Trusting You

Hidden Talent

Rue's POV

We walked to the nearest ice-cream shop and took a seat at the furthest table. This reminded me of Blake and I when we argued about flavours of ice-cream. I sighed and Skylar looked at me, "Wanna talk about it now?". I nodded and I told him everything that happened at the party from Jess's drinking to Blake and Tyler. When I finished, I sighed and looked up at him to see his reaction. His face remained blank, "Well I think Jess is definitely going through stuff that might or might not have to do with Jace and I think you girls should sit and talk to her. She's obviously not going to tell us, dudes before she tells you and Sam". He licked his ice-cream before continuing, "Jace is going to come to terms with the fact that he loves Jess and I think Miranda wouldn't be okay but at the same time, she'll be okay since she kind of saw it coming". "Yeah", I nodded. "And as for Blake, I kind of get where he's coming from but he's going to realise that he can't babysit Sam forever and she's going to do what she wants to, so he's gotta get used to that", he said, taking one last lick from his ice-cream before chewing the cone.
I smiled, "Do you know what you just did?". He smirked at me, "I made you realise that all of the things bothering you actually has nothing to do with you? Yup". I laughed as I hit his arm.

Just as we were about to leave the shop, a loud thunder roared and rain started pouring. "Oh shit", I muttered. "My dorm is so many blocks away!", I sighed. "My house is just around the block, come on", he grabbed my hands and pulled me out as we ran in the rain towards his house. We got to his house in 2 mins and he was struggling to put the key into the hole cause he couldn't see with the amount of rain that was pouring on us. He finally opened the door and we rushed in. When we were inside, we looked at each other and started laughing.

Some minutes later, I was sitting on the couch in Skylar's dry clothes, taking in the look of the house. It seemed lonely, less homey. Everywhere was dry, there were no pictures, nothing. Skylar walked in with 2 cups of hot cocoa, "This can't be the cold that's going to strike us by morning". I smiled and collected one, "Thanks". We sat there and drank as I kept looking around the place. "Are your parents going to be upset about me being here? I'm asking cause my mum hates when I bring people in without asking", I chuckled as I glanced at him. His face remained neutral as he spoke, "It's just my brother and I and yeah he's probably going to be pissed when he sees you". My heart sunk, "Oh I'm sorry. I didn't know". "It's okay. I'm kind of used to it now. My dad beat my mum to death and then he got arrested for physically abusing my brother and I". I reached over and held his hand as I saw his guard coming back up. Stupid me! Way to ruin the mood Rue.

I thought of how to switch the mood back, "Do you want to continue our assignment?". He smiled a bit before nodding, "Sure". Minutes went by and we were obviously not progressing,

"What's your lucky number?"

"5"

"Mine is 12"

"I thought lucky numbers were single digits", he laughed.

"Whatever. What's your hidden talent?"

"I can drink water with my nose"

"That's not talent Skylar, that's disgusting!"

We both laughed then went pin drop silent when the door opened. A guy walked in, I assume to be Skylar's brother, and looked at us. He gave no expression as he turned to Skylar, "Upstairs now!" and then he left. Skylar whispered that he'll be right back and then he followed his brother. I sat there awkwardly as I heard a door slam.

I tiptoed to the edge of the staircase. "What is she doing here?!", I heard his brother's voice roar. "She is Rue and I had to bring her here because the rain was falling and I couldn't let her walk in the rain", Skylar said back. "What have I told you about letting just anyone in the house?", His brother yelled louder. "She is not just anyone Ryan, Rue is my friend and why can't I let my friends in just because you're scared that you're going to get caught? Does she look like someone who goes to wherever the  fuck you go to do your business", Skylar sounded angry. I wondered what kind of business Skylar's brother was into. "Don't use that tone with me Skylar!" "I'm done!", I heard the door slam and footsteps coming downstairs. I rushed back to the couch as Skylar came into view. I stood quickly, "I should probably go". He looked at me blankly, "Would you be okay? Going back on your own?". I nodded as I picked my purse and my phone, "Yeah. Thanks for the cocoa". I opened the door and let myself out.

After getting lost like 5 times, I finally found my dorm. I opened the door and silently took off my shoes. Liza, Kesha and Jess were all sound asleep. I sneezed a little, waking Jess up. "Hey", she said as she tried to open her eyes but she groaned and touched her head. "You had that coming", I smiled as I sat on her bed. "I drank alot, didn't I?", She groaned again. I chuckled and nodded. She picked up the aspirin and water beside her bed and swallowed it, "Thanks for these". "Actually, I think you should thank Jace", I laughed as she choked on the water. "Jace brought me back? Omg he knew I was drunk? Did I say something embarrassing? Tell me I didn't", she kept pushing my shoulders as I laughed silently so I wouldn't wake Liza and Kesha. She buried her head in her pillow, "You actually didn't do that bad. You were talking about your weird nose for like 5 minutes before you kind of said Miranda is the least person you wanted to see and then you told Jace you weren't drunk which you clearly were, that's it. Although, I don't know if you said anything to Jace when he brought you here". She fake cried, "Oh God, I'm doomed!". She kept wailing before I cleared my throat.

"You kind of missed alot", I said tentatively. She finally looked up from her pillow, "What happened? You kissed Blake?". I laughed, "Quite the opposite". She suddenly looked worried, "What happened?". "Well Blake found out about Sam and Tyler and then he beat up Tyler and we yelled at each other and then he walked out", I shrugged as she covered her mouth with her hands. "Oh my God! How is Sam and Tyler? We should probably check on them", she picked up her phone and dialled Sam. She picked after the third ring, she mumbled Hey. She told us that She and Tyler were okay and that he was staying with her for the night. We talked for a while before we hung up.

I sneezed again as Jess looked at me questioningly, "Did you fall in the pool or something?". I rubbed my nose as I said, "I actually ran in the rain to get here". She hugged me, "Awwnn poor Rue. You should probably get to bed". "Yeah", I nodded as I stood up and changed into my PJs and one of my hoodies. I laid on my bed as Jess turned off the lights and I went into deep slumber.

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