Ross and Emma?
I cry. There's a lot of things to cry over. Mr. Cullen doesn't look at me. Benny-boy isn't my friend anymore, and now I'm cleaning up his lunch on the floor. Rossy is mad at Benny-boy, and Emma is mad at Rossy.
"Don't you glare at me like that, Ross Hale!" Emma shouts at him from the floor.
"After what he said about you, Em?! Why didn't you let me kick his ass?"
"What are you going to do? Beat up everybody who has a bad word to say?"
"When it comes to my family? Fuck yeah!"
"Just be reasonable for one second, Ross! You go to jail for beating up some stupid shithead. Then what happens to me and Valentine?"
"He grows up learning not to take shit from anyone!"
"And lands himself in the jail cell next to you!" Emma stands up, covered in slimy pizza juice and just pure yucky-ness. "Go ahead. Chase after him. Kick his ass. And when you're arrested, you remember it was your choice to leave Valentine fatherless."
As Alice would say, Emma flounced out of the room. I look back and forth between her and Rossy. They're both sad and I want to make them both feel better, but I don't know who to go to.
Rossy decides for me, waving a hand in Emma's direction. "Go to her, Baby. Take care of my Em."
So I do.