?SHE’S NOT A CINDERELLA?
✍️Written by Pinky?
?Chapter Five [5]?
Subtitle: {Love at first sight…?}
?Ruby’s Pov?
I got out of the bed and walked out of my room. I need a refreshing shower because right now…I stink!
I walked into the bathroom and had my bath after brushing my teeth.
I walked out of the bathroom and headed to my room.
I wondered where Tyson was because I haven’t heard his voice neither have I seen him since I got out of my room.
I entered my room and slammed the door shut and walked towards my wardrobe.
I stared at the clothes in my wardrobe. I’m sure you guys are bored of the word…‘my life su-cks’ but guess what…? It really su-ck.
I don’t even have any good dress to wear.
I looked over my clothes over again. I won’t deny the fact that I need a new set of clothes.
All the dresses I had in there are worn out and they need to be thrown out.
But those kind of words are for the rich and not for the poor.
I let out a de-ep sigh as I grabbed a simple yellow dress and wore that over my shoulder.
I stare at myself at the mirror. Well, it wasn’t that bad. It was just a casual dress.
I made my hair in a high bun and walked out of my room.
I walked into the kitchen. God, it stink! I have a lot of work to do.
I started with the dishes. I washed the dishes and arranged the kitchen. I glanced throu-ghthe kitchen now and I must say, it was looking more better than earlier.
I made my way to the living room and arranged it. I did all of the chores and then prepared breakfast.
Where the hell was Tyson?
I look up at the wall clock and it reads; 1:52pm.
Now I was getting worried.
I walked into his bedroom but didn’t find any trace of him.
Did he leave? Did he ran out of the house while I was locked up in my room?
Did he felt so lonely and decided to leave?
Had I chased my own brother out of the house?
I was worried.
I was scared.
What have I done?
I was about to call Cherry to ask of she knew where Tyson was but then the front door open and it revealed a smiling Tyson with a cone of ice cream, in the arms of a handsome stranger.
Stranger?
No. He was no stranger. It was the doctor from the hospital.
What the hell was he doing here?
“Sister Ruby!” Tyson cheered as the handsome doctor dropped him down on his both feet. Tyson ran towards me and jumped on my arms. “I miss you.”
“I miss you more. I’m so sorry I abandoned you.” I said as i hug-ged him closer to myself.
“You didn’t abandon me. You just needed time to heal.” Holy shit! When did this little guy became this smart?
“Have you eaten?”
“Yes. Aunty Cherry and Uncle Vincent took me out. They said you needed some time alone.”
“Uncle Vincent?”
He nodded his head then point towards the handsome doctor. Oh. So his name was Vincent. I looked behind him and that was when I found grinning Cherry.
“And I had already prepared your favorite meal.”
“Don’t be sad, Sister Ruby. I will eat it when I get hungry again.” He said.
I smiled and ki-ssed a cheek. “Seems like you had a lot of fun today, huh?”
“Yeah. Uncle Vincent took us to a playground. I even made a lot of friends. I played all kind of games. He then took us to a place where they watch movie…what do they call that place again…um…”
“Cinema?”
“Yes, Cinema. Have you ever been there before?” I slowly shook my head. I wanted to cry but don’t want to. I can’t cry in front of Tyson.
He deserve this kind of life. He deserved more. But due to circu-mstances, he was denied the life.
“I told Uncle Vincent to take you there someday. Right, Uncle Vincent?”
Vincent chuckled as he walked towards us. “You are so energetic, little man. You should have at least rest before you start telling your sister about your day.”
“He is just so excited.” Cherry said.
“Yes.” Tyson added as he took a bite from his ice cream. He then handed me the remaining. “Have this one. It’s superb.”
“Aww. I’m grateful.” I said as i took a bite from the ice cream as well. I mo-an-ed with plea-sure from the coldness of the ice cream.
He wasn’t joking when he said it was superb.
“It’s fantastic.”
“Told ya.” He started making his way to his bedroom. “I ant to do my homework.”
“Need me to help you with them?” I asked.
“No. Just keep Uncle Vincent company.” He ran towards Cherry and started pulling her with him to his room. What does this little man have in mind? “Aunty Cherry will help me instead.” He smiled warmly at me then suddenly his face turned serious. “Don’t ever shut me out like you did, okay?”
I hurt him. And I hated myself for doing so. “I promise.”
