Bridgette's POV (12/28/2015)
"Whatever." He grabs my waist while he closes the door. I walk backwards to his room while he guides me so I don't fall or run into anything. As soon as he closes the bedroom door, I knew I was never going to stop.
Bridgette's POV
As usual, Geoff is knocked out after we have sex. I hurry up to grab my stuff, get dressed and to get out the door. Luckily, I didn't see Evan's car in sight when I drove off. As I make my way towards my apartment building, all I could think about was relationships.
How come me and Geoff can never work thing out and be happy? Cause he cheated on you, remember? But that was a long time ago and he was drunk. He was as intoxicated as you can be without passing out according to Aubrey. How come Courtney's and Duncan's fights always end with them making up immediately? He always come over to apologize, every fucking time. They argue and it's loud. Then it gets silent and you know they already made up. It's never going to work out for me like that.
I pull out my keys as I walk up to the apartment door to unlock it. It sounds dead silent. I walk to my door and slam it shut. I drop my stuff off on my desk and lay down on my bed to stare out my ceiling, just letting my thoughts roam.
Why would I think me and Geoff could ever work out? He's a cheater for God's sake and untrustworthy. But he's sweet and I know he cares about me. But he cared about me all those years ago and look what happened to us. I need to stop seeing him but how can I when I -
My thoughts were then interrupted by a knock on the door. I look up too see Courtney looking through the crack.
"Come on in already." Her face gets a slight gleam to it but she tones it down once she senses my mood.
"What's up with you? I heard you slam the door when you walked in."
"Nothing, I was just thinking about some things."
"Like Geoff?" she asks with a smirk on her face.
"Stop. This is not a happy topic."
"Why don't you go talk to him? Duncan's bout to leave so you can just go over there when he does so it's less awkward."
"Why would it be less awkward?"
"Well I know you and Duncan got cool after I left."
"Yeah, we're like brother and sister. I was constantly saving his life while he tried to help me keep my life on track."
"There you go then. Just go Bridgette, you need to do it."
"I mean I don't know if -"
"Duncan come here!" Courtney yells before I can even finish my statement. "Were you saying something Bridge?"
"Not a thing." Duncan comes to appear in the doorway with nothing but some pants on.
"What's up babe?"
"I need you to go with Bridgette back to your place. I know you're already about to leave anyways so yeah."
"Um okay, that's no problem. Just let me throw my clothes on. We taking your car Bridge?"
"What about yours? It'll be stuck here," I question with a confused look.
"Princess can bring it over tomorrow."
"I can?" Courtney looks at Duncan with a confused look but Duncan just returns with a stern face. "And I will," Courtney says in a happier tone.
"Okay then," I respond. "I'll just be in the kitchen waiting then."
Bridgette's POV
"So Courtney won't tell me what's going on," Duncan says after we pull out to the street. I turn to give him a questioning face then quickly turn back so I can keep my eyes on the road. "You know, the reason why it's so dire for you to come to my place?"
"Okay, so?"
"So tell me why she needs me to come with you back to my place? I mean I was coming here anyways but why are you?"
"Courtney thinks I need to have a talk with Geoff... again," I say while rolling my eyes.
"About what?"
"I don't know."
"Then why?"
"I said I don't know, okay? Go ask your girlfriend." I regret yelling at Duncan but everyone's just been irking me and all up in my business. Duncan and I sit in silence for the rest of the ride. Once we arrive, Duncan gets out fast and shuts the door before I'm even able to take my seatbelt off. I lock the car door and run to catch up to him. Luckily, I made it on the elevator right before Duncan let it close in my face. When we reach the door, I turn to Duncan and grab his arm to stop him.
"Look, I'm sorry for getting irritated at you in the car like that. I've just been kind of tense lately and I know you're only trying to help me."
"It's fine, you're still my family. I know you've been having a rough time."
"Are you sure?"
"It's fine, really Bridge." He turns back to the door and opens it with his key. He walks over to the counter then turns back to look at me.
"You know your way around so do as you like," he says as he walks into the back towards the kitchen.
"Thanks Duncan, for everything."
"No problem." I walk over to Geoff's room and knock on the door so I don't freak him out by walking in.
"Come in." I turn the knob and open the door.
"Hey Geoff, sorry for not calling -" But I couldn't even finish my sentence because the sight in front of my eyes. There was Geoff sitting on his bed, shirtless nonetheless, with Mia not to far on the other side. "Guess this is a bad time huh? Forget I was even here." I turn back through the doorway and slam the door shut to walk towards the front door.
