The New Rose

Chapter 7- Ruby's First Party

Ruby and the girls were having fun at the mall, getting things so that they could look their best for the party tonight. Though Ruby was not as big on clothes as the other girls were, she would still try to participate in their shopping fun. However, Ruby did manage to buy some jewelry that she had been wanting for a while but never got the chance to. It wasn't anything flashy or overly expensive, it was a necklace that had two silver crosses hanging on the end of it. Ruby thought it would be perfect to go with her combat outfit and her regular clothes, to which her new friends agreed.

The other girls in Ruby's group bought a lot of stuff though, especially Mira but Ruby could tell that shopping was one of her favorite past times. Akali bought a couple of shirts and Shauna bought some new perfume, but Mira bought a combination of the two. Ruby decided to get a couple of long sleeve shirts and after that they were done. The rest of the girls were done with their shopping to and were heading towards the exit when Mira spoke.

"Well ladies, I would say that was an eventful and positive experience!" Mira stated proudly while the others laughed.

"Yeah it was, my team never wants to go shopping so this was fun for me." Shauna said honestly.

"I am glad we got this bonding time since we are gonna be in this unit for a while hopefully. That being said, I am happy we did our best to look good for tonight! Really hope we see some cute guys." Akali said dreamily while Ruby laughed.

"Yeah, I get what you mean Akali, I am really hyped for this too! This is going to be my first party, so I am pretty excited." Ruby said happily.

"I still can't believe your team doesn't let you go with them when they go out. Don't worry Ruby, we will make sure you have a good time when we go to Lucy's. Oh, speaking of which, before we leave for the party, come to my room so we can take some group pics!" Mira said cheerily and the others nodded.

Ruby and the girls walked back to their hotel, thankfully it was not far from the mall and they did not have to get a taxi or anything. Once they got inside Mira texted the guys to get start getting ready and to meet them in the lobby at 7 PM, which was in an hour and a half. Realistically, the guys would only need about 30 minutes to get ready, but the girls would need at least an hour. Usually Ruby would not need that long but thanks to her hair being longer she had to properly wash it and use her flat iron. The girls got to their floor and went to their rooms to prepare for tonight.

Ruby got to her room and immediately went to turn the shower on, she was filthy from today just like everyone else. Though Ruby had to admit, she was proud of herself and her new team members for a job well done on their first assignment. She herself was able to show Sindel and Litchi that they did not make a mistake in asking her to join. Ruby showed her skills for precision in that mission and her performance showed that those skills were still growing. Also, she got asked out by a guy! Ruby didn't think that would ever happen in the near future considering her poor social skills, but this showed she was getting better. It was a perfect day, even though some of it was messed up by Weiss' sister Winter.

Ruby rolled her eyes at that memory as she got in the shower, trying not to dwell on the conversation she and Winter had. Well, if you could even call it a conversation to begin with. She hoped that her telling off Winter would not reflect badly on Sindel or her unit, but the woman really made her mad. Hell, if Winter was as similar to Weiss as Litchi said she was then she might go complain to Ironwood about what Ruby said and he might take action. Then again, it seemed that Ironwood was fond of Ruby so she doubted he would actually do anything. Admittedly, Ruby thought that she could have handled that situation better, but with the incident with her team fresh in her mind she was still angry and was in no mood to deal with Winter's judgement.