My Sister's Keeper - A Creature Fanfic

Chapter 5: A Hint of Jealousy?

(Dex)

"Glad you could join us," Joe told Ruby, wrapping his arm around her. It was hard to look at the way he was holding her, when I was wishing that I could do the same. They'd been showing random bursts of affection the entire time we were streaming and the fans were eating it up, even making up a ship name for them. I played along with it on camera, but I hated it in reality.

I cleared my throat. "Well, we should do this again sometime. If you need me I'll be in my office. See you later." I lowered my head and my voice as I spoke. As I was leaving the room I saw them waving at me and I returned it a little, but I had to leave there. I really needed to get some air and time to myself.

What's wrong with me? It's pretty damn obvious that Ruby has a thing for Joe and that she could never feel that same affection with me. There are so many more girls out there I can choose from, and I just so happened to pick my new co-worker, knowing that I could probably never have her in the first place. Kevin would probably not want me dating his sister at all. Maybe my "bad boy" reputation has something to do with it.

But I just can't get her off my mind. She's like an addiction I can't overcome, as cliche as that sounds. If she really does have feelings for Joe, it may be too late for me. I refuse to give up, though. I want to make her mine, sooner or later. Joe is one of my best friends in this office too, and I have no idea how to feel about this.

I get to my office and sit at my computer, booting it up for more editing. I leaned back and closed my eyes, letting Ruby cross my mind a few minutes more. I wish I could tell her how I feel and know her answer right now so it won't torture me any longer. I wish it could be as easy as the movies, where I could just kiss her and the rest of the story can tell itself. Wow that sounded super cheesy, okay.

The sound of my computer log on pinging woke me up and I opened my editing program to get started. Just as soon as I re-opened my almost-finished project, I heard a knock on my door.

I groaned to myself in frustration. "Who is it?" I shouted. If it's Ruby or Joe, then it's just not a good time for me to see either of them.

"Dex, are you in there? It's me, Spencer," the other voice rang. So it's not either of them, but I'm curious as to why Spencer's here.

"Hey, Spencie," I opened the door and greeted, acting like everything was okay. "What's up?"

"I just wanted to talk to you for a minute. Can I come in?" I stepped aside and let him in, closing the door behind us.

"Grab a seat, Spence. What's on your mind?"

"Well, I noticed you seemed pretty down towards the end of our stream so I came to see if you're okay. You seemed pretty okay while we were streaming but then everything changed."

I swallowed hard, thinking of a lie. They caught on, I knew it. What should I tell him? Should I go with the truth or tell him a blatant lie? What if I tell the truth but then he goes back to Joe and Ruby and tells them? Okay, get it together, I got this.

I leaned in close and whispered, "Promise that what I say will stay between us?"

He nodded in agreement. "I promise."

I took a deep breath. "Okay. I think... no, I know... that I have a crush on... on Ruby. But... I also think that she may have a, um... a thing for Joe. They seemed to be doing a lot of flirting and stuff on camera, and the fans loved it and all... but I wanted that to be me instead of him. He was just so quick to pick her as a teammate and... no offense, but I wanted to be on her team."

"No offense taken," he chuckled nervously. "I'm sorry, go on."

"Anyway... I'm really torn because I want to tell her how I feel, so badly, but I'm worried that she may completely reject me or avoid me in the office if we're not working together. And I... I don't know if she actually has feelings for Joe or if I'm making everything up because of my crush."