Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Final Fantasy 8, any of it's characters, merchandising or anything else affiliated with it... I'm just a writer who is writing for fun.Author's Note: K, hi!
Well, if you already know me or have read any of my fics, I tend to put myself in my stories as one of the character's new love interest... This fic isn't any different from most of the others! ^.^ This time, my competition is the girl with the pigtail!^.^;; Anyway, I hope you enjoy this fic!
And just to make sure, in case you haven't read some of my other fics with this warning: Please don't flame me or yell at me for putting in a few new characters... This is my writing style, and I'm writing primarily for me to escape reality... It's all for fun, and if you don't like fics like this, that's what summaries are for...This is rated 'PG13' for suggested sexual content.
This is a fic about each of the following relationships: Squall/Rinoa, Irvine/Selphie, Seifer/Quistis, and a love triangle with Zell... And I always like a happy ending, so I kinda sorta brought Raine back to life... I know that isn't really possible, but I just had to make Laguna happy!! And everyone may be a bit OOC...That's all for now... on with the fic!
"Eye of the Storm" -- Part One
Zell ran through the Garden, swerving and dodging people here and there. He mumbled "Sorry"'s every now and then, but continued to hurry to the elevator. 'Ohhh... I'm late, Squall's gonna bitch about it...'
Once in the elevator, Zell caught his breath as the thought of his girlfriend, soon to be fiance, took over his mind. His thoughts turned to her long dark hair, always tied in that pigtail that first drew him to her... And her dark blue eyes and her smile... Oh, her smile... 'Val... my dear, sweet Valerie...' He pulled a small box from his back pocket and opened it. He sighed as he stared at the ring; it was a beautiful white diamond set in platinum. He had been saving up for it since that second Sorceress War, almost four years ago.
Since then, Trabia was rebuilt and continued to train recruits to become SeeDs under Squall's supervision at the, still quite mobile, Balamb Garden. Cid and Edea took control of Trabia Garden and remodeled it to become an orphanage. Now, Balamb Garden sailed through the ocean waters, usually found not too far from the location of the latest mission. Seifer had even come back with no memory of what happened, and, believe it or not, he became a SeeD after a long talk with Quistis -- Neither would even mention what happened that night in Quistis' classroom.
Zell put the box back in his pocket as he heard the elevator's faint 'ding'. This was a
big day for him; first he was celebrating one of his best friend's birthday, then he was going to go to dinner with the love of his life and propose. He laughed at the thought of Squall with a party hat on. "Haha, Rinoa's out $30 if he doesn't put that hat on..." he said to himself as he walked out of the elevator and toward the deck.
"Hmmm... I didn't think Squall would even tell us when his birthday was... Then again, Ellone was the one that told us... That is, after she told us that Laguna and Raine were Squall's parents..."
He remembered that Ellone had brought Raine back while the time dimensions were messed up. He still didn't know what Ellone had done, but sure enough, when the world was normal, an older Raine was back in Laguna's arms, as if she had never left. Ellone said that she did it for Laguna and Squall so that they'd be a complete family; Laguna had smiled at her and said, "It's only a complete family if you're here too." Ellone lived with Laguna and Raine when Squall went back to lead the Garden. "Zell?" asked a voice as he rounded the corner.
Zell jumped back a bit in surprise. "Huh? Oh, yea... Who are you?"
The girl standing before him giggled. "Squall sent me to find you." She was about 5' 2'' with long black hair that reached past her waist. The bottom 4 inches or so of her hair were dyed an electric blue, with two matching streaks of hair to the sides of her eyes that reached a length just below her chin. She had dark, mysterious brown eyes and she was wearing dark green, baggy, cotton pants and an orange tank top with gray sneakers -- then again, you could barely see her sneakers since her pants mostly covered it. "I'm Kimari... Squall's cousin, Laguna's niece."
"Oh... I guess you're here visiting Squall on his 21st birthday, right?" Zell asked as he and Kimari walked toward the deck.
Kimari smiled. "Yup..."
"So, Kimari, when and how you did you find out about Squall?" he questioned as he held open the door for her.
"You can call me Kim... I met him after the Sorceress War... I was an instructor at Trabia Garden, but when it was destroyed, I left to visit Uncle Laguna and help out as one of his generals... Eventually, I ended up staying with him, Raine, and Ellone since then... Squall came over very often..." She looked up at the tall -- well, taller than her at least -- boy and smiled. "By the way, I like your tattoo."
