2.Trust - The Plan, Summer Blue [book club recommendations TXT] 📗

drunk and he didn't know.' Matt said.
'He was drunk! Now thats another reason. Hes only a teenager!' Sam said.
'Guys, if we just talk about this calmly-' Cassie was about to say but the guys kept on shouting at eachother.
'No, I don't care what you say, Conor didn't mean to. He didn't even know that he was kissing her.'
'And that makes it acceptable? Do you know how long it took for Ruby to get over it? She still hasn't!'
'Yes but Conor loves her a lot, and you know that.'
'No. How will Ruby be able to trust him, eh? Shes 16 for goodness sake! She can't always get hurt by Conor's stupid incidents.'
'You are being-'
'GUYS!' I shouted. This was getting annoying. They were supposed to be in one team. They all looked at me and went quiet.
'Conor made mistakes. Ruby got hurt from those mistakes. But they both love eachother more than anyone I know.' I sighed. 'You know, Ruby has always hid her problems. She doesn't like it when other people get hurt. And when I found out about what Conor did to her, it just didn't seem right. The guy who made her soup to make her feel better, The guy that made her smile, the guy that made her feel special, he cheated on her? No, No, it just didnt seem fine. But then it seemed like Ruby somehow wanted this to happen. She never wanted to go out with Conor in the first place but she just did. Her own mother didn't want her to be with Conor.' They all looked at Mrs Williams.
'Shes right.' She said.
'So then, why did she go behind her mother and be with this guy?' I carried on. 'I'll tell you why, because she loves him more than anyone. If Conor was another guy, and he cheated on her, she would have gotten revenge. But she didn't. He broke her heart and now she thinks its her fault. She wants everything to make sense so when she saw Conor with another girl, she thought that was going to happen someday. So I guess It was Ruby's fault. She let her horrible past of her dad, decide her future. Do you understand me?' I looked down and started playing with my ring. I just said all this because I was annoyed. It wasn't Conors entire fault. I know its harsh but Ruby from the start couldn't trust Conor and she just expected that something bad was going to happen.
There was a long silence.
'I guess Cam has a point.' Sam said unexpectedly. 'So what do we do?'
'Right, bring the board.' Cassie said to one of the bodyguards that I never saw till now.
One of the body guard bought a massive board. It said THE PLAN in big writing.
'The plan?' Matt said sitting up straight.
'Yeah. The plan. Our aim is to bring Ruby and Conor together.' She said. Everyone started murmuring about how stupid this is. 'Before you all give you comments, I am sure that this plan will work. Ruby is stubborn as Mrs Williams said so it is going to be hard.'
'Are you sure this is going to work?' Josh said next to me. 'I mean, you could write it all down and you can plan things but how can you be sure that it works?'
Everyone started nodding their heads with agreement.
'Yes, I know but if we all stick together, I'm sure it will works.'
Rick laughed. 'This isn't a movie. We can't just do what we can and expect it to come true.'
I nodded. 'Yeah. I don't know how this is going to work.'
'Well, I'll explain if you let me.' Cassie said eagerly. 'We are going to have different situations, No let me rephrase that. We are going to MAKE different situations where Conor and Ruby are bought close together, making them fall in love and forget about the horrible past. You know what I mean?
Everyone nodded. But one thing was getting on my mind.
'Cassie.' I said.
'Yep!' She said happily.
'Well, ermm. I get what your trying to do, you know, with the plan and making situations but why do you want to do it?'
'Well, theres lots of reasons. Me, Rick and Matt have always looked after eachother. And we've always been on eachother's sides. Everything was going fine until...' Cassie looked away. I could see sadness in her eyes.
'Until Ruby saw him with another girl.' Rick continued. 'He felt confused, angry, scared and stupid. We've never seen him like this. He looked very hurt. We wanted to help him out but he just ignored us. He never left his room for days. He didn't eat, sleep and talk all day.'
'How can Ruby do this to him. She knows how much he loves her but.. I don't understand.' Matt said frustrated with everything.
'Yeah. So for Conor, I'm here today to bring them together.' Rick finished off.
I nodded. That was all I wanted to hear. They were worried about Conor like we were worried about Ruby.
'Shall we get started?' Cassie said.
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Chapter 9: Ruby's P.O.V

