Pyrrha tumbled down the hallway, dropping her papers as she went. "I'm sorry!" She said every time she bumped into someone. The redhead was more focused on trying to get to Professor Oobleck's class on time, she was already fifteen minutes late. She had a very important test in that class, and if Oobleck handed out the essay already, he wouldn't allow her to enter the class. She didn't care how many papers she lost on her way or how many people she bumped into; she needed to take that test today.

The young huntress left her room with an entire stack of papers, and by the time she made it her classroom, she had about 4 pages of notes left. She couldn't care, this was the final test of the semester. She could regain the notes from someone else later on, during their break. She couldn't retake the test, however, since the grades were due tomorrow, he'd have no time to allow Pyrrha to retake it and get her score in time. She burst through the door, everyone in the class turning to face her. Slowly, the doors behind her came to a close.

"Ms. Nikos!" Oobleck called out. "Running late are we? You're just in luck." Pyrrha stared wide eyed, Oobleck's hand just inches away from putting down the first paper. If she arrived just three seconds later, she would've missed it. Pyrrha let out a sigh of relief.

"I'm so sorry Professor, my alarm didn't go off and then Ren's hair caught on fire, and Nora's pancakes were in my-"

"Enough excuses young lady, find your chair and prepare for the test." She did exactly as she was told and sat down with a huff, briefly looking through her notes before setting them away and looking down at the test that was set out in front of her. Pyrrha's eyes drooped, and she put a hand on her head to rest her aching neck for a moment. She ended up doing this for a few minutes, and eventually fell asleep quietly at her desk.

When Pyrrha woke up, she looked around, dazed for a moment before staring at the clock in shock. She had fifteen minutes left to complete a test that's normally done in the entire hour long class period. She mentally freaked out for a moment before regaining control and beginning to work through the test as fast as she could. Pyrrha was thankful that the test had simple questions for the most part, allowing her to zip through with ease as she tried catching up with her time constraint.

Pyrrha worked up until the very last second, her pencil practically smoking by the time Oobleck called out, "Put down your writing utensils and hand in your tests!" She got up sluggishly and, along with the other students, turned in her (mostly) finished assignment. Oobleck took a quick glare at her as he took in the tests. Pyrrha's morning was going awful so far. She slept in late, didn't have time to take a shower or brush her hair, Nora somehow managed to get pancakes and syrup all over the entire room, and Ren's hair caught on fire... which was a long story to explain. Ren, Nora and Jaune left before Pyrrha at her request. As stated before the grades were finalized tomorrow, and Pyrrha needed to find her work from the last time she was absent to turn in for Oobleck. Luckily she found the papers she needed and managed to turn in whatever she didn't drop out in the hallway.

The rest of JNPR joined Pyrrha outside of their class as they all left. "I started to lose my mind after the 215th question." Ren said, clearly exhausted from the intense, stressful hour they had.

"I zoomed through it, it was eeeaaasy." Nora waved her hand dismissively, which caught Ren off guard. She hated studying and never seemed to pay attention in class. Either she completely failed and didn't know it, or she somehow managed to retain memory much better than he did.

"Are you kidding? I didn't even get to the 200 question mark!" Jaune exclaimed, a hint of frustration in his voice. "I got to like, 156 before I dozed off and contemplated being a farmer."

"Oh hush Jaune," Pyrrha said. "I'm sure you did fine for what you completed. You're very smart." She encouraged her leader. Deep down inside, Pyrrha knew Ozpin would never let Jaune get expelled from the school or kept back, he saw the same great person inside of him as Pyrrha did. Not to mention, he was trying to play matchmaking with them two, which Pyrrha didn't mind at all. It got creepy at times, but Pyrrha needed all the help she could get.

"It was just really hard." Ren stated. "I'm sure we can all agree on that."

"Oh yeah, totally hard Ren." Nora said with a suggestive wink.

"Nora!"

"Calm down you two." Pyrrha chuckled lightly, her tiredness reflecting in her speech and movement. She lagged behind the other three, attempting her best to keep up with them. Why was she so tired? She hadn't stressed herself training Jaune, she didn't work longer than normal in the arena, and she didn't stay up late studying. She didn't know, but Pyrrha wouldn't let it happen again.

The team decided to head down to the cafeteria and get lunch. They had all missed breakfast, so the team was famished (Jaune called a team emergency and somehow managed to get them into the front of the food line). Pyrrha noted it was Jaune's favorite food today, Dino shaped chicken nuggets with mashed potatoes. When they got to their table and sat down, Pyrrha nearly collapsed into her food. She could barely keep her head up as she ate.

"Is everything alright Pyrrha?" Nora asked from the other side of Ren. "You seem... odd."

