Chapter 50: Girls Night Out

"Come on Adam, you have to get up or we'll be late," Serena repeated for the umpteenth time, shaking the still sleeping male's shoulder in hope he would finally rise.

It was Friday, the last day before weekend and the worst days of all. It was already hard to get the male to get up at Monday, but Friday was the worst of them all. They both worked hard all week, him more so than her since he was the teacher responsible for the martial arts, and were always tired when the end of it finally arrived. But since he was the one that worked out more than her, he was more tired and on Fridays he was always so spent that it was near impossible to wake him up.

Serena yawned and went back into the bathroom, brushing her hair and ruffling it dry. Padding back into the bedroom, she quickly donned a black blouse, black jeans and brown ankle boots. Tying her shoes, she heard a groan come from behind and smiled when she looked over her shoulder to see her partner ruffle his hair. As if it would bring any order into that messy hair of his.

"Finally awake?" she asked, earning herself a half-hearted glare. Chuckling, she went to the kitchen and prepared breakfast while she heard the shower turn on. Finally! she thought, making them some fried eggs with toast and brooding both of them a cup of coffee. Setting two plates down, she divided the eggs between them just as Adam strolled out of the adjacent room, hair still damp and eyes still half-asleep.

"Here," she said, handing him his cup while settling down by the table and sipping her own. Coffee always helped wake him up and he was soon sitting opposite her and eating his eggs. They ate in silence, as was mostly the case since he was still too tired. When finished, they set their plates aside and the young female quickly put them in the dish washer while the Faunus got ready for work.

"Hurry up Adam," Serena called, putting on her coat and waiting by the door for him. He soon emerged from the room, always amazing her how he still managed to get ready so fast and donned his own jacket before both exited the apartment and entered the morning streets of Vale. People were going to work and shops were slowly starting to open. The city was always the most peaceful in the morning and Serena enjoyed the quiet walk, her hand held warm by the other one that held hers.


"Good class. Today, we'll be making a little excursion to the Forever Fall forest," Serena announced, gaining the attention of her still chatting pupils. The kids quietened down and all eyes were on her. "We'll be going into the forest so that you can practice on how to really get along with Grimm."

"I'm sorry Miss, but what do you mean 'really get along'? I thought that we had absolved our training?" Pyrrha asked.

"That is true, but I want to see how you'll handle Grimm if you are not prepared for their attack. Since we've always been training in the classroom and I've always been with you, you were always ready for what was to come. But in the wild it's different and you'll have to get used to it. Only if you succeed here will you be finished with this part of your training."

The students nodded and Serena could feel the anticipation that lied in the air.

"We'll meet up at one o'clock in the campus. Don't be late or you'll be left behind. That is all," she finished just as the bell rung.

She cleaned the black board and grabbed her bag before exiting the classroom and walking towards the cafeteria, hurry for the long awaited lunch. Walking up to the nice cafeteria lady, she asked for her plate and, upon receiving it, made her way towards the teacher's lounge where the other teachers were having their lunch as well. Looking around, she noticed Raven sitting by herself and went over and took a seat by her new friend.

"Hey," the older woman greeted her.

"Hey."

Serena wasn't really sure what to talk about with the red-eyed woman and felt a bit awkward. But she immediately relaxed when Raven initiated a conversation.

"So, how have you been doing? I heard that your class is pretty popular among the students."

"I've been doing well so far. Had a few problems with one student but it's all solved now. I'm not really sure if I'm so popular, but the kids aren't complaining yet so that means that my class has to be half way good," she replied with a light smile.

"Don't be so modest. The students love you. My sister always talks about how great you are as teacher and how much fun she has when she's in your course. And from the looks of the other students, they do too," Raven said, giving the woman a small grin.

"If you say so," Serena mumbled, taking a bite of her roasted chicken.

"But more importantly, how are things with Adam? Have you two done it already?"

Serena almost choked on her chicken, coughing several times and downing a lot of water before she could finally breath normally again. Coughing a little more, she looked at the female sitting beside her with wide eyes, face red as a tomato.

