It was kind of funny, really, the way Ruby was handling the new and improve town she had come to known back then, and then see it now in its full glory of new. When she took Ghostly out so she could meet the girl he was with, he was less than nervous about this. He was downright shaking about the thought of her meeting Violet. Yes, Ruby was the one who would strike up a conversation about anything she could think of, but now, he had to worry about her speaking about his past. What he used to do and what she used to call him. What nicknames he earned throughout his childhood and it was making him more nervous than he could ever think about.
The walk was eerily silent now. Ruby was busy thinking about how much he had grown and found himself a girl to date, and maybe marry in the future if they ever got that far into the relationship. She's pondering what she wants to say to her. Ghostly was nervous out of his mind, trying to think about what his grandmother might tell her, she's got him to wear the new clothes, and she could do whatever she wanted with Violet. Speak to her nicely, speak to her badly, or could try and change her into a much more suitable girl for him if she didn't think she was. Things are running through both minds at the moment but only one knows what's up.
They draw closer to the place Ruby wanted to meet her at. It's an old park she used to go to when she was much younger and Raphael would drive them there. It might be old, but it's still one of those places everyone loves and plays at. Kids mostly, but there are some teenagers, adults, and elders walking around. Sitting on the bench and talking about what happened during the day.
Moving into the old park, Ruby suddenly feels like she much younger and she moves to sit on a bench, motioning for her grandson to come and join her. Ghostly has no trouble in doing so, he beings looking around for Violet.
"What's she like?" Ruby finally says. "The girl, what's she like?"
Ghostly faces his grandmother and tells her basically everything he knows about her. The way they first met, how they quickly became friends, how they hung out. Even the way people-mainly Buddy and Dallas-kept trying to get them to confess to each other, and now they finally did. He even explains how much his friend and boss got along when he had to work the night he confessed to her, and they ended up in a relationship. Everything he could think of that Ruby might need to know about Violet.
"I can't promise you're going to like her. Yet, please, don't go trying to change her if you don't end up liking her, grandma. Please?"
"Honey, I ain't going to change if her if I don't like her. I've ended up liking your mother when I just hated her at first, I came over that with time. I promise you if it is the same way with your girl, I'll get over it. Besides, it's about if your happy, not me, and certainly not your parents. It's all about your happiness with this girl. Got it?" Ruby explained to him like she was scolding a child. The tone's the same way.
"Okay, grandma." Ghostly nodded.
"Good, now, since I don't know her and what she looks like, you're going to have to point her out. I just hope you now how to introduce people to each other, and don't act like your daddy when he showed me your mamma."
Ghostly sighed, placing a hand under his chin. "I'll let you know when I see her, grandma. She might be a few minutes because she needed up watching her sister, and she might have to take her with her, so there might be both of them."
"If she ended up babysitting, then why didn't we go over there?!"
"Because she didn't think it would be okay, besides, she needed to get out of the house anyways."
"Good, cause I might send ya playing with her sister, so I can chat with her. Get to know her, if you would call it."
Ghostly looked a little surprised mixed with scared, but he passed it off. It only took a few moments before he waved at someone, Ruby looked over to see who it was. A girl with super pale skin? Oh, this was new for their family!
Normally, their family didn't really pay much mind to Goths. Left them be to their own kind and never really spoke to them. Mainly because of a little rivalry that happened a few generations back, but she never guessed he would date her!
Then again, she didn't know the girl either.
"Uh... Violet this is my grandma, Ruby." Ghostly said before standing up. "Grandma, this is Violet."
Ruby looks Violet up and down before standing up and offering her hand to her. A little scared, Violet slowly reached out and took her hand before shaking it. Oh yeah, she wasn't so sure about this anymore like she originally thought. But she looked sweet enough.
Like all grandmothers did.
"Nice to meet you," Violet found her voice. "I, uh, don't know really where to go from this since I only had to meet my last boyfriend's mother and she didn't like me... so..."
"Nonsense, sweetie! You're doing fine." Ruby smiled. "At least you admitted it, my son's wife couldn't even speak when she met me. Afraid of me disliking her and I ended up doing so, but I moved on from that. So, if I end up not liking you, know I will move on from it."
"Just try to get along with her." Ghostly smirked.
Ruby glared at him. "Stay out."
"I feel like you just threw me out of my own house, grandma..."
"Don't make me."
"Okay! Okay!"
Violet laughed a little. "I have a feeling this will go well."
In more than a mere minutes, they're chatting away while Ghostly smiles and watches them. Happy to know their getting along fine. More than glad to know he could sneak some time on his phone while they're speaking about things, he checks his text messages. He checks facebook, and others. Just to make sure nothing is going down.
Once he looks back up, Ruby is speaking about racing and clapped her hands together when she first learned how Ghostly was going to be a racer.
Somewhere around noon is when they get up and start walking around the park, allowing Ruby to relive many memories of her past. They watch her as she speaks with some old, old, friends. They take her to see Ol' Gabby and he's happy to know she's back in Town.
They take her to Gino's and he's shocked to see her but he's more than happy. In a happy fit, he gives them a free pizza.
"Now, tell me, how's the old house doing?" Ruby asked her grandson as she takes a bite of her pizza. "I haven't seen it in a while."
Ghostly smiles. "Old, but it's in good shape."
"Have you taken her to see it, yet?"
"...No..."
"It settles it! We're going tomorrow!"
"What?!"
"Keep your voice down, dear."
Violet hides a smile behind her hand. "You never mentioned a house of her's before."
"Well, uh..." Ghostly trailed off, trying to think of something to say. "To be fair, I only been there about twice now..."
"Honey, you are going to like it!" Ruby beams. "Maybe, if you end up getting the will soon, you'll learn who gets it." There was a hint of happiness in her voice.
The couple shared a look. "Grandma, we don't know where the will is." Ghostly confessed. "Rosalyn hasn't given me it."
Ruby blinked. "What? But she has it..."
"I was told she might not have it."
"We're going to stop by tomorrow after we see the house," Ruby declared. "No objections, I need to know that will is safe and sound!"
"Now who's voice is raised?" Ghostly smirked.
Ruby frowned. "Your's."
Violet couldn't help but laugh at that remark while Ghostly tried to find some words to say to his grandma without making her fight back. Ah, family fights...
