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"Hey, Mr. MVP." Ruby said to Jay as he joined her on a bench in the courtyard the next day.

"Hey." He responded settling in.

"How'd it go?" Ruby asked of him.

"It was, really fun." Jay said slowly. "I think the team's starting to accept me."

"This all must be really weird for you." Ruby told him seeing as his father had raised him pretty much with a one against the world mentality.

"Yeah. But I like it." Jay smiled and it was contagious.

"Good."

"So, I was wondering." Jay started. "Maybe we could get together sometime, without the others-" Whatever he was going to say next was cut off by Evie rushing up with Mal in tow.

"Ruby!" She exclaimed. "We've been looking everywhere for you."

"What's wrong?" Ruby asked.

"Tell her." Evie demanded of Mal.

"Ben asked me on a," Mal took a deep breath. "A date."

Ruby's eyes widened almost comically and she turned to Jay. "I have to go." She gathered her things and grabbed Mal's arm with Evie on her other side.


"Alright, easy on the blush." Mal warned Ruby as she gently applied the product. "Wouldn't want to scare him off. Not that I could."

"Relax someone had to be Evie's doll back on the island." Ruby told her reassuringly. "She taught me how to applied blush before we could even talk. Always use upward strokes."

"Well you know mom, never really big on beauty tips." Mal said. "And I never had a sister."

"Well now you do." Ruby told her. "Besides we're going to need all the family we can get if we don't pull this off." Mal nodded then Ruby capped the lipstick she was using. "Alright, all done." She pulled Mal up and over to the mirror just as Evie came from the closet and helped Mal into her leather jacket.

"Wow." Mal said staring at herself in the mirror. "I look,"

"Say it." Evie encouraged her with her head on her shoulder.

"Not hideous." Mal said softly.

"Not even close." Ruby assured her just as there was a knock at the door.

Mal went to answer it while Ruby and Evie stood behind the door the closed it when she left.


The next day Ruby was sitting in her writing class, the only class she didn't have with any of her other friends, luckily she had Doug.

"You must write at least five hundred words stating why and how dragons went extinct." The teacher droned on about an assignment. "You have an hour and a half, your time begins now." He said turning over the sand clock on his desk.

Halfway through her first paragraph Ruby felt a nudge from her left side, Doug and he gestured out the window and there was Jay waving his arms somewhat frantically, and gesturing for her to come outside.

Subtly she shook her head and gestured to her work.

He shook his head move vehemently and gestured again.

More firmly she said no, but when he pouted and clasped his hands in front of him her resolve broke and she glanced at the teacher before muttering an enchantment on her pen for it to write the assignment for her.

Ruby looked back at Jay to see his proud smile, then to Doug who was staring, she shrugged off his silent question and went back to his own work. Ruby waited for the pen to finished,then Chad turned slightly from his seat in front of her at the sound of the scribbles at stared incredulously.

Ruby smirked at him the clicked her teeth twice and winked nodding for him to turn back around.

The teacher glanced up and Ruby quickly grabbed the pen but released at as soon as his head was down. Within minutes it was finished and she offered Doug a quick wave then handed the teacher her papers before leaving to meet Jay outside.

"What is it?"

"C'mon, I wanna show you something."

"What?"

"Well I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you." Jay smirked then grabbed her hand taking off and out the school.


"Who's bike is this?" Ruby questioned staring that the moped that Jay had dragged them to.

"Ben's, he let me borrow it for our date." Jay said easily holding out one of the helmets for her to take.

"That what this is?"

"If you want it to be?" Jay said suddenly shy. "Cuz' if not it can just be two friends hanging out you know-"

Jay's rambles were cut off by Ruby placing her finger against his lips. "I'd love to go on a date with you Jay." She told him.

"Okay." He nodded dazed then climbed onto the bike, Ruby climbed on behind him. "Hang on." He said over his shoulder with a smirk.

Jay had taken them a little ways off the school property to where the Enchanted Lake was.

"Tell me something no one knows about you." Jay said as they moved across the bridge that would lead them to the lake. "Not Mal or Evie, or anyone."

"Uh," Ruby started. "Okay. I was named after my mother, so my real name is Irazebeth." Jay snickered. "I know go ahead and laugh."

"I'm not laughing. I think its cute."

"Please." Ruby scoffed.

"I'm serious. Jay told her. "Look, we're here." He pointed over to a half ruined temple and in front of it was the lake.

"It's beautiful."

"Yeah it is." Jay said softly. "C'mon." He grabbed her hand and led her over to a picnic that was set up.


Despite having known each other forever they never ran out of things to talk about, it came natural.

"You got a little." Jay told Ruby gesturing to the corner of her mouth were she had a small bt of chocolate. She moved to wipe it but missed. "Here." He reached out and wiped it off with his thumb, then brought it to his mouth and licked it off causing Ruby to blush.

"Ew."

Jay laughed then gestured to the lake. "Ready to go for a swim?"

"You know how to swim?" Ruby asked skeptically.

"Yeah," Jay said brightly. "Don't you?" He asked to which Ruby shook her head. "I'll teach you." He said jumping to his feet and taking off his leather jacket. "C'mon." He pulled her up as well.

"No Jay, I'm really-" Ruby started to protest but her cut her off."

"It'll be fun!" He spoke while unconsiously moving closer to the edge.

"Jay-"

"Trust me!"

"Jay-"

"Just-"

"Jay!" Ruby exclaimed as he moved to close to the edge and tripped off anf fell into the covered her mouth with her hand while she laughed as he popped back up.

"You laughing at me?" He asked flipping back he hair.

"No" Ruby said still giggling. "Never."

"Liar!" He said splashing her with some water.

"Hey now," Ruby said backing up. "Don't mess with the dress."

"You right, I'm sorry." He held up his hand. "Help me out of here."

Foolishly she went over to help him, and grabbed his hand, she saw his smirk a second too late as he pulled her into the water with him with a splash. "Jay!" She exclaimed.

"I'm sorry. I couldn't resist."

"Oh, Evie's gonna' kill you." She said pushing back her wet hair and looking down at her now drenched clothes. "You're in big trouble, big trouble."

"I'm sorry." He said still laughing.

"Shut up Jay!" She told her grumpily.

"Let me help you out of here." He easily picked her up by her waist and sat her on the edge of the temple then hopped up next to her.

"You're a jerk." Ruby mumbled.

"I'm sorry." Jay said while wrapping her in his jacket. "I couldn't help myself." Ruby sighed but couldn't help to smile. Jay bumped her shoulder with his. "Forgive me?" Ruby shook her head but was still smiling.

Jay placed his hand on the cheek farthest away from him and brought her to face him then gently kissed her.

"How about now?" Jay asked leaning his forehead against hers, Ruby bit her lip and nodded then kissed him again.