A/N: And here's the third chapter…

3 –Oh. My. God.

(Ruby's POV)

Okay, I cannot believe this. I have spent the last hour trying to get Ren to tell me who her mystery man is and still nothing. Seriously, what is the big deal? I mean, it's not like I haven't had embarrassing crushes in the past… Oh my God, like when I had a major crush on Nelson a few years ago. Oh God, I'm shuddering just at the thought. I don't know what came over me… Of course, that wasn't half as bad as my crush on Louis… I never did tell Ren about that one though… but still. She has to tell me her crush. She never tells me these things.

"Well," I say –looking at Ren expectantly, "Are you gonna tell me who your mystery guy is or what?"

She sighs, "Maybe I could tell you tomorrow?" Aha! I sense weakness –she is so going to tell me. I can almost smell the gossip already.

I roll my eyes. "I'm sorry, Ren, but I am not leaving until you tell me." Which she is so about to do.

She sighs again. "Fine. You want to know who it is?"

I roll my eyes again. "Duh." Has she not noticed me sitting here, begging her to tell me who her mystery fella is for the past hour?

"Okay… well, um, they're going to be here in a minute… so… I guess you can just see who it is for yourself…"

OH MY GOD! "He's coming over?" Way to go, Ren!

She says something, but I'm not really paying attention anymore… Oh my God! She's already convinced this guy to come over! And here I was beginning to think she was destined to become an ever-single librarian with her twenty cats as her only companions… But no. She has a crush and he's coming over and they might –no- they will start dating and then who knows? They might even get married and have cute little super-genius kids (because this fella is bound to be a brainy one –Ren wouldn't hook up with just any old schmuck).

There's a knock on the door and Ren says, "Come in." The door opens slowly and it's…

Oh. It's just Louis friend, um… Terri? No… Tanya? No… um… Tawny! Yeah, that's it. "Hey," she smiles at Ren. Then she turns to me, "And it's Ruby, right?"

"Yeah…" Hold the phone… Ren said her mystery guy was coming over… And then Tawny walked in… And now Ren's blushing… And… Oh my God. Tawny is the mystery guy –err- girl. "OH MY GOD… Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God!" I look at Ren and signal at Tawny with my eyes –I'm asking a question.

And apparently the answer is 'yes' –Ren's nodding.

So… wow. Ren's got a thing for Tawny… Well, I guess that would explain a lot. She was never very into guys… I mean, some would consider me 'boy-crazy', but still. She wasn't very into guys by any standards, and…

My thought are interrupted when Tawny asks (awkwardly), "Um, do I have something on my face or something?"

I smile because, frankly, Ren's finally getting some… and Tawny is an excellent choice in my opinion –I'd totally tap that… if I was into girls that is… "No, hun, nothing on your face… Um, and I was just leaving. You girls have fun, like, writing or whatever." I head out –making sure to give Ren a wink before closing the door behind me.

(Ren's POV)

Ruby is sitting in my room right now. She's been sitting there for over an hour; an hour and nine minutes to be exact. She's been sitting there waiting for me to tell her who the 'mystery guy' (as she put it) is, and… I can't tell her. I just… can't. I'm not ready to tell her…

"Well," she says –looking at me expectantly, "Are you gonna tell me who your mystery guy is or what?"

I sigh. "Maybe I could tell you tomorrow?" I meant that to be a statement, but it came out as more of a question –not good. Ruby is a champion gossiper –one hint of weakness and she's all over you.

She rolls her eyes at me. "I'm sorry, Ren, but I am not leaving until you tell me." Oh great, and Tawny will be here any minute now…

I sigh again. "Fine. You want to know who it is?"

She rolls her eyes at me again. "Duh."

"Okay… well, um, they're going to be here in a minute… so… I guess you can just see who it is for yourself…"

Ruby's eyes nearly pop out of her head. "He's coming over?"

I nod. "Yeah… something like that…" He isn't coming over… she is.

The next few minutes are spent in complete silence. Ruby is nearly bouncing in her seat in anticipation, and I'm doing the same –only out of nerves… I hear a knock on the door and "Come in" has never been harder to say in my entire life. The door slowly opens and Tawny comes in.

"Hey," she smiles at me (and I start to blush, as I usually do when she's around), and then she turns to Ruby, "And it's Ruby, right?"

"Yeah…" Ruby looks deep in thought for a few seconds before having some sort of revelation. "OH MY GOD." Tawny looks at Ruby curiously. "Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God!" Ruby looks at me, glances at Tawny briefly, and then looks back at me –she's asking me a question.

I nod –the answer is 'yes'.

"Oh my God," Ruby says again –much more quietly this time.

There's a few moments of silence before Tawny speaks up. "Um, do I have something on my face or something?" she asks awkwardly.

Ruby smiles. "No, hun, nothing on your face… Um, and I was just leaving. You girls have fun, like, writing or whatever." She opens the door and heads out –giving me a wink before closing the door.

(Tawny's POV)

An hour spent helping Louis and Twitty write the script to what has to be the worst movie in history? Not as lame as it sounds. We had fun. I always have fun with Louis, and our relationship was great while it lasted, it's just… I need something new. Something different. Louis is the class clown, goofball who –underneath all the jokes and pranks- is the sweetest guy I've ever met, but… there's no fire anymore. No intrigue… Now Ren… the perfectionist, overachieving to try and cover for –what she probably views as- her less than desirable sexual orientation… She intrigues me.

I look at my watch –it's nearly four. I say a quick goodbye to Louis and Twitty and head over to Ren's room… The door's closed. I hate when doors are closed –that means I have to knock… Of course, it also means I could eavesdrop –I saw that she had that one friend of hers with her when she passed Louis room. (You know, the friend that could go in the Guinness book for 'longest amount of time spent talking in one breath'.) Yeah, so… I could eavesdrop… I lean my ear to the door a little.

"He's coming over!" I hear Ren's friend practically shout –I guess I didn't really need to lean in to eavesdrop after all.

I can't really make out what Ren says and after that there's complete silence… So, I guess this means I should knock now… Damn. I hate knocking on doors. It's so… social. Hell, it's putting yourself out there. And, of course, once you knock, there's no going back. You have to wait for a response. You have to wait and find out if you've been accepted or rejected… Oh well, at least it's nowhere near as bad as calling someone on the phone. Now that is Hell.

I take a deep breath and knock. After a few moments of anticipation I hear a "Come in" and I open the door.

"Hey," I smile at Ren –and she begins to blush. Then, I turn to Ruby, "And it's Ruby, right?" I have to be polite –wouldn't want to be on the bad side of the school gossip whore.

"OH MY GOD." Um… what? "Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God!" Is she, like, having a heart attack or something?

She and Ren do some secret code thing before Ruby adds one more 'Oh my God' for good measure… and then there's silence. Ah, the dreaded awkward-silence… What was that all about anyway? "Um, do I have something on my face or something?" Hey, it's possible. Louis always could have stuck something on me for kicks.

Ruby smiles at me (which kind of creeps me out), "No, hun, nothing on your face… Um, and I was just leaving. You girls have fun, like, writing or whatever." And with that she leaves me and Ren alone in Ren's room.

Let the fun begin…