It kills brain cells, and more.

"Yeah, you can." I smiled softly trying to clear the tension that had built in the air.

Eli nodded and cleared his throat a little bit. "Uh, Are you hungry?"

"No, not really."

"Oh, Okay, well let's go downstairs and watch some TV then?" he suggested.

"Alright."

We both ran down the hallway to the living room and plopped down on the couch. I grabbed the remote quickly before Eli could even move to get it.

"Hey! That's no fair." Eli pouted.

"Ha! You snooze you loose." I smirked.

"Your mean Ruby you know that?"

I stuck my tongue out at him and then turned on Spongebob then lied down on the couch with my head in his lap. Eli smiled softly and then turned his head to look at the TV before looking back at me with a look of disgust on his face.

"Whattt? Why are you giving me that look bubby?" I asked using his nickname.

"Because! That's not right Doll. You know that I hate Spongebob."

"I know but I don't." I smiled big.

"I know you don't, but I do. It kills brain cells Ruby."

"Oh well I didn't have to many of them to deal with in the first place." I muttered.

"Well, that's not true, but you will have even less if you keep watching this crap." Eli said

"Hey! No picking on me meany pants."

"I wasn't picking I was telling the truth and you know it."

"No! I don't know it jerk."

I looked away from him with a big fake pout on my face but I wasn't about to let him know just how fake it was. Eli looked down at me with his brown eyes shining and a smile on his face.

"Awuh come on now don't pout missy."

"Or what Eliiii." I taunted.

"Or I'll just have to tickle you!"

My eyes widened in fear and I shot him a glare.

"You wouldn't! You know that I hate being tickled."

He smiled more, "Try me."

I gulped a little bit as he raised his hands up to my belly slowly.

"Okay okay fine! what do you want me to do."

"Admit that you know I was just picking."

"Okay Okay I admit it!"

"Admit what Ruby?"

"I admit that you were just picking Eli."

"Good." Eli smirked and dropped his hands back to where they were resting beside him on the couch.

I yawned and got up off the couch, "Eliiii I'm hungry." I started to whine a little bit.

"Okay, welp what do you want?" He asked.

"Uhmmmm, Pizza!" I smiled

"What you don't want chicken?"

"No! I wants Pizza!"

Eli started to laugh a little bit as he picked up the phone and dialed out for us some pizza.

"What kind do you want?"

"Pepperoni!" I yelled and he rolled his eyes.

"Can you be anymore childish?"

"Uhmmm, yes actually."

Eli shushed me and placed the order.

"How longg Eliiii lovely?" I asked

"Bout twenty minutes."

I stuck out my lower lip in a pout and then turned and hugged me knees waiting patiently for the food to come. Eli sat and amused himself by playing with my hair the whole time to amuse himself.

Sure enough just as the person had said, the delivery boy had shown up exactly twenty minutes later. Eli went out to the door and paid the man and then had come back to me with a pizza box in one hand and plates in another.

"Eat up!" Eli exclaimed

I quickly grabbed the piece that had the bubble and started eating on it. Eli and I talked about little things in-between bites and laughed and joked around.

Soon it was time to go to bed, we had both had a full belly and now it was playing it's toll on us. Eli and I hugged goodnight and then we both went off in our separate directions to our bedrooms.

After I had gotten undressed and in my bed I pulled the covers up to my chin and soon I was in a light sleep.

The dream began with Mason and I sitting on the couch cuddling under a blanket, watching a movie just as we used to do before everything changed. I had my head rested on his shoulder and he was playing with a loose strand of my hair. I smiled softly and nuzzled his neck gently. My body felt so good pressed up against his like this. Soon though the delightful dream came to an end.

"Ruby?" Mason whispered.

"Yeah?"

"I have something to tell you."

"Okay?" I said with a questioning tone in my voice, i was now alert.

"I uhm, I cheated on you earlier today."

With that statement my whole world came crashing to an end.

"You did what!" I screeched fighting so many different emotions at once.

"I cheated on you Ruby."

"With who?" was all I could manage to get out

"Amanda."

"Who the f**k is Amanda?!?!" I all but yelled, tears threatening to escape my eyes.

Mason had gotten up and went to the door.

"Mason please! Please don't go! you can't do this to us! At least tell me what I did.!" I yelled through the tears.

"No, you know what Ruby, you should have thought about that. We are done, i thought that you had gotten past all of this."

"Mason what did I do?" I pleaded.

"Ask your darling friend Eli." he spat.

The door had slammed to the house and Ruby sank down to the ground as a fit of uncontrollable sobs shook her body. he was her one and only, now he was gone. What was she going to turn to now?

I hadn't even done anything to make him cheat on me..The only other person I hang around was Eli. My nerdy little savior. The only person that seemed to make things better when they were the worst. He was truly the only one that I could really rely on.

I woke up startled, tears were pouring down my cheeks my heart was pounding against my chest like a hammer. I sighed and tried to get my head back on straight.

"You were dreaming about it again weren't you Ruby?" Eli whispered making me jump.

"Where did you come from Eli?" I whispered, my voice hoarse.

"You were screaming Ruby, you scared me so I decided to come and check on you."

"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't realize that I was."

"You were dreaming about it again weren't you Ruby?" Eli insisted.

"Dreaming about what?"

"The first time that he admitted that he cheated on you, that's the only time that you scream." Eli stated.

I nodded slowly.

"I'm sorry Ruby. I remember how you were that night. You came to my house in a wreck and all I could do to comfort you was hold you close and let you cry it out. Do you know how hard that was for me to let you sit there and just cry?"

I shook my head slowly.

"Ruby, it was heartbreaking."

"Eli, I have to ask you something. That night, you know, when Mason admitted that he cheated. I asked him why to at least give me a reason he couldn't even do that. But he did mention one thing."

I looked up at Eli and his face had almost lost all color. I could almost literally hear his heart pounding away inside of his chest.

"What did he say Ruby?"

I took a deep breath, "He said to ask you Eli, so i'm going to. Do you know anything about what happened that night. The reason that he brought you up. Please if you know you have to tell me Eli I don't want secrets and that night even now still haunts me, so please you have to tell me. If you know anything Eli."

"Ruby I-"

"What Eli?"

He sighed and then a look of dread over took his face.

"Ruby, I told him that you and I kissed." Eli finally admitted, though he almost instantly regretted it because the look of hurt that was visibly shown on Ruby's face broke his heart.

"Get out." Ruby whispered.

"Ruby you've got to understand! I just I couldn't let you get hurt by him. Mason and I have a past Ruby, and I know how he is. Please, I can't explain things to you right now because it would be far to complicated. Just please you've got to trust me." Eli pleaded.

That made me laugh a little bit. "Trust you, that's rich after all this time that you sit here and act like you are my 'best friend' and then lie to me. Why, so you can have me?" I mocked him.

"Ruby i'm sorry!"

"You know what Eli, I wouldn't date you even if you were the last f*****g man on Earth, Get the f**k out of my room." I spat with all the hate that I could muster.

"Fine, I'll go, I'm sorry Ruby."

At last I was left alone with my thoughts and fresh wounds.