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Ruby's View
Ruby woke up and turned to see if Belle was there in her bed. She was sleeping on her stomach with one of her legs out of the blanket and the other one in the blanket. Ruby looked at the time: 7:36A.
Perfect timing to send a good morning text to Dorothy before I go to class at 9:30! Ruby chuckled.
Ruby: Good morning, pretty lily pad, hope you slept as good as I did last night. I will be picking you up around 5:45 tonight to have dinner. I am looking forward to it! :)
Ruby placed her phone on the nightstand so she could get ready for school. She would want to have time to stop to get Iced Groovin' Green Tea before class. As soon as she was getting out of the room to take a shower.
"Ruby?" Belle cleared her throat as she was waking up.
"Good morning, you. What's up?"
"Killian and I had a nice talk last night."
Crap, he poured his heart out to you, didn't he? What did you tell him?
"I am not surprised because he's a good with talking with people." Ruby chuckled.
"He was telling me that he came up to you and talked to you about his feelings about me. He felt bad that he told you first before me. He asked if I was aware of it because you and I were roommates, and I told him that you didn't tell me." Belle explained.
"I am sorry that I didn't tell you, as he asked me not to say a word to anyone." Ruby pouted.
"No, I am glad you didn't tell me, because I would prefer someone to tell me straight in my face rather than someone else telling me. That tells me he has a lot of respect for himself for speaking from his heart." Belle smiled.
"That's definitely true, he does have a class for himself in general. He's a sweetheart!" Ruby agreed.
"I also told him that I wasn't single and I had feelings for someone who was a woman. I felt so bad for not being able to be on the same page as him. I was glad he was able to be there and listen. He completely understood that I was with someone, and he wanted me to be happy. How often do we have people like that?" Belle scoffed.
"A rare gem that is, and I am honored to be his friend. Again, I am not surprised that he understood and wish you nothing but happiness." Ruby smiled.
Killian is so mature. Any person will be lucky to have him as a partner! Ruby smiled at her thoughts of Killian of how he text-slapped her to take the risk to tell Dorothy how she felt about her.
"Yeah, sorry to keep you from standing there from shower, I just wanted to tell you about Killian and my conversation last night! I am going to go and get ready. Go and shower, you reek vomit." Belle joked.
"You know you love it," Ruby laughed. Ruby left the room to go in the bathroom to take a shower. As soon as she got in the stall, she opened the curtain to turn on the hot water. She undressed herself to get ready to be all clean before class. Setting up the shampoo, conditioner, and body soap on the shelf by the shower head. She got in the steamy shower.
Ah, warm water, it feels so good. I can't wait to see Dorothy already. What am I going to have for dinner at Wahoo's? Shrimp tacos, Bajaladas or Maui Bowl? Decisions, decisions. I have all day to decide, right? No, I won't be able to have the time to think about what I want for dinner? Ugh, why am I thinking about dinner if I haven't had breakfast? Oh, Ruby. Focus on your day before the night begins, silly goose.
Ruby got out of that nice steamy shower, and she put on her black v neck shirt that has a logo of her favorite United States Football League team, the New York Wolverines and red leggings with a pair of tall black boots. Walking by the bathroom mirror and she stopped to dry her hair and check herself out before going to get Iced Groovin' Green Tea and classes for today.
Do I look good? What will Dorothy think of me when she sees me tonight? Ugh, I need to stop thinking about Dorothy, heh, if I tell myself to stop and I can't stop, actually it is more like I WON'T stop thinking about her.… I am so excited for this date, and yet I am nervous because I do not know what to wear. Should I dress "Comfy Ruby," "Sexy Ruby," or "Cute Ruby?" Stop it, Belle will help me. Don't overthink and overreact over a little date tonight, alright? Now, girlfriend, time to breathe in and out. Let's go. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale.
She was walking to the Student Gathering Atrium to get her Iced Groovin' Tea with extra tapioca pearls. She pulled her iPhone out of her back pocket to text Belle.
Ruby: Hello, I am wondering if you could help me with one thing tonight around 5?
