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Emma Thompson ([info]wipeoutqueen) wrote in [info]blueridgeau,
@ 2012-07-27 15:35:00


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Characters: Emma, Ruby, and Marney.
Setting: Summerland, California in 2010
Rating: NSFW
Content: Emma kills Ruby's dirtbag boyfriend and Mars takes the rap.



Emma wasn't really sure when she had lost Ruby in the crowd but she had been distributing on her own for at least a half hour now. It wasn't that Ruby couldn't handle her self on her own. Mars had made sure that both Emma and Ruby could operate alone if they needed to. The piece that Emma had tucked in the front of her shorts wasn't just for show. Neither was the knife she had in her shoe. It was all part of the game, and Emma was an eager player. Not that she had ever had to use any of it, not yet anyway. She knew the kind of things Mars got up to, and now that she had allowed them to join up, she knew that it was only a matter of time before something happened.

Emma finished up her current business transaction, stuffing the money in her already full pocket. She was beginning to get worried now. The last glimpse she had caught of her best friend was taking a line with her boyfriend. Even when Ruby went off at a party to spend time with him, she always joined back up with Emma after twenty minutes at the most. Emma hated the guy. He wasn't good enough for Ruby, not to mention he was a pig. She used to complain about him to Marney when Ruby was out until the older girl had begun accusing her of being in love. It was the most ridiculous thing she had ever heard, there was no way she was in love with Ruby. The girl was just her best friend, and Emma just had her best interest at heart. Plus, the guy was an asshole.

Fishing a joint out of her pocket, she lit it up before beginning her quest to track Ruby down. She found Mars standing near the beerpong table, chatting up a girl that Emma vaguely recognized. "Hey," she said, tilting her chin in greeting. "Have you seen Ru?"

"Last I saw she was heading up stairs with Rob," Mars told her, shrugging. "You two better not be fucking around and losing money."

Emma just grunted in response, scowling as she stalked away from Marney towards the stairs. It wasn't jealousy, it couldn't be. It was just unlike Ruby to disappear for so long when they had business to do. She wanted to be Marney's right hand woman one day, and she was very driven. Emma was just investigating because of business, she needed Ruby to help her move product. She climbed the stairs, blowing out a plume of smoke as she reached the top and snuffing out the roach on the wall.

There were five closed doors that stared back at her, and Emma hesitate as the smoke cleared. "Ru?" she called out loudly.


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[info]wipeoutqueen
2012-08-08 03:50 pm UTC (link)

"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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[info]therubixcube
2012-08-08 07:19 pm UTC (link)
"Maybe I won't totally fuck it up," Ruby relented weakly. Mars did know things, and she trusted in her judgement just as much as Emma did. But she was older and smarter than them, and seemingly much more clever. Mars could get out of anything, which was one fact that made her feel the tiniest bit better about tonight, but not much. This was a big something, bigger than usual. She wouldn't be there to help them at all from where she was going, for however long, and it was a lot for Ruby to take on.

It was beginning to really set in that overnight she was about to be going to go from small-time drug dealer to running the entire operation. They weren't the biggest gang around, but they did good for themselves, and they were all tough girls. She had to believe that they would support her and Emma now that Marney was gone. It was sort of strange to consider herself an heir to anything, but she supposed that she had been all along. She let herself scoot closer to Emma as the blonde tightened her arms around her. "Take care of the gang, take care of each other," she agreed quietly.

Ruby scrunched up her face a little as Emma kissed her cheeks, and she rolled her eyes, taking the joint back and inhaling sharply. "You're an asshole, it's all my fault, everything.. but we'll keep that a secret, okay? If you don't think we should tell mom and dad, then.. just let everybody think what they want to think, I guess," she sighed. Ruby tucked her head under Emma's chin for a second, pressing her cheek against her neck. "We'll make Mars proud.. starting tomorrow, I swear I will. It's all my fault but I'm-- I'm gonna make good on it. On everything, I really am."

Letting Emma lift her head up a little, Ruby looked seriously at her, searching the other girl's eyes for some sign that she was being untrue. There was nothing there though, except for the same honest Emma that she had always known. In all of the time that she knew her, she didn't think Emma had ever lied to her or led her on, though they both did plenty of it to other people. With each other was different. "Okay, me either," she agreed softly, accepting her declaration. She grabbed her friend's hand, squeezing her pinkie finger with her own. She only hesitated for a moment when the blonde told her that she loved her, and she found herself searching the blonde's face all over again, but once again she seemed true.

