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
Suprise, suprise, guess who's back
When they had finished talking, Ram kicked Jack out and called Slade in, to discuss the latest problem and show him the brodcast.
Jack wandered to his room trying to avoid Ruby. He just did not have the energy to put up with her interegations right now. In fact, what he really wanted to do was just lay down and sleep for ten hours straight. He knew that, that would never happen, if only because he was incapable of sleeping that long.
Still even a few hours would be better then none, so he layed down on his bed after kicking his shoes off and drew the covers up over his body. He quickly slipped off into a dreamless sleep.
He woke up to the frightning sight of Ruby grining down at him with a bottle of alchohol in her hand.
Clearly she was under the mistaken assumption that Jack trusted her enough to drink around her when she wanted information.
"I'm not drinking whatever that is, you'll just have to try and pry it out of me sober."
Ruby got an indignant look on her face. "Why, Jack I would never dream of doing such a thing. I just thought that you might be thirsty."
"What there was no water left?"
She just pouted. Maybe some people were tricked by her fake innocence but Jack had been the pawn of her games to many times to fall for that. "Why didn't you tell me that you've been kissing our local grouch?"
"Because I have a minor streak of self preservation that tends to kick in, full gear whenever you're around."
Ruby just ignored him like usual of course. "Answer the question Jacky."
"The other night." Jack figured that if he kept his answers as monosylabic as possible he might get himself into less troube, and ignored the 'Jacky' bit since he knew that she would ignore him if he pointed it out.
"And you didn't tell me?" She practicaly screeched. Jack winced, this was exactly why he hadnt told her-he had no desire to face Ruby in interregator mode any more then was strictly necesary.
"He asked me not to." It wasnt a lie after all, and it kept Ruby from yelling at him by telling her the truth.
"Why not?"
"I dont know Ruby, he probably just didn't want people making a big deal about it, you know he's a private guy."
She appeared somewhat pacified. "You still could have told me. So is he a good kisser?" Couldn't she do this girly gossiping thing with someone else? Anyone else really, it didnt matter to him as long as he was far far away at the time.
"You can't honestly expect me to answer that?"
"Of course I do, so is he?"
"Ruby i'm not talking about this with you."
" Oh come on, who else are you going to talk about it with?"
"No one, that's the point. Just becausse i'm kissing a guy, it doesn't make me a girl."
"I know that, if you were this whole thing wouldn't be nearly as interesting, in fact i'd probably be a little worried considering his track record with girls."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Jack asked indignantly, even though he knew perfectly well what she meant. Still he supposed he should probably defend Ram considering he was his... well he should defend him in any case, besides hopefully it would distract Ruby from asking anymore questions about his kissing habits.
"You know perfectly well what I mean, now answer the question Jack. Is he a good kisser or not?" Clearly Ruby was more focused on this issue then he had previously thought.
Well if you cant beat them, then cower and bend to thier will, or else they'll probably make your life a living hell. "He's a good kisser but thats all i'm going to say."
Jack put on his very best serious, no-nonsense face.
It didn't seem to have much of an affect. "I mean it Ruby, i'm not going to gossip with you. Besides you had front row seats to the show earlier, I don't know why you want to talk about it besides your sadist voyeur streak."
Ruby just laughed. "I certainly did see the show earlier, and I wish that I had a camera because i'm pretty sure people would pay good money to see Ram sitting on your lap."
Jack blushed furiously. "Can you never mention that again please."
"Of course Jack." She said not even bothering to hide her insencerity. "However I am curious about one thing."
"What?" Jack asked in a wary tone.
"Well I only counted three hands, so i'm wondering where the last one was?" Ruby started laughing histericaly.
"GET OUT RUBY!"
At this point, Slade and Ram slammed into the room. "What's with all the noise, computer geek over here was trying to explain something to me."
Ram looked about ready to blow a gasket when Slade called him that. Ruby started to open her mouth, presumably to answer the question when Jack slammed his hand franticaly over her mouth in an effort to shut her up. "Ruby was just being annoying, nothing to worry about."
Ruby freed herself from Jack's grasp. "I was just asking Jack if he had a hand to spare." Ruby burst out laughing again.
"You are the most infuriuating person on the face of the planet!" Jack yelled.
Ruby just kept laughing.
"We need to call a meeting tommorow." Ram announced, clearly having had enough of Ruby's histerics.
She finaly stopped laughing. "Why, whats wrong?"
"Well that''s why were calling the meeting isn't it? So I can explain it to you. I hate having to repeat myself so I guess you'll just have to wait until tommorow and find out with everyone else." Ram looked insufferably smug, and Jack had a feeling that Ram was paying her back for earlier.
Just then Daryn burst into the room panting loudly. "There's (pant) someone (pant) downstairs (pant, pant)." Ruby looked interested.
"Who?"
Daryn thought for a moment.
"Some blond kid, says his name is Ved."
a/n: dun, dun, dun! i bet your all excited now arent you! dont worry i actualy have an explantaion for why hes here and not dead. hopefully this marvelous plot development will make you forgive me for the mega long wait since last chapter. and if it dosent then im not above bribing you with yummy brownies. REVIEW!