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

of people and all that knew Conor. I actually fit in easily because everyone had different colour hair. Only 35% of the whole club had black hair. We went to the bar and I ordered a coke. But Conor ordered a alcOholic drink that had a wierd name. I really didn't like alcohol. My dad used have a lot of it and I used to be the one picking glasses of beer and vodka from the floor every morning. People were dancing all around us. I was going to dance when my phone rang. I took it out of my purse and checked who it was. It was Cam. Why was she calling me?
'Conor, I'm just going going to the bathroom.' I said. I really needed it because when I ate the cabbage-like thing, it made me feel funny. And I had to see why Cam called.
'Okay, don't be long.' he said while getting another drink. He was drinking a lot, don't know why.
I was going to tell him to not drink much when Rick came.
'Rick, tell Conor not to drink much, Okay?' I said. He nodded and I went towards the sign where it said 'toilet this way.'
The toilet was empty except for one girl who was wearing a very short skirt. She went out of the toilet looking ill as ever.
'You okay?' I said. She looked like she was going to hurl any minute.
'Fine.' She mumbled while moving her black hair away from her face. She was pretty with blue eyes and red cheeks.
I was going to say something back but she stumbled to the door. I quickly raced to open the door for her because she looked like she couldn't do anything. She gave a little smile while walking slowly away.
I sighed. This party is seriously weird.
I looked at myself in the mirror. My hair was still inside the bun and my dress still looked great on me. I quickly looked at my phone. 3 missed calls from Cam? What happened? I phoned her while I put my purse near the sink.
Chapter 24 - Rick's P.O.V

'Conor, you got to stop drinking.' I said to Conor for the 3rd time. He already drank 4 glasses of vodka and 1 glass of another alcohol.
'Shut up Rick. I know what is right and wrong for me. You can't tell me what to do.' He mumbled . Whats gotten into him? He was great in the party. Now hes acting like some drunk idiot. He used to always drink when hes happy. I know its weird. People sometimes drink when they are sad but Conor drinks when he is happy.
'Conor man, Ruby won't be impressed when she sees you like this.' I said putting my hand on his shoulder.
'Shes not even here.' He mumbled again.
'What do you mean? Shes just gone to the washroom.' I said trying to push the drink away from his hand. But he hung onto the drink like that was the only thing keeping him from falling.
'Yeah, Shes awesome isn't she?' He looked at me for the first time since we came to this club. His eyes where all red from the drinking. He seriously needs to stop. Funny thing about this drink, after 2 minutes, you stop being drunk. I know its weird but it still causes problems to you even if you are not drunk.
'Yeah shes great but she is going to get mad when she sees like this.' I said while pointing at his drunk face.
'I don't care!' He shouted. No one looked at us. The music was too loud.
'Look, I'm taking you home.' I said. He looked like he was going to puke any minute,
'No, I want to stay here.' Conor said like an annoying 6 year old. I sighed. Hes not going to budge. I'll have to tell Ruby about him before he does anything worser. He loves Ruby. You could see it from his face whenever he meets her. Hes always staring into space thinking about her.
I looked around the club to find Ruby. I finally saw her and pushed myself away from the crowd to get to her.
'Hey Rubes, you've got to help me.' He said. Ruby looked great with her dress. I actually liked her when she stood up to Conor on your first day but when I heard that Conor likes her, I just stopped my feelings. It was hard but I got there. She looked at me curiously.
'Sure, whats up?' she said while putting her phone in her purse. She looked a bit concerned about something. Conor could wait.
'Whats wrong?' She hesitated but then told me.
'Its just Cam had a fight with Josh. And Cam makes things a big deal. You know what I mean?'
'Oh. Yeah I know what you mean. But they are like besties, they'll be fine.' I said.
'Yeah I know.' She said smiling. 'Your a great friend Rick. And I know we had a bad start but I'm happy.'
'Yeah, it was a embarrasing start but lets put that behind us.' I said while giving her a quick hug.
'So whats the thing you want to tell me?' she said while putting her phone into her purse.
'Oh yeah, Conor is seriously drunk. I thought that you might be able to help.' I said.
Her eyes were distracted by something behind me.
'Ruby?' I said. Then she put her hand to her mouth with shock. She looked so shocked like someone was killed right in front of her face.
I looked at where she was looking. And thats where I saw a girl kissing a guy. It took me 3 seconds to notice that the guy was Conor. Conor was actually kissing another girl. I couldn't believe this. Dont get me wrong, Conor has looked at other girls while he was going out with other girls, but he never kissed anyone. He wasn't even doing anything. Just standing there with his eyes closed while the girl kissed him. I looked back at Ruby. Her eyes were full of tears and disgust. For some reason, I felt guilty. I could have stopped it but I didn't. I was about to say something to stop Ruby from crying but what? What can I say? I've never been in this situation. I knew Conor was mad but he would never do anything crazy but here I am. Watching them two break apart. Pity, I liked Ruby.

