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Weiss took another deep, cleansing, breath as she waited for the rickety old elevator to reach her dorm room floor. Her study session with Blake and Pyrrha had gone way longer than expected and as a result it was incredibly late in the evening and the young woman was exhausted, annoyed, and ready to collapse into her bed and sleep for a few precious hours before she would be required to get up for her next course.

It has been a long, long day. I was planning on talking to Ruby tonight but I am just so tired, why would she even be up at this hour anyway? Yes, the little red dolt is most likely asleep so at the very least I can wait until tomorrow to talk to her.

Weiss mused as she stretched and, because she was alone, let out a long, loud, and incredibly unladylike yawn. Then the elevator let out a soft ping and after a moment the doors rattled open, sticking only slightly before forcing themselves to open fully. Without another thought Weiss briskly walked down the length of the deserted hallway to her shared dorm room, fishing her keys out of her pockets as she did so, and after unlocking the door she quietly let herself in.

The sight that greeted her was not one Weiss had been expecting. The room was, for lack of a better term, spotless. All the previous pieces of filth that had angered Weiss to the point of being enraged were gone. Her gaze swept across the room and took note of the neatly stacked clothes in the hamper and the freshly changed trashcan.

"Ruby?" Weiss whispered, her voice carrying a hesitant almost disbelieving tone as she stared wide eye into the pale moonlight filled room.

She was met with silence. After a few seconds of waiting for some reply of any kind and getting none the heiress stepped into the room fully and quietly shut the door behind her. The sound of movement caught her attention and she was quick to turn her gaze towards the direction of her roommate's bed where the sound had originated from.

After a minute of squinting the darkness began to shift and lighten as her eyes began to get used to the lack of light. What she saw there was almost as surprising as the first, Ruby's many Cd.s were set up in a corner, stacked neatly, and the cookie wrappers were nowhere to be found. As for the red headed girl herself, she was sleeping on top of the covers of her neatly made bed. By the looks of things it appeared as though she had simply passed out after going about the cleansing of the room. Weiss was surprised that she hadn't yet fallen off the bed with how dangerously close she was to the edge of the bed.

It was at this moment Weiss felt something shift inside her as the shock began to wear off. Her eyes softened and her earlier rage towards the girl became all but a distant memory. She quietly walked to her roommate's bed and reached towards a small chest in front of it where Ruby kept spare blankets and pillows. Upon finding a soft orange blanket Weiss proceeded to drape it over the girls sleeping form and make sure she was tucked in and no longer in any danger of falling from the bed.

After stepping back to admire her work Weiss nodded to herself and proceeded to change into her nightgown. And after brushing her teeth and putting away her things Weiss layed down under her own covers and soon she too fell into slumber. Never aware of the content smile that had spread across her roommate's face.

The Next Morning

Ruby yawned as she blinked back the groggy bleariness of the waking world. The redheaded girl couldn't remember the last time she had felt this absolutely exhausted. Even the all night rave that she and Yang had attended a few months back hadn't left her this drained.

Never…ever….ever am I cleaning for anyone

She shifted and was surprised to find one of her spare blankets covering her form.

Huh I thought I had put this away….. She thought as she sat up, stretching as she did so and that's when she glanced to the clock next to her bed. Ruby felt her heart leap into her throat as she read the green LED display that seemed to mock her with its statement of the time being 8:54 am.

Holy Shit I'm late!

With this thought she launched herself from her bed and rushed into the rooms' small bathroom where Weiss was putting the finishing touches on her make up. Before the white haired girl could react she was grabbed and forced out of the bathroom, a muttered "Sorry!" being all she got in the way of explanation.

When Ruby would recall this morning in the future she would claim insistently that the air seemed to be charged with a certain energy. Though she was running late enough to miss her first class and running out of time to get to her second class on time Ruby Rose felt more energized and determined than ever before. Today was the first official day of Ruby's mission to get closer to her roommate.

Step 1 had gone well, instead of going about her usual business and procrastinating Ruby had actually spent several hours cleaning every single inch of the room to a spotless degree that had put an incredibly pleased smile upon Velvet's face. Sure Yang had given her plenty of crap about it but hey Weiss hadn't woken her up in order to scold her so that had to mean that Ruby had at least done something right. Now it was time for step 2. This step included spending as much time with Weiss as possible and even, Ruby shuddered at the thought, engage in…small talk.

Ruby shook the thoughts of the plan from her mind as she went about showering and dressing as fast she possibly could. She pulled on a pair of worn jeans and a black tank top and followed that with a well-worn grey Beacon sweatshirt. And after brushing her teeth and shoving her feet into her favorite pair of sleek black knee high boots she was up and out of the bathroom, only to come face to face with a very annoyed looking Weiss Schnee.

