Here is chapter 4 after a kind of long wait, very sorry but I just thought about a lot of things and I don't want to hold up the story any more than I have to, so here it is… also there is a touch of writer's block so forgive me if it isn't as good of quality as my other chapters...

I opened the door to our team door slowly… making sure not to wake Ruby as I walked in. I went to her bunk which was above mine and climbed onto it, and then I gently shook her with my hand. "Ruby wake up." I murmured as I shook her.

Her eyes slowly opened, silver orbs directed at me. "Weiss?" she called in a soft and tired voice.

"Yes… it's Weiss, can I talk to you for a moment?" I asked.

She rubbed her eyes and yawned. "Yeah, sure… I need to talk to you too."

I sighed. "I… think you should talk first." Ruby opened her mouth but I can tell she hesitated. "It's alright Ruby… you can tell me."

She sat up and looked at me in sadness, and then she gripped both of my hands. "I'm still a bit angry about you snapping at me in public but I deserved that. I was acting like a kid and ignored what you said… I do need to get serious and start acting like a team leader."

I squeezed her hand a bit when she said that. "I'm sorry for snapping at you right there in front of everyone… it wasn't right of me and even though I was trying to make a point, I shouldn't have done that when I was oblivious to everything around me."

Her grip became tighter, her knuckles almost white. "It's alright Weiss... I can't stay mad at you because you're my partner. I just hope you can make that up to me later."

"I promise Ruby, I'll try to make it up during the break."

"Thank you." I smiled and she smiled back.

"If you want, we can do some shopping in the city?" I asked.

Her expression brightened. "Okay, I was getting bored in here and that was the plan from the start so let's get going."

It didn't take long to get to the city of Vale; we left Beacon and made our way there in just a matter of minutes. Ruby was excited, looking around the city and sometimes roaming away from me, making me have to watch her. "Ruby, if you just wander off and get lost, I'll get worried." I said which made her pout.

"Fine… so where do you want to shop at first?" Ruby asked in a chirpy voice.

"Why don't you choose Ruby?" I offered but she laughed with a pinch of sarcasm.

"Nah, you wouldn't like them since they're cheap and not as great as the fancy clothing shops you go to."

I shook my head. "I insist Ruby, I want to make up what happened earlier to you by starting small with letting you choose where we pick out our clothing."

The red-haired girl stopped for a moment and looked up at the sky as if she were lost in thought. "Well… there is one place I haven't gone to in a while, follow me." Ruby began walking ahead of me and I followed with curiousness. In a while… I wonder why? I thought as we went towards her desired destination.

We stood in front of a red and black colored store called The Red Rose. I can tell why Ruby would go to a clothing store like this but I still wondered why she said she hasn't been here for a while. She slowly opened the door into the store and entered, silent as she walked in. The interior of the store followed the title heavily since the walls were painted a rose red and there was a rose symbol sketched onto it. It wasn't as big as the many clothing stores I would usually go to but it was a decent size and had good quality clothing for the people that had a little more to spend. We were greeted by a man who looked older than us, probably in his thirties, and he had brown hair in a straight medium style. "Hello, welcome to The Red Rose, how can we- wait, is that you Ruby?" the man asked in a surprised tone.

Ruby gave him a smile. "Hey Vincent, it's been a while."

The man known as Vincent widened his eyes and wrapped his arms around her. "It's been forever Ruby! Where have you been all this time, I was worried sick?"

"Well, some things came up and I couldn't hang out here for a while." she replied. I shook Ruby's shoulder and asked her how she knew him. "He knew my family for a long time and he's so awesome because he used to be a hunter when I was little."

Vincent chuckled. "Well too bad you didn't see much of how awesome I was back then since you were barely old enough to understand what I did. Now you know me as the owner of this fine store." He looked behind us as if he was waiting for someone to come but he grew confused. "Where's Summer, I thought she would be here?" he asked but then I noticed a change of expression in Ruby when he had asked.

"Um…" Ruby turned to me before speaking, "Weiss could you stay outside for a few minutes, I have to tell Vincent something in private?"

I didn't want to ask why since she had asked for privacy so I just gave her a nod and walked out the store. Why did she want me to leave them alone… is it something bad, and who's Summer? I thought, so many questions flew around in my head but I didn't want to ask Ruby straight out. I closed the door and peeked in through a small tinted panel on it; even though it wasn't right I needed to know what's going on in there. I couldn't hear them at all and it was a bit dark but what I saw before me made me look away. Ruby was speaking to him, and then suddenly, the man broke into tears and buried his face in her shoulder. What did she tell him? I wish I knew the answer to that thought. I never liked seeing people cry, stranger or family, I just can't bear seeing that emotion but now it only made me want to ask the red-cloaked girl the question I thought of when Vincent mentioned Summer even more. Is she maybe another sister of Ruby and Yang? That doesn't make sense, she would have mentioned her once or twice during our time at Beacon or was it something else that I don't know about.

I was so lost in thought that I hadn't noticed the time pass by until someone poked my right shoulder. "Weiss are you okay?" I turned around to see Ruby giving me a concerned look.

I wanted to ask her who the mysterious woman was but it would be rude of me to ask straight out. I sighed. "I'm alright Ruby, just thinking about some things."

"Like what?" she asked.

"I don't think you need to know for now." I replied and gave her a small smile.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure."

