Warning: some mature/sexual behaviour in this scene

Chapter 12

Saturday was finally here, it was 6:02am and Ruby was wide awake sat in the middle of her bed: she hadn't slept at all.

Restraining a yawn she kept staring at the wall opposite her with blank eyes seeing nothing. Hearing her phone vibrate she finally moved from her spot that she had been in for the last 47 minutes.

'We still on for me coming to yours today to work on the project?' - Justin.

Typing back an affirmative she let out a sigh, deciding a hot shower would help energise her. Shuffling to the bathroom she turned on the shower, stripping off her clothes from the day before as the water heated up.

Stepping inside she closed her eyes against the heat, flinching slightly as it first touched her cold skin. Moving forwards so she could drench her hair she grabbed the shampoo bottle, lathering it into her wet hair.

She didn't understand why she was unable to sleep last night. Nothing strange had happened, surprisingly, and yet she found herself laid in her bed wide awake. Nothing she had done brought her sleep. She just felt empty.

Turning so the water was now hitting her back she finally opened her eyes. The steam was covering the glass causing it to gloss over, making her unable to see out of it. So she was unaware of the person watching her with eager eyes.

Finally done with her hair she grabbed a pink razor before lathering her legs in shower gel. She honestly hadn't shaved her legs in a few days and it was getting unbearable.

Once her skin was smooth, and hair free, she turned off the shower and stepped out. Cursing under her breath as the cold air hit her body she frantically reached for a towel. Goosebumps started to cover her body. Quickly brushing her teeth she went back to her room.

Letting out a small squeak she stumbled to a stop, staring at the person sat in her desk chair. Blushing an unattractive shade of red she gripped the towel tightly. "What are you doing?" She asked shakily. Tate gave her a small, apologetic, smile.

"I wanted to see you." Ruby's body sagged at the look he was giving her. It was a mix between happiness and yet guilt. "I didn't realise you were in the shower."

"Um, it's fine." Moving further into the room she slyly tried to pull up the towel that was trying to make an escape. "What are you staring at?"

Tate blushed, dropping his gaze to the floor. He mumbled something she couldn't quite catch but she started smirking in amusement at his apparent bashful behaviour. She didn't know where the sudden burst of confidence came from but she found herself walking over to him, coming to a stop right in front of him.

"What was that? I didn't quite catch it." Tate kept his head down. He didn't quite trust himself right now with her wet and in nothing but a towel. However, when the towel suddenly dropped he couldn't help but slowly raise his head, looking at each part of her body since it was all on show.

Reaching her eyes they simply stared at one another before he slowly rose from his seat. Ruby was cursing herself in her head. Why did you drop the towel! She suddenly felt vulnerable and shy. What if he found her body unattractive? Her insecurities were coming out at a terrible time.

With Tate not saying anything except looking at her it suddenly became too much. She went for the towel but as she did Tate grabbed her wrist. Snapping her head to his she frowned. What was he doing?

Gulping when she saw he stepped closer to her, she begged for her mind to shut up. It seemed to be on overdrive right now and it was giving her a headache. Just as she wished, it stopped but not because of pure will itself. No, it was because Tate had kissed her.

After a couple of seconds her uncooperative body started to respond by wrapping her arms around his neck, kissing him back. She felt his arms go around her bare waist, shivering as he sensually started to trace lazy patterns on her lower back.

She let out a quiet gasp as the kiss suddenly became more frantic. Tate had yanked her to him so her naked body was flush against his clothed one. His fingers were digging into her hips painfully but she didn't mind.

Twisting her hands into his curly hair she gave it a slight tug which got a slight grunt out of Tate in reply. His right hand started to move to her thigh, her heart beating faster. Ruby pulled back from the kiss then as she really needed to breath but Tate didn't seem to be having a problem with that as he went straight to her neck.

Jumping slightly when she felt his calloused fingers lightly running up and down her inner thigh her grip on his hair tightened. Letting out a moan as Tate bit her neck she quickly bit her lip feeling embarrassed. That feeling was washed away when his lips connected with her collarbone and his hands finally reached the spot he was aiming for.

Her eyes fluttered shut at the feeling. No guy had touched her like this before. Sure she had done it to herself a couple of times but it hadn't felt good in the way she was feeling now when Tate was touching her.

Her stomach tightened, a strange foreign, yet immensely pleasurable feeling building inside of her. Biting her lip to keep the noises she wanted to make inside of her she found her head suddenly being yanked back as Tate grabbed a fistful of her hair.

He bit her lip, pulling her bottom one out from between her own. Letting out a shaky breath as he whispered in her ear in a husky voice laced with lust. "I want to hear you." She could hear it in his voice, the lust, but she could also hear an authoritive sound revebrating through and Ruby found herself listening to it.

Her pleasure spiked. Tate kept his arms around the shaking girl who was clutching at him so she wouldn't fall. Both bodies stilled when the sound of footsteps sounded in their ears. Ruby pulled back to look at Tate in panic. He gave her a small smile, a quick kiss on the lips before leaving through the window.

