Author's Note: Sorry for not updating at all during the week. It was spring break, and I was hoping to get some writing done. Of course I didn't though. Anyway, here is the next installment in the White Rose story. I don't know how long I'm going to keep this going, so just stay tuned, and hopefully there will be a new chapter every other day or so. And don't forget to check out my other work-in-progress, "RWBY Chronicles."

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Weiss

She didn't have long to wait for her opportunity. The very next day, as she was making her way back to the dorm from a class, she noticed that Blake and Yang were just leaving. Thinking that she would be alone for the hour until her next class, she entered the room and threw her bookbag down onto a chair.

"Ow! Hey, watch it!" Exclaimed a very surprised Ruby Rose.

Weiss jumped at the sound of her voice suddenly sounding in the room.

"Oh, Ruby! What are you doing here? Don't you have class?" Weiss sat down on her bed and faced Ruby, looking directly into her eyes. If she didn't focus on something, she wouldn't be able sit there without blushing.

"Professor Ooblek decided that we could use a day off to study for our exam. So I came here to hang out for the next hour or so."

"Oh. Yeah, that's a good idea." Weiss looked away from Ruby, trying not to act too suspicious.

This is my chance. I may never have another one. I have to take it now. But what if it turns out bad? I mean, what are the odds that she would even like me? I was so mean to her at the beginning of the year, that it's no wonder she doesn't really pay attention to me.

Weiss decided that she needed to be cunning, and had to be subtle with the younger girl. She turned to Ruby, trying all she could not to blush.

"So, Ruby? I have a quick question for you."

"Yeah, what is it?" Ruby didn't even look up from the book she was reading.

"Would you consider us to be friends? I mean, we didn't get along very well in the beginning, but have things changed?" She felt like she was walking on a fragile path here.

Ruby looked up from her book. "Yeah, Weiss, I would say so. I mean, we have been teammates together for almost six months now. How could we not be friends?" Ruby started looking at Weiss questioningly.

Well, at least that's been established.

"Tell me, Ruby," Began Weiss. "Have you ever had a crush on someone?"

Now Ruby began to blush. Her face was almost as red as her cloak.

"Yes, why do ask?"

"Do you have a crush on that person now?"

Against all odds, Ruby's face got even redder.

"I might. What's your point?"

Now be slow. You don't want to reveal yourself too quickly.

"Well, I kind have a crush on someone right now too." Now it was Weiss' turn to blush. Her face turned as red as the lining on the inside of her coat.

"Okay, why are you telling me this?" Ruby sat up a little straighter in her chair, the color slowly leaving her face now that the subject had been changed.

"I think you might know them." Said Weiss, struggling to keep her focus on Ruby while not making it seem too obvious.

"Okay, what's his name?" Asked Ruby.

Yes, his. Let's just let her think that for a little while.

"I'd rather not say right now. I want to see if you know, uh, him."

"Well, what's he look like?" Asked Ruby, now getting a little annoyed.

"He's a little shorter than I am, with short, dark hair that has red highlights on the ends. He likes to wear black and red a lot, with a—," Weiss almost said cloak, but she thought that would be too obvious. "A cape. A red one." She looked at Ruby directly in the eyes. "And he as silver eyes."

At this, Ruby froze up a little, and just started looking around, avoiding Weiss' gaze. Gathering up her books, she stood up and began making her way to the door.

"Nope, doesn't sound familiar. Can't say I've seen anyone around here like that. Well, I need to go the library for some…extra research. I'll talk to you later, Weiss."

At that, Ruby exited the room, not looking back. Weiss watched her go, mesmerized by the motion of her skirt.

Oh yeah, she got it. I just hope that she doesn't take it the wrong way.

Ruby

Ruby was taken aback by the sudden approach by Weiss.

Does she know? She must. My reaction was way too over the top.

Now she was confused, and had a final decision to make. Would she tell Weiss how she felt about her? Or would she have to put her down, and never speak to her again?

Ruby decided that the best thing to do would be to talk to Yang about it. She didn't know how Yang would react to hearing that her younger sister was in love with a girl, let alone the "Ice Princess" as they were fond of calling her.

She knew that Yang would be just getting out of Professor Port's class, so she made her way toward the classroom.

She arrived at the same time that Yang was exiting the classroom.

"Hey, Ruby. How's it going?" Yang called out to her younger sister.

"Well, I don't know. Something happened that I'm a little confused about."

"Well, what is it?" Asked Yang, sitting down on a bench that was against the wall in the hallway. "Sit down and tell me."

Ruby sat down, and started thinking about how she would approach the situation.

"Yang, Weiss found me alone in the room earlier, and she started asking me some strange questions."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well, she started off by asking me if I had a crush on someone." Started Ruby, beginning to blush a little.

"I can tell that you do have a crush on someone. Who is it? Come on, tell me!" Said Yang, as she jokingly punched Ruby on the arm.

"But that's just the problem! Let me explain. She told me that she also had a crush on someone here at the school. She said that I would know who it was. She wouldn't tell me who it was, so she started explaining what he looked like. But at one point, she looked directly at me, and told me that he had silver eyes, just like me. How many people do you know at this school that has silver eyes?"

"Well, no one. That's one of the things that makes you really unique."

"That's what I was thinking. Yang, I think she was talking about me. I think Weiss has a crush on me."

Yang just started laughing. She was laughing so hysterically that a few passing students went out of their way to not get too close to the pair.

"Oh, Sis, that's ridiculous! You don't think that's really true, do you?"

Ruby just started blushing. Not from embarrassment, but from anger instead. She knew it was true. It had to be true. Why else would Weiss specifically talk to Ruby about it alone? But the worst part was, now she didn't know how she could tell her sister about her true feelings about Weiss.

"Hmmph. Now I can't even tell you what the worst part of it is. You'd think it would be even more ridiculous."

Wiping a few tears from her eyes, Yang looked at her younger sister with a grin on her face.

"Oh, what could be even worse than that? You really are good at telling stories, Ruby."

"It's not a story! The worst part, is that I have a crush on her too."

Now Yang literally fell to the floor, laughing so hard, that she couldn't breathe.

"Oh, oh, please, stop! You're killing me!" Said Yang between gulps of air. "You have a crush on the Ice Princess!? You guys don't even get along very well!"

"I can see that you're no help." Said Ruby, standing up and crossing her arms. She left her sister there rolling around on the floor.

I guess the only thing to do now, is to talk directly to Weiss about it.