Woo! New chapter! The first part is something a bit different... FYI, in their fictional college, the first day of school is on September first.

Selected Sections Of The Journal Of Weiss Schnee

Her name is Ruby Rose. I rather like her, though I find it hard to believe she gets as good grades as she must have to have been admitted. She seems a little too frivolous...

September 2nd

Ruby and I went to the French restaurant on campus, though I don't believe I'll invite her to do it again. Some other students made assumptions I'd rather not have trickle back to my father... It's unfortunate, because it was a rather nice time.

September 7th

I hope Ruby didn't notice me staring during Economics. That was rather unlike me... very rude.

September 16th

Ruby gave me a hug today. It was... Interesting.

September 18th

Apparently some of the other students think we're dating, which is absolute foolishness. I certainly don't have time for a relationship right now.

October 2nd

I don't think I know anyone else with the name Ruby... and it's really a pretty name, I'm surprised it isn't used more.

October 13th

Today is supposedly unlucky, so Ruby made me wear a four leaf clover. It seems rather silly to me, to be honest, but nothing bad happened so maybe it worked.

October 22nd

Apparently I am a Halloween Scrooge. I wasn't aware that such a thing existed, but since I am not planning to dress up, Ruby says that I am.

October 31st

I'm not sure that Ruby's costume passed the school dress code. It was... well, practically scandalous. And all too many people were staring... which was extremely frustrating. She didn't seem to mind, but I certainly did! It was disgusting! They were just... ugh. I need to get my mind of this...

November 1st

School will end for Winter Break soon. And... I think I have a problem. I've been looking back through my journal, and I seem to have something of an obsession with Ruby. This bears thinking about...

November 2nd

She hugged me again. It felt a lot better than it should have. Normally, I don't exactly do well with contact... but this felt... (The next words were scribbled out.)

November 3rd

Damn that girl!

November 4th

I'm noticing it when Ruby touches me far, far too much. In fact, I think I might be seeking them out.

November 6th

I had to pretend to be sick today just to get my homework done. Otherwise I would have spent too much time thinking about Ruby... This is ridiculous.

November 7th

I don't understand this...

November 11th

Well, I did some research on this today. The results are disturbing. Apparently, I might be gay. That was... unexpected. I certainly don't mind but... what am I going to tell my parents... or maybe it's just Ruby... Well either way, it doesn't exactly help my case.

November 13th

Now I'm certain. I'm in love with Ruby. Why now of all times...

November 16th

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS!

November 20th

(Furious scribbles blot out all the words on this page.)

November 27th

That's it. Absolutely it. I have to do something about this... I'll just ask her on a date. She obviously won't be interested, and I can stop worrying about it. This is perfect. I'll do it tomorrow.

December 4th

I still haven't managed to do it. Why am I so worried? I need to return to my studies! I just need her to reject me so I can return to my life!

December 12th

Today is the day. No more excuses. And next week is the beginning of Winter break, so this should be perfect. I can use the spare time to get my head straight, and then return to school and everything can just be like it used to be...

I hope she'll still talk to me after this...

It was December 13th. Weiss stepped out of the pure silver limousine that drove her to Beacon every morning. "Thank you, Otto." She said. The elderly German chauffeur nodded and sped off. Weiss looked around as she walked up to the campus, her pale blue eyes searching for red.

As was their routine over the past few months, Ruby was waiting for her at the gates. They both spotted eachother at the same time, and Weiss's hand moved in a little wave, just once.

The other girl waved back enthusiastically, her thick puffy jacket making the gesture look absolutely ridiculous. It was Winter out, and that meant Ruby was wearing The Coat. The Coat was a size too large, and lumpy in all the wrong places, making the other girl look like nothing so much as a strawberry marshmallow. It was, quite simply, laughable.

Weiss was happy she had a sense of style, as she hugged her long, white fur lined overcoat around her body.

"Hi, Weiss!" Ruby chirped, running up to walk beside her.

