Aria and Aubrey { A TLS} : Book Two

Chapter Twenty-Two: When Redemption Goes Wrong

A/N: A little longer chapter, but it's been awhile I guess. Tell me what you think? Thanks.

--A week later (Tatt Spot)--

--Tammy’s POV--

After last Thursday, I decided that I was going to make things right between me and Ari. It was getting tiresome having to somewhat avoid her because of the nasty conversation we had that morning, and to avoid her whenever I wanted to be out in the open in my own house. I wanted to make things right between all three of us mainly because I was scared, and I didn’t want to lose her as a friend, nor did I want to lose Ace either. I figured that making things okay with them and myself in the process would tighten things up and bring them back to normal.

I sat at my station, just watching Ace’s perfect body as he cleaned up around his own. His tattoos glistened in the room lights, his snapback perfectly aligned on his head. I bit my lip from just looking at him because he was just that sexy.

“Hey, Tammy! I need to talk to you real quick.”

I looked up to see LaNay- I mean, Simone, call out for me. I quickly went over to her, only briefly passing by Ace. I got a whiff of his cologne and I swear my knees almost buckled.

“Wassup?”

Simone gave me a look before sitting down in her station. Her eyes looked up at me and I could’ve sworn she was cursing my life. “You’re fucked up, you know that? Really fucked up.”

I furrowed my brows. “What? How-”

“Don’t act stupid Tammy. You know exactly why you’re fucked up. How could you do something like this to your own best friend?”

“Excuse me?”

Simone shook her head before giving me another ‘look’. “You really don’t seem like this whole thing phases you. I can’t believe you, you’re so disgusting.”

I took a step closer to her. “Now hold on just a min-”

“Shut the hell up! You and I both know what happened between Ace and yourself was wrong as fuck. And it’s even more wrong that you’ve been shaking your tailfeathers at him this whole week, acting like what ya’ll did was really going to progress into something. Let me explain something to you: Ace has Aria. Not you. And I’m damn sure there’s a reason for that.”

I crossed my arms and took a minute before replying to her. Who the hell did she think she was talking to me like that? “Number one, you don’t know shit. Number two, what happens in my personal life is none of your goddamn business. Ace is none of your business, and neither is Aria. What happens between me and the people in my life has nothing to do with you.”

Simone took a breath. “You know what? You’re right. I guess me just trying to look out for the other person isn’t exactly in my job detail, but you know what? I at least I have a fucking conscience. From the way you’ve been acting around that boy, I can tell your ass doesn’t have one at all.”

I scoffed. “Bitch please. The way I interact with Ace is nothing. We’re just friends who had a mishap last week, that’s all. Besides, I’m going to make things right so that I don’t hear bullshit like this from an employee. Now get your ass back to cleaning your needles or something and stay the fuck out of my business. Got it?”

I could see Simone practically willing herself not to slap me in the face.  Just knowing that I made her feel that way, damn sure put a smug look on my face. How dare she work for me and tell me what to do in my personal life? As far as I know, Simone hasn’t been put there and she never will be. Matter of fact, as I think about it now, how did she even figure out what Ace and I had done? I mean I did see her once I left the bathroom… I gasped and SImone put on a confused face.