High school was always tough for a particular girl named Ruby Rose. Ruby was a spectacular student, she always had straight A's, with a B every once and a while, The actual school portion of going to Beacon wasn't so hard, it was the social. With idiotic brutes bursting out with some immature saying they heard on Vine, prissy girls running the hallway, and the stress of trying to fit in but trying not to get noticed. High school is tough for anyone, but it always feels harder on people like Ruby.
Luckily for Ruby, classes were beginning today!
"Ruby! It's time to get up! You're officially a sophomore!" Yang decided to sing the last part.
"Great, my second year of high school starts today. Just this year, and two after that, not so bad right?" Ruby thought, trying to lift her spirits.
Ruby stretched for a while before dragging her almost lifeless body out of bed. She quickly put on a pair of dark red pajama bottoms and a white tank top. Stepping out of her room, Ruby's nose was filled with the welcoming smell of bacon. To her surprise, Yang was up before the younger sister and she was… cooking?
"Yang? Why are you up so early?" Ruby was genuinely curious to why the brawler was in such a good mood.
"Well dear sister, its the first day of my Senior year, and I want to start it off right!" Yang exclaimed.
"Oh right. Yang graduates this year, she is sooo lucky." Ruby walked over to the stove where she found the source of the delicious smelling food. Yang was cooking scrambled eggs and side of bacon, the smell was truly heavenly.
"C'mon Rubes, grab a plate than hop in the shower alright? I already took mine, so don't worry about saving hot water." Ruby followed the blondes orders and quickly grabbed a plate. Before Yang could finish cooking her own eggs, Ruby finished her meal.
"Yang, do I have to go? Can I just stay home and sleep today? Nothing ever happens on the first day of school!" Ruby begged. Yang knew the small girl hated school, and felt quite bad for her.
"Sorry Ruby, thats not my call. And since Uncle Qrow went to work early today, it looks like you can't ask him. Sorry Rubes." Yang said apologetically.
"Alright…" With that Ruby walked back to the bathroom, head hung low. Quickly turning on the water, the room began to fill with steam and Ruby quickly hopped under the stream of warm water. This was probably the only part of her morning she enjoyed, the water was almost therapeutic. After quickly washing up, Ruby stepped out, dried herself off, brushed her teeth, and was just about ready to go.
Running a brush through her hair, Ruby collected all her items into her bag, and was just about ready to go. "Three more years, just three short years, and then your done! Three more years..""C'mon Ruby! We're leaving, we don't want to be late!" Yang yelled from the door. Ruby strolled out of her room to find Yang leaning against the door frame.
"You ready?" Yang questioned.
"I'm as ready as I'll ever be…" Ruby answered pathetically.
Opening the door, then early morning sun felt good on Ruby's face. The sun rise was truly beautiful, making the day slightly better. Both girls piled into the old car before quickly pulling out of the driveway. The ride carried a comfortable silence between the two girls, Ruby was content to just look out of the window and dream about coming home today. Once they pulled up to the school, Ruby's stomach churned. "Welcome back…"
Yang quickly maneuvered the small car into a parking space and the two girls quickly stepped out. Both girls walked up to the front entrance of the school, Beacon Academy, sprawled across the top of the building.
Yang reached towards Ruby's head, ruffling the smaller girl's hair. "It'll be okay Ruby, the day will be over before you know it!" Yang said excitedly. Ruby couldn't but help feel a little better. She knew Yang was trying her hardest to keep Ruby happy.
"I know Yang. Lets do this." Ruby pushed open the door and the entered the school. Long lines were being formed for all the students to pick up their schedules. Yang quickly spotted a few friends and called them over.
"Pyrrha! Nora! Ren! Over here!" The group noticed the boisterous girl in the large crowed and shoved their way to her. "How are you!? I barely saw you three all summer!"
"Its a true pleasure to see you again Yang!" Pyrrha said gracefully.
"Its good to see you too Yang" Ren stated.
"YANG! I MISSED YOU!" Nora wrapped the tall girl in a giant hug and spun her around as if Yang was half of Nora's size.
"Nora… losing… oxygen." Yang squeezed out.
