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Weiss allowed herself to slide slightly further down into her covers, slinking against her pillows and letting her hair billow up around her ears in a vain attempt to muffle the noise her roommates were currently creating. This was supposed to be a place of quiet tranquility where she could study, rest, and prepare herself for their strenuous course load and training as a huntress. The bed above her emitted a rather ominous creak and Weiss warily glanced upwards to the underside of the box springs as they swayed slightly on their ropes. She sighed and let her eyes drift over to the cause, her over enthusiastic partner's legs were dangling over the edge, excitedly kicking back and forth. Whose idea was it to let her have the top bunk again? And the suspended one at that… Oh that's right, it was Ruby's idea.

"So what are you and Nora gonna do tonight? Just dance?" Ruby was bouncing up and down on her bunk, restlessly flailing her legs about, a forgotten textbook lying by her side on the bed. She was bobbing her head along to the barely audible music coming from the red and black headphones she had left around her neck while she talked. Yang was using her scroll's camera as a mirror, putting the final touches on her modest make-up for the evening.

"Dance and have a little to drink, just to unwind. Maybe let some boys flirt with us."

Blake shot Yang a disapproving glare at the mention of alcohol which Yang promptly ignored. Blake tsked loud enough for Yang to hear, she knew the blonde was old enough to drink but that didn't mean it needed to be a regular occurrence, nor did she need to be speaking about it so lightly in front of Ruby who had a couple years left before she could legally drink and a few more after that before it was probably a good idea for the impressionable young girl.

"Pffft! No one's gonna flirt with you and Nora," Yang looked up to Ruby, shock on her face, "They're all gonna be too scared of you two, wasn't the club closed for like a month last time?"

Yang laughed, understanding her sister's meaning, "Just three and a half weeks, don't exaggerate." Ruby giggled and swayed back and forth on her bunk, kicking her feet about in the air, the bunk swayed from side to side. Weiss again glanced warily at the creaking wooden frame.

"Ruby? Ruby can you not please?" Weiss tentatively called up the young girl, setting her book down on her lap.

"What? I'm just teasing Yang, she knows." Ruby tossed herself lightly into the air, used her semblance to do a half somersault in place, sending a small puff of rose petals at her sister, and landed on her stomach, hanging her head down so she could look at Weiss. The sudden and violent motion caused the bed to rock drastically causing Ruby's face to swim about in Weiss's vision. She tensed and put her hands out defensively.

"Yeah Rubes knows that none of the boys can resist this." Yang pulled a hand under her hair and over her shoulder, flipping her hair and kicking her hip out so that all of her well toned curves were obviously apparent alongside her glorious mane of treasured blonde hair.

Blake shook her head in derision and Ruby began rolling back and forth on her bed, laughing uncontrollably, losing her headphones over the edge in the process. "Yeah… Right Yang," she gasped out through the fits of laughter, "Totally irresistible. That's why all the guys here chase after you everyday right?"

At this both Blake and Weiss laughed, although Weiss tried to contain it at least a little, Blake allowed her quiet chuckle to escape unimpeded. Yang unstruck her pose and stamped a foot down.

"They're all just scared they won't be able to handle me. Which they won't." Yang straightened her shoulders and stuck her chin up in the air, "And besides I haven't seen you two doing much better." She cast a glance at Weiss and then Blake.

"Excuse me? I remember turning down at least five offers in our first week here alone." Weiss crossed her arms and leveled her gaze at the hulking blonde.

"Yeah, all from Jaune." Ruby offered to no one in particular, staring at the ceiling now as she tried to regain her breath. Weiss's cheeks reddened and she picked her text back up, attempting to hide her embarrassment behind its thick pages.

"And I have no interest in the boys here," Blake emphasized the word with a sarcastic tone, "They're all just so…. Male." She finally found the word she was searching for somewhere on the ceiling above her.

Ruby rolled up to a seated position, "I don't know Blake. I think some of them are kinda-"

Yang pushed her hand into Ruby's face playfully, one finger extended in warning, "Ahh! You just stop right there little sis'. I don't even wanna hear that from you. Nope. No way."

It was now Ruby's turn to cross her arms in indignation as the rest of the team chuckled, "Yaaaaaaang!"

In the midst of the team leader's whining their dorm room door was unceremoniously kicked open, nearly flying off of its hinges and startling a rather content Zwei across the room and under Weiss's bed. The four young girls turned to see a rather done up and as animated as usual redhead standing in the entryway, foot still in the air from having made her entrance.

"Well this is where all the fun is!" Nora nearly shouted, apparently believing she had to be louder than the rest of the room combined to be heard even after her spectacular entrance, "C'mon Yang! Let's go! The next Airbus leaves in like five minutes."

"Hi Nora!" Ruby jumped straight into the air, waving emphatically at the other girl with both arms and came crashing down to her bunk in an uncontrolled heap. It was at that point that the ropes finally decided they were done supporting Ruby's antics and let the bed loose, much to the disdain of a certain heiress.

