Weiss and Ruby sat down on the side of the bed in their pajamas with a rather peeved looking Yang standing over them, arms crossed.

"So you want to explain to me what exactly happened in that bathroom?" She asked icily, arching an eyebrow at the two of them.

"Umm….you see….it was….ah…umm…" Ruby muttered, looking down at her feet. Her face was looking rather similar to a tomato, and Weiss didn't look much better off.

"It was….ahhh….it….ah….um…" Weiss said, grasping at some words, any words she could think of to save them.

Yang huffed and leaned over, her face directly in front of Weiss's. "Would it be inaccurate for me to say that you two were getting…..a little too friendly in there?"

"Umm…no…" Weiss said, afraid to look Yang in the eyes.

"Uh huh. And would it also be inaccurate for me to say that you seemed to be enjoying it a little too much?"

"No…" Ruby muttered.

Yang let out a "Hah!" of triumph and beamed. "Blake! Get in here!"

"Eh?" Weiss said, looking up with a confused look on her face.

Blake walked in, a toothbrush in her mouth. "Yesh?"

"You owe me twenty."

"Huh?" Ruby exclaimed, looking up in surprise. "You…made a bet?"

"Oh come on!" Blake said, pulling the toothbrush out. "I thought they'd take at least another month the way Weiss was acting." Grumbling, Blake walked off. She returned shortly with her purse as she dug around inside it and handed a twenty to Yang.

"Nah. Ruby's too damn adorable for that." Yang said with a grin, sitting down next to her sister and putting her in a headlock.

"Yang….can't….breath!"

Weiss pouted. "You scared me Yang! I thought you were going to beat me up or something for doing….that with your sister."

Yang shrugged. "I thought about it. If you had done it before Ruby's accident, I probably would have. But I eventually came to terms with the fact that you two would be doing that stuff eventually, and with the way you were acting when Ruby was gone it was bound to happen soon. So I decided to have a little fun with it instead!"

"By making a bet?"

Yang grinned and released Ruby, who took in a huge breath and punched her sister in the arm. Yang then went over and ruffled Weiss's hair. "Pretty much. But just a quick warning, Yue doesn't really approve of that stuff. She caught me with a boy once and hooo boy. It was not pretty. So keep it down, eh?"

Ruby and Weiss went red in the face once more as they both nodded, Blake still glowering over her lost bet.

"We will." Weiss said, a little annoyed.

"And try to be somewhat discreet about it, yeah? I may be cool with this, but that doesn't mean I want to hear anything about it. Anything." Yang said sternly, narrowing her eyes.

The two girls gulped and nodded. Yang smiled and grabbed Blake, who stuck her tongue out at her. They left the room, leaving Weiss and Ruby to sit there quietly for a few minutes.

"Well," Weiss said after a bit. "That…went better than expected."

Ruby giggled. "Yeah. I was expecting her to punch you or something."

Weiss shivered and pulled Ruby close. She did not want to get on Yangs bad side.

…

The next day brought an interesting dynamic to the Xiao Long household. Yang had disappeared into the woodwork, Taiyang had mysteriously come up with various 'important crisis's' at his job, and Yue had a rather commanding aura about her as she woke up Weiss and Ruby at nine A.M.

"Alright, my husband and daughter have done their traditional running away from responsibility, so I'm recruiting you two and Blake to help with Thanksgiving? Sound good?" Yue said, a grin on her face as Weiss and Ruby rubbed their eyes and yawned.

"Sure Yue. No problem." Ruby said, stretching. "I'll just, ah, watch the parade while you do kitchen stuff."

Yue frowned and pulled Ruby out of bed. "Nope. You can help me with the stuffing and the turkey. Weiss, you're on pie and veggies duty."

Weiss nodded an affirmative as she pulled her hair into position and stumbled into the kitchen in her pajamas. Blake was similarly dressed as she cut up potatoes to turn into mashed deliciousness.

"Ruby, fetch the turkey from the garage fridge please. It should be thawed out by now." Yue said, pushing Ruby down a hallway, ignoring the girls' small protests.

"What do I do?" Weiss asked, slightly lost in the rather large kitchen.

"In this fridge there are green beans, asparagus, and carrots. Prepare them how you see fit, although Yang and her father enjoy asparagus with too much butter, salt, and pepper. Pies can be done later."

