"You don't have to grip the handle that hard, it's gonna rip out!" Ruby whined as the truck swerved into the parking lot.

"Then stop speeding!" Weiss cried, her left hand joining her right on the handle hanging over her head, legs tucked into her chest.

"Ruby's not doing too great, but she's still being overdramatic, right?" Yang asked, turning towards Blakes who was practically sitting in her lap. Blake opened her mouth right as Ruby slammed on the breaks before they slammed into the curb.

"Noooot exaaactly," Blake said, her voice dragging as they were forced forward and almost out the window. Before the worst could happen the car came to a full stop, throwing them back into their seats with a thud.

"Are we there? Is it safe?" Weiss asked, her teeth chattering as she spoke.

"Of course we're safe, did you expect anything different?"

"Yup,"

"I was terrified!"

"I thought you did great!" Yang said, reaching around the seat and patting Ruby on the shoulder, "though I gotta admit, you could've gone a bit easier on the breaks," she chuckled, blocking Ruby's flimsy punches with her elbows.

"Does nobody here believe in me?" Ruby cried, looking around the car, holding her arms out to Weiss like she wanted to hold hands.

"Don't even start with that, you know we love you. You just drove like a rabid cat wearing a blindfold, so don't be shocked," Yang said flatly, undoing her seatbelt, flinging the door open with a kick.

Ruby bit her lip and, for the first time, it seemed like Weiss could remember, her mouth stayed shut. She looked at Weiss with a bright red face and shrugged with a smile on her face before climbing out of the car after her sister.

"She's normally not this bad, I swear. I just think she was nervous," Blake sighed, looking out at the sisters as they pushed each other on their way to the end of the long line in front of the ice cream shop.

"Why would she be nervous? I know we were teasing her, but did it make her that nervous? Or did we do something else wrong?" Weiss asked as she pried her fingers off the handle, hoping she didn't feel it wiggle as she did.

"We didn't do anything, it was all you," Blake said, winking as she followed after the sisters. Weiss blinked, realizing she was by herself before frantically clipping open her seatbelt. Weiss tried to open the door only to end up slamming her shoulder into it, she cursed before pulling open the lock and flying after the group.

The night air cooled Weiss's clammy skin as her shoes crunched on the asphalt. The line was out the door, but none of the girls were heading towards the end. Instead, they walked through the front door, past a chalkboard listing the specials. Weiss stopped and scanned the sign, but kept walking with her shoulders slumped a moment later, "maybe I'll get lucky," she mumbled as she heard a bell jingle, she turned and saw Ruby holding the door open for them.

"Isn't this cutting?" Weiss asked, rubbing her neck as she looked down the line of happily talking customers, none of whom were giving them a second glance. Correction, none of them were giving her a second glance, a lot of them were giving Yang a second look though, and not all of them in a gross way.

"Yang, you got some incredible hits out there tonight!" Shouted one woman from the back who might've been some girl's middle-aged, cat-loving aunt.

"Thanks for watching!" She called out with a wave, getting a round of applause from a few devoted fans, "Don't worry about it, Weiss," she winked, walking into the building.

"We're friends with the owner, we've known her forever," Blake explained as she was dragged in by Yang's firm grip.

"Oh… Does that make it ok?"

"If she says it's ok, isn't it ok?" Ruby asked, tilting her head as she bowed down to Weiss like she was some kind of royalty. It made her heart flutter, especially with how rosey the girl's cheeks still were.

"Does she say it's ok?" Weiss asked as she walked into the dining room. There was a long counter full of ice cream and a few tables that were filled to the brim with people. The air smelled like sugar and for a brief moment Weiss thought she felt her stomach growl. There were two younger employees who looked like they were in high school, they moved quickly but had wide eyes like they weren't sure which way was up. Then there was-

"Absolutely no she doesn't say it's ok!" the harsh voice came from a tall blonde woman from behind the counter. She looked sweet until Weiss saw she was baring her teeth at them like some sort of dog, her eyes fiery and her finger clenched onto an ice cream scoop.

She wore thin-rimmed glasses and her hair was blonde with most of it pulled back with a few locks of golden hair out at the side, looking nice despite how fast her hands were moving.

She was dressed in a white and red striped shirt that would make someone with less grace look either like a dork or adorkable. Weiss could picture Ruby wearing a shirt like that and wasn't sure which of the two categories she'd fall into. Weiss knew without question which one she'd be in, and it wasn't the second option.

"What do you mean no? Come on, Glynda, you always let us come in after my fights! It's tradition!" Yang complained, ironing the venom in the woman's voice or the fire in her eye.

"When there's only a few people in line, sure! But you can't just skip past everyone in line, they're gonna chew my head off if I let that happen!"

"I'll be quick, I swear! All I need is the scoop and cup! And some spoons. Maybe some napkins. Oh, and I can't forget the ice cream- Whatever, the point is that I'll be out of your hair in a flash!"
"You better be, I still have enough gunk in my hair," She said through gritted teeth, handing a customer his double scoop Sunday as Ruby squirmed through the door and behind the counter.

"Have I ever given you a reason not to trust me?" Ruby smiled as she lathered her hands in the sink, a red and white apron already tied around her back.

