A/N: Taking a mini break from Adventuresome, just like 2 or three days to get some ideas. In the meantime I'm lifting this gem from my drabble to expand on it. Changing a few things to fit better with the canon (cannon) let's call this another one set between leaving the house at Haven and arriving at the train station.

Weiss liked to think of herself as fairly observant, so it was a shock to her when she started to actually look forward to the company of a certain blue eyed blonde knight. She sighed a bit annoyed at herself looking up at the wispy clouds that drifted by the beautifully starry night. She would be the first to admit her childhood had been rather… privileged. She had never been "camping" she had been having a very hard time sleeping on their journey to the train station several towns over. She shifted in her sleeping bag. Deciding to look over all of her sleeping companions.

Ren and Nora seemed the most content out here in the woods. Both seemingly dreaming without worry. The two had filled in the late comers of the group to their childhood. This was old hat for the two. She smiled a soft smile thinking of how far the two had come in their short lives. They had overcome so much. She felt really grateful that whatever force had brought this rag tag group together had seen to it that they were plus one Ren and Nora.

The ice queen next scanned past the dying embers of the campfire Qrow and Oscar were at the "head" of the camp tonight. The younger boy was a bit shy, and she just wasn't too sure what to make of him yet. He seemed kind, honest, and other than that she just didn't know yet. She blinks again, no need to rush it. it was a bit strange to think that Ozpin had taken up residence in the young boys head. She frowns wondering if the boy had gotten a say in the matter.

Qrow was propped on a tree. Sleeping like that didn't look comfortable if you asked her. He was a drunk, he picked a fight with her beloved sister winter all those months ago but, Ruby trusted him with every fiber of her being. Yang had been right, even if at times the white haired girl hated to admit it. The black and red haired girl always seem to knows what the right thing to do was. So she decides if Ruby trusts him she can. She's not going to forgive him for the altercation with Winter though. He only won by default.. no it was a draw!

The next two to fall under the scrutiny of the sleep deprived young woman were Blake and Yang. She held nothing but admiration and love for the both of them. There had been a fair bit of awkwardness between the two. Blake desperately trying to make up for leaving in all the wrong ways. Yang trying her best to forgive but her pride and stubbornness getting the best of her. She knows in her soul that the two will make amends soon enough, these things just take time.

Her eyes shifted up to a tree next to the camp. Sun seemed sleeping soundly. He was supposed to be on watch. She frowned but it quickly faded as a snap of a branch in the distance caught her attention. It also caused the faunus boys eyes to snap open and survey the surrounding area. He seemed to finally determine no danger imminent. He again closed his eyes and was back to resting. He may seem like a bit of goof at times but he was proving to be steadfast and reliable.

The only ones left to observe now where Jaune and Ruby, or so would be the case if tonight, like most other nights Jaunes sleeping bag wasn't empty. He would return in several hours, catch a nap before daybreak and that would be that. She wondered what he snuck off to do all these nights. She didn't think it was her place to ask. It felt…personal. Maybe, she wondered if it was this air of mystery about him these nights that was changing her view on the young knight. She really didn't want to dwell on that thought tonight. It was neither the place nor the time.

Finally she allowed her eyes to rest on her partner and team leader. She takes a minute to just remember that the tiny reaper was two years younger than most of their group. The silver eyed girl seemed to mature exponentially in the time she was gone. Ruby whimpers in her sleep. Weiss knits her eyebrows in worry frowning. She had laid awake many of these nights but her partner seemed to have nightmares nearly nightly. She watches as Ruby's eyes dart back and forth under her eyes. The tiny girl twitching and whimpering in her sleep.

Ruby was brave and kind, if at times a hyperactive dolt, but she had witnessed not one but two of her friends die at the fall of Beacon, her sister lost an arm. Weiss herself had been ripped from her life by her father, Blake ran. They had all been through a lot she decided but thinking on it now it seemed that for what it was worth it seemed no one had been through more than the tiny reaper. Weiss wondered where the tiny girl got her courage to keep moving forward from. Salem was hunting her friend from what she had been told. Still the girl continues her travels because she feels it's the right thing to do. She wonders what kind of things Team Ranger endured on their travels.

The ex-heiress was brought out of her thoughts when Ruby gasped in her sleep. Another snapping branch in the distance catches her attention. She's on guard for danger. She relaxes seeing Sun wave to presumably Jaune returning. Her curiosity really getting the best of her. Ruby whimpers again allowing her to derail the train of thought she'd rather not explore. Weiss lets out a sigh and props herself up on an elbow. She prepares to reach out to Ruby and wake her from whatever nightmare she was having. She is beaten to the punch by Juane. He was kneeling next to her friend a strong, yet gentle hand on the tiny girls shoulder. He was speaking her name gently and reassuringly as he shook her shoulder to wake her.

Silver eyes opened and a small gasp escaped the small girl. Ruby visibly relaxing once her eyes met with those of the blonde boy. "Bad dream?" He asks concern on his face and in his voice. The tiny girl nodded in response either not trusting her voice or just not feeling like talking. Her expression unreadable to Weiss, Jaune didn't seem to have that issue. Something about the interaction seeming like it was familiar to the two. The white haired girl felt a strange tug of an emotion she couldn't quite place.

Jaunes eyes and face have such gentleness in them as he comforts their leader. "Do you want to talk about it?" there was such ease in his voice. That feeling she didn't want to identify just now bubbles in Weiss's chest. Ruby shakes her head "no" in response. "You know I'm always here to listen if you change your mind." Juane squeezes her shoulder and looks into the younger girls silver eyes. He smiles one of the most pure and genuine reassuring smiles that Weiss had ever seen when Ruby answers that she knows. Ruby tells Jaune he can talk to her too if he needs. She smiles up at the. blonde. Weiss feels her heart sink. She has finally placed the emotion and she was very ashamed of herself. She lowered her eyes looking at the ground and audibly sighs.

"Sorry, Weiss, did I wake you up too?" it was Ruby whispering over to her looking sheepish. Juane had made it back over to his sleeping bag and was also looking over at the girl with moon colored hair. She shook her head and waved a hand dismissively. "no, not all all, I'm just not used to sleeping outdoors. I was already awake. Go back to sleep" Her voice was light, not betraying her unease.

Ruby for her part just nodded sleepily, settling back down in her bag. Looking up at the stars as Weiss had earlier that night. She feels another pair of eyes on her. Looking over at the young Arc she couldn't help but feel a strange mix of emotions again. He smiles at her and settles into his own bag. Weiss frowns deeply "This is so not good." She thinks to herself. Wrong time wrong place. She had no time for romantic thoughts and that emotion from before jealousy. Jealous of what exactly she wrestles with herself, absolutely refusing to think on it any more. She returns her gaze to the stars. It takes some doing but she manages to quiet her mind and heart and drift off to sleep.

A/N: I don't really *do* Shipping so this will be more or less one sided White Knight. There may be mentions of Lancaster but I strive to keep the relationships as canon as possible. So any of those mentions will be more so our little ice queens imagination. Reviews earn you virtual cookies. This will have at most like five chapters.