Zell smiled back. "I got it when I was 15... It took 3 hours cuz I kept complaining..." he said with a chuckle.
"You wanna see mine? I got it when I was 15 too..." Kim stopped and swung her long hair over her shoulder and lifted the back of her shirt to show Zell a phoenix on her lower back, wings spread and head up in a cry. "It took 6 hours... I could have sworn I was going to drown in my own tears," Kim told him with a giggle.
They joined the rest of the gang as they headed out for a picnic in the lush green meadows, just outside of Balamb. Squall led the way, with Rinoa fastened tightly to his arm and Ellone walking close by on the other side. Selphie, wearing Irvine's hat, had jumped onto his back, forcing him to carry her to the picnic spot. Quistis was complaining to Seifer that she was cold. Seifer just rolled his eyes and took off his trench coat. He draped it over Quistis' shoulders as she discreetly took hold of his hand. Selphie turned her head back toward Zell. "Hey, I thought you were going to bring Valerie?" she asked him.
"I was, but she said she had something to take care of..." Zell answered with a shrug.
"Oh, but you're still going to ask her, right?? I mean, you don't think she knows, do you?" Rinoa chimed in.
Zell laughed -- It was just like them to ask him so many questions. He always thought of it as payback for all the questions that he asked and the antics he pulled. "Yea, I'm still going to ask her... And no, I don't think she knows... She thinks that we're just going to dinner with my parents tonight... Speaking of parents... I thought yours were coming, Squall?"
Squall shrugged and Ellone answered for him. "Uncle Laguna and Raine were tied up on a business trip to the moon. They said they'd come in a couple days to see Squall and make it up to him."
"Yup, so Squall is stuck with me and Ellone for the next couple days.... Maybe even longer if Squall lets me stay here as a SeeD..." Kim added.
"Kim, we talked about this already... I know you've gone through all the training and passed the test and you're already a SeeD and all, but I would feel better if you stayed with Laguna... eerr, I mean, Dad..."
Kim scrunched up her noise in annoyance. "Just because I'm a few months younger... I wanna stay in the garden, Squall!"
"Kim! You know you and Ellone are real sisters to me, but I want you two to stay in Esthar... It's safer..." Squall argued back.
"I'm already a SeeD, I can take care of myself..."
Squall took a moment. "We'll talk about it later," he replied as they finally reached the picnic spot over looking the sparkling ocean waters.
As the girls set up the blanket and food, the guys made it a point to train in the nearby woods for an hour. In the woods, as Squall and Seifer raced to out do the other, Irvine and Zell hung back a bit. "So, like, are you ready for this, Zell?" Irvine asked his friend.
Zell shrugged. "I love her... I've loved her since the first day I saw her behind the counter in the library when she was 13, working for her sister in the library committee... Man, was I a mess... I was only 14, a new junior classman... I dropped a couple of text books on my foot when she asked if I needed help finding anything..."
Irvine laughed. "Ha, I would've killed to see that..."
Zell shot Irvine a look. "Well, at least she thought it was 'cute' and asked if I wanted to have a snack with her in the cafeteria and then she showed me around... Since then, it's been a wild ride." He paused for a minute. "Hey... So, what's up with Squall's cousin? Is she cool with us?"
Irvine raised an eyebrow. "You out of it or something? We met her 4 years ago... when Squall did, remember? Of course she's cool... Ohhh, wait! You weren't there! You left to see Val..." He scratched his head. "Hmm... I wonder why you never met her until now... She and Ellone came to see Squall tons of times..."
Zell shrugged. "I've never noticed her before..."
"That's funny..."
"Why is that funny?"
"I dunno... Maybe 'cause for the last 4 years, this beautiful girl has been coming and going from Balamb Garden on a regular basis and you're too wrapped up on a girl that works in the stuffy old library... But the real funny part is that you haven't noticed Kim, but she always asked about you..." Irvine said as he strolled off to follow Squall and Seifer.
Zell blinked. "Huh? She what? Wait! Irvine, come back here!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Quistis was getting tired of waiting for the guys. She sat with her legs dangling over the steep cliff, thinking to herself. 'Seifer...' He came back to her after that awful war. She smirked to herself as she thought about how jealous she was when he revealed he was the "Sorceress' Knight" and how he was so determined to do Ultimecia's bidding. But her dear Seifer went back to his smart ass ways, and back to her.
