Chapter 1: The B Word

Weiss was tired, but she couldn't fall asleep. She lie in her bed, simply staring at the bunk above her. She knew that Ruby was up there, fast asleep. Weiss worried about her. Her bunk was attached to the roof via ropes, and she had put up a little curtain around the bed. She wanted to tell Ruby to fix her bed, but she didn't. She didn't want to come off as a bitch. Weiss hated that word. She hated that word all her life. All her life she was called that word by her classmates, right to her face. Even her old teachers used the word behind their backs. Her father would just let it happen, too. Only after Weiss had ran away for the tenth time did her father do anything about it. Ever since then she had been taught in private.

Weiss dreaded the thought of Ruby thinking she was a bitch. She didn't know how to act any other way. All her private teachers were way too hard on her, and it rubbed off. She just acted the way she was taught to. Act like a lady, don't look back, don't cry, don't slump your shoulders, keep your knees bent slightly. All these pointless rules were drilled into her head. She remembered when she was a preteen. Her mother noticed her changing and told her that no matter what would happen, her mother would find the perfect man for her. The perfect man that would benefit her fathers job partnerships. The perfect 'man'. Why did it have to be a man?

Weiss liked Ruby, that much is true. She also didn't care about what her parents would think. If she loved a woman, she loved a woman. There was nothing her parents could do about it. Weiss was conflicted, however. She didn't know if she loved Ruby or not. She enjoyed being around her. She had to wait a bit longer before she made any decisions.

She flashed back to the day she decided to run away for the first time, she was young, around six or seven. She remembered the face her father made at her. That uncaring glare.

"I hate you dad!"

"Good for you."

"I'm going away! You can't do anything about it!"

"You won't last a day."

"You don't know that!"

"You can't do anything for yourself, you will be back within an hour."

She remembered her face getting red.

"Goodbye dad! I hate you!"

Sure enough, her father was right. She was hungry and tired, and she enjoyed her bed. She cried the next morning, after the beating her father gave her for trying to run away. Her mother tried to get him to stop, but he just hit her with the back of his hand, calling her the b word. Weiss knew that as soon as she got the chance she would leave her family behind, and Beacon was her gateway to that goal. She knew that this school would let her be the person her parents wouldn't allow her to be, starting with ruining her fathers future with the woman she loves.

She decided that woman would be Ruby, since she was the first one who tried to open up to her. She decided that would be her future. She grinned.

AN: Welcome back guys! Or hello, if this is the first time you are reading my work. I hope that this story can satisfy you red snow fans. (Just in case you wonder or care, this story takes place before my first story)

Fun fact: This chapter was written while listening to the RT podcast.