Whirlwind

Ruby

10 AM

"Hey Ruby, how's it going handsome?" I walked into class with a skip in my step,

"Don't call me Ruby," he said, the words cutting my soul.

"My bad, what's going on?" He still hadn't looked up at me,

"Nothing," Cooper turned, making intense eye contact with Rueben. Something was going on, we had been messaging since the first night, we hung out and had grown a strong connection the Rueben I had just spoken to was not the one I had known. I turned around and proceeded to sit as far away from him as possible. I was so confused, he treated me so awful in school but so kind when we had hung out and over text. I thought we were friends and I thought we were becoming even more than that. I guess I was wrong.

6 PM

The day came and went, I sat at the dinner table picking through my food.

"Whats going on sweet girl?" My mom chimed as she noticed my mood was off, "you're normally the first one done eating."

"Just tired momma"

"Why don't you go take a warm shower and relax baby"

I dragged myself up the stairs and into my room to relax, I sighed in relief as I closed the door.

"Parker" I nearly screamed, Rueben was standing by my balcony doors. "Please don't scream, I came to apologize,"

"Why did you treat me so coldly? I thought we were friends?"

"We are, I'm sorry for that, I was having a bad day and I took it out on you, can we go up to our spot and start over?"

8 PM

I was reluctant to go but I wanted to spend more time with him, even if he did piss me off. This time, he drove, we parked the car at the top and he turned the ignition off and we climbed out, throwing a blanket down we laid down to stare at the stars.

"I want to know more about you," I said picking at my fingers and refusing to look at him.

"Like what?"

"I want to be a part of your inner circle, know your story what makes you tick,"

"Well, my mother ran out on my father and me when I was 8 so it's just been the two of us, we have a rocky relationship as I feel like he blames me for my mom leaving."

"I don't think that's true, you should give him the benefit of the doubt," I smirked glancing at him. I caught him crack a smile, and a dimple formed and disappeared, I could feel butterflies as I examined his facial structure.

"He is training me to take over the family business but I'm not sure if I want to take it over. It is such a big commitment and I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do with my life but he's pushing this so hard on me."

"Maybe you need to express this to him, how could you know what he's going to say?"

"I just don't want to hurt him"

I propped myself up on my elbows, "sometimes that's the only way to make someone listen to you."

He propped himself up too and looked into my eyes, he glanced at my lips and hesitantly leaned forward. I leaned in and felt his soft lips against mine, deepening as we continued, his hand wrapping around my side pulling me on top of him.

2 AM

Ruby spent the night, we came back home around 11 and it was starting to freeze, I woke up to him texting someone. 

"Who is that lover?"

He jumped when he heard my voice, "Uh no one love, I have to use the restroom," he kissed my forehead and went into the bathroom. I don't remember anything after that so I must've fallen back to sleep.

7 AM

I woke up to the shower running and no sign of Ruby, I climbed out of bed to join him when I heard his phone ding. I glanced over and saw it was Cooper Cardigan, it read 'I have your $1,000 for sleeping with her, I have to admit, I underestimated you, I didn't think you could pull such a spoiled bitch like her' My heart felt as if it had broken into a million pieces. Oh my god, I was being played. I ripped open the curtain to the shower.

"Hey babe coming to join?"

"How could you?! I trusted you! I fell for you! I was a bet this whole time???" Tears were uncontrollably streaming down my face, our newfound romance had just begun, so why did this hurt me so much?

"Baby please let me explain-"

"Get the fuck out of my house before I blow your head off." Ruby was shocked but knew there was no use in trying to calm me in the moment. I stomped back over to my bed and buried my face into my knees. Ruby got out of the shower and got dressed before slipping out the door.

My head was racing a mile a minute, all the memories we had together kept replaying in my mind wondering where I went wrong in believing this guy was genuine. He was clearly playing me from the start and I felt I was too blind to see it.