The New Rose

Chapter 15 - Confrontation

The WBY were sitting in their dorm room at night, bored out of their mind and also worrying. It had officially been two weeks since Ruby left for the unit and today was supposed to be the day that she got back. Of course, the three texted Ruby to see what time she was getting back or if she was even coming back today at all. They were met with silence and the status of their messages were still saying delivered, showing that Ruby had not read a single one of them.

This was something that was becoming more and more infuriating as the days went by. Here the WBY were worried about Ruby and wanted to talk with her, yet Ruby didn't even seem to care. They understood that Ruby was upset with them given the fact that she heard them all say those terrible things about her, but they were sorry! The girls wanted a chance to apologize to Ruby and hopefully get things back to normal but that was becoming more and more unlikely.

The question that was running through the girls' minds was did Ruby even want to make up? The answer was probably no seeing as though she had not contacted them since she left and was clearly enjoying her time in Atlas. Going to parties, hanging out with her unit, and other things it seemed she found more important than talking to her team. The girls wondered when she would be back and the suddenly they heard the doorknob turning and the door opened to show Ruby.

All of the WBY's eyes widened as they stared at their team leader coming through the door with a smile on her face, but it wasn't for her team. She seemed to be laughing at something on her scroll, probably a text from one of her new friends. The WBY got a good look at Ruby and saw that her hair had grown a bit longer, and she seemed to be more toned then when she left. They also saw that she was wearing some jewelry that they had never seen before. Ruby finished texting on her scroll and looked up to see her team and annoyed frown appeared on her face.

"What are you all looking at?" Ruby asked already annoyed and the WBY scowled.

"Hello to you to Ruby." Weiss said angrily and Ruby rolled her eyes.

"Hi Weiss!" Ruby said with fake enthusiasm as she went to put her bag down.

"So Ruby, how was your trip?" Blake asked trying to calm things down.

"Fine." Ruby said without even looking as she was taking things out of her suitcase.

The WBY sighed, it seemed that Ruby was still angry as they expected and still being standoffish. All three of them were afraid to find out how this apology was going to go but they knew that it had to be done. Though they did all wonder if they should delay it until tomorrow, considering the fact that Ruby might be tired from her trip. They decided against it though because they could not have this eating at away them forever. With their minds made up, Yang took the first step and called out to Ruby.

"Ruby?" Yang asked hesitantly.

"What?" Ruby asked as she finished unpacking her suitcase and turned to see her teammates look at her with sad eyes..

"Can we talk?" Yang asked hopeful and her other two teammates looked hopeful too.

Ruby knew what was about to happen, her team was going to tell her that they know she heard them that night and were going to apologize. She figured that it was going to happen soon, but she would have liked it if they did it later because she was tired. Ruby was not going to forgive them, that she already knew, but that didn't mean she wouldn't hear them out. However, she also had some things to say to them but hoped that she could keep her emotions in check. She was about to respond but she felt her scroll buzz and looked to see who was calling her. It was Sindel and Ruby picked up and answered.

"Hello?" Ruby said.

"Hello Ruby, just calling in to make sure that you made it back to Beacon alright." Sindel said.