Pyrrha certainly had a lot on her mind during the course of the day. She was sitting in her University's dining hall, a lunch that she had brought from home in her hands, and Ruby's lunch across from her. Ruby was still in class, while Pyrrha was done with classes for the day. On that particular day though, Pyrrha was distracted, her mind in other places. To most people, it was just a normal friday, nothing out of the ordinary for her in any way shape or form, but to Pyrrha it was something else. There was a deeper meaning to this particular day than any others that she had gone through.

'Looks like it might rain later today, how fitting,' Pyrrha thought to herself as she waited for her girlfriend. It had been about 5 months since they first got together back at her senior prom, and every day was better than the rest in her mind. She got to spend so much time with Ruby, and every day their bond grew stronger. Pyrrha showed Ruby an unbreakable drive to strengthen their relationship, one that stood the test of time on many occasions.

"Hey Pyr," Ruby called out to Pyrrha once she arrived at the table Pyrrha occupied for the two of them.

Seeing Ruby show up helped Pyrrha focus on her girlfriend, and it definitely brought a smile to her face. "Hey there, Ruby," Pyrrha said as Ruby sat down. "How was classes?"

"Eh, pretty boring," Ruby said. "Though, for some reason, I had this one person running through at one point in the day like they were on a Red Bull rush. Someone else chased after them though, so most of us didn't do anything about it."

"Wait, really?" Pyrrha asked. Before she could get a response however, she was interrupted by the sounds of thunder coming loud and clear to her ears. "Yikes, sounds like the weather's going to get bad today."

"Yeah, that didn't sound too great," Ruby agreed. "You know, maybe we should consider taking our lunches to go."

"Honestly, I would say that it's probably best if we do that," Pyrrha said in response. "Somehow, I think this weather isn't going to let up any time soon. The sooner we get out of here and back home, the better."

With that in mind, the two of them gathered their belongings and made their way towards their car. It was actually Yang's old car, but since she was off at college with Weiss halfway across the country, the two of them only needed one car. So, they got Yang's old 67' Buick Wildcat, and while it looked old and worn, it drove well enough for their purposes. Pyrrha didn't mind actually, since it saved Ruby's family money, and they still managed to have a car available for them to use.

Unfortunately for Pyrrha and Ruby, it started to rain just as they reached their car, and they got just a little bit wet. Throwing their bags into the backseat, Ruby shook her head a bit, fortunate that there wasn't much water in her hair. She rested her hand on the seat in between herself and Pyrrha and sighed. "Barely made it."

"You can say that again," Pyrrha replied. "Come on, we should get going now, before it gets worse." Starting up the engine, Pyrrha pulled out of the parking spot and began the journey that would take them home.

They hadn't even gone ten minutes before the rain came down in torrential fashion. It was nigh impossible for Pyrrha to see through the rain that was coming down. Still, Pyrrha had to ensure that she and Ruby made it home, or at least to a place that was safe enough for them to stay for a little bit of time while the rain let up. Given how hard it was coming down though, Pyrrha had to figure that it wasn't going to be doing that any time soon.

"We need to get out of the rain before it kills us!" Ruby said to Pyrrha from the front seat of the car.

As Pyrrha was trying to keep an eye on the road, she noticed something that caught her eye. She recognized the all too familiar roads and houses of her own neighborhood, the place where she spent a majority of her life. With a split second decision, Pyrrha turned down the route it would take for her to get to her own home. It wouldn't be a long trip, they were close enough to her home that they could make it there without any problems.

Despite the confusion from Ruby, Pyrrha drives on and leads the two of them to her old home. Their timing was impeccable, because just as they pulled up, they noticed that Pyrrha's father had just gotten to the house himself.

"Is that your dad?" Ruby asked as Pyrrha pulled into the driveway behind him. The sounds of a car coming in caused Pyrrha's father to turn around in response, and he was confused to see someone else in his driveway. Still he reached the front door and began to unlock it when he heard a voice calling to him.

"Make way, dad!" Pyrrha shouted, having gotten out of the car. She was running with Ruby over to the door, and if it wasn't for some fast reflexes, Pyrrha's father wouldn't have gotten out of the way before being run over by his own daughter.

"Pyrrha?" Artemis questioned. "What are you doing here?"

"Rain's too bad to drive through, and I saw how close we were to here. So, I figured it would be best if we could crash here for the night until tomorrow. Hopefully by then the rain will be done."

Ruby seemed to jump in after Pyrrha and spoke to her father. "You don't mind that we're coming here unannounced, do you?"

Artemis just shook his head and removed his shoes and jacket. "I'm always happy to have my daughter and her girlfriend over, though if I remember correctly, this is the first time you're over here, right Ruby?"

"Yeah!" Ruby exclaimed. "Oh, I'll have to call my dad and let him know that we're over here. But first, can we get out of these wet clothes? I'm still soaked from the rain."

"I agree with Ruby," Pyrrha replied. "We're gonna head up to my room and get changed. After that, I'll give her a tour of the house." Pyrrha said, still in the kitchen.

