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Tonight was the night of Ruby's 17th birthday celebration, in which a small gathering had been planned for at the beach side diner. The event has been planned to start at 7, and the time was currently 6pm. Today was actually the day of her birthday, which made it even more special. There's always that something special of having a party on your actual birth date, not the weekend before, or the weekend after.
Ruby sat at home in front of her mirror that her father had passed down to her. She sure as hell had no clue as to what she was going to wear to her own party that night. In the distance, down the hall way she could hear her sister having a shower. Ruby walked over to her wardrobe, opened the doors and just started into it for the next 5 minutes. Finally, she pulled out a dress, a purple one with sequins round the middle. Not to dressy and not to casual, she thought. She hated the idea of choosing clothes to wear to any sort of party. The thought of maybe I'll be too dressed up or maybe I'll be under dressed. "Perfect" she thought to herself and she took of the school uniform she was still dressed in and slipped the dress over her head.
Next up was hair and makeup. Much easier then choosing an outfit. Suddenly, a head popped from around the corner of her door
"You coming Rubes…" her sister got mid sentence
"CHARLIE! You scared the beejeebus out of me. Are you trying to not make me see my eighteenth birthday next year?!" Ruby interrupted, almost dropping her makeup everywhere
"Sorry baby…just wanted to ask if you were ready…I'm heading in now to help Leah set up a few things."
"Not really...I'll meet you there if that's ok."
Charlie kissed her sister on the head, told her not to be late and walked off. Ruby went back t doing her makeup and trying to put her hair into some nice style. Why is it that always when you want to go out with nice hair, it looks horrible, but when you need to stay inside your hair is lovely? Ruby thought that to herself everyday as it happened so often.
After 15 minutes later, she left the house, and started on the walk down to the diner. Luckily for her it wasn't very far as she had gone and stolen Charlie's shoes and she mainly owned heels that were a disaster to walk in. Along the way, she did a lot of thinking. She wondered if Xavier would show up tonight. They were fighting at the moment but she really hoped it would be over soon. She absolutely hated fighting with him and really loved the way things used to be. Where he would surprise her at school every day with simple little gifts, left in her locker, or the nights they had alone in the house watching movies and making out with each other.
The previous night, Charlie had informed her little sister of who had been invited. They included; Leah, well obviously as she works in the diner and she was helping set it up, Nicole, Aden, Annie, Geoff, and most of the people left in the bay, except Rachel and Alf who had to work. Rachel was doing a night shift at the hospital and Alf was at the bar but said he would pop down if he closed the bar down early which is what he was hoping for. She knew that Joey would probably be there as well. She and Charlie had been going out for awhile but decided they were much happier being best friends. Who knew, what the future held for those two. Some days it seemed they were on the road to getting back together but the next day when Ruby decided to investigate, she discovered nothing was happening between those two. Either way, she didn't mind. She loved both of them and was happy with whatever decision they made. At first she struggled when Charlie came out of the closest and told her that she was gay and going out with Joey. She has never expected her sister to say anything of that kind, but after lots and lots of thinking to herself, and talking to her sister, she finally accepted her for who she was, which Charlie appreciated. Their sisterly relationship had many bumps and dead ends during that time in her life but she was so happy that they had managed to sort it out before their father had passed away. A family member, especially someone so close to you, who passes away, is just so tragic and many find it hard to deal with. But these two girls had each other and the rest of the bay leave their love and support for them both. A small tear came to Ruby's eye when she was thinking back on all of this, just wishing how much she would want for her Dad to be there tonight. But she knew he was somewhere up there, watching over her.
Ruby was also hoping that now, maybe because it was her special night, even though she was underage that Charlie may let her have a little tansy bit of a drink to get the mood settled in for the night. She was mature enough or so she thought and she had never touched a drop of alcohol in her life. She knew it was wrong to drink underage and she knew all the risks and dangers but she wasn't asking to be so drunk and pass out, she was just asking for maybe a sip or two of an alcoholic beverage.
Up ahead in the distance, she could see the diner, which she could just make out on the outside was decorated with fairy lights. She smiled at whoever had thought of that idea. Fairy lights were one of Ruby's favorite things. Anywhere she saw them she would just fall in love. And the surf club never looked like that on an ordinary night. Charlie's idea probably, she thought to herself. Her last thought before she heard a car coming up behind her and her whole world went black.