"I love you too," Ruby replied just a little hesitantly, lifting her head a little more to look closer at Emma. It wasn't the first time that they had ever said they loved each other, they had known each other practically their whole lives, and she had been living with the Thompsons since she was only six. They were always close, she would do anything for emma. They were practically family, definitely best friends, but Emma's words seemed deeper this time, more loaded. It made Ruby's chest feel fluttery, but it eased some of the anxiety and upset she was feeling as well. It made her feel good, genuinely loved, as more than just best friends. Like Emma truly loved her, wanted her, cared about her. Something Rob had never done. She suddenly hated herself for ever getting involved with him, for ever bringing him into their lives.

She felt herself tearing up, and she tried to fight it still, but there was no use. She hadn't cried since the funeral for her mother and father, and even that had been more reflex than reaction. They hadn't been the best parents, she hadn't known them long, and they were barely around. But crying for them had seemed like the right thing to do. Even when she had broken her arm when they were growing up, or when she had needed stitches, she hadn't cried. But there was no stopping the tears now, she simply felt awful. That she had ever looked past everything she had already. Everything she needed was already right in front of her, Emma had been there all along, and she would never leave her or hurt her. They were young, but it felt right, it had always felt right. She let one sob bubble out, Ruby buried her face into Emma's shoulder, grabbing a fistful of her shirt. "I l-love you so much, why couldn't it have been you? It s-should have been you, I just want y-you and I fucked up and now Mars is gone! I'm always such a fuck up!"

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[info]wipeoutqueen
2012-08-08 09:03 pm UTC (link)
When Ruby started crying, Emma was a bit at a loss for what to do. Ruby, crying. She hadn't seen the other girl cry since her parents funeral and even then, it was like this. Ruby was actually crying. Emma had cried over a million different things growing up and Ruby had always made her smile again. Now, it was Emma's turn.

"Ru, sweety, you're not a fuck up," Emma said quietly. She ran her hand through Ruby's hair, trying to calm the other girl down. "You don't have to want me, you've always had me. I've always been yours and only yours."

She kissed the top of Ruby's head and wrapped her arms tightly around the other girl again, rubbing her back in small circles. "You know how I always used to get mad at Marney? Well it was because she used to tease me about how in love with you I was. Used to call me a lost puppy, every time I lost sight of you at a party or when we got separated."

"W-we can just forget Rob ever happened," she said quietly, rocking Ruby back and forth a bit. "He doesn't have to count, okay? He doesn't have to exist anymore, he doesn't exist anymore. You're mine, Ru, and only mine."

She kissed Ruby's head again, and held her tightly against her own body. "No one else gets to have you the way I do, okay? I...I'll be your first and you can be mine."

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[info]therubixcube
2012-08-09 12:39 am UTC (link)
Ruby did her very best to pull herself together, sniffling and rubbing furiously at her wet cheeks as Emma kissed the top of her head. "I s-sure feel like a fuck up," she muttered back, exhaling heavily and trying to let the rubbing of her back relax her a little. Every single time that she thought about everything though, the mess she had caused, it made her feel panicky all over again. They were safe for now, out here tonight, but what about tomorrow? Everything would look even worse in the morning, she was sure of it.

She cracked a small smile at Emma's story, lifting her head a bit to look seriously at the blonde again, squinting her eyes a little. "Mars knows things, y'know. I bet she could read you like a book," she teased her. Ruby had felt very much the same way though, if she was honest with herself. Things were just better with Emma, they just sort of went together in a way that other people didn't get. Even when she had been with Rob, she had always had more fun when she was spending time with Emma instead. Being separated was hard. She could still remember how scared she was that she would have to go to Blue Ridge without her.

"You're my lost puppy," she laughed weakly, her head resting heavily on Emma's shoulder again, kissing it through her shirt as the other girl rocked them in the sand. "He's gone," she whispered back, though that reality was still setting in. When she thought of him, she could still feel his weight on top of her, his unbearable beer breath, and the uncomfortable feeling of him sliding into her. But he was gone, Emma was right. He couldn't hurt them or bother them now. "Just you and me, he's gone. We'll just.. forget tonight, everything. Our secret, right?"

She knew that word would get around the school, when people found out that Mars had killed her boyfriend, people were going to assume she was involved. They would figure something must have happened. But she wasn't going to talk about it, and she wasn't going to take shit with people hassling her about it. Dealing with all of the bullshit would be a good, but rough, start to toughening herself up and taking over. It was nobody's business but theirs.

