Okay, here we go. Okay, so here is another chapter, like I said, my laptop is now repaired, So I should be able to get back to my usual pace, at least until School starts back up again.

Also, the reboot of Endless Possibilities is up, some people like it, some people don't. But meh, it happens. I just needed to get a chapter of that out of the way so I could focus on this.

Anyways, so this is pretty much an exposition chapter that I felt needed to get in there, so I can try and have Winter and Jeremiah start to connect a little more.

Also a very special treat for a reviewer at the end.

"You should stop worrying." Winter said to Jeremiah.

"Considering we are all going to Rome, I'm a little nervous." He said as this was nerve racking.

As it turns out, his college had officially closed down classes after someone had complained that there wasn't a safe space, so the school had shut down while they created one, which screwed Jeremiah over, because they shut it down for next semester as he had already signed up for his classes, and the damn college was refusing to give him a refund because providing a space free from bullshit micro aggressions was more important than his education. So he was pissed. But he was happier because he was now on a trip to Rome with his Grandmama.

Course he was worried about Nora accidentally starting the gladiator games back up, but he figured he had nothing to worry about.

Still though, thank god he would be there to supervise Nora...for the most part.

Unforturnately, his Grandmama booked Ren and Nora in a different area of the hotel they would be staying at, in the 'Honeymoon suite.' It was quite odd.

"Can you tell me anything about Rome?" Winter asked.

"Well, the short version is it is an ancient city, and was once the pinnacle of technological and scientific achievements, is a beautiful city, but never did I think I was going to go there, Grandmama usually goes alone. And I was shocked when she invited us to come along with." He said as Grandmama had never invited him to go to Rome with her.

And yet, here she had PERSONALLY paid for not only him, but also Team RWBY and JNPR, and Winter to come with her. He knew his Grandmama was rich, but that was ridiculous.

Course...she never told anyone the reason why she was rich was because she had once been an associate of Alphonse Capone, but nobody needed to know that.

"I saw some photos, it looks like a beautiful city." She said as she had to admit, she was looking foward to this trip.

"Yeah, I bet its nothing compared to you." He said as he suddenly shut his mouth.

"What did you say?" She was honestly surprised that he said that.

"Okay, this is awkward, I meant to say, I bet those photos are nothing compared to the real thing, but...dang, that just slipped out." He said as she smirked.

"Well, I would never turn down a compliment, but you may want to learn to think before you speak." She said as she had to admit, that was actually quite flattering.

"I can't think about it when I feel a certain way." He said as once again, that just popped out.

"Okay, you totally did that one on purpose." She said with a slight smirk.

"Okay, I swear to god I am not trying to flirt, this just keeps popping out." He said as he had no idea why this was happening all of a sudden.

"Well, if it makes you feel any better, your flirting skills could use some work." She said as he scratched the back of his head.

"Yeah I know." He said as he looked away awkwardly.

"But, I do thank you for the compliments, its actually...refreshing." She said as Jeremiah looked surprised.

"Haven't you ever been told you're beautiful before?" He asked as she looked stoic.

"I...I believe as my father and brother put it, "There is always room for improvement." She said as she narrowed her eyes.

"Permission to speak freely?" He said as she nodded.

"Granted." She said reverting back to her formal military tone.

"Your father is an asshole." He said as she looked at him.

"Is it that obvious?" The man may have been her father, but it was true, he was an asshole.

This was the man who practically expelled her from her inheritance because she wanted to join the military, and a man who had pretty much cut off contact with her over her decision, yet in some strange way, she felt compelled to earn his approval by rising in the ranks of teh Atlesian Army. But what was the point? The man may have cared too much about his reputation. Even if he had great respect for General Ironwood, he tended to treat the military as lesser people due to his social standing...a social standing he didn't even earn.

"Let me ask you something, based on the latest episode of RWBY, you saw how he treated Weiss right?" He asked as Winter narrowed her eyes at the memory.

When she saw Weiss get slapped, she admitted, she felt the urge to deal as much pain as she could to her father, but she tried to reel her emotions back into place, after all, it didn't happen yet, and if it was up to her, it would never happen on her watch. Add that onto the fact that he was now keeping Weiss as a prisoner, it just made her blood boil.

"And he wasn't originally a Schnee? He married into the name?" He asked as she nodded.

"So here he has endless resources at his disposal, but if he didn't marry into the Schnee, would he still be as successful as he is today?" Jeremiah asked as Winter had to stop and think.

The truth was, while her father had indeed helped the Schnee company grow, it was very unlikely he would have been able to do that, if he didn't marry her mother. Without the resources of the Schnee, he most likely wouldn't be as successful as he was now.

"Its hard to tell." She said as honestly as she said.

"I find it funny that the man who says that your beauty could use improvement is the same man who should take his own advice." He said as Winter looked at him.

