Chapter 23 Jake

• I am sat alongside Ruby in the lounge, laughing and joking as we game. Throwing casual insults at one another like I do with the guys, thinking nothing of it. And she just laughs them off, and throws insults right back. But I know she has a brother so no doubt something she is used to doing with him. She is damn good at the game too. I am having to really concentrate on what I am doing to make sure she isn’t whooping my ass, which I have to say is driving me crazy.
• I cannot let her beat me, or she would likely not let me hear the end of it. Now she is here, and we are chilling out in the house I am unsure why I thought it would be strange having her around at my house. Though I don’t know what the others would think if they were to find out she had been around here, just the two of us alone. That is what bothers me. That everyone reads so much into it.
• Especially now I have Rose, as it would not look good if anything got back to her. But Ruby and I are good friends. I enjoy her company and always have since we first met. She had been my saviour in the recent year or so, since Manny and Gabe had met their mates and I was the only single one, as she was often there with us at events with Esme being her sister, and with her being single, it meant there was always someone I could chat to if the guys were busy with their mates. And that made a big difference to me, I have to say.