Welp, more. This is oddly enough a fun change of pace. There will be drama yes, but it will mainly be a sweet Cookies and Cream story. Which yes I know my profile says only Ladybug, but that desperately needs to be updated and I've been rather lazy.
Chapter 2:
"Follow me," Ruby spoke as she began to hope this would be over fast so she could get some more coffee. That way she can most likely get the worst part of the hangover over with and hopefully wake up some.
As they walked out of the changing room, Ruby noticed Jaune was standing at the bar talking to Pyrrha. "You are going meet the most important people for your part of the job tonight. Someone working security and the bar staff." Ruby lead the oddly silent girl towards some of most important people for the floor staff to know.
As she walked over she could see Pyrrha placing a ceramic cup on the counter. "Here Ruby. Red eye like always." Pyrrha spoke as Ruby grabbed the mug and took a large gulp. The burning sensation from the dark liquid shocked her, but was welcomed.
"Thanks. Guys say hello to Neo, she is the new girl and she will be working the floor tonight. Neo meet three of the bar staff and Jaune." Ruby began as she took a seat.
Pyrrha extended a hand to Neo as Ruby took another mouthful of the black lava. She could see Jaune eyeing up Neo, debating the same thing Ruby had been debating since she saw Neo. Was this girl even old enough. The twins who had been by themselves walked over to see the new girl.
Jaune turned to Ruby and could see the state she was in smirked. "What did you do last night after the place closed?"
"Well the twins. And they do know how to party. But as far as Junior knows we were just drinking." Ruby spoke finishing her cup and left it on the counter. She was ready to start the rest of teaching Neo the rules.
"She was the one that slammed the bottle of cherry vodka. All Mel did was baby Guinness and I just raided her stash of baileys." Milt spoke as she grabbed the mug and began to clean it.
"Despite how fun this is, I still need to go over a fair bit with Neo before we open. Your old man was adamant about that." Ruby pulled Neo out of her conversation with Pyrrha.
"Okay, rules are simple, one this place is all above board, there will be random monthly drug tests, if you are caught with drugs either in your system or on your person you will be fired on the spot and the cops will be called. Two if someone is getting a bit too hands, you are under any circumstance not allowed to punch them in the face. Go to a member of security and let them. Three be nice to the staff, even if you can't stand them. We all are close and if you ever need anything from money, to protection, we will try our best to help."
"Am I going to fast? Because that is about it rule wise." The question may have annoyed the new girl, but she could see why it was important.
"Don't do drugs, don't punch people get someone else to, and be nice to already nice people. It seems easy enough." Neo's small, almost silent response. Pyrrha had already explained some of the duties she would have to do. And had even explained those rules.
Ruby walked up to the main stage that bisected the floor, and sat down in a chair facing it, she had enough walking around until it was time for her shift to actually start. Or until the caffeine started to work.
"While you are on floor, which you most likely will be for the first few months, your job is to push the customers to drink. Through any non threatening means. So flirt. Flirt like your livelihood depends on it." Ruby spoke as she began to slide her sunglasses back on. The room may have been dark, but it was still too bright for her hungover eyes.
'I need to stop drinking and then coming in hungover. But I also still have like five hours before I take the stage. I can probably get another cup of coffee.' Ruby didn't even notice the green haired girl take a seat on her lap until she poked her nose.
"Sup Neo. Whatcha doing here? Are you the new girl? Because if memory serves you suck walking around in anything larger than like inch high heels." Emerald spoke as she wrapped her arms around Ruby's neck. Ruby could feel the glares the dark skinned girl was getting.
Ruby had no idea who was sending the glares, not that she cared. They all knew the deal. What she found odd was the fact Neo and the girl in her lap knew each other. "She is. And she will learn fast how to walk long distances in them. But how do you two know each other?" Ruby just returned Emerald's embrace by wrapping her arms around her waist.
"When we were children we were best friends. But life came up." Neo answered. Her voice still rather quiet. Ruby wasn't sure why she was so against speaking up. Not that she minded. The people that came into the club weren't looking for girls who talked. For all they cared she could be mute. They just wanted to look at their bodies.
She figured after a week of working the floor, she would either quit or like every other girl that worked on this side of the bar and either wanted to manipulate the people that came in, or she had little respect for her body and stay on.
If Ruby had to guess it was the lack of respect for her body. That was just too common of the reason people turned to the profession. Even Ruby wasn't an exception to it, that was until she learned that she was good at it, and that lead her to being able to get large amounts of tips from people.
It was a pity to her really. The men that came in probably had been in a committed relationship, but felt the need to give her so much of their hard earned money.
"Welp, life sucks. Now Em do you mind letting me up? My hangover is hitting me hard right now." Ruby looked up into the red eyes seeing the grin develop on her face. Emerald just leaned down and whispered a single question into Ruby's ear. One that if it had happened earlier in her life, she might have blushed a shade of red that was akin to her namesake.
"Am I still heading to your place afterwards?"
"Yeah, sure. I gave Neo the quick version of the rules, mind running the rest by her. She is working the floor tonight." Emerald stood up and grabbed Neo's hand and lead her into the back. Ruby smirked at them as the fled into what she could just assume was the changing room.
She just stood up and walked back over to the bar. As she took a seat again she placed her head on the counter. "Pyrrha, can you just give me The Cure All. The coffee isn't working." Pyrrha just giggled as she began to mix the drink Ruby requested. It wasn't long before the greenish brown concoction was placed in front of her.
"Remember, you have to slam it or you'll throw up like la-" Jaune was interrupted as Ruby downed the large glass of sludge as fast as she could. As she cringed from the taste and… texture, but glad that the sludge did what it always did.
