“Hello?” Walker answered.
“Hi, may I speak to Zac?” Ruby asked laying across her bed on her stomach.
“Sure, hold on just a second.” He covered the phone and yelled for Zac who
picked it up upstairs.
“Got it Dad,” Zac said sitting on his couch. “Hello?” He asked after he heard the
other phone click off.
“Hey sexy,” Ruby said quietly into the phone.
Zac smiled at the sound of her voice and settled down into the cushions. “Hey
there.”
“What’s going on?” She asked twirling her hair around her fingers.
“I’m about to go to Will’s house. What about you?” He answered tying his shoes.
“Ah. I’m not doing much. But I have a question for you,” she said.
“What’s that?”
“What if I asked you to spend the night tomorrow night?” She whispered.
“Spend the night? At your house?”
“Mm hmm,” she nodded. “My mom’s going to Oklahoma City for a business thing
and she’ll be gone until Sunday.”
“I see,” he smiled. “Well I would love to join you.”
“Perfect. Well listen, I’ll let you go to Will’s. But I’ll be thinking about you,” she
purred into the phone.
“Mm,” Zac pressed his lips together and closed his eyes picturing her. “I wish I
could come over now.”
“Me too.”
“What are you wearing?” He asked.
“Zac,” she giggled. “Give me a call tomorrow, alright?” She rolled over on her
back.
“Yeah, I told Taylor I’d go to the mall with him. But I’ll call you when I get
back,” Zac told her.
“Okay. Talk to you then,” she said.
“Yep. Bye Ruby.”
“Bye.”
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“I bought new underwear,” Ruby told Ben over the phone while she made her bed.
“Good for you. What color?”
“Peach,” she answered.
“Nice,” Ben laughed. “When’s he coming over?”
“Like, 6:00. He’s with his brother right now.”
“Taylor?” Ben smiled.
“Mm hmm. I’ll tell Taylor you said hey,” Ruby told him looking at herself in her
underwear in the mirror.
“Okay,” he laughed. “Well hey, I’ll let you go get ready for your man.”
“Alright,” she smiled.
“Call me with the details,” Ben said.
“Sure. Bye babe.”
“See ya,” Ben said before hanging up.
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“22..23...24...” Zac counted between push-ups. “25,” he finished sitting back on
his knees and smacking his bare stomach.
“5 more,” Taylor said standing in Zac’s doorway.
Zac repositioned himself on his floor. “5..4...3..2.....1” he rolled over on his back
and stared up at the ceiling, his chest rising and falling with exhaustion.
“Good job,” Taylor approved sitting down on the couch. “You know tonight,
make sure you park your car in Ruby’s garage and close the door so Mom and Dad can’t
see it across the street.”
“Yeah,” he breathed. “I’m on top of it.”
“Alright, get dressed, man,” Taylor said standing up heading towards his room.
Zac got up and put on a navy blue t-shirt to go with his khaki cargo shorts. He
slid on his blue and white Adidas shower sandals and ran downstairs. “Mom, I’m going to
Daniel’s. See you tomorrow,” Zac said taking his keys from the kitchen counter.
“Alright. Have a good time,” she said as he left the house.
“Oh I will,” he said to himself sliding into the driver’s seat of his car. He drove up
into Ruby’s driveway and parked in the garage. He got out taking his bag and guitar with
him to the garage door and knocked.
Ruby opened the door wearing her peach robe and her hair pulled back in a
ponytail. She reached out and pushed the button that closes the garage door. “Hi,” she
said leaning against the doorframe.
Zac stepped up on of the stairs. “Hi,” he said, his eyes washing over her body.
She walked back opening the door wider. “Come in.”
“With pleasure,” he said coming into the dimly lit house. He followed her into the
living room and laid his stuff down.
“I was thinking we could eat,” she told him undoing the knot in her robe, “later.”
Zac raised his eyebrows and couldn’t break his stare from her chest occupying a
peach satin bra. “Whatever you want.”
Ruby smiled and walked over to him. She stood right up against him and trailed
her finger across his jawline. “I want you,” she said quietly, her lips mere centimeters
from his.
Chapter 18