"W-What?" she asked, not quite sure if she'd heard right.

"Oh come on, you've got to have gotten that far. I know that you're not really the type to jump on men, but it's been six months already."

Serena looked on in shock, not believing that this was actually happening. Where had that come from all of a sudden?!

"So?" Raven asked, drawing out the 'O' to emphasize the fact that she was still waiting for an answer. Serena mumbled something under her breath, but Raven couldn't quite understand what. "What?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

"We have," came the still quiet reply, though she heard it this time. She gave the girl a wide grin and Serena turned even redder, if that was possible.

"Really?" Raven exclaimed, though Serena's hands quickly shut up to cover her mouth, not wanting the other teachers to listen in on their conversation. They were already looking at the two strangely.

"Shh, not so loud. I don't want the whole school to know," she whispered, Raven nodding in understanding and Serena took her hands away, sighing in relief when she noticed that the others weren't looking at them anymore.

"So, tell me; how was it?"

"Why should I tell you that?" Serena was the one who spoke too loudly this time, her voice an octave higher than normal, making the sentence come out as a squeak.

"Oh come on, we're friends. I won't tell anyone. Besides, I've never seen Adam treat someone like he does you."

The comment made Serena blush yet again.

"So?"

"It was…nice," she said almost in a whisper.

"Aha, more details, details!"

And so they talked, with Serena being red as a tomato for most the time and Raven grinning continuously. Though they soon changed the subject, for which Serena was grateful and it was Raven's turn to be embarrassed when asked how things were between Oobleck and her. The older female confessed that they had gone out to drink coffee, and Serena briefly wondered if that was even healthy for the man since he was already quite the hyper character without caffeine, and that they were going out eating the next evening. The girl was happy that the ex-member of the White Fang had found someone she could be happy with.

When it was time to part ways, both gave each other a hug before walking off to their respective classes. Arriving on the campus, Serena was glad to see that her entire class was assembled and they wet off into the woods. After about half an hour of walking, they stopped in a clearing, the students gathered around her, waiting for instructions.

"Alright guys, you know what to do. You can walk around now, just remember to always keep your guard up and don't wander off too far. If anything should happen, call me, got it?"

The students nodded their heads and off they were. Serena stayed behind, watching them from afar and always having an eye on the ones she thought could get into trouble. She was soon joined by an Ursa, the animal licking her cheek in greeting at having not seen her for so long while a Beowolf followed soon after, also licking her cheek.

"Ajax, Loki, it's good to see you again. How have you guys been?" she asked the animals.

It was boring without you, came the gruff reply from Ajax, the animal giving a huff to emphasize his statement.

Yeah. There was no one to play with and you weren't visiting for so long, Loki added, nudging her arm.

"Sorry, but I've been so busy with work that I didn't really find the time. I promise to visit more often from now on," she said, scratching both their heads in a way of apology.

You better or I swear I'm going to come visit you myself, Ajax snorted.

"I would advise you don't," Serena replied playfully, knowing that he never would do such a thing.

So how have you and that Faunus been? Loki inquired.

"Not you too," Serena exclaimed desperately, earning a few glances from two students that were nearby before she waved her hand at them, telling them to go on.

What? I'm only concerned about our dear Princess, the Beowolf replied.

"Princess? Since when am I a princess?"

Napoleon said that you were. You know, with the whole telepathic communication and so on. He said that you were our princess from now on, Loki explained, scratching his ear with one of his hind legs.

"Whatever the old man says," Serena mumbled.

So? I hope he's treating you well. Because if he's not… Ajax gave a low growl, making it pretty obvious what would happen to the male in question if he were to mistreat their precious friend.

"Yo don't need to worry about me. Adam's far too nice to do anything to me, you should know that. It was him, after all, that saved me back then." This seemed to abate the questioning of her two friends and the three were soon watching the students in silence. Everyone managed to successfully tame their own Grimm and Serena was proud at her students. They retuned to school soon, but before she went home, Ruby stopped her.

