"Sil you need to calm down before you give yourself a panic attack." Ruby ignored her longtime friend and continued to run through house leaving only disaster in her wake.

"Would you remind me why you call her Sil?" said Neptune finally looking up from his phone.

"It's short for Quicksilver. When we were kids we would pretend to be super heroes and Ruby always ended up being Quicksilver because she was the fastest of us all and she had silver eyes." Sun absentmindedly responded as he watched Ruby run around like a crazy person. He was quickly bringing to regret bringing his new boyfriend to meet Ruby for the first time. Neptune has yet to like any of his friends and Ruby going crazy wasn't helping her case.

Neptune gave him a confused look, "Why didn't you just call her the flash? She's fast and wears a lot of red."

Sun laughed wistfully before saying, "She didn't always wear black and red… but that's another story. Right now we need to calm her down."

Neptune nodded and sat back on Ruby's bed "You do that, I don't really know her enough to help out."

Sun sighed and waited for Ruby to enter her room again before spinning her to face him and placing his hands on her shoulders to keep her from ducking way. "Ruby you need to calm down."

Her friend's use of her real name dragged her out her thoughts and allowed her to finally respond to him. "Sun you don't get it. She's so hot and so out of my league."

"Look I know it's been a while since they who shall not be named, but Sil you have to learn to move on. You deserve better and if you think that this girl can make you happy then go for it and if she isn't good enough then you will find someone new. It's all about confidence." Ruby forced herself to take several breaths. "That's good Sil just keep breathing and you'll be just fine. Now let's clean up this mess before your date comes by." Sun gave her one last smile before letting her go.

It took them a few minutes to clean up the mess of clothes and wild assortment of items tossed around the room and house. When they finally picked up the last item Sun dragged Ruby back to her room and picked out an outfit for her to wear. After a few minutes of debate she ended up wearing two layers of black pants, a black t-shirt with a gray long leave underneath, a gray zip-up hoodie over that and her favorite red leather jacket over that. Ruby was tightening the laces on her black leather boots when she heard the doorbell ring.

"Oh no it's her…" said Ruby before booking it to the door before Sun could reach it and interrogate her date. "See ya later Sun thanks for the help!" she yelled as she closed and locked the door behind herself. A moment later she heard the heavy thump of Sun's body hitting the door. All she heard was "Dammit Ruby!" before she turned to face her date.

Cinder wore a thick black coat with a fur lined hood with black pants and combat boots. She gave Ruby a small smile and pointed toward the door. "Friend of yours?"

"Yeah, he's really nosy so we should get going before he tries to get out here and judge you to see if you're good enough." Ruby grabbed Cinder's hand and began to walk down the porch steps. Cinder soon caught up to Ruby and directed her to her car. As soon as they got into the car Cinder sped out of the half empty street and onto the road that lead to the old run down theater in the middle of town.

The theater itself had changed hands several times over the years before it fell into the hands of the city. The only reason it was still running and in decent shape was because several lower income people would go because the tickets were dirt cheap. They soon drove into the theater's parking lot after a comfortably ride, when they got out an locked the car Cinder walked around the car and offered her arm for Ruby to take as they walked into the theater. After Ruby hooked her arm through Cinder's with a smile, soon after they had made it into the theater Cinder leaned down to Ruby's ear and whispered, "So what movie do you wanna watch?"

Ruby suppressed the shudder that threatened to go through her but couldn't help the storm of butterflies in her stomach. Ruby looked up at the list of currently showing shows above the ticket counter to the right of the theater and frowned. "There are only a bunch of re-runs on, I wish they would invest in getting movies that came out this year."

Cinder chuckled and said, "We could watch Beowolves attack VII, I heard it wasn't that bad."

Ruby just rolled her eyes and smiled "Those movies are so bad they are good, every single one of those is just one big slasher fest with horrible acting. They are ridiculously funny but unintentionally so, that's what makes them so great."

"So they are horror movies so bad they are funny?"

Ruby's smile widened, "Exactly."

They soon got their tickets and made it to the theater just in time for the movie to start. After an hour and a half of laughing at the ridiculous story line and horrible low budget effects they left the theater holding hands and talking animatedly about the movie. They soon got to the car and Cinder dove them to the best pizzeria in Vale, Oz.

