Chapter 7: Party

Weeks went by with me and velvet hanging out more. I've opened up more to the team and now we get along like every other team. I'd say even better than most. Anyways it's only a week from the dance and Coco... Well it's Coco.

"Ask her to the dance already!"

"I told you. I don't do dances." I say, emphasizing each word.

"It would still mean a lot to her."

"Again. I don't do dances." Just then Velvet walks in and looks between us.

"Coco. Are you trying to push Jordan again?" she asks.

"Yes." I say.

"Coco. How many times do I have to say it. I'm fine with how things are right now. When Jordan's ready he'll come to me."

"Yes but I can see how it hurts you. I just hate to see you so sad." she says.

"Did you ever stop to think that maybe you're pushing him away from me?" says Velvet with a bit of hostility that me and Coco weren't expecting.

"Y-you alright there Vel?" I ask with a bit of fear.

"Yeah. You've never gotten that hostile towards any of us." says Coco.

"I'm just-" She sighs. "I'm just frustrated that you keep trying to push Jordan to trust people." She turns to leave. "I'm gonna go clear my head." She walks out and I go after her.

"Vel wait."

"What is it Jordan?" She says a bit more irritated than she meant to.

"Just come with me."

"Jordan-"

"Ah ah ah. Just come on. I promise this will help your mood." She sighs but follows me. I go over to the tower that we use to communicate and smile.

"Jordan. What are we doing here?"

I grab her and hold her close. "Hold on."

"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-" She screams as I jump and start to run on the building. I reach the top and set her down. "Don't ever do that again."

"Yeah well just take a look."

"Look at what?" I point behind her and as she turns she gasps at the sight. It was the perfect view of lit up Vale. You could see all the lights from the city all the way down to the docks.

"I come up here to clear my head at times." She looks at me. "It makes me feel calm in a way. Just being high up and looking down at the world around me."

"It does have a nice feel to it. Almost like nothing can go wrong."

"Don't jinx it now." I say and we have a little laugh. We stare out at the city, enjoying the silence and peace. "She want's me to ask you to the dance." Velvet looks at me. "I don't do Dances Vel. It's not you. I just don't dance."

"I can understand that. I wasn't even thinking of going."

"I can tell you're lying."

"How would you know if I was?"

"Your ears twitch when you lie." She grabs her ears and pouts a bit. "How about this." I say as I sit next to her. "I'll come for a bit but I'm not staying for the entire thing."

"You don't have to."

"Your ears are twitching again."

"Stop it!" she says embarrassed. I laugh and I pull her close. She leans into me and I let out a breath of content. We sat there for a few hours just watching the city down below. That is till Velvet's scroll went off. "It's Coco. She's wondering where we are."

"It's up to you if you want to tell her. I ain't interfering." She thinks about it and puts her scroll back away.

"No point in ruining the moment." We sit there for the rest of the time but after a while Velvet had to turn off her scroll due to Coco.

A week later at the dance I dress up in my suit that I bought and walk in the front door and scan around. Coco and fox were dancing while Yatsuhashi was off to the side just enjoying the atmosphere. That's when I laid eyes on Velvet. She was wearing a brown dress that sparkled in the light. She had a clip in her hair that was in the shape of a heart that was sewn together. I go around behind her and speak up.

"You know I really don't like suits." She turns around and see's me in a black suite with a red bowtie and a red neckerchief in the front pocket. "They are way to constricting."

"But You look so good in one." she says with a smile and a hint of a blush.

"The dress suits you as well."

"It cost a lot but Coco insisted I get it."

"Let me guess. She paid for it."

"Yup." We both share a laugh at the fact Coco has to pick everyone's outfit. "Did she pick that out for you?"

"Fuck no. I dodged that with a 20 ½ foot pole. I just picked this up."

"Regardless you look amazing." Of course Coco saw us together and came over.

"I see you decided to show." She looks me up and down with a judging stare. "I'm impressed you managed to find something that suits you."

"Still hate it." I say.

"Well I'm proud of you. You're stepping out of your shell."

"Don't remind me." I say glaring at her.

"Easy there Tiger. I'm just pointing out the obvious."

"Please leave. Before my patience gives out." She holds up her arms in defeat and her and Fox go away. "She REALLY gets on my nerves."

"It's how she shows she cares." I grumble a bit but she takes my hand. "Come on. How about a dance."

"Isn't this suppose to be the other way around."

"Just let it happen."

"As you wish Vel." We dance for a bit until I leave to get some fresh air. When I come back in I notice Velvet stumbling over. She starts to fall but I catch her. "Vel you alright?"

"Never 'hic' better Jordan." I take the cup out of her hand and take a sip. Someone spiked the punch bad.

"Vel. How many of these have you had?"

"What? 'hic' the punch?" I nod and she looks as if she's thinking. "I think 5."

