"Take a chance on me and I will prove how worthy your life is."
― Heenashree Khandelwal, Soulmates, By Chance
Chapter 7-
"Good, I'll pick you up at say seven on Saturday?" Ruby asked.
"Sounds good." Neo said as she smiled at Ruby and went into her flat.
A week later, Ruby was getting ready with Mia sitting on her bed watching her. Once she was dressed in a beautiful red dress that she had brought just for the date, she started to apply makeup.
Putting on some purple eye shadow and red lipstick, she turned to Mia and asked. "What do you think?" Ruby asked.
"You look beautiful!" Mia said excitedly.
"Thank you, that's what I was going for." Ruby said, a wide smile on her face as she put on her shoes. "Alright, ready to go?" Ruby asked.
"Yep!" Mia exclaimed loudly, jumping up off the bed with her bag on her back.
"Right, you'll be good for aunties Winter and Blake won't you?" Ruby asked, though she knew that Mia would be.
"I will. I promise." Mia said.
"Good, come on then. Don't want to be late." Ruby replied.
She drove Mia to Winter's house, dropping her off there with Skye for the night while she would go out with Neo for the night.
Once Mia was dropped off, Ruby made her way into town. She had already booked the restaurant earlier that week, on the advice of Winter on where to go.
Arriving at Neo's flat, Ruby nervously stood outside the door. Checking her dress was alright alongside the fact her makeup hadn't been ruined at all. Happy to see that it was alright, she knocked on the door.
The door opened a few seconds later and she was face to face with Cinder, who was wearing a dress and her normal heels. "Oh, hello Ruby. You look beautiful. Neo will be down in a minute, she's just putting her makeup on." Cinder said in her silky smooth voice.
"Hello Cinder, were you helping her get ready?" Ruby asked, a soft smile on her face.
"I was, I must say. It's a tough call between which one of you is more beautiful." Cinder commented.
"I'm sure Neo much outweighs me, I take it you are off to the club tonight?" Ruby asked, having recognised the dress that Cinder always wore to the club.
"That I am, do you know if Emerald is there tonight?" Cinder asked.
"I do." Ruby paused for a second, "You know, you should ask her out. I'm pretty sure she's just waiting on you to ask." Ruby commented lightly.
Before Cinder could say anything else, Neo came down the stairs immediately saying. "Sorry, it took a little longer than I thought to get ready." Neo said as she rushed out of her room, heels clicking on the floor.
Ruby looked up to Neo, taking in the beautiful black dress she was wearing and black heels. The dress was almost like a second skin to Neo, and it reached to her knees while her bundle of necklaces was around her neck and her hair was down over one shoulder and near her chest.
She wore a red lipstick but had forgone any other form of makeup and she stood there looking over Ruby.
Ruby who was wearing her red dress that like Neo's, reached her knees but she had a little more freedom around the skirt part, and she had a single silver rose necklace hanging from her neck.
"You look beautiful." Both women said at the same time. Before both laughing at each other and Cinder speaking up.
"Right, I'm off. Have a good night ladies and Neo, don't do anything I wouldn't." Cinder stated, smirking at the pair before leaving.
Waiting a minute for Cinder to properly leave, Ruby bowed slightly to Neo and said. "After you my lady." She said, holding her arm out to Neo.
Neo giggled and accepted the offered arm, linking theirs together. "So, where are you taking me this evening?"
"A lovely little restaurant in the town. Its family run and some of the best food in the city." Ruby said, opening up the passenger door for Neo before moving around to the driver's side, and climbing in herself.
"What's it called?" Neo asked, not knowing many restaurants in the town.
"From Dust till Dawn." Ruby stated.
"What? How did you get a table!?" Neo asked loudly, surprised that Ruby had even gotten a table at the restaurant. It was as Ruby said, a family run restaurant but one of the best in the city that it was almost always full.
"Being a sister to Winter Schnee certainly has it's perks, but I'm also friends of the owner. I served with his son in the military." Ruby replied, smiling while pulling into a car pack near the restaurant.
"My lady." Ruby said, quickly getting out of the car and around the passenger side, opening the door for Neo.
"You are a gentlemen aren't you? Or should I say, gentlewoman?" Neo asked, once more accepting the offered hand.
