My summary: A romantic story which starts as a party and a fun night out for everyone. But when news comes about that Esthar is taken over by terrorists, it is up to no one but Squall and co. along with a new Top Class SeeD to travel Esthar to eliminate all threat of terrorist forces Just when they thought is was going to be just another normal routine, it turns into much, much more as love gets in the way!

Chapter 1) A Nice Night Out

Squall walked into the ballroom with his incredibly beautiful girlfriend in hand, and watched as the newly recruited SeeDs dance their hearts away. For Squall, life couldn't really get any better; he was commander of an entire Garden, he had a bunch of best friends, and the love of his life loved him back. There weren't really many things that could ruin his mood now. He was still a grumpy fool, but hey, that's just the way he was about things.

As Squall walked through the dancing crowds, many of the students shook his hand and Squall happily congratulated them, but he didn't smile. The only person that could possibly make Squall smile was Rinoa, and it was still a rare thing. Squall walked over to the column, the column where fate had destined him and Rinoa to first meet. He just stood there leaning against it just as he did the last ball, and gazed into Rinoa's eyes. Rinoa quickly caught on at what Squall was trying to do, and she found it very sweet.

She pointed up one finger and looked at Squall and he pretended to act confused. She walked over to him and started him in the eyes. "You're the best looking guy here!" Rinoa shouted, giggling as she had said it.

Squall couldn't hold in the smile, but responded by keeping his mouth shut. "Let me guess, you'll only dance with someone you like?" Rinoa questioned and Squall stood there, trying to keep a straight face, but found it hard to. It was quite funny, reliving a moment that took place exactly one year ago, but it made him happy.

"I can't dance..."

"So what? Come on, I'll teach you! I can't be out there on the dance floor alone!" and she quickly pulled Squall into the middle of the dance floor and they started dancing, except Squall didn't screw up. He just went along with music the smooth moves by Rinoa. They were touching nose to nose, and they continuously gazed into each others eyes, each of them feeling their hot breath hit their faces. Rinoa couldn't help but giggle and noticed Squall used a ton of binaca and Squall just laughed in his mind as he noticed Rinoa probably chewed on a couple dozen Mentos before the party. They found it funny, but cute at the same time.

Rinoa slowly closed her eyes as she rested her head on Squall's chest, which Squall quickly went into an embrace and held her not to tightly, but tight enough, to himself.

Zell was running around like a complete idiot, but hey, that's what made him so great of a friend. He didn't make Squall smile, but he was always there for him. Zell was pulling the moves on a couple of the girls in the corner of the ballroom, all the girls giggled at Zell, not because they found him incredibly stupid, but incredibly cute and witty. Zell saw one of the girls give him that sexy stare, but as soon as he glimpsed at her she turned away and started to madly blush. Zell couldn't help himself and liked the feeling of making a girl blush. "Excuse me, but may I have this dance miss......?"

"Miss Delarosa, but you may call me Shannon, and yes, you may have this dance!" and Shannon was quickly taken by the hand of Zell and they started dancing. Zell was actually an incredible dancer. He probably actually listened in the dance classes, or maybe it was just natural talent, but when it came to Zell nothing was really a surprise. Zell couldn't hold in all the excitement. "OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!" could be heard all the way across the ballroom, and everyone giggled, even Squall. Shannon blushed even more. Shannon was a girl with shoulder length, straight, black hair, had lightly tan skin, blue eyes, weighed around 112 lbs, stood at 5'4, and she obviously lit Zell's fire. Zell had the hots for her big time.

Irvine was somewhere hidden in the other corner of the ballroom with Selphie. Her tongue was probing Irvine's tongue, Irvine was feeling her body as Selphie felt his body, and they both were just having the time of their lives. "I love you Selphie......" Irvine managed to get out as he slowly took out his tongue. Selphie just stood there and smiled as she wrapped her arms around Irvine's neck.

"I know Irvine, I know," and she was absorbed as Irvine started to passionately kiss her. It was something they usually did, but Selphie liked it. "How about you and I go up into my place?" Selphie asked, feeling Irvine's chest slowly. Irvine's eyes widened up and he looked around. "Are you talking to me?"

"No Irvine, I'm talking to that tree behind you."

"Oh, okay, cause I really thought...."

"Irvine, shut up!" and Selphie grabbed him by the ear and dragged him up to her room. Looked like someone was going to score that night.

"Selphie, baby, exactly what are we going to do in your room?" Irvine asked, feeling sharp pains as Selphie tugged at his ear.

Selphie didn't answer him as she opened her door, threw him onto her bed, and locked her door behind her and stared at Irvine. "Uh...uh....S...Selphie, what's going to happen?"

"To answer your questions: 1) Anything you want 2) Anything you want. So what'll it be cowboy?"

Irvine knew exactly what she was talking about, but decided to act dense. A few months back, he had decided to turn over a new leaf for Selphie, and decided to turn into a respectful gentleman, well, partially anyway. "Well, what are you trying to say baby?" Irvine asked, and it actually sounded like he didn't know what was going on.

