DISCLAIMER : ALL CHARACTERS AND STUFF BELONG TO NINTENTO (I guess) I IN NO WAY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM ANY OF IT AS MY OWN
Ruby strode through the corridors, bag kept firmly at his side and each step displaying the purpose and determination that filled his body. As he continued to walk he thought about what he was going to say. He didn't think he would have to worry about Green jumping to conclusions or throwing him off his pre-planned speech, simple because Green wasn't going to interrupt him, it wasn't his style. Now if it was blue, then he would have had to have a completely different game plan. Thank Arceus Blue didn't know.
"I suppose I'll have to be completely honest with him. I'm sure I can trust him to keep a secret. I just hope he doesn't laugh."
Green laughing...I wonder what that looks like...
Ruby continued in silence down the hallways and around the corners. There were some students chatting. A lot familiar faces, others freshman who had their first day today. Ruby remembered his first day. He didn't suffer some of the nerves other freshmen did, because his dad taught there, and his closest friend had been with him all day. He knew somewhere in the school, one of the new guys must be scared, and his heart would have gone out to said student, however, he had more important personal things to be dealing with. After the brief nostalgia he pledged to himself that he would completely focus upon this. However his concentration was broken by a familiar voice calling out to him.
"Hey Ruby! Where're ya heading off to? "
The boy turned to see Sapphire's grinning face at the end of the corridor. Her hands on her hip as she said
"You were so deep in thought that you walked straight past me."
Ruby was subconsciously clutching his bag; the catalyst of his destruction was now about 10 feet away from the chemical pot that was Sapphire Birch. If he happened to mix the two then he was sure it would blow up in his face.
"Hey Saph, Sorry about that. I have something on my mind."
Sapphire walked over to him, looking a little concerned. While in normal circumstances he'd usually enjoy talking with Sapphire, right now, he desperately wanted to keep his distance. He stepped back, causing her to stop.
"Ruby...Is something wrong?" Her concern was touching, and in fact it made Ruby slightly regret his actions. However he had to take out every stop to make sure Sapphire didn't see her bra in his school bag.
"Er...actually...I wanted to speak with you...in private!" Ruby's words rolled off his tongue as they came to his head. He needed to lie to make her less worried.
"In...Private?"
"Yeah, it's not something I could just say here...or anywhere in school either. I want to talk to you at your house, today. After school. It's important."
Awesome, now if she lets me come over, that would be the perfect chance to put this bra back and finally end this mess.
Ruby watched her. She was definitely confused; she was pouting and scratching her forehead. The boy could only guess that she was trying to figure out what he wanted to say. She through it through, giving Ruby a glance every now and again. He tried to look serious and sincere. It stayed like this, until her face began to turn red. She had come to some realisation, although he was pretty confident that she was incorrect. She turned to her side, looking down at her fingers which she was now messing with. Ruby thought he could see a small smile on the girls face.
"S-sure...a-after school. I'll wait for you outside the gates. You promise not to back out?"
A weird question, but Ruby answered none the less. Sapphire then waved goodbye, grinning all the while. Seeing her run down the hallway, with blatant disregard for the rules, made Ruby smile to himself. Maybe thing were finally starting to go his way. He felt more confident about confronting Green, now that he had got himself invited over to Sapphires.
He continued his search. He was the most optimistic he'd been all day. Once green was convinced, he could just prepare for his mission at Sapphire's. He strolled down the corridor, not worried about the time. He still had another fifty minutes left.
Ruby made his way over, and as expected, Green was sat in his class conversing with Red, Yellow and of course blue. It seemed like blue was doing all the talking. He straightened himself, and made his way towards them all. His entrance into the classroom didn't go unnoticed, they looked over, all apart from Green, who was too interested in his lunch.
"Ruby!" Exclaimed Blue, making Green look over to the boy. Ruby noticed a small smile forming on the upperclassmen's lips just before Blue tackled him into a hug,
"It's nice of you to take out some time to come and see little old me." The trademark mischief in her voice was little comfort.
"Actually guys...I need to speak to Green...alone."
As the others looked slightly confused, Green stood up,
"I assumed you would eventually come to see me. Shall we step outside?"
Ruby forced a smiled as he followed Green out the classroom; he closed the door behind himself, leaving his friends confused and curious.
"So," Green began, "what reason do you have for calling me out?"
...Yeah, you forgot to smile or sound sarcastic there, Green.
