this is our song — ruby + moody

Ruby stayed behind after the whole Josie and Billy fiasco. She was quite confused, to be honest. On one hand, Billy had always been an asshole to pretty much everyone. On the other hand, Josie had always been trying to catch his attention and secure a marriage. So she was left with questions that no one could answer.

“Do you think Billy is telling the truth” said Moody right from behind her.

“I… I don’t know. Just… if he’s lying… This could ruin Josie. Not only her reputation but… the way she sees herself as a person. And I truly don’t want that for her. She deserves better, Moody…” Ruby sighed right after that, she wanted to believe Josie, she wanted to. She just needed to be sure about what had happened before throwing hands at one side or another.

Moody stayed quiet. He had been trying to avoid thinking about the whole scene, but Ruby’s words… No one deserved to have their self esteem crushed because of such a horrid lie, of that he was sure.

“I guess time will tell…” he was willing to give them both the benefit of the doubt and hoped everything would come clear at some point.

Ruby leaned against the wall and fixed her big blue eyes on him. It was funny to her, how they had been friends since forever and it had never occurred to her that she would end up moving on from Gilbert Blythe to Moody Spurgeon. Yet, somehow, it all felt… right. Natural.

“Time will tell”

The silence that fell between them was one of sorts. It wasn’t the kind of silence that made one feel like running away, it wasn’t filled with anger, sadness, nervousness or any kind of negative emotion. No. It was calm and understanding and it made Ruby feel safe.

People were starting to leave the place. It was late and after the last events, no one felt like partying. And yet, none of them both wanted to leave. They could have stayed there just looking at each other for an eternity.

“You were really good up there” it was almost a whisper and Ruby was sure that he hadn’t heard, but it had taken her a whole lot of courage to say it out loud and she didn’t feel like she had it in her to say it again.

“Sorry, what?” despite his words, the huge smile plastered on his face made it clear that he had, indeed, heard her words. And so she reached his shoulder to give it a little push, more so to make it clear that she was annoyed than to actually hurt him.

And that’s when he took the chance, grabbed her hand and pulled her towards him, wrapping his arms around her petite figure. Ruby was shocked, a whole wave of feelings took over her in a matter of seconds and it took her a little to realize that she was just standing there. So she hugged him back, leaned her head on his shoulder and closed both eyes, wanting to simply enjoy their little moment.

Right then and there, it hit her. How comfortable she was with Moody. How safe she felt whenever he was around. How happy it had made her when he had told her about the potential song. Being around Moody made her extremely happy. And so, if happiness is what you feel when you are near someone you like and treats you well… shouldn’t Josie had felt that? Happiness? Yet she had looked so… lost. Sad. Desperate, even.

“Moody… I think Billy is lying…” he didn’t say a word, instead just hugged her tighter. Maybe he had reached the same conclusion. Maybe he simply didn’t want to deal with it in that moment because it was their moment and that was far too complicated for them to try and wrap their heads around it. They would have to deal with it later, that much they were sure. But in the meantime… Ruby Gillis and Moody Spurgeon just wanted to keep their moment to themselves.