The adventures of Rubi

Luckily In Love

It was 9 am and Rubi was standing in her peach shaded bedroom holding a small round shaped mirror and staring at her reflection. The light reflected through her pink Victorian style curtains that were partially open reflected her face softly, where she stared back at her light brown hair that was slightly sunkissed at the bottom and her blue sapphire colored eyes with green parts as if the light were shining through that stone, her white fingertips pressed her cheeks softly to brighten them and she softly pinched them harder to finally bring much more color to her face. She had met a new man... he had a dark coffee bean colored skin and was the race that we had recently called slaves... a nigger? They had said that her new permits were to talk to talk to that race and hardly mingle but she was confused because he had become her carriage boy and she wanted to go swimming today... she’d be left all alone with him. Deep down she had a slight crush on him if we were allowed to mix by now and she wanted to wear a new modern two piece swimming gear. She was going to lie in the sun noting that it brings out another color to even though everyone in the current time era was constantly using umbrellas to protect the whiteness of their skin. She decided not to be so bold and chose upon and one piece boyshort swimming suit, orange with with a slight red tinge tiger lines, the seamstress had offered her something modern with only one strap riding up the right side but even that seemed too risque for her still. 

 

So Rubi heard the noise of the carriage arriving, possibly, and looked out her window to confirm. When she saw it, she ran down the dark wooden stairs while finishing zipping up her ankle length red and yellow polka dot sundress with partially long ruffle sleeves, she clashed and wore light blue small heeled round tipped with matching color laces that she placed on her freshly washed feet at the bottom of the stairwell. It was bright and sunny outside as she crossed out the large door entrance. “Hello” she said (half giggling, as she stumbled out the door), he didn’t stretch his hand out to help her but helped her up to the maroon colored, velvet, carriage seat.  “Take me to Lake George please.” She said. He smiled at her shyly and started up the horses to take her on the happy 20 minute carriage ride on the sunny road. “Do you like Pudding?” She asked him in the middle of the trip. He coughed real quickly and detoured a little “To get to eat some.” She also asked permission to go into his friend's house ‘real quick’ for water, and came back out sweating a little, -possibly having poured water on his face. She thought. “Let me take you to the Lake now”. He said, in a rougher voice than before, she noted.

The rest of the carriage ride to the lake was really pleasant, and the warm summer breeze was partially clustering her thoughts –Do you think he liked me back? She thought -I was trying to flirt by now, but he sounded almost angry at me with his almost scolding tone. Upon arrival she asked for help down from her carriage and he smiled at her finally, she ran out to the lake content again and tore off her dress and went swimming and also invited him in. “I’m sure your father won’t agree with me doing that.”  He said. So she swam scolded but went to lie in the sun on a fun bright multicolored rainbow towel, hopefully to show him that maybe she wants to look darker, after about 20 minutes he went up noting that she wasn't going back into the lake with an umbrella. “Maybe you might want to continue by protecting her skin.” He said. “Oh can you zip up my back? “ She asked flirtatiously, since she had lowered it. “I’ll help.” He said. He decided to grope her a little and kissed her. He lifted her up and took her to the carriage passionately, reached between her thighs and ripped off her bathing suit. “He started coughing surprised she had let him without screaming yet. “I want to confess that I’m not the man you were trying to flirt with.” He said. “But you are not mad at me yet.” And he took off a face mask to reveal underneath a man with light brown sun kissed hair, the color of butternut white walnut wood and intense light blue toffee colored eyes and lightly tanned skin.

She got confused and yelped a little and the fear of seeing a stranger. By the time her head got to focus she recognized one of her neighbors. “But I don’t remember that we’ve met.” She pretended. “Are you a spy?” “I thought we might look perfect together too.” He answered. As she had heard he had an amazing three story house overlooking the city house with a final view of the lake, but she didn’t remember that much more than that. “He continued groping her until she felt a scolding pain between her thighs and she cried a little. “Oh, I don’t mean to hurt you.” He said. “But since you offered, I need to finish.”  

It was tea time back at Ruby's house. Her mother Joselyne Puel was sitting with her silvery grey hair in a bun and a long sleeved brown dress old fashioned ruffled silk dress. “Finally at rest after an intense day helping dust the house despite this heat.” She stated out loud a little boldly.  Yet her brown eyes softened as she sipped on her small white coffee cup with green tea in it and took out a hand fan as loosening her collar. “Oh.” Answered her neighbor Angela that had joined her for tea time. “I had a marvelous day watering the plants.

So Ruby is so much to be proud of right?” I heard she offered the carriage boy pudding and he spilled today, someone called just with small town gossip.” She said while wavering her hand. “Oh my, her father hasn’t set her up to date anyone, I’m afraid she is becoming a stray cat, entirely lost.” Her mother answered. “Really? Why don’t you send her to London to study the history of your last name? The neighbor Angela continued. You had a british last name right?” (This neighbor was just playing along with another one saying what the other one said to do). “German darling, yet I think it’s from London too”. Joselyn answered. “What a great idea.” She answered. “I’ll talk to her father about it.”   

