Two Is Better Than One

Chapter Five.

He peeked once more and she laughed leaning her head slightly back. Just like her. Her hair, her eyes, her skin and chin it all looked like her.

Adam felt like hurling, storming out of the room and throwing a two year old tantrum. He bit his lips. 

What was the universe trying to do, drive him crazy?

"Please open your eyes" the look alike giggled.

“Seriously, Adam pull your ass together and be professional"

Adam breathed in, lifted his feet from the desk : brought them back to the ground and opened his eyes.

He stared at her; the stalking resemblance of his ex, of the girl he thought was peacefully rested. Adam couldn’t believe what was unfolding before him. What the hell was happening? First it was his hallucination and his stubborn heart refusing to move on. Then it was the necklace that he had tucked away in the bottom of his drawer after he obtained it from Allie; now when he decided to move on there was a female with features of Ria, that  he yearned to kiss. Features he only thought he'd see in his dreams or in a photograph.

He had a full plate alright.

"Nice to finally, meet the Great Adam Hale" she extended her right hand across the desk." Have met your work but in person, wow"

"Thank you, you hired me and work on the school board?" he asked. “I thought you'd be ole...

“Old and shriveled..." She laughed " trust me Adam I am the youngest...don’t tell them I said this but the board filled with ole farts”

Adam stole tiny glimpses, he didn’t want to stare. He watched her eyes. An attribute of Ria that he couldn’t regret. They danced with excitement and anticipation.

"Your secret safe with me" he smirked” and your name is.."

"Oh crap, I am Sutton Patterson."

“Nice, so what do you want the Great Adam to do, Sutton, if I may call you that"

“Yea, since I am two years older, yes I know your age and everything there is to know about your art." Sutton said before Adam could comment. “Its late so I’ll make it short the art programme here is crap, it suck to a limit that it so unbelievable ''

Adam smiled at her choose of words.

'' Sorry that my choose of words aren’t quite professional, but Adam I've been here for quite awhile and every September and January the same old people enroll, there are  no new persons in the class''

''I guess that makes you wonder ''

'' Yea it does'' she shifted on the desk.  Adam couldn’t believe the similarities and though you'd know them different when each walked into a room. Sutton was a reminder of all the things he had loved about Ria and he didn’t want to go there again. He didn’t want to go back.

'' So I assume you have a plan, Sutton'' he pulled two blank sheets of paper from his desk and handed one to Sutton. ‘‘Ideas session''

''I thought you were leaving, ‘‘she jumped from the desk and pulled a chair closer to Adam.

'' let the ideas begin then'' she smiled.

'' Oh shit, no ''

Adam hopped that his little thinking session would cause Sutton to get up from his desk and grab a seat on the other side of the desk. He wasn’t contemplating that she'd come this close, that he could smell her perfume. It seemed that he now saw Sutton through a magnifying glass. All he saw was Ria. If you’d ask him if this could all happen yesterday, he’d smile and say ‘’ no, way is it possible’’. He dealt with his demons but now it seemed he had to fight the devil that seemed to be heavily armed.