1. Trust - The Promise - Jade is Awesome (red queen ebook txt) 📗

Ruby, Put the spider down.'
I laughed and opened my hand. They were shocked to see that there was only a small rock there.
We both fell to the ground laughing. We all sat down in a triangle.
'I've never had this much fun you know.' Said Rick. Matt nodded.
'I thought you guys were rich.'
They all looked at me like I said something wrong. 'Are you kidding me? Yes, Money is great but Its not that much fun is it?' Matt said.
'Sorry. Wheres Conor?' I said trying to make it sound casual when inside I was dying to see him.
They looked at eachother like they had a private joke.
'He had something to sort out.' Rick said. I looked confused.
'Who with?'
'Just someone.' Matt said.
'Please tell me who.'
Rick sighed and made a face to Matt that obviously read 'shall I tell her?' Matt nodded.
'Ruby, Is there anything going on with you and that Jack?' Rick said like it was just a normal everyday question.
My jaw dropped. They thought I liked Jack. No way. Yes, Jack is hot and cool but he is just hot and cool. Nothing else. Well I look into his eyes, its just blank. Hes the guy that you meet for 5 minutes and then forget about them when your gone.
'I can't believe this. I don't like him.' I said kind of annoyed.
'You sure?' Matt said.
'Yes I am absolutely sure. I just met him and-'
'Okay Okay, we're sorry okay?' Rick said kind of offended by my behaviour.
I didnt know I was shouting. I said sorry.
'We should be going-'
'Wait a minute.' I said. I got this now. Conors not here because he thinks that I like Jack. This means that Conor must be with Jack. And Conor won't be happy because he likes me. Josh said that Conor won't force me to be with him. But he will force others to stay away from me. And I'm not talking about having a nice anti-fighting conversation. I'm talking about Conor. I know what Conor is like. If I put two and two together, I know that Conor isn't here because he will be hurting Jack. I can't believe this.
They looked at me, waiting for something to say.
'Take me to Conor.'
'But-'
'You guys have tricked me. You guys thought that if you send me away from school, Conor could hurt Jack and-'
'Look, we tried to stop him-'
'I don't care. Just take me to Conor.' I shouted.
They quickly ran it to school. I jogged past them. I hope Conor is okay. Jack is a bad boy and if someone tries to play with him, he wouldn't just stand there.
In the distance, I could hear 'fight fight.'
There was tears in my eyes. How can he do this? Jack is just a friend. We were just talking. I never knew Conor was going to be jealous. No one is this much jealous. Its insane.
I got into school and saw that there was a huddle of people in a circle. I quickly moved past them. It was hard. There was so many people.
And then I saw it.
Conor was punching Jack on the face. Jack was angry but I saw some fear in his eyes. Conor had some blood on his face but Jack had more.
Conor was on top of Jack punching really hard.
I quickly tried to stop. 'Conor don't!' I shouted 6 times trying to pull Conor off Jack.
Conor saw me put didn't stop. 'Please, I beg you to stop.'
Everyone stopped saying 'fight' and stopped. Where were the teacher? They should be here. They all looked at me.
There was tears in my eyes. Hurting. I felt dizzy again. Lots of tears fell down while I bended my knees. I didn't know if my begging could help this but Its all I could think of.
Conor stopped and stared at me while I went to my knees and sat down on the hard cold floor. Jack stopped and was looking at me. Blood everywhere. I quickly put my fingers together so it looked like I was praying. And then I begged.
'Please Conor. Stop hurting him. I'll do anything.' Conor looked at me surprised by my action. He let go of Jack.
And moved to me. I saw Josh on the other side. He looked scared.
Conor was about to put his hand onto mine but I stood up and ran. I was mad. I know I seem like a girl who stands up to anyone. But I was scared. I was just a 16 year old scared of the world. Of the school. Of my dad. Of Conor. He scared me. The way he gets angry, the way he makes me seem small. I thought I was good at everything. But I'm only good at running away. I've ran 3 times. But sometimes I feel like running forever. I love Conor. I love him. But he could hurt me. I can't trust him. He is scary. No one just punches someone just because he was sitting next to their crush. Even married couples don't get so jealous. I ran and sat down near a tree. I didn't want anyone. I hated Conor. I hate him. I hate him so much that I love him. I cried and cried and cried. Until I couldn't cry any more.
Chapter 15 Conors P.O.V