Belle: Of course, I can help you with whatever this one thing is!
Ruby: I need a fashion opinion as I am going out on a date with D.
Belle: OH, EM GEE. OF COURSE, I AM SO HELPING OUT!
Ruby could picture Belle getting so excited over this.
Ruby: Glad one of us is excited…
Belle: DON'T GET COLD FEET, SHES A KEEPER OR DON'T BE NERVOUS BECAUSE SHES WORTH IT! Gee, sorry about all the caps, I just got too excited and I am super happy for you. Aca-excuse me!
Ruby laughed at the fact that she knew she was going to be okay because Belle was excited to help her out tonight. It made her feel a little less nervous than she was five minutes ago.
"Venti Iced Groovin' Green Tea for Ruby!" Sneezy shouted.
"Thanks, Sneez." Ruby walked up to pick up her drink, "Have a great one today!"
"Thank you," Sneezy began to sneeze, "Excuse me, and I wish you a great day as well!"
"Welcome back, and thanks!" Ruby laughed as she walked out of the SGA building to walk to the College of Photography Science and Fine Arts building to get to Element of Fine Arts.
As she walked into the class, she saw Killian and Peter. She sat next to them and placing her backpack. Unzipped her backpack to get her notebook and her favorite red pen with a black ink in order to take notes from Professor Gold.
"Hey, Lucas, how is it going?" Killian greeted quietly as he was trying to hide his sadness, drawing something on his notebook.
"Hi, Jones, it's going good, how are you?" Ruby responded.
"Eh, I am recovering alright." Killian shrugged his shoulders and looking down to draw a picture.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"Nah...It's just that I told Belle my feelings about her, and she told me that she was seeing someone. I was a bit bummed, however, I told her that I was glad that she had someone that made her happy. That person who Belle was seeing was lucky to have her. Oh well, just my luck." Killian remained to look down to complete the picture he was trying to draw. Ruby put her hand on his shoulder to get his attention.
"Jones, what you did was a brave thing, you made sure you had your balls instead of hiding 'em. I am proud of you." Ruby said.
"My balls are only hiding in my pants because I'd go to jail for showing them in public." Killian joked.
Killian and Ruby laughed together and Professor Gold began the class talking about the history of the medieval to contemporary eras in the Fine Arts.
Class after class, Ruby has not been paying any attention as she was anxiously excited for her date with the person of her dreams. So she sat down on a couch that was near by her next class that was going to start in twenty minutes. Plenty of time to think, right?
I still cannot believe the person I've dreamt for so long has been right under my nose. That quote "...the truth." I wish she told me how she really felt earlier, because what if she and I were able to be together when she told me before she left? I knew she was special but I didn't know why. I just couldn't let go of her. Now tonight is going to be the real deal. This is for you, Granny. I know you wanted me to give her another chance. I did. Now we are going out on a date tonight. I can feel you smiling over me. I wish you were here, so I could call you somehow and hope you'd give me an advice or two. I miss you, Gran. I love you.
Ruby's phone began to ring really loud that scared Ruby easily. Belle was calling her.
Why is she calling me?
"Hello?" Ruby answered, confusingly.
"UHHHHH, GIRL, WHERE ARE YOU?!" Belle shouted.
"I am waiting for my next class to start?" Ruby was so confused why Belle was calling her.
"Oh, um, aren't Wednesdays your 5 o'clock class? Today is Monday. What the actual fuck." Belle seemed to be regretting that she shouted on the phone, "Crap, I am so sorry that I yelled at you…I was too excited to be your fashion mentor but what time are we meeting back at our place for that session, though?"
"Oh crap, its time already!? WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO?!" Ruby shouted.
"WHAT THE? THAT WAS WHY I CALLED YOU!? NOW MY BREATHS HAVE NOT BEEN WASTED! YES!" Belle yelled on the other line.
"I am on my way to the dorms! See you in 5!"
"Yep. See you in a jiffy, dreamer." Belle laughed.
Ruby packed up and ran so fast to get to the dorms. The elevator was taking forever to get down to the ground floor so she went for the stairs. She didn't care how many floors she had to run. She really wanted this night to be perfect.
