Chapter 18: Chapter 18

I tried not to say something rude or hurtful, but Tucker shouldn't be happy when a girl was crying because of him. I closed my eyes with pressure and then muttered loudly,

"F*** you and your Mr. Ben, if he was such a good person he would have used a cond** while smashing your mother, he could have prevented making an evil like you." I opened my eyes and saw them watching my face blankly.

Everyone was silent, their eyes stuck on my face. I gulped and opened my mouth to articulate something, but closed it right away.

"I said something," Tucker repeated himself, dang it was in my imagination. Luckily, I just imagined yelling at him, looking at his sweet face made me realize I did right by staying silent. Monica lifted her eyebrow as my eyes didn't quit staring at Tucker.

"I asked his permission first," I stated, lowering my eyes this time.

"Do you want me to give you a ride?" Ken had a smirk on his face as he mumbled. Obviously, he had to pitch in.

"No thanks! I can manage." I hated his face, but he was Tucker's friend so I was helpless. I left them behind and walked out of the house, breathing in the fresh air really helps.

I called for an Uber to the place Dina asked me to come. I wonder why she left her home and asked me to meet her on a bridge.

As I rolled off from the Uber, I saw Dina standing from afar. I rushed in her way and to my surprise, she wasn't alone.

I kept narrowing my eyes to make out the face of the guy which was a dumb move because one can easily spot Steven from miles away. The real question, why the heck was they together?

"Dina?" I approached her and she ran, taking me in her embrace and crying loudly. "what happened?" I asked, my eyes glaring at Steven.

"Woah! Easy with the stare." He said in defense and shook his head in annoyance.

"He won't pick up my calls." Dina didn't let go of me and to comfort her more I hugged her tightly as tears continued to leave her eyes.

"Tucker?" I asked, Steven scoffed and shrugged his shoulders like it was that obvious. I have no idea why this guy was here and why Dina was so comfortably sharing everything in front of him.

"But what happened between you two?" I inquired, averting my eyes from Steven, who was leaning his back on the small wall around the bridge and looking at the sky like someone was waiting for him over there.

"We h--had an organ--argument and then he tried to touch me and I pushed him back and he got mad, like who makes out when the argument hasn't died yet." she was much relaxed now that everything has been said. It was like a burden on her chest, once out, she held a grip over herself. My heart sincerely ached for her, he was over there already moved on with his ex while my friend was grieving.

"What?" I had nothing else to say, it was pure heartless of Tucker to show her so much affection in one minute, and the other moment he kicked her out of his life. "What were you guys arguing about?" I interrogated, we both were standing face to face. She nervously hugged herself and rubbed her arms, not giving me a stare.

"Just some stuff." She simply didn't want to share, and turned her face to the other side, facing Steven, who uncomfortably began going through his phone. I roughly glared at him and then blinked my eyes with pressure as I watched Dina again.

"So what are you gonna do now?" I asked her, looking at Steven from the corner of my eyes again. Don't ask me why I was so bothered in his presence. He wasn't guilty in the case of Monica, my annoyance has nothing to do with that and more with just me being petty with him.

"I don't know, but I don't wanna lose him and now he doesn't even care about me. How can someone change so much overnight?" it wasn't a question for any of us but from herself. She was devastated and upset, I know I would be too. Finally, having Tucker and then losing him would be death to me. Plus, overnight? Yeah, when you have your ex over who hasn't moved on from you.

"What is he doing here?" I asked, changing the subject because I had a lot to comment about the previous night and I didn't wanna hurt her. If things can go normal between her and Tucker that will be great and if I tell her about Tucker hanging out with Monica again, the chances of them getting back together will possibly go thin and I would never want her in pain so it was better to not add fire to the fuel.

"He saved my life," Dina mumbled before Steven could say anything stupid, he smirked in pride and raised his brow. This boy was really high with pride, the pride in saving lives.

"What do you mean?" I questioned Dina, eyeing Steven.