"Bridge, you good?" I hear Duncan yell from the kitchen.
"Bridgette wait!" Geoff yells through the door as he opens it. But I ignore him and keep walking until he grabs my arm to turn me around.
"Let go of me," I say as sternly as possible with the most serious look on my face. I see Duncan start to walk over out of the corner of my eye to see what's going on.
"No, let me explain. Please." I begin to walk backwards away from Geoff towards the door.
"Explain what? Why I need to wait? I'm done waiting. I've waited three years for you to get your shit together so we could at least communicate on a cordial level. I thought you finally grew up, at least that's what you told me. I come over here to talk to you and I mean actually talk. Then look what I come to see," I say as I point to Mia in the doorway. She stands there looking at us with the biggest smirk on her face. "And wipe that fucking smile off your face."
"Or what?" Mia responds as she starts walking up to me.
"Try me."
"Woah woah, everyone calm down," Duncan says as he comes to my rescue. He holds me back while Geoff grabs Mia.
"Yeah, hold on to your girl Geoff. She's really the one for you. You're perfect for each other, I don't know why you even broke up." I push out of Duncan's grasp and walk straight out the door.
"Bridgette!"
"Stop calling my name. I'm not coming back, not anymore. It's over. This friendship or whatever you want to call it, it's over," I say right before I slam the door shut.
Geoff's POV
"Well then, that was nice," Mia says to break the silence after I let her go. Duncan and I just look at her with stupidity.
"Shut it Mia."
"Don't get mad at me because of that whore."
"I don't know how many times we have to go over this. She didn't break anyone's relationship up, you and I did."
"Go to hell Geoff. I just wanted to talk to you and you're going to bash me. It's your fault."
"I know Mia but," I stop to put my hand to my face and take a breath then turn back to Mia. "I think it's best if you leave. I think we should talk another time, just not now."
"Fine, I'll just text you later. or something" I escort Mia to the door and once it closes, Duncan and I instantly make eye contact.
"So what you gonna do bro?" Duncan asks with his arms while leaning on the counter.
"Go lay down and process what just happened."
"Good cause I'm going to do the same. Wake me up if anyone makes or brings home dinner."
"I got you." Duncan and I walk to our respectable rooms. Once I hear his door shut, I throw on a shirt and my shoes. I grab my keys and before I know it, I'm already in my car ready to make up for all my mistakes.
Geoff's POV
"I'm sorry but I can't let you up without their permission, especially if no one is answering the phone," Sam explains to me but I don't have time to listen.
"Please man, I have to go up there," I plead.
"It's the rules. I can't bend them for anyone."
"But you know me Sam. You know I'm friends with them."
"Yes you could be but that status could of changed or they may not want visitors right now. I'm really sorry Mr. Fields but I -"
"I got him Sam." I turn around to see Courtney walking over carrying some grocery bags.
"Oh thank God you're here." Courtney gives me a slight confused face then turns back to Sam.
"Sorry about him Sam, he can be very persistent." She turns back to me then gives me a nudge while nodding to Sam.
"Oh yeah. I'm sorry for giving you a hard time man."
"It's fine, as long as Ms. Evers agrees you can go up."
"He's fine, I'll take him." Courtney and I walk over to the elevator. As she swipes her card, we stand silent until we get off the elevator. She walks in front of me and doesn't even turn my way as she speaks. "So why are you here? Didn't you already speak to Bridgette earlier?"
"Umm no. I was out when she came over. Duncan told me she came by so I decided to just come here to talk to her." It was the first thing I could think of so I just went with it.
"Okay well you can just wait until she gets here but I think she might already be here cause I saw her car," she says as she opens the door.
Did Bridgette decline the call because she knew I would come? Or maybe she's just sleep. Who am I kidding? I know she doesn't want to see me but I need to see her.
Courtney starts walking towards her bedroom door when the telephone rings. She walks back over to go pick up the telephone.
"Hello, this is Courtney speaking." She starts to lean back on the wall while resting the telephone on her shoulder. "Oh hi Sam." She instantly beams by what he says next. "Yes he can come up, it's fine."
"Who's here?" I ask her.
"Duncan as usual." She walks up to Bridgette's door and knock.
"Courtney!" I hear Bridgette yell from her room. Hearing her voice made me so happy but nervous for what was going to come when she came out that door.
"Yeah its me."
"Did you bring home food?"
"Yes, I brought home dinner so come eat."