"Hello, Ruby." Weiss replied, her voice a little bit of warmth in the chilly morning air. Ruby grinned, and Weiss allowed herself a small smile in return.

"So, we got some time to kill. Wanna get hot chocolate?" Ruby offered. She didn't say it, neither of them had, but they had both been arriving at school earlier and earlier, spending longer and longer mornings together. It was an unspoken rule that Weiss would pull up at least an hour early, and Ruby would be there waiting for her.

"I would rather have tea." Weiss replied. "But if you want to drink that sugary trash, you may, I just won't be." It was a well worn argument, comfortable for them both. They had one just like it every December morning. Weiss would cite health concerns, Ruby would protest that it was delicious, and eventually Weiss would relent, and their morning would begin over steaming cups of hot chocolate at Guglhupf. Secretly, Weiss loved the drink, thinking it much better than tea, though Ruby never needed to know that.

They walked through the campus, rhythms matched perfectly, every step matched with another of equal length. Though Ruby didn't know it, they were quite the hot topic on campus. The richest, most well bred girl on campus, the heiress Weiss Schnee, wouldn't say two kind words to anyone but some ghetto rat.

Positively scandalous, and for people with too much time on their hands, absolutely fascinating. As usual, people stared and pointed when they thought Weiss's subzero stare wouldn't find them. Scum, the lot of them. If they had to gossip, they could have the decency to talk about it out of Weiss's earshot. She could hear them every morning.

"...Like that every day."

"...Romantic dinner once..."

"Heard they were dating..."

Well, at least Ruby seemed oblivious. That was a relief. If she had heard... there would have been words. None of them kind.

Weiss walked into Guglhupf, long white coat swirling about her heels and Ruby following her footsteps. The cashier looked up, recognized them, and started their order without so much as a word. Weiss approved of that. It was very efficient of her.

Ruby snagged their usual table, and Weiss carefully lowered herself into her seat, dropping her bag down next to her. A moment later, their drinks arrived, and the pair quietly sipped at them, looking at eachother over the tabletop. Their feet brushed against eachother, touching as they rearranged their legs, always seeming to pull back without actually moving away. Their usual, tentative dance.

As she let the hot, spicy, sugary sweet drink wash down her throat, Weiss looked over the table at Ruby, her gaze searching, questioning.

Should it be today?

Could it be today?

Weiss had wanted a day with meaning, but somehow, around this girl every day was something to be treasured. She looked for an answer the silver orbs just a few feet away, but found nothing. Just the glow Ruby always had, the light that...

No.

She was not going to sound like some lovesick teenager.

At the very least, she would keep her dignity.

Weiss angrily took a too-large gulp of her chocolate, scalding her tongue in the process. Just wonderful...

Today was not going to go well. But her mind was made up.

This was the day.

She was going to ask Ruby... on a date.

All she had to do was get through the day.

"Hey Weiss?" Ruby asked. School had just let out, and as usual, the pair was making their way to the gates together. "You've seemed a little... off today. Are you okay?"

Weiss waved it off. "I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?"

Their shoulders brushed as Ruby walked just a little too close. Had it been on purpose, or just an accident?

"...Geez. Just asking." Ruby grumbled, kicking at a rock. "I mean, I'm just a bit worried, you know?"

Worried as a friend or something more? It was driving Weiss crazy not to know...

"Well, anyway, I was wondering if you might want to come over today." Weiss said, her voice as hesitant as it ever was. Which is to say, not very. Only someone who knew her while had a chance at detecting the slight tremor, the small pauses.

Did Ruby know her that well?

Ruby's step hitched for a moment, her breath pausing for just an instant. Weiss flinched, noting the little signs with a sick feeling growing in her gut. She was panicking! She didn't want to do it... Damn, damn, damn-

"Yeah! That sounds... that sounds great!" Ruby said, a little breathless, a lot excited. "I'll just call Yang and tell her not to pick me up..." Ruby pulled out her phone and dialed Yang, while Weiss resisted the urge to grin. Ruby was coming to her apartment! And she actually seemed happy about it!

