#thread: ruby

Twelve was still hoping to find the TARDIS, but he'd still had no luck. He started feeling like he should give up, and he hated that feeling. He sighed, sitting down on a bench next to someone. He looks over at her. "Have you happened to have seen a blue police box anywhere?" He knows it's useless, but he wants to try one more time.

When the weather had turned, Harry wasn’t sure, but one moment he was walking through a cloudy Main Street and the next? The next he had a near literal bucket of water crashing through his hoodie. He hadn’t been sensible, not remotely, and even as he started running down the street he knew he’d be soaked in minutes. Every step sent more water seeping through his Converse, soaking through socks to chill his skin. His jeans and hoodie were getting heavier, even with his arms above his head to try and ward off any further rainwater, the hood itself proving ultimately useless.

There was no way he was getting home without drowning. Perhaps it was an exaggeration, but Harry was serious. He had only one choice, really.

It wasn’t a choice he wanted to make at all. Of course not.

He had to stop at the diner for a nice, warm drink.

Lying to himself aside, Harry didn’t see much other choice than try to wait out the rain inside the lovely warm building, and that was why he made a quick divert down the road and into the diner, bell ringing as he threw the door open and shut it almost as quickly. He breathed a sigh of relief as the warmth of the room hit him, starting the drying process almost immediately. Yeah, half an hour or so in here and he could make it the rest of the way home without too much trouble, rain or not.

Flipping his hood down to prevent being yelled at, the teenage boy trudged his way over to the counter, hopping up onto one of the stools with a small smile as he pulled out his cell. He had a few Instagram updates from Paige and a few other people he followed. They’d keep him occupied until a waitress could get to him.

Twelve bumped into the other and looked up. "Oh I am so sorry. I am just a little bit distracted currently. Are you alright? Did I hurt you at all?"

Rob was never the most of social people - they tended to focus on their schoolwork, though they had no issue being social. They had their friends, they had people they hung out with, they had circles of friends, but at the end of the day, Rob was an introvert. That had really only increased since the New Year’s party, Rob wanting to make sure their schoolwork was utterly impeccable - they were going to have to find some way to get through college, after all, now that that conversation with Paul was pending, Rob somewhat surprised that he hadn’t already found out and called them. Or maybe he had dismissed it, thanks to the paternity test. But regardless, where they previously may have been out and studying in the library - god, they loved the library on the South Africa campus - or the study hall, or even the cafe....they had been secluding themselves in their room more often. So a knock at the door wasn’t that unexpected, most people who had any desire or need to seek them out aware that this was where they were spending most of their time. 

They got off their couch, going to open up the door - they weren’t expecting anyone, but they weren’t surprised by the knock. Seeing Ruby on the other side was somewhat of a surprise though. In the aftermath of the New Year’s party, Rob had almost forgotten about the other people who had been casualties of the Unhinged’s vendetta, their attempted defense of Ruby popping back into their brain as they looked at her standing at their door, something Rob had completely disregarded as they dealt with their own secret. “Hey,” Rob said, immediately stepping aside to make room for Ruby to enter. “You want to come in?” 

“Sorry, what did you say?” Sav said as she peered up from her phone, her eyes refocusing on the girl who was supposed to help her study, if Sav would ever take thirty seconds to pay attention to her. She blinked a few times, glancing between Ruby’s face and the assignment in front of her, shaking her head. “Sorry, I have no idea what you were talking about. I’m trying to plan a trip to Spain, so that’s kinda my focus right now, not....this.”