Ruby stared for a few more seconds, her expression worried but she lightened up and returned to her cheery self. "Well we should start shopping for some clothes." We walked back in and I noticed that Vincent has composed himself back to a joyful mood after the few minutes Ruby and I talked outside, it made me wonder more into questioning. I must really love to question things. I thought and sighed. Just focus on shopping with Ruby Weiss. "It's winter so there's coats and hoodies that are mostly for sale, so since you owe me, I'm going to pick out your clothes."

Wait what, Ruby shopping for me? That's preposterous! "Ruby Rose, I will not let you do such a thing." I can hear the owner of the store laughing behind us which made him receive a death glare as I turned my head towards him.

"Okay I'll stop; anyways I haven't been introduced to you." Vincent said which reminded me that I haven't given him a proper introduction to myself which is strange since most people would know me.

I cleared my throat and introduced myself. "The name's Weiss, Weiss Schnee. I'm Ruby's partner at Beacon."

His eyes widened. "Wait a minute, the Weiss Schnee, heiress to the Schnee Dust Company?!" He asked with his voice raised and in surprise by my presence.

"Yes." I said simply and he quickly recomposed himself.

"Oh, sorry, I guess I'm just so surprised to see someone that comes from a very rich and known family."

"It happens so It's okay." I replied and smiled.

"Well I hope you enjoy the rest of your shopping here, I try my best to give every customer great service… even though I'm the only person running this place."

"I see, well thank you very much." He gave me a grin and I turned back around to see Ruby with a bundle of clothing in her hands.

"Here, try these and see if they fit." She said in a chirpy tone and handed them to me.

I went to one of the fitting rooms at the back of the store and entered, the door closing softly behind me. "I just hope it does look good on me." I said softly and began changing into them. My red-haired partner had given me a pair of black jeans that I can already grow to hate but I decided to just put them on. "At least they're not a full black color." I looked at the next piece of clothing in front of me and I sighed in relief. It was a faded blue plaid shirt with no patterns; I remember wearing these to company meetings so I felt a sense of nostalgia when I examined them. Those times were better than being with my father. I thought since I didn't want anyone to hear, even though no one may be outside the room I'm in.

Suddenly, I heard someone knock on my door. "I forgot something." It was Ruby and she slid something under the door since it can fit almost anything in. She had forgotten a faded blue pair of sneakers which almost made me think of it as a joke.

"You can't be serious Ruby?" I said. I absolutely loathe any other form of shoe other than the high heeled boots I wear.

"I'm serious, you have to wear them."

I groaned. "Fine, but it's only because I have to and it has my favorite color."

"Blue is your favorite color?" she asked.

I sighed. "Just go away, I need to finish changing."

"Okay, I just hope you like it." she walked away and I went back to changing. As I took off my boots and replaced them with the sneakers she gave me, I felt like I became shorter. I just hope she doesn't make fun of my height. I thought and turned back around to the seat. The last piece of clothing was a blue hoodie. I can see that she wanted to make sure that they stayed to the color of clothing I wear, if that wasn't obvious enough with the shirt and shoes but the black jeans were different than I would wear.

After putting it on, I opened the door and walked out. "I'm done." I said.

Ruby turned around and stared in awe. "You look great in those clothes." I turned to look at the mirror and it wasn't a second yet for me to turn away.

"I look like an idiot." I replied.

"I think it looks good on you, I mean you wear pricey clothing a lot so I was expecting you to say something like that."

"Wearing clothing that's expensive doesn't mean I have a taste for rich clothing only."

"Then you don't mind wearing those for a day, c'mon let's buy them and go somewhere else."

"Ruby I didn't mean-" Before I could say anything else, Ruby Rose was walking away towards checkout. I groaned, folded my other clothes, put them in a shopping bag and turned to Vincent that was walking over to the same place as my partner. "Can I just buy them while wearing them, it'll take forever to change out of these clothes and put on my old clothing and I don't want Ruby waiting so-"

He turned around and cut me off. "You know, I'll just make this a once in a lifetime offer since you're Ruby's friend. They're on the house."

Ruby's eyes widened and laughed nervously. "Aww c'mon Vincent, you don't need to do that, I mean we're like best friends and stuff but I don't want you to lose money by giving away clothes." He gestured her to lean in closer and he whispered something to her, quietly enough that I couldn't hear, the she leaned back. "Alright, if you say so, let's go Weiss." she said in a serious tone.

"Are you sure, I mean I shouldn't just-"

"It's fine don't worry about it." she replied in a tone filled with sadness.

"Ruby… is something wrong?" I asked, noticing her change of voice.

"It's nothing really, I just want to head back before it gets dark, I mean we've been here for a few hours actually."

"Oh… o-okay." I replied and followed her out, removing the price tags on my new clothes as I did. As we got outside, I felt so much warmer from wearing these clothes than my combat attire. "You know Ruby, I could get used to wearing these." I said.

She continued walking but turned her head and grinned. "I knew they would work… plus you may think you look bad but like I said earlier, you look good in them."

I blushed. "If you say so Ruby."

FINALLY! Sorry for the shouting but man this took forever (top that with a very tiny writer's block) and plus it's a longer chapter than the others so enjoy it. Anyways, I'm back and it's to stay that way unless I get some sort of permanent writer's block which will never happen so expect some content from me. I have two weeks of summer and I didn't write as much as I thought I would but that doesn't matter, you guys want stories, I'll give them to you as long as it stays like that.