She always did find him attractive, and even with the egotistical remarks, she, and only she, knew about Seifer's real romantic dream. She had loved him since the first days together in the orphanage. He was the only one who didn't listen to her, which made him stand out in her mind. Seifer knew nothing of what happened to him, but Quistis told him every painful detail. In Quistis' classroom the night she told him everything and, through some unexplained phenomena, he changed right before her eyes. "Quistis?"
"Hmm?" She sat on her desk.
"Do you hate me as much as I think you do, or do you hate me more?" he asked her suddenly.
Quistis was taken back with surprise. "Why would you even ask me something like that?"
"Well, after you told me... I remember the orphanage... The others hate me, so I just thought... Ya know, I don't really hate them... It's all an act..." Seifer told her, whispering the last part.
She reached out for his hand and brought him closer to the desk so that he was no more than an inch from her face. "Seifer... I'll be here for you..." Quistis started to say. "Quisty..." Seifer trailed off as his lips inched closer to hers.
"Seifer... I want... I want you to fulfill your dream... be my knight?" she asked him softly before her lips met his.
Seifer returned the kiss passionately. "Yes... Yes I will, Quistis..."
Quistis pulled away and stood up from the desk. She took Seifer's hands and placed them on her hips, then ran her fingers through his hair. "Then show me your loyalty..." She brought her lips to his ear, and whispered, breathily, "I want you."
Seifer was a bit surprised. He looked deep into Quistis' eyes. "Are you sure?" Quistis smiled and took hold of the collar on Seifer's trench-coat. She slowly slipped it off his shoulders as she kissed him hard on the lips. "You may not have known this, but I liked you as a kid and I think I love you now..."
Seifer cleared Quistis' desk of papers and pens as she continued to peel off his clothes, neither breaking the bond between their lips. Seifer lifted Quistis' petite body and sat her on the desk, then started to unbutton the SeeD uniform she had been wearing that day. Quistis scooted back further on the desk, allowing Seifer to get on the desk as well. She laid down as Seifer crawled over her, kissing her neck, allowing her to catch her breath.
A soft hand fell on her shoulder, causing Quistis to snap out of her reverie. "Hm... Maybe I shouldn't have come over... You seem to have been thinking of something nice..." Rinoa said as she sat next to Quistis.
"No, it's ok..." Quistis said with a giggle. "It's not like it's something I don't do often enough with Seifer..."
Rinoa smiled. "Ohhh... I get it..." she giggled. "I won't even ask... Anyway, the guys are back so let's eat!"
At the picnic spot, only a few yards from the cliff, everyone was already seated. Quistis had a sudden urge to be in Seifer's arms, and so she was. She walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder as he slipped his hand onto her waist, gently guiding her down beside him.
The sun suddenly ducked behind some clouds, causing a shadow over the small party. "Hm? Looks like it's going to rain..." Selphie told everyone. "Maybe we should take the picnic inside?"
Squall shook his head. "It won't rain, don't worry."
As if on cue, a light drizzle started to fall. 'Damn...' Squall said to himself. Selphie giggled as she and the others packed up the picnic. "See, if you guys hadn't gone off, we would've had more time..." Rinoa half scolded, half teased the guys, as she handed Selphie the empty cups to put in the basket.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Back at the Garden... Squall announced departure from Balamb Harbor. They tried to avoid the storm, but the Garden was caught in the middle of it. "All we can do is drift... If we try to fight it, we may go under," Squall announced. "So, all we can do now is sit back and wait... This'll only last a day, maybe two... We have enough food so there's nothing to worry about... That's all for now."
Later...
"Guess there goes the dinner I planned," Zell told his friends who started to gather in the dormitory double-room he shared with Irvine.
Selphie walked in with Quistis after Squall and Rinoa. "Hm... Where's Irvy? Anyway, I'm sure he's coming... So, Zell... Why don't you go see her?" Selphie asked. "You don't need a big dinner to ask her to marry you!"
Zell shrugged. "Awe, c'mon chicken-wuss... Here, I'll make a deal with ya... If you go to her room and ask her right now, I'll stop callin' you chicken-wuss..." Seifer said, helping in his own way.
Zell rolled his eyes. "All right, I guess it's worth a shot."
"Yea! Go Zell!" came the support from his friends. He stood up and walked out the door, passing Ellone and Kim, who were on their way in.
"Huh? Where is he going?" they asked.
"He's going to propose..." Squall answered.
To Be Continued...Like it? Love it? Hate it? Despise it? (for other reasons than new characters) Good? Bad? Great? Sucked? Give me some input! ^.^ I hope that you liked it though... I'd like to know how you thought of it so leave a review or email me if you'd like! Thanks for reading! I hope to keep this series going for a bit!