"You broke four bowls last month and made the freezer door pop off last month, I'd say I have a few reasons not to,"

"But do you?"

"I shouldn't, but for some dumb reason I do," glynda sighed as she loosened her grip on the scoop, putting it down to her side. "That bum of an uncle of yours? I'm not so sure,"

"He's not that bad, he just gets overwhelmed sometimes," Ruby defended as she squeezed next to Glynda, grabbing a scoop off the table. She clicked it a handfull of times and then started scooping ice cream into a cone.

"Don't forget the almonds this time," Yang said, walking up to the counter and almost smushing her face on the glass. She probably would've too if it wasn't for Blake pulling her back.

"She won't," Blake said, her hands on Yang's waist.

"Thank you, Blake," Ruby said proudly, only for Blake to shake her head.

"I actually meant Glynda wouldn't forget them," she said softly looking away as Ruby's heart shattered.

"That's cold," Ruby sniffled, pretending to rub her nose on her sleeve as she worked. "What do you want, Weiss? It's on the house!"

"You can't give things away, Ruby, or do we have to have another talk about what company theft means?"

"Eh, I mean it's discounted by the house! Twenty-five percent!" Ruby laughed, making Weiss blush.

"I'm not really much of an ice cream person," Weiss said softly, surprised when Glynda turned and looked at her.

"Really? Not much of a sweet tooth on you?" She asked with a smirk, leaning on the counter and looking Weiss up and down.

"I'm sure we have something you'll like, name a flavor. Anything," She smiled, her fingers twisted together like a bond villain.

"I'm fine with anything,"

"Come on, no need to lie. What're you in the mood for?"

"I mean, the only one I really like is Atlas Vanilla," Weiss shrugged, expecting bitter disappointment to fill her soul. Glynda said nothing as she pushed off the counter, strolling down to the edge of the flavors before reaching down. Weiss felt her heart pound in her chest as the woman stood up with a cup full of beautiful white gold.

"Fresh all the way from an Atlas creamery," Glynda smiled as she grabbed a spoon from the counter and plopped it into the ice cream. "Ruby, I can't believe I let you into my kitchen and you still haven't introduced me to your well mannered friend,"

"Right, sorry!" Ruby said in a panic as she grabbed a bottle of dark brown liquid and poured it out on a bowl, "Weiss this is my part time boss and full time roll model Glynda, Glynda this is Weiss from school,"

Ruby put two cups on the counter, One had vanilla, almonds chocolate, and caramel sauce spiralled around it that Yang picked up, the other looked like rocky road with bright sprinkles covered it that Yang grabbed.

"Weiss Schnee I'm assuming?" Glynda asked, holding out the cup for Weiss to take.

"How'd you know?" Weiss asked as she grabbed the cup, realizing that she'd used the same one only yesterday. "Do you know my sister?"

"You're certainly bright like Winter, that's for sure," She grinned, eyes scanning Weiss's like she was looking for something.

"Winter? Bright? That doesn't sound like her," Weiss said quickly, getting a laugh from Glynda, even Yang and Blake got a chuckle out of it.

"Ohhh, you're definitely her sister, you have the same fire inside of you," She said, "She's told me a bit about you, but I have to admit, you're different than I thought you'd be,"

"Is that a bad thing? What did you think I would be like?" Weiss asked, her voice going soft and quiet as she spoke.

"Shorter," She joked, before her face grew more serious, "But you're also… More confident than I thought you'd be, if that makes sense. I also never thought I'd see you hanging around with this bunch of goofballs,"

"Hey, there's nothing wrong with being a goofball!" Ruby complained as she heaved a giant cup that was loaded with all sorts of colors, flavors, and toppings. It looked so sweet it left Weiss's teeth vibrating just looking at it,

"Not at all, especially when you're a nice goofball," Glynda agreed, before looking at Weiss with a heavy gaze, "Could I ask you something, about your sister, Weiss?"

"I don't see why not," Weiss said as she stuck a spoonful of ice cream in her mouth, tingling as the salty and sweet taste exploded.

"Did she ever tell you about… I probably shouldn't say this, but when she was almost… Engaged?" She said, grimacing and flinching with every syllable, but forcing herself to say them anyway.

"Are you talking about Qrow?" Weiss asked, eyes wide as her stomach did flips, how many people knew about what happened that night?

"So you do know?" She blinked, like she wasn't positive the girl was telling the truth.

"She, uh, she told me the other day," Weiss said softly, knowing that Yang, Blake, and even Ruby were all listening. She looked down at the cup in her hand, biting her lip, "I'm guessing that was because of you talking some sense into her?"

"It wasn't anything that serious, I just pointed her in the right direction is all. It just might have cost me a bit more in laundry is all,"

"Oh god, what did she do this time?" Weiss whined, the spoon still hanging from her mouth.

"Nothing, we just had a little disagreement is all. Everything got worked out,"

"Is that why the floor was so sticky yesterday?" Ruby asked, but Glynda didn't acknowledge her.

"How about that ice cream actually is on the house, and why don't you tell your sister hi for me? Maybe you two can come in sometime," Glynda smiled, and Weiss felt like she'd just made another friend that wouldn't be going away anytime soon.

44.

Jess and Jack