Hi everyone. I know I said I wouldn't update this as often as 'Love Changes Everything', but I realised that the first paragraph for this story was quite short, so thought I should publish another.
Also, thank you for the review 'RachelMasonFan39.'
Hope you enjoy it, please let me know what you think :)
Ruby woke to the shrill sound of an alarm ringing in her ears. Snoozing it, she expected to see several missed phone calls from Adam; perhaps a text, explaining that him and Rachel were finished, the wedding cancelled. But she had never been that lucky in life, and she didn't anticipate that to change now. Besides, he still had around 15 hours to end it with Rachel and call the wedding off - she trusted him. Dragging herself out of bed, Ruby made her way to the bathroom, ready to prepare herself for another day of fun and games at Waterloo Road. She hated seeing Rachel Mason smugly swanning around the school, nevertheless, that would smile would soon be swiped off - Ruby thought to herself reassuringly.
Meanwhile, Adam Fleet had woken early, attempting not to rouse Rachel as he made his way down the stairs. He wanted to make it up to her for being late last night, and ultimately discard any suspicions he was sure she would be having. Had she worked out that he was having an affair? Adam hoped not. Although Ruby wanted him to call off the wedding, he had no intention of doing so. He loved Rachel. Yet he loved Ruby. Since when is it possible to love two people at once? Anyway, he suspected that Ruby was bluffing, he knew that she was too in love with him to just throw away their newly found relationship - that was one thing Adam was sure of. To make it up to Rachel however, he decided to cook her breakfast in bed, with all her favourite breakfast items - he was a chef after all.
….
Rubbing her eyes sleepily, Rachel slowly made her way to the kitchen - the delicious smells seemed to pull her towards it like a magnet and she couldn't resist feeling grateful for having a chef as a fiance; even if he was having an affair.
"Hey Rachel," Adam began enthusiastically, " I was gonna bring it up to you, but you're here now," he smiled whilst passing her the plate across their breakfast bar.
"Oh Adam, you shouldn't have. Thank you though, I am rather hungry as it happens," the smile she flashed him in that moment killed him. He hated hiding things from her like this, but he knew his feelings for Ruby were too strong to just discard like a piece of rubbish. Equally though, he didn't want to ruin his love for Rachel either. What the hell am i playing at? He scalded himself furiously.
"Just thought I would make it up to you. I've been a bit of a rubbish fiance recently."
"Hmm well Mr Fleet, food does solve a lot of things"
Despite his agreement with her amusing comment, Adam couldn't help but realise that no amount of food could solve the gigantic mess he had somehow managed to get himself into.
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Arriving at the school, Ruby felt a rather large lump forming in her throat as she watched Adam and Rachel stroll into the building hand in hand, laughing and joking lovingly with one another. A wave of nausea and jealousy immediately cascaded over her, and suddenly she didn't feel half as sure about Adam's love for her as she did twenty minutes ago. What in this world made her think that she could compete with Rachel Mason in any way, shape or form? Despite these powerful thoughts, Ruby was shaken out of her traumatic mindset instantaneously when Steph Haydock caught her on the verge of tears.
"You alright Rubes? Look like you've seen a ghost!"
"Ha ha ha, oh no, nothing as trivial as that."
"Come on, what is it, you can tell your Auntie Steph," she joked sarcastically.
"No no, it's nothing. Absolutely nothing at all."
"Oh come off it Rubes, you've been acting strange for weeks."
"Look, I can't tell you here," Ruby explained sternly, opening her car door and gesturing for Steph to sit in the passenger side.
Once concealed by the safety of her car, Ruby confided fully in Steph, and watched her face grow with amusement after every word.
"Well, well, well, you've got yourself into a right pickle there."
"You don't say."
"Look Rubes, i don't mean to… intrude. But do you not think that you might perhaps erm - get fired if she, you know finds out."
"Do you not think I have thought of that," Ruby said bluntly, irritated by Steph's unhelpful comments, "what should I do?"
"Take it from the expert in dating married men - dump him! It'll only end in tears, and i mean for you, not Rachel. It's always complicated with the married ones. I mean seriously, i can just see it now, you sat on Loose Women, sharing your story with the world: 'I GOT FIRED AFTER SLEEPING WITH MY BOSSES FIANCE.' How embarrassing would that be, eh?"
"But I love him Steph," Ruby sobbed, ignoring Steph's remarks at this point.
All of a sudden, the conversation was cut short by a brief knock on the window - it was Rachel. Good god, if she had arrived just two seconds earlier, Rachel would of heard every word of what Steph said - Ruby thought, panicking to herself.
"Hi Miss Mason," Ruby mumbled after winding the window down, followed by an amused smile from Steph.
"Do you two plan on coming in to teach anytime soon? Or are we just sitting in our cars all day?"
"Sorry Rachel, Rubes and I were just having a bit of heart to heart," Steph explained, unconvincingly.
"Very touching. But your classes are waiting for you. I don't expect this sort of behaviour to happen again. Now, if you wouldn't mind hurrying up."
"Of course Rachel, sorry. It won't happen again," Ruby briefly commented, before Rachel made her way back into the school.
"Well that was awkward," Steph joked, clearly incapable of being serious for more than thirty seconds.