Well, if you already know me or have read any of my fics, I tend to put myself in my stories as one of the character's new love interest... This fic isn't any different from most of the others! ^.^ This time, my competition is the girl with the pigtail!^.^;; Anyway, I hope you enjoy this fic!
And just to make sure, in case you haven't read some of my other fics with this warning: Please don't flame me or yell at me for putting in a few new characters... This is my writing style, and I'm writing primarily for me to escape reality... It's all for fun, and if you don't like fics like this, that's what summaries are for...This is rated 'PG13' for suggested sexual content.
This is a fic about each of the following relationships: Squall/Rinoa, Irvine/Selphie, Seifer/Quistis, and a love triangle with Zell... And I always like a happy ending, so I kinda sorta brought Raine back to life... I know that isn't really possible, but I just had to make Laguna happy!! And everyone may be a bit OOC...That's all for now... on with the fic!
"Eye of the Storm" -- Part One
Zell ran through the Garden, swerving and dodging people here and there. He mumbled "Sorry"'s every now and then, but continued to hurry to the elevator. 'Ohhh... I'm late, Squall's gonna bitch about it...'
Once in the elevator, Zell caught his breath as the thought of his girlfriend, soon to be fiance, took over his mind. His thoughts turned to her long dark hair, always tied in that pigtail that first drew him to her... And her dark blue eyes and her smile... Oh, her smile... 'Val... my dear, sweet Valerie...' He pulled a small box from his back pocket and opened it. He sighed as he stared at the ring; it was a beautiful white diamond set in platinum. He had been saving up for it since that second Sorceress War, almost four years ago.
Since then, Trabia was rebuilt and continued to train recruits to become SeeDs under Squall's supervision at the, still quite mobile, Balamb Garden. Cid and Edea took control of Trabia Garden and remodeled it to become an orphanage. Now, Balamb Garden sailed through the ocean waters, usually found not too far from the location of the latest mission. Seifer had even come back with no memory of what happened, and, believe it or not, he became a SeeD after a long talk with Quistis -- Neither would even mention what happened that night in Quistis' classroom.
Zell put the box back in his pocket as he heard the elevator's faint 'ding'. This was a
big day for him; first he was celebrating one of his best friend's birthday, then he was going to go to dinner with the love of his life and propose. He laughed at the thought of Squall with a party hat on. "Haha, Rinoa's out $30 if he doesn't put that hat on..." he said to himself as he walked out of the elevator and toward the deck.
"Hmmm... I didn't think Squall would even tell us when his birthday was... Then again, Ellone was the one that told us... That is, after she told us that Laguna and Raine were Squall's parents..."
He remembered that Ellone had brought Raine back while the time dimensions were messed up. He still didn't know what Ellone had done, but sure enough, when the world was normal, an older Raine was back in Laguna's arms, as if she had never left. Ellone said that she did it for Laguna and Squall so that they'd be a complete family; Laguna had smiled at her and said, "It's only a complete family if you're here too." Ellone lived with Laguna and Raine when Squall went back to lead the Garden. "Zell?" asked a voice as he rounded the corner.
Zell jumped back a bit in surprise. "Huh? Oh, yea... Who are you?"
The girl standing before him giggled. "Squall sent me to find you." She was about 5' 2'' with long black hair that reached past her waist. The bottom 4 inches or so of her hair were dyed an electric blue, with two matching streaks of hair to the sides of her eyes that reached a length just below her chin. She had dark, mysterious brown eyes and she was wearing dark green, baggy, cotton pants and an orange tank top with gray sneakers -- then again, you could barely see her sneakers since her pants mostly covered it. "I'm Kimari... Squall's cousin, Laguna's niece."
"Oh... I guess you're here visiting Squall on his 21st birthday, right?" Zell asked as he and Kimari walked toward the deck.
Kimari smiled. "Yup..."
"So, Kimari, when and how you did you find out about Squall?" he questioned as he held open the door for her.
"You can call me Kim... I met him after the Sorceress War... I was an instructor at Trabia Garden, but when it was destroyed, I left to visit Uncle Laguna and help out as one of his generals... Eventually, I ended up staying with him, Raine, and Ellone since then... Squall came over very often..." She looked up at the tall -- well, taller than her at least -- boy and smiled. "By the way, I like your tattoo."
Zell smiled back. "I got it when I was 15... It took 3 hours cuz I kept complaining..." he said with a chuckle.
