Chapter 21: Weiss Picks (not a pun, people)

Weiss

"But, Weiss, you totally haven't picked your bridal party yet, and I'm getting worried that you're spacing out. That's just not you. Really, that's me. Have you ever seen yourself just space out, like, in anything but the games? Have you? Cause I sure haven't. When have you ever been unprepared? Never, that's when!" Ruby just goes on and on. I try hard to keep in the conversation, but I just can't think. I still haven't decided who to pick yet. I mean, obviously, I'm going to have my team, but there's Pyrrha to consider, too. Nora is out of the question. She has to stay with Ren at all times so that she doesn't get into any trouble. The last party we had, she rode in on another Ursa. That caused a widespread panic, resulting in us never being able to use any Vale hotel ballroom for the duration of our stay at Beacon. I'm pretty sure they extended it, too, to accommodate us graduating, as well.

I sigh and rub my forehead. "Ruby, could you please just go order yourself a cookie dough milkshake and leave me to my thoughts for a few seconds?"

Ruby immediately perks up and takes the Lien card I hold up for her to take. "Yes!" She, then, speeds to the counter and orders the biggest size they have.

Taking a deep breath, I try to center my thoughts. It's been awhile since I've been stumped like this. I have to pick between four amazing individuals, all of which have been there for me and are my friends. Yang, Yang is loud, boisterous, warm, and friendly. I don't know if I could really have her as the Maid of Honor for many reasons, including the first two that I listed before. She's a partier for sure, but she'd be there if I ever needed her. I clutch my head. She's a perfect choice, but I can't help but think that she'd be a bad choice. Oh, and how could I forget Winter? She's my sister, but I don't know her all that well anymore, not since she left. I mean, we have gotten closer over the past few years, but things just aren't the same as when we were younger. Blake, Sun has already called Blake. She's going to be a 'groomswoman.' He does have some silly input, but it is sort of perfect for the occasion. The point is to have all of your closest friends by your side. Pyrrha is a novel choice. She's a good friend, kind, caring, and was raised in etiquette and a refined light. She'd be an exemplary choice, but I'm not as close to her as I am to my team. The last one, then, would be…

"Weiss! They offer an extra large cup!" Speak of the devil.

Her excitement always seems to rub off on me. "That's great, Ruby. Now, could you please sit down? I have something to ask you."

She plops down in her seat, slurping at her milkshake a bit. "Sure!"

I look at her with a raised eyebrow and chuckle a bit. She's already gotten something on her face. "Wipe your nose, please, Ruby. You have milkshake on it. How you got it there when the thing has a lid is beyond me, but you've accomplished it."

She pulls a napkin and wipes the tip of her nose. "Thanks. So, what is it that you have to ask me?"

"Will you be my Maid of Honor?"

She squeels in happiness. "Me? Really?"

I roll my eyes but smile at her. "Now, I meant the other Ruby behind you." I facepalm as she looks behind her. "I did mean you, dolt."

"Oh." She drags it out so dramatically, like it was the world's most obvious puzzle and she just now figured it out.

I laugh a bit. "Yeah, oh." Rolling my eyes, I take a small sip of the coffee I forgot about about during my thoughts. I almost spit it out. "Ew, cold."

Ruby busts out laughing. "Oh, god, Weiss. You should have seen your face. I wish I would have had my scoll out. That was absolutely priceless!"

I can't help but start to laugh along. Ruby is great. She knows how to lighten any mood, whether in the face of danger or cold coffee. I think she makes an amazing choice. I can't believe I didn't see it before I went through the entire list. "Don't you dare take a picture of me, Ruby Rose."

"Oh, I would never." She puts on a devious smile that I rarely see on her. The things she picks up from yang and Blake.

"Right. Well, will you?" I look at her expectantly.

She tilts her head in confusion. "WIll I what?"

I facepalm. "Ruby, we were just talking about this."

Realization crosses her face. "Oh, right, Maid of Honor. Well, duh, Weiss. I could never say no. That's, like, a huge honor, ya know."

"Thanks." I smile at her as she starts to slurp her milkshake.

Soon, though, she's clutching her head. "Ah! Brain freeze!" Is it too late to change my mind about this? So childish, so Ruby, but I don't think that I'd change that. I start to laugh at her, lightly at first, then I'm clutching my sides at the force of laughter coming out of me. SHe looks at me with indignation. "Hey, don't laugh at my pain!"

My laughter subsides just a hair. "I'm not laughing at your pain, per se, but at your childishness."

Her brow furrows in confusion. "What?"

I wave a hand of dismissal as she assumes it's an insult. "I'm not insulting you, dolt. It's charming. I wouldn't have you any other way."

She smiles at me, more beaming than almost any other smile before this one. "Awe, thanks, Weissy. BFFs forever!" She races around to the other side of the table to pull me into a one armed hug.

I roll my eyes. "BFF already has a forever in it, dolt."

"Yay! You didn't say no!" Of course, I didn't say no. She really is my best friend, but you wouldn't witness me ever saying it like that. That's how the manager caught us when he came over to throw us out for making too much noise and disturbing the other customers. I sigh as we have to leave, but I don't think I'd ever have it any other way. This wouldn't exactly be the first place any of my friends had gotten us thrown out of, literally and figuratively. Ruby, alone, accounts for at least a third of the place we can never visit again. Truly, though, I don't think this dolt could be any other way, and if not for her optimism and honest personality, I wouldn't exactly be who I am. She's an amazing friend, and she'll be an amazing Maid of Honor. I just hope she doesn't get a hold of the menu and change it to cookies.

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A/N: Aww, I am so so sorry about yet another filler. I'm researching and trying to find a decent way to do the wedding. I hope it's going to be the next chapter. I seriously hope. But the fillers have been fun, right? Anyway, Follow, Favorite, Review.