Making Something from Nothing Ch.2

Jaune, Ren, and Nora made it back to their dorm after Jaune's face had taken a hard impact from Weiss' hand.

"Did you see her face?!" Nora collapsed on her bed, laughing at Jaune whose face still bore a red handprint.

"It wasn't funny Nora!" Jaune blurted out from his own bed. "Now she's angrier than ever, and I'm sure if I had a chance, it just burned up."

"Don't worry, I'm sure that wasn't the worst you've done." Ren said, grinning from across the room.

"It's not…" Jaune said, thinking of the time he had tried smooth talking Weiss into joining his team in the early part of the school year. Jaune had come a long way since then, though it wasn't exactly hard to improve on worthlessness. His training with Pyrrha made him more of a fighter, but his goofy personality remained. He was getting stronger, as well as smarter, but to him, it wasn't good enough.

"You know," Ren said, "You're closer than you think."

Jaune was partially paying when the words drifted across his subconscious.

"Come again?" Jaune asked with hesitation, "Did you just say I was closer than I think?"

"I did," Ren proclaimed with confidence, "You, Jaune Arc, are closer than ever."

"How? I haven't done anything except be a nuisance and a waste of her time."

"Actually," Nora butted in, "You may have forgotten about one slight detail."

Ren walked over to where Nora sat on her bed and took a seat beside her.

"You know how I threw that note at her?" He asked.

"Yeah, what about it?"

"You don't know what was on it."

Jaune had gone from hopeful to fearful in the blink of an eye. Beads of perspiration formed on his forehead and his palms became sweaty.

"What did you put on it?" He questioned nervously.

Ren glanced up at the wall of the dorm. Jaune followed his gaze to a clock.

"I could tell you, but maybe you should find out for yourself." Ren said, pulling out a neatly folded piece of paper and handing it Jaune.

"Um, what's this?" Jaune asked.

"It's Weiss' reply to 'your' note." Ren responded.

Jaune carefully unfolded the creased sheet to reveal perfectly crafted letters.

"Alright, fine. We can talk and settle this once and for all. I'll meet you after class. – Weiss Schnee"

"Oh come on!" Jaune moaned as he realized that he had almost gotten his chance to talk to Weiss.

"You know, it's still not too late…" Nora chuckled.

Jaune's head shot up with determination refilling his hopes, but only briefly.

"She was so pissed though, there's no way to come back from that." He sighed.

"Jaune, you've done that before. She's been through this enough by now to know you're just not good with this type of thing," Ren reasoned. "You've still got a chance to redeem yourself, I guarantee it."

"In fact," Nora started out quietly. "You should go talk to her now!"

Jaune jumped up. "I should! I'm going to tell her the truth about how I feel to her face!" Jaune exclaimed.

"Whoa! Slow your role there," Ren said, waving his hands. "I think you should just start with apologizing for the numerous screw-ups you've had. Just to start?"

"Yeah, you're probably right," Jaune said getting red in the face. "Thanks guys, I'll be off now; wish me luck!"

"Good luck!" They both called as Jaune walked out the door with confidence in his stride. As he walked out, Pyrrha walked in, looking back in confusion.

"Is he going to do what I think he is?"

"Yup" Nora replied.

"He's dead." Ren said staring at the floor and shaking his head.

A/N: Well, this is story took off more than I expected. This chapter is just preparing for the next. We've got so many things planned that it's becoming hard to focus on any one story, but I promise we'll follow through. As for this story, we're continuing on! Review please, they make us write better whether they're good or bad! Feedback is always appreciated!