And it has been a month and a half...eeeee..I am so sorry. I hope you guys had a wonderful Christmas and have a fantastic New year! :D 2017! How exciting!

The theme song that inspiried this chapter is

Ellie Goulding-Beating Heart

Give it a Listen to have a better feel for the story so far.

-WhiteTigerLilly

Adam groaned and took in breath...Roses. Adam's brows furrowed. His face was buried in Ruby's dark hair. Stuck in thought and half asleep; he slowly began to realize Ruby's head was resting on his chest. He blew a breath of amusement.

She was sound asleep and Adam was careful to escape her grip with out waking her. Ruby slid from his embrace to lay on her side still in dreams. He looked to the window and saw that the sun was just starting to rise on the horizon. Adam pivoted back to Ruby noticing the way she frowned at times while she slept. Adam rubbed his neck and grinned. He lay back down opposite of her watching her sleep, she mumbled something and his smile returned to him. His stomach fluttered as she scooted toward him gripping blanket to her chest. Ruby's face was inches from his. There it was again...Roses. The smell of roses.

Adam firmed his jaw and before he knew what he was doing his palm was caressed against her cheek. Ruby leaned into it as if letting him know that she was okay with his gesture even though she was asleep. Adam rubbed his thumb in circles on her cheek soon traveling his thumb along her lower lip, she felt it and Ruby hummed.. He inched toward her...He's going to do it...His upper lip grazed hers and then-

"Jaune?" Ruby mumbled. Adam froze with his lip still touching hers.

He slowly pulled his face and hand away. Adam shook his head and gripped his hand into a fist. He stood up quickly running his hand through his bedhead. He liked her...He wasn't sure if it was Love but what he did know is that he liked her enough to...Well want her. He looked over his shoulder at her Ruby sleeping there. Adam felt his ears getting hot. Was he getting flustered?! He shook his hair irritably and tried to just take a breath.

"Hello!" Ruby found herself in a dark space...Everywhere she looked was darkness.

She looked down at her feet and saw her reflection. Ruby watched her expression change in confusion when suddenly the reflection did a ripple effect and something...Or someone appeared next to her. She wasn't alone. She turned around to find that the Mirror that was at her feet was now in front of her.

She saw a hooded figure in a white cloak look back at her. Ruby rose her hand up and noticed the reflection did the same. Was it her? Ruby looked down and pulled at her hood. It was red. Not white. Ruby glanced up at the figure and grasped the edges of her hood and slowly slid it off her head.

"Mama?!"

It was Ruby's mother; Summer Rose. Summer smiled at her and nodded. Ruby felt tears begin to sting at her eyes, she walked forward but was stopped by an invisible wall. Ruby rolled her hands into fists and started hitting the wall and her heart began to race.

"Mom?" Ruby stopped when she noticed blood start to ooze from her mothers stomach. "Oh my god. Mom!" Summer's face filled with pain and she crouched over and fell to the floor. "Mama!" Ruby sobbed hitting the wall with all she had. Ruby slid down to her knees and watched her mom bleed out in front of her. Why was this happening? She didn't understand. She kept wondering as Summer began to disappear. "Mom no...no...Don't go!" Summer was gone. Ruby shook head and cried.

"Poor little one, all alone again?" Ruby flung her head up and saw a women's silhouette. Ruby clenched her fist and struggled to stand to her feet. The women laughed

"I'm sick of your games Cinder! Get out of my head!" Ruby yelled grabbing her head. The shadow inched closer into sight...but it wasn't Cinder.

"Pyrrah?" Ruby's eyes widened in shock. A devious smiled spread across Pyrrah's face.

"I'm dead because of you." Pyrrah's words sliced through the air as she walked. Ruby noticed that an arrow stuck out from her chest and she felt nauseous.

"P-Pyrrah I'm...I'm so sorry. I should have save-" Ruby touched her mouth. She wasn't hearing only her voice but Jaune's as well. Ruby turned around and there he was, staring sadly at her with tears in his eyes. "Jaune." Ruby gasped when Pyrrah walked through her, ;like a ghost. "Wait- I'm.." Ruby wasn't there...And she wasn't who Pyrrah was talking too. She was talking to Jaune.

"And to think I loved you, Hell I even died for you. And here i'm wondering why." Pyrrah asked. Ruby ran between them again but Pyrrah walked through her again.

"Pyrrah its my fault not Jaune's!" Ruby's voice wasn't heard.

Pyrrahs face filled with anger when noticing the arrow in her chest. She clenched her teeth and pulled it out. Its tip dripped red and she observed the bloody arrow. "I realize now that you weren't worth saving." She threw the arrow to the floor and black mist swirled around her hand. Her sword appeared and she rose it toward Jaune.

"Juane!" Ruby threw herself in front of Juane, shutting her eyes just as the sword plunged into her. Ruby felt no pain. She huffed air in and out of her mouth and shivered when hearing Juane's voice whisper in her ear "Pyrrah...Forgive me."

"I will never forgive you." Pyrrah answered in disgust and pulled the sword out from Ruby and disappeared. Ruby froze and slowly turned her body to see that she didn't stop the blade. Jaune held his stomach just like Ruby's mother did and he fell to the floor. He let of out a hard breath and groaned in pain. Ruby fell to her knees by him.

"No! Not again.." 'She tried to touch him but her hands just went through him. "Please! It wasn't-It was me! Pyrrah help him!" Ruby cried out hoping some one, anyone would hear.

"Jaune!" Adam swung his body around to Ruby screaming in her sleep. "Jaune! Pyrrha help him!"

That name...He was really starting to hate that name. Jaune.

"Rose! Rose wake up!" Ruby opened her eyes in fear. She frantically looked around her and saw that Pyrrah and Jaune were gone, all that was before her was Adam gripping her arms and shaking her. "Rose its a dream!"

