Disclaimer: I wish I owned OUaT but then the show would revolve around Swan Queen, Sleeping Warrior, and Red Rum Beauty, sooo… yeah
Part Two
"Ruby?" breathes Belle.
"Mmhmm…" hums Ruby placing a kiss on Belles collar bone.
"Don't you have a job that you should where you should currently be working?" Ruby looks up at Belle letting her word sink into her mind before realization flashes across her face and she immediately jumps up, nearly knocking over a stack of books.
"Damn it, I'm so sorry Belle I have to go. Granny's probably wondering where I am and…" Ruby glanced at the clock that hung behind the desk of the old library.
"And it's quarter to four, I've ben gone for over a half hour…"
"Ruby, calm down; it'll be fine. Just tell them you were trying to teach me how the online book log in the library is supposed to work." Belle said. Admiring how cute her girlfriend looked when she was flustered.
"It'd be a better excuse if you actually knew how to use it." Ruby muttered remembering how well their first introduction to technology session had gone.
"Well I might have gotten more from you lesson that time if it hadn't turn in to sex half way through." Belle snapped back. Her face leaning only inches away from Ruby. Ruby went to close the distance only to have Belle turn away.
"Later," said Belle decisively "You have to get back to work and so do I…" Belle hopped off her desk and went to retrieve Ruby's coat from her chair.
"Tease." said Ruby taking the coat and shrugging it on.
"You love it." replied Belle.
"I love you." said Ruby placing a kiss on her cheek.
They made it to the door before a concerned look shot across Ruby's face. Looking around Ruby swore.
"Damn it, Belle I think I might have forgotten you lunch, I am so sorry." Belle frowned looking to the side of the woman.
"No, you didn't, Ruby; it's right here. You must have left it on the sing-in desk when you came in." confused Ruby looked beside her and sure enough there sat the brown paper bag with belles name printed on it in all caps.
"Oh." said Ruby. She didn't entirely remember leaving it there, but she couldn't think of any other way it'd ended up there.
"See you later." said Belle giving the taller woman yet another kiss and ushering Ruby out the door.
"See you later." said Ruby distractedly, as she began walking in the direction of the diner.
To be honest, she isn't sure she even came through the front door if the library.
When she gets to the diner there are already people trickling in for dinner and she doesn't have much time to think before she's given three different tables to wait on.
For the rest of the night Granny's remains relatively busy; and Ruby doesn't have much time to think of things other than orders and turning down offers from various storybook characters that seem to be crawling out of the wood work since the curse was broken. When the restaurant finally close at eight and she finishes sweeping up the main floor; she's far too excited about going to see Belle that she almost forgets about the earlier incident, almost.
"Ruby?" her head snaps around at the sound of her name. "Are you going out tonight?" ask her grandmother.
"Yeah," replies Ruby, "I'm going to Belle's, she's having trouble figuring out how to use her phone again. I was going to teach her about texting and maybe stay over to watch a movie or something with her."
"I think it's great you helping her adjust, Red, you two have really become close friends over the last few weeks." Ruby nods. She feels like a young child again when she was caught up in a lie she'd told her grandmother. She'd like to leave but she knows running out of the diner would seem odd so she paces herself.
"Yeah," she admits "Well I'll see you when I get back."
Granny nods "Goodnight Ruby."
Ruby leaves the dinner feeling terrible like their lead in her chest. She knows she should just tell her grandmother and get it over with but she can't.
When she gets to Belle's the librarian meets her at the door with a kiss, and a "What's wrong?" Once they're inside Belle start making a pot of tea while Ruby explains to her what happened.
"If it's making you feel so guilty, why don't you just tell her." says Belle setting out a tea cup for each of them.
"I can't, what if she hates me. She the only family I have left and I couldn't stand it if hated me."
Belle frowns, "She won't hate you Ruby, and like you said you the only family she has left, too." She said pouring out the tea and offering Ruby some lemon, milk, or sugar.
"She might never look at me the same way again." replied Ruby putting two spoonful of sugar into her tea and mixing it absentmindedly.
"You'll still be the same person Ruby. You won't change just because you admit we're dating, and besides it'd be nice to at least hold your hand in public sometime or kiss you." Belle voice trailed off growing quiet at the last words. Ruby took Belles hand, she knew keeping their relationship a secret was hard for Belle. The woman had spent so long away from other people and having secrets didn't help her make many friends.
"I do want that for us, Belle; I really do." Belle bit her lip and looked down. She didn't want to force Ruby into coming out, but she couldn't stand Ruby and her not going public yet.
Ruby place a kiss on her forehead wrapping her arms around the petite brunette. Belle looked up to the other woman, a small smile playing on her lips. Right now, she could stand to be a secret just a little bit longer. The tea was left on the counter cooling and forgotten, as the two women pretended for a while that they were in a world that could accept them.
A/N: So maybe I'm a little evil or maybe I'm just crazy. Either way this was not what I was expecting to write for a part two. I promise Ruby is going to find out that Granny knows but for some reason my brain didn't want it to be this chapter.
Send me a Review it might kick some sense into my brain. –Song;)
P.S. I'm thinking about doing something for Red Beauty week, probably Saturdays prompt on Ice Skating but I might also do something for a Crossover tomorrow.
Who else see the similarities between Twilight and the Red Rum Beauty tri-pairing?