Chapter 25 - Conor's P.O.V

Someone pushed me away from the something. Whats happening? I felt dizzy and weird. I opened my eyes to see a girl with brown hair smirking at me. She walked away stumbling in every walk. Someone shaked me very hard.
'Whats wrong with you man?' It was Rick. What happened? My head hurt.
'Nothing wrong.' I mumbled while wiping my mouth,
'You are crazy, do you know that?' Rick said with anger on his face. Why was he so angry? I've been drunk before.
'Conor, do you remember a certain person? A person you are in love with? You idiot, you stupid idiot.' I ignored him. What was he talking about? I looked around the room. It was busy as ever with millions of people dancing together. Rick kept on swearing and saying stupid things like I've lost it.
Then one word stood out from all the other words Rick said. Ruby.
'Oh Man!' I said while punching my hand on the wall really hard. It hurt but not as much as I felt. It all came back. Me and Ruby left the part at home and came here. We started talking and then Ruby said she had to go to the washroom. I started drinking too much and next minute I'm kissing a random girl. I cheated on her.
'Wheres Ruby?' I said turning my attention to Rick.
'Conor...'
'Wheres Ruby!?' I shouted holding him by the collor. But Rick didn't look like he cared. He kept on looking at the floor like he was hiding something.
'What happened Rick? Tell me.' I whispered. I was too tired to shout.
Rick sighed sadly. 'She saw you man. She saw you kissing her. And- And she left.'
My eyes filled with shock. What have I done? I've ruined everything. She saw me kissing her. But I didn't kiss her. She kissed me and I was too drunk to care. I ran out of the club before Rick could stop me. I had to find her. She must have called Sam to pick her up. I had to find her before she goes. It was about to rain and the cloud filled with grey. I ran up the street to see if she was there. She wasn't. Where would Ruby go? She runs.
Whenever she feels sad, she runs. Like I drink. I'm too young for it but I don't care. I ran around the block, trying to find her. She might have taken a taxi. I sat on the pavement. Too tired. And then I saw a click of a high heel behind me. I looked behind to see Ruby sitting on the bench near the park. She didn't see me. I couldn't see her face. I came near and near. There she was. Ruby. My life. She was sitting on the bench with tissue in her hand while sniffing.
'Ruby...' I said sitting beside her. She looked at me. Her eyes were swollen with tears. She was crying. Because of me.
'Conor.' She whispered while looking at me. I wanted to take her tears away but I felt too guilty.
'How could you Conor?' She said. Her voice was shaking.
'Ruby, listen to me. I never kissed her, she was there and I was too drunk. I love you Ruby. I never meant to hurt you. Look-'
'Your just like this person.' She said wiping her tears away. 'This person I know. He was the most amazing person ever. He used to look after me when I was small.' I looked at her. Who was this person?
'He was amazing. But then one day, he became rich. He used to be on chat shows and radios. He was my role model. His work made him rich. And then everything changed. He used to come late from work. My mum used to ask him where he was and he used to ignore her. You know what he did?' She looked at me. I looked blankly back.
'He used to cheat on my mum and drink.' She said breathlessly. 'Cheat with girls and came home drunk. I loved him so much