The New Rose

Chapter 12 - The Weekend

Ruby woke up the next morning at about 10 o'clock, grateful for the chance to sleep in after the week she and the others had. While it was nice to have fun with the others last night at the club, Ruby wanted to do some training today. The whole week she had been going through files and information trying to locate Torchwick and his accomplices. Nothing that she or the others did was physical or even skill related, and Ruby wanted to make sure that she wasn't getting sloppy.

Sindel had mentioned yesterday that the training facility was available to all of them, considering they kind of were part of the Atlas Military at the moment. Ruby wanted to take advantage of that and the shooting range that Sindel had mentioned. However, none of that was going to get done if she stayed in bed so she reluctantly got up and started getting dressed. Luckily, she was only going to the gym, so she did need to worry about her hair or put on any makeup.

As she was brushing her teeth, Ruby went through the texts that she had missed from the time she got back to the hotel up to this moment. A few were from Cana and Erza, showing the many pictures that the girls took last night. Ruby was feeling herself a bit because she and her friends looked gorgeous, she was sure that the guys in the club kept looking at them. Ruby had thought about getting a social media page but decided against it. She really did not want a lot of people knowing her business and she could always just text her friends.

Some of the other texts were from her team and Tai and her Dad, all of whom she did not really want to speak to, well except her Dad. Ruby knew what was coming in the following week, she would have to go back to Beacon until she was called by Sindel again. Ruby had to admit, she was grateful for this opportunity to learn from Sindel and Litchi, as well as make some new friends. There was no reason for her to talk to her team or team JNPR, especially after what happened, but when she returned she knew that they were going to push her to talk to them. Well, they would try at least.

Ruby wasn't stupid, she knew that the girls were now aware that she had heard them that night. Knowing her team, Ruby would not be surprised if the girls had stormed to Professor Goodwitch's office and stayed there until she told them what was going on. The poor woman, as if she didn't have enough stress on her plate, Ruby felt bad for making Goodwitch go through that. Back to her team though, she knew they were going to apologize and want Ruby to forgive them. How interesting that when she found out it was a problem, but the months they had neglected her before then it was no problem at all.

Ruby knew that she wasn't going to forgive them when she got back, but even if she somehow did forgive them down the line, she knew that things between them would never be the same. She also was unaware if she would be able to suppress her emotions when she saw her team again, considering she had something to say to all three. If Ruby was being completely honest she hadn't thought much of Team JNPR, in fact it was nice getting away from Nora's craziness and Jaune's dorkiness as she liked to call it.

Pushing the thoughts of her team in the back of her mind, Ruby opened up the group chat that her unit had and told everyone that she was going to the training facility and asked if anyone wanted to join her. After a few minutes Akali and Mira texted her back, saying that they thought it was a great idea and would get ready and join her. None of the others texted back so Ruby guessed they were either still sleeping or doing something else.

Ruby got her things and went down to the lobby to wait for Mira and Akali. She grabbed a water bottle that was complementary from the hotel just in case the facility was out or something. While waiting for the girls Ruby was making a to-do list for when she got back to Beacon. The first thing to do was figure out what work she had to make up, even though she was completely dreading it. Then she wanted to visit the armory because she had an idea for Crescent Rose to add a dust function. Ruby noticed Akali and Mira walking up to her with smiles on their faces and they are in workout clothes.