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#18. Weekend

RUBEN'S POV

Alma walks out of her front door, and jogs over to me. She's bundled up in a sweater and sweats, hair pulled up in a ponytail.

"Its the middle of the night." She mumbles as I wrap her in a hug. "Your lucky that I love you more than I cherish sleep."

"I love you too." I say as I smile and grab her hand to pull her over to my quad. She hops on the back, and wraps her arms around me when I hop on. I start it, the engine purring, and I hand her a helmet, and put mine on.

(Skip ride)

We pull up to the trail, and I stop the quad. "You woke me up on the middle of the night to go hiking?" She asks incredulously.

"Yes and no. We need to hike for a bit before we get to where we're going."

"I hate hiking." She mumbles as she starts off. I stop her.

"Piggyback?" I ask. She smiles at me, making my heart skip a beat, and hops on my back. She rests her head in my shoulder, and sighs. I can feel her smiling against my neck, and it makes me smile. I head off of the trail a couple of feet, and come to an little hill. It has a small pond, and a waterfall that I made myself, at the bottom. "I come here to think a lot of the time." I say, as I set her down.

"Its beautiful." She breaths.

"I know." I smile. "It pales in comparison to you though." I whisper in her ear, and she blushes.

I walk over to a fallen tree trunk that I hallowed out, and grabbed a blanket. (I totally ripped off The Hunger Games, I  know, sorry.) I lay it out on the ground and flop down on it. She lays down beside me, her head resting on my chest. I pull my phone out of my pocket. I put on a some Blake Shelton, turning down the volume so that it's only background music. The sky is clear, and filled with stars.

"Ruben?"

"Hm?"

"We need a song."

I think about it for a second. "Just The Way You Are. It's by Bruno Mars."

"Hmmmm. I don't think I've ever heard that song." I pull away and gasp. "Actually, I don't really listen to Bruno Mars."

I gasp again. "How dare you." I tease. I grab my phone again and put it on.
Oh, Her eyes, her eyes make the stars look like they're not shining. Her hair, her hair falls perfectly without her trying...

"Yeah, I like this song. I think it works." She says, and I smile. I sit up, and pull her onto my lap. She lays her head on my shoulder, and closes her eyes, a smile playing on her lips. I kiss her gently, holding her head. She kisses me back. My phone rings, scaring us apart. We both laugh as I look at the caller ID, and its Johnny.

I roll my eyes, but answer it anyways.

"Duuudee! You are missing the most epic of parties ever!" He slurrs.

"Johnny, how many times have I told you not to call me while your drunk unless you need a ride?"

"Ummmmm..."

"Exactly." I hang up my phone.
ALMA'S POV

"Is he always like that?" I ask.

"Yeah." He says. He flops backwards. I lay next to him.

And we just lay like that. His arm around me, laying on the blanket staring up at the stars. He looks at his phone, checking the time, and he shows me the time.

"11:11 Alma. Make a wish." He whispers.

"I don't have to." I whisper back. "I already have everything that I could ever ask for." He smiles, and so do I. We continue laying like that. No words, nothing besides the sound of our breathing, the frogs, the waterfall, and the owls. We finally get up, and he folds the blanket neatly, putting it in the log. He picks me up bridal style and carries me to the quad. We get on and he drives us back to my house, pecking me on the lips before he leaves.

I walk up to my room and collapse on my bed, falling asleep almost instantly, dreaming of Ruben.

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RUBEN'S POV

"They proved him guilty." My mom says. "He's never coming back." I smile and hug her.

"I'm glad." I pull back, and she's smiling. I haven't seen her smile since he started abusing her. And I'm glad that she's smiling now. Her hair is down, something John would never let her do. Her face has no makeup on it, and has no other marks on it.

"Mom, let's celebrate. Let's go to the movies or something."

"Okay, just let me get ready." I shake my head.

"No, you look fine the way you are." I say, grabbing her hand and pulling her out the door. She laughs, and we drive down to the movies. She picks out the movie to watch, and we go inside with two buckets of popcorn and two small drinks.

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We walk out, and head back home.
ALMA'S POV
Oye, Alma! Haven't heard from you in a while, what's up?

I smile. My single feeind that didn't abandon me back in Britain. We haven't talked since school started.
Nm. I got a new boyfriend! :D He makes me smile.
Nice! I'm happy for you :)
So how's the boyfriend?
He broke up with me... :'(
Aw, I'm sorry.. I go to my freezer and dig out some mint chocolate chip ice cream, and then put it next to The Fault In Our Stars, snapping a pic of it and sending it to her. I caption it Wish I was with you, we could have a girls time...
Thanx Alma. So, what's he like???

I smile, that's Sienna for you, taking the attention away from herself.
He's amazing. He's sweet, funny, and a gentleman. Last night, he woke me up in the middle of the night to take me on a date. He's a real country boy. I text back.
How long have you guys been going out?

We continue texting, and I send her a picture of Ruben, and she tells me that 'He's so smexy'

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