Rumor Going 'Round (Lyrics and Love #3) - Lind, Samantha Page 0,11
a fun night.” I bounce my eyebrows at her. “Glad it was mutually satisfying.”
“I’ll be thinking about it for a long time, that’s for sure. I also don’t know how I’m walking today,” she says, laughing.
I sigh, thinking about what it would be like to be sore because a man fucked me all night. My mind immediately roams to Tucker. The T-shirt that he had on this morning hid absolutely nothing of the muscles that make up his arms and torso. The way his abs rippled under his shirt had my mouth watering as I stood across from him, placing apples haphazardly in my bag. Those damn muscles are the reason I ended up with enough apples to last me a few weeks. I might just have to make a pie or something with some of them so they don’t go bad before I can eat all of them.
“Oh, before I forget, I ran into Tucker at the grocery store today, and he invited both of us to a football and bonfire party next Saturday. I told him that I wasn’t sure if I could make it since I told Betty I’d cover her shift if she needed me to.”
“Sounds like fun,” she says.
“Tucker said Lee will be there,” I add.
“I figured that.” She laughs. “Those boys don’t do much without one another. Kinda like us,” she quips.
“Yep,” I agree with her before we fall into a fit of giggles. I love our comfortable, carefree nights that we have like this. Nothing pressing. Just good food, good wine, and most of all, my best friend to talk about anything and everything that life throws at us. We’ve been having nights like this since we were kids. Obviously, our drinks of choice have changed over the years, as have our topics of discussion, but at the end of the day, I know that I’ll always have this girl in my life, just as she knows I’ll always be right here in her corner cheering her on.
Lindsay: Hey Tuck, just wanted to let you know that I can make it tomorrow night if the invite is still open! I don’t have to cover the shift tomorrow night, after all.
I shoot off the text quickly, wanting to make sure that things are still going for tomorrow night. I haven’t heard from him since I ran into him at the store last Saturday, and Allison hasn’t talked to Lee, either, so we’re both in the dark about tomorrow night.
“I texted Tucker about tomorrow,” I tell Allison as I plop down on a chair across from her in the cafeteria at the hospital. We’re both on our lunch break. Thankfully, the ER is on the slow side today, so we actually get a break today to scarf down some food.
“Oh good, what are you thinking of bringing?” she asks as she crunches on some carrots and ranch.
“I was going to bake an apple pie with all those damn apples, and maybe a pan of those bacon-wrapped smokies that everyone goes crazy over.”
“Yes, I love those stupid things.” She approves my ideas. “I figured I’d make up a batch of cookies or brownies. Can’t go wrong with chocolate.”
“I like the way you think,” I tell her as I bite into my sandwich. “Are you nervous to see Lee again?” I ask between bites.
“No, but I am interested to see what he’s like tomorrow. Part of me thinks that he’s going to be all up in my business, but part of me thinks that he got what he wanted, and now he’s moved on to another conquest.”
“What do you want it to be?” I question. I already know that, deep down, she’d like for there to be something more with him. She’s only crushed on him since we were in high school.
Allison shrugs her shoulders, giving me a look. One that says so many things, yet nothing at all. “I just hope he doesn’t act like nothing happened, but I also don’t want the cold shoulder. You know how easy it is to get hurt, and I’m not looking for that to happen,” she admits.
“If he hurts you, I’ll knee him in the balls,” I tell her.
Allison laughs, and my job here is done. “I fucking love you,” she tells me as she wipes off the table in front of her with her napkin now that she’s finished her lunch. “I always know you’ve got my back.”
“Damn straight. But I also know it goes both ways.”