"Now…I am…here." Ruby was panting really hard.
"Whoa, that was fast! That was not even five minutes?! How the heck did you do that?" Belle was amazed by Ruby's speed.
"Adrenaline, I guess?" Ruby was still trying to catch her breath.
"You should try out for the track team. They definitely need a sprinter. I know someone that can get you on the team. What do you think?" Belle suggested the idea of Ruby to join the Kansas University Track team.
"Hm, that would be a great idea, let me know if I am lucky to be on the team!" Ruby was proud of her speed, and yet, she didn't know how she got that fast. She didn't mind working out to look good for herself and for Dorothy.
Ruby's phone began to vibrate. It was from Dorothy.
Dorothy: Hello, beautiful daisy! My deepest apologies that I didn't answer your message earlier this morning because I stayed up all night and didn't sleep until 6 this morning. WHOOPS hashtagbookwormproblem. LOL. See you soon! :)
Ruby smiled at the fact that Dorothy played along to call Ruby a type of flower since Ruby called Dorothy a pretty lily pad.
"Awesome, before I rate your outfits, you need to take a shower. You reek….sweat." Belle closed her mouth and made a gesture to Ruby to go and shower.
"Okay, okay! Relax, I am on my way to shower." Ruby was starting to get nervous.
Ruby just finished her shower, and she came in the room to check out which outfit to wear. She found a white shirt with a dark blue pair of jeans with red suspenders and black blazer.
"What do you think?" Ruby asked Belle.
"If you're down to look like Shane from The L word, it's perfect!" Belle gasped.
Ruby rolled her eyes, and said, "nope, that's not the one for tonight." She walked back to her dresser and she found a pair of black Nike leggings with red Nike shoes and a sport jacket with red zipper.
"How about this?" Ruby pondered to see what Belle had to say about this outfit.
"Ooh, hello, Sexy Sue Sylvester." Belle growled.
"Ugh, this is not it!" Ruby groaned at Belle's comment about Sue Sylvester from the TV show, Glee.
Outfit after outfit and the time was getting closer - 5:40P
"Ugh, fuck this, I have five minutes until I meet Dorothy in her dorm room! I'll just put whatever I have!" Ruby groaned.
Ruby grabbed a light tan loose blouse with a thin black jacket. Her leggings were red, pink, coral, and black lines of zigzag patterns. She put on a black pair of knee high boots. She put her hair up into a pony tail with a pair of black fake gauge earrings.
"So, I guess this is it. Whatever. Thanks for the help though. Love you." Ruby sounded so sad. It took her almost forty-five minutes for her to figure out what to wear and she still hadn't find the ONE!
"Oh. My. God. This is the one! We shouldn't have overanalyzed on what to wear. This is perfect! You look like Ruby Lucas!" Belle complimented her roommate.
"Heh, thanks Belle, I appreciate it. Wish me luck!" Ruby blushed.
"You don't even need it, and have a great time. Be yourself is my only advice!" Belle claimed.
Ruby walked out of the dorm room to walk downstairs to meet Dorothy.
Dorothy's View
Dorothy stayed up all night playing a computer game, Hexsight and then reading Larry Rettop and the Wizard's Pebble, then she actually read the second book of Larry Rettop and the Hall of Riddles on her desk. Dorothy was extremely excited that she couldn't even go to sleep. Good thing she didn't have classes the next day so she could sleep in all day before the date night with Ruby.
Zelena woke up and threw Dorothy her pillow to get Dorothy's attention.
"Can you please turn off the lights because I need a couple hours of sleep?!" Zelena muttered. "You're annoying, you know that?" Zelena continued to mutter.
"Oh sorry, let me just get ready for bed, I just lost track of time." Dorothy realized it was six in the morning. She got up to change into pajamas then she went to bed. She set up the alarm at 4:00P in case if she overslept.
I should have an hour and 45 minutes to get ready before Ruby picks me up. Yeah alright, well, Brain, I hope you can cooperate with me because I need to sleep. Dorothy was actually being serious with her brain hoping it could cooperate...
