"what? you don't like it?" -i said
"yes, i do... it's just..well... different."
"Ruby, be honest. come on be more specific plea..."
(we look in the direction of our appartment door as someone's entering)
"OH MY GOD OCEAN! what did you do to hair!?!"
"gee! thanks Moesh..."
"Shut up Oce! you look so hot with short hair! i just love your new hair cut!" -she honestly said
"Thanks Moesha!"
"But Ocean" -Ruby started- "come on! your hair were down to your butt! they were soooo long and wavy!"
"i know Ruby, but i had to cut them. what if i get sick again and need to get treatments for my cancer and loose my hair.... i mean it will be less noticeable if my hair are short yet still feminin"
"yeah! we know sweety" -said in union Moe & Ruby, with sadness in their voice
dring! dring! dringggggg!
"Yellow!...how are you Mrs. Wathson? ... i'm fine... sure, hold on, i'll go get her... it was nice talking to you to, bye!"
"Rubyyyyy! phone for youuuuuu!"
"who is it Oce?"
"it's your mom." -i replied as i handed her the phone.
i knew it was bad news for Ruby. it always was everytime her mom or dad called. Ruby lived her whole life in NY but moved out as soon as she graduated from high school. it's not that she didn't love her parents or anything like that. it's just that her parents loved their work and money more than Ruby. Ruby told us one time that when she was little, when her mother was angry she would say that Ruby was an accident and that she had ruined Mrs. Wathson's carrer. while on the other hand her father thought and still thinks that gifts and new clothes or a new car can make sadness and a broken heart go away.
"sure mother... it's no problem... ok... bye!"
"so?"
"well, looks like i won't be going home for x-mas. but hey! it's not like it would have looked like a typical x-mas family get together sort of thing: my dad flirting with everyting that is single and has breast. my mom and her sisters fighting about either putting my grand-mother in a nursing home or about who has the most perfect family."
"i'm sorry about that Ruby."
"it's ok Ocean, after all it's not your falt that i have a screwed up family."
"i know, how abot you come with me and Moesha. i know for a fact that you could stay at my house. since it would be a problem at Moe's house since her parents already have guest staying there."
"but i don't want to be a pest..."
"you won't! i mean it's not like we use our guest room everyday!"
"thank you so much Oce!" -Ruby said, as she huged me- "by the way" -she continued- "does that mean i will finaly meet that Nick you've been talking about since i first met you 2 years ago?"
"ummm... probable... i know he's suppose to go home for the holidays..." - i replied with a smile on my face at the thought of seeing him again.
it's not like we hadn't talked to each other for the past two years or anything like that. it's just that every time i went home he was on tour so... who knows... maybe it might be destined that i finaly tell him about my cancer...
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