Ruby Buckton (2008 - )
Rebecca Breeds
Episodes: 4665 -
Parents: Ross and Elsie Buckton (deceased), Morag Bellingham (stepmother)
Siblings: Charlie Buckton
Occupation: Student
Cheeky and mature for her age, 15-year-old Ruby came to the Bay from boarding school, where she left along with her maintenance man boyfriend, Pat. With the recent death of her mum and her dad's decision to stay in Summer Bay, she decided to join him and her sister Charlie.
Ruby and Pat were anything but shy in showing their affection for each other when they first arrived in town and started pashing in the Surf Club.
Charlie was initially concerned as to whether her sister would accept Ross and Morag's relationship, but she didn't have anything to worry about, as Ruby told her she was happy for them.
Wanting to stay in the Bay and go to school, Ruby enrolled at Summer Bay High.
Curious about her sister's relationship with Pat, Charlie asked Ruby whether she really saw him as the love of her life. It was clear that Ruby had doubts, but she seemed determined to make things work. When Pat later revealed that he was leaving the Bay, however, Ruby finally came to the realization that they weren't going to be together forever and in an emotional scene on the beach, they kissed and said their goodbyes.
Shortly after enrolling at the school, Ruby became friends with Annie Campbell. Seeing her friend so happy with Jai, she became upset that she didn't have someone too. Ruby then started to develop a crush on her teacher - Miles! Annie soon caught onto her friend's feelings, but all Ruby could think of was how amazing and kind Mr Copeland was.
Whilst walking from the Surf Club, Earl, who had previously been seen taking a dip in the water (without his clothes on!), tried to take Ruby's bag. Whilst doing this Ruby fell to the fround. But her knight in shining armour was in the right place at the right time and was quickly able to ward Earl off.
A few days later and Annie thought she saw Ruby and Miles kissing. During a meeting with school principal Mr Bartlett, however, Miles revealed that it was him and Kirsty.
Following the death of her mum, Ruby was about to get another shock when he dad Ross was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. This proved hard for everyone to deal with and while she was trying to be strong, it was obvious Ruby was struggling. Trying to find comfort and advice from someone in a similar position, Ruby began chatting on an online chatroom to someone named Skye - whose grandmother was suffering with Alzeimer's.
At the same time her classmate Matthew Lyons took an interest in her and seemed to have a good understanding of her but she rejected his advances. She later found out from Annie and Jai that Matthew was really Skye and vowed revenge. She tricked Mathew into stripping off to skinny dip at the beach and stole his clothes, posting the pictures on the internet. She realised too late that Matthew genuinely wanted to be her friend and that his gran did have alzhiemers but Jai had already uploaded the pictures. Mathew retaliated by sticking her diary pages around the school and humiliating her.
She struggled to cope with Charlie's self-destruction after her relationship with Roman ended but developed an interest in new boy Xavier Austin. They hooked up but Xavier left town soon after being exposed as a drug dealer. He returned in the aftermath of his cousin Jack's death and Ruby tried to pick things up with him but he told her he was still in love with his ex Freya. X
Xavier hit the roof when he discovered Freya had stashed some illegal drugs in his school bag. Trying to protect him, Ruby took them and hid them in the fridge at home. Charlie questioned what they were doing there, with Ruby insisting that she found them at school and had nothing to do with them being there.
When the news of drugs in the school reached her, Belle went on confront Freya. Freya told her that if she let her name slip to the police, she would tell the cops Belle was her number one client. This didn't phase Belle, however, as the cops believed Belle brought the drugs for a front page story.
More mayhem was in store for Ruby and Xavier as the unstoppable Freya fired up the motor on the boat and took them for a water-filled joyride. She continued to push the boat to the max but was stopped in her tracks when the boat hit another boat - Hugo's. The man himself, however, was no where to be seen but later walked into the Surf Club unharmed after a night dive.
With Freya receiving hassle from the drug dealer she owed money to, Xavier decided he would meet with the dealers. But feeling the whole debarcle was her responsibilty, Ruby borrowed money and gave it to Freya so she could pay the dealers their dough. The con: she was to pack her bags and leave town. But when Ruby saw Xavier meeting the dealers on the beach, she couldn't understand why they didn't have their cash already. The penny soon dropped...Freya had skipped town - and taken the cash with her.
Ruby was annoyed that Xavier was pushing her away and he eventually told her it was because of Brendan but his worries were calmed when Brendan bonded with Ruby and the rest of his friends.
Ruby found out about Charlie and Joey's relationship but, after the initial shock, decided to accept them.