46 They Were NOT Dating (1/2)

Ruby was so shocked that she nearly fell out of the air. Dating Ash? Skye was crazy! They were allies. Business partners. Sort of friends but nothing more than that!

”Why on earth would you think that?!” she demanded.

Skye gave her a blank look. ”You aren't then? The two of you seemed really close when you were here before. I guess I was wrong.”

Ember cut in as she was finishing up the steaks and moving to preparing a salad. ”That's a good thing though! Interracial dating is so weird; I don't know how the elves and witches even stand it. We're all too different from each other for relationships like that to ever work out.

”Are you single then? Cyrus and Kenny both don't have girlfriends right now and I'm sure I could set you up with one of them. You aren't likely to find any earth fairies out here in the desert…”

She went on about a few other of the fire fairies who were single but Ruby was zoning out, still having a hard time believing this conversation was even happening. She and Ash really weren't that close so how had they come to that conclusion?

They had hugged exactly once and that was only because it was an emotionally charged moment! There was occasional bed sharing if their sleep times overlapped too but that was really the extent of it.

These guys hadn't seen any of that so why did they think the two of them were close? They had only known each other for a month! A lot had happened in that month but in the long lifespan of the fae a month was the blink of an eye.

As Ruby floated there in a state of disbelief, her phone buzzed in her pocket.

Ash had sent her a selfie where he held up the end of the braid with a skeptical expression. A text followed soon after that said 'Did you do this?'

She recovered her wits enough to respond normally. 'That depends on whether or not you're mad'

He replied immediately. 'I think I look like a wannabe elf but I'm not mad. I might even keep it for a while'

Ruby laughed at the unexpected reaction. And here she thought he would be furious at having his hair touched. Before she could respond, Ash sent another text. 'Where are you and when will you be back?'

She glanced at Ember and Skye, who were now engaged in a heated debate about who they should try to set her up with. She would rather be anywhere but here right now but it would be rude to leave before dinner was served.

'I'm about to have dinner at Cole's place. I'll be back as soon as I'm done. You go ahead and look up potential things to do while I'm gone'

Ash sent her a thumbs up emoji, effectively killing the conversation. Now she had to figure out what to do about the arguing fairies in front of her without being too rude.

”Hey, guys? I need to get going as soon as we're done eating. Ash woke up and we have business to discuss,” Ruby lied.