What have I done?
'Man you okay?' said Rick who was by my side.
I nodded. My brothers told everyone to go and they did. The only people who were outside was my brothers and Josh.
They all looked at me. I was frozen. I was sitting on the ground. Jack ran away when I was trying to get to Ruby.
I made everything worse. I was trying to help her and all I did was make it worse. Before Ruby came, I was trying to talk to Jack. I had to show him that we were the bad guys in school. I wasn't planning on fighting but then he started hitting me. No one hits Conor. I hit him back and just when I thought It couldn't get worset, Ruby saw me on top of him. She thinks that I did this. That I planned all of this. And worst of all, she thinks its her fault. I can't believe it. Just because I wanted to make her laugh, I made her cry. She hates me. I made her cry.
'Man you okay?' Matt said looking at my punched face. My face hurt but I didn't care.
'This is bad, this is really bad.' Josh was keep on saying the words. Going back and forth in the playground.
'You know what this means, don't you?' Josh said staring at me with anger. Well, why wouldn't he be? I just made his bestfriend cry. If I was him, I would have punched myself.
'Chill out Josh, We won't get into trouble.' Rick said. Rick was right. Even if we nearly killed someone in this school, we won't be kicked out. Unless my dad finds out of course.
'I'm not on about that, for goodness sake!' He shouted. We all looked at him. His face was red with anger. In his eyes, I saw that he was scared. Scared of what?
'Ruby.... Oh my God, Ruby.' He looks so pale. What have I done? I didn't know what I was getting into. I don't care what happens to me. I care what happens to Ruby. Well you did a good job, I muttered to myself sarcastically. Just then, it started rain. Josh and brothers stood there waiting for me. Waiting for what we are going to do. I was their leader. They know lots of safe things we can do right now, but without my brothers, they would'nt do anything. But why was Josh getting so worked up like something bad was going to happen?
'Josh, whats up?' I said nudging him. He was frozen looking at the ground but he finally spoke.
'Look guys, Ruby would hate me for what I'm going to say but shes....'
I stood up. 'Shes what?' I said.
Matt gave a napkin. I took it and started cleaning my face. Every touch was like a sting of a bee.
Josh just froze looking at the floor. He looked like he didn't want to tell us.
'What Josh?' I said getting impatient. He was hiding something. Something important.
'She might... She might have ran away.' Josh said still looking at the ground.
'What? Are you crazy?'
'When she was little...' he said like he didn't her me. 'She got scared of anything that hurt the people she loves.'
'What?' I said confused.
'I can't tell you-'
'Look, do you want me to find her or not?' I said trying to ignore the pain that was in my stomach.
He nodded. He took a deep breath like he was going to say something big.
'She loves you Conor.' He said looking at me with hope. Wait, she likes me. She doesn't just like me, she loves me. I can't believe this. But there was so many question.
'What... wait, you said-'
'I see the way she looks at you. The same way I look at Cam. It was really obvious she likes you and when I told her about you, she tried to hide her feelings and just said she didn't like you back. From the first day, she wanted to be with you. But she couldn't even explain the feeling to herself and when she saw you with blood on your face, she panicked. The first thing that came in her mind was running.' I looked at the ground. Thats why she was trying to run away when she was feeling ill. Thats why she ran away today. She hated seeing her loved ones in pain. But I was in pain since the day I met her. She wouldn't talk to me, she kept on seeing me as a target and an enemy. When all I wanted to do, was help her. I don't understand. I can't understand why she hates me but loves me.
The bell rang. 'I'm going to go find her.'
'But-' Matt was about to say. I forgot that they were even there.
'Cover for me yeah?' I said before running out of school. I had to find her. She can be anywhere. I quickly got my moterbike and zoomed it to the places where she can be. I had to find her. I love her.

Chapter 16 Rubys P.O.V

It was raining cats and dogs. I quickly sat under a tree that didn't really prevent the rain from going on top of me but I didn't care. I wanted