“Good.” He started smiling again. “Let’s go now, Aunty Cherry.”
“Alright, Pie.” They walked into the room and shut the door closed.
I was just staring at the closed door. God, why do they have to leave me with this guy I don’t even know.
I felt so uncomfortable being alone with him.
“Hi.” I was a bit startled. I wasn’t expecting him to say a word.
“Hi.” I replied without even looking at him.
“Isn’t it rude not to offer your guest a seat?”
God!!
“Oh. Have a seat then.” I said still not looking at him.
“You can look at me now, Ruby. I don’t bite.”
“I know you don’t bite… I’m not scared of you… I’m…okay, I’m embarra-ssed.” I now said, honestly looking up at him this time around.
He was giving me a confused look. “Embarra-ssed? Of what?” He asked, taking a step towards me.
Should I take a step back? Nah. If I do then he would think that I felt intimidated by his height.
“You heard me said those bullshit about my sister. You heard us. It felt like I was begging for her attention.” I said, looking down at my feet.
He held my chin and brou-ght my face up to look at him. Wasn’t this too soon? I think it’s time I create a space between us so I did just that.
“You don’t have to be embarra-ssed. you have every right to seek for your sister’s attention.”
“I never seek for her attention. My mother did. But she died without getting any from that bit-ch .”
“She’s your sister.”
“And that’s what hurt the most. She’s my sister.” I said, angrily.
Yes, she’s my sister.
But it felt like i only had a brother. Just a brother.
Vincent was giving me a look of pity and trust me I didn’t want that look.
“Why did you take my brother out? You didn’t do that out of pity, right?”
He shook his head. “Your brother is a very smart child. And I love children who are smart. I didn’t take him out because i felt pity for him…I took him out because i like him. I reminded me so much of myself.”
I smiled. He had provided me a more suitable reply so I did the most reasonable thing to do.
“want to join me for lunch?”
He smiled. “And does this make us friends?”
“We will see to that.”
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“You are coming along?” Cherry asked me for the tenth time.
“Are you just surprise or what?” I questioned, giving her a pointed look.
“I’m so surprise.”
“And why should you be surprise? I mean, you were the one who had left the fly out by my bedside, wasn’t it because you wanted me to come?”
“Yeah. It was. But I never thought you would come. I only hope.”
“Well, your hope wasn’t let down because I am coming. And stop giving me that kind of look.”
She smiled. “I’m glad you are coming.” She now said. There was a moment of silence until she spoke again. “So how is Mr handsome.” She wriggled her brows.
Why aren’t i surprise about her childish behavior..?
Oh, she was born with it.
Being childish was one of Cherry’s gift given to her as a baby and yeah, she grew up with that gift.
“He is fine.” I answered.
“So how is it going for you two. Have he asked you out on a date yet?”
“Cherry!” I practically yelled out her name.
“what?”
“He was my mother’s doctor.”
She rolled her eyes at my words and said. “He is everyone’s doctor but that can’t stop him of having a girlfriend. Come on, Ruby. That guy is cute. Although he is not as cute as Mal.”
I knitted my brows at her. “Mal? is that the name of your boyfriend or something?”
“Wait, you don’t know who Mal is?” I shook my head no. “Tsk, tsk..you have a very boring life, my friend. Mal is the talk of town. He’s a member from the the five Stars. God, he is every girls dream guy.”
“Wow. I didn’t know that.”
“Why will you? Anyway, you are one lucky brat because he’s one of the guest. Not just him but the five Stars as well. All of them.” She squealed.
I made a face at her. “Don’t tell me it because some guys are coming for a stupid concert that’s why you are like this.”
“What more could me this happy? Those guys are like god.”
“Tsk, tsk, what have they done to you, my friend.”
“Oh. shut up. But seriously, you and Vincent will a great couple.” She winked.
“Eww. He is just a friend and nothing more.” I said.
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“You guys must be at your very best behavior, is that clear. Especially you two, Cherry and Ruby.” Our manager said to us.
Today was the D-DAY. I was very excited just as Cherry was excited. But we were both excited for two different things.
She was excited because she will get to meet up with the five Stars or so, face to face today.
And as for me…? I was excited because I get to work with the wealthy.
“Yes sir.” We all responded.
“Good. Now get to work. Five people are going to be the waitress while another will be the ushers and the others will be in the kitchen.
Claire, Zayn, Riley, Tyler, and Owens will be the ushers.” He said.