"How so?" She asked despite knowing the answer.

"Well, in all honesty, he seems like an egotistical Jackass, no offense, he seems to only care about money and his reputation, based on what I have seen so far, when Weiss yelled at that guest because she had no idea what was going on in the real world, and she was insulting Vale, the only thing your father cared about was how that outburst would affect his reputation and his social standing, he didn't care that his daughter had seen horrors no man should see, he didn't care that she wanted to go back and help, and he certainly didn't give a damn when Ironwood voiced his opinion, face it, your father could use an attitude adjustment." He said as Winter just listened to him.

"As much as I want to agree with you, what exactly do you know about these affairs?" She asked as Jeremiah went quiet.

"Thats a long story." He said as she crossed her legs.

"Well, we have hours til our plane lands." She said as Jeremiah sighed.

"Well, to be honest, my family wasn't as well off as we were now." He said as he started his tale.

"There was a time in my life I can remember when we didn't have the house that we did now, my dad worked three jobs, mom was at home taking care of my siblings and I, and there were times when we didn't get everything we wanted, mostly because we knew we couldn't afford it." He started off by saying the basics.

"When we were growing up, we were taught at a young age, that the world doesn't owe anything to you, you can spend your time crying and complaining about how you don't have everything you want, or how the world doesn't fit to your standards, but in reality, that is not the way to go. By the time I was five, I was helping my family on the farm, I knew with my dad working so often, he didn't have enough time to do his chores at home, and when he did come back home, he was fast asleep on the couch from an exhausting day." He continued as Winter was listening intently.

"Of course, I tried hard in school, but as mom will tell you, I got beat up a lot, mostly because I used to have a really bad temper, sure some kids didn't like me because I was a bit of a geek, but unfortunately, I also had a nasty habit of getting pissed off and picking a fight with the older tougher kids. It wasn't until I came home with a broken nose that my dad sat me down and gave me a lecture about how I needed to change my attitude, and let me tell you, unlike your dad...my father was actually right." He said as he thought back.

"You know, I could deal with being spanked, or the occassional ass whooping, but the last thing I wanted to happen was hear my dad say he was disappointed in me, that was an awful feeling, it got even worse when I realized that he was right, I was causing trouble at school, and even though I did help on the farm, I wasn't nearly doing as much as I could. Add that into the fact my grades were not the best, I was in desperate need of an attitude adjustment." Jeremiah continued on as Winter could sort of understand him.

"Anyways, I still did get beat up at school, but I didn't go looking for fights this time, I studied harder and improved my grades, I still wasn't the best student, but at least now I was actually doing fairly well." He said as Winter cut him off.

"Forgive me, but it seems like your story is going over how I should listen to my father, how is this supposed to help?" She asked slightly confused.

"Let me finish, the point is, at this point, my father was right, my attitude was a mess, I was a pain in the ass at school, and I was lazing about at home, in this situation, I did need an attitude adjustment. You on the other hand." He said as he looked at her.

"Your beauty doesn't need improvement, you look fantastic just as you are, and you broke away from a man who simply wanted you to be the heirress to his company, but you branched out and went your own way, and thats fantastic. My father may have been right in his assumptions about me, but your father was definitely wrong, and even if my dad did point out flaws in my attitude, he was always quick to help, even if it meant staying up a little later to help me improve my grades and my attitude." He said as he smiled.

"Eventually, Dad got a better job that he didn't need to work three jobs anymore, we ended up selling our steers for a great price, and we built the house you know today, and sure, while self improvement is a good thing, and I believe we should all strive for it, in your case, your looks don't need improvement, mostly because it seems like you're perfect just the way you are." He said with a smile.

Winter had to admit, while that was one of the cheesiest, and dorkiest things she had ever heard. It was refreshing to hear. Her whole life, she and her sister had been told that they were not good enough, not beautiful enough, or not smart enough, and that whatever happened, they were never good enough to be the inheritor to the Schnee fortune. That they must constantly seek to change themselves for the future of the business. Even if they were as smart as they could be, it was never enough. But here was a man who was telling her that she was fine just the way she was, and she had to admit, it was nice to hear.

"Besides, look at you now, you're a great fighter, a specialist in the army, sure while you did seem to have a bit of a temper problem, overall, you've done well with your life." He said, even though Winter gave him a look at the 'temper' remark.

"You know...I misjudged you, I thought you were just a dumb redneck who only cared about drinking and shooting." She said as he chuckled.

"Oh don't get me wrong, I like drinking and I looking shooting shit, but I TRY to be more than that." He said as he was constantly trying to better himself, mostly because he knew he had more potential, and he wanted to reach that.

"Still though, I have a hard time imagining you with a temper problem as a kid." She said because he seemed pretty laid back.

"Oh I still do, its just now I am better at dealing with it...whether through exercise or alcohol." He said as she looked at him.

