EDIT:2/24/16

The second Michael saw Ruby with her headphones on, he laughed.

"Jesus Gav, don't want it to be too obvious," he chuckled, shaking his head at Gavin, "but I guess you can't be too picky. They look great."

Ruby smiled as Gavin looked at Michael, surprised he didn't get an ass beating. Ruby hopped over to his 'uncle' and showed him her phone.

"Is this it?"

Gavin nodded at the sight of the RWBY thumbnail on one of the albums, "How'd you find it so fast?"

"I had some help," Ruby grinned down at the younger girl beside her. Millie perfectly imitated her grin, and wrapped her arms around her for good measure.

"I like you. Are we friends? Tell me we're friends!"

Ruby giggled and hugged the smaller girl, "Yes. We're friends."

"Yay! We can go ice-skating together! And watch Frozen!"

Michael watched the duo with an increasing amount of humor. He glanced over to Geoff who was laughing quietly to himself.

"They got along quite well didn't they," he stated, mixing in a genuine tone with sarcasm. Geoff nodded.

The Achievement Hunters were finishing up, gathering all their footage and audio to send off to the editors. Ray was the first one finished, leaving as quickly as he came. Ryan said he had some sort of meeting to go to about a show called Free Play, and Jack left to plan the upcoming Let's Play Live.

Ruby and Millie talked for a while, now walking down the many corridors the RT Office had. Michael had shooed them off to Lindsay, an action that Ruby now had gotten somewhat accustomed to.

Millie giggled, skipping down the hall with an enthusiasm only rivalled by Ruby of the past. Ruby briefly wondered if this was what Weiss felt every day, watching as Ruby's younger self wake her team up with a blow horn that Weiss almost immediately confiscated.

"Is Michael your dad?"

Ruby paused, blinking at the innocent question before restoring her resolve to keep walking.

"Not really. Why do you ask?"

Millie giggled again, a sound that Ruby remembered coming out of her own mouth.

"Because he's like, 'oh no, don't bother me, go bother your mom instead'," Millie lapsed into her 'New Jersey Michael' voice.

Ruby's heart stopped for a split-second before smiling to hide her frown.

"So Lindsay's like my mom, huh?" Ruby asked quietly, her voice cracking slightly at the 'm' word.

"Yep! I've never seen you anywhere before, and I've been to Michael and Lindsay's wedding!"

"You've been to their wedding?" Ruby tried to laugh, desperately trying to change the painful subject.

"Yeah! It was last year and I was the flower girl! I got to keep the bouquet!"

"That's great!" Ruby exclaimed, willing herself to act as enthusiastic as Millie was.

"It had flowers and everything! There were roses, and I'm pretty sure some lilac flowers too!"

This was harder than she'd thought. Time to change the subject again.

"Do you know where you're going?"

Millie turned around and faked a scoff and threw her short hair over the back of her head, "Of course I do!"

Ruby pointed at the Achievement Hunter Office door where they had just come from. Millie deflated somewhat before lighting up again and resumed skipping to where she guessed Lindsay would be.

Ruby followed the overly-enthusiastic girl before almost being run over by an angry looking Burnie.

His angry expression changed the second he caught sight of her.

"Oh! Hi Ruby. I was just talking to Matt."

Ruby smiled brightly, looking up at Burnie with a face flushed with hope.

"Am I going home?"

Burnie let the silence draw out for more than a few seconds before mumbling a "maybe" and rushing away, presumably to his golf cart.

Ruby shrugged and kept walking towards the direction Millie was heading. Burnie's hesitant reply dug a small seed of doubt in her head, only feeding the slowly growing sapling of uncertainty.

She didn't let these things bring her down, of course. Nothing ever did, according to her dad. Her real dad, by the way.

"I found her!" Millie yelled as she unceremoniously dragged Lindsay over to Ruby as best as a 9 year old could do.

"Where did you go off to?" Lindsay asked, a small teasing smile on her features as she was tugged along by a jumping ball of energy. Ruby took her phone out of her pocket and showed it to Lindsay.

"Is this the thingy? Gavin said it was, but he was the one who was green."

As soon at Lindsay saw the title of RWBY's soundtrack, a worrying look befell upon her face. Mumbling a quick apology, she grabbed the phone as quickly as she could and scrolled through it for a few seconds.

"Maybe you shouldn't listen to this yet. I mean, who knows what kind of matrix-y stuff can happen?" she was muttering under her breath. Ruby had a feeling that she didn't know she was listening.

Ruby frowned and tried to get up on her tiptoes to catch a glimpse at what Lindsay was doing. The moment she was tall enough to see the screen, Lindsay brought it down again and handed it to her.

"I got it for you. Apparently the password it just 'password123'," she tried a laugh, "Classic Gavin, amiright?"

Ruby cautiously retrieved her phone, but all traces of suspicion disappeared as soon as she saw the stock pile of music Lindsay had given her.

"That's some of Red vs Blue's soundtrack. The soundtrack for all 13 seasons is a bit extensive so I picked out some of the best ones. Oh, I guess you're looking for RWBY's soundtrack too. Don't worry it's in there too."

Apparently Lindsay was as bad of a liar as Ruby was, but her partial lie was left unnoticed as Ruby dug her head further into the screen of her phone.

Hopefully she didn't notice that one song she purposely left out.

"If you hear another song you like on the radio, just type in the title there," Lindsay tapped on the search bar.

"This is awesome! Thanks Lindsay!"