"You wanna see mine? I got it when I was 15 too..." Kim stopped and swung her long hair over her shoulder and lifted the back of her shirt to show Zell a phoenix on her lower back, wings spread and head up in a cry. "It took 6 hours... I could have sworn I was going to drown in my own tears," Kim told him with a giggle.
They joined the rest of the gang as they headed out for a picnic in the lush green meadows, just outside of Balamb. Squall led the way, with Rinoa fastened tightly to his arm and Ellone walking close by on the other side. Selphie, wearing Irvine's hat, had jumped onto his back, forcing him to carry her to the picnic spot. Quistis was complaining to Seifer that she was cold. Seifer just rolled his eyes and took off his trench coat. He draped it over Quistis' shoulders as she discreetly took hold of his hand. Selphie turned her head back toward Zell. "Hey, I thought you were going to bring Valerie?" she asked him.
"I was, but she said she had something to take care of..." Zell answered with a shrug.
"Oh, but you're still going to ask her, right?? I mean, you don't think she knows, do you?" Rinoa chimed in.
Zell laughed -- It was just like them to ask him so many questions. He always thought of it as payback for all the questions that he asked and the antics he pulled. "Yea, I'm still going to ask her... And no, I don't think she knows... She thinks that we're just going to dinner with my parents tonight... Speaking of parents... I thought yours were coming, Squall?"
Squall shrugged and Ellone answered for him. "Uncle Laguna and Raine were tied up on a business trip to the moon. They said they'd come in a couple days to see Squall and make it up to him."
"Yup, so Squall is stuck with me and Ellone for the next couple days.... Maybe even longer if Squall lets me stay here as a SeeD..." Kim added.
"Kim, we talked about this already... I know you've gone through all the training and passed the test and you're already a SeeD and all, but I would feel better if you stayed with Laguna... eerr, I mean, Dad..."
Kim scrunched up her noise in annoyance. "Just because I'm a few months younger... I wanna stay in the garden, Squall!"
"Kim! You know you and Ellone are real sisters to me, but I want you two to stay in Esthar... It's safer..." Squall argued back.
"I'm already a SeeD, I can take care of myself..."
Squall took a moment. "We'll talk about it later," he replied as they finally reached the picnic spot over looking the sparkling ocean waters.
As the girls set up the blanket and food, the guys made it a point to train in the nearby woods for an hour. In the woods, as Squall and Seifer raced to out do the other, Irvine and Zell hung back a bit. "So, like, are you ready for this, Zell?" Irvine asked his friend.
Zell shrugged. "I love her... I've loved her since the first day I saw her behind the counter in the library when she was 13, working for her sister in the library committee... Man, was I a mess... I was only 14, a new junior classman... I dropped a couple of text books on my foot when she asked if I needed help finding anything..."
Irvine laughed. "Ha, I would've killed to see that..."
Zell shot Irvine a look. "Well, at least she thought it was 'cute' and asked if I wanted to have a snack with her in the cafeteria and then she showed me around... Since then, it's been a wild ride." He paused for a minute. "Hey... So, what's up with Squall's cousin? Is she cool with us?"
Irvine raised an eyebrow. "You out of it or something? We met her 4 years ago... when Squall did, remember? Of course she's cool... Ohhh, wait! You weren't there! You left to see Val..." He scratched his head. "Hmm... I wonder why you never met her until now... She and Ellone came to see Squall tons of times..."
Zell shrugged. "I've never noticed her before..."
"That's funny..."
"Why is that funny?"
"I dunno... Maybe 'cause for the last 4 years, this beautiful girl has been coming and going from Balamb Garden on a regular basis and you're too wrapped up on a girl that works in the stuffy old library... But the real funny part is that you haven't noticed Kim, but she always asked about you..." Irvine said as he strolled off to follow Squall and Seifer.
Zell blinked. "Huh? She what? Wait! Irvine, come back here!"
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Quistis was getting tired of waiting for the guys. She sat with her legs dangling over the steep cliff, thinking to herself. 'Seifer...' He came back to her after that awful war. She smirked to herself as she thought about how jealous she was when he revealed he was the "Sorceress' Knight" and how he was so determined to do Ultimecia's bidding. But her dear Seifer went back to his smart ass ways, and back to her.
She always did find him attractive, and even with the egotistical remarks, she, and only she, knew about Seifer's real romantic dream. She had loved him since the first days together in the orphanage. He was the only one who didn't listen to her, which made him stand out in her mind. Seifer knew nothing of what happened to him, but Quistis told him every painful detail. In Quistis' classroom the night she told him everything and, through some unexplained phenomena, he changed right before her eyes. "Quistis?"