"Nobody else," Ruby agreed, lifting her head again and pressing a kiss against Emma's cheek, lingering a moment before pulling back. She squeezed Emma's pinkie finger again, pulling their tangled hands close to her chest. "I don't want anybody else, I didn't.. it wasn't supposed to h-happen, I swear. I wish it was you," she whispered, feeling herself choking up again.

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[info]wipeoutqueen
2012-08-09 02:17 am UTC (link)
Emma felt her heart breaking every second longer that Ruby sobbed. She knew what an amazing person Ruby was. Ruby, who had punched out a sixth grader when they were ten because he had taken Emma's ice cream. The one who had read to her every night before bed when they were kids and who opened her eyes to a new world of magic. There was no way that her best friend was a fuck up, even if they were in this situation. "Everyone makes mistakes sometimes, Ru," she insisted. "You're only human, and an exceptional one at that!"

Emma nuzzled at Ruby's head and made a small happy noise. "As long as I'm all yours," she said with a chuckle. She would gladly follow Ruby around like her puppy, she had been doing it all her life. "Maybe you could get me some dog tags, just so everyone knows who my owner is," she joked. She frowned again though as Ruby went on, giving the other girl a reassuring squeeze. "The only thing that happened is this, right now. Just you and me, sitting on the beach."

She could see Ruby breaking again in front of her, and now she was starting to get scared. It was the first time in her life that it occurred to her that they might be too young for this. It was what they had always done though, and now was not the time to second guess. So she squeezed Ruby's hand and leaned forward so their foreheads were touching. Her cheek was still tingling where Ruby had kissed it, and her heart was fluttering around her chest.

"I know, Ru, it's alright," she whispered, looking into Ruby's eyes. "It doesn't have to taint you, okay? I...I still think you're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. With eyes that shine brighter than any star and a heart that deserves to be treated like the most precious jewel in existence." She leaned forward and kissed Ruby timidly, as if she still wasn't sure if she was really allowed.

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[info]therubixcube
2012-08-09 11:18 am UTC (link)
Scoffing weakly at Emma's words, Ruby shook her head slightly. "Exceptional example of how not to live your life maybe," she muttered. "Exceptionally fucked up and stupid, maybe an exceptional example of how to get your own sister arrested. I'll do my best for her, but I'm.. well, I'm no hero. I'm not going to be able to do it like her," Ruby went on, letting herself trail off. She wanted so much to be like Marney, she always had, but she needed it now. She needed her sister and her cleverness, her attitude, her surprisingly level head. Mars could walk into a room of thug kids and make them all pay her mind with just a look. Ruby didn't know how she was ever supposed to be that adept. Mars had only taught them how to shoot last year.

"You would be adorable, all tagged up.. my right-hand woman," Ruby admitted, brushing her nose affectionately against Emma's and sniffling a little as their foreheads met in the middle. "We just came to the beach, we have no idea what happened," she added weakly in agreement. "You don't think they'll find sleeping on the beach suspicious?"

Some part of her refused to believe that she could be the most beautiful girl that Emma had ever seen, but she smiled sheepishly just the same. "You totally got that from like, a book or something," she teased her, just a bit timid herself as their lips met again, lingering much longer this time before Ruby backed off from the other girl. Their hands were still tangled together, resting in Ruby's lap. "Together forever, no matter what," she told her quietly, sitting up straighter in Emma's lap, leaning back against her less. "There's a whole like, adult world for us out there, isn't there? This might be our last chance to be kids for a while," she lamented. She had never felt so rushed to grow up as she did tonight.

"To innocence," Ruby blurted suddenly, after a brief lapse into silence. "And to lost innocence, kids running the game," she sighed, freeing her hands and lifting them up, using one each to cup both of Emma's cheeks. "I love you with all my heart, with all of me, I'm grown up enough to know that," she added seriously, before seizing her best friend in another kiss, firmer and more confident than before.

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[info]wipeoutqueen
2012-08-10 01:44 am UTC (link)
Emma made a small barking noise and grinned at Ruby. "It's settled then, on Monday we'll go get some dog tags!"

"We'll just tell them...we didn't want to be at the party so we thought it would be fun to camp out at the beach!" Emma said triumphantly, praising herself on her ability to fabricate a convincing story. It wasn't the best excuse, they still didn't have an explanation of why Ruby wasn't wearing any clothes, or why they were spattered in blood, but it was a start, right?

