She sat on her bed for fifteen minutes, pulling at her hair and fighting
back the tears. They surged forwards finally when she re-thought of her
conversation with Stephanie and Robbyn couldn't stop them. She didn't make
any noise,so she didn't draw any attention to her parents downstairs and
part of her wished she would. She debated whether or not to call Gina or
Holly. But Gina would tell her to get her ass in gear and stop Stephanie,
Holly would tell her to wait. The show was in Columbus, if Robbyn drove
really fast she might make it. But she didn't know where they where staying
and she couldn't spend all night searching everywhere.
"Think logically." she thought. "If you did find them and they where....together. What would you do? What could you do? And if they weren't Zach would get suspicious."
From somewhere behind the dresser, the phone rang, but she ignored it. Her Mom would get it. Sure enough the ringing stopped and Robbyn heard she heard her mother talking to someone briefly and then there was:
"Robbyn! It's Zach."
"No." she thought. "I don't want to talk to him. I don't want to distract him from her. "
"Robbyn! Phone!"
"I'm busy!" she shouted down, her throat raw.
"Do you want me to get him to call you back?"
"NO!"
"No?"
"No!"
She buried her head back in her pillow and decided she was staying there all night.
Gina brought Robbyn two coffee's the next morning, but she didn't notice them until they had gone cold. She didn't speak to Gina all morning,she seemed to indulged in fixing the database. After hours on no conversation Gina had enough and pulled Robbyn's chair away from the computer.
"Now, I know they say silence is golden, but it's driving me crazy. What's up?"
"Nothing." Robbyn replied with little conviction.
"Don't lie Red, you can never lie to me and until you tell me what's wrong I'm going to bug you."
"It's nothing, I swear."
"Ok, so you're not going to tell me, I'll guess. Missed period?"
"No."
"You're sick?"
"No."
"You saw your parents....."
"Whatever it is, no."
"Something to do with Zach."
"No."
"Liar!"Gina said triumphantly, pointing at Robbyn."It is, so tell me."
"It's not him,it's the bitch."
"What has she done?"
"Last night I called his phone and she answered. She implied that they where going to sleep together."
Gina sat back in her own chair. "Come on Red, he wouldn't of."
"How do we know that? Stephanie's an attractive women, it's only natural that there would be an attraction."
"Maybe, but he likes you."
"Really?"
Gina frowned. "What are you getting at Red? I don't like where this conversation is going. If Zach didn't like you he wouldn't of stuck around for so long."
"Maybe I'm just his toy." Robbyn suggested seriously. "Something to amuse him while he's away from Stephanie. "
"I am on the verge of slapping some sense into you." Gina warned. "As soon as you get off work get over to his house and you tell him how you feel or I will!"
"Gina...."
"No! Robbyn I have seen you sit here for the past year and I have never seen you as happy as I have these past few weeks. Whenever you say his name your face lights up. I don't think that's something you should give up just because of some bitch who is having trouble distinguishing between reality and television."
"What is the point?" Robbyn asked loudly. "How do I even know there's any reason. I could just be making a fool out of myself and I refuse to do it. We're not going out just..."
"Going out, I know. Don't you want to go out with him properly?"
"Yes."
"Thank you!" Gina said. "Finally! Now get your ass to his house now."
"I can't...."
Gina grabbed Robbyn by the arm and pulled her up off the chair. She grabbed her jacket off the wall and pushed her towards the door.
"Now, before he does sleep with Stephanie and before the boss see's you."
"What if he did?" Robbyn asked, struggling against Gina.
"Then I will take you to Freddy's bar tonight and get your drunk."
"Freddy own's a bar?"
"Go."
Gina pushed her out of the door and locked it behind her. Robbyn growled at her before leaving through the main doors. She was going to go home, forget what Gina said, she didn't want to know.
"Think logically." she thought. "If you did find them and they where....together. What would you do? What could you do? And if they weren't Zach would get suspicious."
From somewhere behind the dresser, the phone rang, but she ignored it. Her Mom would get it. Sure enough the ringing stopped and Robbyn heard she heard her mother talking to someone briefly and then there was:
"Robbyn! It's Zach."
"No." she thought. "I don't want to talk to him. I don't want to distract him from her. "
"Robbyn! Phone!"
"I'm busy!" she shouted down, her throat raw.
"Do you want me to get him to call you back?"
"NO!"
"No?"
"No!"
She buried her head back in her pillow and decided she was staying there all night.
Gina brought Robbyn two coffee's the next morning, but she didn't notice them until they had gone cold. She didn't speak to Gina all morning,she seemed to indulged in fixing the database. After hours on no conversation Gina had enough and pulled Robbyn's chair away from the computer.
"Now, I know they say silence is golden, but it's driving me crazy. What's up?"
"Nothing." Robbyn replied with little conviction.
"Don't lie Red, you can never lie to me and until you tell me what's wrong I'm going to bug you."
"It's nothing, I swear."
"Ok, so you're not going to tell me, I'll guess. Missed period?"
"No."
"You're sick?"
"No."
"You saw your parents....."
"Whatever it is, no."
"Something to do with Zach."
"No."
"Liar!"Gina said triumphantly, pointing at Robbyn."It is, so tell me."
"It's not him,it's the bitch."
"What has she done?"
"Last night I called his phone and she answered. She implied that they where going to sleep together."
Gina sat back in her own chair. "Come on Red, he wouldn't of."
"How do we know that? Stephanie's an attractive women, it's only natural that there would be an attraction."
"Maybe, but he likes you."
"Really?"
Gina frowned. "What are you getting at Red? I don't like where this conversation is going. If Zach didn't like you he wouldn't of stuck around for so long."
"Maybe I'm just his toy." Robbyn suggested seriously. "Something to amuse him while he's away from Stephanie. "
"I am on the verge of slapping some sense into you." Gina warned. "As soon as you get off work get over to his house and you tell him how you feel or I will!"
"Gina...."
"No! Robbyn I have seen you sit here for the past year and I have never seen you as happy as I have these past few weeks. Whenever you say his name your face lights up. I don't think that's something you should give up just because of some bitch who is having trouble distinguishing between reality and television."
"What is the point?" Robbyn asked loudly. "How do I even know there's any reason. I could just be making a fool out of myself and I refuse to do it. We're not going out just..."
"Going out, I know. Don't you want to go out with him properly?"
"Yes."
"Thank you!" Gina said. "Finally! Now get your ass to his house now."
"I can't...."
Gina grabbed Robbyn by the arm and pulled her up off the chair. She grabbed her jacket off the wall and pushed her towards the door.
"Now, before he does sleep with Stephanie and before the boss see's you."
"What if he did?" Robbyn asked, struggling against Gina.
"Then I will take you to Freddy's bar tonight and get your drunk."
"Freddy own's a bar?"
"Go."
Gina pushed her out of the door and locked it behind her. Robbyn growled at her before leaving through the main doors. She was going to go home, forget what Gina said, she didn't want to know.