What do you want?

Ruby had been at the basketball game; she'd seen the injury happen and had known as soon as Sam had hit the ground that something was wrong. The team doctor had wrapped the knee, iced it, and sent him home. At a doctor's appointment the next morning, he'd confirmed Sam had a torn ACL. The surgery had been scheduled for days later. Ruby had spent a great deal of that time at Theo and Melissa's, but the pain pills the doctor had given him had knocked him out so he'd slept through most of it. They'd all gone to sit in the waiting room while the surgery was done. The doctor had promised he'd go home that evening as soon as the anesthesia had worn off, but until then, they took turns in the post-op room with Sam.

Once Melissa had slipped out and back into the waiting room, Ruby went to check on Sam. The room was really just one large room with curtain dividers. "Knock knock," Ruby said as she pushed aside one of the curtains and stepped up beside Sam's bed. "How're you feeling, Puppy?" she asks, sitting on the chair next to the bed.

The penthouse was quiet as Sam tried to study and Ruby made peppermint tea. She poured two cups, lacing one with honey and headache powder. She took the cups into the living room where Sam was studying on the couch and sat down next to him. His cup went onto the coffee table and hers onto the side table. She reached out to ruffle her hand through Sam's hair.

"Puppy, why don't you take a break." It's not a question or a suggestion, though her tone is soft. "How long have you had this headache?" she asks, concern in her expression. She knows it been a little while from his demeanor and body language.

A host of mixed emotions had been warring inside her since Sam's invitation to go out. Of course, Ruby was happy to have Sam back. It was the only thing she'd wanted and worked for since he'd jumped into the pit, but everything he'd done to her without a soul, everything he'd put her through didn't disappear just because he was back. Because of Sam, Ruby had opened herself up and grown a heart only to have someone who looked very much like the person she'd fallen in love with stomp all over it.

The foreign movie at the drive-in had earned Sam points, and yes, she can admit that she was keeping score right now. It was a very Sam thing to make their first date. Right now, she's alone in the Impala. Sam is getting food. She watches him talk to the cashier as she zips off her boots and leans over the seat to place them in the backseat floorboard. She grabs the blanket on the backseat as well then tucks her socked feet beneath and pulls the blanket over her legs. Sam is still talking to the cashier. She can't see Sam's face, but she can see the cashier's face, and the pretty brunette (who looks a little like one of Soulless's sketchy women) is laughing, smiling up at Sam like he's on the menu. Insecurity and anger bubble inside of Ruby and it's probably a good thing she took her boots off; it makes her hesitate to stalk over there and punch the cashier. Without her even realizing it, her eyes have gone black and if Sam doesn't come back soon, she might go punch a bitch barefoot or not.