I walked behind Ruby about ten blocks before she glanced around and caught sight of me.
"What are you doing here? You were supposed to be with Gold! Wait, did you just leave without saying anything? It was going so well!" She frowned at me.
"No, I said I needed to keep an eye on you, then I kissed his cheek and left."
Ruby made a small noise, then squealed and hugged me "You kissed his cheek. Wait, why didn't you kiss him on the lips?" She stared me down until my phone broke the contact. As it buzzed, I looked down and read:
Maybe Ruby won't spy on us at my place for dinner, Friday?
I smiled in spite of the prying eyes on me and replied with:
It's a date:) Sry about earlier
And before Ruby could say anything, I turned and walked into my apartment building. This just so happened to be the building Ruby had stopped in front of. As soon as I had sat on my bed my phone buzzed twice. One text was from Ruby and the other from Gold. Gold's read:
It's fine. I enjoyed spending time with you.
To which I replied with a
Ditto
And Ruby's :
WTF Belle French! You did not just leave me to txt Gold! Ttyl this is NOT over!!!!!!
I ignored for preference of texting Ryan.
So what are you doing now?
I smiled
Ignoring ruby (dangerously) and texting a man I find very charming. You?
The response was nearly instantaneous.
Texting a very beautiful woman and going over (ignoring) case files.
That made me blush. We talked for about twenty more minutes before I said goodnight. Even if the lure of texting him all night was killing me.