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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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CruiseI'm dreaming, wrapped in the fogginess of whatever my subconscious wants me to know. My mouth is slanted, claiming the mouth of another, my fingers are thrust into hair I know, blonde and a mass of curls, as I tilt her face to the side so I can get in deeper."Caleb," she moans, and as I feel her hands at my biceps, I know this isn't a dream."Ruby," I hiss as I feel her legs part, allowing me to slide in between them.Sometime in the afternoon we've spent sleeping, we've rolled toward one another and started kissing. The kissing must have been going on for a while, because my cock is hard, pressing against the zipper of my jeans, and as I pry my eyes open I see love bites on her chest and neck. The belt at my waist is undone, and the button on my jeans has been popped. I'm thick against my boxers, searching for her core."Don't stop," she whispers as I lever myself away from her body. With the admission, she's bold, reaching back for me. "I've wanted this all night wh
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RubyToday has been one of the longest days ever. It feels like every teenager I've spoken to has been a smartass to me, and I'm beyond ready to go home. Unfortunately, I have to submit my grades for the quarter, and it has to be done before I leave.My kids are doing well, and that makes me smile. History has always been one of my loves, and to know my kids are doing well with it, makes me incredibly happy. Maybe I'm doing something right. On days when I totally question it, I can look at these grades and know I've helped them accomplish this success.As a first-year teacher, this is everything I can hope for. Maybe I'm not changing lives, but more than anything, they're listening to me. It's enough to bring a smile to my face. Glancing at the clock on my computer, I give myself a goal of getting these all entered within the next hour. If I do, then I still have time to take a spin class at the gym. Putting in my earbuds, I crank the music on my phone and get to work.I'm into
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CruiseOctober"You sure you're okay spending the evening with my family?" I ask Ruby as she climbs into my Jeep and gets situated. "I know this is kind of moving a little quickly for us, but Halloween is a family affair in my house.""No, I'm excited!" She reaches back to put her bag down in the back seat. "Plus I'm super excited to see that you're wearing your old football uniform. And I'm excited to wear my old cheerleading one for you."Truth be told, I'm kind of excited to wear it for her. I can only imagine what life would have been like when we were in high school if she had been my girlfriend. Maybe we would have fucked under the bleachers, maybe I would have had the guts to actually go all the way with someone in my house. I like to think I wouldn't have paid attention to the rules my dad laid down, and I would've done whatever it took to be with her. "So is that what you're really wearing tonight?" I question as I turn from her duplex toward my parents' house."Isn'
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RubyWe pull into Karina and Mason's home, and immediately I see a Jeep that reminds me of Caleb's. Glancing over at him, I give him a grin. "Exactly how much are you and your dad alike?""So much!" Kelsea says as she jumps out of the backseat. "Sometimes I think Bubba and Dad share a brain.""She's not wrong." He hitches his chin toward the house. "C'mon."I'm slow getting out of the passenger's side, and I'm not sure why. I've seen Mason around school before, and I know we've said "Hi" a few times, but I'm nervous. After Caleb and I spent the night talking, I know how much his dad means to him. I know the relationship they've had with one another and just how much he seeks approval from Mason. It makes me want that approval too, and also gives me a fear that I won't live up to what Mason sees as the woman for his son.Caleb comes around to meet me, taking my hand in his. He turns me so that we're facing one another. His free hand comes up under my chin, tucking a finger the
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Cruise"You seem tense," Ruby comments as we pull out of my parent's driveway.She's right, I am. There are some days I hate what I do because of the emotional toll it takes on me and the men on my team. Then there are days I love what I do because of all the shit we take off the streets. We make life safer for the citizens of the town we live in. No day is perfect, but this one was super shitty for my dad. I hate that he had to see what he had to see, and now he's gotta live with it. He'll need to process it and figure out how to not take it with him the next time he goes out on the streets."Just the stress of the job sometimes. Even though it didn't happen to me, I know what my dad's going through, and I worry about him." I shrug as I drive us along the deserted streets of Laurel Springs.At this hour everyone's closed up shop, the candy's all gone, and what's left are the reminders of a Halloween that's over. There are jack-o-lanterns sitting on steps, candy wrappers here a
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CruiseFive Years Later"Molly's asleep." I press my wife up against the door to our bedroom, spreading open-mouth kisses along her neck as we grind against one another. Pulling back, I push my hands up her tank top, palming her breasts, moaning as I feel her nipples peak against her bra. "I paid Kelsea her stupid-ass babysitting fee, she's gone. We're alone." I can hear the annoyance in my voice. It's been an on-going argument between the two of us, how I'd watched her for free as a kid, and now she charges us.We've been out with friends and family, had a DD, and both of us have had a little too much to drink. Her with the margaritas she likes to indulge in with the ladies, and me with the whiskey Morgan and I were shooting straight with my dad."God, I want you." She rakes her nails across my neck, down my back, and fists my shirt in her hands.I want her too. Molly is three now, born within the first two years of us getting married, and we've finally got this parenting th
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Ruby"Where are you taking me?" I watch as Caleb drives through the streets of downtown. This fall night is cool as rain falls from the sky. It's not sheets like the day he shot the armed man, but a steady drumming against the roof of the Jeep."You'll see." His deep voice has a secretive lilt to it, one that I've come to know well in the year we've been together. He's not great at keeping secrets, but when he does, they're the best kind.As he turns in front of The Café, I grin. No matter what's happened inside the building or in front of it, this is still one of our favorite places to go, to be. On any given night, we can walk inside and find any number of friends or family inside. It's darkish in there tonight, but I figure maybe the electricity is flickering because of the rain storm we're in. Earlier in the day, the school had lost power.He snags a parking spot near the door. "Don't touch the door, I'll come around for you. I don't want you get wet."Since the first nig
