Ruby felt like someone was shaking her. Her ship was rocking back and forth and her crew was falling overboard.

"Arr mateys, hold on tight! A storm be upon us!" she shouted from the wheel as she turned her ship away from the storm. As she sailed forward, a massive head appeared in the sky.

"Ruby! Ruby, wake up!" the head looked strangely like her first mate, Blake. What was she doing up there?

"Augh! Blake, yer head be in the sky!" Ruby yelled, pointing at the giant head with her sword.

"What? Ruby, I'm right here." Blake said, giggling.

Ruby blinked a few times and realized she was in her bed. Blake was sitting next to her, with her hands still on her shoulders. "Oh. What was I doing?"

"You said something about my head being in the sky."

"Weird dream. Why'd you get me up? I told you to wake me up later at…at…wait, what time is it?"

"You overslept, dingus. It's eleven. You have one hour to get ready." Blake said, a smile on her face. Ruby blanched and threw the covers off herself and raced to her wardrobe.

"Crap! Crapcrapcrapcrap! I'm gonna be late!" Ruby panicked as she sifted through her clothes, looking for something clean.

"Ruby, you shouldn't panic. It'll be fine."

"Says you. Now where's my skirt, I thought I had it right here!" Ruby looked behind and under her dresser, a puzzled look on her face. "Did you move it?"

"Ruby, I put your outfit in the bathroom like you asked so you could jump right in the shower. Honestly, you are such a scatterbrain." Blake said with a giggle, poking Ruby in the small of her back. Ruby squealed and raced into the bathroom and soon enough the rushing of the shower was heard.

Blake shook her head. "Moron," she muttered, but she had a big smile on her face. Ruby was still as much of a dolt as ever, and she wouldn't have it any other way.

Fifteen minutes later, a wet-haired Ruby emerged from the bathroom, tugging her shirt on. Blake sighed in an exasperated manner.

"What? Did I miss a spot? Is my shirt on backwards?" Ruby said, looking herself over.

"Dry your hair, doofus." Blake said, throwing a towel at her. Ruby scowled and rubbed the towel on her head till her hair was a frizzy mess. Blake giggled and, sitting down on her bed, motioned her over. "Get over here, lemme help you."

Ruby sat down in Blakes lap and flinched. "Ow! Blake, what are you, ow, doing!"

Blake scraped a brush through Ruby's frizzed up, tangled hair. "Making sure you don't look like a stray dog for your date. Now hold still."

"I don't look like a stray dog!" Ruby protested, wincing again at the pull of the brush.

"Yes, Ruby, you do. And I said hold still!" Blake said, continuing to wrestle with Ruby's hair. After ten minutes, she sighed and put the brush down. "Done."

Ruby turned around and threw her arms around Blake. "Thanks. What are you gonna do today?"

An evil glint in her eyes, Blake merely winked and said "Stuff."

Ruby thought for a moment before it clicked. "Ew. Ew, ew, ew. Ew." She said, sticking her tongue out.

"Oh quiet you. Now go on, I'm sure she's waiting for you."

"You think? What if I'm too early? Is that bad?" Ruby said, back to panic mode.

"Ruby, thirty minutes ago you were worried about being late!"

"Yeah, well…that was thirty minutes ago!"

Blake put her face in her hand, sighing. "Just go. Leave me be so I can bang my head on a wall."

That got a laugh out of Ruby, who acquiesced and walked out. "Sorry. See ya later!"

"Bye." As soon as the door clicked shut, Blake collapsed back on her bed and pulled out her phone.

Watchu doin this afternoon~? She began texting…

…

"I hope she remembers."

"She'll remember."

"What if she doesn't?"

"She will."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure."

Yang and Weiss had been having what seemed to Yang this exact same back-and-forth exchange for the past hour. Weiss had woken up at nine-o-clock to make sure everything was ready, and Yang still had a little bit of hangover from yesterdays party.

"How can you be sure? You know how she is." Weiss said, pacing back and forth in their room.

"She's my baby sister, stupid. And besides, I think she'll remember something this important." Yang said, talking to Weiss while trying to catch Zapdos. "Get over here you electronic cat-bait…" she muttered as Weiss continued her pacing.

