A few days went by before Rissa heard from Jesse- He called her at the loft, bitching her out for what had happened- She tried to explain he was the one who was being fucked up, but he wouldn't listen. She finally hung up on him, un-plugging the phone-
She had been doing her laundry, just a building away, she ran down to get her clothes from the dryer, when she got back, Billy & Bret were up the stairs, banging on her door, Rissa said,
"Hey-" they turned, Bret came down & took the basket, saying,
"What the hell's going on ? I've been calling, Libby's been calling, Dea, how come you aren't answering your phone ?" she un-locked her door, & they went inside, Billy shut the door with his foot- Riss said,
"Jesse called & wouldn't shut up, I just un-plugged the phone-" Bret & Billy looked at eachother, Billy spoke up,
"Do ya think next time you decide to un-plug your phone, you call a couple fuckin' people and let 'em know what the fuck is going on ? Everyone's been just a 'little' worried-" he was using a sarcastic, condesending tone, she stared at him,
"I'm sorry, I didn't think about it- I just wanted to cut him off-" he cut her off,
"Yeah, well maybe you should think a little more about your friends- Fuck !" Bret put his arm around her, she was looking at Billy like he was nuts. Bret said,
"Riss, we were all really worried- Billy get's sarcastic like this when he's upset- We didn't know what to expect-" she nodded,
"I'm sorry-" she looked at Billy, "I'll remember to let you guys know from now on-" he just looked at her, Bret said,
"C'mon B, the guy fucks up her head, take it easy-" Billy sighed real loud, then said,
"I'm going to call Tish & have her call the others-" Bret walked Rissa towards the window,
"Babe, I was scared, I knew you were staying home today, when we couldn't get thru-" she nodded,
"I'm sorry Bret, He just gets me so pissed, doesn't hear a damn thing I say-" he kissed her gently,
"Maybe you should move-?" she gave him a look,
"Move where ?" he shrugged, grinning,
"Me & Rikki were thinking on getting another place..with Billy & Tish, with all of us paying rent, we should be able to get a halfway decent house-" she raised her eyebrows,
"Are you suggesting we move in together ?" he shrugged,
"Yeah, why not ?" she stared at him,
"Because we aren't seeing eachother exclusively-"
"Are you seeing someone else ?"
"You know I'm not-" she hesitated, he looked at her questioningly,
"What ?"
"You go out with others-"
"Only when I'm out there on the road-" she shook her head,
"This is why I broke it off with Jesse-"
"No, Jesse screwed around on you and lied about it, that's why you broke up with him." she thought about that a minute, Billy came over saying,
"They're glad you're ok- We're supposed to head over to CC's for a BBQ." he didn't look at Riss, she felt like he was still pissed at her, she felt bad for making them worry- She would talk to him at the BBQ-

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