"You know, you really shouldn't drink so much." She said as he sighed.

"I know...I know, but hey, I could be smoking crack." He said as she nodded.

"Either way, on this trip, at least try to limit your drinking." She said as he sighed again.

"Fine...but if we go to a vineyard or fancy restaurant, I think Wine is perfectly acceptable." He said joking along.

"Fair enough, just try not to get too drunk." She said as she would be happy with that.

"Oh and one more thing..." She said as he listened to her, wondering what she could say.

"You suck at comforting people." He said as he had to admit, he was expecting something nicer.

"BUT, you did make me feel better, and for that, you have my thanks." She said as he smiled a bit.

"You just couldn't come right out and say that could you?" He said being sarcastic.

"Old habits die hard." She said as she laid back in her sleep.

"Ugh, this seat is annoying." She said as she was used to flying first class.

"Welcome to Coach, just wait til the serving lady comes by." He said as he saw the stewardess come by.

"Your meals Sir." He said as she gave them some plastic covered lunch trays, and a plastic cup of water.

"What is this?" She said as she pointed to the freeze fried food.

"Basically what passes for food on these flights." He said as he begrudgingly took a bite.

Winter followed his example and took a bite out of the chicken, only to find it extremely hard to chew.

"It feels like rubber..." She said as she was having a difficult time chewing.

"You think thats bad, I can't even bite into mine, its like a brick." He said as he demonstrated by showing how hard it was to cut into it.

"I have done multiple training exercises that involved me to live off the land, and yet this food is somehow worse..." She said as she was trying to chew.

"I remember the time I tried fried scorpions, and that was pretty good, who would have thought in flight meals would be worse." He said as he tried Fried Scorpions when he visited New Mexico.

"By the way, what sort of plans does your mother have for us in Italy?" Winter asked.

"Besides getting Ren and Nora together, I don't know..." He said as he laid back to rest his head.

Meanwhile he didn't realize his Grandmama was talking with both Team RWBY and JNPR, on how to make Winter and Jeremiah even closer. Grandmama sensed that their relationship was not as far along as they made you believe, so she was determined to give her grandson a helping hand. And considering what happened with his LAST girlfriend, of which her name put a bad taste in her mouth. She knew her Grandson needed help with the ladies.

Lord knows he could use it.

"So, you rented them a room together, and you also got the manager of the hotel to act like there were no single bedrooms available, so they would have to share a room and bed...how did you manage that?" Pyrrha asked as Weiss was grumbling in the background.

She didn't like the fact that she was an accessory to help Winter and Jeremiah ACTUALLY start dating. She just didn't think that was a good match.

"Oh that's simple, I own the hotel." Grandmama smirked as everyone else looked shocked.

"Wait...what?" Weiss said since this was the same woman who lived in a small house back in the states.

"What? Just because I live simply doesn't mean I'm not rich." The two teams couldn't believe it.

His Grandmama certainly was an odd person.

BACK HOME

The house was empty, Ma and Pa were getting ready to go on vacation, after all, no kids around the house, and they were ready to just kick back and relax. Zeus was coming with of course, they didn't trust house sitters.

"Man, nothing could go wrong now." Pa said as they suddenly heard a noise.

"OW! DAMN IT!" They heard a mans voice.

"Oh no." He said as he grabbed a wooden baseball bat, Ma on the other hand took a lumberjack axe.

"Where the hell are-" The voice was about to say.

"TAKE THIS YOU BURGLAR BASTARDS!" Pa said as he swung the baseball bat.

And connected right with a orange hair girly looking man's face.

"OW!" The man yelled as Pa went for another swing.

"I"M GONNA BEAT YOU LIKE A REDHEADED STEPCHILD!" He said as he started swinging more and more.

"OW! YOU CRAZY DICK! OW! STOP!" Roman said as he was pretty sure his nose was broken.

"Dale...its...its..." Momma she dropped the axe as she ran over to pick something up.

"ITS SO CUTE!" She said as she picked up and hugged a little girl.

Only for the multi haired little girl to get pissed off and try to get out of Momma's death grip.

"Oh what is a cute little girl doing with a ruffian such as this?" Momma said as Neo was struggling to get out and breath.

Unforturnately, they had gotten caught in a dust explosion at a warehouse they were attempting to rob, and needless to say, they lost their weapons. So Neo didn't have her parasol, and Torchwick didn't have his cane. And Neo was focusing more on how she could breath rather than trying to escape.

"Damn, this guy is still breathing." Pa said as he tied him up.

"Well either way, we have to find out what to do with these two." He said as Momma held Neo out.

"Can I keep her?" Momma was holding a very angry Neo like a pissed off cat.

"I don't know, this guy may have kidnapped her, we should find her mommy and daddy." He said as Neo was raging and shaking her arms.

"I'm older than I look you assholes!" Neo was not having a good time.