Chapter 5
I didn’t really see much of Casey the next day even at work. It was his long day at the office and he’d been seriously overbooked besides. I got off at two and had a class from four to six, so I ended up meeting Ruby for dinner after that. I actually had news to tell her for a change.
She was already seated at a booth in our favorite casual restaurant sipping a Coke through a red straw. Her lips were painted a shocking violet.
“Nice lipstick,” I said, sliding into the booth.
“Thanks.” She tilted her head to look at me. “You ever think about trying some?”
“Lipstick? Um, no.”
“Makeup in general. You’d look good with a little guyliner, too.”
I rolled my eyes. “I wear glasses, who’d see it anyway? I don’t think I’m the kind of guy who wears it anyway. I’m not a twink or some e
