"Do you want a drink?"

"No thanks"

"How about you Marianne?"

"Ok"

I drank a glass of water as Mick and Marianne enjoyed some alcohol. I was only about half interested because it seemed that him and Marianne were falling in love.

Woopity freaking doo.

My glass of water was only about half full when I realized that Mick was full on drunk. Marianne was getting there, but not yet.

"Ohh Marianne. MARIANNE!" Mick sang crookedly and Marianne laughed.

"Mick are you ok?" I ask quietly, he turns toward me, "yess miss, I forget your name, why are you here again?"

"Y-you invited me" I stammer.

He looks me up and down before responding, "oh, well, y'don't mind if aye hook up with miss lovely Marianne, here do ya?"

I feel my eyes tear up and I look at the floor.

"It's only cause Marianne's so pretty y'know? Maybe when yours as pretty as Marianne here, then I'll consider"

And with that slurred speech, he takes Marianne's hand and marches off. She blows me a kiss before stumbling to keep up with Mick.

"Alright" I whisper as tears slide down my cheeks.

I just can't take this anymore. I thought I'd found a prince! I stumble off into the night as it starts to rain. It rains so hard that I'm soaked in a matter of minutes.

I'm so cold. It's so cold. Where am I? everything has turned twisted. My teeth chatter. Someone is calling my name. Is it my Prince Charming?

"Prince Charming sings of a Ruby Tuesday!" I yell at the voice coming from the rain.

Then I fall to the ground, the voice comes closer and I hug myself. Tell me why I moved to England again?

"R-ruby?"

I look up and Brian's face appears out of the rain. "Ruby, a-are you alright? it's bloody freezing!" Brian grabs my hand and pulls me to my feet. I cry some more and fall into his arms. I don't really care if he catches me or not, but I'd be fine just to fall back to the ground.

Instead, I feel his wet hands encircling me in a tight hug. "Come on, let's get out of the rain, love"

I nod, or maybe my teeth chatter so much that it just looks like I'm nodding, I could really careless.

Before I know it, a door's opened and it's warm again and there's no rain coming down and . . .and I think I'm in Brian's house.

Brian appears with a towel and wraps it around me. "T-thanks" I whisper, he nods and smiles a bit.

"Would you like to stay here for the night, Ruby?"

I nod and he leads me to a couch in a pale yellow room.

He pats the sofa and I realize that I'm going to completely soak his couch.

"Oh, I'm going to get your couch all wet" I say, still standing.

"An easy remedy, my dear" Brian disappears once again and comes back with a shirt that I think is his.

"If you want to use it. ." He shrugs and hands me the shirt.

I look from him to the shirt, what more have I got to lose?

"I'll sleep on the floor" I say by way of turning down his offer of a shirt.

He shrugs again, "if you're happy there"

I give him a ghost of a smile and settle down on the floor, wrapping the towel around me, "goodnight, Brian"

"Goodnight, Ruby"

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When I wake up, it's warmer. I'm still soaked, but less so then last night. I smile at the thought of Brian, I don't know why, but right now I could just give him a big-

There are arms around me.

Why are there arms around me?

And I'm on the couch, what is going on?

I open my eyes and sigh, I'm on his couch. And I'm willing to bet that those are his arms. Around me.

I turn my head and look at him. He's still asleep.

"Brian" I whisper.

Nothing.

"Brian, wake up" I bite my lip.

I hint of a smile appears on his lips, then he opens his eyes slowly.

"Good morning" he whispers back.

I smile too, "why am I on your couch with your arms around me?"

He looks at me with those beautiful eyes, "well, you looked cold on that floor, so I decided to tell you that could sleep on the couch, I didn't really care if it got soaked or not"

I keep looking at him, I focus on his eyes.

"But you were asleep," he continues, "and so I picked you up and tried to warm you up by putting you on the couch, then I guess I must've fallen asleep" he blushes, "sorry"

"Its alright, thank you" I give him a soft kiss on the cheek and blush.

His smile grows and he tilts his head ever so slightly, "want breakfast?"