"Hmm?" She sat on her desk.
"Do you hate me as much as I think you do, or do you hate me more?" he asked her suddenly.
Quistis was taken back with surprise. "Why would you even ask me something like that?"
"Well, after you told me... I remember the orphanage... The others hate me, so I just thought... Ya know, I don't really hate them... It's all an act..." Seifer told her, whispering the last part.
She reached out for his hand and brought him closer to the desk so that he was no more than an inch from her face. "Seifer... I'll be here for you..." Quistis started to say. "Quisty..." Seifer trailed off as his lips inched closer to hers.
"Seifer... I want... I want you to fulfill your dream... be my knight?" she asked him softly before her lips met his.
Seifer returned the kiss passionately. "Yes... Yes I will, Quistis..."
Quistis pulled away and stood up from the desk. She took Seifer's hands and placed them on her hips, then ran her fingers through his hair. "Then show me your loyalty..." She brought her lips to his ear, and whispered, breathily, "I want you."
Seifer was a bit surprised. He looked deep into Quistis' eyes. "Are you sure?" Quistis smiled and took hold of the collar on Seifer's trench-coat. She slowly slipped it off his shoulders as she kissed him hard on the lips. "You may not have known this, but I liked you as a kid and I think I love you now..."
Seifer cleared Quistis' desk of papers and pens as she continued to peel off his clothes, neither breaking the bond between their lips. Seifer lifted Quistis' petite body and sat her on the desk, then started to unbutton the SeeD uniform she had been wearing that day. Quistis scooted back further on the desk, allowing Seifer to get on the desk as well. She laid down as Seifer crawled over her, kissing her neck, allowing her to catch her breath.
A soft hand fell on her shoulder, causing Quistis to snap out of her reverie. "Hm... Maybe I shouldn't have come over... You seem to have been thinking of something nice..." Rinoa said as she sat next to Quistis.
"No, it's ok..." Quistis said with a giggle. "It's not like it's something I don't do often enough with Seifer..."
Rinoa smiled. "Ohhh... I get it..." she giggled. "I won't even ask... Anyway, the guys are back so let's eat!"
At the picnic spot, only a few yards from the cliff, everyone was already seated. Quistis had a sudden urge to be in Seifer's arms, and so she was. She walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder as he slipped his hand onto her waist, gently guiding her down beside him.
The sun suddenly ducked behind some clouds, causing a shadow over the small party. "Hm? Looks like it's going to rain..." Selphie told everyone. "Maybe we should take the picnic inside?"
Squall shook his head. "It won't rain, don't worry."
As if on cue, a light drizzle started to fall. 'Damn...' Squall said to himself. Selphie giggled as she and the others packed up the picnic. "See, if you guys hadn't gone off, we would've had more time..." Rinoa half scolded, half teased the guys, as she handed Selphie the empty cups to put in the basket.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Back at the Garden... Squall announced departure from Balamb Harbor. They tried to avoid the storm, but the Garden was caught in the middle of it. "All we can do is drift... If we try to fight it, we may go under," Squall announced. "So, all we can do now is sit back and wait... This'll only last a day, maybe two... We have enough food so there's nothing to worry about... That's all for now."
Later...
"Guess there goes the dinner I planned," Zell told his friends who started to gather in the dormitory double-room he shared with Irvine.
Selphie walked in with Quistis after Squall and Rinoa. "Hm... Where's Irvy? Anyway, I'm sure he's coming... So, Zell... Why don't you go see her?" Selphie asked. "You don't need a big dinner to ask her to marry you!"
Zell shrugged. "Awe, c'mon chicken-wuss... Here, I'll make a deal with ya... If you go to her room and ask her right now, I'll stop callin' you chicken-wuss..." Seifer said, helping in his own way.
Zell rolled his eyes. "All right, I guess it's worth a shot."
"Yea! Go Zell!" came the support from his friends. He stood up and walked out the door, passing Ellone and Kim, who were on their way in.
"Huh? Where is he going?" they asked.
"He's going to propose..." Squall answered.
To Be Continued...Like it? Love it? Hate it? Despise it? (for other reasons than new characters) Good? Bad? Great? Sucked? Give me some input! ^.^ I hope that you liked it though... I'd like to know how you thought of it so leave a review or email me if you'd like! Thanks for reading! I hope to keep this series going for a bit!