Memories in the Rain

Chapter 2

A New School Years Begins

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The alarm blared through her apartment and she slowly shut it off. Her eyes cracked open slowly and saw the small light of the morning sun breaching through the curtains. She sat up and stretched out her arms. Another school year was finally here so it was finally time to get back to work. She changed into her morning clothes and went on her daily jog. When she returned, she did her usual daily routine and packed for school.

Her first day wasn't too bad. She had two classes in a row in the morning which only meant that she had the rest of the day to herself. She threw her bag over her shoulder and walked out of her apartment.

Immediately, she noticed a huge flood of people walking towards the school. Figures since it was the first day of school. As she walked through the huge crowd, she was thinking that she should have left earlier to avoid such a hassle. When she made it to the school gates, there were student staff welcoming everyone back to another fine year of school. Weiss wasn't too against school, but she found it incredible that those people could be so cheerful about it. She quickly made her way to her first class and took a seat randomly.

No one she knew was in that class so her seat location didn't matter. As long as she could hear the professor, it didn't matter. Her first class was a public speaking class which correlated with her communication major.

Exactly on time, her professor walked through the door and projected himself clearly throughout the lecture hall. He was an average looking man with a huge voice. However, the way he spoke kept Weiss interested. He didn't have that typical tone that most professors had. He varied his speech as well as staying active while being on stage. He talked about the course standards and future assignments that they'll have to do. That was the one thing Weiss wasn't too happy about. During the semester, they were expected to give two speeches about any topic of their choice and Weiss isn't too fond on public speaking, yet.

Once class was over, she headed off to her next class. As she walked towards the door, she heard a familiar voice call her name. She turned around slowly and saw Pyrrha walking towards her.

"Hey Weiss, you have this class too?" She nodded her head. "Let's sit together."

"Sure." They walked in together and were immediately surprised. The classroom was small with very few people in it. She checked her schedule and noticed that this was a high-level major class so it kind of made sense that there were so few many people there. They took their seats and waited for their professor.

A few minutes later, she walked in and had an intimidating aura. She was loud and direct with nothing friendly about her voice. She explained everything that was going to covered that semester and the tension in the room was incredible. Everyone was shaking and thinking about what kind of hell they've gotten themselves into. On the other hand, Pyrrha was totally on-board with it all. After class was dismissed, Weiss and Pyrrha walked out together.

"Man, that class is definitely gonna be a handful."

"Ch, give me a break. You'll pass just fine. I've never heard you complain a class being hard ever since I met you. You're just trying to make me feel good."

"Well Weiss, college isn't meant to be easy."

"I know. It's not that it's hard. It's just so time consuming, not like I really do anything else besides from school stuff."

"Then what are you worried about nothing?" She sighed.

"Nothing."

"That's right." They walked down the hall together until Pyrrha checked the time and saw that it was approaching noon. "Oh hey, I gotta run. Jaune and I are gonna do some preparations for the Commoner's meeting coming up. You wanna join in?"

"Nah, I'm good. I think I'm gonna walk around the campus for a bit. Re-familiarize myself with the whole place. I might find something interesting to do."

"Alrighty then, don't work yourself too hard," she said as she pushed her fist into Weiss' shoulder.

"Shut up. Just get out of here." She brushed Pyrrha's fist off of her and pushed her away in the other direction.

"Alright, see ya." She waved good bye and ran off to the club room. As she was left alone, she began to think about what she wanted to do for the day. She didn't really want to head back home already, but there was really no one she could hang out with. She dropped her head and continued to walk through the halls. As she turned the corner, she was immediately knocked to the ground by another passerby.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. I wasn't look…" She stopped talking. The person she bumped into caught her attention. That person was small and wearing a red hoodie. They didn't say anything and kept their head down. Weiss grabbed their book and handed it to them. "Here you go. I'm so sorry about that." The person grabbed the book, stood up, and walked off. As they stood up, Weiss caught a quick glance of who was underneath the hoodie. At first, it looked like Ruby, but then Weiss quickly threw that idea out the window. It couldn't be. She brought herself back up and continued to roam the campus.

