RWBY: Purple Pheonix

Chapter Fifteen - Picking Up Where They Left Off

Jet woke up around half past ten. His side felt a little better, but he was stiff and sore all over. He put his right hand over his wound and the markings on his gauntlet began to glow as he healed it. He stood up and put his shirt back on, followed by his coat. Finally he strapped his swords to his waist, and teleported to his car. He started the engine, threw it in reverse, backed out of the parking space, put it in drive, and off he went. He soon found himself pulling into a parking space by the hillside. He walked down the side walk and eventually into the grass. He fell back onto the hillside, then checked his watch. It was a quarter until noon. He sighed and closed his eyes. He basked in the sun's warmth, enjoying the peace and quiet. A shadow crept over him. He opened his eyes to find Neo leaning over him, her umbrella open and resting between her hand and shoulder.

She smiled and tilted head; "Comfy?".

"Very" Jet said.

He stood up, giving Neo a small smile. She gave him a look of curiosity; "we're here, what now?"

"I thought we could go out for lunch and ice cream" Jet said "I remember Roman used to treat you, me, and my sister to ice cream on weekends."

She smiled and nodded; "yeah, I'd like that."

"C'mon" he said with a smile "the car's parked this way."

Climbing into Jet's car was like a blast from the past for Neo. Jet smiled, he loved to see her like this. She closed the door and he started the engine. The CD he had in began to play, but Jet removed it.

"Let's listen to this" said Jet, holding up a CD.

Neo's eyes widened; "you kept that!?"

"Yeah, I'm surprised it still works" Jet said smiling.

Neo grew red as Jet put in the disc. It was a mix CD Jet had made for Neo four years ago. He remembered when they listened to it for the first time. Jet was red as a rose, but Neo loved the music. They had been dating for around a year at that time. Jet remembered that he had buried his face in his hands from embarrassment, but Neo had put one of her hands on his cheek and brought his lips to hers. That had been their first kiss.

Jet had a surge of these memories as he put in the disc. The gentle opening guitar of "Good Riddance" played on the stereo while Jet backed out. He glanced over at Neo who sat cross legged and arms crossed. Her face was still a light shade of red.

"Your cute when you blush, you know that?" Jet said as he pulled up to a red light.

She smiled and gave him a "screw you" look. Her eyes dropped to her feet.

"Neo" said Jet.

She turned her head and Jet gave her surprise kiss. He pulled away and smiled. She gave him a sweet look as he drove off.

They went to a small café, Jet had been here before.

"How are things now that Roman is free?" Jet asked.

She smiled and moved her head sideways; "everything is going well."

The waitress came and gave them each a menu. Neo glanced down at her menu and then glared up at the waitress. Jet covered his mouth and tried to force back the laughter welling up inside himself. The waitress looked back and forth between the two, not knowing what she had done. She had given Neo a children's menu.

"She's...snrk....she's older then me" strained Jet.

The waitress went red and swapped it with a regular menu, before hurrying back into the kitchen. Neo pouted a bit, and glared at Jet; "It is NOT funny!".