••••

AS THEY DROVE TO THE SCENE, Victoria had her head resting against the side of the truck, a sigh leaving her lips. "So, is Rosie still mad that you wouldn't let her go to that party?" Hen asks her curiously, looking over at the woman. Victoria meets her eyes, groaning a bit. She had almost forgotten how mad Rosie was at her.

"I think mad is a bit of an understatement," Vic responds as she crosses her arms against her chest. Roseanne would talk to her if absolutely necessary but it was mainly the silent treatment. All because she got grounded because of a dumb decision she made.

"I still can't believe she called Buck out of all of us." Chimney points out, shaking his head as he would've at least guessed that she would've called Hen. But Buck was never on his list for emergencies.

"Yeah, he's the least responsible." Hen adds as she nods her head, a bit bummed that Rosie hadn't trusted her enough to call. Buck just looked at them, slightly offended.

"Hey, that's not fair."

"It is kind of true and the reason," Victoria admits as she shrugs her shoulders. Buck furrows his eyebrows, meeting her gaze.

"But I called you." He points out, referencing that he was in fact responsible. Victoria just shakes her head as she smiles lightly. While she was glad he didn't keep it from her, that didn't exactly earn him a good spot with Roseanne.

"Doesn't change the reason why she called you." She retorts as Buck just crosses his arms against his chest.

"Well, she still loves me so." Hen states, leaning back against her seat but she saw the look that Victoria gave her which made her worry a bit.

"She may start to hate you out of association," Victoria admits with a slight laugh. Hen gasps, shaking her head as she was not about to lose her title because of something that Buck did.

"No way in hell. I'm staying as the cool aunt." She denies, shaking her head.

"And then Buck is the cousin who nobody speaks to." Chimney states with a laugh, looking at Buck who wasn't amused by his comment.

"Not cool," Buck says as he points over at Chimney who was just smirking. "I think Rosie likes me the best." He admits, shrugging his shoulders. Hen and Chimney share a glance, clearly not agreeing with him. If anything, it was Athena who was top of the list now.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that." Vic denies as she presses her lips together tightly. Buck meets her gaze, obviously, he lost a few points when he had called her instead of keeping his mouth shut like Rosie had wanted.

"Damn it," Buck mumbles, pouting a little bit which makes Victoria laugh. She shakes her head as she looks back out the window when they pull into the scene.

As they got out of the truck, Hen looked around the area, having a weird sense of deja vu. "We've been here before?" Hen tells them as she glances toward Bobby. Victoria glances next to her, she had somewhat remembered but not all too well.

"When?" Buck asks curiously since he clearly doesn't recognize the place at all.

"Before you joined us, kid," Bobby answers him as they make their way towards the man who was lying on the grass. It suddenly hit her as she laid eyes on the patient.

"Oh yeah, the prick who abused his girlfriend." Victoria points out as she places her hands on her hips. 

"Well, let's see what we have," Bobby says as he and Hen both lean down to access his energy. Buck glances around for a moment, a bit confused.

"Didn't they say he was shot?" Buck asks them, not really seeing how that could have happened. Victoria looks toward him as she just shrugs her shoulders.

"There's no one else around, so who knows." She says as she watches the patient die before they could even begin to help him. Bobby looks at him, his eyes moving toward the tree next to them, seeing it a bit blown up.

"The bullet she fired at him," Bobby says as he looks at the two women. Victoria raises her eyebrows as she was not expecting it. She remembered that the wife had tried to shoot the husband before she ended up taking her life.

"Did it fly out of the tree when he blew it up?" Hen asks curiously, furrowing her eyebrows. Her eyes move to the tree as she shakes her head. "Karma's a bitch." She mutters as she sits back a little bit. Victoria nods her head in agreement.

"That it is."

••••

VICTORIA SAT IN THE CHAIR AS SOMEONE TOOK HER BLOOD, while Chimney was walking in front of them. "So, I want to thank everybody for donating today. I don't know if you know this or not, but ninety percent of all the blood given to patients in the Los Angeles area comes from volunteers." He starts to explain to them but Victoria just rests her head back with a groan. "I know that we all put our asses on the line in the field every day to save people, but today, you're saving people and all it's taking is a small prick of a needle. So simple, even Mr Buckley can't mess it up." Chimney states, looking right at Buck who just smirks, waving his finger at him.

"We're already strapped in, Chim. You don't need to continue to sell it to us." Vic points out as she looks at the man, raising her eyebrow. Hen laughs as she looks toward Victoria with a smirk on her face.

