Ruby was up pacing in the living room waiting for David and Jefferson to return. She knew she shouldn't worry, but they were her best friends, family, and they should have been home by now. She had stayed home with Emma and Grace while they went out to fight The Evil Queen. She knew how important it was to all of them, David especially, to get back at The Evil Queen for what she did to Snow, but she had reminded both of them to do their best to stay safe. She, herself had stayed home to keep the girls and their home safe. There had been no sign of the fight getting closer to home, but she was still glad she had stayed. They had all suffered enough loss already. She knew none of them would be able to handle the loss of a daughter.
Ruby stopped pacing when she heard someone at the door. A moment later David came in and she rushed to him, throwing her arms around him and hugging him as tight as she could knowing he could handle it. "Took you long enough. I finally had to send the girls to bed an hour ago. They wanted to stay up and wait for you guys, but they both have big tests tomorrow..." She trailed off as she looked around and noticed Jefferson hadn't come in with David. "Wait... where's your boyfriend, you didn't leave him behind did you?" She couldn't resist the urge to try and quell her own panic by teasing David about his crush on their other best friend, but she had a bad feeling about Jefferson's absence.
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