"You're good enough," Emma said firmly. "Mars knows you are, or she wouldn't have left it to you." It was true, and Emma believed it full heartedly. Marney knew things, she always had. There had never been a time that the older girl had told them things would be alright and they weren't.
It broke Emma's heart to hear what Ruby was whimpering, and she tightened her arms around her once again. "Ru, I did it because I wanted to," she reassured the other girl, kissing her cheek softly again. "I want to kill anyone who hurts you, people who do don't deserve to live. It's not your fault, okay? He didn't deserve to go on living after what he did to you. It's. Not. Your. Fault."
She gave Ruby a kiss on the cheek for each word, as if to emphasize it. She took the joint back from her friend, and puffed at it thoughtfully for a few minutes before speaking again. "No, we aren't going to tell mom and dad. They won't understand. Mars is smart, she'll handle it, and we'll know what a hero she is. We just have to do her proud while she's gone. Keep the gang together and keep each other safe, right?"
She handed the joint back to Ruby and nuzzled the other girl's head affectionately. She cupped the brunette's cheek and tilted her head up so she could look into her eyes. "Ru, I'm never going to leave you, okay?" she told her shakily, working up the courage to say what she wanted to next. Killing someone had been so easy compared to this. "I love you, Ruby Sykes. Nothing and no one is going to ever take me away from you."
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