"Where does he think he is? Shark tank?" Hen retorts as she shakes her head. Victoria rubs her face as she stands up from her chair.

"Honestly."She mutters, placing her hands on her hips as she turns her attention to Buck. "Hey, Probie. You have my sweater?" Victoria asks him curiously, catching his attention.

"Oh, yeah. You left it in my car." Buck states as he moves toward the other side of the room before returning with her sweater, handing it over to her.

"Thanks." She responds as she grabs it from him. Hen seemed to snap her gaze over to them, beyond confused about what they were talking about as she stopped them from walking away.

"Uh, hold up. In his car?" Hen questions, crossing her arms against her chest. Victoria raises an eyebrow at her, nodding her head slowly.

"Yes, Hen. You see it's this thing that helps you get around places quicker." Victoria tells her with a slightly amused look on her face. Hen wasn't swayed by the woman's sarcasm though.

"Why was your sweater in it though? And why was it off?" Victoria knew what Hen was trying to imply which made her want to slap the woman for even thinking about it. But instead, she just continued to toy with her.

"Because you take it off when you're warm." She answers only getting an annoyed expression from Hen who didn't want any more stupid answers. 

"Okay, stop being sarcastic and answer me." Hen demands, raising her eyebrows as she looks between the two. Buck just shrugs his shoulders, not understanding why she cared so much anyway.

"We just hung out the other night and I drove her home," Buck told the woman who seemed to go silent for a moment. Hen was more trying to figure out if this was some sort of trick or if they had somehow entered a parallel universe.

"You... hung out. Together? On purpose?" Hen asks, her eyes narrowing as she looks between them. She never thought in a million years that Victoria would even talk to him outside of work, let alone be alone with him.

"He really doesn't take no for an answer," Victoria states, shrugging as she crosses her arms. Buck scoffs, raising an eyebrow as he looks down at her.

"Hey, you had fun." Buck points out, knowing she was just trying to downplay it. Victoria meets his gaze, a smirk forming on her face.

"I had fun spending your money." She corrects him, patting his shoulder. Buck rolls his eyes playfully, looking away from her. Hen just continues to look between them, rather suspicious of their behaviour.

"Uh, hold up. Looks here that I am two pints shy of my goal for the day." Chimney says as Victoria looks over to see that he was talking to Bobby.

"Well, that'll give you something to work towards next time," Bobby tells him with a nod, turning in order to walk away.

"Woah, woah, woah, woah. You're the captain of this house, and you're the only one who didn't participate." Chimney points out, staring at Bobby who glances around, clenching his jaw a bit as he didn't feel the need to have to explain himself.

"I don't like needles, end of story," Bobby states as the others overhear what's going on. They all raise their eyebrows, looking at Bobby.

"Oh, come on, captain. You got to donate." Hen tells him with a smirk, it wasn't like Chimney was going to take no for an answer. He could be very persistent.

"I never give blood, all right? I never give blood. When I was a kid, they tried to take my blood and I bit the doctor." Bobby explained to them and Victoria pressed her lips together tightly. But it didn't really stop her or the others from laughing. "It's not funny." He tells them as Victoria just smirks lightly. "And the one time someone tried to take my blood as an adult...Didn't go well." He denies, shaking his head as he went to walk away but Chimney stops him.

"Bobby, hold on, hold on, listen. I get it, I really do, okay? But I really need you to do this for me, all right?" Chimney states as Bobby turns back to him with a slight sigh. "Look. I'm alive because that rebar hit my head at just the right angle, and because I had the best damn fire and rescue team to get me to the hospital and the best surgeons in the world once I got there. But I got ten pints of blood, donated blood, given by the very generous people of this city." He explains to the man who was just listening. On the other hand, Victoria was just narrowing her eyes, looking toward Hen and Buck.

"Is he really trying to guilt trip him right now?" She asks them, raising an eyebrow. Hen smirks as she nods her head.

"It seems to be working," Buck adds as they just watch the two have their conversation.

"Now, I told you, I just.. I wanted to do this blood drive because I wanted to give a little something back of what I was given. And expressing my gratitude like this--- It balances me out with the universe." Chimney states, tilting his head. "Now, you and everybody else here asked me how they could help with my recovery, well this is how." He finishes, looking at Bobby expectantly. The man was hesitant, just staring at the group for a moment before a sigh left his lips.

"I hate all of you," Bobby tells them, crossing his arms against his chest.

