Hi guys, sorry for not updating in FOREVER. I have been trying to get myself together (senior year of college, I'm an actual train wreck) but I did't realize I left the on a cliffhanger Here is the next chapter!


The two leaned in to one another and it felt like the earth was standing still. They inched closer and what may have been a split second to everyone else, it felt like hours to them.

"That's enough of that." Dorothy says. "As winner of King's Cup, I declare this game to be over."

The two girls stop in the middle of the moment. Ruby bites her lip, wanting it to happen.

"Hey Ruby, could you get off of me for a sec?" Emma asks and she stands up, "I need some air."

Ruby gets up and Emma starts walking in the moonlight. Ruby slowly counts to twenty before she calls after her. "Emma, stop!" She yells.

"Go back to your friends, Ruby."

"Stop, I want to make sure you're okay."

"Why would I not be okay?"

"You walked off saying you need air and we're already outside, I'm sorry."

Emma stops. "What? Why are you sorry, for trying to make some move on me? It was a game. I'm the one who initiated some kind of flirting. You wanted me to kiss you in front of everyone. All of your friends, your ex-girlfriend? And to what humiliate me? What made you want to do that anyways?"

"I don't know." Ruby refused to make eye contact with Emma.

"Ruby, please."

"You just weren't on my gaydar." Ruby says, still looking down.

"You weren't on mine either if we're being honest." Emma looks at the ocean and the two are quiet for a moment. "So, when you found out that I had a relationship with a girl, you wanted to see what it was like with me, like there was some chance we could be more than friends?" Emma questioned.

"Partly. Does that mean you would have wanted to kiss me? Not on a dare?" Ruby looked up at the blonde almost hopeful.

"Well yeah, you're cute and beautiful and smart. I would want to try if there was something but I couldn't risk losing something good with you and Granny. I can't risk something like that up by chance."

"Why not?" Ruby asked, not grasping what Emma was telling her.

"What if something went wrong? What if it wasn't good. I don't have ability to just leave again."

"Emma, let's not worry about that happens tomorrow." Ruby grabs the other girl's hand. "Let's just work on what we have right here, right now, in the moonlight, on the last weekend we have until school starts." she says. "We'll blame it on the alcohol or whatever tomorrow, okay?"

The blonde and brunette get closer and closer until when they look into each other's eyes, they can only see each other. All of Emma's instincts were on point. She could feel Ruby breathing, her own heart practically beating out of her chest, the perfume Ruby had on was intoxicating and sweet. She loved it. She wanted to drink in this moment. Time seemed to stop Ruby's alabaster skin glistened in the moonlight. Her lips flinched from nervousness, she bit it as if to keep if from moving involuntarily. Then, it happened. Emma closed her eyes, leaned in and touched the softest kiss she's ever experienced in her life. It was soft and warm and gave Emma a shock of electricity throughout her body.

Ruby was nervous. She put one hand on Emma's face and the other on her waist as if to steady herself, She had some part of her that wants all of this and more. One taste of Emma on her lips and she was hooked, like a junkie after the drugs kicked in. She wanted to soak up the moment, to savor it and capture it so she can replay it over and over in her head. They kissed again, their arms left their sides and Emma's hands rested on Ruby's hips and Ruby's arms rest on Emma's shoulders, allowing her hands to clasp together. They never made it back to the party. Instead, they walked hand in hand through the town until they got to the house where they kissed once more under the porch light and walked inside.

"Did you girls have a good time?" Granny asked, watching tv in the living room.

"It was okay. I probably won't remember any of their names." Emma says getting in the house.

"Well, there will be plenty of time for that. I'm glad you two could get some fun in before school starts. Now off to bed, both of you."

Ruby and Emma go up the stairs to their rooms. "I guess this is goodnight, but I'm not too far away." Ruby says with a kiss. They each get ready for bed and take showers, the smell of bonfire was not what they wanted their beds to smell like. Emma smiles and the two part ways but neither one could sleep. They could only think of the other, neither of them could sleep. Once Granny went to bed, Ruby crept into her room.

"Psssstttttttt Emma?"

"Yeah?"

"Can I lay down with you?"

Emma turns on the light and sit up. "Um, yeah, sure." She was very surprised. Emma moves over so the girl can have more room and Ruby joins her. Ruby lays next to the blonde and Emma can smell the clean smell of the young girl's hair.

"Thanks for letting me be here Ruby; I don't know what I would have done without you." Emma said, staring into the dark quite of the bedroom.

"Shh..just sleep." Ruby says half asleep already.

Emma does as she was told and rolls into Ruby, being the big spoon in the bed, letting her hand drift to Ruby's and clasp together and she captures the moment like any minute she'll be ripped away from it and back to where she was a few weeks ago. Ruby softly begins to snore and her breathing is soothing and soon, both fall into a deep sleep. Emma might even call it one of the best sleeps of her life.


Thank you for reading! I hope y'all are liking this paring. When I started writing, I was going to make them friends and it was going to be a SwanQueen story but as I wrote it, a more romantic vibe came out. Please tell me what you think, my DMs are always open to criticism.