Selphie's bright idea
As Quitsis walked down the squeaky clean Balamb garden corridor, she wondered what the heck she was doing. Was this her? Why was she doing this? She stopped in her tracks. Maybe this had been a bad idea...She wasn't some common floozy who did things like this; she was a professor, intelligent and dignified. But her loneliness bounced back in to her heart, her mind was screaming for something, someone. She had been alone for so long. But still, was a dating agency really necessary?
She looked in a nearby mirror, brushing back her silky hair and studying herself attentively. What was wrong with her? She wasn't fat, and supposedly not ugly. So why did every man she men toss her aside like a half-eaten hamburger? She sighed and continued walking; well it couldn't be that bad – what did she have to lose? But how likely was it she'd find a decent man? It was always losers who went to these dating agencies. Was she a loser? No- but………
Quitsis Trepee had been having these arguments with herself for over a week now, ever since Selphie had announced the garden's new "dating agency". Ever since she and Irvine had got together she had been determined to bring the "lost souls" of the world together, and had been bullying her to come all week.
Quitsis carried on down though corridor though- still undecided. She came to the door of the dating agency and stopped. What should she do? She stood pondering for a while, twiddling her thumbs. She was just about to walk away when the door jerked open and Selphie's cheery face appeared.
"Quitsy!!!" She screamed excitedly, "You came! you came you came you came!"
"Yeah." said Quitsis weakly.
"Come in," said Selphie, we have so much to do!" Quitsis stepped in to find a rather shockingly decorated room. Huge pink hearts hung from the wall, red streamers from the ceiling. And there were masses of pink and red confetti strewn over the floor. The desks had been painted pink, and behind them sat Selphie's dating crew. There was Selphie and Irvine, Rinoa had appeared too. The person's appearance who startled her most was Squalls. She smiled at him, he obviously didn't want to be here, he was slumped over the desk gazing out of the window.
She stepped in, unsure of this new environment, but once Rinoa saw her she felt right at home. She ran squealing up to her, bounding like Angeleno.
"Hi!" she squeaked. "Oh, sit down here in front of Squall, we're so happy to be here- when Selphie asked us we couldn't refuse! We're so glad to help – aren't we squall?
He looked at Rinoa in a 'are you mad?' kind of way.
"Aren't we?" she hissed at him.
"Ecstatic." He said glumly. Quitsis plonked herself in the empty chair while squall began getting out some lovely pink forms to match the room. She was surprised at how many people had showed up, it was only the first day. There were acres of people, and they weren't all from the garden! There were soldiers, SeeDs, Xu, Fishermen from FH! She stared at this in awe but her thought was broken by squall reading the questions on the sheet in a sad, droney voice.
"Age?"
"Squall, you know my age" she said. He shrugged and wrote a large 50 in the box.
"SQUALL!" She screeched
"Fine…" he said and replaced the 50 with a small 18."
"D.O.B?" He asked still in his droney voice.
"Oh come on," she said jokily "humour me! I didn't come for sleep aid!"
"ok then," he said "Who to impersonate……" he searched the room with his eyes for a while and then began to talk again. "guess who I am.- So Quitsy!" he began in a high-pitched tone imitating Rinoa's voice " Do you think my Highlights are stupid and cost my boyfriend squall to much money? Bec-" He was interrupted by Rinoa pushing him off his chair. She stood with her hands on her hips and stared at him, pouting.
When he resurfaced he smiled at her at wrapped his hands around her and kissed her passionately. Quitsis sighed. Why were they so happy? This is what mad her so lonely, Rinoa had squall, Selphie had Irvine, Zell had the library girl with pigtails – Sarah. And what did she have? A lonely life with no dates in it for the past 5 years! She folded her arms and began whistling, looking around – making her discomfort apparent. Rinoa and squall saw this and stopped kissing immediately They sat down looking apologetic. He asked her some more questions for what seems like hours. She was finally finished and just leaving when Selphie came up to her shyly.
"Err, Quits – I know it's late- but could you help us tidy up?" she blurted. Quitsis gave a sigh of relief. Now she didn't have to go home and lie awake thinking about her lonesome life and how many dating opportunities she'd missed.
"Sure." She said warmly.
She spent the next few hours cleaning up confetti, organising forms and taking the hearts off the walls. All the people had left by the time she had tried to leave- so they were the only jobs left. When at last all the cleaning was done she retired back to her dorm. It had been a long, day, she couldn't wait for some sleep, and it was solate now she knew she'd manage to.
When she reached her dusty old dorm she lay down and sighed. Would this really work? She didn't know. She sighed, she shouldn't keep thinking about this. She slid into bed, to tired to change and drifted off to sleep.
