Hey guys, can you say quickest update ever? I hope you can because here we are with yet another installment of Between Classes. Or maybe I should call this one "Before Classes" since in this chapter we see exactly what made everyone's favorite Partner-In-Crime the girl she is today.

This chapter was a special request from Camcake who successfully answered the Bonus Track question at the end of the last chapter of the main story. If you enjoyed it and want a chance to have your own request made into a chapter there will be another bonus track at the end of the next main chapter, so keep your eyes peeled. Now let's get this started.

Disclaimer: RWBY is owned by Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth productions...if I owned it, there would be more flashbacks into our character's brooding pasts.

Jackie never had much of a choice throughout her life. Whether it was about ballet class, gymnastics, piano lessons, or even which private school she attended. It all just made her sick. In fact if she hadn't met a young Catherine Eristone at one of the many charity galas her father dragged her to she may have never had a real friend. The young purple haired girl seemed to understand what it was like having most of your life plotted out for you and Jackie found solace that she had someone she could confide in. But still it came as no surprise when Jackie began to rebel. It wasn't hard, she wasn't like the other girls at her school who were only focused on what clothes to buy and which of daddy's business partners they had to be on their best behavior around, she had determination and more than a little mean streak. And of course that led her into more than her fair share of trouble over the years, getting into fights at school, sneaking out, anything to get her parents attention. But Jackie always had a tendency for getting in over her head.

She had thought it would be simple, grab a few snacks, maybe a girly mag just because she could. She never actually thought the guy behind the counter would take off after her, especially not in the rain. But there she was, running as fast as she could through the pouring rain with and angry middle-aged man in an apron hot on her tail. This couldn't get any worse. That was when Jackie's life would change forever.

Maybe it was because of how hard it was raining, maybe it because she kept looking back over her shoulder to see if the old man was still chasing her, but for whatever reason she just didn't see the boy until it was too late. Next thing she knew she was falling back onto the cold wet sidewalk as her ill-gotten goods splashed down around her. When she looked up at what she'd run into she saw a boy with dark brown hair in a long black coat wrapped tightly around his body to keep out the cold and the rain accompanied by a mean looking man holding an umbrella over him, seemingly unaffected by the rain himself. The man peered down at her harshly from behind his dark tinted glasses while the boy just looked down at her like he was peering right through her. Before she had a moment left to think the clerk caught up with her and pulled her up to her feet by her black rain drenched hoodie. "Finally got you, you little hoodlum." He spat angrily.

That was it, there wasn't anything she could do and while somewhere deep down she was kind of happy that she finally had something she could use to get back at her parents, she didn't want to suffer the consequences. That was when the boy spoke up. "Excuse me sir." He said in a silky smooth tone. "This is all just a big misunderstanding."

"Stay out of this punk, I caught this girl red handed." The shop owner growled shaking Jackie a little while still keeping a tight grasp on the her.

That was when the big guy holding the umbrella got mad. "Hey watch it pal, that's a Scratch you're talking too." He said in a way that made the shop owner's earlier tone look like a cheerful greeting as he glared harshly at the old man from behind his shades.

She wasn't sure why, but the old man seemed terrified by what the glasses guy said, taking a fearful step back. "I-I-I had no idea." He stammered.

"Easy Dino." The boy said keeping his patronizing tone from earlier as he eased his bodyguard back. "Like I was saying sir, this is just a big misunderstanding. My friend here," He gestured to Jackie making the man let go of her like she was hot to the touch causing her to drop back to the ground. "Was just doing me a favor and picking up a few things, but silly me I forgot to give her the money. I'm sure this should be enough to cover everything." He said nudging Dino who begrudgingly produced a stack of Lien and pulled off almost twice as much as what everything she'd grabbed was worth and handed it to the clerk who was now all but cowering in front of them.

"Yes, thank you, please stop by anytime you want." The man said quickly before rushing back to his store.

Jackie was speechless, it was the first time anyone had ever done anything like that for her. But something bugged her, something about the boy's name, she could have sworn she'd heard her dad mention it once or twice before. "Your technique needs work." The boy said glibly pulling her from her thought. "But you've got guts, I like that. Name's Djack." He said offering her his hand.

Jackie stared up at him for what felt like a small eternity. There was something about this boy, something she just couldn't resist. It was all in that look in his eyes, one of confidence and self-assurance. She wanted to have that same look, she wanted it so bad. So without giving it another thought she reached out and took Djack's hand and he helped her to her feet. "Thanks, I'm Nimble, Nimble Jackson." She said all of a sudden feeling more self-conscious about her stupid name than usual.

Djack just grinned. "Well Jackie, mind if I call you Jackie?" He asked prompting her to shake her head furiously splashing him as her wet hair waved from side to side which he didn't seem to mind. "It seems like you could use a friend, and trust me, I'm the kind of friend you want to have." He said wrapping and arm around her shoulder before he had Dino take them to their car.

And that was how it all started. For the next few years there was nowhere she wouldn't follow the young would-be kingpin, no matter how mad it made her parents. It wasn't long before Djack had taught nearly every trick in the book, she knew he would never teach her all of his tricks, but she was happy for every little secret he decided to confide in her. It wasn't long before he revealed his plans to become a huntsman to her and she knew there was only one thing she could do, no matter how much her parents tried to stop her. And even though she hated to admit it, all the classes, lessons and training her parents put her through made her an ideal candidate for Signal.

It had been a long road that got her to where she was today, but there was nothing she would have traded it for in all of Remnant. Sure she knew Djack didn't exactly see her the way she'd quickly grown to see him over the years and that he had a habit of letting more than just his eyes wander from girl to girl, but she knew that they meant nothing to him in the long run, of course that didn't mean she didn't take a certain satisfaction in having some of her own fun with the girls after Djack was done with them. She knew he didn't care and that she was something special. She was someone he trusted, someone he'd always rely on, and right now that was all she needed. But that didn't mean she wouldn't keep trying to convince her "boss" to see her in a different light and maybe, just maybe, if she tried hard enough he'd realize he just didn't have much of a choice in the matter.

Well I bet only about half of you saw that coming.

I really want to thank Camcake for giving me the idea to write this, I hate to admit it but before he asked for a Jackie chapter I had never given her all that much thought as a character. She was always just kind of Harley to Djack's joker and I never gave much thought to what made her tick. Now it's time I sat back and got to work on the main story after what feels like ages. Keep your eyes peeled cause this one is gonna be action packed and might have an OC or two from some of the readers (wink wink nudge nudge)

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Peace.