one night // andre burakovsky ✓

CHAPTER 27

"Fuck!" Bella shouted, throwing her phone across the room, frustrated.

"Easy there, tiger. What's wrong?" Leah, Bella's roommate and best friend asked.

"I fucked up with this guy." Bella shook her head, feeling very angry at herself.

"What guy? How so?" Leah asked. Bella had refrained from talking about her relationship with Andre from Leah mainly because of his status as a hockey player. Bella would be in big trouble if word started spreading around about her and Andre.

"A guy I met at the club one time we went. It's just really complicated." Bella sighed.

"How'd you screw yourself over?" Leah asked, becoming more interested in the conversation.

"Uh..." Bella starts, trying to think of an easy way to put it. "I was mad at him, but then he got mad at me, but now he's really mad at me. Like, I don't know if he'd wanna see me again."

Leah tries to think over the situation. "I don't really know how to help you if I don't know the details." she says, wanting to offer support but with no way how.

"It's okay." Bella says, completely understanding.

Bella wanted to make things right with Andre, she really did. Although she'd hate to admit it, he was the best thing that's happened to her for a long time. Tom was right when he said that she didn't deserve Andre, because it was true. He had such a kind heart, and she could never compare. But he made her happy.

And if Bella wanted to continue, she knew she had to take action, and quickly.

Bella: hey are you in washington? is it ok if we meet up to talk?

Tom: talk about what?

Bella: andre, i need your help

Tom: have you apologized?

Bella: I don't think an apology will cut it anymore which is why i need your help

Tom: i don't know if it's a good idea bella

Bella blinked twice, hard. She was going to have to do this the hard way.

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Bella looks at herself in the rearview mirror of her car, adjusting the ponytail atop her head. "You didn't wanna do this the easy way," she mumbles to herself, "so here we are."

The boys had a game later today, meaning they would've had a practice this morning. And if they had a practice, Bella knew what was to happen next. Which is why she was sitting in her parked car outside of Starbucks.

Glancing at the time, she guessed that she would have about five minutes before they came. Bella would need to think of a strategic way to do this. She wanted to talk to Tom, so her goal was to get Tom sitting in the passenger seat. She couldn't simply yell out at him when she saw him, because then Andre would see, too, and she'd be screwed. Andre could not see that Bella was here. Given how annoyed he had sounded during their texts, she figured that Andre might just up and leave if he saw her here.

Bella decided to play it the simple way and just text Tom.

Bella: hey i'm sitting outside starbux, white car near the back of the lot. come to my car once you get here

Tom: why?

Bella: please tom i just wanna talk :(