A Second Chance at love The Rocker Girls Series by Jennifer Byars Page A

left, looking for Lynn.
    She found Lynn who was taking vitals on
a heart attack patient. “Did you hear if the girl made it?” she
asked her, so hopeful for a happy ending to this tragic story. Lynn
didn’t even bother to answer, just shook her head, and went back to
taking care of the elderly woman.
    Frank came up, pulling her aside. “Hey,
you doing okay?” he asked her.
    “ Yeah, just tired is
all.”
    “ I know that was a hard
case tonight. But you were spectacular. You held your cool like a
pro, Ad. I wanted to just let you know, that those of us that have
been doing this for a long time don’t handle that kind of situation
as well as you did. I’m really proud of you.”
    They had walked over to a hallway that
was barely used, and she fell back against the wall as she kept all
her emotions in check. “Thanks, Frank, I really do appreciate the
vote of confidence,” she told him with a little smile.
    He looked around the hall, and when he
saw nobody was around he came up and kissed her. She was taken
back; she didn’t see that one coming. She put her hands against his
chest, making him stop and look down at her.
    “ You’re really hot, Frank,
and damn you’re so sweet, but, I’m just not in the position to be
with someone right now. I mean I’m barely hanging on with the band
and work, so I don’t want us to start up something that’s going to
ruin our friendship down the road. Your kiss was amazing, and I
could easily take you somewhere and we could have a quickie, but
that’s all I’ve got for you,” she whispered.
    He leaned in toward her. “You want to
have just a work affair?” His hand went to her hip, and she looked
into his eyes. “No, I’m too drained for even that. But if you’re
around and I need a little male attention…I know where to find
you.” She smiled haphazardly.
    He smiled sadly down at her, as his
finger tilted her face up to his. “That was the best brush-off I‘ve
ever received. But if you change your mind, Ad, you know where to
find me.”
    “ You’re not mad?” she asked
quietly.
    “ No, not mad. Friends?” he
asked, and she nodded. He came down one more time, kissing her, and
when he pulled back up he saw how emotionally exhausted she looked.
“Why don’t you take tomorrow off? I won’t even put your name on the
board to be paged. Just go have a nice night and relax.
Okay?”
    “ That sounds good, Frank,
thanks,” she mumbled, and just then they both heard the code blue
go off and started running down the hall.
    Three long hours later Lynn put her arm
around her, took her to the van and home. “Hey, you doing okay?”
she asked.
    “ Yup,” she said, lighting a
smoke. “Frank made a pass at me tonight,” she told Lynn, exhaling
the smoke.
    “ Holy shit! So did you take
him up on the offer?”
    “ No, but I did offer him a
quickie, he took it as a brush-off. Would have been nice just to
get out some anxiety with a quick screw.”
    “ Addison…”
    “ Look, Lynn, I’m so tired.
I just don’t want to talk anymore…okay?”
    Lynn nodded, and they didn’t speak to
each other for the rest of the ride home. They went upstairs and
Addison looked at South’s door as they walked by. When they got
inside their apartment, Lynn kissed her cheek and made her way to
bed, shutting off all the lights.
    Addison went to her bedroom, but Tia
was already asleep. She was so restless she could barely keep a
thought straight in her head. Normally she would be passed out as
soon as she stepped out of the shower, soaking up every opportunity
to sleep, but tonight a cool shower didn’t soothe her.
    She put on comfortable cool
clothing, a pair of boxers and a purple tank top…she didn’t bother
with a bra. She combed out her long hair, trying to think of things
to help her not think of things. So after her moisturizer was slathered on
her face she managed to French-braid her hair.
    About midnight she stepped out of her
apartment and found herself standing in front of