Tori's POV
I slightly squint studying every aspect of the girl in front of me. I try to remember the photo Kamari showed me weeks ago and it kind of looked like this girl. Maybe this is the new girl Ryan has been seeing.
Parker catches me staring and snickers sarcastically "be polite"
Ryan finally locks the car and meets up with Lexi. Lexi grabs his hand and softly answers his question trying to diffuse a possible problem. "It's no problem Ryan everything is fine" She mutters
Parker responds to her this time without his signature charm "Is it really Lexi? Why don't you introduce us?"
I look down at my shoes trying to avoid eye contact and hoping Ryan doesn't notice that it is me. He fumbles with his keys as he tries to put them in his pocket. Getting increasingly more frustrated by the minute not knowing why his girlfriend stopped to talk to this stranger. "Alexis do you know him?" Ryan responds before she has a chance to.
"Wait Lexi is short for Alexis. You're the girl I called on the phone? You were the girl from the photos." I say thinking out loud.
"What photos?" Parker and Lexi both ask.
"Its not important" I say quickly.
"So you must be Tori. It's nice to finally meet you." She says extending her hand
I begin to formulate a fake smile and reach for her hand then Ryan finally looks in my direction.
"Tori?" Ryan mumbles slowly lingering on the last syllable. You can clearly see he is thinking a lot more than he is saying.
"Yep me in the fucking flesh" I say shrugging my shoulders. How could this night turn into an absolute shit fest in a matter of seconds!
"Its been a while" he says clearly shocked.
"Wait how do you all know each other?" Lexi says
Ryan is standing there scratching his head, looking dumbfounded as usual.
Parker joins in "yeah Tori how do you know him?"
At this point I don't even feel like lying or making up a story so I dryly tell Parker "Ryan was my ex, Parker" and "how do you know him Lexi?" Ryan says gesturing to Parker.
"He was kind of my ex." She says nonchalantly
"What does that mean?" Ryan says looking at Alexis and I say looking at Parker
Parkers POV
"I'll explain later babe." I quickly tell Tori trying to avoid any further questions outside of the ice cream shop. This is the worst possible situation. I'm angry and excited to see Lexi and I have so many questions. It seems like this Ryan guy doesn't know anything but somehow him and Tori have history. I am trying to grasp how to take all of this in when Lexi finally speaks up "so I see you are getting better" pointing to my leg.
"Yeah my girlfriend has been taking good care of me. Why didn't you visit me in the hospital Lexi? You were the reason I got in the accident in the first place." I say with the anger dripping in my voice.
"Wait you never told me that" Tori adds, turning her body to look me dead in my face. I break eye contact and look at Ryan who seems to be even more confused than earlier which I didn't think was possible. Since I have met this dude he has only had one stupid expression on his face, how can Lexi possibly like a guy like this?
I ignore her comment and train my eyes back on Lexi. "What happened? I thought we were closer than that" I say with sincerity in my voice. If I wasn't dating Tori, I don't know what I would do to fill the void of having Lexi no longer in my life. Lexi's response breaks me out of my thoughts.
"We were Parker! past tense. Don't make this seem like it's all my fault. I never told you to come over and I never told you to drink." She plainly says while releasing Ryan's hand to push away the hair that has fallen in her face. She has noticeably become angrier and I guess that is a signal for Ryan to finally speak up.
"Chill out and stop accusing my girlfriend" Ryan says pointing his finger at me.
"Shut the fuck up! Are you sure y'all are even dating and she doesn't have another guy on the side. That's common for her!" I say getting angrier by the second.
I slightly move in my chair as I feel Tori shove me and yell "Parker!"
Tori's POV
"Watch how you speak to my girlfriend! You are lucky can barely walk right now or I would kick your ass!" Ryan yells as he pathetically tries to threaten Parker.
Parker reaches for his crutches to get up and fight Ryan. This is almost laughable at a guy that can barely walk trying to get into a fight.
I move Parker's crutches before he can get to them. "Parker don't waste your time with Ryan he is not worth it trust me" I say curtly.
"What is that supposed to mean Tori?" Ryan says looking hurt
"You know exactly what that means. Don't worry about Parker Ryan, you should probably focus on your girlfriend and her growing body count"
I reach for my bag and hand Parker his crutches so we can leave. I hear Parker trying to stifle his laughs as he gets his stuff which makes me laugh under my breath.
"I'm not taking this disrespect anymore I'm leaving!" Ryan tugs Lexi's hand signaling for them to start to walk in the other direction.
Lexi doesn't move and I just notice that her eyes have been glued on Parker for the last few minutes.
"Are you really going to let her talk about me like this Parker?" she says quietly
"She can say whatever she wants according to my calculations she isn't wrong. You have been with a lot of guys"
It seems like there is more going on than what Parker is telling me because Lexi's eyes begin to water and body language begins to shift from defensive to just pure sadness.
"So you really haven't told her?" she says shaking her head and turning around to catch up with Ryan
"Parker what does she mean?" Parker stares at Lexi as she walks away with a relieved yet hurt look on his face. I shake him to get him out of his trance but it doesn't help.
I ask him again "Parker what did she mean?" He looks at me then slowly puts his head down. He barriers his head in his hands and lets out a loud sigh.
I gently put my hand under his chin to raise his head. "Tell me what happened" I whisper looking deep in his eyes hoping that he will be truthful and that everything isn't as bad as it seems.
"Babe well....."
Sorry that it has been awhile. Hopefully I will be updating more since I am on summer break. Thanks for reading!
