The dirty man was being beaten up by someone Ruby could barely see. She got up and came closer to the fighter, it was a boy, judging by the force his fist was punching the dirty man's face, blood flying from his mouth. When he finally let go of him, the dirty man ran away, struggling. Ruby was standing there in shock, with wide eyes, dying to know who was this boy who saved her from being abused. He took a few step back while watching the dirty man run. He took a deep breath and shook his fist, finally looking at Ruby, his bleached hair flying a little
"Are you ok ?" He asked to Ruby who just recognized him
"Hey ! You're blond-leather-guy !!!" Was all that she could say.
"What ?" He asked, clearly feeling awkward.
"Sorry, never mind. I'm fine, thanks a lot" She said, blushing.
"What were you doing here ? Don't you know it's really dangerous for a girl like you to stay in corners like these ?"
"I didn't know, I'm not from here..." Ruby answered, feeling bad for being so stupid
"I'm Alex... Alex Black. You look starved, let me pay you something to eat"
Did he say "pay you" ? She couldn't refuse. Plus, he wasn't a total stranger, she saw him in the train this morning. And she was starving like hell
"Yes, sure, thank you"
Alex started walking and Ruby followed. They walked in silence, which was perfect for Ruby. This guy ... He just "saved" her and was now offering her something to eat. Was it safe, after all, to stay with him ? Safer than staying in strange corners of a big city like New York. Ruby was about to think of something else, but Alex spoke
" I know this is not really glamour, but I'm taking you to MacDonalds"
"It's fine with me, I love MacDonalds, BigMacs are the solution to every troubles" She suddenly says, regretting it right away.
Did she really just say that ? He giggled, and showed perfect white teeth. Ruby felt her heart beat faster and she blushed. That smile was not like the ones she saw before.
As they entered Macdonalds, kids were running everywhere, groups of teenagers were eating, laughing and yelling. She stopped for a moment, the wamth of the restaurant hitting her. Alex put his hand on her back
"You ok ?" he asked looking at her, his face emotionless
"Yes, let's go" She answered feeling his hand leaving her
They ordered and sat on a single table with 2 chairs, facing each other.
"You still haven't told me your name" He smirked, taking a sip of his coca-cola
"I'm Ruby Jones" She said immediately attacking her burger
"Wow, girl, you were very hungry"
"You have no idea" Ruby said, her mouth full of the delicious food
He laughed and they ate in silence for 5 minute before Alex finally spoke
"I knew you would put yourself in troubles ever since I laid eyes on you this morning, in the train"
She blushed so hard now.
"So you remembered me, right ?" she asked, trying to tease him.
But it didn't work, he stared at her, his face blank. She tried to stare back. But the look in his dark brown eyes made her look away
"I remembered you when I saw you struggling against this manwhore earlier"
She felt bad, her blushing left and she looked down
"Look I'm sorr-" He started but Ruby cut him
"Don't" she said quickly
They left and walked for a moment, once again in silence. Alex felt bad for saying something so stupid. It just happened an hour ago and he threw it on her face.
"If you have nowhere to go, you can sleep in my flat for a while, I live with my 2 brothers, we'll take care of you for a moment, letting you adjust to the city.. I mean, if you want to" He proposed her
He had to propose her, she had no where to go. Suddenly he realises what he just said. This girl, is she going to be a burden to him ? He had a lot of business going on, he didn't need a school girl to mess it all up
"Um, yes, thank you, just a week or 2. I promise" She said, happy to have somewhere to go
"Great then, come on follow me"
2 minutes later, they were in a parking lot, Ruby panicked, the parking lot was empty, just a motorcycle in the middle. Is he going to rape her ? then kill her ? Alex saw her panicked face and smiled.
"Chill, the motorcycle is mine. I won't hurt you, well not tonight" He winked, and if she didn't know he was kidding she would have hit him in the balls and run.
She jumped on the motorcycle, behing Alex, her arms around his waist, as the vehicle went on, she hugged tighter
30 minutes later, Alex stopped in front of a high building, each floor looked like a single flat.
"We're here" He said stopping the motorcycle
It looked nice, really nice. Too nice, how old was he ? Ruby was from a small town but she knew that this kind of flats, even rented, were out of price.
Once in the flat, it was dark and silent. Alex turned on the light. It was spacious, all grey, white, and black. So modern, nothing to do with the old fournitures her mother put in the house
"So here on the left are the toilets, the bathroom is at the end of the corridor and the rooms are behind the other doors, mine is the left one at the end of the corridor, which will be your room." He introduced the flat and she listened carefully
"What about you?"
"Me ? oh, I always sleep on the couch, sit down, you'll see it's heavenly comfortable"
She put her backpack anywhere and sat down on the couch, feeling herself getting deeper and deeper in it, as well as in her sleep....
The sun piercing the curtains woke her up. She looked around, she was in a room she didn't know, her backpack sitting next to a guitar. She looked to the left, a drum was there. Where was she ? It took her a while before remembering what happened last night. Blond-leather-guy, must be his room. She rubbed her eyes and went out of the bed. "The bath room is at the end of the corridor" Alex said yesterday. She opened the door and left Alex's room which already was at the end of the long corridor. She opened the door of the bathroom and, there, stands a tall figure, his semi-long brown hair was wet, his nacked body revealed perfect abs. Ruby looked down, then immediately looked up. He was fully nacked. She stared at his face in shock as her face turned red
"SHIT ! I'M SORRY I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE SOMEONE I'M SORRY" She yelled, running to the living room.
She was still in her outfit from yesterday. She sat on a random chair, forgetting about the penis she just saw, and started thinking. What is she going to do today ? Find a job, it was her priority. A voice she didn't recognize started to speak in what looked like the kitchen
"No, listen, we need someone, anyone. We can't keep going just us two. We need 2 people to deal the drug and another one to watch out back.... find someone.... you know what, fuck off I'll find someone... bye see you tonight"
I drank every word he said. I walked to the kitchen, there stood another tall guy, this one had short hair, as blond as Alex's. He looked at me. Before he said anything, I spoke, gathering all the courage and the confidence I had in the guts
"I can help"
YOU ARE READING
Beautiful thieves
AventuraRuby, another random teenage girl, leaves her sick mother in order to earn money and pay the treatment her mother needs. When her path meets the Black Brothers, Alex, Cameron and Ashton, troubles are at its highest, mixing illegality and special rel...
