Neal fucking Anderson. Truly one of the last people she expected to see, on campus of all places. Ruby didn’t know him well, but they had a history. It was mostly physical, sometimes virtual, and she knew he was trying to be an actor or some shit like that—but that was the extent of her knowledge. Most of their conversations weren’t…deep. By any means. So when he manifested in front of her, she had to laugh. “I wouldn’t believe you, no,” she retorted, tilting her head slightly as she hit her juul again. At his comment, she rolled her eyes playfully, blowing out the thick cloud of smoke through her nose. “To say I’m happy might be a stretch,” Ruby mused, pushing herself off the pole she was leaned up against and slowly walking towards Neal, “but definitely not disappointed.” She grinned brightly, taking a deep breath as she held out her vape to the redheaded boy. “Want a hit?” she asked, wiggling it in front of him. The two weren’t usually in each other’s presence under these circumstances. They’d been drunk when they hooked up, and more often than not, they were drunk when they were sexting. Well, at least she was. “But seriously, what are you doing here? Do you just lurk around campus like a predator now that you’ve graduated?” she joked, a devious smile dancing around the corners of her lips.
“ i wouldn’t tell anyone if you were, but you know if you don’t want to admit it-- that’s fine. i guess my fragile heart can take that you aren’t disappointed.” neal’s signature smirk only got wider the closer she got, shaking his head when she offered her juul. “ i’m good, my body is a temple. gotta keep that stuff out, but please don’t stop on my behalf. ” it was strange seeing ruby outside of his drunken haze or outside in general seeing as most of their encounters were locked behind closed door, but he’d be lying if he said that it wasn’t nice to see the girl outside of their natural habitat. neal scoffed at her words, holding his hand against in his chest in a dramatic fashion. “ i am truly hurt to know that you believe that i would stoop that low, but no i’m not. my good pal theo is location scouting for one of his little movies and decided to take me with him much to my chagrin. i was just about to bail out when i saw you, thought i’d at least be nice enough say hi. ” neal nonchalantly shrugged his shoulders with a light chuckle. sure, the two might have just been hookups but that doesn’t mean he couldn’t at least be civil. “ what about you? what’s a girl like you doing out here all by herself? too cool and mysterious to be around others? ”
