You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you.

A/N: Haven't yet decided on a concrete direction to take the story in. I'll just right whatever comes to my mind, and hope you review, follow, favorite, and most importantly enjoy. BTW this one is long, just FYI.

Chapter 41:

Ruby sat in the stifling classroom. It was her first day of AP martial arts. The instructor, a women who was most likely a lesbian which Ruby would associate with more except she already had Weiss, was giving an informative presentation. The information included in the presentation, Ruby had already learned in her ACW class. In ACW Ruby had to do workouts that included many, Geoff argued all but Gavin disagreed, aspects of modern and ancient martial arts.

Ruby sighed, silently of course, and began to silently spin her pencil on her desk with two of her fingers. She needed something to distract herself, she was trying to remember her reasons for perusing this extreme physical fitness course. Taking ACW, learning all she could about turning her body into a weapon, doing workouts constantly, and focusing on leadership. That last part wasn't necessary, Ruby's leadership style (according to her team) was perfect for her. Ruby felt like all the other parts of her new life course were necessary, but she couldn't remember the reasons for them.

Out of the corner of her eye Ruby noticed Robert Strule. Of course, again same with the instructor, she couldn't think those thoughts because she was in a relationship with Weiss. A lesbian relationship, and thinking about her man crush wouldn't go over well. Ruby's personal life felt…okay, it was her current life course she was concerned/confused about. She had the feelings in her mind gut and heart, but she couldn't find the reasons for having those feelings.

Ruby shifted her hair so it covered the left side of her face so she couldn't look at Robert. She heard a deep and sexy chuckle, obviously coming from Robert. Ruby blushed deeply and was grateful Robert could see. 'Damn it. Stop don't think about it, you're with Weiss and that's enough.' Her blush deepened as she…'No. God. Damn. It. Stop. Right now Ruby.' Ruby's thighs protested, and Ruby had to shove a hand between them to stop them from kicking the desk in front of her. 'Okay. Okay. Just…just try and sort of your feelings for your future. Not him.'

Try as she might Ruby just couldn't do it. Sighing again, this time audibly, Ruby stood up and said something her normal questioning tone. "Excuse me, instructor? I took ACW…"

"Oh yes, Ruby Rose?" The instructor asked, and Ruby nodded. "Yes I'm Lucy, nice to meet you Rose. Just follow me, I'll put up a recently made instruction video. The rest of you it should meet the first day criteria. Follow me Ruby."

Ruby got up and followed the instructor. "Your names not Lucy?" Ruby asked once they were out in the hall and away from student ears.

"No my name is not…Lucy is a stigma placed on Lesbian 'gym' teachers. My…m-m-*sigh*. Name is Alice Liddell. I-I don't suppose you want t-to change with me?" The woman said stuttering.

"Well…yes I wouldn't mind. And there's no need for us to change in different rooms either. It's not awkward for me to change in front of a woman. I'm lesbian…are you lesbian?" Ruby asked. Ruby decided NOT to tell Weiss of what she was doing, after all her girlfriend didn't need to know of her potential second girlfriend (and probably maybe but most likely not boyfriend).

"Actually yes…and I wouldn't mind getting to know you. I know that's not what you suggested, but…whenever I meet another lesbian, and because there are so few of them, I immediately want a sexual favor." Alice said, leading Ruby to her recently acquired private gym and private cushioned changing room.

"Well I was thinking the same thing, except a more long term relationship?" Ruby suggested not yet believing in her perverted luck.

"Yes but, every time we meet has to be in sexual intercourse." Alice suggested reaching a door and unlocking it with a fingerprint touch pad.

"No. I have Weiss, and if I'm going to have a relationship with both her and you? Then I am not going from sex session to sex session between you two. That would be crossing a line." Ruby said laying down some ground rules. Ruby's hand shot out and pulled the door open halfway, and Ruby stepped into the doorway. Alice slid in brushing her hands along Ruby's waist, her hands skimming along her butt and resting on her crotch.

Alice started breathing heavily but said somewhat confidently, "Nice pussy."

Ruby chuckled darkly and said in a deep sexually charged voice, "Just wait till after the workout when you see it, without my skirt or panties covering it."

Alice changed first, with Ruby watching the whole time. Ruby then changed, with Alice watching the whole time. After that they went into the gym, Alice went to the corner and folded out a mat and moved it in the middle of the room, which was circular and wrapped in mirrors. Alice wore a tight blue Nike workout shirt with tight blue spandex that went down to her ankles. On her feet Alice wore blue wrestling shoes.

Ruby keeping with her usual color scheme, wore the same outfit as Alice just in mono red. The color wasn't dull or bright, but was a deep bloody crimson. "Damn Ruby, what'd you do drench yourself in blood? It's either that or you just have one hell of a taste in workout attire." Alice commented while going through stretches and warm-up drills. Her clothes were colored a mono blue, a simple light shade.

"It's the latter." Ruby said going through a totally different warm-up procedure, one she learned in ACW. After their warm-up Alice and Ruby began exercising. They practiced various moves on each other only hitting hard enough to inflict light bruises, injuries that could be removed with a hot shower. The worked out for 2 hours and 30 minutes, just half an hour short of the entire class period. After changing Alice led the way back into the classroom, with Ruby following behind at a respectable distance.

