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At some point in the chaos, Persephone had disappeared. Blue had mourned the loss of the woman who had helped to raise her. But as more time has passed, the easier it's become to live here without feeling the ache of missing people back home. Sure, she still misses her family almost every day. She especially misses Moira Sargent. This is the longest she's ever been away from home and her mother and it hasn't always been easy. But Blue's lucky. She knows that she's lucky. Each of her raven boys are still here. As long as she has them in her life, Blue knows that she's at home.

Since it's return, Blue has spent a good amount of her time cleaning up Monmouth. She doubts that the warehouse home has ever been so clean. At least, not since Gansey had originally moved in. The big difference between the Monmouth here in Itinere and the one back in Henrietta is that this one is her home. She had moved in shortly after arriving here and has yet to move out. Even the appearance of a 300 Fox Way on one of the random blocks in town hasn't gotten her to budge. She had tried for all of one night but it's just not the same without all of the women that lived in the house with her.

So she cleans. And cooks. And continues to work her part-time job at one of the cafes downtown. She rides her bike around town and spends enough time at the beach that she suspects that she might be getting a tan. As lives go, it's not a bad one. Especially given that whole end of the world thing that nearly happened a couple of months ago. Blue's not complaining. But there's still one thing that she wishes she could do above anything else and that's kiss Richard Gansey III. Dating a boy, let alone your true love, is difficult when kissing will never be an option.

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It highlights the fact just as clearly for Blue. But she refuses to let that distract her from living her life. There are enough things that can happen back home just as easily to separate them. She'll do her best to stay here for as long as she can. Leaving the boys behind just seems wrong. She knows that Adam and Ronan have been here for longer and that it's built something between them that hadn't been there before. That's okay. If anything, it makes her feel a bit better about the way she feels about Gansey.

Selfishly, she wants them all to stay here just as much. She wants them to stay together as a group either here or in Henrietta. The place doesn't matter. What matters is that Blue has her raven boys all together.

It's not so bad biking alongside Adam. It's actually kind of nice, almost peaceful in its way. She smiles at him every now and then to reassure them both that things can go smoothly between them. When he breaks the silence, Adam's only rewarded with a bigger smile. "I've seen it. You do nice work, Adam."

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The longer they ride, the easier it gets. Whatever tension is on Adam's side starts to ease bit by bit. Maybe he needs to try to spend more time with Blue and not less. He's been backed off for awhile just because they seemed to be arguing all the time. Maybe they need to spend more time. Maybe they would argue less. Maybe arguing is okay as long as they're all together.

Although, when Blue smiles like that, Adam is reminded of how beautiful she is. Part of that beauty is that she doesn't even realize it herself. That's fine. Adam has never thought himself lovable before, not until recently, with Ronan. Blue is beautiful. Adam is lovable. The grass is green and the forest is full of trees.

"I was worried he wouldn't like it. You know, because it's not shiny or new." It's all different colors and hodge-podge parts put together. Rustic and a little dirty, like Adam is. But still, Ronan liked it.