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VOLUME SIX:CRUISECruiseFive Years LaterSeptemberIt's a rainy night in Laurel Springs as I pull my Rubicon into one of the only empty spots in front of The Café. For just a moment, I turn off the ignition and sit, still amazed at how many people can fit inside. My rookie year on the MTF, Ernie passed away and Leighton had used her business smarts and degree, purchasing the place that meant so much to all of us. Ernie had no family, and her stepping in to keep an important part of the community alive had brought us all closer together.We'd had an old-fashioned type of barn raising. People from two counties over in each direction came to help us remodel and expand The Café. It's now doubled in size, with updated everything, and I knew from talking to Havoc that Leighton was doing very well for herself. So well, in fact, she'd brought Brooks into the business two years ago, and they have become a formidable team. Once their family name was known for moonshine. Now? The Strat
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Ruby"This is me." I point to the duplex I'm renting while trying to figure out how to live on a first-year teacher's salary. It's not as easy as I assumed it would be back when I was still in the dorms taking classes.He chuckles as he pulls his Jeep into the gravel lot. This Jeep is the manliest thing I've seen. Completely blacked out with all the bells and whistles anyone could ask for. The glow of the dashboard is blue, and the contrast between the light, his coloring, and those soulful brown eyes of his is almost my undoing as we sit here in the dark, alone."Why the laugh? I know it's not much." I'm slightly offended by the way he's reacting to where I live. And really disappointed."I'm not laughing at you, Ruby." He grips the steering wheel with those long fingers of his, causing his forearms to flex tight. "It's just that back in the day, a couple of my co-workers lived in this duplex before they fell in love and got married.""They allow women on the Moonshine Task
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RubyListening to the rain beat against the roof has always been one of my favorite pastimes. And now that I live on my own, not at my parents' house and not at a dorm full of loud roommates, I can be lazy and listen to it whenever I want to.On mornings like this, I think. And since I'm thinking, I'm rehashing everything that happened last night in my mind. To me, life has never been lived in hours. It's been lived in moments, goals, achievements, and special occasions. Hours though, hours mean a lot too. Take roughly ten hours ago.If Caleb hadn't been there to save me last night, who knows where I'd be at this hour. I could be lying in this bed hurting, contemplating an entirely different trip today. It might be one to the ER, instead of a few counties over. It could be spent making police reports, rather than trying to decide what I want to wear. Last night I was taught a valuable lesson. I'll never take hours for granted again.Throwing my covers off, I shiver at the chill
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Cruise"Do you like teaching?"We've gotten our drinks, ordered our food, and now we're just waiting for everything to be delivered. I'm going to use my time wisely and ask her about anything that comes to mind. Anything that will let me learn more about this woman who's intrigued me."I love it," she answers, happiness shining from her eyes. "It's hard being a high school teacher at my age though," she sighs. "At twenty-four, I'm not much older than they are, and I look younger than I am.""You do," I agree. "But there's something about those blue eyes of yours that kind of drag me in. With a look, they tell anyone that you're old enough to know what you like."I've caught her looking at me like that a few times. Like she wants to know all my secrets and what I look like without a shirt on. Can't say I don't want to know all of that about her too."You think so? This is my first year, but last year when I was a student teacher, it was a struggle to ask them to call me Ms.
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RubySunday morning service is a tradition in my family, has been since I was a little kid. I'm not particularly religious, but even if you aren't, you're still expected to make an appearance."I promise, Mom, I'm fine!" I assure my mom for probably the nineteenth time since I showed up this morning. "The cop who helped me was nice, and there's nothing to worry about. He took me home, took care of everything, and made sure I didn't have to be scared. You don't have to worry.""I'm just not used to you living on your own," she worries, pushing my hair back, out of my face. "It's an adjustment period for us, I'm not trying to crowd you, but please remember, you're still our little girl."I want to tell her I've been on my own a while. When I was in college no one was there to make sure I came home at a decent hour, to make sure I went to class, or that I ate at a certain time. Funny how that worked out. I even had to make sure I did my own laundry. There was no one there to do th
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Ruby"I'm so sorry!"As soon as I walk into the library on Monday morning after going to see Principal Taggert, the apology is already coming from Trinity's mouth."I had no idea Seth was like that. We've known each other a while, he was my next door neighbor." She runs to me, enveloping me in a hug. "Brooks always says I'm too trusting, but I just never imagined he would be like that. And to think I could have gotten you hurt. I'm really, really sorry, Ruby.""It's okay," I assure her. "All's well that ends well. I ended up having a great time anyway.""It's all over town, that you left with Caleb."My cheeks heat, I can feel it flush up my neck. There's no telling what people in this town are saying. "I did leave with him, he was kind of my knight in shining armor. If it hadn't been for him and his friend, things would have probably turned out a lot differently.""Thank God he was there." She squeezes my hand. "Again, I'm so sorry. I never meant for it to happen, and I
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RubyI've never been so excited for a Friday night in my life. This week has passed slowly, with numerous text messages between Caleb and me. Even if we can't see each other much, at least we have this as a means to get to know each other. We haven't been able to get together, and maybe that's why I'm so excited. He's busy, I'm busy, and we don't have just a ton of free time to devote to one another.It's a commitment; I know I'm serious when I make one, and he seems to be serious too. This must be the difference in dealing with a man, rather than a boy who's unsure of what he wants.So far, I have to admit I'm liking it. Grabbing my phone, I scroll back through our messages, grinning as I see some of them, thinking back to our conversations.C: What's your favorite TV show?R: Whatever I can watch on Netflix and don't have to wait for. I like shows that are already over.C: Into that instant gratification, huh?I grin as I think about what he's saying. To most people I'm
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RubyHe hasn't gone home, and I haven't wanted him to. We've been sitting on my back porch, watching the sun come up, talking about everything and nothing at all. Truth be told, I keep trying to come up with questions to keep him here. I don't want this night to end, don't want to let him go."You want kids?" I ask him, pulling a blanket around my shoulders that I went to get an hour and a half ago once it got too cold. My legs are in his lap and he's still playing with the rip in my thigh. He hasn't stopped doing it since we sat down, and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't feeling it in every part of my body. Each time he makes a trip forward and back, my nipples peak and my core throbs."At least two, probably three or four, if I'm given a chance. I want a family, something I didn't have until I was eighteen, when Karina came into our lives." His voice is deep with what sounds like the need to sleep. We've talked for hours, and even I have to lick my dry lips."I'm there for the
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