Yue then pulled out a bag of stuffing from the pantry and began preparing it with well practiced motions as Weiss retrieved the vegetables from the fridge and located a small grill for the green beans and asparagus. And after some searching, she located a steamer for the carrots.

"What do I do with the potatoes now?" Blake asked.

"Oh I'll show you…" Yue said, hurrying over.

After a few minutes, Ruby arrived with the turkey and the kitchen suddenly turned into a maelstrom of dishes, grease, pots, pans, knives, and limbs. Elbows were smacked against counter edges, hair was turned into a frazzled mess, and the pajamas worn that day were, in Weiss's opinion, quite ruined.

Noon rolled around and everything was done, the table was set and the food was in dishes that kept in the heat while the turkey finished cooking. Yue wiped some sweat off her brow as she turned to her three rather exhausted helpers.

"That was good. I think we set a new record for Thanksgiving in this house. We should be ready to eat in about thirty minutes, so you guys go watch the parade or something. I got it from here."

Weiss collapsed back onto the couch next to Blake, who quickly fell asleep. Ruby was about to sit down, then her eyes lit up and she darted over to the pantry and began digging around.

"Ruby? What's up?" Yue asked, looking at her with a puzzled look on her face.

"Cranberry sauce." Ruby answered shortly as she located a can of jellied cranberry sauce, which she unceremoniously dumped onto a small plate and stuck onto the table. Yue sighed and shook her head as Ruby trotted over to the couch, humming. She then plopped down onto Weiss's lap.

"Oooof!" Weiss said as the breath was knocked out of her as Ruby fell back onto her. "Ow! Warn me next time!"

"Sorry. Do you want me to get up?" Ruby asked, tipping her head to the side.

In response, Weiss wrapped her arms around her girlfriends' waist and pulled her close. Ruby giggled and snuggled up to Weiss, a blissful smile etched onto her face.

After a few moments of happy silence, the bliss was interrupted by the loud announcement of the presence of a certain Yang Xiao Long, who opened the door with a loud bang.

"I smell turkey!" she said, sniffing the air. "Direct me towards the turkey."

Blake had jumped almost five feet in the air when Yang arrived, and was not exactly happy about having her nap so rudely interrupted. She walked right up into Yangs face and stared stone-faced at her for a few seconds, and Yang laughed nervously.

"Blake? You okay?"

Weiss nearly laughed out loud when Blake let out a loud hiss right in Yangs face, but managed to keep it in. Ruby however, failed miserably and was rolling on the floor as Blake stomped off over to the table and sat down. Yang simply stood there, and then turned to Weiss.

"Did she just-"

"Yep."

Yang nodded and walked slowly over to the table and sat down cautiously next to Blake, who pointedly ignored her until Yang leaned over and whispered something in her ear, upon which her face turned a maroon shade and she shrank in her chair.

Weiss watched with interest as Ruby picked herself up off the floor, wiping her eyes and giggling. Blake muttered something unintelligible and Yang kissed the top of her head. Blake closed her eyes and leaned into the blonde girl, who gently wrapped her arm around her shoulders.

"Well isn't that just adorable." Weiss said with a smile as she walked up and sat down, Ruby trailing behind her.

Ruby sat down and giggled, with Yang smiling sheepishly. Yue shook her head as she grinned and brought the turkey over to the table, and Taiyang suddenly appeared from the bedroom.

"I smell food." He said as he sat down, kissing his wife on the cheek. "Smells great honey."

"No thanks to you."

As soon as everyone was seated, Weiss expected there to be some kind of pre-eating speaking, but was surprised when Yue held up a hand and counted down from three.

"What are you-"

"Weiss, concentrate on the food and get ready to eat." Ruby said, staring at the turkey with a funny look on her face.

"Eh?"

Yue reached the end of her count and as soon as it was done, Yang and her father simultaneously reached for the drumsticks of the turkey as Ruby began quickly slicing off a large chunk of the white meat for herself. Yue was busy quickly piling mashed potatoes and vegetables on her plate, drowning them in gravy and butter.

"Blake wha-?" Weiss said, looking at Blake for help. She found none however, as Blake was sneakily scooping stuffing onto her plate while snagging the wings of the turkey. "Ruby?"