"Hey, I wanted to ask if you were interested in going out with me and my friends tonight. You know, go dance a little and so. I mean, it's Friday evening and I'm sure that Adam would come too if you asked him," the young girl asked.

"Sure. Where should we meet?"

"Great. Um, how about eight at our dorm?"

"Alright, I'll be there. See you later then!"


"This evening?"

"Yeah, with Ruby and the rest of her team. She wanted to go out with us and have a little fun," Serena explained to Adam who was changing from his sparring clothes to his regular ones.

"Sorry, but I can't. Apparently Goodwitch and Ozpin want to talk with me," he said, pulling his red T-Shirt over his head, grabbing the coat that was lying next to him.

"Really? What about?" she asked, worry evident in her voice.

The male looked down at her with soft eyes, noticing that she was worried that he'd gotten himself into trouble. Leaning down, he kissed her softly before saying, "Don't worry. It's nothin bad. They just wanted to talk about my position as teacher, nothing else."

"Oh, okay. Then I guess I'll be going alone with the girls."

"Yeah, but don't worry about me. Have fun. I know that you're good friends with them, so just enjoy yourself, okay?"

"'Kay," she replied before standing on her toes and pressing her lips against his again.


Serena was at their dorm at the appointed time, twiddling her fingers in nervousness. She had never really gotten to know the other members of Team RWBY, even if they were part of her class and was nervous about really getting to know them. Taking a deep breath, she knocked on the door that was soon thrown open by an energetic Ruby.

"Serena!" the girl exclaimed joyfully, hugging the girl in greeting.

"Hey," Seren replied shyly, standing back to see that the girl had, to her surprise, put on a dark red dress that went to mid-thigh with high heels. "I thought you said you couldn't walk in those shoes," Serena said teasingly.

"And I can't, but Yang and Weiss forced me to put them on, and trust me, you can't win when it comes to those two."

Serena gave a soft laugh before being let into the room where the other members were already finished, except for Weiss who put the finishing touch to her hair. All four of them looked beautiful, dressed in dresses that reached from above the knee to mid-thigh and all wearing heels. She felt a bit self conscious in her blue ripped skinny jeans, black high heels that she had brought herself to wear for this evening and black glitter top. The outfit was topped off with her usual black coat since it was, after all, early December and snow was soon to fall.

"Alright guys, let's go," Yang said enthusiastically, grabbing a black leather jacket to put over her violet dress that reached to mid-thigh, emphasizing her lavender eyes and hugging her figure in the perfect way to make her look even more appealing than usual. She was wearing black heels, like Ruby and Blake.

Blake put away the book that she had just been reading, placing it back in the book shelf before grabbing a black cardigan to wear over the black dress that she had borrowed Serena for her birthday with the same shoes. Weiss followed suit, her hair for once let down, wearing a beautiful white strapless dress that reached to slightly above her knees that had a small ribbon tied in the front . She put on a white cashmere coat that could be tied with a belt.

They left the dorm when everyone was ready and made their way to the city, talking all the while, though some, notably Ruby, talked more than others. They first went to a nice restaurant to eat something and Serena was not surprised that Yang knew the owner. She seemed like the type of person that knew a lot of people.

"So, Serena, what do you think of Beacon so far?" Weiss asked, putting another fork of her salad into her mouth.

"It's a great school and the teachers as well as the students are all very nice. Though there are some exceptions," she said, thinking back to Cardin Winchester.

"Yeah, but I guess every school has people like that," Ruby said, knowing exactly who Serena had meant with her last comment.

"But anyway, how are things between you and Adam? Being all romantic I can see," Yang asked, wagging her eyebrows suggestively.

For the second time on that day, Serena almost choked on her food and it took her at least two minutes to completely regain her composure before exclaiming exasperatedly, "What is this? The 'annoy Serena day' or what? Why does everyone keep asking me the same question?!"

