Manage My Heart

Chapter 10

Ruby jumps away at the sound of her alarm. She groans as she turns it off. She opens her eyes and lays in bed for a bit. She tries to process everything from last night. Her date with Mel. She has a girlfriend now. She smiles at the thought. Kylie and Malia. What the fuck? Why didn't she tell her? She had to find out from Mel? She didn't mind, she adored Malia. If she makes Kylie happy then that's all that matters. What bothered her was that Kylie didn't tell her. How long has this been going on?

She understands Kylie telling Mel, she's her manager. She kinda has to know these things in case things go south, so she can find a way to fix it. But Ruby was her best friend, surely she would have told her. Why did she hide it? She doesn't have time to think about it when her phone goes off.

Music 💚 - good morning my pink princess 😘

She smiles as she replies back.

Rube 🩷 - good morning my green queen 🥰

Music 💚 - oh god, that makes me sound like some troll or gremlin or something 🤦

Rube 🩷 - well, u r barely 4'11

Music 💚 - watch it 😑

Rube 🩷 - what r u gonna do? 😏

She locks her phone after. Deciding to finally get out of bed and get ready. She chose to wear a plain white tank top and sweats since it was a rehearsal day and they'll be dancing all day. She grabs her thermos and a granola bar.

Music 💚 - u sure u wanna find out?

Music 💚 - I'm outside

She smirks as she grabs her keys. She locks the door behind her and walks to the car. She puts her seat belt on and goes to kiss Mel. "Uh-uh." She turns her head and drives off. Ruby gasps. "Are you serious?" "Yup." "You're depriving me of kisses? Really?" "Oh I'm sure you'll survive." Mel smirks. "Oh come on, it's not my fault you're short." Ruby laughs. "You don't gotta bring it up every time though." Ruby reaches over and places her hand on her leg. "Ok, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it, forgive me?" She smiles. Mel sighs. "Fine." "Good, can i have my kiss now?" They stop at a red light. Mel leans over and kisses her softly. "There. Happy?" She sits back down as the light turns green. "Yes. Very." Ruby holds her hand. They get to the rehearsal studio and Mel parks in her usual spot. She gets out and opens the door for Ruby. "Mel, you don't have to keep opening my door all the time." She smiles. "What if i want to?" Mel throws her arm over her shoulder.

Ruby rolls her eyes as they enter. "Hey guys!" "Hey!" "Hey Ruby!" Mel goes to Ashley, their choreographer, while Ruby joins the rest of the cast. She spots Kylie chatting with Malia and looks away. She sighs. "Alright guys! Let's run it through one time!" They go through rehearsal for their D23 tour performance. "Ruby! Where's your mind today?" Ashley asks her. "Sorry, i just got a lot going on right now." She apologizes. Kylie glances at her. "Alright, well let's run it again!" Mel nods at her. "You ok?" She mouths. Ruby nods. Mel shrugs and brushes it off for now. She'll talk to her later. "Alright everyone, take five!" Ruby sighs as she goes over to her bag and takes a sip from her thermos. She looks over at Kylie who's chatting away with Malia. She couldn't take it anymore and walks over to them. "So, when were you gonna tell me?" She asks Kylie. "Uh, tell you what?" Ruby rolls her eyes. "You know what. When were you gonna tell me that you and Malia were dating?" She whispered. Kylie glances at Mel. "Did your girlfriend tell you that?" "It doesn't matter, you should have told me and you didn't. What the hell Ky? I'm supposed to be your best friend!" Everyone looks towards them. "Oh, like when you told me about Mel?" "I told you right away, it's not my fault you went on your rampage and attacked my girlfriend!"

"Ruby, we were gonna tell you, we were gonna tell everyone actually but we were gonna wait till after my birthday." Malia steps in. Ruby nods. "And i get that, but we're friends. It's not like I'm gonna leak it to the media or something. I thought you trusted me like i trust you." She looks at Kylie. "Like you trusted me when you told me Mel used you? I slapped my manager for nothing. It's not my fault you don't have your shit together Rube." Kylie rolls her eyes. "My shit?! I went through hell trying to figure out my sexuality and I'm still not 100% sure what the fuck i am! But at least I'm not queering baiting my fans! And using my friendship to do it!" She gestures towards Malia. "I'm not queering baiting! I'm dating her!" "And why wasn't i informed this?! You can tell Mel but you can't tell me?! What? Afraid I'm gonna judge you or something? She's nine years older than us, a year and a half is nothing!" Kylie sighs. "We wanted to keep things private." "Yeah, well there's private and there's secret. And judging by the fact that you told Mel and not me, something tells me this was personal like you purposely kept this from me! But you know what? It's none of my business, if you wanna date her, go ahead, if you wanna keep things from me, be my guest." Ruby walks away and out the door.