Ruby rolled over onto her side with a loud groan. She squinted her closed eyes even tighter to keep her vision completely black which was starting to seem impossible given the light streaming in through the windows. 

With another agitated groan, Ruby rolled back over onto her back, pulling the covers over her naked body and feeling the soft, warm pulses from a body next to her on the bed.

Wait...body?

Ruby sat up quickly, cursing under her breath as she opened her eyes and the light hit her hangover straight-on, swaying her first priority of finding out who she had been sleeping with the night before.

Jake slowly opened his eyes and sat up in bed. He stretched his arms out, thankfully not hitting his guest. He rubbed his hair and looked towards Ruby, "Good morning, hope you slept well. That was a damn good night we had. Maybe we should do it again sometime." 

Jake then got up and headed towards the bathroom to take care of some business."If you want anything to eat or drink, you can go ahead and get it." He said through the door. 

Ruby blinked a couple times, trying to push past the pain now pounding through her head. she watched as the boy got up and left the bedroom, feeling her stomach starting to churn at the mention of food. thats when reality hit her harder than her hangover. She frantically swivelled her head left and right trying to find a clock, praying to God that she wasnt late. 

"Shit!" Ruby sprinted out of bed and scrambled for her clothes. Granny was just going to live with the fact that she was not only late, but incredibly hung-over and wearing the same thing she wore yesterday. What bugged Ruby the most, however, wasnt Granny's wrath, but missing Knox. Who was going to bring him his cheese fries?

"Hey, you alright in there?" Jake asked over the sound of a flushing toilet and running water. He opened the door and stepped out to the sight of Ruby scrambling to put clothes on. "You seem to be in a hurry." Jake put his own set of clothes on before continuing, "If you need to get somewhere, it'll be quicker if I take you."

"Yeah...if I could get...a ride...to Granny's..." Ruby breathed out attempting to strap on her heels while standing. "That would be great." She sat down on the edge of the bed, having given up on the impossible feat and finished getting her shoes on before looking up at his direction. "Uh...you...got a car?" She asked tenatively, racking her brain for any information as to what happened after the storage room closet at The Rabbit Hole. Just [I]how[\I] did she even [I]get[\I] here anyway?

Jake grabbed the keys to his jeep, "Well, yeah. How else would I get around town? This apartment's on the town's edge, wouldn't make much sense to walk everywhere, especially if it was raining. Anyway, if you wanna make good time, you might wanna start hobbling over here to the door. I'll meet you outside. It's the red Jeep with the roof cover pulled back." Jake then stepped out and onto the landing. The apartment was pretty decent, especially for the price. He walked down the stairs and out into the parking lot, waiting for Ruby to catch up to him.

God Ruby hated 'the morning afters.' They were always so awkward when the guys started talking about doing it again and offering rides and what-not. She quickly tied her white shirt together in the front and headed out of the apartment behind Jake, attempting to smooth out her hair as she reached the jeep and got in. She pulled down the passenger-side mirror and pulled out a small red tube of lipstick from her red bra and applied it generously to her lips and then afterwards reached back into her bra and pulled out eyeliner and mascara and did the same, freshening up her eyes.

"Damn, you hide everything in there, don't you." Jake hopped in the driver's seat and and started the engine. A resounding [i] huumm [/i] came next. He pulled the jeep out of the parking lot and drove off down the road. Jake glanced over at Ruby every now-and-then, seeing her trying to freshen up before getting back on the job. "If it makes you feel any better, I don't really have any feelings from last night. And if you ever wanna remember what happened, just let me know, I'll fill you in on all the details."

Ruby shot him an almost shy side-glance as she finished up on her makeup, the corner of her now ruby red lips turning up into a smirk.

"That bad was I?" She asked keeping her smirk. She [i]really[/i] must have been out of it for him to bring it up; but where she should have probably been embarassed about it, she just shrugged and put her makeup items back in their hidden places in her bra. Clearly, this wasn't any sort of news to her. Once she checked herself out the best she could in the tiny viser window, she reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone, frowning when she realized that it was completely dead.

"Tell you what..." Ruby said putting the useless phone into Jake's lap, letting her hand linger just a little bit longer than it should have. "...charge this up for me and bring it by Granny's after my shift. Then you can [i]fill me in[/i] on all the details." She gave Jake a flirty wink before turning to see that Granny's was just in sight and felt the jeep start to slow down.

"Sounds like a deal, then." Jake grabbed the phone and placed it in the center console. He pulled the car into the parking lot and gave Ruby a chance to hop out. As soon as she did, he drove off back to his place. 

It was strange, she had gone to Granny's everyday for some kind of shift, being morning, afternoon or night, but this was the first time ever that just by looking at the building she felt butterflies beginning to rise up in her stomach, slowly metamorphasizing into what she was sure was raging bulls. What the hell was Knox doing to her?