Memories in the Rain

Chapter 1

Another School Year

Note: So I have yet another new story for you guys and I've been thinking lately that you guys really liked Behind Those Hazel Eyes. Personally, I really enjoyed writing that story for you guys and now, I'm kind of missing that feeling so I've decided to write this. Of course, it'll be a romance, but I'm going to try to put in the same love and care I did for Behind Those Hazel Eyes so I hope you guys enjoy.

Ruby and Weiss were talking together, under the protection of their umbrella. The rain was plummeting to the ground with no chance of stopping and the night sky was a dark as could be. Hand in hand, they were enjoying each other's company as they headed home from a date. Laughs were exchanged the entire walk back, but there was one thing that was on both of their minds. They couldn't bring themselves to talk about it out loud so they remained quiet. As they approached an intersection, Ruby suddenly ran into the middle of the crosswalk and opened her arms towards Weiss.

"Weiss Schnee, do you love me?!"

"What?! What are you talking about? Get out of the street. Come on."

"Nope, I'm not leaving this spot until you give me an answer."

"Ruby, stop being immature." She crossed her arms and remained where she was. Weiss was helpless. She knew what the answer was, but for some reason, she couldn't bring herself to say it to Ruby. As she looked at her, her small body was being doused by the heavy rain, but she didn't care. She waited patiently for Weiss to give her the answer she was waiting for. Finally, Weiss gave in.

"Alright, alright. Ruby Rose, I…"

Beep! Out of nowhere, a car came zooming right for Ruby. Weiss saw this and immediately cried out her name.

"Ruby, get out of the street!"

"Nope, not until you give me that answer."

"Ruby!" BEEP! Ruby opened her eyes and saw a car coming right at her. The sound of heavy brakes echoed through the entire city until it finally came to a sudden stop.

Thump thump. Thump thump. The world was blurry. Ruby couldn't make out a single thing. The rain continued to pelt her face as her hand covered her face. She didn't know what was happening. She didn't know where she was. All she could remember was the sound of her name being called in such a distraught fashion.

Beep. Beep. Beep. Click. Weiss slammed her hand down on her alarm clock as another day started up for her. She lazily flipped her blankets off of her body and fell onto the floor. She looked up at the calendar and saw that it was the day before her third year in college. She mustered all of the strength she had and got ready.

That morning wasn't anything too special. She put on her morning clothes and walked outside to get ready for her daily morning run. She stretched out her legs, and looked at her stopwatch. Right as the time read 9am, she was off.

Her morning route involved her running through the city, out into the country, and then back to her apartment. The city was always lively no matter what time of day it was. In the country, the fresh air and open land made her always feel at ease. When she returned home, for some reason, she became less joyous.

She took a shower, made breakfast, and thought about what she could do with her last free day of summer. She still didn't have many friends even though she was starting her third year of school. For her, she didn't want them. She knew that they all ended up the same so she didn't concentrate on finding friends. She simply focused on passing each semester as they come. Nothing was more important to her than that. She finished up her breakfast and grabbed her bag off of her dresser, but then suddenly, she was stopped.

It was a picture of her and Ruby together, faces pressing against each other. She immediately put her bag on the floor and grabbed the picture frame from the dresser. For some reason, she completely forgot that she had this. It's always been there, but she's never paid attention to it. As she looked at that picture, she saw how happy things used to be, how normal things used to be which made her put the picture back down. She couldn't look at it anymore. She grabbed her bag and headed out.

Her apartment was only a few minutes away from downtown so she decided to walk. She passed her school on the way there, but didn't look at it at all. The thought another tough, boring year was too much to bare so she kept her head down and kept on walking.

When she finally made into town, she stopped at a coffee shop for a little midday drink. She got her coffee and sat outside, alone. As she drank her coffee, she looked around the city for anything out of the ordinary, but nothing appeared so. Everything was the way it should be with no surprises or changes. She sighed and took another sip of her coffee when suddenly, she saw a girl running down the sidewalk. Weiss tracked her until she jumped into another person arms.

"Hey Ren."

"Hey Nora, you alright?"

"I'm wonderful." And with that, they kissed each other on the lips and walked off with their finger interlocked. Weiss quickly turned back around and sipped her coffee as loud as humanly possible. She hated stuff like that, especially out in public. But then, she thought about why she hated it. Was it because it was considered rude or was it because she can no longer embrace the one she loves anymore?

She looked down at her coffee and saw that there was still about half a cup left. She stood up and walked off. As she made her way through the streets, she saw a few people walking through town, but all of them, looked as dead as she felt. The town itself was a great town, but for Weiss, it didn't always feel that way.

