CILLIAN

The mood is quiet on the way into Manchester from Ruby’s house. I have never been over here before, so it should be all new and exciting. Instead, it’s all new and terrifying. It’s been a very long time since I felt fear for another person, but Ruby brings that out in me. She is crazy. The hot kind of crazy though. She dives in headfirst to get her hands bloody and won’t let anyone sideline her for anything. I admire it, but it scares the living daylights out me. If she got hurt, or worse, I don’t think I could cope. It kills me knowing she was hurt before I knew her, now…I just don’t think I’m as strong as the other men when it comes to stuff like this. I love with my whole heart, and while I’m not saying they don’t, it actually, fully, truly consumes me. She aches, I ache. She’s happy, I’m happy, that kind of thing.