"Come on Carbo" Ruby says as she stands up on the couch to be at head level with Carbo
"I said no" Carbo says looking back at her as Ben comes around the corner into the living room
"Just around the block" Ruby says as she tries a different approach to get Carbo to crack
"No way Rubs" Carbo says as still staring down the now 16 year old girl as she looks back with a pitiful face "Hey that look doesn't work on Sadie or Melissa and it's not going to work on you"
"Okay easy killer" Ben says as he walks up behind Ruby as he pulls her off the couch "What's going on?"
"Carbo won't let me drive the charger" Ruby says looking at Ben, as she had a new found intrest in classic cars over the past few months
"Seriously man, your a 43 year old argueing with a 16 year old" Ben says looking at Carbo before looking back at Ruby "So you wearing him down any" he says smiling at his sister, while she had got Rachel's temperment she had also got alot of Ben's personality, for one they both had the same sneaky grin
"Ruby, you just haven't had enough experience driving yet" Carbo says looking at Ruby again trying to defend his case
"Look Rub's if you give me time to go change out of my work clothes, you and I can go practice your driving in my car, and then come back and have some supper" Ben says trying to persuade Ruby to go with his plan
"No offense Benny, but your car's old" Ruby says giving Ben a look of sympathy "But okay we'll go with your plan" she says patting him on the shoulder
"Hey my car's no older then Carbo's charger is" Ben says trying not to be offened by his sisters statement
"Yea but Carbo's car is a classic and your's is just" Ruby says as she turns around to see Ben glaring at her "A very nice car for it's age" she says approaching with caution
"I'm going to go get changed, and then we can get going in my apperent dinosure of a car" Ben says before walking upstairs
"You wern't wrong though, his car is really old" Carbo says standing beside Ruby as she grins at him
"Don't encourage her" They hear Ben yell from upstairs as they continue to grin at each other
"So I take it by the presence of this that Retta had to work later" Ruby says as her and Ben walk into the backyard as Carbo is cooking sausages on the grill as Sadie stands next to him as Melissa sits at the table nearby
"Yes but she gets off soon, so you have to help me hide the evidence" Carbo says as he hands a couple sausages on loaf bread to Sadie as she walks over to Melissa
"Well you don't have to ask us twice" Ben says as he and Ruby start to grab the food as well
"So your coming with us tommorw night aren't you Ruby?" Sadie says as Ruby joins her and Melissa at the table
"What's tommorw night?" Ruby says looking confused at Sadie and then at Melissa who is looking at her as well
"Girl's night, going shopping and then spend the night at Sammy and Nathan's place" Now that the kids were older, the girls both young and old had started having a girls night one friday a month, while the boy's had a guys night
"Oh yea I completly forgot about that, I've so much school work latly, but yes I will be there" Ruby says as she smiles back at Sadie
"Hello" Julie says as she walks into Carbo's house the next evening along with Ruby "Anyone home"
"Coming" Emily says as she comes down the stairs