"A-Adam..." Tears burned her eyes. "Juane was dying and...and Pyrrah just...he bled to death..." She stammered over her words looking off into space. "I told her-...I-I...I said it was my fault...Its..Its my fault she's dead... Pyrrah died because I couldn't save her from Cinder."

Adam felt something inside want to hold her. He craved to but he fought the urge and just stayed where he was. "What happened to your friend was not your fault." Adam assured her. "It was Cinder...and," He licked his lips and continued. "It was me." It was silent and Ruby looked at him.

"You're right." Adam frowned at her as Ruby's expression changed. "If White Fang never attacked, Cinder would have never killed Pyrrah. Penny would be alive...Everyone who were murdered that night would be alive..." Ruby rose her head, eyes filled with hurt and pain. "And you; Adam," She heaved. Adam hated this. Please stop crying. "You would have never have hurt my sister." Adam's heart fell to his gut. Pressing his lips together he released his grip from Ruby's shoulders. In another situation this would make him angry beyond belief. But this time it was different ... all he felt was regret and it turned in the pit of his stomach.

"I'm sorry, Rose." Adam said quietly. He grabbed the back of her head gently pulling her forward and kissed her forehead. Ruby blinked confused. He let the kiss linger and he broke it. He pressed his forehead against hers and took a breath. "Don't follow me...Ill be back for you in a few hours." He grabbed the necklace of the totem on the side table and rose it over her head around her neck. He moved her hair away off her shoulder before standing up. "Stop crying kay?" He said softly as he grabbed his shirt and walked out the door leaving a stunned Ruby behind him.

After a few hours Adam came back to the bar with his original clothes on. And of course who could forget that stupid mask. Ruby was just getting use to him wearing sunglasses. She hated that Mask. What exactly was he hiding? Ruby decided to take her Ruby refused to speak to Adam and he didn't speak back, in fact he barley said a word to anyone. Ruby took her backpack on her shoulder and held the Totem around her neck in her free hand. Adam noticed her uneasy expression and frowned sadly at the floor. He wanted to make it uup to her some how. After everything. Trish walked up to the two of them before they left.

"Storm clouds are gone. Perfect day to go a'sailing."

"Thank you for everything." Ruby said and Trish's ears drooped.

"Oh honey." She wrapped her arms around Ruby and touched the side of her face. "Be careful." Ruby nodded and tucked the Totem into her shirt. Ruby gave one last nod of thanks before walking out the door. Trish looked to Adam and also gave him a hug.

"Trish I-" Adam was cut off.

"Tell her the truth about Summer." Trish whispered in his ear.

Adam's eyes widened.

"How do you-?"

"I don't know how she died. But I know you do." She broke the hug and winked at him. "Tell her."

The next few days were hard on the boat. Adam wanted to tell Ruby about Summer but she kept her distance and avoided every chance to speak with him. And Adam kept himself busy after that. Directing the crew, giving orders to Emerald about how to sneak into Manergire with out Blake's father knowing they were there. Adam sighed, he was going to his birth place and it was making him angry that he would have to step into that world again that he left behind so many years ago. Adam finished the day and the night came to bring out her stars and shine the night and twinkle the waters for the rest of their journey.

Adam sat and rested his arms on his knees as he looked out into the ocean. He closed his eyes under his mask and grinned to himself. The smell of a Rose. Finally. "You really thought you could sneak up on me?" He said sternly to hide his slightly happy tone and made sure to rid of that happy expression before opening his eyes. Ruby folded her arms and sat next to him.

"I wasn't trying to sneak up on you." She complained as she adjusted her combat skirt. Adam chuckled. Ruby looked to where he was staring and strained her eyes to see what he was so focused on. "What are you looking at?"

"The Island." He said simply. "We are still 60 miles out though."

"How can you see that far awa-" He turned his head in her direction and she stopped, remembering. "Right you have excellent vision, I forgot." Ruby said sarcastically. Adam rubbed his jaw. He had to tell her.

"Rose I need to tell you something importa-"

"Wait! So do I." Ruby said suddenly. Adam stopped and she took a deep breath. " I just wanted to say...I wanted to tell you that I don't hate you."

"What?" Adam asked with a laugh.

"Let me finish!...I mean I use too. But I don't anymore and I forgive you for hurting Yang."

"Why?" Adam couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"I-I don't know...I know Yang wouldn't be as forgiving as me, now she...She really hates you." Ruby glanced to her thumbs and Adam looked back to the waves.

"I would hate me too...Rose?"

"Yeah?"

"Thank you."

Ruby smiled until a wave hit the boat making her jump forward Adam grabbed her hand and pulled her back.

"Honestly you are a-" He stopped when Ruby just starred in awe. "What is wrong with you? Your not going to puke on me are you?!" He asked reminding himself that she got motion sickness,

Ruby's face turned red and she shoved away from him. She crossed her arms and looked away hoping the burn of embarrassment would fade.

"So what were you going to tell me? You said it was important?" Ruby asked. Adam was taken a back and tried finding the words to explain. What the hell.

"I know how Summer died." He answered quietly and waited for her reply.

Ruby could have sworn her heart stopped for moment. She turned toward him with desperasion in her eyes.

"How? And how do you know?" She asked and Adam lowered his head.

"I was there."

xxxEnd of Chapter 9

Aloha! I hope you all like my story! I just wanted to let you guys know, I write stories rather quickly sometimes and for fun! Yes I am an amateur writer. Writing is a hobby " So if there are a few grammatical mistakes I apologize :/ I'll try to find time to edit my stories when I can ;) Again thank you so much for reading!

-WhiteTigerLily