The meeting was taking forever, Weiss sighed irritably as the man continued on to drone on about this year's profit gain. She could truly not care less about how her father's company was faring; she was only here to be a figurehead for the company, at least until her father retired. Her sister, winter was the one who did all of the work anyway. Weiss was drawn from her sulking when her phone buzzed quietly in her small white purse. A message from Ruby lighting up her screen, "Hey Weiss wanna go to lunch with blake and I?" She smiled softly, any reprieve from this meeting would be gladly accepted. "Of course, where at?" Weiss waited a few moments lit up once more "Neptunes, we'll be there in 5 minutes or so. See you there." Weiss excused herself from the meeting due to a 'very important call'. She quickly made her way to her white camaro; Weiss wanted something a little safer than a camaro, like a Jetta but as soon as Yang saw the camaro she was sold and refused to look at any other car. Thinking about Yang sent a pang of sadness through Weiss' heart, looking down at the white gold band on her finger she sighed wistfully and got in the car.
Driving through the city Weiss looked at all of the festive lights decorating the streets and lamp posts, with christmas being next week everyone was in full holiday cheer mode. Weiss rolled her eyes at all the christmas joy, she had never been a fan of the winter holiday. But ever since she met Ruby, Blake and Yang the holiday became something worth celebrating. Lately though she was feeling empty whenever a holiday would roll around, you could only distract yourself with work for so long. It had been over four years now since Yang joined the military and was shipped off to god knows where, She called and wrote every time she got the chance but it did little to help fill the void of her not being there anymore. Wiping a tear off her cheek she pulled into the parking lot of Neptune's. Walking in she spotted Ruby and Blake sitting at a table nestled in the corner, they were talking amongst themselves when /ruby spotted Weiss and started waving to frantically. "Hey Weiss! Over Here!" Weiss shook her head and walked over to the table. Blake was smiling and shaking her head. "I'm pretty sure she had seen us before you yelled Ruby." Ruby gave a sheepish grin but said nothing. As Weiss sat down the waiter came over and took their orders, after the trio ordered their food the man nodded politely and made his way back to the kitchen.
Blake was the first to break the silence, "So Weiss how has work been treating you?" Weiss scoffed tersely and took a sip of her red wine. "If you can call sitting in an unpleasantly cramped room for hours on end while pretending to care about countless speeches and meetings work." Blake cocked a brow and Ruby gave her a sympathetic look. "That bad huh?" Weiss sighed "You've no idea! It's so boring and monotonous, they don't even need me there! But my father insists that I be a part of the 'family business'." Putting air quotes around the last part she slumped down in her chair. Blake nodded giving her a reassuring look. "Sounds rough, but remember you still have the two of us there for you when things get a bit too hectic." Weiss smiled and thanked the black haired girl. Ruby was about to say something when she was cut off by the sound of a News channel's opening, the three girls looked over at the wall mounted TV just as the newscaster was talking to a live reporter. "How are you doing out there Neo?" The reporter, named Neo apparently was walking through a bright sandy area with several heavily armored cars and a cargo jet in the background. There were several men and women in desert camo carrying out large crates from the back of the jet. The reporter smiled and motioned towards the soldiers and the jet before saying "It would seem that christmas came early for the troops of Bravo company, behind me is a Supply plane filled with different holiday items, spanning from gifts to food. These soldiers seem overjoyed that they got some of that holiday cheer."
Weiss looked away from the TV slowly, her hand subconsciously running over her wedding ring. Ruby and Blake looked at each other then back to Weiss. "How is Yang doing?" Asked Blake. Weiss looked up, surprised by the question. "She said that she was doing okay the last time that we talked, said she missed everyone." Weiss smiled sadly before taking another large drink of wine. Frowning, Ruby asked "Weiss, would you like to spend Christmas with us? It would be nice, just like we used to." Weiss smiled and nodded "I'd like that a lot, thank you." Blake and Ruby smiled happily, glad to see their friend look happy again. The rest of lunch went by in a blur, with Weiss drinking way too much wine, Blake drove Weiss home after telling Ruby she'd be home afterward. After they got to the penthouse Blake carried Weiss inside and laid her down on the couch with Weiss giggling about something. Blake smiled and put a blanket over her friend, stopping in the doorway she sighed. "I hope Yang comes home soon, Weiss can't take much more of this." the door slid shut with a click.