"Oh god why." She laughs and wraps her arms around me.

"Come on 'hic' It's not that 'hic' bad."

I pick her up bridal style and sigh. "Come on you. Time for bed."

"But I'm not 'hic' tired." she says as she pouts. I smile at her acting like a small child.

"True but you're gonna have a hang over the size of Vale and Atlas combined by tomorrow." We get half way to the dorm when She asks A question out of the blue.

"Do you love me?" I stop dead in my tracks at the question.

"That's a strange question to ask out of nowhere." I say with a small smile.

"You always seem to want to be alone instead of with me." Her ears droop a bit and a sad expression crosses her face. "It's like you hate me and everyone else."

"Vel. I've been crossed by a lot of people I thought cared for me so I don't know how-"

"STOP LYING!" I flinch since she yelled without warning. "All you do is stay in that damn hanger all day messing around with weapons." She starts to shake a bit. "The only time we were ever closer was when we went into town and Coco ruined that!" She looks up at me with tears in her eyes. "What do I have to do to prove I won't hurt you?" She starts to sob in my arms and I sigh.

"Vel." She doesn't look at me. "Vel look at me." She raises her head up a bit and I kiss her. She's shocked at first but falls into it, kissing back with more passion. She wraps her arms around my neck and tries to pull me closer but forgot about our position. We both fall to the ground and I see her laugh a bit. "Come on. Let's get back to the dorm." She hops on my back and wraps her arms around me.

When I get back to the dorm the rest of the team is waiting. As soon as I open the door all eyes go to me. "What happened to Velvet?" asks Yatsuhashi.

"Someone spiked the punch and she had around 5 cups of the stuff."

"That doesn't explain why she's passed out on your back."

"Yes it does. She's drunk so her body is completely relaxed. Thus she fell asleep."

"Well who would spike the punch?" asks Fox.

"Don't know. But they do know what the good stuff is. I got a buzz from only a sip." I lay Velvet on the bed and she curls up a bit. I cover her with the blanket and sigh. "I need a drink." I get up and go over to the mini-fridge with a lock on it. I open it up and find it empty. My eye twitches and I look back to the other three occupants of the room. "Who took it?" I say with a dark tone.

"T-took what?" asks Coco.

"I had that entire fridge stocked with liquor. Now tell me who took it!" I step on the ground and feel something beneath my foot. I lift my foot and see a shell casing. "There is only one person who uses a gun in here besides me." I turn to Coco. "You spiked the punch with all my liquor."

"And so what if I did. It helped you and Velvet didn't it?"

"You little-" I feel arms wrap around me from behind and a head rest on my shoulder.

"Come to bed Jordan." comes a partially drunk Velvet in my ear. I sigh and glare at Coco.

"This isn't over." I say as I'm dragged back to Velvet's bed and forced to lay down. Ah well. I'll tell Velvet all about this in the morning and watch it play out.

The Very next morning during Breakfast I sit next to Velvet eating quietly until she speaks up. "So I don't remember a lot about last night. Could you fill in the blanks?"

"What do you remember up to?"

"Well we danced. You went out for some fresh air, I drank some punch then it goes fuzzy from there."

"Well the Punch was spiked WAY to hard. You were drunk. I tried to get you back to the dorm but on the way you asked me if I loved you."

She blushes so hard that I thought she was a beacon of her own. "And what was your answer. Ifyoudon'tmindmeasking." She says the last part quickly and I smile at her. She looks at me confused for a minute before I kiss her. She looks shocked and her face gets even more red than it already was, Which I thought was impossible.

"Does this mean?" I nod and she jumps at me wrapping her arms around my neck. "Wait but who spiked the punch?"

"Who do you think?" I say unamused. She thinks about it but shakes her head. "Let me give you a hint. She's been trying to push me." Her eyes go wide for a moment but soon squint down in rage as I watch with curiosity. "Vel? You alright there?" She stands up and storms out of the building. I smile and grab my cup of coffee. Making my way outside. As soon as I exit I see Velvet storming toward Coco and company. Ozpin comes up next to me to watch what will happen.

"What did you tell her?" asks Ozpin.

"The truth." He looks at me waiting for an explanation and I smile. "Coco has been trying to get me and Velvet together for a while since she found out she likes me. But she went to far last night."

"What did she do?"

"Spiked the punch at the party."

"So that's why most of the students have hangovers."

"Yup." Just then Velvet starts chasing Coco around with a hardlight copy of her own weapon. Me and Ozpin take a sip of our coffee. "This is fine." I say with a grin.

I know it took me a while but... OVERWATCH! That's the only excuse I have. I hope to hear what you think and I will be working on these when I can but now I'm busy getting ready for something big. It won't happen for 11 months but hey. I need to prepare. Till next time. Stack out.