I sighed while putting the key through the lock. Wonder where Mum is. She's normally at home at this time.
I went upstairs and through myself on the bed. Why does life have to be so unfair. Why can't we just phone fate and tell it to make my life happy and nice, instead of complicated and annoying. After I left Conor's house, I felt tired and ill. To be honest, I am dying for the soup that Condo used to give me. But that would be weird if I made a big speech about us not being together to Condo and then leave with his soup. I looked at my phone and remembered the messages Cam and Josh gave.
I read Josh's first. HEY, GOODLUCK ON your TUTORING JOB. U WILL DO AN AWESOME JOB.
I smiled. I'm a big mess. I can't believe Josh has big hopes that I will actually leave the tutoring with a big smile on my face. For goodness sake, I was tutoring my ex!
Then I read Cam's message. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. LUCK, IF U DON'T WANT TO DO IT, THEN DON'T. NO 1 IS FORCING U. PHONE ME ASAP AFTER TUTORING.
I bit my lip. She was right to worry. How could I just walk into my ex's house without thinking about what might happen. I never knew all these feelings with crop up when I see him.
I heard the door close downstairs. I ran down to see who it is.
'Hey, love.' Mum said happily, kissing my head.. I raised my eyebrow. She was acting happy than usual. Sam came in and hugged me.
'What are you doing?' I said, annoyed with all this affection.
'Can't I hug you?' He said letting go of me. He smiled at me and ruffled up my hair.
'Sam! What did I say about touching my hair?' I said, fixing it. He laughed. I sat on the stool next to him. Mum was making curry and I was mega hungry,
'So how come you came late?' I said to mum.
Mum froze and looked at Sam for a long while. After a while, she smiled. 'Well, I had a lot of work so I had to stay for a while.'
I nodded slowly. Why is Mum acting like shes hiding something?
'Is there something wrong?' I said suspicously.
'No darling, just a lot of work. Why don't you go to your room, I'll bring the curry to you.' She said. I laughed. Was she serious? I'm never allowed to eat upstairs. After the incident with the blueberries, I can't be trusted with any food. I looked at mum and she looked serious. She actually thought I was the one that was acting weird.
'Sam.' I said. He stopped looking at his book and looked at me. 'yeah?'
'Isn't Mum acting weird?' He shook his head and went back to his book. I nudged him. 'Come on. Wait. Are you part of this too?'
'Ruby your crazy. Nothings going on.' Sam said without leaving his eyes off the book.
'Im crazy? I'm crazy? Mums the one who never lets me eat upstairs. But today, as if with magic, she just said if I would like to get the curry delivered to my room.'
My mum laughed. 'Don't be stupid.'
'Fine. If you don't tell me whats up. I'll find out.' And with that, I ran upstairs.
I fell onto my bed and tried to fall asleep.

The wind was blowing. So fast that it whistled. Whistled like there was no tomorrow. The tree went side to side, a minute away from leaving its root. There was a knock. But this wasn't a normal knock, it was something else. I went to the door of my bedroom and opened to see who it was. No one was there. All I saw was the rain pouring down so fast that it made a big noise. I heard the door ring downstairs. Who could be here at this time? It rang again. Why isn't Mum or Sam opening the door? I sighed while running downstairs to the door. The kitchen and living room was deserted. Like no one came. They must have gone to get something to eat. The doorbell ran again. I ran to the door and opened it.
And there he was standing. He looked bad, very bad. Like something happened to him. His clothes were ripped and his face looked mad. I put my hand to my mouth to stop myself from screaming. Condo was standing here with a bruise on his forehead.
'Conor, what happened to you?' I screamed. He stood there looking at me with sadness and rejection in his eyes. I quickly pulled him in and closed the door. Forger about what happened, I need to get the first aid kit. I wrapped a towel around him because he was so wet.and led him to my room. I opened my drawers as fast as I can to find the bandages. I was so frightened that i forgot where i put it. Then I saw it on top of the drawer. I grabbed it and sat with Condo on the bed.
Tears were running down my face. How could this happen? How could this happen to my Conor?
His head was down. He hasn't said a word but i knew that there was a reason. I lifted his chin to see his face more clearly. He looked hotter than ever. His glassy blue eyes were now staring at me. I looked at his bruise. I got the cream and put it on his bruise slowly.
'Ouch.' He whispered. His voice was filled with pain. I put the plaster on his forehead.
'What happened, Condo?' I said helping him take his over sized coat off. His clothes were all wet. He must have been freezing.
He didnt respond to my question, just kept on staring at me.
'Take your clothes off.' I said. Shit! That sounded like I was telling him to get naked. 'I mean, I'll get you clothes.'
I rushed out the room to Sam's room. He wouldn't mind if I took a shirt and jean. They are the same size so thats fine. I came back to my room to see Condo half naked. I quickly closed my eyes. Oh Man!