"Well..." and Selphie started to jump up and down while clapping her hands and had a huge smile on her face with her eyes closed. She was hyper, and yes, when Selphie is hyper that's like six times more worse that six crack heads after a party. "An orgy!" she screamed, and started to clap her hands faster and started to jump higher. Irvine smacked himself up the head as he tried to figure out what to do. Selphie was the one to ask him to try and turn a new leaf, and now she was the one asking him for an orgy, and he was officially confused. He looked at her and quickly skimmed Selphie's beautiful features, and continued to think on what he should do. Should he make hot sex and eat her out right here and then, or wait until she becomes straight to see how Selphie would really feel about things.

Irvine, as hard as it was, resisted on taking advantage of Selphie's incredible hyper-activeness and decided to just say. "Selphie, hunny, I can't. Not while your in this state. You've had three White Wine Spitzers, two different flavored whiskeys, and to top it off you ate all the frosting off of the cake!" and Irvine sat up on the bed and Selphie looked as if she was going to cry. But she didn't.

"Well....can we at least have a little fun for the night?" she asked, innocent looking as a baby. Irvine snickered and laid her down on the bed and took off all her clothes so only her undergarments were remaining. "I thought you didn't want to do anything hunny?" Selphie asked, looking into Irvine's eyes as she took off all his clothes so only his underwear was left.

"Who said we were going to do anything? The only thing I'm thinking of right now is caressing your body, making out with you, rubbing syrup all over you, licking it off, making out with you, and if you want I can stay the night and sleep with you!"

"Hmmm, let me think, sure!" and Irvine leapt out of bed, went into her fridge, took out a bottle of syrup and started to rub it all over her body. Hope they have a lot of fun.

Quistis, like usual, was by herself. She couldn't figure out why she was by herself. She didn't want to be lonely. She mostly blamed the fact that she was an instructor. Maybe because the students found it to weird to go out with someone they used to follow orders by, Quistis missed Seifer, as a matter of fact, she wanted Seifer. She wanted him so bad she would just forget life and give everything up to go on a journey to find him. But she was better than that. She wasn't going to go and play the role of some pitiful girl who was going to go and beg to some guy. Instead, she awaited the day when the perfect guy would come up to her like a gentleman and ask her to a cup of coffee, or on a date, or to the movies, or for a walk, and what more, a dance. Even though she was a SeeD, she had never danced with anyone before.

She wanted to dance with someone. She wanted to know the feeling of someone taking you by the hip and hands and twirl you around and gaze into your eyes as you forget everything around you as you listen to the beautiful surrounding music. She so wanted so bad to feel that feeling, but she expected the worse and just forgot about it not because she wanted to, but because she saw a handsome looking boy walk into the ballroom and even better, he was wearing a SeeD uniform.

Quistis watched as the boy headed over to Squall immediately and could tell the boy had introduced himself. Squall shook his hands and the boy went off into a corner and leaned against it, just as Squall would. Quistis felt this funny feeling, and continued staring up at the guy, who was for some odd reason, grinning. She quickly found out why as he quickly looked up and caught Quistis red handed staring at him. Quistis could feel the heat in her cheeks as she looked down pretending she had to tie her shoe, but her plan failed for she didn't wear any shoes. She looked backed up and saw the boy walking towards her, and she had a very bad feeling about it.

He was new, and since she wasn't an instructor anymore that boy could come up to her and tease her all he wanted. She was going to be humiliated, and that would ruin her night completely. She looked up a little more and noticed his great looks. He had slightly tanned skin, brown eyes, black hair in seven separate spikes, he had a buff body similar to Squall, he looked like a boy around the age of 19, which was Quistis' age, and he looked as if he weighed around 145, but that wasn't counting muscle definition. He stood around 5'9, and his smile was just gorgeous.

The boy finally reached her and Quistis looked up, and was really, really red. "Excuse me miss, but you're really, really red."

Quistis just blushed even more at this comment. But she knew her night was going to be ruined by this one boy. And in a way, she was right. "So, a prissy little instructor like you or should I say former instructor, is checking out a boy like me? Why is that? Is it because you're not pretty enough to walk up to other guys? Or is it because you used to be instructor and getting desperate? Or is it because your a stuck up bimbo thinking you can go ahead and flirt with any damn guy you want?" and the boy smiled as she saw tears enter Quistis' eyes. He was enjoying himself.

"Why must you torment me?" Quistis asked, tears running down her cheeks. The boy simply smiled.

"Because when someone becomes happy after they look terribly sad, the feeling feels greater than anything else in the world."

"And what makes you think I'm going to be happy?! Can't you see I'm crying right now? And....and....why am I even telling you! Not like you would care!" and Quistis was about to get up and run off, but the boy grabbed her arm lightly, and Quistis immediately stopped. "Well," the boy started, "I'm sure it'll make you happier if I told you I take back all the things I said and that you're the most beautiful girl in here."

