A beautiful mistake
And right when she was determined to finally face him, he spoke out,
"Rue. Can you hear me? I'm asking if you are okay?"
The premises changed, the banging music became louder and when her senses came to, her right hand was on Lucy's face, her fingers caressing her cheek in the most peculiar way.
"I thought Carmen's state was worse but yours is on another level. Can you even see me? How many fingers am I holding up?"
Lucy wriggled her fingers in mid air infront of Ruby and she tried really hard to focus,
"Fi-four. Four?"
"It's two, Rue. Wow, I guess we are done for the night. This is what happens when you bring forty year old women to a club for the first time. I'll call a taxi"