"Don't get any funny business while you're up there," Artemis mentioned. "And if you do, just remember to keep quiet about it."

"Dad!" Pyrrha exclaimed as she started to walk up to her room.

As Pyrrha walked through the house, she noticed something odd resonating from within her. Something that came to a head as soon as she reached the bottom of the stairs. She felt her body freeze, her mind forgetting about everything else that was around her. Ruby and Artemis wondered what was going on, confused as to why Pyrrha suddenly stopped moving.

Pyrrha felt a sharp pain along her left side, her arm, shoulder and ribs feeling as though they were on fire. Her mind played events that happened to her a long time ago, as if they were happening to her right then and there. The pain was just as intense, yet it wasn't actually there. It was just her body remembering what had happened, and the memory of that day coming down on Pyrrha like a ton of bricks.

Seeing Pyrrha clench her arm as if it were in pain, Ruby wrapped herself around her girlfriend from behind in an attempt to soothe her. Much to her relief, it seemed to be working, as Pyrrha started to relax and breathe normally again. Ruby listened to Pyrrha's heart steadily slow down, though she was unsure of what had caused it to reach that high of a pulse in the first place.

Eventually, Pyrrha took a deep breath and let go of her arm, the memories having faded from her mind. She felt Ruby's presence on her back, and patted the younger girl's arms to let her know that she was feeling better. At that, Ruby let go and Pyrrha spun around to see the concern etched across her girlfriend and father's faces.

"Pyrrha, what happened just there?" Ruby asked frantically. "Why did you just tense up and clutch your arm like it was in pain?"

Pyrrha just rubbed her eyes and shook her head, letting a few drops of water splash across Ruby and Artemis' faces. Taking another deep breath, Pyrrha felt now was a good time to explain what had happened. "Do you guys know what day it is?"

"What do you mean?" Ruby asked. Artemis however, had an idea of what Pyrrha meant.

"That's today?" He asked, only receiving a nod from Pyrrha in response. He didn't know what to do with himself. Should he try to give her a hug? What if she reacted badly to being touched by someone else today, in the house that she experienced all that pain.

"What's today?" Ruby asked, still clueless to what Pyrrha was talking about. "Pyrrha, what are you saying?"

Pyrrha just leaned against the railing of the stairs, looking down at her arm, making sure it wasn't actually hurt. "It was this day one year ago where I was hurt by my mother for the last time before I left home."

Ruby, instead of having the same hesitation that Artemis did, immediately wrapped Pyrrha up in a hug. As Artemis expected, Pyrrha noticeably tensed up at the contact, but what he didn't expect was for her to ease into the embrace, at least not as quickly as she actually did.

"You going to be ok, Pyrrha?" Ruby asked.

"I'll be fine," Pyrrha replied, removing herself from Ruby's grip. "Can we get out of these wet clothes? I should have a spare change for you." Pyrrha quickly walked up the stairs, putting the moment that just happened swiftly behind her. Ruby followed her up, keeping a close eye on her girlfriend to make sure that she was actually doing alright.

Once they reached Pyrrha's room, Ruby immediately switched from worried girlfriend, to awestruck and amazed at seeing her girlfriend's room for the first time. "Wow, this is where you grew up?"

Pyrrha chuckled, she was glad that Ruby was here to help her through the day. "Yeah, I grew up right in this room," She said to Ruby, who took such a huge interest in the environment. "Let's get you a change of clothes, I'm sure you don't want to spend any more time wearing those wet ones."

"That would be awesome," Ruby said as Pyrrha pulled out a pair of clothes for Ruby to wear. She grabbed something for herself and walked out of the room so that she could give Ruby some privacy while she was changing. Ruby didn't feel like it was too necessary, they had seen each other in underwear and practically naked before, it wasn't like that was a big deal to her.

Then Ruby remembered that was also before they were in a relationship with each other. Before everything changed for them. Ruby figured that Pyrrha was probably just respecting her privacy, or at least keeping her own hormones from running wild on an already emotional day for her.

Once she was done, she looked out the room to see Pyrrha walking back over, having changed in the other room. "Alright, I guess I owe you a tour of my house," Pyrrha said, though it seemed like it was a bit forced, according to Ruby.

"You don't have to right now if you don't feel up to it," Ruby replied. "I'm fine with waiting till another time."

"No," Pyrrha immediately replied. "I need to do this, for myself, and because it'd be irresponsible of me as your girlfriend to not give you a tour of my own home."

"If you say so," Ruby said, before following Pyrrha through the upper floors of her home.

The tour didn't take that long, and Pyrrha didn't really make a big deal out of it, but Ruby felt glad that Pyrrha was alright enough to show her where she grew up. Pyrrha's father cooked up some dinner for the three of them and they all enjoyed a meal while watching whatever was on TV. After they had finished, Ruby and Pyrrha were back up in Pyrrha's room. Somehow, Pyrrha had managed to acquire a beer from out of nowhere, making up some excuse that it was part of a secret stash that she kept from her father while he was still drinking. Now that he stopped, she felt it was fitting to open it up and keep it handy if she wanted something while she was home. Pyrrha didn't want to get her father in trouble, but right at that moment, she just needed something to help her mind take a step backwards.

