"It's okay," Ruby reassured her, though it didn't sound nearly as sincere as it had the first five time she's said it that night. "I'm excited for you, too." And that was true. Ava had had a crush on Jules for the longest time, so for them to be going to the ball together -- of course it was exciting. Yet as much as Ruby kept telling herself that, something just felt... off.
But like Ruby did with all negative emotions, she was just repressing it and ignoring it and hoping it didn't ever come to the surface. She wasn't going to let herself mope because her two best friends were going to the ball together and she had to be the awkward third wheel.