"You think so?"

Yang sighed. Her phone buzzed and she picked it up, seeing a text from Blake. "She's on her way now, actually." She said, texting her back.

Noooothing~

Right on cue, there was a knock at the door and Weiss jumped in the air with a squeak. "Ah! Yang whatdoidowhatdoidowhatdoido? She's here!"

"You open the door and say hello, stupid." Yang said, laughing.

Weiss blinked. "Right. Of course. Say hi. Not hard at all." She walked over to the door and opened it, and found Ruby standing there, her hands clasped behind her back and she swayed from side to side.

"Um…" she said nervously. "Hi."

"Hi." Weiss responded, not really sure what to do next.

"You, um, ready to go?"

Nodding, Weiss walked out into the hallway and shut the door. "Yeah. Let's go."

Ruby instinctively grabbed Weiss's hand, causing her to flinch. "Oh! Sorry! Didn't mean to scare you!" she said, letting go.

"No! You didn't scare me. It's just…we were only holding hands as friends before." Weiss said, blushing a little, fumbling after Ruby's hand again, grasping it firmly.

Ruby blushed too. "Oh."

The two girls walked to the parking lot in this slightly awkward silence, and as they climbed into Weiss's car it only got worse. You could have cut the awkward with a knife.

They drove for a little while, and then Ruby cleared her throat.

"How, um, how did you sleep?"

"Good! Really good." Weiss answered quickly. "Yang was out like a light. She didn't even change."

"She was probably drunk." Ruby commented. Weiss gave her a funny look and she amended that sentence. "Check that, definitely drunk."

They both laughed at that, and drove to the Goodwitch Café in a much less awkward silence.

Sitting down at their table, one of the waiters walked up to them.

"Hey guys! No lovey dovey couple today?" The waitress was a red-haired girl a little taller than Ruby. She was dressed in green and silver, and her hair was curled at the ends.

"Um, actually Penny," Ruby started, trying to figure out how to say it.

"Ahh, they're busy huh?" Penny winked and sat next to Ruby throwing her arm around her. "I get it. So it's just you two?"

Ruby greeted her friend with a hug, and then saw Weiss pouting a little with an odd look in her eye. "Um, yeah. Just us. We're kind of on a…umm…"

Penny looked expectantly at Ruby, who continued 'umm'-ing for about half a minute, then Weiss spoke up.

"Date, Penny. We're on a date." Her voice was curt as she glared a little at Penny, who shrank a little under the gaze of Weiss.

Then it clicked in her eyes. "Ohhh! Wow. I, uh, didn't really see that coming." She said, letting out a funny chuckle. "Well, um, what can I get for you?" she said, disengaging herself from Ruby and pulling out a notepad, chewing on a pencil.

They gave their orders and Penny rushed off to the kitchen.

"That was weird." Ruby said, staring after Penny. "She's usually more bubbly than that."

"She probably realized she was intruding." Weiss said pointedly, still pouting a little. Ruby looked at her face and smiled, leaning over to poke her nose.

"Boop."

Weiss tried to keep a straight face for as long as possible, but eventually she broke down and giggled, a smile wide on her face. Ruby started laughing too, and they continued till Penny brought over the drinks.

"Thanks Penny." Ruby said, taking a long drink from her Coke, Weiss gently sipping her iced tea. Ruby noticed a little note stuck to the bottom of her glass that said Ruby on it. She pocketed it to read later. Penny was always giving her these weird little notes.

"How did Blake do?" Weiss asked.

"She didn't drink. Yang drank enough for both of them." Ruby said. "I think she's nervous though."

Weiss grinned. "Good. We'll have to think up some proper revenge at some point." She rubbed her hands together in anticipation, a mischievous glint in her eyes.

Ruby laughed. "Oh, most definitely. However, for now, let's think about more pleasant things."

"Revenge is pleasant," Weiss protested, then she thought about it. "Oh."

Leaning over, Ruby quickly pressed her lips to Weiss's, then sat back down with her face as red as a tomato. Weiss shared the same color, and they both had little smiles on their faces.

"I'm never getting used to that." Ruby said in a soft voice, giggling.