Quistis' tears immediately stopped, but an ongoing tear fell to the floor. "Second, I'm sure you'll be even more happy once I tell you that I'm glad your not an instructor because that way I can hit on you without getting in trouble.," and Quistis couldn't help but giggle at this comment. "Three, I know you're not a stuck up bimbo because you're sitting here by yourself minding your own business even though you're beautiful and a blonde at that."

Quistis now had to put her hand to her mouth to stop from laughing. "And finally four, I'm sure you'll be happy if I asked you to join me in a dance?" and as the boy finished off this question Quistis immediately looked up and blushed worse than even before. She didn't know how to answer him because this type of situation had never occurred to her before. She just stood there in silence and this kind of made the boy feel bad, but that was because he kind of misunderstood Quistis' actions. "I'm sorry, I should've known you were to beautiful to even consider dancing with me. I'm going to leave now so you may continue doing what you were doing. Have a nice night Ms. Trepe," and the boy turned around and took three steps and was quickly pulled back by two smooth, beautiful arms.

The boy turned around and saw Quistis staring him in the eye. "I'll be more than happy to dance with you Mr......?"

"M...Muh.....Mr. Lance, but you may call me stupid, er....I mean Sky. Yes, that's what I mean. My name is Sky Lance!" and the boy was blushing like mad along with Quistis. The boy took her to the middle of the dance floor and unintentionally danced alongside Rinoa and Squall. As Quistis noticed Squall right beside her, Squall was shocked. Not because he didn't think she could get a dancing partner, but because Quistis always said she was a terrible dancer.

Well, one thing was right, she was a terrible dancer, and she had no clue what to do. Quistis turned her face around from Squall and started to move her feet in coordination of Sky, but Sky quickly realized something...and that was Quistis had no clue how to dance. Sky didn't want to embarrass her or anything and simply laughed in his mind as he observed Quistis. Her arms were widely stretched and she was almost two feet away from him, her legs were as stiff as sticks, and her eyes were wandering all over the place. If there was one thing that got to Sky, it was when a girl was uncomfortable around him. "Quistis?"

"Y...yes?" she said as she looked at him, but quickly looked down. The song continued, but Sky stopped dancing and took Quistis' chin and tilted it up to make sure they had eye contact with each other. Sky took Quistis by her right hip and took her right hand and placed it on his left shoulder. He took his right hand and took hold of Quistis' left. Quistis looked at him, not in a strange way, but in a way that she was really falling for this guy.

He was cute, he was charming, and most of all, he wasn't making fun of her on how to dance. Instead, he was taking things into his own hands. He started to take lead and dance, but quickly noticed something was still wrong and moved his hand a little farther behind Quistis and pulled her in forward so his body was touching hers.

Quistis blushed for who knows how many times tonight, and followed Sky, well, at least she tried to. Sky leaned over a little just so her ear was up against his lips. "Loosen up, you have nothing to be scared of me about. Not like I'm going to strip you of your clothes right here in front of everybody...I'm saving that for later," and he backed away from her face and winked at her. Quistis giggled and she suddenly felt her legs loosen up, along with her neck, arms, body, and even her mind.

"Okay," Sky whispered, "looking at my feet isn't going to help you keep coordination with me. Your just going to get dizzy. Instead, look right here into my eyes," and Quistis looked up and stared into his eyes alright, but she got this really funny feeling. She knew it was a normal dance, but it's as if she had just fallen out of love and then back in love in a flash second. Very odd.

She didn't dare take her eyes off of his, she liked his eyes. They were nice, and Sky felt the exact same way to. Quistis had beautiful blue eyes, and to top it off, everything about her was beautiful to him. The instant he walked into that ballroom he knew exactly who he was going to ask for a dance.

Quistis hadn't noticed, but they had danced through three songs, and they were keeping their coordination up perfectly. Unfortunately, the last song ended and for some odd reason even though they stopped dancing, they wouldn't let go of each other's hand. Quistis glanced over at Sky where Sky glanced over at Quistis, and they both smiled.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~IRVINE~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

As Irvine was licking the syrup off of Selphie's stomach, he could still hear the ball going on and still had a lot of time to spend with her. Irvine hadn't even noticed, but Selphie was nude. He was having so much fun licking her he hadn't even noticed her had taken off her bra and panties until Selphie mentioned that she waned Irvine to rub syrup all over her breasts and lick them hard and fast. Irvine smiled as he did just that. He rubbed syrup slowly over each breast, then played with the nipples with his fingers as he poured more and more syrup over them. Irvine could tell she was getting very aroused and started licking them and circled her nipples with his tongue, one at a time.

She started to moan a bit and for Irvine, this was a big turn on. Soon he started to nibble just a tiny bit, but the moaning from Selphie started to get louder. Irvine, feeling as he should, quickly took the syrup and filled Selphie's entire mouth with it, and started to make out with her, still playing with her nipples.

As all the syrup disappeared from their mouths, the first thing to come out of Selphie's mouth was, "Make love to me Irvine. Make me scream..." and Irvine quickly realized what in the world he was doing. He immediately stopped and stood up on the bed still with his underwear on. He looked down at Selphie and scanned her over noticing everywhere he had licked her and then smacked himself over the head. He ate her out. He could see the syrup spilling out of her wet spot along with some cum.