After a while, Weiss started to grow hungry and decided to find the nearest place to grab a bight to eat. The school offered many good places to eat so it wasn't hard at all at finding somewhere to eat. She got her food and walked out into the eating area. She looked around, but didn't see a single seat available. Her eyes spanned the place and saw someone sitting all by themselves.

Should I introduce myself and try to get a seat? Should I just wait for an available table? I don't wanna stand here like an idiot. Well, I guess that settles it. She started to walk towards that person sitting alone when they came into full view. They were wearing a red hoodie and had the same book Weiss handed to that one person a while ago. Her eyes widened and she took a deep breath.

"Hi, do you mind if I join you."

"Go ahead." Their voice was soft and hard to make out. Weiss slowly took a seat, still trying to figure out who this person was.

"Um, are you a freshman?" They nodded their head. That wasn't the response Weiss was trying to get at, but she tried not to be pushy. She wasn't good at meeting new people so she had to take this at the only pace she knew, and that was slow. "What's your major?"

"Engineering."

"Wow, that's some pretty intense stuff. So you like all that hands-on stuff then?" They nodded their head. The more she tried to keep a conversation with this person, the more she knew that she wasn't going to get anywhere with them. She turned silent and went back to her food. As they were eating their food in silence, a couple of guys walked by them and pulled down their hood.

"Hey, no hoods inside loser. Haha."

"Haha, good one man." Right as the hood came off, Weiss dropped her fork and was speechless. She sat there silently, while looking at the floor. Weiss, on the other hand, didn't know what to do. She couldn't move or get a word out to her. Then suddenly, she stood up and grabbed her things.

"I had fun. We should have lunch again sometime." She smiled and walked off. Weiss gasped. That smile, that voice; she knew who that person was.

"Ruby?" She stood up with the intent to pursue her, but a huge crowd of people stood up from their tables and blocked the walkways. Weiss swayed her head and jumped around, trying to keep track of her, but it was no use. She disappeared and there was no way of following her. She sat back down in confusion.

Ruby? What are you doing here? Did you know I was going here? Wait, there was no way she would know that. That incident ruined everything so why am I still thinking about? Weiss tilted her head back and sighed as she looked up at the ceiling.

"What an interesting first day this has been, huh?" She finished up her food and threw it away. She walked outside and saw that it was still bright as day outside. She looked around and nothing caught her attention so she decided to head home.

When she got home, she dropped her things on the ground and immediately walked to the bathroom. She turned on the shower and let the steam from the hot water fill up the room. She took off her clothes and stepped into the shower. As she stood there motionless, her mind was racing. She was still thinking about that girl. She was small, just like Ruby. She was wearing a red hoodie, just like Ruby. Her was hair was just like Ruby. There was no doubt that that was her. So now, what do I do? I can't just go up to her and be like, hey, we were dating, you wanna resume. She pressed her head against the wall of the shower in frustration as the bathroom continued to fill up with steam. Weiss was so confused. Of all the things that could happen to her, she ended up meeting her oldest friend in college. She finally got over this little scenario and finished up her shower.

Once that was done, she prepared some dinner and went right off to bed. Since it was the first day of school, she didn't have to worry about homework and she knew that sleep was going to become scarce as the year goes on. She slipped underneath the sheets and turned off the lights.

As she laid there, wide awake as could be, her eyes never left the ceiling. She kept staring at it, hoping something would come to mind, but it was useless. Right as she was about to fall asleep from boredom, he phone buzzed from a text message.

"Hey Weiss, our first Commoner's meeting is tomorrow if you wanna come by and introduce yourself. Jaune and I met some pretty interesting people today so we're hoping that they show up tomorrow. If you got plans, we completely understand. Anyway, I'll let you go for the night. Hopefully see you there tomorrow."

Hmm. What did she mean by interesting people? Could she have met Ruby? She immediately pressed her palms against her forehead. Come on Weiss, stop thinking about it. There's no use it doing so. Those memories are gone and you can never get them back so just stop. You have too many things to worry about to keep thinking about the past. That's why it's called the past. She put her phone down and fell asleep, thinking about if she should go to the meeting.

End of Chapter 2