The further she walked into town, the more she saw. She eventually came across a store that caught her attention. From the outside, she saw a cute red hoodie and immediately thought about Ruby and how this was exactly her kind of thing. She shook her head and put her hand against the window, blocking her view of the hoodie.

"Hey Weiss!" She looked up to see a couple of her classmates. One blond and the other redhead.

"Hey Jaune. Hey Pyrrha."

Jaune Arc, a third year just like Weiss. He wasn't super intelligent, but he wasn't a complete airhead. He could do something worth mentioning when he was absolutely forced to. His grades were so-so, but his attitude was off the charts. He was always happy and cheerful, no matter what the occasion. Weiss met him in one of her GE classes her freshman year and ever since then, she's considered him an acquaintance of hers.

Pyrrha Nikos, another third year like Weiss. She was something else. She was incredibly smart and super athletic. All of her classes were high-level recommendation classes and she was the team captain of the school's track and field team. Her grades were absolutely flawless. Weiss has never seen her get something less than an A-. Her attitude was always optimistic. She was such a bright and genuine person that it always made Weiss feel better whenever she was with her. However, she never made the effort to hang out with her when she didn't need to. Now, Weiss has been caught in a situation that she can't avoid quite easily.

"What are you doing here?"

"Oh, I was just trying to find something fun to do before school starts back up. You know what school does to us."

"Right. School is a pain. I'm surprised I'm still here." Pyrrha put her hand on his shoulder.

"I think we all are, Jaune."

"Hey, come one. When I need to, I can pretty smart you know."

"Okay, whatever." As the two them started to throw down, Weiss slowly crept further and further away from them until she was stopped yet again. "Oh yeah, if you don't have anything to do today Weiss, we were going to check the freshman lineup and try to get a head start on recruiting people for our commoner's club. You wanna come with us?" There was nothing she could do. She already admitted to them that she was doing anything else so she had to accept their offer.

Once things were decided, the three of them made their way to the college where they searched for the freshman lineup on the auditorium entrance. The list only included names and majors, but Jaune and Pyrrha were determined to find some hopeful candidates to fill in their open spaces.

Jaune and Pyrrha developed the commoner's club as a way to get to know people who attend the college. It's a nice and friendly way of making friends and somehow, Weiss found herself in that club her sophomore year. As the two of them were vigorously examining the list, Weiss was leaning against a nearby column, looking around the school. Because it was still summer, the campus was pretty empty, except for the few freshman trying to find their way around the school.

Minutes went by and the two of them were still going at it. By now, Weiss was getting a little restless. She was starting to wonder why she didn't just say no. She sighed and continued to look around the school when suddenly, a lone student came into her line of sight. It was a girl. She was small with a red hoodie on which caused Weiss to get off of the column she was leaning on. She took a step forward to see if it would improve her vision, but the girl already disappeared from sight. Weiss stuck her arm up and called to her softly.

"W-Wait." Her arm fell back and slapped against her leg. Was that who I think it was? It couldn't have been, could it?

"Alright, I think that's good for now. It wasn't really helpful, but we kind of got a sense of who these freshman are." Weiss turned around.

"Did you really?"

"Of course we did." Jaune crossed his arms and presented a very manly aura towards Weiss, but she didn't buy it. "Alright, we really didn't. We just wrote down names who we thought might be good."

"Right. Well, I'm gonna head home. I'll hopefully see you guys tomorrow, alright?"

"Okay, see you later." Weiss waved to them and they waved back as she left campus and walked home as the sun started to set.

During her walk, she was constantly thinking about that girl she saw walking through campus. She was obviously a freshman. She had a map in hand and looked completely lost. If it was who she thought it was, could it be possible that she might remember her. It's been 3 years since she's seen Ruby and the incident definitely made things harder for Weiss to visit her. However, she couldn't think about it anymore. She got home and immediately flushed those thoughts down the toilet. She didn't want to preoccupy her mind on things that didn't matter to her.

She plopped onto the couch and turned on the TV. As always, there was nothing good on so Weiss turned off her ears and just stared at the ceiling. She was soon going to be a junior in college and now, she was thinking that something was bound to happen to her soon. Something, anything; one thing that would make her life feel like her life had purpose again.

As the sun set, the night sky started to fill her apartment with darkness. She didn't bother turning on the lights or getting ready for bed. She simply set her alarm for tomorrow and crashed on her couch, thinking about wonders that await being a junior in college.

End of Chapter 1

Ending Note: So this story literally just came to me so I haven't really gotten very far into. However, I'm gonna try to update this story often. Right now, it'll probably be every Tuesday because I really want to spend time on this piece and make sure it's something that can maybe compare to Behind Those Hazel Eyes. Aside from the boring, I hope you guys enjoyed the story and I hope to hear from you guys on what you think of it so far.