𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐲 & 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 ✩ 𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐝𝗼𝐧

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𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈: 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒔, 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆

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Ruby didn't return to school, instead, she trailed down the streets with a cigarette hanging out her mouth.

She found the alley where the addicts came, and wasn't surprised to see some dropouts she recognised.

They recognised her in return, offering her some weed.

"Free?" She asked, taking it.

"You look like you need it, Donovan." Jasper, an old friend of hers and a hardcore drug addict said to her, a lopsided smile on his face.

She sighed and put in in her mouth, Jasper lighting it.

She inhaled the smoke, her shoulders relaxing.

"Remember Kaleb?" She asked him. He nodded. "He beat the shit out of a transfer I'd been taking care of, Gabe, out of jealousy."

Jasper grimaced. "Fuuuck, that's bad- you were close with this guy?"

"Properly close, he was cool. Now he's being fucking transferred again and  Kaleb's only been suspended for a month."

Ruby accepted Jasper's outstretched arm as he pulled her into a side-hug.

"The world fucking sucks," Jasper said, attempting to be comforting.

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Ruby walked home, her brain fuzzy.

She was disorientated, and had been wandering about aimlessly for hours.

When she finally got home, her dad wasn't there.

She collapsed onto her bed, somehow not tired.

After a few moments, she jolted back up, putting on her headphones.

She skipped a few songs until Lithium, by Nirvana, began to play.

She sat perfectly still, focusing on the sound of Kurt Cobain's voice and the guitar.

Suddenly, a faint blue light appeared in her peripheral vision.

Ruby jumped, turning to the source, and let out a scream. She shot to her feet, brandishing her hairbrush like a weapon.

Stood across the room for her, by the window, was an old woman, all her colours a dull blue.

"WHAT THE FUCK." She shouted, shifting from one foot to the other in apprehension.

She took off her headphones, and was greeted with a string of incoherent speech.

"Oh my god I'm hallucinating! What the hell?!" She exclaimed, her eyes wide.

She threw the brush at the woman, and it flew through her, making her talk even louder and even more aggressively.

"HA-HA, YOU'RE NOT REAL! IT'S THE WEED!" She shouted, rushing from the room and into the kitchen.

The woman was there too. Ruby ignored her, getting a glass of water and tanking it.

"It's not real, it's not real, it's not real." She said, returning to her room and burying her face into the covers.

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