The green and gray themed building was renowned though Vale for having the best pizza money could buy. These were the times Ruby was thankful of the fact that she knew the owner personally and would always have a table there no matter how busy it got.

As soon as they arrived Cinder began to question if they could even get in much less get a table, but Ruby just walked into the restaurant and greeted the hostess by name. "Hi Glynda!" she said slightly startling the woman.

She looked up from her tablet and gave Ruby a small smile, "Hello Ruby, would you like your usual table?"

"Yes please." Glynda nodded and tapped a few things on her tablet before signaling that their table was ready.

As Ruby and Cinder walked over to an empty table in the far back Cinder asked, "How'd you get a table so quick?"

Ruby shrugged and said "The owner used to date my uncle and when they broke up he assured me that I would always have a table here."

Cinder could feel that there was more to the story but decided not to press the matter. A blond haired waiter soon walked over to them as said "Hey Ruby! It's nice to see you out and about I have really seen you since…" The boy glanced over at Cinder before continuing, "Anyway what can I get you guys?"

Ruby gave him a smile before saying "Hi Jaune and I'd like the usual pepperoni and coke."

He scribbled it down on the small notepad he had fished out of his dark green apron and turned to Cinder. "Same." She said before he could ask.

Scribbling it down he nodded and said "I'll be back in a minute."

As soon as he was out of ear shot Cinder leaned on the shiny mahogany table and said "Well aren't you full of secrets. First you mysteriously have a connection to the owner of what is arguable one of the best places to eat in Vale and then your friend over there mentions you being a shut in after some kind of event."

Ruby sighed and leaned back in her chair "I'll only answer one of those if you answer a question of mine."

"Alright shoot."

"What were you and Blake fighting about the bakery earlier today?" asked Ruby. The curiosity had been burning her ever since Blake had stormed out of the bakery.

Cinder sighed and gave her a small smile, "You don't pull any punches do you?" Ruby smiled and shook her head. "Well if you really must know it started out as a simple conversation about hiring more people since we only have Em on staff and since me and Blake can barely be in the same room for more than a few minutes before beginning another argument whether it be because of money, Blake's tour, or just dad's health… We just take shifts one week I work and the next she does, but anyway that argument started because we are low on staff and we can't afford any more people."

They stayed silent a few moments Ruby processing the new information and Cinder lost in her thoughts about the bakery. "I can work there if you want." said Ruby finally breaking the silence.

Cinder looked at Ruby with a confused expression and said "We don't have the money to pay you."

"I'll work for free."

Cinder's eyes brightened "Really?" was all she said before her smile widened.

"Yeah, my sister Yang's been hassling me to get out more anyway."

"Speaking of going out you were going to tell me all your secrets."

Ruby smirked "I said I would tell you one thing. You choose the story behind how I know the owner or me being a shut in."

Before Cinder could answer Jaune walked over to their table with a large dish holding two plates with large slices of pizza on them and two cokes in glass cups. He placed them on the table and said "Enjoy." before walking back to the kitchen for more people's orders.

Once again Cinder had waited till he was out of ear shot before answering Ruby's question. "I'll take the shut in story."

Ruby nodded and wiped her mouth, she finished the piece she had been chewing and began to answer Cinder. "Alright, so what happened was that I had a bad break up with my partner of three years and it left me broken and alone for a long time. If it hadn't been for my friend Sun I don't know if I would have made it. Yang wasn't of much help either but it isn't really her fault she's been about as emotionally supportive as a dead mouse since the accident."

"Accident?" said Cinder, quickly breaking Ruby out of her spiraling thoughts.

"That's a story for another day." Ruby gave her a smile and a look that screamed not to ask about it.

Cinder nodded and took a bite out her pizza, they began to talk about random topics until Cinder excused herself to the restroom. A few moments later someone leaned on and half sat on the table she was eating at. Ruby's eyes traveled up the waitress' slim body before it landed on a familiar pair of green eyes.

"Hello Ruby."

~A.N.~

Oops there is a cliffhanger, I wonder who it is? There are just so many people with green eyes its hard to narrow it down. Anyway I'm not gonna lie but I have been drinking, I barely remembered to finish up the last thousand words or so when I was watching the fireworks light up my street so please forgive any grammar mistakes I made. Anyway please review and all that jazz and til next time peoples.