Weiss was rather glad at this moment that she had the lightning fast reflexes required of those in their line of work, accompanied by the natural disposition to glyph use that came from being a Schnee otherwise she may have been crushed simply because they had wanted more room in their dorm.

"Well. Bye everybody! Don't wait up for me." Yang and Nora quickly exited the room and speed walked down the hallway, ignoring Weiss's indignant cries as she continued to support the bunk atop a large pulsing black glyph.

"Uhh sorry Weiss…" The team leader sheepishly poked her head over the side of the bunk and caught the heiress's eyes, white with fury.

"Help me you dolt!" Weiss screamed, the sudden outburst breaking her concentration slightly, causing the bed to buck as she reinforced the glyph.

"Oh. Oh yeah. Sorry. Yeah. Here we go. Blake a little help here. I'm not strong like my sister. Come on team work right guys. Okay one two-" Ruby flew off the bed in a flurry of rose petals and words as she placed herself between Weiss and the bunk, doubled over and trying to use her back to lift it. She didn't stop to realize though, that her presence would interrupt Weiss's glyph and put the full weight of the bunk on her slim shoulders.

Blake sprung from her spot, clear across the room and tackled Ruby and the bed to the floor, pushing with her entire body to ensure the bed cleared her leader and cradling the slim brunette protectively as they crashed to the ground. She landed with her back against the overturned bunk, Ruby curled instinctively in her arms, eyes clenched tight. She slowly opened her eyes and lifted her silver gaze to meet Blake's piecing yellow one.

"Ummm… Thanks Blake…" She trailed off, not sure how to act in this proximity.

"Oh! My! Oum! Ruby you are such a clutz!" Ruby quickly disentangled herself from Blake's arms and sat forlornly on her knees at Weiss's bedside to endure her tongue lashing, "There are a million other, better, ways you could have handled that. The first being not knocking your bed off the ceiling in the first place. Can you imagine if Blake wasn't here?" Aside to Blake, "Thank you Blake," and back to Ruby, "Can you imagine what would have happened if she wasn't here? We could have been hurt. We could have damaged the room." Zwei hopped on the bed next to Weiss and wagged his tail, Weiss started at his presence, "What if Zwei had gotten hurt?"

At the mention of her dog Ruby's face fell considerably, "I'm sorry Weiss. We can put the beds next to each other if you want. I'll be better about it I promise."

Weiss sighed and petted Zwei's head, scratching him gently between the ears, "We can put it back up. Well, you can put it back up. Just stop jumping around up there." Ruby's spirits lifted at that, she raised her eyes and looked to Weiss.

"Oh thank you thank you thank you Weiss." She lunged up from the floor and hugged Weiss around the neck, knocking the textbook to the floor. Zwei, caught up in the excitement, began licking Weiss's face. Blake chuckled at this as Weiss began struggling and swatting at Zwei, trying desperately to get the two overly affectionate creatures off of her.

"Ach Ruby stop. Zwei get off. Down." Weiss slipped backwards to the floor and the three fell in a small pile. "Both of you. Honestly." Weiss stood up from the mass of bodies and flipped her ponytail back over her shoulder, straightening her clothes and trying to appear less disheveled than she was. Ruby lurched to her feet, holding Zwei affectionately in her arms and giggling.

"C'mon Blake, wanna help me put the bed back?

"Yeah Ruby. But can you…?" Blake motioned to the fur ball in Ruby's arms.

"Oh yeah of course Blake, sorry." Ruby lifted Zwei up and placed him on Yang's bunk. He barked once then walked in a small circle and laid down facing the room so he could watch them all.

"Thanks" Blake lifted herself and began helping Ruby rearrange the bed so that they could re-hang it above Weiss. While not as brutally strong as Yang, the two girls were still well beyond the task of lifting a bed together. Weiss removed herself to Blake's bunk while they worked so she could continue to study unimpeded. Together they lifted the bed above Weiss's and reattached the ropes which had not snapped or torn out of the ceiling, the knots holding the whole thing up had simply come undone. Once they had reattached them all, they went around the entirety of the mattress tightening the ropes to help ensure this wouldn't happen again anytime soon.

"Thank you," Weiss looked up at the bed from her spot on Blake's mattress, "Perhaps now the three of us can get some studying done in peace and quiet. She lifted herself and moved towards her bunk, tossing Ruby's fallen textbook at her on her way over. Ruby caught the book against her chest and groaned.

"We just did all that work though Weiss. Can't we do something fun now? I know, let's go see who can get the farthest up the side of the cafeteria without using glyphs." Ruby tossed the book to her bunk and began putting on her boots without waiting for an answer.

"That's hardly a fair contest Ruby. And I think some down time would be nice." Blake returned to her spot and held her book gently in her lap, anticipating her return to whichever story she was engrossed in.

Ruby slumped back against the wall, one boot half on, "Ugh, okay. I don't wanna study though. Do you have a book I could read Blake? Something with magic and monsters and a brave hero who saves everyone?"

