hold of her hand. And yet he felt like he was reaching for someone who wasn't there. "So give it to Mikey then. I don't need it nor do I want, Mikey does though. Something he can dip into when he has none" he replied. He was not taking the money. No way hozay. Justin took hold of the ring and put it on Ad's engagement finger. "We're engaged, mood swings do not change that" he replied.