The girls looked at each other in confusion, not quite getting why she was suddenly so exasperated but shrugged it off. The talk from then on revolved all around the young woman and her Faunus boyfriend and Serena noticed that Blake was quite talkative when it came to her former partner. She figured that the cat Faunus was only worried about her friend's well-being and could see the obvious delight her eyes held when she told them about how kind he was and so on.

Changing location from the restaurant to the club that belonged to Junior, she could see the surprise in Yang's face when the male greeted her as familiarly as he did the blonde. "You know him?" she asked.

"Yeah, I've been here with Adam before. Turns out he's an old friend of his and so we got to know each other," Serena replied over the loud music.

"Apparently he's not only Adam's friend. Look up there," Ruby said from beside them before pointing up towards the gallery that overlooked the dance floor and rest of the club. Squinting her eyes, Serena scanned the people sitting there before her eyes landed on a shock of orange hair.

"Is that-"

"Torchwick!" Weiss exclaimed and soon they were all climbing the stairs, the girls ready to confront the criminal and call the police to hand him in. He was sitting with a small woman that had light pink and brown hair and the same pair of eyes. She was looking at them all and scribbled something onto a sheet of paper before showing it to the man that was sitting opposite her, with his back turned towards the approaching females.

The man tensed and slowly turned around to see Ruby glaring down at him, Yang, Blake and Weiss standing behind her, all with their arms crossed while Serena kept to the side. She had nothing to do with the ongoing feud between the girls and the criminal and decided it be best if she waited to see what was going to happen.

"Red, what a surprise to see you here. I thought minors weren't allowed into this club?" the man asked with a voice of joy and delight, as if he was happy to see the girls.

"What are you doing here Torchwick? Shouldn't you be in jail or something?" Yang asked suspiciously.

"Oh, but you see, I am no longer a criminal."

"Yeah right," Weiss snorted, not believing the man for a second.

"Believe it or not, but I have given up on my criminal career and am now an honest and upright citizen."

"Oh really?" Ruby asked, eyebrow raising.

"Really. Just ask your principal and he'll tell you that I made a deal with him and that thick-headed general," the man replied smugly, a grin forming on his lips.

"What kind of deal?" Blake asked.

"I give him information about the big fish in the underground world and he doesn't arrest me. Of course, only as long as I don't do anything."

"That's true," Serene injected for the first time, walking up closer to the group. "Professor Ozpin has informed all the teachers about this agreement. Just in case that trouble should occur."

"I'm sorry, but I don't think we've met yet," Torchwick said, eying the woman carefully.

"I'm Serena Caldron, a teacher at Beacon."

The name rung a bell to him and it took him some time until he remembered it. "Ah, the famous Grimm Tamer. A pleasure to meet you. How about you and your friends join me and Neo. Since we are no longer enemies, there is no harm in having a drink together," the man offered, gesturing to the empty seats.

"I don't think that-"

"It would be my pleasure," Serena replied, stunning Ruby and the rest into silence and taking a seat next to the woman called Neo.

The girls looked at each other questioningly before also taking a seat, Ruby sitting right next to Torchwick. Conversation was awkward at first and Serena could feel the distrust that the four females still held regarding the criminal, but with a few drinks and some time, they all lightened up.

The evening was enjoyable and they had a lot of fun together, laughing about Ruby getting teased by Roman, as he had introduced himself, and about all the amusing things that had happened in the past involving the team and the criminal. Roman's face was priceless when Ruby told him that she had found his secret hide out in Mountain Glenn by coincidence and the man looked shocked until late into the evening.

Serena got to know the other members as well, and talked a lot with Blake about the books she had read, since she also loved literature. It was a great evening and Serena was sure that it was one of the best that she'd had so far, though her number one was still the evening of her birthday that she had spent together with Adam.


Torchwick is back! And yes, I made him a good guy since I always thought that he wasn't as bad as he seemed. Plus, he's a fun guy and I have something in mind for him, though I'm not going to tell you what. You'll see in the last chapter what it is, so keep on reading.

And so sorry for the long wait but I've been too busy.

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