Ruby |COMPLETED

Chapter 16

“What are we watching?” I asked my sister and Charlotte who where both sitting on the couch.

“To all the boys I’ve loved before.” Annie answers me and I slightly coughed at their choice of movies, I cleared my throat as I made my way to the couch.

“And who are these boys I hear you’ve loved.” I teased her poking her shoulder, she tired pushing me away but I ended up leaning against her and she sighed in defeat.

“So wait, you’re telling me that, that girl there has loved all of them?” I started fixedly on the screen as I asked the two, how could one love so much and so strong, she even hardly knew the guys like come on.

“Yes Ruby, now shut the f**k up. We actually want to watch this without your blabbing mouth.” Ouch Charlotte was certainly not in a good mood today, I wonder why.

“Language carrot, there’s a kid.” I whispered the last part out while pointing towards Annie’s direction, she always hated being called a kid so it was best she didn’t hear.

“First I’m not a kid and second your not very good at whispering, lastly shut your pie hole, your irritating. Can’t we watch a movie without questions?” Annie voice was calm and collected, strange. I fell back on the couch growling in frustration, Today was going to be a long day.

I spent the remaining minutes of the movie texting back and forth with Eunice, it kept me less bored and The other two sane.

It now had been an hour since I sent her a text and she didn’t reply, she could be busy or I might have screwed up s**t.

I played with my food, I suddenly lost the appetite for food, it was going so well then she just vanished without a reason. It stung, I liked Eunice more than a friend, there is just something about her that’s different.

She makes me laugh, our texts are funny and hardly serious and she is there for me even though she hardly knew me. I frowned even more when I realized our thing wasn’t going to be more that a friendship.

“Ruby what’s wrong.” I looked up from my hardly touched food into Charlotte’s, it was just me and her. Annie went to hang out with her friends about an hour ago.

“Nothing just tired and not really hungry.” The look in her eyes clearly pointed out that she didn’t believe me, I was not going to prove anything to her by the way.

“Spill it, you’re having an inner war with yourself. Who is it about this time.” Charlotte leaning back against her chair crossing her arms in the process.

“I think I’m starting to like Eunice.” I gave her a quick glance before looking back at my plate.

“Then ask her out fool.” she was now leaning on the table, her face carried a genuine smile on it.

I rubbed the back of my neck nervously and ashamed, “Well you see, I kind of told her we couldn’t date cause I’ll be a bad girlfriend. Also told her it was a mistake after we had s*x the previous night.”

“You had s*x with Eunice and you didn’t tell me, how dare you!” She almost yelled but she contained herself, which came out calm but with edge, I nodded my head in agreement. “She still stuck around didn’t she, just apologize and asked her out.”

“I don’t know Charlotte, what if I destroy our friendship and I’m still not over Esther, I don’t want her to be or think she’s some kind of rebound.” I looked at her waiting for answer I hope it wasn’t an insult.

“It’s a good sign you’re considering her feelings. Trust me she already destroyed her life when she met you and stuck around.” she chuckled to herself as I dragged her with my questioning eyes, how could she but then again she just did and she’s annoying.

“Carrot I didn’t say anything about destroying her life, I’m pure good.” my voice was firm with confidence, a little Carrot wasn’t going to hit my nerves.

“Yep, Pure good of evil, yes you are. But try asking her out.” I mumbled an okay under my breath, I was going to try one day from tomorrow.

I and Charlotte spent the afternoon together till around four, we mostly transfer each other but she had to go because she didn’t want to be late for date with Noah. So I was left alone in the house, with not one to text.

I had just woken up from my nap, it felt like the clock didn’t move and I hadn’t just slept for two hours. I growled into my pillow when I saw no texts from Eunice, when was she going to respond or was she even going to.

I walked down the stairs, I could hear that the TV was on which meant they had returned, ‘cause I switched it off. My dad sat on his favourite couch as he watched a football match, he looked so stuck in the game.

“Going out for a walk.” I told him as I walked out the door, if he even heard me that would be a surprise.

The sky was a bit dark out as I walked down the sidewalk, my neighborhood was really quiet most days, which was super boring. I kept walking, my ears filled with blissful music.

I didn’t know how much I had walked or why I walked towards her house, but I was standing a couple of houses away from hers. Standing out of view, so they wouldn’t see me.

She gave him a tight hug, friends do that right, hug eachother. They both stood awkwardly by the door then it all happened, my heart shattered when I saw their lips meet, they kissed more than a peck, Eunice kissed the guy.

I rushed off not daring turning back, I was so foolish maybe that’s why Charlotte kept calling me a fool, a complete i***t.

“She had the right to do whatever she want, right. We weren’t a thing, I can be heart broken by something that never existed.” I whispered under my breath as I walked in a hurry back to my house my heart beating fast. she didn’t belong to me, my heart stung at the thought.

Then my heart broke as the image came rolling back in, she wasn’t mine. I felt tears rolling down my eyes, Eunice would also never be mine.