"Coward. That's all you are. A coward."
"Stop calling me that! I'm not a coward! I never was! That's not what they're for! They're for me! I-I need them Santana!" Ray screamed as she looked at the box of pills and sketchbooks that was currently in the garbage can. She didn't know if she could handle watching everything she depended on ripped from her possession. Those were her lifelines, how she dealt with all forms of her anxiety.
"Santana. Please. I'm... I'm not a coward. I know I told you I got rid of all of them but I needed the box. That box has everything in it! You can't get rid of everything... Please.. I-" She let out a hiccuped sob as Santana poured lighter fluid on the contents of the metal garbage can. Ray sunk down more on the roof and squeezed her eyes shut as she heard the strike of a match followed by everything being engulfed in flames.
Her first response was to shout and punch the Latina, but then she looked at the garbage can and darted toward it, shoving her hand into the flames in an attempt to save her sketchbook. She bit back a scream as her hand burned, pulling back when Santana shoved her back down onto the rooftop, her back hitting the concrete as her elbows scraped bloody in an attempt of avoiding another concussion.
"I'm not a coward... I-I'm not... I-I can't be. Y-You're wrong. I-I just... My sketchbooks... They're gone... You got rid of them. How... How could you San?" The dark haired girl looked up at her best friend and felt tears beginning to fall. The burn hadn't even registered in her mind yet, even though her skin had been badly burned. She couldn't feel it, her pills having numbed her too much to the point where she was just stuck there, wondering why Santana had done it.
"I-why... I... I had everything in there. How... How could you San..." Ray whimpered, continuing to cry even as Santana put out the fire and dragged Ray down the stairs and out to her car. She kept speaking but Ray didn't hear it, panic taking over her mind. She was stuck in an endless loop of, 'Why Santana..."