It was a beautiful day at the Garden and Squall, Irvine, and Zell were all
stuck indoors taking a math final. Irvine had been looking off of his
neighbor's paper for the past fifteen minutes, and since the instructor was
sleeping he continued to do so. Zell, being the brilliant mathematician
that he is, was already finished and was now napping quietly on his desk.
"Psst! Hey Squall," whispered Irvine.
"What?" answered a bored Squall.
"Are you and Rinoa, you know—still together?"
"For the millionth time today Irvine no we are not still together."
"Why?" asked Irvine while looking at another students paper.
"We had some differences that we couldn't work out. Now work on your test," replied Squall.
"I am working," he said as he wrote down another answer, "So what we the differences?"
"I'd rather not discuss this matter with you Irvine. I know how you get in discussions that have to do with the female race."
"That's harsh man. I know what I am talking about. Now come on tell me. Maybe I can help you two get back together."
"No, I don't think you can. We had some really deep…personal matters that we disagreed on," sighed Squall. At this point the instructor woke and realized that his students were all chatting giving little or no attention to their tests.
"Class! Get back to work! The next time I hear someone talk I will take away every test and flunk all of you!" screamed the instructor. At this threat all but Zell went back to working on their tests. In the next thirty minutes everyone in the class finished and Irvine started up again.
"So are you going to tell me about the "personal problems" that you and Rinoa had?" inquired Irvine curiously.
"No," was Squall's one word reply.
"Fine! Just go ahead and wither away in your own misery Squall but when you want to talk don't even think about coming to me for pity!" stormed Irvine. With that he grabbed his books and moved across the room to talk to the more intelligent half of the class—the females.
Meanwhile, Rinoa and Quistis were in their dorm gossiping about anything that came to mind. As Quistis sat at the computer and added to her online diary Rinoa talked to her hearts content about anything that she wanted to get out of her system. She started with, "So Quistis, who are you fancying these days?"
"I don't really fancy anyone at this time. I find them all either to be too immature, self-centered, perverted, not very intelligent—"
"Ok I get the point," interrupted Rinoa, " Well as you know Squall and I went our separate ways last week—"
Here she goes again. I hope she doesn't start balling about how wonderful Squall was and how sweet he always was to her. I think I would die if I had to listen to that again. I'm just glad that she doesn't know that when I found out that they had broken up I jumped for joy and had a little party to myself. I have been dreaming of the day when I could finally have my chance with Squall for almost three years now. I have to be careful though. He is still vulnerable and I don't want to lose Rinoa's friendship over a guy. Even if she does get rather annoying after a while. Especially when all she ever talked about was Squall. No, she still only talks about Squall—
Quistis's thoughts were interrupted by a simple question from Rinoa, "Quistis are you listening?"
"I'm sorry Rinoa I guess I got carried away in my paper," lied Quistis, "continue though, please."
"Ok. Thanks for being so open minded with me Quistis. I really appreciate that you always listen to me. I know I can get a little out of hand sometimes but I have to get my feelings out in the open. If I didn't I might go nuts!" Rinoa stated gratefully.
"Sure, no problem. What are friends for anyway?" replied Quistis, " hey I've got an idea to get your mind off of Squall. Why don't we go on a little vacation? You know take the scenic route to the beach and stay there for a week or so."
"Yeah! That's a great idea Quistis! We should ask the others if they want to go with!" Rinoa said as she jumped up from the bed and began to get her coat and shoes on.
"Are you sure that you can spend a week out in the wilderness with Squall there? I mean I don't want you to get upset over him being there."
"Nonsense. I will not let Squall get me down. Besides if we go then the others will feel left out. Squall and I may have broken up but I still want to be friends with him," stated Rinoa.
"Alright lets go to the cafeteria. Everyone else will be getting out of class soon and then we can all eat lunch," suggested Quistis.
**Lunch in the cafeteria**
"Hey guys, Quistis had a great idea. Since tomorrow starts our summer vacation why don't we all go to the beach and camp out for a week? We can take off tomorrow after we get all of our stuff together and have a vehicle rented. So what do you guys think?" Rinoa asked excitedly.
"I think it's an excellent idea. I have been dying to go to the beach and get a tan and play in the waves!" Selphie said bouncing energetically in her seat.
"I'm for it," replied Zell in between bites of hot dog. He had made sure that he was first in line today to get his share of his favorite food.
"Hell yeah! Do you know what kinds of awesome things we could do?!?! Wow! I can't wait to go!" Irvine exclaimed excitedly.
"What about you Squall?" questioned Quistis, "Are you going to accompany us?"
"Why not?" Squall said to his waiting friends.
"Great! Ok Squall we'll leave you in charge of renting a large van or RV. Selphie get all the beach accessories like beach balls, volley ball net, pretty much anything you think that we will like. Rinoa and I will get all the food and necessities packed. Zell we'd like you to call the beach camping grounds and make the reservations, and I think that's it!" ordered Quistis.
"Alright so we leave tomorrow? What time?" asked Selphie.