"S...Selphie, I'm sorry, I couldn't control myself. I'm so sorry, I hope you can forgive me," but before Irvine knew it Selphie was smiling and patting the bed, motioning him to come and lie down by her. Irvine did so and quickly flinched as he saw Selphie get on top of him. "You're not going to do what I think you're going to do, are you?" and Irvine was scared out of his wits. See, when he screwed other girls, it didn't bother him much because he didn't love them, he had lust for them. But he loved Selphie, and he loved her more than even his own life.

"No, hunny, I'm not," and she rested her head on Irvine's chest and he took a quick sigh of relief. Irvine embraced Selphie in his arms, It felt kind of funny because her breasts were rubbing against him, but he found it kind of cute. Not in a perverted way, but because of the fact that Selphie didn't feel uncomfortable around him one bit, and he loved it. Suddenly an idea rose in his head. Since they were just gonna lie down and not fall asleep, they might as well as go out and enjoy themselves!

"Selphie, baby, can I ask you something?"

"Sure Irvie, anything you want...." she was able to yawn out.

"Want to go out tonight?"

"What! Oh my gosh! I thought you would never ask! Yes! I would love to go out tonight! Let me go take a shower! I have to get all this syrup off of me! It's all over me!" and she giggled as she winked at Irvine, who just lay there in bed shocked. That went a lot better than he had expected.

"Take your time baby!"

Looks like they were going to have fun tonight after all.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~SQUALL~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Squall and Rinoa continued to dance, and they refused to let go of each other. They danced the whole night through thinking of nothing but each other, well, until Squall noticed someone in particular. "Quistis? Dancing? With that new SeeD! This is interesting......" and Squall tapped Rinoa slightly on the shoulder and pointed to Quistis and the new SeeD, Sky, and they both giggled. They didn't giggle because they thought it was weird or anything, but because they thought it was extremely cute. Squall knew as well as everyone else did that this was the first time Quistis' has ever danced.

He saw Sky slowly start to dance and he knew exactly what he was doing, but Quistis had no clue what to do. Squall leaned over and talked to Sky while Quistis had her eyes wandering around. "Hey, Sky, you two look like a couple of idiots, do you mind?" and Squall nudged on Sky's shoulder and winked as he went back to dancing with Rinoa.

Squall looked out of the corner of his eye along with Rinoa and watched as Sky instructed Quistis what to do, and they even saw them laugh at one point. Looks like this Sky kid really had the stuff. Or did he? Well, either way, he was giving Quistis a good time and that was that!

"Well, I'm glad those two are getting along!" Rinoa commented as she rested her head back on Squall's chest as they danced, but suddenly a familiar song came on, the first song that they had ever danced to and Squall and Rinoa grinned at each other. They did the choreographed moves that went with the song and he didn't screw up like the goof he was. When they ended, they were standing in the exact same pose as last time and the fireworks went off. They both stared at the beauty of the fire and the listened to the orchestrated music that went with the fireworks.

"So, isn't this where I leave?" Rinoa asked, about to let go of Squall while smiling. Squall quickly held her arm lightly, making sure not to hurt her.

"Nah, this time I'm not letting you go this easy," and Squall quickly pulled her back and Rinoa smiled. She slowly put her tongue in his mouth and Squall returned the gesture. Squall held Rinoa tightly against him while Rinoa held Squall's face and they both closed their eyes as they went even deeper into this passionate kiss. The fireworks continued to shoot up into the sky, and it was such a romantic moment that they never wanted it to end. As the music and fireworks stopped, that signaled the end of the ball, and all of the SeeDs sighed.

"Ummm, Rinoa, are you busy tonight?'

"Oh yes, extremely. I'm gonna be sleeping and sleeping and sleeping, and jeez, it just takes so much hard work!" and she giggled.

Squall just smiled. "Well, would you like to go out with me somewhere tonight? You know? Whatever?"

Rinoa just started to laugh. Squall just cocked an eyebrow and asked why she was laughing. Maybe she didn't want to go out with him anywhere.

"What's so funny?"

"Ha hah ha! It's just that, you haven't changed at all! I mean, your actually kind of social and sweet now, but you still ask me out as if it was our first date! We've been going out for seven months! Come on baby, unless you ask me out normally, I'm not going anywhere! Hee~hee!" and she sat down on a chair and awaited Squall to ask her. Squall sighed, rolled his eyes, and walked up to Rinoa. In his mind, a ton of thoughts were going through his head. He had never asked Rinoa out normally before and he was hoping he never would have to, but he knew he would have to sooner or later and might as well as get it over with now.

He took hold of Rinoa's hands and looked her in the eyes. "Rinoa, would you like to spend a romantic night out with me?" and Squall kissed her on the lips. Rinoa's eyes widened as she figured this was the sweetest way a guy had ever asked her out. But it was to good to be true, Squall always had to ruin it somehow even though he doesn't mean to. "You know, whatever?"