"I'm sure I could find something," Blake pulled her finger from the pages of her novel and neatly tucked a bookmark near the top to save her spot. She then rose from her seat and slid a large chest out from under her bed. She began rifling through the books within until she found one with ornate gold script on the cover and intricate patterns running down the spine. "This is one of my absolute favorites Ruby, it's about a band of adventurers that must save the world from the brink of destruction at the ends of a hell bent demi god and his hordes of unspeakable terrors." She gently handed the tome to Ruby whose eyes widened and grin grew until her cheeks were crushed between the two forming two little lumps of excitement at the tops of her cheekbones.

"Oh wow Blake, thanks. It looks really fancy though, are you sure it's okay if I read it? I'll be really careful I promise." Blake simply nodded and pressed the novel into Ruby's outstretched palms gingerly. Ruby took it reverently into her grasp and turned to her bed, she smiled to Weiss before carefully lifting herself into her bunk and replacing her headphones on her head, the music low enough now that the others could no longer hear it. Weiss let out a contented sigh and her shoulders actually seemed to relax a little.

A gentle rapping came at their door and it slowly creaked open as it had never been fully closed. The heavy wooden door swung away to reveal a very sheepish looking blonde boy standing uncertainly in the doorway.

"Umm… Hi there," Jaune pulled his hand back from where it had knocked the door open. Ruby was already heavily engrossed in the novel and didn't seem to notice Jaune enter over the sound of her music. Weiss however sighed loudly and dropped her book to her lap in defeat.

"Oh, hey, I'm sorry. I didn't know the door was open, I was just trying to knock and see if you were in here. It just swung open all on it's own, I'll try again." Without giving any of them a chance to reply, Jaune reached in and pulled the door shut on himself, there was a few seconds of pause and then a steady rapping at the door, louder this time. Ruby's head kicked up at the noise and she slid the headphones around her neck again.

"I'll get it." She marked her page with a slip of paper and gently set the book down on her bed. Then shot from the bunk to the door in a single leap. The bed swung from her departure and she looked back to Weiss, "Oh… Sorry Weiss."

Weiss pinched the bridge of her nose, "Just answer the door, I have no idea who it is." Ruby cocked her head at the sarcasm.

"Of course not, I haven't opened the door yet silly." Ruby turned and opened the door to find Jaune looking rather proud of himself.

"See I know how to knock on a door. I had to learn, sharing two bathrooms with all seven of my sisters after all."

Ruby cocked her head to the side, "Jaune, what are you talking about?"

"Oh nothing, just mumbling to myself I guess," he rubbed the back of his head, "But are you guys busy? Ren and Pyrrha actually ended up going out and training because Nora wouldn't stop pestering them about it and then she left with Yang and there isn't really a lot to do over there on my own."

"We are trying to study Jaune." Weiss put emphasis on the word 'trying' and shot him a particularly cold stare, "Not that we're having much success at it."

"Oh I could use some help actually, we can do like group study stuff, flash cards and games and quizzing each other." Jaune was obviously desperate for something to do, but Ruby made a small choking noise in her throat.

"Ech, Jaune. No. Let's get out, get some fresh air. Go do something." Ruby turned to her teammates, "You guys wanna come?" Weiss got up from her bed and went over to her dresser.

"You know what? That's a great idea Ruby. It's awfully crowded in this little room after all." She began rummaging through her drawers and Ruby's face brightened considerably. Weiss found whatever it was she was looking for and came to Jaune and Ruby, "Here, you two take this and go out, have a good time, come back late. Get out of this room." The heiress handed them a small wad of high denomination Lien with a smile.

"Whuh? Huh? No Weiss come on," Ruby tried to push the money away from herself.

"No really I insist." Weiss forced the cash into Ruby's hands and pushed both she and Jaune out the door, "Have fun you two." and closed the door.

"Wait Weiss I need my-" Ruby was cut short as the door opened and her boots came sailing out, hitting her in the face, before slamming shut again, "...boots. Thanks, Weiss!" She quickly pocketed the money and began the process of putting on her boots.

"Well okay then, looks like it's just the two of us I guess." Jaune smiled, "We'll find something to do."

Ruby smiled up from her laces, "Yeah, it'll be great come on." She forced her foot the rest of the way into her second boot and laced it tight before grabbing Jaune by the wrist and tearing down the hallway with him in tow.

A/N - Woohoo chapter number three and the beginning of some actual hints as to where this whole thing is headed. Well, possibly...you'll have to keep reading.

I really hope you're enjoying it still. The chapters get a little longer coming up and then some short ones again. Some of them I felt were far too long for a single chapter and so there are a few 'Part One' and 'Part Tow type chapters. I did my best to split them in a spot that made sense and was sensibly divided by the plot so please bear with those chapters.

As always, I am immensely interest in what you all think of the story so please oh please let me know. Also, please check out today's chapter of "Clubbin' " and stay tuned for tomorrow's updates to both stories.

Thanks so much for reading, please enjoy your weekend.

-Zach