"Okay class, thank you for sitting through that. I know it was long, but it was informative and will be used on the final test and inside your workouts for this class. Bell will ring for lunch in 5 minutes, I suggest you get your stuff together. And you know what why don't you all go early, sound good?" These words, spoken by Alice, were meet with cheering from the students and chuckling from a school assistant that had just showed up to escort the students to the newly remodeled lunch hall.

After the students left Alice told Ruby to sit in her seat. After moving all the desks against the walls, and up against the door leading to the hall, Alice pulled Ruby and the chair into the middle of the room. Said chair, which Ruby was currently sitting in, was the stereotypical office chair with no armrests. Alice removed Ruby's shoes, socks, skirt, and blouse. She folded them up, to avoid wrinkles and placed them on her desk set in the far back corner of the room. Alice felt arms go around her and place panties and a workout bra on top of the pile.

"Your turn to take off all of your clothes." Ruby whispered seductively into Alice's ear. The tone worked wonders on Alice, who removed everything except for her panties and set her bra on top of a second pile of clothes sitting next to Ruby's. "Mm forgetting something?" Ruby said.

"You take it off." Alice growled aggressively. Ruby's hand ripped off the piece of underclothing and tossed it behind the desk. "Oh don't worry I have extras." Alice said, right before she slipped her tongue into Ruby's already wet pussy. Alice rubbed Ruby's thigh with one hand and put two fingers inside Ruby using the other hand. Ruby sat in the chair she had moved from the middle of the room. Alice took the hand not fingering Ruby and shoved the chair away. Alice, who was lightweight and 6' leaped up and straddled Ruby. Ruby stood and Alice kissed her. At first it was simple then it morphed into deep pleasurable exploration. Ruby and Alice's tongues sent shock waves of pleasure through their mouths. Ruby, with Alice riding her hips, moved toward a second door that lead directly to the private workout room. Ruby stopped kissing to concentrate on moving, Alice nuzzled Ruby's neck not wanting to break the tension and ruin the moment. The next moment Ruby was pressing herself against the older instructor, Alice, pushing the woman into the exercise mat they had used for the days workout. Alice pulled away from Ruby's mouth and tongue only long enough to say that they were lucky lunch was the next period. Ruby simple reapplied her mouth and tongue to Alice after a hasty, "Whatever." Alice's hand roamed up and down ruby's body, reaching over to her bag placed to the side Alice pulled out a toy. After that Ruby and Alice got lost in each other. The stopped 5 minutes before lunch ended. Ruby ended it with a kiss and a promise to share more moments like this with Alice if she could.

The rest of the day passed in guilty silence for Ruby. Sure she still participated in the classes, and shot off answers when they were needed. But beyond that she was friendly to anyone who spoke to her, abrupt but polite. Now that she thought about it Ruby felt good about cheating on Weiss with Alice, but she couldn't find the reasons for doing it. A confession could wait, she would have to plane team RWBY's next assignment and present it to Ozpin for approval. Ruby left her last class and then decided to confess to Yang, she would tell her sister to tell Weiss and Blake what she had done. Ruby would tell part of what she had done with the martial arts instructor to Yang, the workout but not what happened afterwards. If Yang asked Ruby why she wasn't at lunch, Ruby would give a satisfactory answer. Not a truthful answer, just something to avoid Yang guessing Ruby's actual activities.

Yang

I stood on the steps of the dorm room, waiting for my younger sister. When she finally showed up she gave me an explanation of what she did in her martial arts class and why she hadn't shown up at lunch. It made sense so I didn't question her further. I then led Ruby into the dorm room, the door was already unlocked so I let myself and Ruby in.

Ruby stopped once I was inside the room, and once she had the rest of team RWBY's attention. Blake and Weiss were chatting next to Weiss's bed, but they stopped and listened to what their leader had to say. At first Ruby gave them the same explanation she had given me. But then she continued into another topic. "You guys all know about the Grim Sphere, so I've come up with a plan to get rid of it. First of all, from a suggestion I have decided to destroy the Grim Sphere. The problem with that is Dragon is connected telepathically to my mind, and she will not allow the Grim Sphere to be destroyed without a fight." Ruby said. My sister, excuse me leader, then outlined a solid plan to kill a dragon and destroy an artifact with team RWBY and the assistance of the 108 Soldiers.

"So the Soldiers will be for any army Dragon manages to come up with?" I ask my sister.

Ruby replies with and ominous, "Oh they'll be used for much more than that. Yang can I talk to you? Alone?"

"Sure thing." I said leading my sister into the bathroom and shutting the door. Blake and Weiss simply continued their conversation. I then whispered, "Okay what?" Ruby stayed silent so I started with, "What do you want most?"

"I hope that I'll find myself in the future, my true self. Really I hope that in my transition from Beacon and into the real world that I'll stay true to myself." Ruby sighed and fell silent again.

"Go ahead sis. Tell me whatever's on your mind, get it off your conscience by telling me." I said soothingly, we were still talking in almost silent whispers.

"Yang I dream to see my parents again, but they're dead so that's not happening. I never could kick the addiction to the Grim Sphere on my own, it was my goal. But now it looks like I'll have to do it with help. I…it's just disappointing that I didn't get to grow up with parents, you know?" Ruby said.

"Yeah, I know what you mean. I wish my parents, no matter what they did, stuck around to see me grow up." I said. Gripping my sister in a bear hug, one she returned, I thought about what Ruby had brought up. I also prepared myself for the coming assignment. It would be hard but I was going to give it my all, and hopefully in the end Ruby would get a hold of herself and we all could continue on with life.

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