Rinoa giggled as Squall finished. He took in a deep breath and was hoping for some good results, but he wasn't really expecting it. Even though he's quite the hero, romance was something he had to let Rinoa take control of. Why? Because he was terrible at it. "Well, it's good enough!" Rinoa mused.

"Well, let me go and get changed out of this..."

"No! I want you to take me out wearing your SeeD uniform! You look so handsome in it!"

"..."

"Oh come on, are you taking me or not?" and she nudged Squall in the hips and they both smiled as they headed off to the parking lot. Squall picked a nice, fashionable car and hopped in along side Rinoa. Squall check his pockets to make sure he had his wallet and zoomed off.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ZELL~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Zell was dancing with Shannon and having a great time. "My, my, my, Mr. Dincht, you're such a good dancer!"

"Ah yes! So you've noticed to?!" and they both laughed at this comment. Zell was always a joker, and even when he was dead serious, he somehow makes it dead funny. Oh well, Zell was your everyday idiot, but a good hearted idiot at that. "So......" Zell started, trying to bring up a conversation, but had no clue what to say. He wasn't that great at talking with girls, he was better at flirting and fooling with them than talking to them.

"Do you have a girlfriend?" Shannon asked, trying to keep Zell from embarrassment. Zell blushed.

"Nah....." But Zell suddenly realized what he had just said and noticed it made him look bad, so he had to come up with a cover-up. "But they liked me, cause, you know, I'm hot and stuff!" and Zell gave that innocent little smile of his. Shannon rolled her eyes and grinned.

"Yeah, you're hot.....and stuff," and she leaned her body a little closer to Zell's as they danced. Zell started to choke a little and felt his throat dry up.

"Y...yeah, I guess I am, huh?" and sweat was starting to drip down his face.

"There's no need to guess," Shannon stated in a smooth, sly, sexy voice. "You are hot, sexy, tempting, and....stuff...." and she winked at him as she started to look normal again and danced regular.

"Jeez, that was close. She's scaring the crap out of me here!" Zell thought as he winced his eyes from the sweat starting to fall.

"Zell, are you okay? You look as if I scare you or something."

"Uh oh.....she's a telekinetic hottie, what do I do? I wonder what she's thinking right now?"

"Zell, you're probably wondering what I am thinking right now."

"Oh shit, she is telekinetic......oh well, she's still a hottie. Well, yes, you're right. I am wondering what you're thinking of...."

"What if Zell doesn't like me? He's such a cutie and a sweet heart, not the best talker, but that's what makes him so cute! Well, I usually don't do this, but....."

"Join me for dinner tonight Shannon? Please?" Zell blurted out, and suddenly he felt like smacking himself upside the head. He had no clue where that sentence just came from. He had just asked a complete stranger to dinner and he knew exactly what she was going to say.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. I know what you're going to say and it's okay. I understand considering we are strangers and all so you don't need....."

"Only if it's us two!" and she winked at Zell and laid her head against his right shoulder. She liked this feeling she had with Zell. She had never laid her head against anyone in so long, nor was she ever so comfortable with anyone. Zell turned from a white blonde haired boy to a red, blonde, looking thingy. He was blushing like mad and has no clue what to do with her.

"Did she faint or something? Maybe I smell bad....Oh man, now what?! Maybe I should just stick with the first one. Ummm, Shannon, did you faint or something?"

Shannon started to burst out with laughter, not the kind when you're making fun of someone, but the kind when you think something is cute or sweet of the sort.

"What? What's so funny?" Zell asked, looking around to see what was going on.

"Nothing, nothing at all my cute little Zell. Oh no, Zell, it seems I'm going to faint again, only I'm falling backwards. Whatever shall I do Zell? Oh no, I am falling backwards, help me oh Zell," Shannon said all sarcastically as made herself fall backwards and awaited for Zell to catch her. She was going to wait for a long time.

She fell to the floor and hit her back nice and hard. She wasn't hurt, but she opened her eyes and looked at Zell smiling. This was what Zell froze to and didn't move. Her smile, plus her dress, plus her on the ground put a lot of thoughts into his head. So he's never really gotten a real girlfriend before, but he likes to pretend he got one when he kissed this one girl on a dare. But he knew the truth, the truth that of the nineteen years that he has lived, he has never had a girlfriend. He'd like one, but he wouldn't know how to react to them. He regrets not taking his mom seriously when she said, "Zell, you should find yourself a nice girl. I know you're young, but you need experience when you grow up. Without experience, you're going to get rejected and hurt!" and all Zell would say is, "Ah! I'm a natural hottie! I'm told that all the time! Including, what's so hard about girls? As long as they're spoiled, they'll stick with you anytime! And right now I don't feel like spending money!" and he'd walk out.

Zell, after seeing Rinoa and Squall, then understood it was a lot more than that. But now it was to late. He would never understand. And if he ever got hurt, it would be to much. He has never had any experience. What in the world was he going to do?