“So how do you feel?” He asked Rubi before starting the ride home and offering her some water. “What’s your name?” She asked pretending again not to remember it. “Your real name wasn’t Omar like the worker boy right?” “My name is OZ” He answered. “I’ll have to marry you in front of your father.”  She was in a little pain still but and a little in shock still. “Oh really? I’m not old enough I thought.” “You know Omar has a girlfriend.” “Really?” She answered. “I even know her name.” He said. “Sue.” He started acting with gallantry while offering her a purple Sweet Pea Perennial flower he had ran real quick to go pick off the trees beside the carriage. “It doesn't smell that much but.” “I think I asked your mom with the neighbor to let us move to London together. Until you’re old enough. But don’t tell them I’m going with you yet. We’ll elope for a while.” “She giggled as he kissed her and said. “OK, we’ll see, I’ve not heard of such the option of traveling yet.” She stared at him and started absorbing the fact that he was quite handsome too with the light behind him as her put her back in the carriage. “I’ll take you home tonight.” He said.”But we can be together soon, I designed it, since you said yes already.” Her crotch hurt a little on the bumpy ride home and she was quite confused still and on the verge of being excited.

Upon arrival to her house the sun had started setting and she was embarrassed just to arrive after her father and had planned to run in and wash off as quick as possible. She would have to pretend to have her monthly cycle despite the fact she had had it already. He stopped the carriage again for a second pretending to check the wheel and “Something rattling inside the carriage.” “Be sure not to mention me, to your family or any of your friends, just yet. They might notice that you are lying if you look down, but they still have to think that at least I’m still Omar, if you confess you have a crush on me.” “Oh OK.” She answered. “Don’t worry… I won’t tell anyone.” She ran out of the house seeing her father wasn’t there but the maid opened the door for her.” Good evening Miss Rubi. Your mother has requested to talk to you before dinner in the living room.” “Thank you.” She answered, “I’ll be right down.” As she hurried in covering the back of her dress with her hands as running up the stairs. She planned to confess she ate a bucket of cherries if they notice the blood. Sometimes the made would tell her as a child to eat cherries until finally becoming a real lady.

When she arrived to her room there was a suitcase on the bed that seemed to be full and a small paper with something written on top of it. “Dear Rubi, meet me downstairs around 6.30.

Love, Mom.”  - Oh my. She thought. -I wonder what this is. But remembered what the boy had said and partially smiled as carefully setting it back down on her bed.

Rubi quickly bathed a with a wet white rag.  Her whole body and then between her thighs and put on a fresh smelling washable cloth belt, she dressed real quickly in a maroon old fashioned long sleeve velvet dress, with large buttons riding up to the top that started half way and a ruffled skirt that went a little past the beginning of her heel and almost touched the floor, she was just 15 and probably still going to grow a good two or three inches. She brushed her hair that she had washed real quick just with a bucket over the personal bathtub in her room and put half her hair back in a hair tie out of her face, she grabbed the mirror and squeezed her cheeks like always before leaving her room.

“Hello mother.” She said as entering the living room. Her mother had a black soft fan in her hand like earlier in the day and seemed a little upset with the look in her face. “Hello dear.” She said, staring deep into her eyes. “Don’t look away from me and just sit down.” She sat down softly smiling with her head held the highest she could and her back super strait. “I heard some gossip today about an incident with pudding? Did the worker boy spill some putting? Now he is a very nice boy we thought and he’s not in trouble AT ALL.” She said, partially laughing semi sarcastically. “But you dear, the neighbors and me thought you might need a etiquette class so we’re sending you to London… tomorrow actually. Your father booked a plane ride”. “Oh so soon.” She said. If it was to see that man again she was still a little nervous to meet him again, I mean it looked like she had to continue lying to her parents, not that she would've confessed anyway if Omar would of flirted back either but. Her cheeks went rosie bright red and she felt excited and overwhelmed that it was so soon that she was leaving, also noted that she had been scolded so she just hid her emotions by looking at the floor and answered. “Yes Ma'am. For how long?” Quite curious actually. “Oh we haven’t set a return date yet but possibly just a month or two. Come along, join us for dinner, to say our goodbyes tonight.”

Oz was sitting in his room at home, receiving the rest of the gossip with his family. “They say she is leaving tomorrow afternoon.” Confessed his quite young grey honey colored aunt. “Oh really? What a coincidence, I was planning on packing up and leaving too for a few weeks. Or a while… Maybe London too.”

“Why … oh no… you don’t like poor little Rubi trying to date her waterboy then gets her neighbor do you?” “No something else.” He answered as blushing incidentally. “Why wouldn't I marry her if I liked her?” He said. “Oh no.” She laughed. “Mischief girls can’t get away with stuff like that.” “She needs to focus her own story for a while… but OK, if you can catch her heart.” She laughed as patting his head. “Are you really gonna marry her?” She asked noting his serious face. “So soon.” “I’ll talk about it later.” He answered as picking his jacket.