"No problem. I like your headphones."

Ruby smiled and looked down at the accessory hanging on her neck, "Michael said the same thing. And Gavin's my uncle now."

Lindsay was about to say something else but thought better of it and laughed awkwardly, "Oh man, I was going to say something but you wouldn't get it."

"What?"

"Oh nothing. It's way too inappropriate."

Ruby pouted, "Is everything inappropriate here?"

"Probably. We are Rooster Teeth."

Millie was watching this exchange and groaned suddenly, "I'm bored. Can we go to the kitchen? I'm hungry."

Lindsay turned her attention to the other child she was supposed to be looking after, "Of course, Millie. What do you say Rubes? We go get some nom noms?"

Ruby giggled and took Millie's outstretched hand, following as Millie led the way to the kitchen.

"Where's your mo-, uh, I mean Griffin?"

"Mommy's gone to a chainsaw competition! That's why daddy brought me here."

Lindsay turned to Ruby, "Ruby, you should see Griffin's work! She makes art out of chainsaws."

"Sounds awesome," Ruby nodded, the image of a taller, older version of Millie handling a chainsaw. Doesn't compare to her own badass mother though. At least that's what dad told her.

"I'm making a sandwich! Do you have any Fanta too?"

Lindsay shrugged, making her way to the fridge, "Let's check. The boys never check the back so there might be some left."

Millie made an excited sound and stole some sandwiches from a container labeled 'Geoff'. Lindsay handed Millie her Fanta and craned her head up to Ruby who was watching curiously.

"Do you want anything?"

Ruby hummed, remembering the refreshing sugary drink she had with Gavin, "Is there something called a Coke?"

Lindsay looked slightly surprised for a second but reached down to grab a can, "How di- oh never mind."

"Gavin." Ruby stated blandly before sitting down beside Millie who was happily munching on a sandwich. Lindsay tossed Ruby a bag of chips from one of the drawers and retrieved one of her own.

Ruby wanted to ask, 'when am I going home?', but Millie's presence prevented her from spilling out and washing Lindsay over with questions. It seemed like Lindsay was thinking the same thing.

"Stupid Matt," Burnie mumbled, his anger returning as soon as Ruby was out of sight, "God, he's probably on weed or something. I should blame Ray."

"What the fuck are you doing?"

Burnie looked up, finding himself in the Animation Department. Acting like he had a purpose for being here, he huffed at Shane with his hands at his hips.

"Well? I'm waiting."

"You were literally just talking about weed."

"Absolutely not. I can still fire you."

Shane showed Burnie his palms in mock surrender, "What are you waiting for anyways?"

"Your plan! The theory!"

"Oh that thing? Nope, it was a bust."

"Are you fucking serious right now?" Burnie snapped, lowering his voice to an angry whisper which somehow was scarier than him shouting.

"Dude, if we somehow made an alternate dimension where Ruby's dead or really injured, then it's not a bust."

Burnie stared at him and scoffed, "I swear, someone is selling drugs in this company."

"It's a theory. Hypothetically, it could be possible."

"Shane. Your theory. Potato. Literally fucking potato. Fucking bye," Burnie walked out the open space with really couldn't be said as a room. And he might've lost the ability to speak in complete sentences.

Shane held his breath as Burnie disappeared, then exhaled slowly.

"And that people," he grinned triumphantly, "is how you get rid of annoying people on drugs."

Ruby sat, watching the older woman shuffle around awkwardly.

Lindsay had insisted that she had to go off and talk to Miles, leaving Ruby alone with a content child almost 6 years younger than her. Kara had walked past, and noticing Ruby, she took the two children in.

Millie had wandered off, looking for her father and leaving Ruby with Kara. Ruby figured not to follow, since this was the voice actor of her teammate and partner. Although her care-taking skills were lacking.

Let's just say that Kara didn't have much experience in babysitting.

"I never babysit! This is so cool right?"

Ruby blinked at Kara. It was like Kara had the voice of a slightly more enthusiastic Weiss but had the words of a hyper Ruby.

"Um, what do you do here?" Ruby asked cautiously, almost afraid that she'll awaken the Ice Queen that didn't exist.

"I sit at the front desk and annoy Gus!"

Ruby froze, not knowing how to respond. Kara deflated somewhat.

"I know. You're scared of Weiss!"

Ruby opened her mouth to say something but closed it when she found out that she had nothing to say.

"It's okay, I get scared of her too!"

This helped Ruby somewhat, but she still didn't know what to say to her, "Well, uh, she yells a lot."

Kara grinned, "I know right? Sometimes Miles goes into the booth with me and I get a hell of a kick yelling at him!"

Ruby matched Kara's grin, "She gets mad a lot, when I don't study. I mean, it's not my fault the book's in cursive! Sometimes I don't even know why she does it."

"Maybe you do."

Kara's face flushed as Ruby looked up at her looking for an answer.

"I mean, she gets mad a lot, and she might be a bit… bitchy. But she means well! All she wants is for you to improve! You know how she yells at you for not working hard enough? That's because she wants to push your limits and be better, I suppose."

Kara trailed off as Ruby contemplated over her words.

Maybe it was true. Weiss wasn't trying to hurt her, she was trying to help.

"Weiss wants the best for her team. And she might have a weird way of doing it but she means well."

"Promise?"

Kara blinked at the childish request, but knelt down and held her pinky out.

"Pinky promise."

Ruby smiled, because pinky promises were the ultimate of promises.