Ruby, who was still staring after him, jumped when someone knocked on her door. "Don't come in!" She yelled, rushing to grab her dressing gown that was hung up.

"Ruby?" It was her father. "Can I come in?" Pausing as she tied the straps she then went and opened her door.

"What do you want?" She demanded. It wasn't his fault, she knew, but he was the reason herself and Tate were cut short. Looking at his daughters stern face he let out a sigh.

"I just wanted to apologize for last night." He stated. "I didn't mean to yell at you." Letting out a heavy sigh Ruby looked at her dad, scrutinizing him. She felt weird when all she saw was honesty shining through his eyes.

"It's fine dad." She eventually replied. "But you have to know I like Tate. He's a good friend to me so it hurt to hear you say that." Wondering why her father was looking at her like that she tilted her head.

"How long have you and Tate known each other exactly?" He enquired. Ruby closed her eyes in frustration. She decided to just go with the truth. After she finished Ben was just staring at his daughter with a look of slight disbelief.

"I'm going to stay his friend no matter what."

"Right... Nothing I say is going to stop you is it?" Ruby shook her head. "Promise me you will be careful?"

"Always am." She replied cheerfully. "Does this mean he can come over to the house and hang out with me?"

"Don't push it. Fine, I will think about." He amended seeing the disappointed look on her face. She returned him with a small smile before he left and she was back in her room. Well it was some good news. Hopefully he let up, allowing Tate over because it would be easier then him having to sneak in and out all the time.

Quickly getting dressed in some shorts and a simple tank top she grabbed her phone and called Justin to work out when he should come over. Putting the phone down she slipped downstairs and into the kitchen. No one was in there but the maid, Moira.

"Have you seen my mom?"

"I haven't dear, I'm sorry." The old lady answered. She paused before talking again. "Have you had breakfast?" Ruby shook her head. "Would you like me to make you some?"

"Oh, um, yes please if it isn't too much trouble."

"Nonsense." She waved off, indicating for Ruby to sit down. Not too long later a cup of tea and eggs Benedict were placed in front of her. Taking a bite her eyes closed of its own accord.

"Moira, this is amazing." She moaned. "Sorry."

"Thank you. And why are you apologising?" Moira said as she cleaned the counters.

"I didn't know if I was allowed to call you that or not." She explained, taking a sip of tea that was made to perfection. Continuing to eat her breakfast Moira stayed in the kitchen to talk to the young girl, simply observing.

She could see why Tate had grown fond of her. She was a nice girl. Cheerful. Bright. Moira smiled slightly as she let the girl ramble on about something she wasn't paying attention to fully. But it was nice to see her eyes light up like that as she spoke. She hadn't seen that look in a very long time.

Just as she was nearly finished eating her mother entered. "Oh, there you are!" Ruby exclaimed. Vivien simply looked at her daughter, surprised. Surprised to see her up and surprised to see her eating.

"What is it darling?" She asked, pouring herself a coffee.

"My friend Justin is coming over in half an hour to work on a school project. Is that okay?"

"Of course." She nodded. "He can stay for dinner if he likes." Ruby smiled winningly.

"Thanks for the food Moira. Best. Ever."

"You're too kind." Was the maids response.

"Nonsense!" Vivien didn't know what had gotten into her eldest daughter but she was liking it. She hadn't seen her this upbeat in weeks. She watched as the maid shooed off her daughter who had tried to clean her plate and mug. She silently laughed as her daughter pouted all the way out of the room.

She sighed contently. Hopefully this meant things were going to get better what with Ruby clearly settling in. Now all she needed was for Violet to do the same thing.

Rushing to the door when she heard the bell go off she pulled Justin into a hug. Laughing at her enthusiasm he picked her off the ground. Once she was back on the floor she grabbed his hand, pulling him into the sitting room.

Watching with a look of disbelief as Justin deposited many, many, books on the floor until his bag was empty she covered her mouth with her hand before using said hand to point at them all.

"What's with all the books!" She exclaimed. The dark haired boy looked at her with an impish grin.

"Well, you know, be prepared."

"Prepared for what? To have to suddenly build a fort? Are we starting our own bloody library?"

Justin rolled his eyes. "You're being dramatic."

"Am I really?"

"Yes." The pair looked at each before Ruby started to speak again.

"When you arrived I simply thought you were going to the gym afterwards or something because of the bag but in reality? You brought... Hang on... 1,2... 8,9... 11, 12 books!"

"You said yourself you wanted this done throughly and we need more then one source of where we are getting our facts from," Justin said, taking a deep breath before he carried on. "So just be thankful I brought all these okay?"

Without saying anything Ruby flopped onto the floor.

"Well if you weren't being dramatic before you bloody well are now."

"Fine you win!" She surrendered, pushing herself back into a sitting position. "Let's just get this started." So with that the pair set to work whilst the rest of the world went on before them.

Violet was in her room all morning and stumbled down the stairs with messy hair and old sweats on only to come to a complete stop as she spotted the two on the living room floor. With wide eyes she spun on her heel before running back upstairs, vowing to herself she would never leave her room looking like that again. She went completely unnoticed by the two.