She started to talk with Ruby about her past, about all the things that she went through while she was here, good and bad. No detail was left out, and Ruby really got a good look into what made Pyrrha the person she was today. She shared memories of when she was a child playing on her bed, before everything went to hell. She shared moments when Pyrrha locked herself into her room and waited for the sun to come up so that she could escape and experience the world once more. She even told Ruby of times when she snuck out of her home to go hang out with her and Yang, how she climbed through the window and used that as her escape route.

Eventually, Pyrrha was feeling a little buzzed. Not to a large extent, but just enough that she could start to feel the effects on her body. She felt like she could be tipped over with ease, though she was thinking coherently enough that she could process much of anything without problems.

As the day went on, Pyrrha and Ruby eventually found themselves laying on Pyrrha's bed together, Pyrrha snaking her arms around Ruby and bringing her as close as humanly possible. Pyrrha brought the younger girl's lips to her own and let the touch fuel her, a bliss that she never felt any other way. As time went on, their kisses became fiercer, their bodies moving with the pace that they were reaching. They were experiencing passions like no other.

Until Ruby's hand grazed across Pyrrha's shoulder.

At that, Pyrrha snapped back, her mind panicking as it recalled exactly what had happened to her a year ago. Without hesitation, Ruby moved towards Pyrrha, just enough so that her girlfriend could have some space to breathe and relax.

"It's ok, I'm here," Ruby cooed to Pyrrha, helping to soothe her vivid mind.

"I'm sorry, Ruby," Pyrrha said. "I'm sorry that I screwed up." Pyrrha took a couple of deep breathes to recompose herself, to allow her mind to remember just who was laying with her on the bed.

"Don't be sorry," Ruby mentioned. "I know how hard this is for you." Ruby let her arm graze Pyrrha's shoulder, the one that wasn't hurt all that time ago. Eventually, Pyrrha relaxed enough and wrapped herself around Ruby.

"I wasn't making you uncomfortable with what I was doing, right?" Pyrrha asked, unsure if she was doing the right thing or not. "If I was please let me know and I'll stop."

"Don't worry about it, Pyrrha," Ruby reassured. "I honestly didn't have a problem with it. But I'm wondering what brought this all on?"

Pyrrha felt her face go red with embarrassment. It wasn't the first time the two of them had talked about sex, but that was when they were still young into the relationship and neither of them were really ready for it. Pyrrha was more ready than Ruby was at the time, but she also respected her girlfriend enough to be patient while their relationship grew. "Well, I've been ready for quite a while now, but I was waiting until you were ready. We don't have to go on if you don't want to, but I guess what brought it on right now was just how much of a crazy day this has been, my emotions are running pretty high right now."

"I can understand what you mean," Ruby mentioned. "But, I don't feel like we need to stop either."

That was a surprise to Pyrrha, who almost did a double take after hearing her girlfriend give the response that she did. "You really want to go on with this? You feel as though you're ready for this to happen?"

Ruby sat up and climbed on top of Pyrrha, straddling her girlfriend's waist and hovering just above her lips with her own. "Yes."

By the time morning came, Pyrrha felt exhausted. A dull throbbing headache plagued her, though she remembered exactly what the reason for that was. What she didn't expect, was to see Ruby in her bed, and the two of them both naked underneath the covers. She thought back on what they did and remembered that the two of them did exactly what Pyrrha was believing happened. She also remembered that Ruby said that she was ready for it, which prompted Pyrrha to go through with it in the first place.

"Morning, Pyrrha."

Pyrrha was a little startled when she saw her dad peeking in through the doorway, his eyes covered despite her blanket covering most of her body. "Uh, morning, dad…this er…it's…"

"Don't worry about it," Artemis said. "I figured you two would have already done that, so it's no surprise to me. I just wanted to let you know that I'm making breakfast, so the two of you should get out of bed soon." With that, Artemis left his daughter and her sleeping girlfriend to their own devices

Looking down at her girlfriend, Pyrrha didn't know whether she should wake her up to get breakfast, or let the girl sleep a bit more and join her for a few more minutes. Deciding to go with the latter, Pyrrha tried her best to flip Ruby over so that she was facing her, and wrapped her up in her arms.

'One year ago, my life changed forever,' She thought to herself as she held her girlfriend in her arms. 'Honestly, I'm glad things turned out the way they did. It's gotten me to have the single greatest girlfriend I could ever imagine, and that's worth anything the world can throw at me.' Laying there for a few more minutes, Pyrrha just listened to the sounds of her girlfriends breathing, letting it soothe her for just a little bit longer.

AN: Man. I haven't gotten to write for this in quite a while, huh. I'm really glad that I get to enjoy this story again. Even if it's close to the end, it's nice to see all of the hard work I accomplished with this story paid off.

That being said, the rest of the story is going to be a series of one shots, both connected and not connected to each other. So hopefully you get to enjoy those as they come out.

Thanks for tuning in, and I'll be back with more later.