"Well, your friend here was going to jump off the bridge and as you know under this bridge we Orphans kind of meet so I saw her and as a nice person I am, I stopped her from doing so." He had his arms crossed across his chest and his eyes speaking as well. Whenever he talked, all his body would move along which was really very sexy. His eyes would move, smirk appearing and disappearing, a shrug of his shoulders and why was I admiring him again?

"Dina are you insane?" I was shocked to discover, I thought she was strong. Ending your life because someone doesn't value your love is stupid. Every life is precious, my heart stopped, thinking if Steven wasn't there what would have happened.

"I just---," She broke into tears again.

"Ugh!" Steven, who was fed up with our drama, thought it was an appropriate gesture to make.

"You can leave if you are that bored." I voiced, staring him in the eye. He stared back at me and eyed, complaining through eyes that Dina was doing too much.

"I mean, that guy is a douche." He, very formally, stated and we stared at his face.

"What?" he shrugged his shoulders and rolled his eyes again. "the only reason I am staying here is that I have to drop you----," I didn't let him finish, he really thinks I will go home with him? If I can come alone, I can go alone.

"You don't need to worry about me, I can take care of myself, mister." I snapped, making Dina look at me in shock. She has never seen me like this and I am just like this with Steven, because damn he annoys me.

"I was gonna say Your friend Dina, why would I drop you?" he scrunched his nose and shook his head, that embarrassment. My face wanted to overdraw an expression of *loser* but I had to remain cool.

"Oh!" I said in awkwardness, "she doesn't need you as well." I had nothing else to add.

"Of course she does, I don't want her to change her mind and jumping in front of a running car." He shrugged his shoulders and shook his head.

What was all that shrugging and shaking his head about? Does he not know he can still talk without all these unnecessary movements?

"She is not suicidal." I retorted, glaring him to death. We both were glaring at each other like dogs from a street.

"It's okay. I will go with him." Dina tapped my shoulder and gave me a weak look, this was the second time that Dina showed her comfort towards Steven. When Dina wasn't looking at me, Steven grinned and formed a v sign with his fingers.

They left on Steven's bike and I went back home. Luckily, Ken's car wasn't parked outside, but Tuckers were, so I have no idea if they went together or just Monica and Ken left. I walked inside the house and ran upstairs, slipping into my comfortable pajamas. I sat on the wood floor.

Looking at the trees in front of me and enjoying the weather.

"You were with Dina?" I jumped at the voice from behind me. I discovered the owner of the voice to be Tucker, standing behind me with his head lowered down and his eyes raised.

"Yeah--yeah." I gulped and answered, swiftly turning my face away from his sight and looking ahead at the view again.

"How was she?" he asked, walking by my side and perching with me. His presence and this weather were a combo I didn't ask for but was blessed with by nature.

"Not well." I mumbled, "you do know you are hurting her, right?" I didn't look at him and stared. I knew I loved him since I learned to write the word love, but he belonged to Dina.

"And what about the pain she gave me?" He muttered and my neck automatically swirled to watch his face in shock. What does he mean by she gave him pain?

"You guys broke up on a little argument?" I stated, I never thought love would be this week.

"An argument about her cheating on me." He stared me in the eye and his eyes started to get red and tears filled them. I have never seen him like that, the blue in his eyes was drowning in the tears of hurt and betrayal. But he was partying and all happy, and what about him trying to touch her again? Why would he touch her if she cheated on him?

"She never cheated on you, Tuck." I corrected him. I knew my friend; she wasn't like those girls who can't be satisfied with one man.

He scoffed a laugh of sarcasm and shook his head and then anger took over his face, "people here are good at putting out acts. The ones who look good are actually bad and the bad ones are not so bad." he muttered the words in his mouth and closed his eyes with force. I had no idea what was happening. From him accusing her of cheating on him suddenly talking to me, was confusing.

"But I know her, she would never do that to you," I reassured him, they were fighting over nothing. Dina wasn't that type of girl; someone must have filled his ears with lies.

"Really?" the pain dripping off of his face, "then what was she doing in that bastard Lock's bed a week ago?" he chewed the words and glared at my soul, he was ready to kill someone. But my heart stopped too, it felt like I have lost my soul somewhere. The allegation was too much to tolerate, but who told him that? It was hard for my little brain to process.