Shannon got up and brushed herself up. She figured Zell was a bigger dope than he was, but she could understand he was a sweet, delicate person inside and that's all that mattered. After her recent boyfriends, she didn't care how much wealth or popularity had, as long as they were at least cute and had a super sweet personality, even if a bit dopey, that was the guy for her. And Zell seemed to be the one. He was hot, he was nice, he was sweet, he knew how to have fun, and he was incredibly dopey.

She grabbed his hands, just as Rinoa did to Squall one year ago, and started dancing with him once again. "Zell, can I ask you something?" but even though Zell's feet were moving, his eyes were going nowhere and his thoughts were going to stay in the exact same place unless someone gave im a fresh smack up the head. Shannon thought that would be an entertaining sight, but did something that made all her friends gasp in shock. She licked the side of Zell's face.

His eye blinked very quickly and his attention was set on nothing but Shannon. "Ummm, I'm sorry, I thought you licked me."

"I did lick you," and Shannon licked the other side of his face. Zell froze in his place again.

"Ummm, does this girl like me? Ummm, Shannon, do you like me?" Zell asked as he started to take a couple of steps back. Shannon smirked and started to walk towards Zell.

"Whatever gave you that idea you cute, tempting, sexy, boy you?" and Shannon took him by the back of the head and kissed him. Not passionately, at least not yet. She released from her kiss and looked at Zell and waited for a reaction. He stood there like some kind of idiot, and continued to stand there like some kind of idiot. Shannon giggled as she put her hand to her mouth. "Well?" Shannon questioned as she widened her eyes and gazed into Zell's.

"Oh shit, she likes me. Someone likes me. What do I do? Do I kiss her back? Do I ask her out? What shouted I do? Oh man, this is to stressful. Maybe if I stand still here it'll work. No, that won't work, she'll just kiss me again probably. Does she like to kiss me or lick me better? Hmmm, I'm hungry. A hotdog sure sounds good about now. What do I do? What do I do? What do I do? Maybe I should run for it? No, the cafeteria is closed. Maybe I should just close my eyes and tell myself it's a dream. Wait, what if it is a dream? Is it a dream? Oh, I know! Hey Shannon, smack me!" and Shannon did just as he said. "Okay, this isn't a dream. I know, I'll just say the first thing that comes to my head! Hey Shannon, wanna have sex tonight! Dope! Idiot, Okay, try and come up with something to rephrase that. Wanna shag baby! Idiot, that's the same thing! Wanna ride me! Stupid, that's even worse! How about I make you squeal! Oh man! I'm getting really embarrassed here! Wanna come up to my room! No, that's like your implying it! How about me and you have a taste of each other? Oh yeah, that's real good, you seem like a pro! How about me and you talk cheek to cheek? No, that also sounds sick! How many licks does it take to get to the center of my tootsipop! Oh man, that sounded nasty! Okay, this next thing is going to come out perfect! How about me and you go out for dinner tonight! Just you and me baby! Yeah!"

Shannon was literally rolling on the floor laughing. Zell had his eyes closed the whole time, but when he opened them he saw Shannon standing up. She straightened her up and grabbed Zell by the shoulders and looked him in the eyes. "Zell, look into my eyes and tell me honestly, what do you want to do with me? Do you want to have sex or do you want to take me out to dinner?"

Zell scratched his head and looked into her eyes like Shannon told him to and he thought about it before he made a choice. "Ummm, how about me and you go out for dinner tonight?" Zell said, but he wasn't really sure about his choice.

A huge smile rose on Shannon's face as she gave Zell a big, affectionate hug. "Oh Zell, you're such a sweety!"

"OOOOOOOHHHHHHHH YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!! SCORE!!!!!!" Zell cheered as he raised up his right hand. Zell didn't know if he made the right choice in what he said, but it sure seemed like it! Zell hugged her back on instinct, and Shannon's eyes widened even further as he did this. Zell didn't know what he was doing, but it gave him a feeling that felt great. For once in his life, even though he goofed up completely, he felt as though he did something right for once. Zell took her left hand and they walked out of the ballroom just before the last song ended. Zell headed to the parking lot and took a pair of keys that were handing up on a board on the side of the wall. "Let's take this one," and as they walked over to the car, Shannon was speechless. It was such a stylish car.

It was a white Mercede's and had a white leather interior. They hopped in and Zell checked his pockets to make sure he had his wallet. He looked into Shannon's eyes, then switched the gears into drive and took off.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*QUISTIS~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Sky and Quistis held hands as they walked out of the ballroom and they started walking to the dormitories. "Is it okay if I walk you to your room?" Sky asked, looking very serious about his question. Sky wasn't one of those incredibly perverted people that only hang out with girls just to have sex. Sure, he joked around about taking her clothes of, but the point is he was joking around. When Sky asked her to if he could escort her, he really meant to take her to her room, not to find a way into her room. How could she tell, well, she could see it in his eyes.

"Yes, you may," she answered properly. Sky smiled and they both slowly walked to Quistis' room.

"This is my room," Quistis stated, and Sky quickly opened it before Quistis could even get to it. Quistis stepped inside and smiled. Now was the time to see if Sky really was as sincere as he seemed. She didn't say anything else but goodbye and sweet dreams, and of course thank you for the great night. If Sky tried to find his way into the room, then he was a perverted liar. If he walked away, then he was as sincere and sweet to the heart. Quistis started to close the door.

