The blue girl was up a solid hour before daylight, she couldn't help it. She was so use to getting up and picking a decent outfit, then figuring out a style for her hair. Sapphire, still in a half state of sleep, began to stretch her stiff limbs but stopped when the body next her began to move. Sapphire kept her limbs still, being careful not to wake the red girl she was laying against. Once she was sure the red girl was comfortable enough to not be woken up, she slowly escaped the others side and swung her legs off the side of the bed and hopped of.
Sapphire silently tried to find her way to the bathroom which was difficult due to the fact Ruby never informed her were it was. She rounded a corner and looked down to see a small boy standing in the middle of the doorway.
"Flint," She whispered and crouched down, "What are you doing up this early?"
"Saffy," Flint mumbled, he raised his arms and noticed her confused expression, "Up."
"Up?" She remembered when Ruby picked him up after he said the words to the red girl. Sapphire gently picked the boy up and spoke softly. "Were?"
"Room."
"Your room?" The child nodded while playing with Sapphire's thick hair. She walked past Ruby's room where the red girl lay, still asleep. The blue girl couldn't help but pause and watch the curly hair girl. She didn't realize she was smiling. Sapphire was pulled out of her daze when the child in her arms pulled at her bangs. She began to walk again, the stopped when Flint mumbled the word "Stop."
Sapphire walked into the room with light steps. The room, just like Ruby's, was rather plain, just a few family photos on a desk next to a bed with dark blue sheets. Other than that, nothing, just plain white walls and a television on the opposite wall of the bed.
Sapphire sat on the bed and let Flint crawl back into his covers. The child looked up at her with dark red eyes that seemed to brighten with his mood. "Thank you." Flint said smiling.
"Your welcome," Sapphire returned the smile, "Go to sleep now, alright?" She was answered with a small nod.
Sapphire then quietly stepped out of the room and closed the door behind her. She turned halfway around before slightly larger red hands covered her mouth and her muffled scream.
"Hey shh!" Ruby said in a whisper. The taller girl instantly relaxed.
"What is wrong with you?" Sapphire questioned once the hands on her face were taken off.
"You weren't there when I woke up so I went looking for you. And keep your voice down, my mother is sleeping."
"Bathroom. Where is it?" Sapphire asked after a moment of silence passed.
"Door next to my room," Ruby said then walked her there.
"Thanks," Sapphire paused feeling she needed to say more but didn't, she closed the door behind her when she walked in. The blue girl could not put in words how badly she needed to urinate. As she relieved herself she remembered her mother would be picking her up soon. Sapphire regretted the decision of not taking her phone with her, she gently flushed the toilet and then washed her hands.
Ruby sat on her bed with her phone in hand and was scrolling through some social media app, for what reason, she didn't know, she never understood people and their fascination for posting pictures of themselves on such sites. She looked up and nearly flew the device in her hand across the room, a blue beauty, stood not even a foot away from her with the smallest smile on her face. Ruby's heart warmed at the sight, she took in the thick light blue hair that covered the taller girl's eyes and cascaded around her shoulders to the middle of her slim back.
"You're staring." Sapphire whispered, Ruby couldn't help it though. She couldn't even find her words in that moment. Ruby then flushed with confusion when Sapphire held her hand out, the blue girl noticed and spoke once more, "Your phone, let me see it."
Ruby handed her phone over and Sapphire took it quickly and poked at the screen with quick fingers. She handed the phone back with a new contact, "Text me a few hours after I leave, I'm not sure what I'll be doing." She said.
"Yeah alright, you'll be leaving soon then I guess?" Ruby questioned hoping she didn't sound to disappointed that she would be leaving.
"Yeah, my mom said she would pick me up in the morning and that usually means right away in the morning."
"Does she need my address?"
"No."
"Then how is she.." Ruby paused and looked at Sapphire then continued, "Gonna find you?" Sapphire sighed before she spoke, she was embarrassed by the truth.
"Ever since I have had a phone, my mother always makes sure there's a GPS on it or whatever. She's one of those super protective mothers, always needs to know where I am."
