46 Winter Break Part 8 (1/2)

”I finally beat her,” Lance answered, looking really depressed.

”That can't be it,” Jaune shook his head.

”No, well, your mother's Semblance is special, he Aura reserves are only as big as the people that consider her family. The more that feel this way about her, the stronger she is, she told me she gets around half of their total Aura added to her own if they consider her family, twenty-five percent if they consider her a friend, however, if they die, that bonus Aura disappears.”

Lance gave Jaune a serious look, ”When she suddenly grew in strength, we knew that you unlocked your Aura, however, because you faked your transcripts, we couldn't use official channels to find you, and I imagine Ozpin helped hide you as well.”

Jaune scratched the back of his head and laughed, ”Well, he's like that, once he sees potential, he just has to help nurture it.”

”I know, he helped me a lot back then too,” Lance sighed.

”Anyways, so you beat mom, and what she just fell for you?” Jaune moved the conversation back on track.

Lance's shoulders fell down as he hunched over, ”I made her cry.”

Meanwhile, inside the house, Gwen was telling Ruby and the rest of Jaune's friends the same story.

”You cried!” Yang said thinking of the badass Gwen image in her mind shattering.

”He never considered me, family, even when he finally surpassed me, I thought he really hated me, and would leave the school now that he had accomplished his goal. That dense moron completely missed all of my advances, I could have thrown a sign that said I like you at his face and he would have cut it up thinking I was attacking him!” Gwen pouted.

”Please tell me that really happened!” Yang clenched her fist.

”Well...Ohh! Just thinking of it makes me angry, that dummy thought my love letter was a letter of Challenge! I showed up for a date, and that moron showed for war!” Gwen stomped her foot.

Yang, Nora, Pyrrha, and Ruby all chuckled, ”Though the look on his face when he saw me in a dress was refreshing.” Gwen blushed a bit.

”So what happened after you cried?” Ruby asked with stars in her eyes.

Gwen blushed, ”Well, I said some pretty mean things, and ran away.”

Back with Jaune, ”She said, I guess you don't need us anymore now, you must really hate me, and then she ran off; man, I felt my heart clench harder than the day my family refused to unlock my Aura, I felt like scum, real scum. I didn't hate her, I didn't consider her my friend either, she was my rival.”

”So because of mom's Semblance, she thought you hated her?” Jaune shook his head.

Back with Ruby, ”Yeah, I ran, I was scared to hear his answer, and that moron still didn't get the hint!”

”So what happened next?” Nora asked as she moved closer to Ruby.

”Well, Summer saw me crying, and she kind of got everyone to beat the crap out of your father.” Gwen blushed hard.

Back with Jaune, ”Summer almost killed me, man I thought I had a cool Semblance, but Summer, that chick's power was downright unfair. That woman could move so fast that time slowed down around her when she moved.”

Jaune smiled, ”I guess you got what you deserved!”

”Yeah, Summer made sure to beat some sense into me, I guess your mom had feelings for me for some time, and I was completely oblivious to them. When Summer told me Gwen had a crush on me, I felt like bashing my head against the wall.” Lance placed his palm over his face.

Jaune patted his shoulder and said, ”I'd feel the same way if I was in your situation.”

Back with Ruby, ”My mom was awesome!”

Gwen laughed, ”Well, whatever Summer said to him really put him on edge, he didn't leave school as I originally thought he would.”

”I don't get what you saw in such a dense person,” Weiss said shaking her head.

”Lance wasn't like that with everyone, he was sweet, kind and caring, he always put others before himself, it's why I fell for him, the only exception to his usual chivalrous attitude is when it came to me.” Gwen sighed, ”That big lunk took 3 years to respond to my feelings.”

Gwen blushed, ”After Summer beat him up, Lance changed his attitude around me. He actually ran away for a while, it was cute seeing his blushed and embarrassed expressions.”

Gwen looked to Yang, ”Your uncle teased Lance to no end about how dense he was, ended up with a black eye, but Qrow said it was worth it.”

Yang laughed, Ruby's face lit up and said, ”So how did he ask you out?”

Gwen blushed, ”That Lance...”

Back with Jaune, ”I proposed.”

Jaune slapped his forehead, ”You know what, all that advice you gave me makes sense now, you were a total moron.”

”Hey, Mr. I didn't get my chance with Pyrrha because I was too dense, don't you harp at me,” Lance fired back.

”I only had barely a year with Pyrrha, you, on the other hand, Mr. Oblivious for 3 years record holder,” Jaune snapped out.

”No, you have 5 Years, 4 of which were spent traveling next to her,” Lance shot back.

”What, Ruby didn't like me that early! Did she?” Jaune blushed a bit.

”I'd say about as early as, the dance you two attended, gotta say, it took balls to wear a dress and not be ashamed, only one man I know has been crazy enough to attempt that. Qrow.”

”Wait a minute, Qrow wore a dress!?” Jaune asked with wide eyes.

Lance laughed, ”It was a skirt, but still.”

”Oh, man, please tell me you have pictures of that?” Jaune asked.