"Well, I try to be. I've always been taught to be respectful to women, but if I'm completely honest it's the first time I've been with one romantically." Ruby admitted, opening the door to the restaurant and letting Neo in first.
"Ah Ruby. It's a pleasure to see you again." The greeter said upon the pair entering the restaurant.
"Hello Mr Arc, how are you?" Ruby asked.
"I said before, it's Paul. And I'm doing just fine, who's this lovely woman you're with?" Paul asked.
"This is Neopolitan, my date for the night." Ruby said, introducing the pair to each other. "How is Jaune doing? I'll admit I haven't been able to speak to him much as of late." Ruby asked.
"Oh he's doing fine. He'll be home soon; did you hear about the baby?" Paul asked.
"I had, is it due soon?" Ruby asked.
"Yep, she's due in the next week or two. It's why Jaune's coming home." Paul replied.
"Well, I'll be sure to call him soon and talk with him." Ruby said, slightly hinting at ending the conversation.
"Ah of course, I'm sure he'll like that. Now, if you follow me I'll show you to your table." Paul said, grabbing two menus and led them to a table in the back which had two lit candles.
"Your waiter will be by shortly; I hope you have a pleasant meal." Paul said, nodding his head towards the pair before going back to the front.
"You know him quite well, don't you?" Neo asked, having seen the ease in which the pair spoke to each other.
"I joined at the same time as Jaune, he wasn't the strongest trainee but I helped him get through training and the different tests. We went for the same unit in the end and managed to serve together. Been friends with him for a long time now, sadly I just don't see him that much." Ruby replied, looking over the menu briefly before putting it down.
"Is that because he's deployed?" Neo asked, unsure what she wanted so she kept looking.
"Yep. Though sounds like he'll be back in time for the birth. I should call Pyrrha this week and see how she's getting on." Ruby commented lightly, "Maybe give her some tips for when the baby comes. That's always a fun time." Ruby stated.
"May I ask…um, did Winter and Blake help you through yours?" Neo asked awkwardly, unsure how to really ask.
"Don't worry about asking me stuff like that, I don't mind. I'm, not over it per say but I can talk about it without breaking down." Ruby said, smiling at her.
"Sorry, I'm…I just don't want to upset you." Neo replied awkwardly.
"It's fine, ask anything you want. If I don't want to answer I'll just tell you." Ruby stated, "But yeah, they knew about my pregnancy and the fact I'd be leaving the military. I just didn't tell them when; I went home first or at least attempted to. More or less got kicked out, again. But I had a small apartment in the city anyway so I went to live there. Took about two weeks for Winter and Blake to realise I was home." Ruby answered.
"How did they find out?" Neo asked, it seemed Ruby was good at lying.
"Well, I had the best luck that whenever I called them, nine times out of ten we would be attacked and I'd have to hang up. When it didn't happen over the two weeks, they started asking questions to the point they turned up at my apartment." Ruby said, smiling at the memory.
"I'm sure that worried them a lot, so what happened in the end?" Neo asked.
"Oh, they forced me to live with them in that giant house. Drove them up the wall during the nine months and a little bit after with Mia. Don't even know how they put up with me for so long." Ruby said, smiling widely at the memory.
"Hello, I'm Lily. Your waitress for the evening, Could I start you off with something to drink?" Lily asked, standing at their table.
"Hmm, could we have a bottle of red wine please?" Ruby asked, looking to Neo and asking. "Is that alright?"
"That'll be lovely." Neo replied, smiling at Ruby.
"Right. I'll be back in a moment with your drink and I'll take your orders." Lily said, turning away and walking to the bar.
"So, any thoughts on what you want?" Ruby asked.
"I'm not sure, I'm between having the fish or the steak. What about you?" Neo replied.
"I'm going to be having the steak, it's really good here." Ruby stated.
"Hmm, is it? I might have that then." Neo commented, looking over the menu once more before putting it down.
As Lily came back, she placed two glasses of red wine down and put the bottle between them. "So, are you ready to order?" She asked.
"Could we have two of the steak and chips please? I'd like mine well done, Neo?" Ruby replied.
"Oh, um well done please." Neo said, getting caught out a little.
"Great. They'll be ready soon. Thank you." Lily said, turning away as she checked they didn't want anything else.