Bridgette's POV
Courtney calls me out for dinner and normally, I wouldn't come out but I'm starving. I should of grabbed food on the way back but I just couldn't. Hopefully, my eyes are red anymore.
"Coming." I walk into my bathroom to check my eyes and they look normal so I go walk straight to the kitchen.
"What you get?"
"Burgers and fries. Don't worry, I got you a veggie one." I instantly smile. Even when I'm sad, she always knows how to cheer me up. But she doesn't even know what's going. I'm reaching in the bag when the doorbell rings. I turn to the door and out the corner of my eye, I see someone on the couch.
"It's probably Duncan." But I didn't care about that because there was Geoff. Courtney goes to open the door.
"How'd you get here babe?" I faintly hear Courtney ask. I can barely hear anything because of the state I'm in.
"I caught an uber, I would of called but my phone died and I didn't have time to charge it. I wanted to hurry up and make sure -"
"What the fuck are you doing here Geoff?" After hearing my tone of voice, Courtney and Duncan immediately diverge from their conversation and turn to face me. Courtney's confused but Duncan already knows the whole story.
"Bridgette look, I came to apologize."
"Apologize for what? You said you did nothing wrong."
"What the hell is going on?" Courtney says in a normal but stern tone. Regardless, it's still scary and it's pointed at me and Geoff.
"Man why did you come here?" Duncan looks at Geoff with a frustrated face.
"How did you know where I was?"
"You weren't at our place, where the fuck else would you be after what happened?"
"Something happened at your-" Courtney stars to speak.
"That's not even the point," I intervene. "You need to leave," I say as I point to Geoff. "Right now."
"I'm not leaving you."
"Get out, I don't want to talk to you."
"That's the whole reason you came over earlier."
"Until I saw that bullshit in your room. I don't want to see you right now so leave me. Please." I could see Geoff getting angrier as I spoke but I didn't stop. "Can you just do something nice for me? Something that I actually want to happen? Just this once, that's all I want from you and you owe it to me."
"So now you don't want to see me? Did you forget all those nights when we were together? I know you want to talk about this. So stop acting difficult."
"No and you know what, just forget everything. All you've done is bring me pain. It's so bad that your own best friend had to save me," I yell as I point to Duncan. "You ruined me. My life shattered and I didn't know what to do with myself. My life fell apart cause of you. You knew everything about my past, especially my father. Because of you, no man is getting close to my heart again. Especially you. I made the biggest mistake ever coming to see you and thinking this could work," I spat back. We all could see the hurt in Geoff's face when she said that. The anger was gone and replaced with sadness but I didn't care anymore. I was letting it all out, once and for all. "You feel that pain? That pain in your chest, in your heart." I said as I harshly pointed to my chest. "I hope you feel it for a long time because that's how I felt for the last three years. I never stopped loving you, after all that shit you did to me but I had to. I came to realize that you didn't love me like you said you did, you loved someone else. The girl you cheated on me with nonetheless. No matter how drunk or high I got, you were always the one on my mind so I couldn't do what you did to me. And I couldn't stay up every night thinking about what we could of been because you already let that go before I had a chance to process what happened."
Courtney's POV
Once Bridgette finished her long needing rant, she took off to her room and slammed the door. Geoff didn't move or say anything. I knew that no one else would do anything so I decided to be the one to to go after her into her room. Before I reached the door, I turned back around.
"Geoff." I waited for him to look my way before I continued. "I love you, you're like a brother to me but right now, I think it's best of you go home. Duncan can drive your car if you're not up to it. I'm not sure if you want to work this out, but today is not the day for it." I turn back around and open Bridgette's door. I don't see her but I follow the low sound sobs. She's sitting in the corner next to her bed with her head in her knees.
Geoff's POV
"Come on man, let's go," Duncan says while grabbing his shoulder.
"No," I respond while shaking his hand off my shoulder. "I got to talk to her. I have to make this right. I can't lose her again."
"Maybe you didn't see what just happened but this isn't the time. If Princess got like this, I would even leave her alone."
"Yes it is the right time. This is the first time she's truly put her feelings out there and I need to hear them," I say in a louder tone while pointing to the door.
"Look Geoff -"
"No, I'm not backing down anymore. I'm in love with her."
A/N : Okay, this is my longest chapter so far and I hope you guys like it. Leave reviews and favorites so I know the feedback. Thanks so much :) Also, I'll try to incorporate Aubrey and Evan more. It's just hard because they don't play much into the plot right now.