"Me neither." Weiss said, her smile growing wider.

The two girls talked until their food came, then no sound was heard except the occasional clink of a fork or gulping of a drink. After a while the plates were clear and the check paid for, and they sat on a bench on the sidewalk, Ruby leaning against Weiss, who had her arm around her.

"This is nice." Ruby commented, cuddling closer. "We should do this more often."

Weiss smiled and rubbed Ruby's arm a little. "I like that idea."

"I love you Weiss." Ruby said, kissing her on the cheek. Chills ran down Weiss's spine as she said it, and she wrapped her arms around her.

"I love you too." She said, nuzzling the top of Ruby's head. Sighing, they allowed a few more minutes of silence to permeate the air. Then Weiss spoke up again. "I wonder what Blake and Yang are doing."

Ruby groaned. "I don't want to think about it."

Weiss laughed. "What? It's not like it's a secret that they do that stuff."

"It's still my sister and best friend we're talking about, doofus."

"Dolt."

"Ice Queen."

They both giggled and cuddled closer. "Is that all that you're averse to?" Weiss asked, curious.

Ruby blushed. "W-w-what do you mean?"

"I mean are you…y'know…" Weiss said, hoping Ruby got the hint.

She did.

"T-t-that's….i-i-it's…that is…." Ruby stuttered, her mouth not obeying her brains commands.

"What?" Weiss asked, trying to hold in a smile.

"What does it matter?" Ruby said, her face turning redder by the second.

"Is that a yes?"

"Shut up!"

"So it is a yes?"

"…..yes. Now shut the hell up and kiss me." Ruby said, kissing Weiss again, who quite willingly returned it.

After they broke off, Weiss giggled. "Nice try. But you can't change the subject that easily."

"Oh come on!" Ruby whined, putting on her puppy dog eyes.

Weiss pulled Ruby onto her lap and held her there. "To be honest, I'm not surprised. You definitely seem the type to…save yourself. For someone special."

Ruby blushed. "That's not really it."

Weiss blinked. "It's not?"

"Weiss…how many relationships do you think I've had?" Ruby asked, genuine curiosity in her voice.

"Ummm…two or three? At least? You had to have had at least a few." Weiss said, her face serious as she thought.

Ruby shook her head and Weiss's jaw dropped a little. "What? No. No way. How many?"

In response, Ruby made a circle with her thumb and index finger. Weiss gasped.

"You mean…I'm…" she said slowly, making sure she knew what Ruby was telling her.

"Yes, Weiss, you're my first girlfriend. Ever."

Weiss smiled and pulled Ruby close. "Good. Because you're my first too."

"Girlfriend or relationship?" Ruby asked, smiling despite herself.

"Both, silly. I never had any real friends growing up, you think I got myself a boyfriend? Please. None of them would have touched me with a ten-foot pole." Weiss scoffed.

"Sucks for them then." Ruby said, giggling. "Now can we talk about something else? We are in public you know."

"I've kept my voice down! But sure."

They talked for another hour before heading back to the dorm. As they drove back, they were far more relaxed than when they had arrived.

…

"Hey Weiss, you wanna watch a movie?" Ruby said as they approached their rooms.

"No, sorry, I have to study. Maybe later?" Weiss said, frowning a little.

"Sure! Seeya." Ruby said, turning away to walk into her room. Then she stopped and turned around.

Weiss let out a loud mmph as Ruby threw her arms around her and kissed her, and she staggered back a little bit before returning the affection.

"Love you Weiss. Bye." Ruby said, squeezing Weiss close.

"Love you too. See ya." Weiss said, her face a little red, though whether from embarrassment or oxygen deprivation she couldn't tell. She walked into her room and noticed Yang wasn't there. All the better for her, she thought. She can study in peace.

Or so she thought.

"Why is there a sock on the door?" Ruby wondered aloud as she unlocked the door. Weiss panicked.

Shit. She thought as she ran back out. "Ruby, wait, don't open the-"

"WHAT THE HELL?" Ruby shrieked as she saw her sister and Blake in bed together, articles of clothing strewn around the room. Weiss ran in right behind her, and immediately regretted it.