"You've never asked me over before..." Ruby mumbled shyly, and Weiss Schnee's heart grew three sizes that moment. She felt so light, like at any moment she might leave the ground behind. This was going much better than she expected. Maybe she had a chance after all...

It was more than she could have ever asked for.

The silver white limo was already waiting for them, and Weiss opened the door, gesturing for Ruby to get in. The other girl smiled a little, looking surprised. "Thank you Weiss."

Weiss slid in beside her. "Home please, Otto."

The elderly chauffeur smiled as the limousine slid into motion. "Bringing girls home, Miss Schnee?" He said, his tone light and teasing. "What would your father think?"

Weiss ground her teeth, nails curling along the seat. "Thank you Otto, for your observation, but it is none of your business." She said, her tone making it clear she wanted this topic to be over. Now.

But the old man seemed to take no notice. "And such a pretty girl too! Quite good taste, though possibly she is just hmmm... a gold digger? Is that the term? I know Miss Schnee isn't much to look at, so skinny, but she does have lots of money!"

"Otto!" Weiss shrieked, hearing choked sobs in the seat next to her. She turned to look at Ruby, terrified the other girl was crying.

It turned out to be quite the opposite.

Ruby was literally choking with laughter, tears streaming down her face. It ended in a coughing fit a moment later, and she recovered somewhat, a pink glow in her cheeks and a huge smile stretching across her face. "You're worse than my sister!" She giggled madly. "Oh man, you can't pay him enough!"

Otto waggled his eyebrows into the mirror. "Miss Schnee, your girlfriend wants you to give me more money. I think she talks a lot of sense."

"She isn't my girlfriend!" Weiss yelled, slamming one hand on the seat.

Ruby looked at her, mock-serious. "Now sweetie, you need to calm down." Her mouth wavered, then broke out into a grin again, and Ruby dissolved back into peals of laughter.

Weiss covered her face with one hand, her cheeks flushing a brilliant ruby red. It was going to feel like a very, very long car ride... This could not get any more humiliating...

A few thankfully brief minutes later, they pulled up in front of a huge luxury apartment building, with lots of high glass windows and pure white walls, done in a modern style. Weiss lived in the penthouse suite, with a nice view of the city. It was her residence for college. After all, her father had agreed with her when she asked him for a little independence during her studies, as long as her studies didn't falter.

Also, there was the small detail that if their arguments got any worse, one of them would probably have been dead before the first semester ended.

Weiss got out of the car like the seat had caught fire, the delighted giggles of Ruby following her.

"Oh man I love him." Ruby said, breathless, as they walked through the revolving glass doors.

"Well, I'm glad." Weiss replied stiffly. She wasn't exactly in the best of spirits. After all, she had never made Ruby laugh like that...

Maybe today wasn't the best day. There was always tomorrow, because after all, it was like the old saying went.

Tomorrow never comes.

The pair stepped into the gleaming silver elevator, and Weiss punched in the button for the fortieth floor, her suite. The button glowed blue, and up they went.

"So... all the way up, huh? I can't wait to see the view!" Ruby said, bouncing on the balls of her feet. Weiss couldn't tell if it was excitement or nerves, and she didn't know which would be better. "How big's your place? Do you have like, a few rooms or..."

"My father reserved the floor for me." Weiss said offhandedly.

Ruby's jaw seemed to drop all the way down to her lace up combat boots. "The whole floor? But it must be huge!"

"Well, compared to my family's mansion it's rather small."

"Mansion? Geez! Now I wanna see that too..."

...Was Ruby saying she wanted to go home with her, or something? Weiss mulled over that question, turning it over and around in her head. Maybe she was reading too much into it... but did 'just friends' ask to come home with eachother?

Somehow, Weiss hoped the answer was no. But it wasn't like she really had any other friends she could ask.