"Let's aim for about 9:30 a.m.," said Rinoa.
"Ok everyone, get your things together tonight and we'll meet at the front entrance at 9 a.m. sharp!" Quistis said.
"Psst! Hey Squall," whispered Irvine.
"What?" answered a bored Squall.
"Are you and Rinoa, you know—still together?"
"For the millionth time today Irvine no we are not still together."
"Why?" asked Irvine while looking at another students paper.
"We had some differences that we couldn't work out. Now work on your test," replied Squall.
"I am working," he said as he wrote down another answer, "So what we the differences?"
"I'd rather not discuss this matter with you Irvine. I know how you get in discussions that have to do with the female race."
"That's harsh man. I know what I am talking about. Now come on tell me. Maybe I can help you two get back together."
"No, I don't think you can. We had some really deep…personal matters that we disagreed on," sighed Squall. At this point the instructor woke and realized that his students were all chatting giving little or no attention to their tests.
"Class! Get back to work! The next time I hear someone talk I will take away every test and flunk all of you!" screamed the instructor. At this threat all but Zell went back to working on their tests. In the next thirty minutes everyone in the class finished and Irvine started up again.
"So are you going to tell me about the "personal problems" that you and Rinoa had?" inquired Irvine curiously.
"No," was Squall's one word reply.
"Fine! Just go ahead and wither away in your own misery Squall but when you want to talk don't even think about coming to me for pity!" stormed Irvine. With that he grabbed his books and moved across the room to talk to the more intelligent half of the class—the females.
Meanwhile, Rinoa and Quistis were in their dorm gossiping about anything that came to mind. As Quistis sat at the computer and added to her online diary Rinoa talked to her hearts content about anything that she wanted to get out of her system. She started with, "So Quistis, who are you fancying these days?"
"I don't really fancy anyone at this time. I find them all either to be too immature, self-centered, perverted, not very intelligent—"
"Ok I get the point," interrupted Rinoa, " Well as you know Squall and I went our separate ways last week—"
Here she goes again. I hope she doesn't start balling about how wonderful Squall was and how sweet he always was to her. I think I would die if I had to listen to that again. I'm just glad that she doesn't know that when I found out that they had broken up I jumped for joy and had a little party to myself. I have been dreaming of the day when I could finally have my chance with Squall for almost three years now. I have to be careful though. He is still vulnerable and I don't want to lose Rinoa's friendship over a guy. Even if she does get rather annoying after a while. Especially when all she ever talked about was Squall. No, she still only talks about Squall—
Quistis's thoughts were interrupted by a simple question from Rinoa, "Quistis are you listening?"
"I'm sorry Rinoa I guess I got carried away in my paper," lied Quistis, "continue though, please."
"Ok. Thanks for being so open minded with me Quistis. I really appreciate that you always listen to me. I know I can get a little out of hand sometimes but I have to get my feelings out in the open. If I didn't I might go nuts!" Rinoa stated gratefully.
"Sure, no problem. What are friends for anyway?" replied Quistis, " hey I've got an idea to get your mind off of Squall. Why don't we go on a little vacation? You know take the scenic route to the beach and stay there for a week or so."
"Yeah! That's a great idea Quistis! We should ask the others if they want to go with!" Rinoa said as she jumped up from the bed and began to get her coat and shoes on.
"Are you sure that you can spend a week out in the wilderness with Squall there? I mean I don't want you to get upset over him being there."
"Nonsense. I will not let Squall get me down. Besides if we go then the others will feel left out. Squall and I may have broken up but I still want to be friends with him," stated Rinoa.
"Alright lets go to the cafeteria. Everyone else will be getting out of class soon and then we can all eat lunch," suggested Quistis.
**Lunch in the cafeteria**
"Hey guys, Quistis had a great idea. Since tomorrow starts our summer vacation why don't we all go to the beach and camp out for a week? We can take off tomorrow after we get all of our stuff together and have a vehicle rented. So what do you guys think?" Rinoa asked excitedly.
"I think it's an excellent idea. I have been dying to go to the beach and get a tan and play in the waves!" Selphie said bouncing energetically in her seat.
"I'm for it," replied Zell in between bites of hot dog. He had made sure that he was first in line today to get his share of his favorite food.
"Hell yeah! Do you know what kinds of awesome things we could do?!?! Wow! I can't wait to go!" Irvine exclaimed excitedly.
"What about you Squall?" questioned Quistis, "Are you going to accompany us?"
"Why not?" Squall said to his waiting friends.
"Great! Ok Squall we'll leave you in charge of renting a large van or RV. Selphie get all the beach accessories like beach balls, volley ball net, pretty much anything you think that we will like. Rinoa and I will get all the food and necessities packed. Zell we'd like you to call the beach camping grounds and make the reservations, and I think that's it!" ordered Quistis.
"Alright so we leave tomorrow? What time?" asked Selphie.
"Let's aim for about 9:30 a.m.," said Rinoa.
"Ok everyone, get your things together tonight and we'll meet at the front entrance at 9 a.m. sharp!" Quistis said.