"Son of a…" she muttered as Ruby turned around and closed her eyes.

"Umm….hi guys?" Yang said, her face quite red as she wrapped the blanket around herself. Blake was somehow not to be seen, however there was a very suspicious quivering lump under the blankets.

…

"You could have warned me you know." Ruby said venomously as she drank from her mug of cocoa that Blake had made her.

Yang was kneeling on the ground next to Ruby's seat, begging forgiveness. "I'm sorry! I didn't realize you didn't know what the sock meant! Please forgive me!"

Ruby pointedly ignored her sister as she glared at Blake, who was refusing to look at her.

"Ruby c'mon, just look at me." Yang said, scooting around to the other side of the bed.

"Nope." Ruby said, looking away.

"Please?"

"Nuh uh."

"Pretty please?"

"Nope."

"Pretty please with sugar on top?"

Ruby sighed and turned around and looked at her sister. "Stand up."

Yang stood, a confused look on her face. Ruby stood up and stared her sister dead in the face. Then socked her in the stomach.

Yang doubled over and let out a loud 'oomph'. Blake rushed to her, but Yang held out a hand and wheezed out "I'm okay! I'm alright." Standing up straight, she took a huge breath. "Okay. I suppose I deserved that one. Sorry Ruby."

Ruby hugged her sister. "It's okay. Now I know better, but you guys need to give me a better warning than that next time."

"We didn't know how long you were gonna be." Blake said. Ruby jumped, as it was the first time she had spoken since she had arrived. Ruby walked over and hugged Blake too.

"The only reason I'm not punching you is because I know Yang can take it." Ruby muttered as she buried her face into Blake's shoulder. Blake hugged her back and let out a relieved sigh.

"Also because I would not forgive such transgressions and would hold a massive grudge." Yang said in a serious tone, although she had a smile on her face. Ruby giggled.

"That too."

"Where'd Weiss go, by the way?" Yang asked, looking around.

"She went to go study. And maybe barf a little." Ruby said, causing Yang to groan. "Now shoo, I want to watch a movie. And you aren't allowed in this apartment for a few days."

Yang opened her mouth to protest, then realized her sister was serious and left, muttering something about the gym.

Ruby dragged Blake over to her bed, ignoring Blake's, and lied down on it. "You're watching too."

Blake offered no argument as she lay next to Ruby, who snuggled up to her as she put on a movie called The Secret of Kells.

"Blake?" Ruby said after a little bit.

"Yeah?" Blake asked, a bit nervous.

"You're gross."

Blake laughed and poked Ruby's cheek. "Oh trust me, soon enough you'll be acting 'gross' too."

Ruby stuck her tongue out as she continued watching the movie.

…

After the movie was done and Blake left to meet some friends, Ruby stuck her hands in her pocket to look for her phone and encountered a piece of paper. She realized it was the note Penny left her. She opened it up, and discovered it was a bit longer than usual.

Ruby, are you okay? Is Weiss making you do this? I know you wouldn't date her, she's always so mean to you. Insulting you all the time, calling you stupid. You be sure to call me if you ever need any help, okay!

Your friend, Penny

Ruby sighed and put the note on her desk. Penny was a good friend, but she had a tendency to overreact. She resolved to call her and tell her she was fine, as she had included a phone number with the note. But not tonight.

Tonight she had dinner with Weiss, Blake, and Yang. But not at the café, Ruby decided. That'd be a bit weird having to explain with everyone right there. Much easier to do it over the phone.

And what was with Weiss's reaction to Penny? Ruby thought, confused. That's how we always greet each other. What was that weird look she had on her face? Was she…jealous? No. That's stupid. Weiss, jealous? Psh. Dumb idea.

Ruby yawned and laid back on her bed to take a nap, smiling at the idea. Weiss? Jealous?

Never.

Author's Note

Chapter o Squee with a bit of a dangling hook thrown in. I didn't want to introduce Penny as just another student that Ruby meets FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER YEAH so I had her be the waitress at Goodwitch Café, which our foursome has become regulars at.

Not much to say about this chapter. Enjoy your squee-filled Chapter 12 – First Date, and have a wonderful day!

Spike