The next day at school Ruby stood on the hallway leaning her head on her locker thinking about her lab partner. "She was staring right back at me." Ruby thought. "Maybe I had food stuck in my teeth, or a bulging pimple." At this thought Ruby quickly pulled out her cellphone and scanned her reflection in the screen for any blemishes. Relieved there were none, she slipped her phone back in her pocket and leaned her head back on her locker once again lost in thought.
"Morning Ruby." Jaune greeted waving at the red haired girl. No response came from her, she gazed at the floor oblivious to any outside contact.
"Heeelloo Earth to Ruby, are you there?" Jaune said waving his hand in front of Ruby's face.
"Huh? Oh hey Jaune what's up?" Ruby said jumping at the sudden presence of Jaune.
"You okay?" Jaune asked with a hint of concern in his voice. "You were staring at the floor for no reason."
"Hmm? Yeah I'm fine, totally fine, no need to worry about me, cause I'm perfectly fine." Ruby answered quickly.
"Alright then." Jaune said raising an eyebrow brushing off Ruby's strange behavior. "So how was your first day at school?"
"It was… unique."
"Meet anyone interesting?"
"Uuummm."
"Except for me of course."
"What do you know about Weiss Schnee?" Ruby asked hoping for some information.
"All I know is that she's student body president." Jaune contemplated. "Although I hear she doesn't play well with others."
"Oh." Ruby uttered in a sad voice.
"Why do you care? Unless..." Jaune realizing the whole picture. "You LIKE her!"
"What?! N-no I don't..." Ruby defended blushing a bright shade of red.
"Oh this is too good." Jaune held his stomach from laughter.
"Y-you meanie!" Ruby shouted slight tears welling up at her eyes.
"Hey Rubes what's wrong?"
Ruby and Jaune turned to see a tall, slightly muscular blonde girl looking at Ruby with a concerned expression. Her bright yellow stretched to her lower back. She glanced at Jaune who was stifling his laughter and back to Ruby.
"Are you being bullied?" The blonde girl asked.
"Huh? OH yes this guy's being so mean to me boohoohoo…" Ruby said pretending to be hurt and sad.
"You…" The blonde girl said cracking her knuckles. "How DARE you bully my sweet and precious Ruby?!" She grabbed Jaune by the collar and slammed him at the lockers.
"No no no wait this is just a misunderstanding!" Jaune pleaded with his life. "Ruby tell her!"
Jaune's attacker held up her fist, ready to clock him square in the face. Ruby held back her arm, motioning for her to let go.
"Yang you can let go now, I just wanted to spook him a bit." Ruby admitted drying her tears from before. The brawler let go of Jaune, looking irritated at Ruby.
"I was going to punch him in the face you know."
"Yes Yang I know, and that's why I love you." Ruby said embracing her in a hug.
"Love you too Rubes." Yang said returning Ruby's embrace.
"What the hell was that?!" Jaune almost shouted angrily glaring at the two girls.
"Oh I'm Ruby's older sister Yang." She explained. "I kinda thought you were bullying my baby sister so I was gonna knock you out but it turns out it was a misunderstanding and…"
"Okay okay I get it." Jaune interrupted. "I'm gonna get to class, see you later Ruby."
"You think he's still pissed at me?" Yang asked. Ruby shrugged in response, getting books from her locker.
Jaune aimlessly walked to his homeroom, he turned the corner crashing into what seemed like someone strangely familiar.
"This day just keeps getting more interesting." Jaune thought to himself when the back of his head met the floor, denting his skull. After everything had calmed down, he slowly got up still disoriented from him hitting his head.
"Oh my gosh I'm so sorry are you hurt?"
"No I'm JUST." Jaune saw who he was talking to and immediately switched gears. "Uhh I'm fine, perfectly fine, just fine, yep I'm all good." Directly in front of him was the girl he had a crush on, Pyrrah Nikos.
"Are you sure?" She asked in a concerned tone. "It looks pretty bad." She reached around Jaune's head and as soon as her hand made contact he winced in agonizing pain.
"Come on you need to see the nurse." Pyrrah commanded grabbing Jaune's hand leading him to the infirmary.
"Holy shit this day is pretty damn interesting." Jaune thought to himself holding back a blush and a bulging crotch. The two made their way to the nurse's office, Jaune sat down on one of the beds while Pyrrah fetched an ice pack.
"Here." Pyrrah said handing the ice pack over to Jaune. "Again, sorry for not watching where I was going."
"Nah it's cool I wasn't paying attention." Jaune said holding the ice pack behind his head, cringing at the sudden cold. His eyes fluttered, struggling to stay awake. Consciousness slowly drifting away, he was immediately snapped awake by a blaring air horn.
"Pyrrah if you're going to give someone a concussion please make sure they don't fall asleep."
"Oh thanks Weiss, although I don't think it's that severe." Jaune then puked in the trashcan immediately proving her wrong. Weiss walked over to the medicine cabinet, grabbed some Tylenol and handed it to Pyrrah.
"If he's in pain have him take some of this." Weiss explained. "Also you should stay here and keep an eye on him for the rest of the day." Jaune sure as hell wasn't drifting off to sleep anymore after he heard that.
Lunch rolled around and everyone was at the usual table except for Jaune.
"What happened to Jaune?" Ruby asked. "Is he alright?"
"Oh he's more than alright." Nora mused. "In fact he's having the time of his life." Ruby looked at Nora with a confused expression, no clue what she was talking about.