As Quitsis walked down the squeaky clean Balamb garden corridor, she wondered what the heck she was doing. Was this her? Why was she doing this? She stopped in her tracks. Maybe this had been a bad idea...She wasn't some common floozy who did things like this; she was a professor, intelligent and dignified. But her loneliness bounced back in to her heart, her mind was screaming for something, someone. She had been alone for so long. But still, was a dating agency really necessary?
She looked in a nearby mirror, brushing back her silky hair and studying herself attentively. What was wrong with her? She wasn't fat, and supposedly not ugly. So why did every man she men toss her aside like a half-eaten hamburger? She sighed and continued walking; well it couldn't be that bad – what did she have to lose? But how likely was it she'd find a decent man? It was always losers who went to these dating agencies. Was she a loser? No- but………
Quitsis Trepee had been having these arguments with herself for over a week now, ever since Selphie had announced the garden's new "dating agency". Ever since she and Irvine had got together she had been determined to bring the "lost souls" of the world together, and had been bullying her to come all week.
Quitsis carried on down though corridor though- still undecided. She came to the door of the dating agency and stopped. What should she do? She stood pondering for a while, twiddling her thumbs. She was just about to walk away when the door jerked open and Selphie's cheery face appeared.
"Quitsy!!!" She screamed excitedly, "You came! you came you came you came!"
"Yeah." said Quitsis weakly.
"Come in," said Selphie, we have so much to do!" Quitsis stepped in to find a rather shockingly decorated room. Huge pink hearts hung from the wall, red streamers from the ceiling. And there were masses of pink and red confetti strewn over the floor. The desks had been painted pink, and behind them sat Selphie's dating crew. There was Selphie and Irvine, Rinoa had appeared too. The person's appearance who startled her most was Squalls. She smiled at him, he obviously didn't want to be here, he was slumped over the desk gazing out of the window.
She stepped in, unsure of this new environment, but once Rinoa saw her she felt right at home. She ran squealing up to her, bounding like Angeleno.
"Hi!" she squeaked. "Oh, sit down here in front of Squall, we're so happy to be here- when Selphie asked us we couldn't refuse! We're so glad to help – aren't we squall?
He looked at Rinoa in a 'are you mad?' kind of way.
"Aren't we?" she hissed at him.
"Ecstatic." He said glumly. Quitsis plonked herself in the empty chair while squall began getting out some lovely pink forms to match the room. She was surprised at how many people had showed up, it was only the first day. There were acres of people, and they weren't all from the garden! There were soldiers, SeeDs, Xu, Fishermen from FH! She stared at this in awe but her thought was broken by squall reading the questions on the sheet in a sad, droney voice.
"Age?"
"Squall, you know my age" she said. He shrugged and wrote a large 50 in the box.
"SQUALL!" She screeched
"Fine…" he said and replaced the 50 with a small 18."
"D.O.B?" He asked still in his droney voice.
"Oh come on," she said jokily "humour me! I didn't come for sleep aid!"
"ok then," he said "Who to impersonate……" he searched the room with his eyes for a while and then began to talk again. "guess who I am.- So Quitsy!" he began in a high-pitched tone imitating Rinoa's voice " Do you think my Highlights are stupid and cost my boyfriend squall to much money? Bec-" He was interrupted by Rinoa pushing him off his chair. She stood with her hands on her hips and stared at him, pouting.
When he resurfaced he smiled at her at wrapped his hands around her and kissed her passionately. Quitsis sighed. Why were they so happy? This is what mad her so lonely, Rinoa had squall, Selphie had Irvine, Zell had the library girl with pigtails – Sarah. And what did she have? A lonely life with no dates in it for the past 5 years! She folded her arms and began whistling, looking around – making her discomfort apparent. Rinoa and squall saw this and stopped kissing immediately They sat down looking apologetic. He asked her some more questions for what seems like hours. She was finally finished and just leaving when Selphie came up to her shyly.
"Err, Quits – I know it's late- but could you help us tidy up?" she blurted. Quitsis gave a sigh of relief. Now she didn't have to go home and lie awake thinking about her lonesome life and how many dating opportunities she'd missed.
"Sure." She said warmly.
She spent the next few hours cleaning up confetti, organising forms and taking the hearts off the walls. All the people had left by the time she had tried to leave- so they were the only jobs left. When at last all the cleaning was done she retired back to her dorm. It had been a long, day, she couldn't wait for some sleep, and it was solate now she knew she'd manage to.
When she reached her dusty old dorm she lay down and sighed. Would this really work? She didn't know. She sighed, she shouldn't keep thinking about this. She slid into bed, to tired to change and drifted off to sleep.