Dorothy was in a lake, swimming around. Floating away. It was one of the best feelings in the world. A great escape. She looked at her hands and studied her palms. She knew she was in a dream. She wanted to fly. So, she was flying around the lake. She saw a beautiful grey wolf. She landed on the ground to greet herself to the grey wolf. She remembered grey wolves were really strong and powerful. Their strength helps them to survive. Dorothy went up close slowly so she could pet the wolf. The wolf's eyes were so familiar. That was what drew Dorothy closer to see why it was familiar. The wolf began to howl really loud that Dorothy could feel the vibration of the howl. It was a beautiful vibration and the wolf began its second howl, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and then the seventh howl. Dorothy began to realize it was her alarm going off. It was time to wake up. "See you later, beautiful." Dorothy signed to the wolf.
The alarm was going off since 4:00. It was now 4:30P
Geez, that was why that wolf kept on howling. Dreams are incredibly amazing! Thank goodness, I am majoring psychology! I love it. Why did I dream about a wolf? I am going to look it up!
She opened her laptop to search the reason why she dreamt about that wolf. The internet said,
"What do dreams about wolves mean?
According to Dr. Regina Blink, wolf dreams can have a positive or negative connotation and, like all animal dreams, they can represent animal or primal instincts. "Wolves are seen as majestic, beautiful and as a source of sacred wisdom," she explains. "They are also seen as sly, insatiable and evil."
Wow, that was really cool. Well, it was true that the grey wolf was beautiful in the dream and it seemed to be very majestic as well. Oh shoot, I haven't checked my phone.
Dorothy picked up her phone to check if she missed anything since she slept all day. There was a message from Ruby.
Ruby: Good morning, pretty lily pad, hope you slept as good as I did last night. I will be picking you up around 5:45 tonight to have dinner. I am looking forward to it! :)
She smiled at the fact how thoughtful Ruby was in order to text her. It was the thought that counted the most. So, Dorothy began to text her back to let her know that she was alive!
Dorothy: Hello, beautiful daisy! My deepest apologies that I didn't answer your message earlier this morning because I stayed up all night and didn't sleep until 6 this morning. WHOOPS hashtagbookwormproblem. LOL. See you soon! :)
Dorothy was looking into her closet to see what she should wear.
Aha, I should wear this outfit! I hope I will look cute in this. Eh!
She picked out a dark blue long sleeve shirt from New Burnt Orange store and will be wearing black denim jeans with a pair of maroon booties. She also wanted to wear her maroon leather jacket. She braided her hair into French style and put some maroon pearl earrings. She applied a a sweet cucumber perfume from Bath Body Function. She also applied a black eyeliner onto her bottom eye lids.
I hope I am not dressing too much. I just want to look good for Ruby and I want to remember this night forever.
The lights began to blink, and Dorothy looked at the time – 5:44.
She is early for our date but that's okay! One minute extra to be with her!
Dorothy opened the door, and there was Ruby standing there.
"Wow, you look…." Dorothy stuttered because she was so dumbfounded that Ruby was looking so beautiful.
"Is it too much?" Ruby was concerned.
"No, it is perfect. You took my breath away when I saw you. Not sure if it's the fact that I haven't seen you since yesterday or it's just that you are looking very beautiful tonight." Dorothy blushed.
"Heh, thank you, and maroon looks great on you! You are looking gorgeous tonight. Ready to go?" Ruby took her hand out to greet Dorothy's hand. Dorothy's hand met Ruby's and off they went!
She knows her way to my heart. I am starting to like her even more. I am glad she asked me out so we could get to know each other than getting to know one to another by having sex. I would love to have round three tonight but I don't want to keep my hopes high. She is looking very beautiful tonight with that smile on her face. Her profile is perfect. Her eyes are so sincere. Her skin is so smooth that I want to pinch myself to make sure I am not dreaming. It's too good to be true. How did I get so lucky?
Ruby and Dorothy walked to Ruby's Ford F-150 truck and then they drove to Kansas City Downtown to go Wahoo's. Ruby just turned on the light in the truck in order to see Dorothy signing and Dorothy seeing what Ruby had to say.
