Ruby

He's just standing there. I freeze at his words. I want you. I realize he must be drunk to say this. After all, he's still in a relationship. With Elite. "Ready to kick it off?" Hardin comes saying. He decided we should celebrate me getting the job. He also invited Albert and Penny. His wife. "You busy?" He asks as he notices Tobias. "It will only take a minute, Hardin." I say. He gives me a nod and walks away. "Let's talk outside." I say as I turn to leave the bar.

Cold air brushes against my face as I pull on my coat. I turn to face him. "What the hell is wrong with you? Are you drunk?" I ask him. "No." He says. His eyes are staring the hell out of me. "Did you and Elite break up?" I ask. He shakes his head. Why is he being like this? I think to myself. "Woods, go home." I say as I turn to leave him. I feel his grip upon my wrist, holding me back. "Say, Tobias". He says. I sight. "Let me go." I say as I try to shake my hand out of his grip. He pulls me closer to him. I feel his breath as it hits my face. It smells like whiskey. "Did you mean what you said last night?" He asks. Of course, I did. "Forget it." I say. "Did you?" He asks against holding me in my place. I sight as I look at the ground. I feel his fingers as they hold my chin between them. He brings my gaze to his face again. "I never stopped loving you." He says in a low soft voice. I feel my face as it heats up. No! I won't let him do this to me. Not again. I think into myself trying to stop my cheeks from blushing. "You're still as beautiful as I remember." He says again in the same soft voice. Goddamn you, Tobias. I try to say anything but the words seem to have lost there way out of my mouth. A phone starts to ring all of the sudden. He lets go off my wrist and my chin. He take out his phone out of his pocket. He answers the call. "Hey." He says into the phone. "Oh so you're home at last?" He says in a hard voice. I just stand there watching him. "Oh so I am the selfish one? I am the who went to that expensive ass restaurant you chose and waited for you there and the fucking waiters kept on eyeing me!" He starts to shout into the phone. Something about the way he talks, tells me that this is a long story. "No, listen to me, Elite. I am not coming home tonight." He says. Elite? He's having a fight with her? Oh god. "Listen, I don't wanna do this on the phone, alright? Oh fuck this. I am done with you and all you damn excuses. Sorry had to work late, sorry something came up. I can't just sit for a whole hour in a fancy restaurant where everyone else but me is having dinner with a fucking partner, alright?" He shouts again. "Alright, bye." He shouts again as he hangs up the phone. He looks at me. It is like he didn't realize I was here all along. "You okay?" I find myself asking. Of course not, you dump idiot. "I am fine." He says with a deep sight. "I have to get inside." I say. I really don't want to leave him in this state. But, my friends came here tonight to celebrate me. "Oh yeah, you go." He says as he stares at the ground. "Want to join us?" I find myself saying. Stupid, so fucking stupid. "You really want me to join you?" He asks as he looks up at me. I nod smiling. Well, there is no backing out now. He smiles back happily. We walk back inside, together.