"Thank you, thank you," Chimney says with a smile while as the others clap, laughing at Bobby's reaction.

"You love us," Hen says as she starts to move away from the group with Victoria.

"You're gonna need this, just squeeze it," Buck says as he throws the ball at Bobby at which it just hits his chest, dropping to the ground. Victoria laughs as she wraps her arm around Hen's shoulders.

"All right, let's stick him!" Chimney shouts.

••••

LOOKING AROUND WARILY, Victoria followed the group through the zoo because of course that was where their next call was. She knew it was an attack and she honestly was on the animal's side. Whatever the person did to provoke it, deserved what they got. "Where's the tiger now?" Bobby asks the security curiously, walking next to him.

"East side of the park. Nowhere near where we're going. He's got a visitor pinned. Shoot teams in route now." The man explains to them while Victoria crosses her arms. She and Hen were seemingly the only ones who cared for the animals.

"You're gonna shoot him? That's not right." Hen points out with a slight scoff but the man just shrugs her shoulders since there really wasn't much that he could do.

"Protocol is to tranquilize first, if at all possible."

"Well, you have them caged up, obviously they'll want to escape," Victoria mumbles with a scoff as she just shakes her head. Bobby gives her a stern look which made her stay quiet.

"How did the tiger escape in the first place?" Bobby asks curiously causing the guard to bring out a tablet, showing them the video.

"Apparently it was able to jump to the top of the wall and gain enough leverage to pull himself out." He tells them which makes Victoria raise her eyebrows. You really could do anything if you put your mind to it. As they walk to the victim, they were met with Athena,

"Tiger's trainer tried to wrangle him after he got loose. This ain't pretty." Athena tells them as she shakes her head. They saw the man with the skin of his hand hanging off.

"It's uh, It's called degloving. The cat actually peels the skin back with his claws." The trainer says as they stop beside him. Hen puts the bag on the ground, searching through it as Bobby and Victoria inspect the wound.

"Hen, saline," Bobby tells her and the woman nods her head, handing it to him. "Sir, we have to disinfect this wound." He says, and the trainer just nods his head, taking a shaky breath.

"How come it didn't just kill you?" Buck asks as he glances behind him for a moment. Surely the tiger could've easily had him for lunch.

"I've known Kobe since he was a cub. He didn't want to hurt me, he was just... He was just confused." The trainer says while Victoria just scoffs.

"And mistook your hand as a chew toy?" She questions, raising an eyebrow. Bobby just sends her another look before focusing on what he was doing.

"Okay, if we're real careful, we can preserve the skin. A little plastic surgery and you're gonna be good as new." Bobby tells him, although it would definitely be a long recovery. 

"All units responding to Barnsdale Zoo. I have an adult male, the east side of the park. He identified himself as Sean Coopertino, forty-seven, of Riverside. Says he is hiding near the giraffe enclosure." Abby says through Athena's radio making them glance toward her.

"Show 727-L-30 responding," Athena replies before leaving the team to deal with the situation. Hen had her eyebrows furrowed as she looked at them.

"Can't be the same guy, can it? That'll just be too weird." Hen asks, tilting her head while they looked at her confused, unsure of what she was talking about.

"Same guy as what?" Bobby questions.

"Sean Coopertino. The dentist from Riverside." Hen states, looking around. Victoria raised her eyebrows as she remembered the news story from a few months ago.

"Oh, the guy that illegally got poachers to hunt on reserved land?" She asks curiously, as she grabs the bandages.

"Yep, killed Ellie the lion." Hen states with a nod of her head. Victoria scoffs as she shakes her head. He definitely deserved what was coming to him.

"Karma really is a bitch."

••••

VICTORIA WAS STANDING IN THE LOCKER ROOM, freshening up after her shower. She had tried to call Rosie but of course, the woman didn't pick up. There really wasn't she could do except give a bit of space to realize that she really shouldn't have gone to a party without saying anything. Victoria didn't mind if she did, she just wanted to know where the girl was just in case something happened. All Rosie had to do was be honest and none of this would've happened.

"All right. You want to tell me what's chaffing you?" Chimney's voice pipes through her thoughts causing Victoria to glance behind her. She sees Bobby and him walking in, but Bobby doesn't look particularly happy.

"What's going on?" She asks curiously, furrowing her eyebrows although she didn't want to interrupt if they were having an argument.

