Chapter 3

Ruby through her hands out at the last moment so stop her face smashing on the floor. Her palms connected with the ground and give her some support and she tried to gather her bearings. She was looking at some expensive black trainers that belong to Robert. Glancing behind her she saw Courtney with a satisfied smile, standing with her hands on her hips and her friends behind her laughing at Ruby.

Courtney had stuck her foot out and tripped Ruby just as she had been making a move to walk again. That was why she had been falling; she had been falling into Roberts's eyes while simultaneously dropping to the ground.

A hand reached out to Ruby unexpectedly and she stared up. Robert's hand was long fingered and thin, the same wonderful creamy colour as his cheeks. Ruby reached out with her hand and as his cool hand clasped hers Ruby was thrown out of her body and into another world with a gasp.

She was vaguely aware of Robert pulling her to her feet but she wasn't really there, she wasn't really in her body. And neither was Robert. He was standing opposite her in this strange world of dancing light all colours of the spectrum where only the two of them existed. The look on his face was one of utter amazement and total disbelief. He looked so vulnerable, so lonely, so longing…

And then his expression hardened and he glared at Ruby, hiding his true emotions behind a façade but here she could feel them. They were floating in the air and her surprise was just as obvious in the atmosphere.

Somewhere in the distance Ruby heard a cruel laugh and the feeling of her hand being released. She blinked reflexively and when she opened her eyes the strange light was gone and she was back on the classroom, on her feet.

Robert was stood in front of her and the students were standing impatiently behind them. He surveyed Ruby for a moment, she couldn't sense his feelings now but she had a faint idea and he wasn't going to share his thoughts with her.

Without a word Robert turned and stalked away, walking so quickly that Ruby was unable to keep up with him.