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The room was a wreck. Despite her denial, Ruby knew that her cellphone could not be found in the room. She asked the hotel to call her phone several times and even went through the trouble to search the muddy grounds and murky forest for any signs of her cellular device. As her brother would say, she was giving failure a piggy back ride and there was nothing she could do about it. The nineteen-year-old growled before tumbling on the bed, screaming into her pillow.
She has never been one for material needs, but her Blackberry held her entire life in it. Contact information, notes, documents, emails, etc. All of the things that one might even use to blackmail her could be found on there—she had a habit of taking pictures of the strange food she liked to eat. Two hours later, she rolled over in bed, feeling slightly groggy from that unexpected nap that had overcome her. Her room was still a mess and her cellphone was nowhere to be found.
When a knock caught her attention, she sat up immediately. Who could be visiting her at this hour when she had told no one where she was staying? Did Douglas decide to stalk her to Washington simply because he couldn't catch her to gossip? Or did her brother want to come around again in another feeble attempt to knock some senses into her? Ruby checked her appearance, despite that it didn't really matter. Jeans and t-shirts were timeless fashion; perhaps not trendy fashion, but it would do for now.
Her breath hitched in her throat when she opened the door for she was once again staring into the espresso eyes which belonged to Jacob Black. He was still slightly pale, but compared to yesterday, he looked many tones healthier. Her mouth opened when she saw his hair dripping with sweat and water, and when the teenager cleared his throat, she stopped. "Jacob? How did you find me?"
"Your friend called," he fished his pocket for the cellphone. Ruby's eyes widened when she saw the Blackberry emerge from said pockets, "Douglas. I asked him for the address and he said that you should call him when you get this back."
She couldn't contain herself. The happiness welled inside of her at the thought that she wouldn't have to go out and buy a new one, especially now that Jacob had found it, and she would have less of a chance of getting fired in case her boss was looking for her. The next thing she knew it, her arms were flying and her body followed closely after until she collapsed against his firm body with said arms around his neck. Jacob took on step back, pleasantly surprised, of course, with one arm hooked around her waist to stabilize himself. The two stood there in the silence that seemed to go on forever until from the corner of her eyes, she could see something move. Ruby blinked, meeting gaze with the kid who looked up at her and the man she was... hugging.
Suddenly the girl realized what she had just done. Eyes still wide, only this time in horror, she pulled away, swallowing and smiling as she took the phone from his hands. Ruby tried to ignore the child walking past with his mother as she muttered something to him in choppy Italian—at least it sounded choppy to her because she passed that class in high school with a B. Lord, what was she doing? Jumping onto the poor boy like he was some kind of pillow.
"Thanks," she murmured, blushing under her eyelashes. Gosh, she must have made a fool of herself in front of him, this seventeen-year-old jail bait. Why the hell did she have to feel like a teenager in front of him? Wait a minute, she WAS a teenager, "You have no idea how much this means to me."
"That seemed to be a pretty good indicator," he responded, chuckling at her mortified expression. "I'm glad that you're relieved. I was going to reach you, but then I realized that I didn't know where you were staying and well, the number you left was for this phone, so..."
"Sorry about that... I guess I shouldn't have forgotten about this. Well... thanks..." she said, awkwardly backing up into her room.
Jacob made an unreadable expression before returning the gesture. Ruby closed the door, leaning against it while her heart pounded healthily against her chest. Then she did something stupid again. Her hand twisted and pulled on the knob and her feet walked out, propelling her towards the departing Jacob and she called out, "Hey, do you want some coffee?"
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