"He's getting cold feet." Chimney responds as he leans against the doorframe while Bobby opens his locker. Victoria nods her head. She knew Bobby's blood test revealed something that could help him save children's lives, but she didn't know why they would be fighting over that. "Look, I get it. You don't like needles. But you're a lifesaver, that's what you do. You're a hero, man. And somebody just told you you have the opportunity to save thousands, maybe millions of kids." He explains, although Victoria wasn't sure he was going with the right approach.

"They're the wrong kids!" Bobby shouts, turning to face them. Victoria frowns as she looks at him. "I want my kids!" He admits, pointing to his chest. Victoria's eyes move down to the ground, fiddling with her fingers. "Yeah, I'm some lifesaver, aren't I? That's what I was put on this earth to do but I couldn't save my family. Couldn't protect them from me." He explains as he sits down on the bench. Victoria shares a glance with Chimney, both of them not really knowing what to say,

Bobby scoffs as he shakes his head. "A hundred and forty-eight. That's the number of lives that I owe for the mistakes that I made. And once I pay for that debt, I get to be with them again. And I was halfway there, Chim. I was halfway there, I was going to see my kids again. That was the deal."  He tells them, tears forming in his eyes. Both Chimney and Victoria were confused, not knowing who he was referring to.

"Deal with who, Bobby?" Chimney asks, crossing his arms.

"The deal I made with God." 

"I don't think it's God you made a deal with, Cap..." He denies, shaking his head. Victoria tilts her head, a small sigh leaving her lips.

"You can't control what happens in life." She tells him, just now starting to realize that. Victoria wished it worked that way but it didn't. You just had to live through what happened.

"And I got that phone call about my blood test, and I thought, "Here we go. Here it is. Here's my punishment: Cancer." After all the prayers I sent up there so I could live long enough..." Bobby trails off, looking down at his hands. Victoria could feel her heart shatter as he spoke, it was clear what his intentions were and Chimney knew it too.

"You're not talking about killing yourself, right?" Chimney asks, his voice cracking slightly even just suggesting such a thing. But Bobby nods his head, confirming it for them.

"Yeah. I want out." Bobby admits, staring at them. "I want to see my kids again. And I want this pain to end but it's not gonna end. It's never gonna end. Cause God's not punishing me by killing me. He's punishing me by forcing me to stay alive." He explains, shaking his head. Victoria moves over to him, taking a seat beside him on the bench.

"Bobby..." She starts as she places her hand on his shoulder. "I think you may believe that ending your life is the way you'll get out of the pain, but it's not. Trust me, I thought the same way as you." Victoria admits as she tilts her head a bit. There was a time when she was in the exact place that he was, but what helped push her through it was her friends and family being there for her. Even when it seemed like there was nowhere to go but down, they made a new path for her.

"You want to be with the people you lost, hell, you push away the ones you still have because you don't believe that anyone will understand what you're going through. Will understand your pain. But that's only if you let it consume you." She explains to him, her eyes showing pain as she puts her hand over his. The pain would always be there, no matter how many years passed. But there was a way to live with it, to continue on, and to go through life. But that didn't mean you were forgetting them. You were living for them.

"Your family is in a better place now and you will see them again. But this is not the right way of going about it."  Victoria states as she shakes her head. No matter how much it may seem like the only solution, it wasn't. Because all suicide was is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

"It's the only way," Bobby mutters, getting up from the bench and moving towards the door. Victoria frowns as she just rests her head in her hands.

"Wait, wait. Bobby, Bobby!" Chimney tried to call out after him but the man didn't stop, just leaving them alone.

••••

DRINKING THE REST OF THE ALCOHOL THAT WAS IN IT, Victoria places the glass down on the bar as she shakes her head.  Chimney had texted her and told her that he had talked to Bobby but it didn't stop her own memories from resurfacing. She didn't want them to. She wanted them to stay locked up but talking about losing someone with Bobby, it just reopened them. "I just don't know anymore, Thena." She admits as she looks over at Athena, a tired look in her eyes. Athena reaches over, taking the woman's hand in her own and squeezing it.

"What's on your mind, doll?" Athena asks her curiously, seeing that something was bothering her. Victoria lets out a sigh as she looks down at their hands. There really wasn't any way of putting it without revealing a bit about her life before Los Angeles.

"There's just something I haven't really told anyone here... and something that happened today just brought up old memories," Victoria tells her, biting the inside of her cheek. Athena furrows her eyebrows but she doesn't really push on the matter. She knew if Victoria wanted to say more, she would.

"You know that we're always here for you. Me, Hen, Chimney.." Athena assures her, there were plenty of people who didn't want to see her so down, that would always show up when she needed them.