"So, been busy this week?" Ruby asked.
"A little, I've got a first draft for a book that I'll be sending to my editor in a couple days. What about you? You were at the Schnee building all week weren't you?" Neo asked.
"I was. The project I've been working on reached a stage where I couldn't just stay at home and send in instructions. Needed a more hands on approach which meant I had to be there the whole week." Ruby answered.
"Did you finish it?" Neo asked.
"Got a couple prototypes ready, I'll be presenting them come Monday morning but, that's not until Monday." Ruby said, smiling at Neo.
"Do you need to prepare for them?" Neo asked, worried that she was stopping Ruby from being prepared.
"Nope. I designed it. All I need to do is explain its purpose and the function. Once that's done, they'll ask some stupid questions and that'll be all." Ruby explained.
"Oh I see, what is it exactly?" Neo asked.
"A new type of body armour. It's a liquid Kevlar, the idea is that you can soak clothes in it and that will make it possible to stop low calibre bullets, though the plan is for it to soak the more traditional body armour plates and vests to make them stronger." Ruby informed Neo.
"How does it work? Surely liquid can't stop bullets." Neo asked, confused at what Ruby was saying.
"It's really interesting, but the basics of it is simply whenever a force is places against the liquid it hardens. So if you have a bowl filled with it and you attempt to punch it, the liquid will harden almost instantly and stop your fist." Ruby explained, looking almost excited to talk about this.
"You sound really excited about it." Neo stated amusingly.
"I am. Normally I make weapons or types of ammunition. This is the first time I've been designing stuff to actually protect instead of kill." Ruby said, smiling just as their food was placed in front of them.
"Oh, thank you." Ruby said, looking up at Lily. Which was echoed by Neo.
"Is there anything else I can get you?" Lily asked.
"Nope, this is fine. Thank you." Ruby replied, smiling at Neo as she took a drink before she started to eat.
The two were quiet during their meal, eating in a comfortable quiet until they had both finished and were nursing their drinks.
"So, what other things have you designed?" Neo asked, interested to find out.
"I've been a part of a team which came up with a new type of sniper rifle, improved accuracy and range. After that I had some designs for different types of bullets it could use. Winter saw the plans one day when she was at the house and gave me permission to go ahead with it. So I've been going on and off with them, depending on what I'm working on." Ruby said, both women taking another sip of their drinks before Ruby spoke up again.
"So, your new book. What's it about?" Ruby asked.
"Oh, it's the next book in a series I'm writing at the moment. My Hunter and Huntress series it's about a world where there are creatures of evil and people train as young adults and teens to become hunters and huntresses that kill the creature." Neo explained.
Ruby blushed a little, looking down at her plate. "I um, well I brought all your books after we first met and well. I've read them all, admittedly that series is my favourite one you've done. I like the fairy tale aspect of it a lot." Ruby replied.
Neo smiled at Ruby, happy to hear such feedback and admitted as much. "I'm so glad you like it, it's my favourite series to write and to hear stuff like that makes me want to write more." Neo stated.
"Well then, I hope you do and I'm sure I can give you a lot of encouragement." Ruby teased, adding a little wink at the end.
"All finished?" Lily asked, just coming up to them.
"Yes, thank you." Neo said, speaking up while attempting to hide her blush.
"Was everything alright?" She asked.
"It was lovely, thank you." Ruby replied.
"Would you like to see the deserts menu?" Lily asked.
Ruby looked to Neo and asked, "Would you like desert?" She asked.
"I'm alright thank you. You can get one if you want." Neo answered.
"Nope, I'm fine. Could we just have the bill please?" Ruby asked, and once Lily took their plates and left she turned to Neo. "So, would you like to come home with me?" Ruby asked.
"Oh? Inviting me home on the first date, hmm? Should I let you know now that I don't put out on the first date?" Neo said, smirking towards Ruby as she teased her.
"Well, good thing this isn't our first date. Or first time at my house, I remember you staying the night just under a week ago." Ruby replied, mirroring Neo's smirk as her tone became husky.
"Well, I'll guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens." Neo replied, her tone matching Ruby's.
Smirking at each other, Ruby was quick to take the bill when Lily returned and immediately put her card on it, as she waited for her to bring the machine over.