"I just learned from the best is all!" Nora said with a cheesey grin plastered on her face. Yang was glad to see her friends again, it truly had been a long time since seeing them.
"Ruby! How are you doing?" Pyrrha asked. Ruby always liked Pyrrha the best out of all of Yang's friends. She was almost the polar opposite of Yang, and Ruby appreciated that sometimes.
"I'm good Pyrrha, thanks for asking" Ruby answered with a smile. When the girl looked ahead, she realized she was at the front of the line.
"Last name please." A fox faunas said quite cheerfully. It was one of the many staff members that worked at Beacon.
"Oh sorry, uh, Rose. Ruby Rose"
"Here you are, you're locker will be straight ahead, then take a left. Have a great first day!"
"Thank you, you too!" Ruby began the short walk to her locker, quickly passing the freshman's lockers. The hallway already reeked of desperation and cheap body spray. Another ten steps, the smell changed to something out of a horror movie. "God, was I this bad last year!?"
Once Ruby tracked down her locker, she took out all of her notebooks and put them on the tallest shelf. She needed to get on her tippy toes to reach it, but it didn't bug her too much. "Great, now I have time to burn until my first class, maybe I'll just wait in there… Yeah, that works, I can just scribble in my notebook or something."
Ruby was the the third person to be seated in her class. There were two other girls who were sitting with each other, talking about some horror story show they saw on TV last night. The class slowly started to file in until one girl imparticular caught Ruby's eye. The girl had white hair, and vibrant blue eyes. Ruby was awestruck by the beauty of this girl, and was glad the white haired girl didn't catch her staring. Since most of the seats were taken, the girl had very limited options to where she could sit, and slowly made her way to Ruby.
"Is this seat taken? I really need somewhere to sit." The girl asked politely.
"Uh, of course, yeah." Ruby somehow managed to give the girl an answer, despite her heart pumping like an engine. Ruby was never this nervous, maybe because she didn't really care about other people too much, but for some reason, Ruby already really liked this girl.
"My name is Weiss, I'm pleased to meet you."
"Ruby, nice to meet you too!" Ruby said smiling. This was the first time all day she genuinely smiled, and she loved every second of it. "Weiss, thats a really gorgeous name, I guess it fits the girl. God, I hope I don't screw this up. Who knows, maybe she even swings the same way I do, but lets not get ahead of ourselves."
"You're new here right?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah, I went to Signal last year, but I was very unpleased with the school, so here I am." Weiss answered. "I like this school better already, I actually like that it is smaller than Signal, it makes it much easier to get from class to class."
"Heh, yeah are school is pretty small, but if you ever need help finding a class just find me!" Ruby said. "Even though its small, it can be kinda confusing your first few days, trust me."
With this, a small smile crossed Weiss's face. "At least I didn't sit next to some brute, she seems very friendly. Who knows, maybe she can be one of my first friends! Lets not get ahead of ourselves though." Weiss thought.
Class started once the teacher entered the class. Before he said anything, the stout man turned to the board and wrote his name: Professor Port, covered the top left corner of the board.
"Welcome to Biology! I hope everyone had a good night's sleep and is ready for their first day of school on this fine morning!" The man boomed.
With that the class seemed to fly by, neither Weiss or Ruby shared any words with one another. Both focused on what the man was saying, the silence wasn't unwanted at all, rather appreciated. The bell finally rang to release the class.
"Remember, get the course syllabus signed for your first grade and I'll see you tomorrow!" The short man echoed.
"Oh Weiss, I forgot to ask, what grade are you in? I might see you in some other classes sometime today." Ruby stuttered out.
"I'm a second year student"
"Sweet! You're a sophomore just like me! Welp, hopefully I see you later in the day!" With that Ruby clutched her notebook to her chest and began the very short walk to her locker.
"Maybe school won't be so bad this year…"
AN: Hey everybody! I finally wrote again, and I actually really enjoyed writing this, mainly because I relate to a whole lot of this. I am going to try to update at least once a week, but no promises okay? Sometimes life gets a little in the way. Favorite and Review if you enjoyed! Constructive criticism is always welcome as well!
~Rudy