"How was your day today?" Ruby asked, and she was smiling really big because Dorothy was looking so adorable tonight. She was looking forward to see what the night has to show them.
"It just started because I slept all day. That was why I didn't answer your message quickly. I am sorry about that." Dorothy replied with a chuckle.
"What is so funny about that?" Ruby joined her to chuckle.
"I just had a dream about the fact I was able to fly. I knew I was in a dream."
"Lucid dreamer, aren't ya?" Ruby laughed.
"Oh yes. That was the word I was looking for! Ugh, thanks! Anyways, I was able to fly, and I saw a beautiful grey wolf wandering around the forest. It was so beautiful and it drawn me to get closer. So, I landed, it felt familiar somehow, I don't know why. I looked up online and it said it was a beautiful, majestic, and a sacred source of wisdom." Dorothy explained.
Ruby's view
This is going way better than I expected. Dorothy is talking about wolves, and that actually makes me feel happy. Why did I actually let that to get the best of me? Hashtag anxiety problems. Ugh, why am I speaking in text!? Haha. At least, I am cracking myself up.
Ruby was smiling as Dorothy was explaining the story. She thought maybe it was Granny's way to say hello to Dorothy as Granny was a very beautiful and a wise woman.
They have finally parked behind Wahoo's.
"I am really excited to try this place! People say it is the best Mexican restaurant in town." Dorothy stated.
"Whoever told you, they were telling the truth. It is the best Mexican place in town," Ruby was getting more excited over the fact that they were going to Wahoo's, her favorite restaurant of all time, to have dinner.
What am I seriously going to have? Shrimp tacos, Bajaladas, or Maui bowl?! Decisions. HALP. Maybe I shall ask Dorothy. She might give my mind some peace.
"Dorth? I have a question, which animal would you pick? A spider, a bull, or a moose?"
"Is it something that I would want to own for a pet?" Dorothy asked.
"If you look at it that way, yes." Ruby smirking at Dorothy's way of thinking. Dorothy was biting her lips.
"I would definitely own a moose because one, it stands six feet tall and I get cold easily, I'd want to keep myself warm, so, a big fat moose will make me feel super warm." Dorothy proceeded to explain.
"Maui bowl it is, then" Ruby chuckled, "I was having a hard time to decide which food I wanted to order…Shrimp tacos – that was a spider, Bajaladas – that was a bull, or a Maui bowl – that was a moose. Thank you for making it so easy for me to decide! But, I love your way of perceiving how you would have a moose as a pet because I am not big, and fat to keep you warm!"
"Huh, that is a nice strategy of deciding things as flipping coins are old news!" Dorothy was smiling at the fact that the idea of deciding things was purely genius, "Okay, which fruit would you want to eat? A strawberry, a banana, or a nectarine?" Dorothy asked.
"Oh, all sounds really good, will it involve chocolate?" Ruby began to flirt a little.
"Yes, if it is only on my body and you get to eat it." Dorothy flirted back.
"Strawberry for sure." Ruby replied quickly.
"It got you a little excited to think about me covered in strawberries?" Dorothy raised her eyebrows, "Salmon Bowl it is!"
They went on to order their food and found a table to sit in order to wait for their food to arrive.
"I am excited to eat this bowl when it comes because based on psychology facts, you appreciate the food more when you're around with the people that you enjoy being around." Ruby said.
"That was what my professor said this morning and another fun fact about psychology from my professor this morning, kissing, chewing gum, eating chocolate, and eating bananas have all been proven to help people relax and boost their mood. I thought to myself, "no wonder why I've been very relaxing for the past couple days."" Dorothy winked.
That made Ruby blush and she was falling in love with Dorothy even more now that Ruby was getting to know her more and more. She was extremely happy that they have reunited once again.
"I am happy that we decided to go to the same school. This would have not happened at all." Ruby blurted out.
"Me too," Dorothy leaned over to hold Ruby's hands, "I am happy that we've met again. You look beautiful tonight."
