"Can I stay the night?" Bee asks.
Its been more than five minutes and its kinda getting dark. I guess we both lost track of time.
"I'm sorry, you can't, I have this really cute guy coming over tonight and we want to be alone." I say as serious as I can
"What?! Are you serious?!" She yells
"No, I'm not serious. You can stay for as long as you want."
"Thank you... Oh I almost forgot, your mom called me this morning."I let out a sigh. Why would she possibly call Bianca?
"What did she say?" I ask
"Oh, nothing much. Just asking how I was, if work was fine, if you had a boyfriend, if I could hook you up with someone, you know the usual"
"She seriously asked you to do that?"
"Yep!"
"Ugh, why?!" I yell out in frustration
"Hey, don't be loud. Wouldn't want Henry to find us here"
"Too late" comes a manly voice behind us.
Bee and I jump off our seats and turn around to see Henry aka Mr Potter.
He's wearing his usual shirts that don't fully cover his big belly. I mean you can see a quarter of his belly sticking out. He's also wearing khaki pants that look like they could fall any second.
Thank goodness for that belt stopping the pants from falling.
"Didn't I tell you ladies to never step foot here again?" He asks, pushing his glasses up his nose with his middle finger.
"I don't recall." Bianca says and folds her arms over her chest.
"Oh, is it now?" He asks also coping Bianca's action. That just causes his shirt to rise up even more.
'That's one hairy belly' I think to myself and shiver in disgust at the sight.
Bianca snorts, trying to hold in her laughter. This causes Henry to just glare at her.
"I'm sorry Sir. Please forgive her rudeness. We were just going through something and we wanted some fresh air after." I say and the look on his face softens once he looks at me.
I made sure I put the most innocent, scared and sorry look on my face.
"Long day at work?" He asks
Bianca and I just stare at each other for a moment and then turn back to him.
"Yea, it was crazy."
"You have no idea." We both say at the same time.
"Tell me about it. Its hard juggling work and your social life. Trust me I know, I also struggle. Sometimes you just need a breather." He says and takes a seat on the chair I was previously sitting on.
"Like my mom for example. She doesn't understand that I have a job and can't just up and leave to buy her cat food for Pixie" he continues
"Pixie?" Bee asks
"Her cat. I can't even enjoy a day out with my friends. Geez I can't even remember the last time I was on a date. I'm a 49 year old lonely man and its a lonely world out there."
'Now I feel bad for mocking him all these years'
"We should probably get back down. Its getting kinda chilly." I say, breaking the awkward silence.
"Yeah, yeah. Its not safe out here. One of you could have fell. I mean I warned you-"
"And we apologised Mr Potter!" Bianca interrupts him.
"Mr what?" Henry asks, confusion all over his face.
"Nothing, we're leaving" I grab Bianca's arm and drag her along with me.
We step into my apartment and notice that Dmitri has left but Jason is pacing around the living room. As soon as he sees us he quickly runs to hug Bianca but she stops him, and pushes him away.
"I was so worried. I thought you left me... Come on grab your things so we can go."
"I'm not leaving with you, Jason." She says calmly
"What?!"
"I'm staying here tonight with Elaine" she says and Jason glares at me causing me to raise my eyebrow at him.
"Please come on baby. We can go home and talk about this. Work things out, I can make it up to you" he practically begs Bianca.
"You see Jason. You had more than two years to tell us about this. To tell us the truth... To tell me the truth. But you didn't. I just need some space."
"So you'll be back tomorrow?" He asks hopefully
"Don't push it Jason. I might stay here longer."
Jason pulls her in for a hug which Bianca struggles against, trying to push him away but then she just let's her arms fall limp at her sides.
"I love you" he whispers in her ear and pecks her on the cheek.
He let's go of her and then gives me a hug.
"Take care of her for me please... I'm sorry." He whispers to me and with that he's out the door.
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"What do you wanna eat tonight." I ask and wait for her to respond but she seems lost in her thoughts, a sad look on her face.
"Bianca?" Still no reply from her.
"Bee!" I yell at her and she let's out a shriek.
"Why'd you scare me like that?" She says breathing hard
"I asked you a question and you didn't respond 'cause you were lost in your own world."
"Oh" is all she says.
"What do wanna eat? You know what never mind I'll order pizza... There's a bottle of red wine in the kitchen cabinet"
"I'm on it." She says, not letting me finish and already rushing off to the kitchen.
I call Mr Danny's Pizza Plaza and place an order for two large pizza's, one pepperoni and the other ham and cheese, extra cheese.
"I got it. Now let's get drunk!" Bee yells as she enters the living room with the bottle of wine and two glasses.
"We still have to go to work tomorrow, you know." I say
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever." We take our seats on the couch and Bianca immediately pours the wine.
Twenty minutes, three glasses of wine later, there's a knock on the door.
"Who's that?" Bianca slurs.
"I don't know, must be the pizza dude. I'll go get it." I say and clumsily make my way to the door.
I open the door and see the pizza delivery guy standing there.
"Hi... Max" I say after racing his name off the name tag.
"Um hi. I have brought your order. Two large pizza's, one pepperoni and-"
"One ham and cheese. You're cute" I say cutting him off. A blush forms on his cheeks.
"Thank you."
"Do you wanna come in, see my room" I giggle and pull him in by his collar.
"What?! No!"
"I'm sorry. I'm so drunk... But don't worry I'm not gonna force myself on you or anything" I say trying to sound sober
"Where is my pizza El!" Bee yells from the living room.
"Its coming, jeez!" I yell back.
I quickly pay for the pizza and take it with me to the living room. I go back to the door and notice that Max's already walking out.
"Bye!" He jumps clearly not expecting that but he just waves at me. I close the door and lock it and go back to eat my pizza.
"What the hell Bee? Why is there a slice missing from my box?" I ask.
"I- I wanted to taste yours, you can take one of mine too." She offers
"Bitch" I whisper under my breath.
"Dumb ass." She whispers back
I take a bite of my slice of pizza and let out a moan.
"This is so cheesy." I say in between bites.
"We're out of wine" she pouts
"That's nice" I say not paying attention.
After we're done eating, we go throw the boxes in the dustbin and get ready for bed.
"I'm borrowing you pajamas." She says.
"Then what am I supposed to sleep in"
"I don't know, don't you have another set of pajamas."
"Whatever. I'm going to check on Alex." I say and leave the room.
I step inside the other room and stumble around to reach for the light as it is so dark in here, I can't see. I finally find the light switch and turn it on. A gasp escapes my mouth when I see the bed empty.
Before I can do anything else, someone roughly places their hand over my mouth and harshly pushes me against the wall. My eyes widen when I see that its Alexander.
He's awake.
His other hand wraps around my throat and squeezes.
"Where the fuck am I?" He growls
"I- I can't- br- breath" I say and begin clawing at his hand. His grip around my throat tightens and I begin feeling light headed.
'Lord, please don't let this be the way I die'
A tear slips down my eye and my fingers and eyes begin searching for something, anything to help me at this point.
My fingers touch something and when I turn my eye to see what it is, I notice it's a lamp. Without thinking I quickly grab it and smash it against his head, and just like that he's out cold on the floor blood flowing down the side of his head.
I fall to the ground, coughing and heaving for air, clutching my throat.
Bianca comes rushing in moments later with a pan in her hand.
"Oh shit" she mutters when she sees an unconscious and bleeding Alexander a few feet away from me with shattered pieces of the lamp lying around him.
"What the hell happened?!"