"ummm..Good morning?" Ruby said sheepishly. Weiss for her part remained silent and simply fixated her roommate with her freezing glare. Then suddenly the white haired girl gave a roll of the her piercing blue eyes and proceeded to reach around Ruby to grab a small white compact mirror that sat on the bathroom counter.

"Let's go Ruby, I know you are running late." And with that the heiress turned on her heal and briskly walked out the door out the door. Ruby found herself staring after the white haired girl for several seconds trying to process what she had just heard as a large toothy grin began to spread across her face when realization set in.

While it was true that Weiss had just reprimanded her the tone of her voice was completely different than what Ruby was used to. It had been softer, almost gentle. The most surprising thing however had been that instead of calling her "Dolt" or "Dunce " or any of her other favored derogatory nicknames Weiss had called her by her real name. Ruby wasn't quite sure why buy she felt as though she had somehow triumphed on some small level.

The plan is working, Hell yeah! She's already being nicer to me. Alrighty Ruby now it's time to move on to step 2!

With this giddy though in her mind Ruby ran over to her bed to grab her bag and music player before twirling on her heel and running out her door. She managed to catch up with the heiress just as she was entering the rickety old elevator.

Weiss gave Ruby a sidelong glance when she entered the elevator. It took all her might not force down the eye roll that threatened to occur due to Ruby's disheveled appearance. The girl must have stayed up late to get the room as clean and so Weiss felt somewhat responsible for her tardy awakening.

"Hey…Ruby?" Weiss began hesitantly after hitting the button that had a faded number 1 on it. As the elevator began to descend Ruby turned to face Weiss a quizzical look in her eyes obviously not expecting that Weiss would be the one to initiate any sort of communication. Ruby's silver eyes glided over Weiss's form and widened when they registered that her roommate looked shy, nervous even, something that Ruby had never thought she would see in the girl.

"Yeah? Sup Weiss? "

Weiss opened her mouth to thank Ruby for cleaning when suddenly the entire elevator lurched to a halt throwing both of the girls off balance. As they toppled to the ground atop one another, Ruby felt her head slam hard into the side of the elevator wall causing her vision to spin. The two hit the floor with a soft thump and remained that way as Weiss struggled to get her bearings.

"What are you doing you dunce?! Get Off Me!" Weiss screeched from underneath Ruby as she struggled to push the heavier girl off of her to no avail. The redhead in question didn't respond.

"Ruby?" Weiss glanced down only to see that her companion appeared to be in a daze of some sort, her eyes scrunched up in pain. Weiss shifted again and was get one of her hands free so that she could reach up and gently tap Ruby on the side of the cheek. When she still didn't react Weiss instead resorted to giving her cheek a hard slap.

Ruby yelped and jumped up and off of the heiress before stumbling and collapsing against the opposite wall.

"What the Fuck was that for?" Ruby whined as she rubbed her face. Weiss huffed with annoyance as she sat up.

"Watch your language and that was to snap you out of it, you were crushing me." Ruby's eyes narrowed dangerously at this as she replied in a low tone.

"Are you calling me fat?"

Weiss rolled her eyes at this and chose to ignore the rebuttal that rose in her throat as she rose and reached for the emergency call button. After a moment static crackled over the small speaker set above the door and a cool feminine voice flooded the elevator.

"Hello? Please state your emergency." Weiss sighed with relief at the quick response as she replied/

"Hello, my name is Weiss Schnee and I am here with my roommate Ruby Rose. We are in the girl's dormitory elevator and it appears as though it has stopped between floors."

The voice was silent for several seconds before responding.

"Alright Ms. Schnee and Ms. Rose, remain calm. We have just put a call out to emergency services however it may take some time for them to get to you, just sit tight and we'll have you out soon." and with that the intercom went silent. Weiss felt a small smile grace her lips as she returned to her corner of the elevator and proceeded to sit down. Ruby, who was still rubbing her cheek absentmindedly, was lost in thought.

Well if you wanted an opportunity to get to know Weiss I don't think you could have asked for a better chance…Hopefully she doesn't blow up on me, that slap really hurt.

So with a deep shuddering breath Ruby rested her hands on her knees and fixated her eyes on the white haired girl, who was at the moment examining her nails. Ruby's stare caught her attention and after a second piercing blue locked with soft silver, causing a shiver to run down Ruby's spine as she laughed nervously. Then hesitantly she began to speak.

"So umm…come here often?"

Authors Note: So very sorry this is late, I had a lot of trouble getting this written for some reason, anyway I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Please leave a review with your thoughts and until next time Blessed Be and Happy Holidays!

~Crystal

P.S this story will not be updated until January 15th 2014