“Xander, Ruth, Walter, Annie and Ruby will be the waitress while the rest of you will be in the kitchen. Am I clear?”
We all nodded our heads and then he left.
“No!!!” Cherry said in a low voice.
“What is it?” I asked, concerned.
“I will have to be in the kitchen all day. Don’t you know what that means…? I wouldn’t get to see the five Stars. God, you are so lucky.” She said, sadly.
“Wanna switch position with me? Trust me I prefer to stay in the kitchen all day then to be out here.”
“Really? wouldn’t our manager complain?”
“He wouldn’t know unless you tell him.”
She started smiling again. “Thank you, thank you, thank you…you don’t know how much this means to me..I really appreciate. I love you, Ruby.”
I laugh softly. “You are Ruby for now and I am Cherry. Okay?”
“Okay. Thank goodness that this was a costume party.”
“I know right.” We both did our best friends handshake and wore our mask over our face.
“Good luck over there in the kitchen.” She said.
“And good luck out here.” We giggled and then went our separate ways.
Now I see why our manager warned us specifically to be at our best behavior.
As i walked into the kitchen, the head of chef look over at my direction and made a face at him.
Wait. Does he know? Does he know that I was not Cherry? But how does he know that? I mean, the mask…
“Why are you putting on a mask, Cherry?” Cherry? Oh. He doesn’t know. I let out a sigh of relief. Thank goodness.
“I…” I cleared my throat. It’s a good thing that Cherry and I can both fake each other’s voice. “I just wanted to go with the theme. I’m quite obedient.”
“And when did you started following the rules, Cherry?” He asked.
“Uh…since now?”
He shook his head then said. “I have no time for all this drama right now, Cherry. Go get some chicken from the cold room. Hurry.”
“Yes Sir.”
I walked out of the kitchen.
I made my way down the corridor and bust out to an area filled with people. Suddenly Mr Alfred, our manager walked towards me.
“Ruby?” Shit! How did he know that o was Ruby?
“Um… Yes sir?”
“What are you doing here? Didn’t I ask you to go to the sto-re room and get some more champagne?”
“Wha…uh…yes sir. I was about going when you stopped me.”
“Hurry and go now.” He said.
God. My life is moving in a circle right now.
Where the hell was Cherry?
I quickly made my way towards the sto-re room. I had already walked into the sto-re room when my phone dinged which signifies that I have a new message.
I brou-ght out my phone and was looking down at it. I wasn’t even looking at where I was going to when I bumped into someone.
“Oh my God. I’m so sorry.” I said, looking up at the person.
fu-ck! He was damn cute. He looked like a god standing in his glory.
I can’t believe the fact that there was a human like him around this part of the world.
He was definitely a celebrity. I’m sure of it.
He didn’t say anything. He was just staring at me.
“uh…I’m sorry?” He didn’t still say anything.
Whatever.
I brushed past him and headed for a bucket of champagnes. I didn’t even looked over at the guy’s side and just walked over to the door.
I was going to open it but it wouldn’t open.
What the hell was wrong with the door?
“You’ve locked us in now.” I heard him say.
I turned around to him. “What?”
“If you slam the door too ha-rd then it’s going to lock by itself.”
“What? That can’t be possible.” I started ban-ging the door. “Is anyone out there? There are people in here, please help!” I kept ban-ging but there was no reply.
“Actually, this place is soundproof. No one can hear us. We are practically stuck here until a helper is being sent down to us.” He said feeling more relaxed like nothing is happening.
We are fu-cking stuck in a sto-re room. A room that will soon get very cold any time soon and what? He’s feeling relaxed? in a situation like this?
Is this guy not crazy?
“And how is a helper going to come to us if we don’t do anything?”
“And do you think ban-ging the door will make them come to our rescue?”
I eyed him from head to toe. He was kinda right.
“su-ckmy a-ss.” I muttered under my breath, hoping he didn’t hear me. But due to my luck, he heard him.
His eyes trailed down to my legs, then moved up to my bre-ast .
Wait, how sure am I that I wasn’t stuck with a pervert and a rapist? No, where the hell was my pepper spray?
He shrugged his shoulders with a smirk on his face. “We could keep ourselves busy while we wait for a helper, don’t you think?”
“Wha…what do you mean by that?” I stuttered, hugging the bucket against my chest.
His smirk only grew wider as he made some step towards me. TBC.