"I'm just a little tired is all," Pyrrha yawned. "I'll get a shower after this and hopefully that'll wake me up enough to last the rest of the day." Nora nodded and they left it at that. The redhead in shining armor couldn't keep her head up anymore, and decided to get two birds with one stone by resting on Jaune's shoulder. He seemed startled at first, but didn't seem to object. She got comfortable on his shoulder and nearly drifted off right then. Pyrrha wasn't having a good morning, and she was ready for it to be over with already.

"Mail!" Ren suddenly shot up and ran off, presumably to get what he had blurted out. He must've been expecting something, maybe a book he ordered was shipped in, or maybe he was anticipating a letter from his family. Either way, Pyrrha didn't sped too much time thinking about it. She was much more focused on how amazingly warm and comfy her crush was. The hoodie helped, but Jaune was naturally easy to rest on. Pyrrha smiled slightly, her eyes shut as she imagined them at a nice, warm cottage sitting on the couch surrounded by their children. Okay, Pyrrha. You're thinking a bit too far ahead, here. We should just stick to thinking about acquiring him for now.

Ren soon returned with a handful of mail in his arms. He sorted through them and gave everyone their mail. Jaune had the smallest pile, only two or three, Ren had the most by far, maybe ten or fifteen large, thick envelopes. Pyrrha guessed she was right about him ordering books. Nora had five or six, and Pyrrha had four.

The redhead sorted through the mail. She perked up when she saw two of them were from Signal and Atlas Academy, both schools she had tried getting into. Beacon was the only one who accepted her, until now, so she decided to go here. She looked down at the letters, both congratulating her on her allowance into the prestigious academies. Pyrrha had wanted more than anything in the world to go to Atlas, nearly jumping out of her chair with glee. She slowly lowered the letter and looked at her team. At Jaune, and Ren, and Nora. No matter how much she wanted to get into Atlas, she would never abandon her friends... her family.

"What'cha got there Pyr?" Jaune asked leaning over to look at the two papers. Pyrrha smiled softly, crumpling up the papers and tossing them away. "Just junk mail." Sure, she may regret not going to the school she wanted, but she'd regret it even more if she left these outstanding people she'd come to love.

She saw that the next letter was actually junk mail, some fake fortune teller who claims to know everything about her future. Pyrrha was amused enough to read it, but concluded it was fake and tossed that away too. The last letter was from her home; more specifically, her mother. Pyrrha's eyes lit up, glad to see she finally got something from home. She tore open the envelope happily, reading the letter before covering her mouth with her hand in shock.

"What's wrong Pyrrha?" Jaune noticed her sudden change in mood and put a consoling hand around her. This got Nora and Ren's attention as well, leaning in to hear what she had to say. The redhead took a moment to speak, trying to find a way to phrase it.

"My... My family had to move out of the house I grew up in... I had so many memories there..." She said as she sobbed. Jaune understood what she was going through. If Jaune had to leave his family home, where he grew up in, he would be devastated too. He had so many fond memories of the house he grew up in. It was hard enough leaving for Beacon, he couldn't imagine having to come home to a completely different place. Jaune understood that today was already stressful enough for Pyrrha, so adding this onto the list must've made things even worse.

"I'm so sorry Pyrrha..." Jaune said, followed by Ren and Nora giving their condolences. Jaune decided she needed comforting and wrapped Pyrrha in a tight embrace. "I know today's been rough, I'm sorry. We'll go out and get you some ice cream to cheer you up, just the two of us." Pyrrha held onto Jaune for dear life, not letting him go. When she finally opened her eyes, she looked past Jaune's shoulder at Nora and Ren, giving them a quick wink with a small grin before burying her face into Jaune's hoodie again.

"What was that for?" Nora asked Ren as he picked up Pyrrha's note and read it to himself.

"This is why." Ren concluded, handing her the paper.

My dearest Pyrrha,

Trust me, I know how you feel. You should've seen how idiotic your father was when we first met. It took me two years to get the smallest affection out of him, two years! I don't want you to go through the same torture I did. So, take my advice; Make up something emotional. It doesn't have to be real, just something that you can get visibly saddened about. Men don't know what to do in these kinds of situations (If this Jaune fellow is anything like your father,) and will attempt an awkward hug or consoling hand on the back. Maybe even both. Take it from me, you do this, and you'll have Jaune all over you whenever you can turn on the water works. Jaune seems like a sweet boy. I bet your father 20 lien that Jaune would ask you out to an ice cream date to make you feel better. I love you sweetie and we're all proud of you. We know you can do anything, and I know you can get this guy to fall for you, because anyone would be lucky to have you. Stay safe at Beacon.

Love, Mom

"Pyrrha, you sly dog."Nora giggled as she tossed the paper into the trash, wondering if the same tactic would work on Ren.