We were about to sneak off to the cafe, when the library doors slid open. It was Ruby, and she wasn't smiling anymore. Her whole posture was off. she looked completely uncomfortable.
'Crap.'
She saw us standing by the vending machines and her face just crumpled with relief, which was definitely not the reaction I was expecting. She hurried over, clutching her textbook like a shield.
"Hey," she started, her voice a little shaky. "Sorry, I had to get out of there."
"What happened?" Nina asked immediately, her friendly-pillar mode activating. "Did Jake say something weird? I swear, if he started—"
"No, nothing like that," Ruby cut her off, shaking her head. "He was nice. Really nice, actually. It's just..." She looked down at her shoes. "It felt like an interrogation."
My stomach dropped. 'An interrogation. Yeah, I guess it would come off like that.'