" I see," Ruby couldn't hold back her smile, she was honestly a little grateful for the freedom her mother gave her now. She began to speak again but was interrupted by Sapphires phone. Sapphire was not lying. Just then said girl let out a heavy sigh, she then stumbled to get her phone then, with an annoyed tone, answered it.
"Hel-"
"I'm outside." Sapphire sighed once again, she new once she left the house she would be bombarded with questions, then have to hear the complaining of her mother's all night shift.
"I'll be right out." Sapphire then clicked end to the call. She then looked at Ruby with a faint smile. "Thank you for everything, I'll have your clothes back to you on Monday, is that alright?"
"Yeah Sapph, that's fine," Ruby replied with a happy smile, they both stared at each other in that moment of silence then Sapphire took Ruby's face in her hands and pressed a light kiss to her forehead.
"Lead the way out, I'm scared to get lost in your house again." With a small laugh Ruby nodded her head and stood up and walked Sapphire to the front door.
Ruby's feet walked in beat with the music. It was a slower song, which meant slower steps, not that she minded, she was in a good mood. Sapphire had recommended the song for her, in fact many songs, Sapphire couldn't cope with the fact that Ruby really didn't listen to music often. When the curly haired girl told her, her phone was on the verge of breaking from all the texts full of questions to why and never ending question marks. Sapphire had actually called Ruby and spent nearly two hours explaining how music can completely describe who a person is, how it can let so much emotion out in such little time, how different types of genres give different types of emotion.
Ruby was left with a page of songs to listen to at the end of that conversation, not that she cared, she loved hearing Sapphires voice. So even and clear, and intelligent sounding. Ruby honestly felt bad for the other girl, having to hear her voice in return, to Ruby, her voice sounded like an angry high-pitched smoker, but she never thought much about it after she read an article about how people hear their voices lower than they actually are.
With Ruby deep in thought and the melody of the music controlling her step, she failed to noticed the much taller teen behind her. Within seconds Ruby's head was grabbed by a much larger hand and thrown to the ground. Ruby's head cracked against the sidewalk and left her in a heavy daze, she felt the headphones get ripped out of her ears, and fists rolled in the front of her shirt. She was face to face with Jasper, still in her daze and having a bump growing fast on the back of her head, she didn't hear anything Jasper had said to her.
"Wha-?"
"Didn't you hear me you little asshole?" Her anger was almost oozing out of her, her hair was all over and in a horrid frizz. "You made me look like a fucking idiot!"
"Well that's because you are," Ruby replied with the smart comment once she could focus well enough to see Jasper clearly.
"Don't keep talking that bullshit!"
"We were on school ground you dipshit!" Jasper lightened her gripp taking in what Ruby said. Ruby reached her breaking point again, she took her chance and took hold of Jaspers shirt and headbutted her with all the force she could bring.
The bigger girl dropped Ruby and brought her hand to her face. Ruby knew for a fact she would regret that decision later with the pain that was going on in her head. But one look at Jaspers crooked and bleeding nose made the pain fade for a single moment.
"That's it you little runt!" Jasper pulled out a knife and came at Ruby fast. Ruby put her hands out in front of her to try to seem less threatening and couldn't move out of the way quick enough when Jasper came at her. That move resulted in Ruby getting a swift deep gash from the knife on her left palm. Ruby fell to her knees in pain. She fell forward again when she was hit in the head with the blunt handle of the knife.
The voices seemed muffled and quiet when Ruby was on the ground, just mixtures of "Oh my god!" and "Holy shit!" is what she heard. She prayed that one of them had the common sense to call the police.
The connection of the front end of Jasper's shoe and Ruby's stomach resulted in Ruby getting the wind knocked out of her and her getting shoved onto her back.
"RUBY!" The call of her name was faint but she heard it. She heard the sirens too.
"Shit." She heard Jasper mumble. Ruby's vision was hazy, she was losing focus on realty.
"RUBY!" She heard the sobbing scream and could guess who it was. It was to much. She couldn't keep her eyes open anymore, everything faded into darkness.