"Ummm, Quistis?"

Quistis quickly opened the door again and her eyes widened. "I knew it was to good to be true. I knew he wasn't as sweet and caring and loveable as he seemed and....."

"I just want to say that I'm sorry for making you cry at first and I just wanted to let you know I didn't mean any of those things. I know I told you I was joking, but I just want you to know again. Because you truly are a beautiful girl, that's why I decided to ask you to the first dance. You were sitting there all by yourself, and I couldn't let such beauty go to waste. So just to let you know incase you're still doubting me, you're not a bimbo and well, you really are one of the most beautiful girls I've ever seen," and suddenly there was a pause of silence. "I'm sorry. I've probably wasted your time and you probably want to get to bed. Have a nice night and sweet dreams Quistis."

Sky turned around to walk away and Quistis smiled. "So, he is a sweetheart," she whispered to herself. She suddenly realized that she was letting such a great guy go to his room for the night. She at least wanted someone to spend the night with. Including, the other guys probably went out with some girls to, maybe even Zell. Well, it was doubtful, but Zell could get lucky. She stepped out into the hall and looked for Sky, but he was gone. "Sky!" she shouted, but there as no answer. She just let one of the most wonderful guys she had ever met go. "Sky!" she shouted again. Suddenly she heard a door opened. She looked down the hall to see where it opened and couldn't see anyone coming out. Maybe it was her imagination that was playing her.

She stepped in to close the door and a tear slid down her cheek, she wanted to be with Sky.

"What's wrong?" a voice said. Quistis quickly looked across the hall from her door and she found Sky. No wonder she couldn't see him, she never looked there.

"Sky?! Y...You live across from my room?"

"Yes, I find that rather surprising. Maybe it's fate?" Sky asked, and winked at Quistis. "Now dry up those tears and tell me what's wrong."

"Huh, oh, nothing's wrong. That just happened at night time. You know, allergies."

"Oh really? Well, do you have the same allergies when you're outside?"

"No, I feel much fresher when I'm outside."

"Is that so? Well, you look sleepy, you better get some sleep," and Sky smiled and he was about to close his door when suddenly a shout from Quistis stopped him.

"Actually, I was wondering, if ummm," and blushed as she started to twirl her hair. Sky started to lean on his door and giggled. It didn't bother Quistis though, she giggled with him.

"Want to, you know, come in my room?"

Sky wasn't expecting this. As a matter of fact, that was the last thing he expected. Why did she want him in her room? He had to think fast.

"Hmmm, maybe your room will give me allergies to!"

"Oh, guess he doesn't feel that close to me yet. Maybe he thinks I'm some kind of sick girl and all I want is sex. Maybe I should just tell him. Sky, we're not going to have sex or anything. I just want you to come with me in my room, you know, talk or get to know each other a little better?"

"Awww, Quistis, Angel, I know you don't want to have sex, but you want to get to know me a little better, huh? Well, I think that's going to be kind of hard if your allergies are going to act up, even though I know you're faking it."

Quistis looked up in awe. "You're wondering how I know? Well, that's probably because you stepped back into your room a couple minutes ago and you seem perfectly fine."

Quistis turned red, again.

"Well, Quistis, do you really want to get to know me? Because I wouldn't mind getting to know you."

"Yes Sky, I'd love to get to know you."

Sky started to walk towards Quistis. "Exactly how much do you want to get to know me?" and Sky gave a grin that could get any girl laughing. And Quistis was one of them.

"I want to get to know you a lot Sky."

"Oh, is that so? Why is that?"

Quistis just started to giggle and stand there with her hand to her mouth.

"Come on Quistis. You know you want to tell your dear ol' friend Sky!" and Sky took a step closer.

"Because you're sweet, funny, honest, and a cutie!" and Quistis' grin turned to a huge smile. Sky walked up to Quistis until their bodies met and they gazed into each others eyes. She could feel Sky's hands started to hold hers, and this tingling sensation started to flow through her body. It felt weird, but it felt great at the same time. She could feel and hear Sky breathing. They were so close that Quistis thought he was going to kiss her, and she wouldn't mind one bit, but he didn't. Instead, he did something even better.

"Since you're not tired and feel a lot fresher outside.....would you like to, you know, go out with me tonight?" Sky asked with all honesty and sincerity in his eyes. A tear started to fall down Quistis' eye and Sky didn't need to ask what was wrong, he knew she was happy. And he couldn't be more wrong. This was the sweetest thing a guy has ever done to her, and Sky did nothing but dance with her and ask her questions. As the tear dropped down her cheek, she nodded her head yes and wrapped Sky in her arms and squeezed him tightly. Sky smiled and happily returned the gesture. He had a great night planned for them!

Suddenly he felt that he was short of breath. "Ummm, Quistis? Ummm, Quistis? You're cutting me... short... of breath...here..." and Quistis let go and said she was sorry and pecked Sky on the lips. Sky blushed and looked up at Quistis.

