Author: rainyday101
Rating: pg for now but it will most likely pg13 later on
Disclaimer: besides my cd collection, and my cat nos, I own nothing. This includes the Tribe and evrything affiliated with it.
Summary: while working on a project together jack starts to rethink his opinion of ram (ramjack) SLASH
a/n: sorry about the shortness but I wanted to end the chapter there because I have evil tendencies. Next chapter will have actual slashyness in it so hopefully that will make up for it, ciao
chapter three:revelations
The next month in liberty was chaotic to say the least.
Which is not to say that it had been entirely bad. In fact june had definatly had it's high points. One of the best things in Jack's opinion being that even though Ruby clearly had a death wish for him nothing unbearebly embaressing had happened-yet.
He was not even going to try and fool himself into believing that she wouldn't do her best to tramatize him.
After all it had been a little over a month and while Ram hadn't actually been hostile towards him he hadnt been friendly either. Ruby had frequently and loudly pointed out that if Jack ever wanted to get some action then he had better do somthing.
Of course when he pointed out that he was quite content with the way things were he was promptly ignored.
Jack figured that most of the blame could be layed on Slade since he seemed determined to stay away from liberty as often as possible
. Which was why Jack was currently embaressing the hell out of himself trying to get Slade to stay in liberty for a little while.
Finally Slade seemed to lose his paitence. "Why do you want me to stay so bad, jesus youre acting like a teenage girl with her first crush."
Jack blushed bright red. "I just think that you being here would get Ruby off of my case."
"Why is she on your case in the first place"
Jack considered how to answer that.
If he answered completely honestly then he really didnt know how the other boy would respond. If he only gave a part truth though, maybe Slade could actually help him a little.
"Uh, well, I kind of told that I have a crush on someone and ever since then she's been going out of her way to play matchmaker and it's really embaressing."
"Who do you have crush on?"
Jack's face went red again. "I'd really rather not say."
Slade got a teasing look in his eye "Well it cant be Ruby since you told her, and I doubt that you'd go for Ebo- you dont like Ebony do you?"
"NO, no, no, no, me and Ebony would be the worlds absolute worst couple."
"Okay good not Ebony then, there really aren't that many girls around Jack why don't you just tell me i'm going to guess anyway."
"Trust me you wouldnt guess this person in a million years."
"why, who is it Ram?"
Jack knew it was meant teasingly but that didn't stop his face from turning an unattractive shade of dracula white. When Slade noticed that he stopped laughing and looked like he was about to say somthing before he shook his head slightly and got up from the table.
"Hey Jack I gotta run but i'll talk to Ruby and try to make her see some sense."
"Thanks Slade"
The older boy just nodded before walking away distractedly. Jack refused to let himself think that he had made it quite obvious who he liked. Because that would just cause a whole other mess of troubles that he really, really did not need right now.
So with those thoughts firmly supressed he went to find Ram to see if he needed help.
When he got there though Slade was talking with Ram so Jack decided that in the intrest of his sanity he would just go his room.
That night when he was on his way downstairs Ram grabbed him and dragged him to his room.
"Slade talked to me."
A simple, innocent statement by most standards but Jack knew that this wouldn't lead to anything good.Still he tried his best to stay as calm as he could given the situation.
Which turned out to be about the equivelant of a caffinated four year old who just broke his mothers favorite vase.
"A-about w-what?"
'Oh yes, because that sounded really smooth, way to go Jacky" he thought to himself.
Ram gave a smirk of sorts. "Slade is under the impression that you have a crush on someone, apparently he thinks that i'm the only person who can help you with this. so who is it."
'Well, guess it cant be said that Ram beats around the bush. That's actually kind of cute how direct he is. Oh god i'm thinking about how cute Ram's forwardness is.'
Suddenly Jack comprehended the fact that he had been asked a question. "Um, trust me you really don't want to know."
Now Ram looked kind of upset. "I wouldn't have wasted my time asking you if I didn't want to know."
Jack thought about that, and it was true. Ram would never inquire about somthing if he didn't want to know. He wasnt the kind of person who asked somthing to be polite, Because for the most part he really couldn't care less what people thought of him.
That thought however led to only one conclusion. Either Ram thought that this would affect him or... maybe in his own demented fucked up way he actually cared about Jack.
The mallrat had already had to much stress trying to conceal his secret, so he decided on a reckless plan of action that was so unlike him that he was pretty sure that he must have finally lost his mind.
"You, I like you" and with that he ran out of the room.