Ruby looked at his senior. His hands in his pockets, his whole demeanour was cool and collected, as if nothing would faze him. This natural coolness that Green gave off made him quite popular with the girls, and made most lads envious. Needless to say, at this point it just made Ruby annoyed.
"Let's not play dumb, Green. I'm merely here to explain what you saw this morning in my room. You must have been shocked"
"I was curious. Not shocked."
"You seemed shocked; you turned your heels and headed straight out of my room."
"That was because your mother called me to say my tea was ready, nothing more."
That answer really irked Ruby; it was as if Green saw noting out of the ordinary with him having a bra in his room.
"It's not mine... It's...Sapphire's."
"hmmm."
What sort of reaction is that?
"You see, Green, I had the Bra because...because...I needed her measurements for a dress I was making, and well I knew my old measurements must have been outdated."
"Why not simply ask her?" Green made it sound way too simple.
"Not so easy now that she's suddenly decided to detonate some sort of chest bomb. Apparently, according to Blue she's quite self conscious at heart. However I've never really seen any evi-"
Green quelled the boy by raising his hand.
"I still believe your actions to be a little...extreme."
"I know. I don't know what came over me."
"I now understand your reasoning, and you've explained your situation, is there anything else?"
"Of course! I explained all that so you wouldn't have any reason to tell anyone about what you saw."
"You could have simply asked me not to divulge the information."
"What...and you would have simply kept your mouth shut?"
"Yes."
"Unacceptable. This way you know the truth, and you're not making your own presumptions about what you saw."
Green shrugged his shoulders, apparently not willing to argue about it but then, Green rarely argued with anyone but Red.
"What do you plan to do with the Bra?"
"Shhh! You don't know who could be listening."
"I can see this has affected you badly." Despite saying this, Green sounded liked he always did; as if he didn't care. Ruby thought best to ignore it, and just answer his first question.
"I'm going over to Sapphire's house tonight. I'll be able to sort this all out. All I need is an opportunity to be alone in her bedroom, so I can shove it back in whatever drawer I got it from."
"I wonder...will Sapphire trust you in her room alone."
"What?" Of course she wo-"
"Considering what you did in her room last summer."
The conversation, that for Green was quite fast and fluid, came to an abrupt end. What happened that dreadful summer day was best forgotten; at least that was Ruby and Sapphire's perspective. Some of the other people present then, mostly Gold and Blue, thought it was hilarious to mention it every now and again.
"I'm sure she's put that behind, her."
"Well, I wish you luck in your endeavours, I shall now return to my lunch." Silence overcame them as Green left. There was nothing more really to say, and upon coming to that conclusion, Ruby departed for his own class. Upon his way back, he met another familiar face who had yet to show up today.
"Oh, good day, Crys." Ruby said, with an apparent lack of enthusiasm, as Crys ran up to him, intent on walking back to their class together.
"You seemed tired Ruby, didn't you get any sleep last night?"
"Enough." He'd slept only four hours, and it was starting to kick in.
"Hmmmmm, well maybe you should get a few more hours as well. Anyway, how's your first day as a second year been?"
Ruby wanted to give a witty answer, but his apparent wit had deserted him, so he went for the truth.
"Stressful."
"Hey, have you seen Sapphire today."
"I had a fleeting conversation with her in the corridor, not to dissimilar to our conve-"
"You did, did you?" That interruption seemed a little unnecessary, which irked Ruby. His friends did seem to cut him off often.
"Why do you ask?"
The question got Crystal smiling,
"Well, I saw her just before she entered class and she seemed pretty upbeat. Apparently you're going over to her house after school to tell her something important.
Darn, what do I tell her?
"That's...right." She laughed, giving Ruby little comfort.
"Well, I look forward to seeing the results of your talk." With that, the conversation seemingly ended. They reached the class room in silence, but before either of them enter, Crystal perked up again.
"Oh! Ruby, do you have that book I lent you? You said you'd give it back to me today."
Turning to her he unzipped his bag and rummaged through,
"Yeah, I've got it right...here!"
Upon pulling out the book, an immediate feeling of regret overcame Ruby. He'd got the right book out, but funnily enough, whether it be fate or simple bad luck, the current bane of his life slithered out with it. The bra strap had somehow got into the pages of the book, so there it was dangling in-between Crystal and Ruby, clinging onto the book.
You have got to be kidding me!
Chapter 3 is up, and it was nice to finally nice to see Sapphire. My keyboard on my computer is giving me a whole load of grief, and its starting to really annoy me.
If you have the time, please review to let me know what you think. My thanks to those who've taken the time to review already.
~ SlyRival