"I know that," Victoria responded with a small smile, but the hurt in her eyes overshadowed it. "I just don't know how to tell someone without completely falling apart." She states, closing her eyes for a moment. It's something that she'd rather keep to herself, especially trying to start a new life.

"You can take your time, you never have to share things with somebody," Athena says, shaking her head. Victoria knew that, but that wasn't really the problem, it was that it wouldn't leave her mind even if she remembered it for a mere second.

"It's been years though and I still can't even think about it." Victoria denies and Athena sighs, tilting her head a bit.

"Does it have anything to do with how you can never go through with dating somebody?" She asks curiously, raising an eyebrow. Victoria just looks a bit confused, meeting her gaze once more.

"Okay, that isn't true," Victoria says as she shakes her head. She had dated plenty of people so clearly Athena wasn't really paying attention.

"You barely last one week." Athena points out, crossing her arms. She wouldn't even classify them as dates as they didn't exactly last. Victoria frowns, her eyes dropping.

"Maybe it is." She mumbles as she brushes her hair behind her ear. Victoria didn't mean to constantly be moving from people, but it just helped keep the connection from forming, And truthfully, she didn't really need anyone in her life right now.

"Sweetheart, you can take your time. You're still young, there's plenty of time." Athena tells her, it wasn't a race to find someone, get married, and have children. You didn't even need all of that to be happy or content with your life. That wasn't even everyone's dream. 

"I'm not even sure time will work." Victoria denies, shaking her head. 

"Once you find the right person, you never know," Athena suggests, shrugging her shoulders. The right person could change everything. Nothing was certain and nothing was ever set in place. Things were constantly changing, constantly evolving.

"Yeah." 

"And I guess having fun isn't as bad as it seems." She teases as she nudges Victoria slightly. The woman rolls her eyes playfully, biting the inside of her cheek.

"Most of the time," Victoria states, because sometimes the fun wasn't always the best for her as it was for the other person.

"We don't count those."  Athena denies, shaking her head and causing Victoria to laugh a bit. "Speaking of fun, you have an admirer." She points out making Victoria furrow her eyebrows. Athena gestures to someone behind her and when she turns her head, she could see a woman gazing at them from afar.

"She's cute," Victoria says as she looks way, looking at her glass which the bartender had filled sometime during their conversation.

"And I'm sure she'd be spicy in bed," Athena adds causing Victoria's eyes to widen, a gasp leaving her lips as she looks toward her.

"Athena!"

"Did you want me to be your wingwoman?" She asks, smirking a bit but Victoria shakes her head instantly.

"Get out of here," Victoria demands with a groan as she gestures toward the door. Athena just laughs as she gets up from her seat. "Go." She pleads, putting her face in her hands. Athena squeezes her shoulder before heading away from her.

Victoria lifted her head, her eyes moving over to where the woman was and she was indeed still looking over at her. She smirks, gesturing to the seat next to her. Biting her bottom lip, Victoria debated it in her head. But Athena was right, she was young and deserved to just have some fun. Nothing needed to be deep or meaningful, it could just be spontaneous. So, picking up her glass, Victoria made her way over to the other side of the bar.

••••

VICTORIA GROANS AS SHE HEADS TOWARD HER DOOR, wanting to stop the incessant knocking that was keeping her from sleeping. As she opened it, she was met by Buck who still had his fist up. "Uh, hi?" She says, confused about why he was at her apartment at this time in the morning. Buck let his eyes move over her appearance slightly, trying to hide the redness on his cheeks as he noticed she was just wearing a large t-shirt.

"Hey." He responds after clearing his throat a bit. 

"What are you doing here?" Victoria asks, still wanting an answer to the question she had rattling around in her head.

"Picking you up," Buck says but he sees the clear look of confusion on her face.  "We were gonna go try that new cafe down the street." He explains to her since she had seemed to forget. Victoria nodded her head as it hit her. She had completely forgotten that she had made plans with him.

"Right, right, yeah." She responds as she moves out of the way, brushing a hand through her hair. Buck keeps his eyes in front of him as the shirt rises a little bit. "Uh, I'll just be a few minutes," Victoria tells him as she starts to walk toward her bedroom.

"Okay. Is Rosie here?" He asks curiously but Victoria shakes her head.

"No, she is um... at a friend's," Victoria answers him before closing the door behind her. She didn't know where Roseanne was, until she called a friend and found out she was at Jennie's But she wasn't home when she got back from the bar.