Moira, at one point, entered the room they were in and started to clean around them watching on, amused as the two bickered over random things. Smiling to herself, she left the room as Ruby said this: "Just because you have a dick doesn't automatically make you right."

Ben spotted them two working but didn't linger long enough. He simply spared them a quick glance before heading to his office.

Justin had tried to concentrate the entire time, and he had done pretty well, but he couldn't shake off the feeling that someone was watching him. Glancing up he had a perfect view of the stairs and front door - nothing. Sighing in frustration he looked down again.

The feeling had been getting stronger the longer he was there - it was starting to freak him out. Suddenly he jumped, glaring at Ruby hearing her snicker. Her mother had entered the room to let them know she was off out to the shop.

"That reminds me, my mom offered for you to stay for dinner." Ruby told him, slightly distracted as she was looking at one of the books. When she didn't get a reply she looked up, book forgotten. "Justin?"

"What! Oh right, um sure. I will have to leave straight after though." He stammered. Ruby frowned, what was up with him? Shrugging it off she went back to her book.

About forty minutes later Vivien returned back to the house. Ruby, seeing her struggling with the bags, offered to help. Justin didn't mind but when she left the feeling of being watched got stronger. He felt like someone was stood right behind him. He got a terrible feeling causing him to gulp.

Grabbing some of the bags off her mom they made their way to the kitchen, depositing them onto the counter. Suddenly a popping sound echoed through the kitchen causing the two to jump. Ruby turned round and her jaw dropped.

"What the-" All the cupboard doors were swinging wide open. Hearing her daughter she too also turned round and gasped. The two females then let out a yell when they heard a sudden laughter from behind them.

It was Addie. The neighbours daughter.

"What are you doing?" Vivien demanded. How did she always get into this house? "What are you doing in my house?" Watching with a weird sense of fascination, Ruby kept looking at the girl who kept laughing. She raised her hand, pointing at behind them which caused mother and daughter to spin around. They saw nothing.

Ruby swore that girl was insane. It took some coaxing but her mother finally managed to get the girl to leave the house as Ruby went about shutting all the doors. Forcefully shoving Ruby out the kitchen Vivien set about making dinner.

"Sorry about that." Ruby apologised as she entered the sitting room only to find Justin bent over in pain. "Oh my god what happened!?" Reaching him she put a delicate hand on his broad shoulder, grabbing his face for a better look. Blood was seeping from his nose.

"I tripped and hit my face off the table that's all." He muttered nervously. Ruby knew he was lying but she didn't say anything. Her friend clearly didn't want to talk about it. Taking him to one of the bathrooms she helped clean all the blood away.

"It's stopped bleeding at any rate." She commented, giving him the once over. They made it back downstairs before deciding to call it quits on their work, shoving the books back into his duffel bag.

Hearing footsteps Ruby raised her head only to pause and raise her eyebrow. It was her sister Violet. Standing she claimed she was going to get everyone a drink. Passing her sister she quickly whispered into her ear. "Bit dressed up for dinner aren't you?" She then swiftly left the room.

Violet suddenly felt self conscious. Was it too obvious she made an effort into her outfit? Fuck! Her thoughts drifted away as she saw Justin. His nose looked swollen and she could see some dried blood there too. That alone made her rush over to him asking him with clear concern if he was alright.

His head snapped up in surprise - he hadn't even noticed she was there. He then took in her outfit. She was in a cute black dress, tights and had some slight makeup on. He liked that she hadn't over done it. He didn't mind girls who wore makeup but he preferred the more natural look. She didn't even need to wear any in his opinion.

"I'm fine. Just tripped that's all." He told her, surprisingly loving the way she was looking at him with concern and worry. She clearly cared about him but if it was more then a friend he didn't know yet.

After this nothing more was said. They sat there in awkward silence, glancing at each other. Justin cursed. Again she had made him like this. Unable to form words or be his smooth, charming self. He adamantly blamed his bloody accident on why he was like this. Not her. No, never her.

Ruby walked back with three glasses of lemonade, rolling her eyes when she took in the state of her sister and friend. They were tragic! Letting them know it wouldn't be long for dinner she turned on the TV. Justin was just happy that the boy had left.

Sitting around the table Ruby took everyone in. Her father was sat there with his back straight, trying to act like he wasn't staring at Justin with his narrowed gaze. Her mother was casually eating her food with a small smile on her face as she watched her two daughters interact with the young boy - especially Violet. And Violet? She was eating normally but kept glancing at her crush and, shocking Ruby, talking to him more than usual.

She didn't seem nervous despite stumbling over her words at times. She was smiling at him and not those nervous smiles she usually gives him and he was responding well to it. Ruby thought he was shocked at it too but it seemed to be helping him. The more at ease Violet was the more his charming manner made an appearance.

Giving Justin a hug, herself and Violet waved as he left the house. "Well that went well." Ruby said happily, shutting the door.

"Apart from when he bust his nose do you mean?" Violet remarked causing her sister to laugh.

"Not my fault he decided to be clumsy." Violet rolled her eyes before making a conscious decision to retire to her room, leaving Ruby there trying to figure out what really did happen to Justin.