"If it was from a book, you would know which one, Ru. You know I only read when you read to me!" Emma protested as Ruby pulled away. She couldn't help but smile at Ruby as the girl sat straighter up in her lap. She was lost in thought at Ruby's words until she cupped both of her cheeks and kissed her. Her heart felt like it was going to explode, she had never felt this complete in her life.

Emma wrapped both her arms around Ruby's waist and pulled her close again, sighing happily. "I'm all yours, Ru," she mumbled against the other girl's lips, never breaking away as she leaned back into the sand and pulled the other girl on top of her. She slid her hands underneath Ruby's hoodie and ran them up the girl's back, enjoying the smooth warmth of her skin. "Always and forever."

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[info]therubixcube
2012-08-12 07:39 pm UTC (link)
Ruby knew that there were holes in their story, and there was bound to be considering how entangled they were with the truth. But they couldn't very well do anything about that tonight. In the morning, they would have to clean themselves up properly, and find a way to make their story more convincing. But it would work for now, and as long as they had each other and Mars had their back, Ruby had faith that they would make it out of this mess somehow.

She let out a little whimper of agreement with Emma's words, gently biting at the blonde's lower lip for a moment as the other girl pulled her back into the sand with her. She didn't want to be anywhere else. She felt surprisingly safe, even though she was still shaken from the events that had transpired earlier. Just so long as she was here with Emma, she was safe, and she didn't have to think about anything except for the two of them.

"Let's just forget about everything, okay?" she murmured against Emma's lips, kissing the corner of her mouth before beginning to trail kisses along her jaw. "Forever, right?"

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[info]wipeoutqueen
2012-08-13 02:45 am UTC (link)
Emma shivered as Ruby gently bit her lip, humming happily. It felt so right, so warm and comforting. She was made for Ruby, there was no doubt in her mind. Her whole life had been leading up to this point and now she could finally start breathing. The earlier events of the night seemed like a distant dream at this point.

"Okay," She agreed airily. She tilted her head back, allowing Ruby better access to her neck. She threaded her fingers through Ruby's hair, tugging at it gently. "Forever," she echoed. "There's no one I'd rather be with with but you. I love you, Ru. You're my forever."

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[info]therubixcube
2012-08-13 05:03 am UTC (link)
Ruby sighed happily as Emma tugged at her hair, and she bit gently back at the blonde's neck. This was how it was supposed to be, this was exactly what should have happened from the beginning. It felt incredibly right. "How come Mars saw it and I didn't?" she murmured softly, cracking a weak smile as she kissed at Emma's neck further, working down to her shoulder, pulling her shirt aside.

"I never thought.. I just never thought I'd be so lucky," Ruby whispered. "You're so good to me," she added, clinging onto Emma weakly. "I love you, Em."

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[info]wipeoutqueen
2012-08-14 02:02 am UTC (link)
Emma let out a soft gasp as Ruby bit her, her hands tightening gently in the other girl's hair. That felt good, really good. She was having a hard time focusing on what was going on around her, but she let out a small laugh at Ruby's question. "I was good at hiding it from you, but Mars was always watching, even when you weren't."

She lifted her head to look at Ruby, giving her a soft kiss. "You deserve it, baby. You deserve everything!" She kissed Ruby again, lingering a little bit longer than last time. She traced her fingers in small circles over the small of the other girl's back. "I love you too, Ru, so much. I'm always going to be here to protect you and make you smile, okay?"

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[info]therubixcube
2012-09-04 12:54 am UTC (link)
"She was always brighter than me," Ruby admitted easily, sniffling just a bit as she buried her face closer against Emma's neck, pressing kisses to it until the blonde lifted her head. She leaned into the kiss, her lips pressing clumsily and desperately against Emma's, hanging on as long as the blonde would let her. Emma was all she had left now, but Ruby was alright with that. They had each other, they needed each other, they would take care of each other.

"I don't," she insisted back, kissing Emma gently, and leaning more heavily against the other girl as she tickled her back. It was incredibly relaxing, even though it made her shiver a little, but it made her feel more confident in what she wanted to say next. "You're always protecting me, and taking care of me.. I want to take care of you tonight, okay?" Ruby murmured back, hesitantly for just a second before leaning in closely to Emma's ear. Her cheeks felt incredibly warm. "J-Just lay back, 'kay? I'm the boss now."

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