Rubi enjoyed a nice dinner of baked potatoes and tomato soup,

she thought it was an odd mixture of foods, like the occasion.

Everything was happening so fast. Her father sat at the head of the table with his white face quite red and possibly flustered. His blonde hair was short and sweaty and he had big blue eyes that looked like he had cried a little, or they were red from the sun since he had the habit of doing a lot of things outdoors things. He ate really fast in silence and then said goodbye real quickly. “Behave Rubi.” He said. “I bought you a toy rabbit, a teddy bear”. He said as placing it on the table in front of her. Rubi was quite uncomfortable getting up off her chair to hug him and say thank you, feeling a little ashamed of herself despite herself, in front of him. He gave her a chocolate in small a paper bag for dessert and she dropped it and hugged her knees for a little before standing back up, pretending nothing had happened once straightening out.

She gave him a small hug and sat back down to finish her dinner first which he ungrasped from quickly. Her mother was all excited now and full of stories of from when she had been scolded as a child.  She had used some peroxide bleach on her hair to make “so called highlights” and it came out a very bizarre color not blonde yet red! One day she just had to leave her home too. But she giggled in the end on how she was the spoiled one in her family that got away with almost everything.

Rubi woke up at 6:00 am to double check her luggage. She needed a face rag, a towel, a few bathing suits and of course at least one of her best dresses. But she decided to prepare it and fold it to add it to her suitcase right before leaving. Her mother had packed a few light summer dresses and two pair of long bell modern pants, one black and one dark blue with some white light fabric long sleeved shirts and a purple jacket. She was more used to skirts, than pants but the clothes were fine. She rolled up really tiny three of her nicest evening gowns as well and added them to her bag to make sure they fit before hiding them until departure time. Her flight, her mother had explained would be at 1:00 pm, so they would be leaving around noon.

She went out to the garden to pick some grapes from their personal fruit garden. She was going to bring some from her flight. She ran out quick so no one would notice. Omar was standing outside already washing the carriage, she blushed intensely and looked at the floor and ran past him without saying hello. It was a beautiful morning and the grass was wet a little and touched her white pants a little and dirtied them, she should've worn a different color. Her family suspected very little what had happened yesterday. She ate a few grapes on her way back but Owen mischiefly had followed her to hand her something. A small letter. He smiled and looked at the floor while handing it, “Your friend sent this.” He said. “He asked me to find a way to give it to you.”

“Oh, thank you.” She answered, embarrassed a little that he was talking to her. She ran past him and opened it.

“Hi, I found out about your trip. I’ll try to catch the same plane. But we might not get seats beside each other. I’d be wearing a costume anyway.”

Oz

At the airport Rubi's mother was weeping a little, and her father just rubbed his eyes a lot. “OK darling, here is some money.”

She said as shoving a purse in her hand. You can have a huge house to live in with tons of friends and your pocket is full of cash.

But be good and learn a lot. 

Rubi nervous but with a deep sensation of excitement stepped on the plane. She went to seat sixteen and sat down. Someone else sat down beside her she looked at him but didn’t recognize him he was a thicker man with a hawaiian shirt. In a few minutes after sitting down she felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up to see a man with long hair dark hair and a deep suntan. He smiled and said: “Hi Rubi, it’s me Oz, I thought we could sit in the back together since there are a few open seats.” I can’t kiss you here in case they ID us. But he took off his wig as sitting down and said: “Sorry, I just got out of an acting class.” (He lyed of course). In case anyone that was looking at him noticed. “But what does your passport photo look like?” She asked. “Oh, I just wore it for a few minutes upon entering and then put it back on to show you.” “Oh.” She laughed as he tickled her a little and hugged her. “Oh, but, tell me more about yourself.” She inquired almost having forgot their passionate moment the other day. “I’ll order you some wine.” He said “To relax.” “Wine? I’ve never drunk wine before, my parents could get very mad, when we land we were going directly to the academy right?” “Yes.” He answered. “And then later we’ll elope, after a few weeks of your education, you get to stay in a private room, I’m pretty sure I found out.” And then he kissed her real quick.

Upon arrival Rubi grabbed her luggage and ran out the plane. Excited to see the new country. There were beautiful red carpets phone booths and the houses carriages and also something many modern cars. I talked to the school, maybe you could stay for a little while. Maybe we could pretend to get lost. He said as grabbing her. He asked the new thing called a Taxi, which was quite expensive to take them somewhere else first, a house address that he “had lined up to rent for a while.” I’ll take you to see my house and then take you to school in a little while he said. As soon as they got in he embraced her close to the counter and put his hands all over her back and kissed her and groped her a little. The house was a vintage style house with orange couches. And a white carpet with wall had three bright green framed mirrors on the wall sitting beside each other. He took her to the bed and pulled off her clothes softly. “Wait” She said. “Tell me more about this house? How long are you renting it for?” “Oh, a few months.” “I’m inviting you in a little while!” “You have to stay there, in a few weeks, give me a while to find a way to keep you despite your classes.”