The waiter had two plates, "Who ordered Maui Bowl?" Ruby raised her hand, and then "the Salmon Bowl for you, ma'am."
"Thank you, Sir." Dorothy signed back. Ruby repeated to the waiter for Dorothy. The waiter nodded his head and proceeded to walk away.
"Enjoy the food, and let me know if it will boost your mood." Ruby winked.
"Oh goodness, it is really good!" Dorothy claimed, "I concur that this is the best Mexican restaurant ever!"
They both just sat there and enjoyed their food. Once they were done with their dinner, both got out of their chair and proceeded to walk through Downtown. Saw a cute frozen yogurt place, and they went in to get a fro-yo, and walked outside, eating their fro-yos. Found a park to sit near Ruby's truck so they can just look under the stars while eating their dessert.
"It's a beautiful night." Ruby admitted.
"Let me do one thing before I agree with you," Dorothy leaned to kiss Ruby on the lips. Ruby kissed back softly. "Yes, I agree with you that it is a beautiful night. Thank you for asking me out. It was a great night."
"The night is still young, unless you have somewhere to go to?" Ruby whispered.
"The night is still young," Dorothy smiled, "I do have somewhere to go to, I'd like to be in your arms," Dorothy proceeded to finish her sentence.
Ruby placed her fro-yo next to her on the ground so she could get herself closer to Dorothy.
Ruby spread her legs a little wide so Dorothy can lean on Ruby's chest. Ruby put her arms around Dorothy.
Dorothy turned to Ruby and gave her another kiss on the lips. She placed her head on Ruby's shoulders. Ruby could feel Dorothy shivering.
"Do you want me to drop you off at the dorms, so you could stay warm?" Ruby asked.
"Can we spend the night together?" Dorothy looked up to Ruby.
"I have an early class tomorrow, would you want to wake up early?" Ruby asked.
"So do I. It's a deal then?" Dorothy smirked.
"Yes. I never thought I would be the first to say this, but your place or mine?" Ruby chuckled lightly.
"Yours since you've stayed the night at mine." Dorothy replied quickly.
"Let's go." Ruby got up, and pulled Dorothy to help her getting up. Both got in the truck. Ruby had her phone out from her back pocket.
"Let me call Belle to see if it's okay for you to spend the night." Ruby raised her eyebrows, "I'm sure she will be okay with it and will be happy to see you...well she would want to re-introduce herself since you saw her having sex from a woman." Ruby laughed.
"HI!" Belle answered the phone.
"Hello pretty one" Ruby was signing and talking at the same time. "I was wondering if it was okay for Dorothy to spend the night at our place tonight?"
"Of course, Marian is here and she is leaving soon." Belle replied.
"Perfect, we can meet her! We will be there soon." Ruby was so excited to meet Marian.
"Hold on." Belle said. There was a background chatter. Ruby couldn't make it out what they were saying except for Belle saying, "Yes, I trust my roommate."
"Okay. First things first, if you do meet her tonight, tell Dorothy this too, once you meet her, do you swear not to tell a soul?" Belle was warning them.
Dorothy and Ruby nodded their heads, "yeah we won't tell a soul at all, we completely respect you and Marian's relationship. We are just honored that we are able to meet you."
"Okay, see you soon. Love ya!" Belle firmly said and then hung up the phone.
"Whoa, that was crazy. Promise you won't tell a soul?" Ruby was looking at her phone then turned to Dorothy.
"Deaf man tell no tales." Dorothy commented.
Ruby cracked up really hard, and said "That is so punny!"
Ruby started her truck and now they were driving back to meet the person who has been making Belle happy.
They finally parked a good spot near the dorms, actually right next to Princess Jasmine, AKA Dorothy's burnt orange motorcycle.
"Hi, beautiful you. I will be riding you tomorrow. Miss you!" Dorothy was cooing at her baby girl. They proceed to walk into the dorm's elevator to go to the tenth floor. Ruby put her keys in the door to unlock the door and it opened to see Belle and Marian.
"Oh. My. God." Ruby's eyes widened when she saw the woman standing next to Belle.
To be continued...