"S...So you want to go out wearing that, or would you like to get changed and freshen up a bit?" Sky asked. Quistis got a couple of thoughts in mind.

"How about I go freshen up and bit and...slip into something more...lighter?" and she winked at him and Sky took a step back. Whenever she winked at him, that really amazed him.

"S...shu...sure! I'll go freshen up and get changed to!" and Sky was about to turn around as Quistis suddenly stopped him.

"Oh no you don't cutie! You can go ahead and freshen up, but you're going to wear that SeeD uniform! So ha!" and she pecked him on the lips again and closed the door lights. Sky felt his lips then thought to himself for a moment. "This is great!" and Sky ran into his room to take a shower

"Oh my gosh! He's just so sweet and sincere! I can't believe it! I just can't believe it. I was thinking of how terrible my life was and how much I wanted someone to ask me to dance, then suddenly he comes along. God, did you send this Angel Guardian down to me? I couldn't have asked for anything more. If he stay as honest and sweet as he is now, he is without a doubt the one for me. Is this love at first sight? Well, if there was a time that I was to pick that I fell in love with someone for the first time I saw him, this would be that time. Maybe I am in love with him, maybe I'm not. But if I'm not, then I'll certainly fall in love with him soon," Quistis thought as she let the water from the shower run down her beautiful, smooth, sexy body.

"He isn't even sex craved or anything! That's the most unbelievable part of him! I thought guys like him are to good to be true, but after meet Sky, I feel like I can take on the world. I've already made up my mind. I'm going to win Sky's heart, and I will do everything to do just that," and Quistis turned off the shower. She stepped out and dried herself and put on her bra and panties. It was time for the hard part.

"What dress should I wear for the night?" Quistis asked herself as she looked through her wardrobe. She had over dozens of dressed to choose form. She looked at each one individually before picking one, and the one she picked was the most tempting one she had. The zipper on this dress's back didn't go all the way through, but it just went down have way so all you had to do was just slip it on. Quistis pulled it up her body until it was nicely fitted and zipped the back. The dress came to the middle of her thighs and had a minor slit on the right side of her leg, but a major slit on her left side which went all the way up to her hips. There were three tiny slits on her stomach which formed a triangle and a slit coming from the center of her chest and up, but did not part her dress at the top. The only thing holding the dress was one strap, which was a diagonal strap which went from the middle of the side of her stomach to the upper-right shoulder. She wore skin toned stalkings and the dress was red and sparkly. She wore red sparkly high heels to match and went to the bathroom and put on just a dab of red lipstick.

"There's no need to put that on, you look beautiful enough," a voice stated from behind her. Quistis smiled and looked behind her to see Sky standing at her door. She go up and gave him a huge hug. She then backed away and started to twirl around to see if Sky liked it. Heck yeah he did, he loved it. He stood there dumbfounded and just stared at Quistis' glorious body. But even more, her face and her smile.

"Quistis, I know I said you were beautiful, but this tops it. I honestly don't think any girl can get any more beautiful than that!" and he realized he had taken a couple of steps into Quistis room. He quickly ran out and stood at the door. "I'm sorry, I didn't know I had walked in so far."

"Awww! It's okay! You may come in if you want! Make yourself comfortable!" and she went to the bathroom to finish with her makeup, but Sky shouted something to stop her.

"Hey, Quistis, don't put any make up on. I want people tonight to see how naturally beautiful you are!" and Quistis turned around and smiled.

"Do you really mean that Sky?"

"Well, I said it, didn't I? Now come on, it's almost two o' clock, I don't want you falling asleep! Ha hah! Quistis, trust me, you're beautiful, and I swear my life on it!" and Quistis quickly ran to the bed and swung her arms around Sky. He fell back on the bed with Quistis on top of him. Their noses were touching tip to tip and Sky had his arms around Quistis.

"Hi, nice meeting you here Quistis! You look just..." but Sky was cut off as he felt Quistis slide her tongue in and out of his mouth. His eyes widened for a minute, but then he closed his eyes and returned the kiss passionately. "I can't believe we're doing this," Quistis thought to herself as she continued to move her tongue around. She didn't believe it not because she was doing it, but because she had never really kissed anyone as passionately as she has to Sky. Quistis opened her legs so she fit just nicely on top of Sky and Sky opened his legs. They were like a puzzle finally put together.

Quistis broke away and looked at Sky in the eyes. Her hair was still in perfect shape, which was straight down on both sides and was layered with a couple of high lights here and there. "Ready?" Quistis asked with a grin and Sky pleasantly nodded his head. They walked out of the room holding hands and Sky shut the door. They went to the parking lot and Sky grabbed a pair of keys to a red Lexus with black leather interior. Sky ran over to the other side and opened the door for Quistis and then closed it. He ran back to the drivers seat and checked his pocket to make sure he had his wallet. He looked at Quistis and smiled, and Quistis did just the same and they zoomed off. Sky drove down the highway and suddenly a smile of happiness went across his face. "Tonight's going to be a perfect night."