One Redemption

Chapter 6

My phone rang, waking me from a dead sleep. I rolled over and looked at the clock. It read 6:47AM. I quickly grabbed my phone letting my sleepy morning eyes focus on the Facetime call that was coming in from Bobby. The baker loved to do Facetime versus a standard phone call. He swore it was more personal. I quickly swiped to accept the call and was met with Bobby's gorgeous hazel eyes.

"Top of the morning to you, Beauty!" He sang into the screen, a big smile on his face. "Did I wake you?"

"Of course you woke me. It's barely 7AM, ya dork." I laughed as I stretched.

"I wanted to see if you saw what Gary posted on his Instagram last night?" He asked as he set the phone down and lathered his face up with shaving cream.

I shook my head as I let out a yawn. "I'm not on Instagram right now, remember?"

"Ah shit, I forgot about that. Well..." He slowly brought the razor to his face. "He posted a video to his fans about the harassment you've been getting."

I immediately sat up. "He did?" I said, surprised.

He nodded. "Yea. I may have called him after I saw what happened last week."

"Oh Bobby, noooooo. What did you say?" I groaned as I ran my hand through my hair.

"Calm down, don't freak out... I just told him that it was fucking ridiculous what you've been dealing with and since it was all stemming from these sex crazed fans of his, he needed to fucking say something and intervene."

A slow sigh escaped my lips. "What did he say?"

"He said he hadn't been paying attention to any of it and didn't know it was that bad. Something about taking a break from social for a bit." Bobby said, rolling his eyes. "I don't know if that's true or not, but I told him he needed to do something about this shit."

"It'll be nice if it works... Last week was..." I said shaking my head.

He rinsed his razor off and wiped his face before picking up the phone again. "I know, I saw it. It had me fucking fuming, for real...I'm sorry you're dealing with all this, Beauty. Hannah couldn't even watch the whole thing. She was a mess." His sweet smile made my heart ache.

"If it hadn't been for Lucas and Henrik, I don't even know how we would have gotten out of there."

"I thought I saw Henrik on the video... Well I knew it was Henrik when I saw those long flowing locks of his." He said with a smirk. "What's the story there?"

"There's no story. He was just being nice."

He gave me a sad smile. "Are things still awkward?"

I nodded. "Yea, incredibly awkward actually... I mean, I apologized for how I treated him and for not reaching out, but we haven't talked since." I leaned back against my headboard as I let my eyes glance out my window. It was raining outside, I loved when it rained. "He's really different, Bobby."

"How so?"

"The two times I've seen him, he's been very standoffish and kinda cold. Hardly talking to me. That banter, that funny side of him I loved so much is pretty much nonexistent when we've been around each other."

"He's just upset, probably still has some unresolved feelings about how everything went down. But you shouldn't feel bad about anything, Beauty. You and Gary didn't work out, it happens. But you went with what your heart felt. You could've picked Henrik and ended up in the same situation you're in right now, ya know?" He said as his charming smile filled my screen.

"I don't know. I think it would have been different with him." I climbed out of bed and headed into the bathroom to brush my teeth, placing Bobby on hold temporarily.