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She couldn't do it; she couldn't go back out there, not after the pain of seeing Knox again did to her heart. She thought she could handle it, he just wanted to talk but she allowed her emotions to get the better of her, and ended up hurting them both than what was necissary. It wasn't his fault; dammit, so why didn't she feel guilty about directing her anger towards him?

Putting in her time card for the day, Ruby headed out of the diner through the back exit thirty minutes after she was sure that Knox was gone. The last thing she needed was for him to try again; emotionally there was no way she could get through that.

Her lanky arms wrapped around her torso tightly, willing it to bring some sort of comfort as she walked down the sidewalk, feeling her feet carry her where she knew she needed to be. The Toll Bridge wasn't that far of a walk from here, and it was a good thing because with her entire body feeling numb with hurt, she wasn't sure she'd be able to make it too much longer.

She thought she could make it, but she hadn't even reached the bench for the town's only bus stop before she collapsed down onto her knees, her arms holding herself steadfastly harder and harder as the silent tears began rolling down her cheeks and she was gasping for breath.

Mary Margaret. That's who she should be mad at, not Knox. If she hadn't found Mary Margaret, if David Nolan had never asked her to join the search party...if only she had known then what she had known now...

[i]"I wish she never woke up!"[/i] 

Ruby sobbed violently and let her back rest against the poles that held up the bus bench. 

[i]"I wish she just died in that coma! I can't do this, I can't keep pretending that everything is okay. What am I going to do if Knox and Mary Margaret come into Granny's? I can't keep hiding. That stupid, stuck up, overly smiley little bi-"[/i]

Ruby felt her entire body lurch forward, as if pushed by a sudden hurricane wind. What seemed like someone else's entire lifetime flashed through her mind, bringing tears of happiness to her eyes, replacing those of pain. She knew now, she knew everything!

"Snow..." Ruby breathed out reverently, wiping a tear from her cheek.

Ruby picked herself up off of the sidewalk and glanced around frantically for her long-lost friend. She sniffed the air as naturally as if she had been in her wolf form, picking up Snow's scent not too far away. Bright whites flashed as her lips spread into a wide smile, the tears of joy streaming down her already red cheeks as she kicked off her black high heels and bounded down the street in the direction of her friend.

"SNOW!"