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RubySeptemberBack when I bought this dress so many months ago, I had assumed I would wear it for Valentine's Day, but because of Caleb's schedule we were never able to make a special date work. He never did take me to that dinner, but we've had so many other special moments that I truly can't complain. Tonight, however, I'm thrilled to be wearing this dress to watch him get an award for bravery."You look absolutely gorgeous." He comes up behind me in the mirror as I'm applying a layer of lipstick."You don't look so bad yourself." I turn around in his arms, helping to straighten his dress uniform.I don't think Caleb has ever looked as hot as he does right now. There's something about him being so buttoned-up that I'm loving. "It's cutting off my circulation." He pulls at the fabric around his neck."You're fine." I slap his hands away. "Are you nervous?""Not really," he says with a shake of his head. "Nerves was playing for the college football championship. This is
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RubyI'm lying on my couch, re-watching some TV show I've seen a million times, trying to figure out how to get through to Caleb when the doorbell rings. At first I ignore it, not wanting to disturb my brooding, but then I hear his voice."Red?" It's unsure and soft as he knocks on the door this time. "I know I don't deserve for you to let me in, but I'm asking you to. Please?"For a moment I think about ignoring him, I think about letting him sit out there and sweat. Give him the same type of reaction he's given me, but I realize quickly one of us has to be the bigger person. That person is me, because I know he's hurting and I know he's dealt with the situation he's been thrust into the best way he knows how.Opening the door, I stand there with my arms crossed. Until I see what he's carrying in his hands.The ugliest looking cupcakes I've ever seen in my life."I finally realized why he made them, even though they looked like shit," he gives me a slight smile. "It's the
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Cruise"How'd you get in here?"My dad is waiting on me, probably ready to rip me a new one, just like Ruby did. I'm so not in the mood for it tonight."You don't need to know how I got in here." He gets up from where he's sitting on my couch. "Instead, what we need to do is talk about how we're going to get you to where you need to be.""What the fuck is that supposed to mean? This is me.""This isn't you, we both know that. I didn't raise you to be a fuck face. You haven't been answering my calls, your mom's, Kelsea's, or come to find out Ruby's, so let's talk about this Caleb. What the fuck is going on?""Nothing." I grind my teeth together, not wanting to do this with him."We've done this once before son, and we won't do it again. Do you remember when your friend died? Remember when you pushed everyone away? How'd that work out for you?""How does having a murderer for a son work out for you?" I fire back at him. "Because I'm on administrative leave for committing
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RubyI'm sitting in my car watching Morgan and Caleb eat through The Café window. This is what I've been reduced to. It's been a week since the shooting, and so far, Caleb's refused to see me. I went to see him the other night, and it was a bad scene."What are you doing here?" Caleb opens his door, arms crossed over his chest. "I figured me not answering any of your calls let you know I'm not up to talking to anyone right now. Including you."Not gonna lie, this hurts. Seeing him like this hurts, hearing him talk to me the way he is hurts. But I won't give up on him. I promised Kelsea months ago that I would be here if he needed me, that I could handle whatever was thrown at me."You need me," I talk against the tightness in my throat."I need to be left the fuck alone. You. Mom. Dad. You all need to leave me the fuck alone.""We won't," I shake my head standing my ground. "We won't leave you alone to deal with this by yourself.""Fine, then if you won't leave, I will."
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CruiseThe July sun is beating down on the pavement as I make my drive around the streets that make up Laurel Springs. It's been a boring day, for the most part, but I'm not stupid enough to think it'll last. Lately it's been slow and I've been feeling a lot like the other shoe might drop. This nagging feeling hasn't let go for the last week, but I know eventually either that shoe will drop or I'll get over it.Rain came through over an hour ago, but it did nothing to cool the day down. It's now a sauna outside. In certain parts there's actually steam coming up off the road. Behind the sun that's moved in, you can see more clouds behind. A dark hazy threat looming in the background, more storms are moving in. The stillness of the day threatens to break wide open when they do.Because of the heat that's been baking the ground and asphalt for days, most people are inside this afternoon, enjoying the air conditioning and not wanting to have heatstroke. Probably one of the reasons th
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CruiseI love the smile on Kelsea's face, love even more that I'm the one who put it there. "You excited Kels?" I grin into the rearview as we make the drive to Birmingham."So excited, like I knew you knew him." She bounces in her seat. "But I didn't really know!"Him references my college roommate Slater Harlow, known by everyone who watches professional baseball as Savage. He's a formidable force on the baseball diamond, having the best season of his career. We're not as close as we once were, because life took us two totally different directions, but we still hang out every once in a while. Typically I like to keep the fact I know him from just about everyone, because I know he values his privacy. Now though? Kels is old enough to go to a major league game, and I'm doing my best to impress Ruby."I've known him a long time." I think back to our college days, how both of us had been so damn homesick. Him more than me, since I could at least head home on the weekend. Slater w
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RubyIt's a hot summer day, as I walk onto the practice field. Since school let out in early June, I've been catching up on sleep, taking a summer class, and spending as much time with the man in my life as I can. Neither Mason nor Caleb are here today. Both are on duty, so another parent has offered to help the girls practice. Karina is sick with a summer cold and me? I'm here, not sure what the hell I've gotten myself into. Kelsea and I are spending the afternoon together, beginning with me picking her up. So we'll see how this goes."Ruby!" I hear as I shield my eyes and look out along the field. Kelsea is running toward me, her backpack bouncing as she runs."Hey Kels," I greet her, a real smile on my face. She and I haven't had a ton of time with one another, but as Caleb and I have gotten closer, the same has been true for the two of us. "You ready?" I wave to today's coach as she walks beside me."I am, it's hot out here." She pushes her hair back from her forehead.Ta