The doors dinged and slid open, and Weiss stepped into her apartment. Without so much as a glance at the elegant furniture or spacious room, Weiss made for her refrigerator.

"Do you want anything to drink?" Weiss offered, looking back over at Ruby. Then she sighed. The girl was gawping. "And close your mouth! Something's going to fly in."

"Uh. Yeah. Sorry... Um, water? Would water be okay or do you just serve melted gold here..."

"For heaven's sake, Ruby." Weiss said crossly, heading for the kitchen door. "Haven't you ever been in an apartment building before?"

"Yeah. I live in a flat after all. But have you ever been in a normal apartment before?" Ruby asked, stressing the word normal. "I mean, your couch... couches, actually, probably cost more than everything I own..."

Weiss decided not to dignify that with a response, instead pushing open the kitchen door. Surely, Ruby was exaggerating. There was no way her couch was worth that much, it was simply ridiculous. Shaking her head in exasperation, Weiss grabbed a slender glass from the cabinet, and filled it up with ice water from the fridge. Turning to pass it to Ruby, she stopped, simply staring instead. The moment was too perfect to interrupt.

Ruby was pressed up against the big window in the kitchen like she wanted to dive through it, eyes sparkling with amazement as she looked down at the city below. She turned back to Weiss, eyes wide like the moon and mouth slightly open, curled into one of the widest smiles Weiss had ever seen.

"Weiss, this place is amazing! I've never seen the city from so high up!" Ruby looked back down, something unreadable in her eyes. "I wish I knew what it was like to live somewhere like here..."

"Well, just don't smudge the window while you're admiring the view..." Weiss muttered, but her tone was fond, not snappish like she might have been. Their hands brushed briefly as she handed over the glass, and did she imagine it or did Ruby have to catch her breath?

Ruby carefully lowered herself onto a long white couch, and Weiss daintily sat herself in a chair opposite.

"So, what do you do all day here?" Ruby asked, wrapping her full red lips around the slim glass as she took a sip.

Weiss was jealous of a glass. A piece of melted sand.

This was just ridiculous.

"Honestly, I study." Weiss replied, trying not to let her runaway thoughts show on her face. "And when I'm done with that, I usually catch up on the news."

Ruby gave her a horrified look. "So no television? What?"

"I just told you I watch the news!"

"I mean real TV! Not boring stuff!"

"It is real TV! It's on the television, there is no way for it not to be 'real' TV!"

"Okay!" Ruby stood up, and looked around. "Where's the remote! We're fixing this."

"Fixing what!" Weiss demanded, more than slightly offended.

"You needa watch the good stuff! Like Adventure Time!" One of Ruby's hands flew to her mouth, like something had upset her. Or maybe it was a bug. With how much it had been open lately, it wouldn't be surprising... "Oh man I forgot, they're doing a marathon! We gotta watch it! Weiss, where's the remote!" Ruby suddenly spot it on her own and was across the room in an instant, scooping it up and mashing buttons with the ease of long practice. She plopped back down on the couch and patted a seat next to her. "C'mon." She said, a little quieter than before. "Sit down with me?"

Weiss ducked her head a little, standing up slowly, shyly. So close... did Ruby...

No.

She.

Was.

Not.

Lovesick.

Almost angrily, Weiss planted herself on the spot Ruby indicated. She sat stiff and rigid as Ruby surfed channels, her eyes dead ahead. A million thoughts raced through her head. Was Ruby enjoying this? Did she think Weiss was was stuck up? Boring? Was she just here out of pity or did she-

There was a hand on her back. A soft, warm, feminine hand, just barely brushing the line of her spine.

"Hey. Calm down." Ruby said quietly, her voice so, so soft. "You're all tense."

And she was. She even leaned back a little, trying to find more of that touch, that girl.

Ruby moved her hand back before the touch could get any closer, and Weiss had to make do with the fleeting sensation.

Dammit.

She wasn't...

Dammit...