Taking a seat on the stool, Buck just brings out his phone, mainly to try and get rid of the thoughts that had entered his head. She had changed in front of him at the station, so why was this different? Buck turns his head as he hears the door reopen, seeing a brunette walking out of the room. He was a bit surprised but kept his face neutral. "Hi." She says with a polite smile as she walks toward him.

"Oh, hi." He responds, glancing back toward the bedroom. Buck hadn't realized that she had someone over. That explains the outfit she was in when she opened the door.

"Can you tell her I had to run?" The woman asks as she puts her shoes on as Buck just watches her.

"Sure thing."

"Thanks." She replies as she grabs her bag before heading toward the door. "Have a good day." The brunette says and he nods his head.

"Yeah, you too." He responds before she leaves, closing the door behind her. Buck just raises his eyebrows, glancing around the apartment. Well, it was clear that she had a good night.

Victoria walked back into the kitchen a few minutes later, having showered and gotten dressed. Buck glances over toward her, raising an eyebrow. "So, I met your friend." He tells her but she doesn't even blink, just placing her stuff on the table. "You know, you could've just called me, and told me you were busy." Buck points out, he would've just moved it to another day if she wanted to stay in bed.

"Why? She's gone now." Victoria responds with a shrug of her shoulders. She just brushes her hair behind her ear as Buck gets up from where he was sitting.

"Ah, so this was a one-time thing?" Buck asks her, tilting his head as he moves over toward her. Victoria just looks up at him. She hadn't really thought about it yet, Ava, the woman who was there had given her her number but Victoria didn't know whether or not to actually call.

"I don't know, still thinking about it." She admits as Bucks's eyes land on something that was thrown on the lamp beside them. He clears his throat, rubbing the back of his neck before grabbing it.

"I think you left something out here," Buck tells her, holding it out to her. Victoria looked at it, seeing that it was the lacy black bra that she had been wearing the previous night. She grabs it from him, a smirk forming on her face.

"Aww, first time you've seen lingerie, probie?" Victoria teases him which just made him narrow his eyes, crossing his arms.

"Ha ha." He replies sarcastically as he leans against the table, watching her walk to her bedroom to put the bra away. "Are you more into men or women?" Buck asks as she comes back into the room. Victoria thinks about it for a second, biting the inside of her cheek.

"Women give me more orgasms so..." Victoria points out, tilting her head. Buck wasn't surprised that she had used that as her reasoning but he was surprised that she hadn't gotten orgasms from a man since he knew she's been with a few.

"Seriously? No guy has pleased you?" Buck asks her and she just scrunched up her face.

"Maybe one or two." She states, although she really couldn't know since there weren't mainly memorable moments from her times with guys.

"You're picking the wrong guys," Buck tells her, gazing down at her as he leans a bit toward her. Victoria raises an eyebrow at him, absentmindedly biting her bottom lip which makes his eyes look right at it.

"You think?" Victoria asks him and he barely even remembers to nod his head, his eyes are too focused on her. He shouldn't have said it in such a flirty way, he knew that. But he also knew Victoria didn't see him like that anyway. "Do you know anyone?" She questions which seemed to snap him out of his little daze.

"Anyone what?"

"A guy who would know how to pleasure me." She says which just takes him aback a bit, not expecting her to ask him that.

"You want me to set you up with somebody?" Buck asks her, furrowing his eyebrows. Victoria just rolled her eyes a bit since he seemed to finally be getting it.

"I mean, you have Abby right? Surely you have someone in your life who would be good for me." She states as she nudges his arm slightly. Buck just stares back at her, his jaw clenching lightly.

"Uh, most already have girlfriends." He answers her, shrugging his shoulders a bit. Victoria wasn't really looking for a boyfriend though and surely he would know one or two people who weren't in a relationship.

"I'm more looking for a fun type," Victoria admits as she tilts her head. Buck was silent again, not really knowing what to say.

"Oh," Buck mumbles lightly, his eyes moving to the ground. "Yeah, I don't know." He denies, putting his hands inside of his pockets. Victoria groans as she moves her head back for a second.

"You'd think firehose would know others who like to sleep around."  She retorts, raising her eyebrow as she could see the blush form on his cheeks as he was a bit taken aback by the nickname. "Come on, let's go," Victoria tells him as she moves toward her door. Buck follows after her, trying not the think about the fact that she asked him for a date.

But it shouldn't bother him since he had Abby. He was happy with a girlfriend. Then why was she infiltrating his mind so much?

••••