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Chapter 7

Bobby cocked an eyebrow at her and asked, "Really?"

She nodded again, worried that if she opened her mouth again she'd accidentally blurt out her feelings for him… again.

He didn't know whether to be curious, jealous, or relieved. He was maybe a bit of all three.

"Is he the same guy you mentioned earlier when we talked about Johnny?"

She bit the inside of her cheek and nodded again.

"Do you still have feelings for him?"

She could taste blood in her mouth when she nodded again.

His jaw clenched and he found himself feeling angry for reasons he couldn't understand. He wrote it off as just being protective of Bambi, but something about that explanation didn't feel right.

"So I guess you know more about my situation than you've been letting on," he concluded, suddenly feeling drained.

She nodded again and something in her eyes told him that she was keeping something from him.

"Can I know who he is?"

Bambi shook her head quickly, her eyes widening with fear.

So, I know the guy, Bobby thought to himself.

"Why not?" he asked, slightly offended by the fact that she wouldn't tell him. They told each other pretty close to everything.

"Because you can't know," she countered, challenging him to question her further.

He bit his lips, assuring himself that she had a good reason for not telling him. It did little to appease him though. His stomach clenched and he dropped his fork, suddenly losing his appetite.

"I'll get the check," he muttered, feeling the need to get some fresh air.

Bambi frowned and asked, "You're not angry with me, are you?"

He shook his head quickly, not wanting to pin this unexplainable feeling on her. She deserved to be happy with whatever jerk she was interested in. He reprimanded himself for assuming that whoever it was that Bambi liked was a jerk.

"What's the guy like?" Bobby asked, trying not to appear as disgusted as he felt.

Bambi furrowed her brow in confusion at his odd behavior and replied, "Uhm he's really nice. He's handsome and funny and has a really good sense of humor. He's pretty great actually."

Her face took on a slightly dreamy expression as she thought of him and it became clear to Bobby that she was definitely in love with whoever she was talking about.

"That's great," he rejoined halfheartedly, trying not to sound as jealous as he felt.

It was only natural that Bobby felt jealous. For months it had seemed like Bobby was the only guy in Bambi's life and they were best friends, so it was perfectly normal for him to be jealous of some new guy entering her life, if jealousy even was what it was. He might've just been feeling protective of Bambi, which is completely normal.

"Are you okay, Bobby? You look upset," Bambi inquired worriedly, removing one of her hands from Bobby's to place it on his forehead.

He laughed at her dramatics, grabbing her hand and removing it from her forehead, before replying, "I'm not sick, Bambs. Just tired is all. We should probably get going anyway. The show opens on Broadway in a week and Chris is going insane with rehearsals."

Bambi rolled her eyes at the mere mention of their hysterical director. He was losing it due to the stress of making this odd show work, when it really shouldn't have. Cioffi really had worked miracles.

"You're probably right. I have to help Nikki plan the wedding anyway," Bambi agreed.

Bobby paid the bill and the two left for a rehearsal that would be nothing short of grueling.

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Bobby really tried to focus during rehearsal. He truly did. But all he found himself focusing on was Bambi and this mystery guy.

It had to have been someone he knew; otherwise she would have just told him. So, he mentally went through a list of everyone they mutually knew.

There weren't many, which was frustrating beyond belief.

It wasn't Belling. That much was obvious. The two could hardly stand each other and Belling was too in love with himself to be in love with another girl.

It also wasn't Aaron. He didn't really have any proof on that one, but they rarely spoke and he never caught her ogling him or watching him. It was possible, but rather unlikely.

Cioffi? It made sense. The two got along really well and he was in love with someone else. He found it hard to imagine someone as loyal as Bambi in love with her best friend's fiancée. It was a definite possibility though.

Oscar? He honestly didn't know what to think about that one. He barely knew the guy, but he was friends with Bambi's mom so it's possible the two knew each other, but he'd never seen them speak and it didn't seem as if Oscar was in love with someone else.

It could have also been one of the stage hands or someone in the chorus that she assumed he knew, when in reality he wasn't close with a lot of them. He had few friends because he was so shy around people.

He racked his brain for most of the day and found that his best bet was probably Cioffi at this point. He really didn't want to believe it though.

When Cioffi came to visit the cast during their break at noon, Bobby found himself watching Bambi for any subtle signs of her affections for Cioffi. The two talked amicably enough. She laughed at his jokes with Nikki and even gave him a hug when he walked in, but Bobby couldn't sense any chemistry between them.

Maybe Bambi couldn't see how wrong for each other they were. Maybe she didn't pick up on the complete lack of chemistry or sexual tension.

Could she be blind enough to think that she had anything special with Frank?

Could she not notice the chemistry between her and Bobby?

"What the-" Bobby murmured to himself.

Since when did he think that he had chemistry with Bambi?

A/N: Sorry it's taken so long to update. Hope you enjoy.