Well, took quite a bit longer, still in the 1,400+ Zone in terms of words ;-; , was going to make this chapter longer. But I feel, that next chapter will be longer surely. Well wow, already 6 follows? 1 Favorite? 1 Review? :D thanks guys, that encouragement right there, and I appreciate it. Sorry for any grammar errors, and misspelled words., please Enjoy!
Ruby continued off from her departure from a day of work. A day which was filled of a single, exciting event, followed by a slightly sad discovery. Apart from the fact of Crystal leaving for about a week or so- Ahh. She couldn't stop thinking about it, Weiss, Weiss, Weiss. The name popped up in Ruby's mind from the front doors of ,'The Java House', too where she is now. Ruby looked at herself in the mirror of her bathroom, not many features really showed. A petite girl was all she saw looking back at her, silver eyes that pierced her train of thought until she realized what she was doing. 'Ughh… where's Yang at?', she started mumbling to herself, but that too, like her train of thought, was eventually cut off by the frightening noise of the answering machine. It came to life, starting off as static for a bit, turning into quite a loud beep. Ruby walked out of the bathroom and ran down stairs frantically getting to the source of the noise. The answering machine had a red light constantly getting bright, then dark. Like the sky turning dark and light, but instead, it was red…..and on a machine. She clicked a button on the machine and a voice started speaking from it.
"Hey sis!, Yang here heh...well Apparently i'm quite busy with work and they need me to stay out of state for a while", the sentence was followed over by silence accompanied by soft static as yang started to speak through the voice mail again. "Sadly i'm afraid to admit it, but I might or might not be home for Christmas, hopefully you'll find it in your heart to forgive your big sis for leaving you this time of year, sorry Rubes!, I love you!", the voicemail cut off, it was over. A frown appeared on Ruby's face, great, not only did her best friend go somewhere, but now her sister can't come home? Talk about a fun winter break. Another voicemail popped up, something about advertising or something, she ended up turning off the machine and slouched on over to the couch in the living room. She layed down on her side upon the black, cushiony couch.
She narrowed her eyes down a bit. "Wow…..I know winter breaks are full of surprises….", she took a deep breath in,"not the ones you'd expect…". She grabbed a pillow and pulled it closer to her. A new type of thought passed through her mine, 'Being alone?, nooo, that's a joke, not for Christmas…. Right?'. It was hard, and took some time, but the thought left just as it had came. She picked up the remote from the small coffee table besides her and turned on the TV. She wasn't really in the mood for cartoons so she switched it to the the news. At this point even she knew herself, she wasn't acting normally. She closed her eyes wishing everything would be different when she woke up. It wasn't long before sleep overtook her body, cradling her in an embrace full of rest, no worry at all. The night went on as she slept.
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP; The only sound heard when Ruby's eyes slowly opened as she looked ahead. Her phone was blaring at her, yelling at her to wake up. She reached out for the phone, it was barely out of her reach. After a few failed attempts of trying to grab it still blaring at her. She let out irritated sigh as she lunged forward a bit grabbing it. She swiped her finger across the screen dismissing the alarm. 7:45 was all she saw before the screen turned off from idleness.
She yawned as she looked at the TV, she forgot to turn it off before she slept, doesn't matter now really. She took it upon herself to sit up and lean back against the couch. Her locks of red and black hair hanged from her head covering one of her eyes. She brushed it to the side paying more attention to her surroundings now. She turned her head to the left. The sunlight of a morning sun started the shine in through the window blinds. It was nice, she loved the soft warm glow of the sun during the morning. It wasn't too bright, pleasing to the eyes it seems.
She slowly got up off the couch stretching out a bit. Letting out a low moan here and there as she relieved the tight parts of her body. Another day of work, great. She walked on over to the small kitchen that her house has and checked in the refrigerator. She managed to find left over's from an Italian Cuisine place she ate at about 2 days ago and decided to take it out of it's container. She put all of the contents out from the Styrofoam container onto a plate and put it into the microwave. Spaghetti isn't that bad too have this early. She set the timer for about 2 minutes as she left the kitchen and went up to her room. What was she going to wear today she wondered. She flipped on the light switch in her room, it was a sudden change and her eyes had to adjust a bit, but it was okay.
She took a look at her wardrobe as she opened up her closet. 'Dress to impress….', she took in the thought for a while. But in the end, she didn't really find the need to impress anyone really. She stripped herself down tossing her clothes to the side of her bed. She grabbed a pair of black sweatpants and a white T-shirt. To top it off, she also pulled out a short sleeved gray jacket. Starting with her sweatpants, she pulled it up her left leg, and then her right leg. It was loose around her thighs and lower legs, just tight enough around the waist to feel comfortable. She pull the white t-shirt up and over her head fitting in each of her arms through the right and left holes and pulled down her shirt. Perfect, just over her waist, she finished off by throwing on the jacket as well, in the same fashion as the t-shirt.
The alarm from the microwave rung downstairs, her breakfast was ready. She left out of her room turning off the light and headed downstairs, finding her way into the kitchen. She opened up the microwave door and pulled out the plate. The plate was kind of hot, so she let it sit there for a bit before she took it out and closed the microwave door. She set down the plate on the table, welcomed by the tingling smell of red sauce. Too bad it isn't fresh, but hey, it was still good. She got a plastic fork and fed herself. Entwining the noodles onto the fork and sliding it into her mouth biting off the noodles. It tasted well, considering it was in a refrigerator for 2 days. About 6 minutes passed as she repeated the process of Fork, Noodle, Mouth. But she finished her food eventually. She brought the plate along with the fork with her to the sink and washed her hands. Time to go to work. She whispered to herself, "No matter what happens now today, keep a smile, and stay positive!", followed by a quick nod. She grabbed her bag she left on the coffee table last night and her house keys. Than set out for work opening her front door, exiting out of it and closing it behind her locking it.
If anybody were to be honest, the weather was pretty nice. Like sure, it was kind of cold but hey, that is winter for you. She took leisure in her walk, birds chirping could be heard. Nice and peaceful, you could smell the coldness in the air. She stopped at the intersection she had last saw Crystal at and sighed, but quickly grew a small smile. She was happy her friend could go out with her family and enjoy the quality time. The same pattern but now backwards, left, right, left, left, right. Brought her to the street of,'The Java House'.
She unlocked the front door with one of her key's, oddly enough, she was by herself today. The Java House isn't that busy on weekends, which is good. She walked in and flipped the sign on the front door to, 'OPEN'. She closed the door leaving it unlocked and walked to the counter prepping for the long day ahead. It was about 8:10 when she got to work.
About 2 hours had passed, a good few people came by. Got their daily dose of Java. That is when, the girl in White appeared in front of the counter and looked at Ruby. Ruby looked back, she was familiar, it was Weiss.
"Well, good morning Ruby",her voice, you wouldn't forget it, even if you wanted to. Weiss smiled softly, just like last night. The type of smile you could never forget, she opened her mouth and started to speak again."How are you?".