A few minutes of the chaos passed with Weiss not having a single bit of food on her plate, and Ruby noticed after her plate was piled high. "Oh! Sorry! I forgot to warn you, Thanksgiving dinner is kind of a war zone around here."

"I can see that." Weiss said wryly. "Now can I get my food?"

Ruby nodded with a laugh.

The next hour and a half passed with lots of laughing, conversation, and Weiss stuffing herself with more dinner than she thought her stomach was capable of handling. But that was nothing compared to Ruby, Yang, and their father, who all managed to clean out about two thirds of the entirety of the prepared food.

Weiss didn't envy Ruby, who was currently leaning back in her chair, hands on her stomach. She let out a loud groan as Weiss giggled at her predicament.

"I gotta…go sit on the couch…and then lie down…and then….sleep." Ruby groaned as she slowly stood up and stumbled over to the couch, falling down on top of it in a comical manner. Weiss trailed after her and sat down.

Ruby quickly adjusted, using Weiss's lap as a pillow. They could hear the gentle clinking of plates being brought up into the sink, the small bits of half conversation that the remaining four people at the table had.

"So when do you guys want to do pie?" Taiyang asked with a wide grin on his face. Everybody groaned at that, and he held his hands up. "Hey, I just thought I'd ask."

…

Evening slipped in and Ruby was fast asleep on the couch along with her girlfriend, who was snoring softly. Yang and Blake had disappeared, and the two adults were drinking wine in the kitchen. Eventually, Ruby stirred and sat up, yawning.

"Weiss?" she asked, rubbing her eyes. "Hey, wakey wakey."

"Eh? Huh? Ruby?"

"Wanna go to the bedroom? I'm tired."

"Oh…sure." Weiss said, a smile on her face as Ruby took her hand and dragged her off to the bedroom.

"I want to change out of these things though." Ruby said, sticking her tongue out as she peeled her pajamas off. Weiss's first instinct was to turn away, but then remembered the previous evening and smiled, this time opting to sit down and watch as Ruby stripped down. "God I need a shower…"

"Want me to join you?" Weiss said, then froze. Did she really just say that?

Ruby jerked up and stared at Weiss for a few seconds, then smiled. "Come on then."

Another thirty minutes later and the two girls were snuggled under the covers in fresh pajamas, pressing close to each other underneath the thick blankets.

"Ruby?" Weiss asked quietly as her eyes slowly drifted shut.

"Yeah Weiss?"

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure, anything."

"Why do you love me?"

Ruby blinked. "What's with that question all of a sudden?"

Weiss shrugged.

"Well…let's see…" Ruby said, thinking. "You're beautiful. And kind, and sweet, and goofy. But you're also stern sometimes, and thorny. But that's okay. And you put up with me, which is an achievement all on its own."

Weiss smiled and nodded, and Ruby continued. "I love the way you laugh, how you cover your mouth and try to make small noises. I love the way you try and scold me when I'm a moron, even though it's obvious you love it."

Ruby gently kissed Weiss on the lips after that, and Weiss returned the gesture, gently exploring Ruby's mouth with her tongue as she felt Ruby's arm slip around her neck, pulling her closer.

"What about you?" she asked quietly after they broke apart.

"I love….all of you. The way you're always cheerful. Your goofy attitude. I love that you're just a big klutz sometimes."

Ruby pouted. "I'm not a klutz…"

Weiss laughed. "I love the way you pout when things don't go your way. And I love the way you get all bubbly when you're excited or happy. And…" Weiss slowly wrapped her arms around Ruby and slid closer to her, and she whispered in her ear. "I love the way you hold me….and kiss me….but most of all, I love the way that you love me. With all of your heart."

Ruby hugged Weiss back and buried her face in her shoulder. "I love you so much Weiss…"

"I love you too Ruby…" Weiss breathed as the two girls simply laid there like that for a while, in each other's arms. And neither of them would rather be anywhere else.

Author's Note

Sorry for the short chapter, I just really couldn't find a way to extend it more and I didn't want to go past the PERFECT FREAKING ENDING THIS HAS OMG.

Don't worry though! You'll get a longer chapter next time. I promise. Swear. You'll really like the next chapter. I promise.

Anyway, I know I'm cutting it close by updating it this late, and I'm sorry. I'll be quicker about that next time!

Until next time, enjoy, review, eat cookies, and have a wonderful day!

Spike