Once Ruby had paid for the food, the pair finished their glasses of wine before getting up. Ruby put another twenty lien on the table for the waitress as the pair moved to leave.
"That's a lot for a tip." Neo commented.
"I guess, but they're all students. Every bit helps for them." Ruby replied, opening the door for Neo as they went outside into the cool air of the evening.
"Should you be driving after drinking the wine?" Neo asked, although she didn't mind but she wanted to make idle chatter.
"It was only a glass, so it'll be alright. But if you're worried then we can take a taxi home." Ruby offered.
"No, it's alright. I trust you." Neo replied honestly.
Ruby smiled warmly at Neo, opening the door to her car before going around the other side. "So, my place or do you want to go home?" Ruby asked, waiting to see what Neo said.
"Your place." Neo answered.
Ruby just smiled at Neo, and didn't speak as she pulled out of the car pack and headed for her home. The pair were quiet as they drove.
Once they arrived, Neo climbed out of the car herself and as Ruby opened the door she let Neo in first. While she was walking inside she asked, "So is there…" But was cut off before she could finish speaking.
Neo turned around as the door closed and pushed Ruby against the door as she started to kiss Ruby, rather forcefully.
Ruby returned the favour by pushing her tongue into Neo's inviting mouth. The pair fought for dominance with their tongues before Ruby finally won the battle and deepened the kiss a little further.
Neo had wrapped her arms around Ruby's neck to pull her closer during this, and Ruby moved her hands underneath Neo's ass and in one move she lifted the woman up.
Working almost on the same page as Ruby, Neo wrapped her legs around Ruby's back as they pulled back from each other in order to catch their breaths.
"Bedroom?" Ruby asked breathily.
"Now!" Neo stated impatiently.
Ruby smiled as she kissed Neo again, while carrying her up the stairs and towards her bedroom. Knowing the layout from memory and easily getting the pair to the bedroom.
They lost their shoes somewhere along the way, they weren't exactly sure where and once they got to the bedroom, they worked in unison as they unzipped each-others dresses before she put Neo down, but only long enough for both of them to lose their dresses, remaining only in underwear.
Once down to that, Ruby wearing a dark red set while Neo had chosen a black pair. She picked Neo up again, only to lay down on the bed with Neo on top of her, though sitting up and still kissing, breaking for a few seconds to catch their breath and that was it before they were kissing again.
It was Neo who made the first move to go further, her hand moved from Ruby's neck and down to her bra, unclasping it but continued to kiss Ruby.
Ruby followed suit with Neo's actions, unclasping Neo's bra before the pair pulled away to get rid of the offending clothing away from their bodies.
As they reconnected their mouths, Ruby flipped them over so Neo was laying down on the bed. Continuing the kiss for a few more seconds, Ruby broke away.
Putting her hands on either side of Neo's body she hovered above Neo. "Are you sure?" Ruby asked, her voice was husky and full of lust.
Neo's eyes mirrored Ruby's tone as she looked up at the woman above her, Ruby's hair falling around her face. Neo, not trusting her voice completely nodded her head slowly in reply.
"I need to hear you." Ruby said softly, wanting to make sure that Neo wanted this as much as she did.
"Please, I'm sure. I promise." Neo replied, moving up and capturing Ruby's mouth in a desperate kiss.
Breaking the kiss, Ruby moved to the woman's neck. Kissing the woman their briefly, Ruby moved down along as she heard Neo gasp in pleasure.
A/N
So this is easily the longest chapter so far, and most likely will be. Not sure yet. Looking at another three or four chapters possibly. Again, not entirely sure. I have a question though; I'm considering an extra chapter at the end of the main story. Without spoiling it, would you like to see an extra chapter?
Also posting this earlier because I've got a long day at work tomorrow so I'll be tired. And again, polls are still up and I'll take them both down next week.
Results are interesting and I'm already working on one story and considering another one. Need some help with something though.
Anyone who's read the twilight books, if you could PM me if you are so inclined, I would love to just ask questions about some of the series and stuff. Thank you in advance.
Not much more to say, this is one of my first attempts at actually writing some form of smut. Sort of, I've got a story called Trust that I'm been working on but too embarrassed to actually carry on writing this smut one shot.
Anyway, can't think of anything else so until next week.