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Rumor Going 'Round(7)
Author: Samantha Lind

“You’s funny.” She giggles some more. I don’t stop shaking my butt until Luke’s song comes to an end.

“Just trying to keep a smile on your face,” I tell her as I take the stool next to her. We both dig in to the best damn PB and Js out there.

We finish up our lunches, then head outside to play. I’ve got a decent amount of land, with my own pond and trails that we take the quad out on, which Paisley loves doing.

 

 

4

 

 

Lindsay

 

 

“You’ve got some dishing to do.” I smirk at my best friend as she walks through my door. All I got was a text saying she was coming over and bringing wine.

“Food and wine, and then I’ll dish,” Allison says, taking the bags she’s carrying straight to my kitchen. She sets everything down and starts pulling things out. I help her get things assembled; she’s got all the fixings for a charcuterie board. I pull my board out, and I start assembling the meat, cheese, and crackers on it while Allison pulls my wine opener out and cracks the bottle open, pouring both of us a healthy glass.

“Okay, so,” she finally breaks her silence as we make our way into the living room. I carry the board, and she carries our glasses and two plates. I set the board down on my coffee table and take one of the plates and glasses from her hands. “It was a crazy night. I lost count of how many times we did it,” she finally tells me, her cheeks pinking up just a bit.

“So, it was good, then?” I ask, smirking at her.

“Um, yeah. That boy, I mean, man knows how to work it. He was, ahem, very talented, to say the least.”

“Good for you. Way to work it.” Knowing they’ve been circling each other for years, I suspected things were going to be explosive when they finally got together. “So, was it a one-night kind of hook-up, or are y’all going to do it again?” I ask, pun totally intended.

“We didn’t define anything, just left it kind of open-ended,” she tells me, shrugging her shoulders slightly. We both fill our plates and sit back on the couch, turned so we’re facing one another. I pull my legs up so I’m cross-legged, and Allison sits with hers tucked to the side.

“Did you get any sleep?” I prod before taking a sip of my wine.

“Nope,” she says, popping the p. “Well, not until I went home. I shit you not, we probably had sex ten times, and he fucking came every time and made me come. As I said, that man is fucking talented in the bedroom.”

“Sounds like 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.”

“Absolutely,” she says, just as both of our phones start buzzing. We carry special phones that each nurse is issued. We both look down at our screens and see the page that we’ve got multiple MVA patients on their way in to us.

“Looks like it is go time,” I say as I toss my trash, and we both take off for the ER.

“We’ve got a husband and wife on their way in; information from the EMTs is that a car turned right in front of them,” Betty tells us as we reach the nurses' station. Allison and I both pull-on protective gowns and gloves, along with face shields, just as we hear the sirens pull in. I meet the ambulance in the first bay, along with Dr. Knight.

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