we watch as he parks and the two of them head inside while we sit here.
“Do we go in?” Rowan asks nervously.
“Shit. I don’t know. I didn’t think we would end up here,” I say truthfully.
“Fuck it, let’s go,” she says as she opens the door to get out.
I follow suit and we walk inside looking around for any trace as to where Tucker and the unknown woman headed.
“Bianca let’s just take the stairs,” Tuck says annoyed.
“No, I’m not walking up seven flights of stairs. Just wait, the elevator should be here soon,” the girl now known as Bianca says.
I grab Rowan and we stay around the corner so Tuck doesn’t see us.
“Is that Bianca, as in his ex-girlfriend Bianca?”
“Shit. That’s the only Bianca I’ve ever heard him talk about before,” I tell her.
“Damn, this cannot be good.”
Just then we hear the elevator ding and can hear them getting on it to go up to the seventh floor.
“We gotta take the stairs and move,” she says quickly once the elevator doors shut.
We run up flight after flight of stairs hoping to see where they go once they’re off the elevator.
“Hold on, I’m dying over here,” I say panting and out of breath.
“Me too,” she says panting as she cracks open the d oor to see if she can see them, “They’re talking to a nurse,” she says through slow breaths.
“Do we care if Tuck see’s us?” I ask , wondering if I really care.
“No, actually we don’t,” she says as she pushes open the door and walking onto the seventh floor. I follow right behind her.
“He’s right there,” I say as they follow the nurse to a room.
“Can I help you?” a nurse asks us.
“Oh we’re with them,” she says pointing ahead to where Tucker and the unknown girl just walked.
“Oh alright,” she says and moves on.
“Come on,” Rowan says, motioning her hand for me to hurry up.
We rush down the hall looking for Tucker and hear the girl bitching.
“I can’t believe I’m doing this for you.”
“I never asked you to,” he retorts.
“You owe me.”
“Not really. After the shit you pulled , I say we’re even.”
“Ugh, are you ever going to forgive me?” she asks.
“I said we’re even after this.”
Rowan and I look at each other in complete confusion.
“Fine. Maybe after this we could try to work on us again,” she says shocking the shit out of Rowan and I.
“Not going to happen B.”
“Oh come on. Like that little bitch you have now can do half the shit I can.”
“Watch it,” he says angrily.
“Seriously Tuck, don’t you miss me, miss us?”
“No, I don’t.”
“Wow and after all I’m doing for you. I think I deserve something out of this, don’t you?”
“No I don’t,” he repeats.
“Tuck we’re made for each other. When are you going to realize this?”
“Are you serious right now?” he snaps.
“I’ve been saying this to you for months now. I don’t get how you don’t see it,” she says in an annoyed frustrating voice.
“We aren’t made for each other. You can go do whatever you want with whomever you want.”
“Well I want you,” she says easily enough.
“We tried that, it didn’t work.”
“But baby , I was young and dumb. I’m older now and I know what I want,” she coos.
“No B.”
“Tucker James you listen to me and you listen good; if I’m going through giving blood month after month, the least you can do is give us a chance,” she says frustrated.
“I have a girlfriend Bianca, you need to respect that.”
“Then why isn’t she here?” she spits back.
“You know why. If you don’t want to do this, then don’t. I’ll figure something else out,” he says , sounding nervous and annoyed.
“Ugh. No , I told you I would and I will. I want you to realize I’m the better choice.”
“You ruined my entire family, how could you think I would ever want a relationship with you? Hell , you not only slept with Trent but my dad. He ended his
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