"Is he dead?" Ruby says as she looks at Nathan and Rachel continuing to look down
"He's going to feel like he is" Nathan says as he grins at them
"Shall we have a little fun with this" Rachel says forming a grin as Ruby grins at both of them
"I think it's our duty as his siblings" Ruby says looking at Ben before back to them
"And that gives us the right to be as mean as we want" Nathan says also looking down at Ben
"It's the right thing to do" Rachel says nodding in agreement as the leap over the couch right on top of Ben
"Good Morning!" Ruby says into Ben's ear as he winces letting out a moan
"And how are we feeling this morning?" Rachel says as she comes up behind Ruby
"Go away" Ben says still with his face into the couch "I'm never going to drink again"
"Yea I've heard that one before" Nathan says readjusting himself as they continue to jump up and down on top of him
"If you make me sick" Ben says continuing "I know exactly where to aim" he finishs as Julie comes inside the house as the three of them turn around to look
"Morning all" Julie says as she walks over observing the scene "I'll go make some coffee" she says before walking toward the kitchen
"Okay I think our job is done here" Ruby says as she looks back at Rachel and Nathan
"I knew it was your idea" Ben says as he turns his head to the side
"No this time it really wasn't" Ruby says looking at Rachel "This time it was Rachel's idea"
"Honest mistake" Ben says continuing to lay down "Usually you are the ring leader, remember the good ole days when it was just the three of us"
"Yea but I learned from the best" Ruby says grinning at him "They don't call me your mini me for nothing"
"Let's go play with the kids" Nathan says as they jump off the couch running through the kitchen and out the backdoor
A couple nights later Ruby is sitting in the middle of the couch rolling her eyes as Lola and Bella continue arguing back and forth
"Well that's what I've been trying to tell you" Bella says as she yells at Lola
"No was not" Lola says as she gives a look back at her "Because if you had I would have remembered"
"That does it" Ruby yells out as she looks at them as she jumps off the couch grabbing her purse as she heads toward the door
"Where are you going?" Lola says as she turns around to look at her as Ruby gets ready to open the door
"It's after 10:30" Bella says turning around also looking at Ruby "And you in your night clothes"
"I am tired of hearing the two of you go on, so figure it out" Ruby says as she opens the door "till you do I'll be next door" she says slamming the door close as Bella and Lola look at each other before jumping back into the arguement
Ruby uses her spare key as she opens the door to Ben and Emily's as she slips into the darkened hallway closing the door quietly as not to wake up her nieces and nephew before tapping on the door of Emily and Ben's room "Ben,
Emily" she says cracking open the door "Are you awake?" she says noticing the TV is on as she see's Emily sitting cross legged on the bed glued to the screen with a bowl of popcorn in front of her "Emily" she says a little louder as Emily jumps before looking at her
"Hey Rubs" Emily says as she looks at her wide eyed as she flips back towards the TV as Ruby climbs onto the bed beside her "I didn't hear you come in"
"Yeah I used my spare key I figured everyone would be asleep" Ruby says grabbing a fist full of popcorn "I didn't mean to scare you" she says eating some of the popcorn "What are you doing anyway, where's Ben at?"
"He said he would close up the bar tonight" Emily says looking at her "So he probably won't be home till 1:30 or 2 but I decided to have a little horror movie night" she says holding up a couple movies "I still have razorback to go if you want to hangout"
"Oh I've never seen that one" Ruby says as she looks at the dvd "And actually I was going to see if I could stay over here tonight anyway"
"Lola and Bella still arguing" Emily says looking at her as Ruby nods her head up and down "Of course you can" she says smiling at her
"But I really do want to watch razorback" Ruby says leaning in to grab another fist full of popcorn
"Okay but in the meantime go make your own bowl of popcorn" Emily says pulling the bowl away from her "Mini Ben"
Later that night Ruby and Emily are half asleep to the movie as they are now layed out across the bed as they hear some noise coming from the kitchen as the leap out of the bed
"What was that?" Emily says as she presses her ear against the door as Ruby comes up behind her
"I don't know but you should check it out" Ruby says as Emily gives her a look back
"Why is it that I'm going first" Emily says looking back at her as Ruby continues to look at her
"Because it's your house" Ruby says as Emily opens the door as they step out into the hall as Ruby grabs a bat from behind the bedroom door "I got your back" she says as Emily turns around looking at her before continuing to sneak into the kitchen as they flip on the light as Ben whirls around as he see's Emily in a defensive pose as Ruby is holding the bat over her head
"What's wrong with you two?" Ben says trying to catch his breath from where he was startled "Are you trying to give me a heart attack"
"We thought someone was trying to break in" Ruby says as she lowers the bat as they both look at him "And Emily got scared"
she says continuing as Emily flips around shaking her head at her
"What happened to your eye?" Emily says walking up touching a growing black eye as Ben winces
"Yea looks like someone got you good" Ruby says as she sits down on a bar stool
"Rowdy crowd at the bar tonight" Ben says as Emily continues to look at his eye "Bar fight broke out, my bartender dunked and a got a hit right to the face" he says continuing "Came in here to get some asprin and get something to eat before going to sleep"
"Sit down" Emily says as Ben walks over sitting down on the bar stool beside Ruby "I'll fix you something to eat" she says reaching in the freezer grabbing some frozen peas out handing it to him "And put these on your eye"
"I'll get you something for the pain" Ruby says as she gets up reaching into the cabinet getting a pill bottle out handing it to Ben
"What are you doing here anyway?" Ben says as he takes a couple asprin before handing the bottle back to Ruby as she hands him a glass of water
"Housemate's still" Ruby says looking for him before walking back over sitting down as Emily's hands them both a sandwich taking a bite of her own "I couldn't take it anymore, had to get out of there"
"How did the arguement even start" Ben says looking at her as he takes another bite of his sandwich reaching for some chips that Emily has bought over
"I don't even know anymore" Ruby says finishing her food as she finishs her sandwich "But what I do know is I get the nice bed in the spare bedroom tonight" she says getting off the school as she gives Ben a kiss on the cheek before getting off the bar stool "good night" she says heading toward the hallway
"Nite" Ben says as him and Emily look at her as she closes the bedroom door "I'm shattered too" Ben says getting off the stool putting the dishes in the sink as he turns back to Emily as he puts his arm around her shoulder
"Let's get you into bed" Emily says as they turn off the kitchen light walking towards the bedroom "Maybe I'll even give you a massage"
The next morning Ruby is on the floor of the nusery surrunded by her nieces and nephew making faces at them as they look at her as Ben and Emily step into the doorway as Ruby turns to smile at them "morning" she says continuing "Just entertaining the troops,
figured you could use some sleeping in"
"Do you want to stay for breakfast?" Emily says grinning at her and Ben walk into the nursery as they sit on either side of her
"Do you want to stay forever?" Ben says as he looks at her from the other side
"Sure" Ruby says as she looks over at Emily "And it might just come to that" she says turning to look at Ben
"Well you can stay here as long as you need" Emily says as she grabs one of the babies "But right now I think these three need breakfast" she says standing up as Ben and Ruby grab the other two as they stand up following her