Neo hated having to walk in the heels given, but she had gotten used to it. Partially. She had no idea how Emerald had suspected her to walk in the six inch ones. But she also had already surprised Emerald with how alright she had been with the uniform.
But as she placed the few bottles of beer on the table she could hear the man who's sole job was supposedly to play the music and introduce the dancers as they came up. Neo had no idea who he was, she just loathed him from the brief description of what he did from everyone. Apparently he flirted with all the girls and liked to play with their emotions. Which supposedly Ruby liked to return the favour.
"And if you all turn your attentions to the main stage, Crescent Rose is taking her place!" He shouted into the microphone, and as if he casted some magic on all the patrons. Their attention was glued to curtains connecting the stage to the back.
As the red head began to strut her way down the stage. 'Emerald did say come up with a fake name to tell people. But I liked her real name.' she thought as she walked back over to the bar to place the next order for a table.
She looked over her shoulder so she could just see Ruby begin to dance, moving her body to the rhythm of the music. Her hips moving in a sententious way as she grabbed the pole with her left hand spinning around it.
Neo was snapped out of her state of pure amazement by Melanie smacking her lightly. "Sorry Ice Cream, you need to stay focused. Despite how hard it can be. She really knows how to work what she has."
"I don't appreciate the nickname. Can't you come up with a better one?" Neo asked as the twins shared a quick look that was enough to share the mental conversation.
"No, now what do you need? Because the night is still young and you should be working the floor." Miltiadis answered for her sister. As she moved over to help Neo out.
"I need ten jagerbombs for the table in the corner."
Milt nodded and began to prepare the request as Neo glanced back over towards the stage, frowning as Ruby and some black haired girl walked towards each other on the stage. The closer they got the more she started to become interested. She had no idea why she was so enraptured with it. She had seen such things happen before. But for some reason she was feeling a small amount of some strange emotion bubbling away.
"Ice Cream. Take the drinks will you, were busy here!" Mel yelled startling the girl who turned back and took the tray.
'Come on Neo. Remember what Em said. I just need to sway my hips. And make them feel good without giving them anything.' She began to walk towards the table that had ordered the drinks. 'Just need to get through this for another four hours.'
Ruby pulled on her shirt. Her shift went by just fine. Blake, the girl she had been dancing with had tried to get Ruby to agree to go home with her tonight. Not that Ruby would mind Blake joining her and Emerald but the green haired woman shot her down for this time around.
The dark skinned girl Ruby had been thinking about tossed her, her hoodie. Ruby pulled it on and between her putting her head inside the hoodie and her pulling it down Emerald had managed to cross the room and stood in front of her.
As Ruby smiled the red eyed girl leaned down and gave Ruby a kiss. Ruby began to run her tongue along Emerald's lips which quickly parted to allow Ruby access, which she took with great mirth. Emerald's need for air won and she pulled back, a single bridge of saliva connecting them. "Let's get going. The longer I'm here the chances increase that Junior will find out I slept with the twins last night."
As they walked out of the club they could see Neo looking somewhat lost. "What's wrong Neo?" Emerald asked. Ruby could see she was debating if she should release Ruby's arm to see what was wrong with her old friend.
"Where is the nearest hostel? I'm having a rather heated argument with my parents. And refuse to go back to them until they apologise."
Emerald and Ruby shared a look. Something Neo wasn't used to but seemed to happen a lot with the staff. Them having entire conversations, by just looking.
"Tell you what Neo, despite what Emerald wants, I have a spare bedroom, she lives in a one bedroom that is also further away. And so I'm clear, I'm only offering the room because you and Em trust each other." Ruby spoke as Neo looked between the two.
"I can't as-"
"Neo, you can either come with us, or I swear. Hostels are terrible, and Rubes is adamant that we can't stay at my place. So just put that pride aside, and come on." Emerald spoke, seeming slightly irritated that she knew Ruby was right.
"Okay... lead the way." Neo spoke, returning to her almost silent way to respond. Ruby didn't understand why it happened. She was speaking in a normal tone until Emerald cut her off.
'Must be a nervous thing. I just don't hope she is a light sleeper. That may make things odd to explain this early.'
The walk to Ruby's apartment was rather silent. She just knew something was up with Neo, but what she told them explained a fair bit to Ruby, but something just still didn't sit right with her. She could figure out what caused the fight, namely Neo getting a job at Junior's. There was a lot of negative stereotypes. When truth be told, nothing of the sort happened. Or at least at Junior's. He cared for all the workers under his employ.
As Ruby opened the door she smiled at her empty apartment. The man the plagued her nightmares would never be able to enter.
"Neo, the bathroom is the door at the end of the hallway. The room you can crash in is just on the right hand side. I do think there are some sheets and everything on the bed already. If not just hollar." Ruby barely got out as Emerald started to push Ruby into her room.
Neo just shook her head as she took her shoes off and walked down the hall. As she walked she could see a rather large living room, a small kitchen, a table with some chairs that Neo would have to stretch the definition of a 'room' to call it the dining room.
She quickly came to the end of the hallway and turned to the door Ruby told her she could use. She opened the door and saw a small single bed, and a nightstand with a lamp on it. 'Guess this will do until I can get my own place.' She thought as she moved the blanket and climbed under it.
'First day wasn't that bad though. Everyone is very nice and I'm glad Emerald found someone as pretty as Ruby.' She thought as she closed her eyes. She could hear something coming from Ruby's room and just knew what was happening.
But the same feeling from earlier started to bubble up again. Neo just wanted to know what the feeling was as her eyes finally closed for the sleep she needed.
Author's Note:
Boom second chapter. Some interaction with Neo and Ruby and a new girl in Ruby's bed. But if you guys want some future lemons. Let me know through a message. Or review. I don't mind. Now to sleep. Then after that I shall write the next chapter.