Well, this is my first ever fanfic so please…be gentle! LOL, if it's bad…I'm soooo sorry that you had to waste your time reading this….but anyways, on with the story!

Oh yea…I don't own anything, Squaresoft does…those rich bastards….Grr…

Rain.

She heard it falling, hitting the ground with its icy, cold wetness. Could there be anything at all that would save her from this dark emptiness that she had unknowingly fallen into. She sighed a long and grieving sigh, one that touched the depths of her soul and her aching heart. What could she do? If anything at all….

It hadn't started long ago. It was only a few weeks at most, but it seemed a whole lifetime had passed ever since the first day she laid eyes on the man that would turn her world upside down. He was beautiful, there wasno other word that could possiblydescribe what she saw in him. Of course she resisted, in fact she despised his ways, especially his cool quiet charm that he seemed to believewas the key ingetting his waywith anything. But there was something unspoken in his deep blue azure eyes that reached to her, pulling out her soul and soothing all the past pain and hurt she'd endured.

"Rufus…." She whispered desperately.

She couldn't let herself be weak. Tifa Lockheart was anything but weak, she thought to herself. Yet, she couldn't shake the feeling that she lost her only will of happiness….her only way of rebuilding everything she had lost.

"There's numerous ways in saving yourself Tifa."

Tifa quickly turned around and stood face to face with Cloud. How could he come here? Didn't he feel shame that he was her inevitable downfall?

"Cloud! What are you doing here? You're supposed to be with the others…" she said in a quavery voice.

"Tifa, listen to me. You have to let it go. Rufus is gone, he won't be coming back. He told you lies just to leave you heartbroken. None of us likes seeing you sad….you have to make your choices now…or you'll never be free," Cloud said gently.

Tifa felt the tears burning in her eyes, threatening to fall down if she so much as breathed any harder than she was. She wouldn't cry. Not if her life depended on it. She wouldn't let one shameful tear fall down her grief-stricken face.

"So you're making me choose," she said simply.

The rain was falling even harder now as she stepped out onto the threshold of Sid's aircraft. She felt its coolness run through her hair and gently whip her face as a gust of wind passed by. But she felt nothing inside, only this heart throbbing numbness that seemed to only intensify as she conversed with Cloud. His blonde hair was being ruffled by theblowing wind and his blue eyes, observant and perceptive, saw through her façade of being brave. It was all he could do to resist the urge to put his arms around her and comfort her with his embrace. He knew better that her heart was lost to another, and he was too late to stake a claim to her already shattered heart.

He simply nodded, letting his eyes tell her everything.

Tifa slowly turned around, her long brown haircarelessly blowingin the wind. The rain made her hair a darker shade of vibrant brown as the moon reflected the golden shimmers of her strands. She stared out in the horizon, searching for an answer she knew deep in her heart she never would find. Her eyes stung with pain, but it wasn't from the gentle tempest, it was from the hurt and anguish she was feeling. Standing perfectlystill, she felt Cloud's strong but gentle had on her shoulder.

Oh God it hurts...it hurts so bad. I can't do this anymore.

It was time. But, before she could make a choice, before she ended another tragic chapter in her life, she wanted to remember. To remember everything, starting with the moment Rufus Shinra stepped into her life.

Well, what did you think? Was it bad, horrible….LOL something even worse? Well if you have any comments on my story, please review if you want to! Thanks for reading!