"He bumped into Pyrrah and got a concussion so she's keeping an eye on him for the whole day." Ren explained.
"Ah." Ruby quickly finished her lunch and stood from the table. "Guys my Chem teacher asked me to go to class early today so I'll be seeing you guys later."
"See you."
"Byyeee"
Ruby disposed of her tray and made her way to class. Upon entering the lab she saw her lab partner standing at the teacher's desk discussing something, Ruby hesitatingly made her way to the teacher hoping Weiss doesn't notice what a nervous train wreck she is right now.
"As yes Miss Rose." He said taking a sip of his coffee. "Thank you for coming on such short notice, the reason I called you both here was because I was told by the school board to select the brightest pair from my class to attend a training camp."
"Training camp?" The girls asked.
"Yes, in this training camp you will learn from professionals in their respective fields." He elaborated. "But since not a lot of people are allowed to go the Geography teacher as well as myself will be sending our brightest pairs along with the student council."
"When is this 'training camp' and for how long?" Weiss asked.
"You will be leaving this Friday and will return the following Friday, I expect you both to be on your best behavior and respect your teachers as well as your fellow classmates."
"Who's the other pair?" Ruby asked unable to hold in her curiosity. The teacher raised an eyebrow at Ruby's inquisitive question.
"Well if you must know Miss rose." He began. "I believe the other pair from the Geography class is Jaune Arc and Nora Valkyrie, along with the student council that consists of your lab partner, Pyrrah Nikos, Lie Ren and..."
"Weiss there you are!" Everyone looked at the strange girl standing at the door. Her green eyes gazing at the room, she had ginger mushroom hair complemented nicely with a bow along with a smile only a serial killer could have.
"And Penny." The teacher finished. "Penny what have I told you about interruptions?"
"Well I recall you stating that it was rude and I should never do it another human being for as long as I breathe." She replied maintaining her creepy smile. "Weiss I was asked by the club leaders to deliver these budget forms to you." She walked over to Weiss and handed over the stack of papers she was holding.
"Thank you Penny I will look at these after school." Weiss sighed. Penny was about to leave until she just noticed Ruby standing next to Weiss.
"Hello my name is Penny it's nice to meet you!"
"U-uh hi Penny I'm Ruby." Ruby was a little weirded out by Penny, she backed up a little bit almost hitting the teacher's desk.
"It's nice to meet you!"
"Err you already said that." Ruby pointed out. Penny gazed for a little bit before realizing what Ruby said.
"So I did." Penny said her killer smile still plastered on her face. After a few minutes of awkward silence the bell rang and Penny left without another word.
"She was…weird." Ruby stated the obvious.
"You're gonna have to get used to that." Weiss said. The teacher nodded in response, the two girls sat down at their station and class began as soon as everyone arrived.
Ruby once again had the urge to stare at Weiss, to resist she gave her undivided attention to the board looking at diagrams of molecules.
"All right turn to page 52 and replicate this chemical reaction." The teacher announced. "Please be careful with the test tubes, they're quite fragile."
Ruby studied the reaction, deciding that it was easy enough to follow she along with Weiss put on her goggles and got to work.
"Can you pass me a test tube?" Weiss asked refraining from eye contact. Ruby picked up a test tube and passed it over to Weiss, whose hand full on touched Ruby's for a split second before quickly swiping the tube out of Ruby's hand. Both girls looked away from each other in a failed attempt to hide their red faces. Weiss performed the first part of the experiment flawlessly; Ruby however couldn't concentrate at all. Her heartbeat pulsed through her entire body still thinking about the smooth, silky sensation from Weiss' hand. She shakily poured the remaining solution into a beaker containing another solution, the two chemicals reacted producing a yellow smoke.
"Go-good job." Weiss commended.
"Uh yeah thanks." Ruby nervously answered.
The following days breezed by and now it was Friday, the day Ruby wasn't so excited for. She walked up to the bus station where she was told to wait by, where Jaune and Nora were the only ones there.
"Hey guys." Ruby greeted with a yawn not used to waking up so early.
"Hey Ruby." They both answered in unison.
"I didn't know you guys were the brightest in a class." Ruby blurted out. "Oh I'm so sorry I didn't mean to call you guys stupid or anything I just…"
"Nah we get this a lot." Jaune assured Ruby. "It's just that our class is mostly morons, except for myself, Nora and Pyrrah." Nora nodded in response.
"And since Pyrrah is in the student council I get to go!" Nora squealed in excitement. The bus soon after drove up to the station, everyone got on and saw everyone else who was supposed to attend except Weiss.
"Jaune!" Pyrrah waved over at Jaune and he grabbed the seat next to Pyrrah. Nora of course sat next to Ren, it was a small bus, so the only available seat left was next to…Penny.
"Hi Penny." Ruby greeted as she sat next to the strange girl.
"Hello Ruby, are you as overjoyed as I am to attend this training camp?"
"Uhh sure why not." Ruby shrugged. "By the way, where's Weiss?"
"Since the bus was not sufficient to transport all student attending she is being escorted by her personal driver."
"Oh." Ruby said in a sad tone.
I'll see you soon, my love.
A/N:I apologize for the lack of Bumblebee, that'll come later in the story. Also although white rose will be my main focus I'll be doing others on the side (Arkos, Norren (Someone tell me if there's a better name for this) and Bumblebee.)
Reviews are always appreciated.