The show started, and Weiss concentrated on it with laser like focus, trying to block out the girl beside her. As it went on, her eyebrow knitted together and she frowned. What was with the art... and the story... and the everything... "Ruby, is this for kindergarteners?" She demanded. "Because it's absolute drivel."

Ruby gave her a frown, brows pulling together cutely over her liquid eyes. "Hey, this show is awesome! It seems like a kids show if you aren't paying attention, but they put a ton of stuff in for adults! Don't judge a book by it's cover, right? Just try it."

Weiss arched an eyebrow and narrowed her eyes, but eventually looked back at the screen. Well, for Ruby, she would give this a shot. Anything to sit this close.

"And the world's obviously the result of a nuclear holocaust! This show is fascinating!" Weiss raved, gesturing wildly. Ruby giggled, and Weiss abruptly stopped, a little blush creeping up her face. That had gotten a little out of hand... She cleared her throat heavily, looking away. "It was surprisingly tolerable." She said at last, staring down at her hands, twisting nervously in her lap.

"Aww come on!" Ruby whined, throwing an arm around her in a half-embrace. "Don't be like that! You liked it, admit it!"

Suddenly, both girls froze.

So close. Closer than ever. Ruby was breathing just a little heavy, a little excited from her outburst earlier.

Weiss swallowed hard. Closer... than she'd ever been...

Now. She should say something now. All the little touches, all the little jokes, everything over the past few months. And it had all come to this...

Weiss found she wouldn't pass it up for the world.

She leaned back on the couch, trying to get away, because this was all just too much, and Ruby followed, both arms around her now, both breathing hard, harder.

So close...

Ruby leaned closer, fully lying on top of her, and Weiss's legs were all tangled up with Ruby's, her worn out jeans rubbing on Weiss's bare legs.

She wasn't sure who moved forward first, if it was Ruby or her or both at the same time, she didn't care. Soft lips brushed up against hers, strawberry chapstick and mint mixing. It didn't taste good, but she definitely did.

And Weiss's heart was beating a thousand miles a minute, and they broke apart for just a second and crashed together again, again, again.

She was so beautiful.

So soft.

Her lips...

A strong hot tongue licked at her lips, a hand slid up her side, and Weiss gasped briefly, the tongue flicking into her mouth to dance with her own.

Warm, so warm, so hot, she was burning up...

Their tongues tangled softly, just licking at the tips, and Weiss needed more, she wanted to be closer. Her mouth opened wider, wider still, and it was like she was choking, like all she needed to breathe was Ruby, Ruby, Ruby. A leg pressed between hers, and she wrapped her arms around the other girl, pulling her closer.

Suddenly Ruby moved, falling off the couch with a thump. Her mouth was wide open, chest heaving, and there was a terrified look in her beautiful silver eyes.

"W-Weiss I..." She gulped, scrambling to her feet. "I can't do this. I have to go." She ran, ran for the door, and into the elevator beyond. And somehow, Weiss could only watch as she jammed the button on the elevator and darted inside. The doors slid closed, and Ruby had disappeared.

Had there been a tear on her face?

She was gone too fast to be sure.

Alone in her beautiful penthouse apartment, lying on her expensive couch, Weiss started to cry her eyes out.

The thing she treasured most in this world...

Had just been yanked away.

And for all her money, her beauty, her intelligence, there was no way for her to get it back.

She had never felt so helpless.

She had never felt so alone.

Well, sorry about this guys... I really wanted them to kiss, just once, but I also really wasn't in a good mood. This was the result. But yeah... my girlfriend like murdered my face trying to kiss me and now my lip got a big cut on it and it hurts... and I got rained on and I had to take a test... blech. I'm not in the best of moods.

So what time is it? Adventure Time.

As always, thanks to Wendy Crescent, because this chapter made noooo sense before she edited it.

No thanks to one of my friends who becomes a turtle when I ask him to do things... how hard is it to give me someone's Skype name! How hard!

(Turtles are slow is the point. And he's a jerk.)