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Ruby didn't know what Mars planned to do at first, she couldn't foresee a way for them to get out of this now that the sirens were coming closer and closer. Ruby was generally collected and cool, she had been working on hardening herself to most things, but this was a lot to handle, especially as she saw her sister getting her hands bloody and she realized what the older girl was actually going to do. "Marney, no-- I-I can't be in charge, I didn't.. I'll say I did it, like it w-was self defense!" she protested, though she had a feeling neither of them were going to listen to her and let her do that. This was literal overkill for self defense, but he had deserved it. Why did Mars have to pay the price for that? She clung to the front of Emma, looking up at her as Mars cupped her cheek. It didn't bring any of the usual comfort that the affectionate feature did. Usually when Mars touched their cheeks, it was to pinch them and call them little shits. But tonight was much more serious than that, and Ruby had a feeling that this could be the last contact between the two of them for a while.

Mars had done a couple of months in juvie before, but that had been a joke, just trivial. This was going to be a big deal, even if she was only sixteen. "You don't have to clean up our mess, just come with us!" Ruby protested, but Emma was already standing up with her in her arms, and Ruby wasn't sure she had the strength to fight it and stand on her own two feet, not after this. "I won't let you down, I promise, I'll take good care of everything-- I'm not gonna fuck up, I swear," she managed to get out before Emma was whisking her out of the room all together and the grisly sight of Rob's body was out of her view. But her sister was still in there. Ruby exhaled shakily, keeping her head down as they left through the back, shoving past several other kids trying to ditch the party now that things had turned sour on them.

Ruby couldn't even consider relaxing, just keeping her head down and telling herself not to cry as they crossed the beach. She was in charge now, of everything, and she couldn't go getting weepy. That wasnt very tough of her. She was just thirteen, her boyfriend was dead, her best friend had killed him, and her sister was going to pay for the crime. To say that she wanted to cry was an understatement, but she had promised Mars she wouldn't fuck up. She had responsibility now. She had vaguely had a feeling that she knew where they were headed to, and when she finally looked up from Emma's shoulder, they were there. Even being in their spot among the dunes didn't help though, knowing Marney was back at the house. She couldn't even see their house anyway, they were too far away now. She could only vaguely hear the music from the party floating along the shore, carried on the otherwise quiet night on the beach. Soft music and the waves hitting the shore. They wee safe for now, at least. Emma moved quickly. They had found this spot years ago, when they were all even younger, before all of this gang stuff, when they had first moved to Summerland after their parents died. They had been coming to this spot for years, and even though Mars had been too cool to join them out here in a long time, it was still their spot, and Ruby wished more than ever that she was there right then.