Haaallo! Okay well this is a new fic, no duh P, I don't know where I'm going with this one but I hope you like it! I'll try and update every month but being in grade 11 wont really speed up that process. )
Tifa walked slowly down the empty halls of her high school. She trudged along checking all the numbers on the doors. It was the first day of high school of her senior year. She would be graduating this year and found it almost too exciting to bear. Her goal this year was to make a good final impression on everyone, so far she'd failed in her mission. She was already late for her first class. Luckily it was art so she wasn't too concerned since the teacher favoured her. The art teacher was the only one. The rest found Tifa too mouthy. She had opinions to share but the teachers of other classes never valued those opinions.
Her wine coloured eyes scanned the numbers. 'A111, A112, A113' She read the numbers to herself as she ran down the hall. She class was in A120 and she was getting closer. Tifa's thoughts were rudely interrupted when she smacked straight into another form. She stumbled back wards and fell over. The smackie was unfazed by her actions and stood solidly as if nothing had happened.
Tifa's unsure gaze travelled up to meet the icy eyes of Rufus Shinra. Tifa blushed as he stared down at her. He looked annoyed but unfazed. Rufus kneeled down by her and grabbed her hand. He stood her up and she dusted herself off.
"I'm sorry, I didn't see you" She tried her best not to look intimidated. He was rich and famous, plus he was of a different social group. While Tifa and her friends went out partying and chatted loudly in the cafeteria Rufus and his friends would stay away from the public and never talk to anyone they didn't deem worthy of their attention. Tifa was more then a little shocked that Rufus had helped her up but she figured it was because no one was around.
"Next time you want to be close to me, just ask" Rufus smirked and Tifa rolled her eyes.
"Well whatever, sorry, bye" She said quickly and rushed down the hall. He smirked at her departing figure. Something about terrorizing the weak made him smile. He found it fun, to most people's disgust. He slipped his hands into his pockets and walked after her. He wasn't in as big of a rush as she was to get to art.
Tifa crept into the classroom and took her seat. She was proud that she wasn't spotted by the teacher and gave her friend Yuffie a confident smirk.
"Don't be late next time Miss Lockhart" Mr. Jack said. Tifa smacked her head on the desk and Aerith giggled. Tifa gave her friend an 'I give up look' and Aerith smiled in return. Mr. Jack finished with his notes and started introducing the class to its numerous assignments. Tifa rested her head in her palm and her elbow on her desk. She listened as he explained the projects. Tifa's eyes travelled around the room in boredom. She looked over at Yuffie. The tiny girl was busy scribbling hearts and "I love yous" all over a piece of paper. It was no doubt a note meant for Vincent's eyes only. Yuffie and Vincent had been dating for 2 years. They never seemed to tire of each other and were by far the strangest couple Tifa had ever seen. She looked over at Aerith next. Aerith was single and so she wasn't writing any love notes. She was staring at the teacher with mild interest as she pretended to pay attention.
Tifa often wondered about Aerith. She cared too much about others and not about herself. Tifa's second goal this year was to set her up on a date with someone good. She was thinking about Cloud. Cloud and her had dated for a while, after being childhood friends. Tifa would always love him and he would always love her but they couldn't deal with being in a relationship. No matter who they dated they would always be in love with someone else, which was their curse. Tifa thought it could be fun to set Cloud and Aerith up. Tifa looked over at Reno and Elena. They were chatting quietly and staring at various students. Rude was near them and looked way beyond bored. They were Rufus' friends so she wouldn't be surprised if they were talking about her or anyone else in a negative way.
Rufus calmly strolled into the classroom. Tifa's mouth almost dropped to the floor when the teacher said nothing to him for being late. She guessed having a rich and powerful father was enough to silence anyone.
Rufus sat down behind her and turned to face Elena, Reno and Rude.
"Oh great we're stuck with him" Yuffie rolled her eyes and Tifa smirked.
"This has just become the worst block of the day" Tifa sighed in frustration. She was hoping he wouldn't be in any of her classes. His sheer presence made anyone unable to concentrate. Most feared he would read their mind when they were thinking negatively of him and shoot them or something extreme like that. Tifa doubted that even Rufus Shinra had mind reading powers but she knew he had a short temper and was extremely rude.
Mr. Jack rambled on for some time before he let them start on their first assignment. They had to draw a picture of a mythical creature in pencil and include detail and shading. Tifa decided to draw the ice goddess Shiva. She figured it would be a nice change from the clichés like unicorns and fairies. She moved over to Aerith and Yuffie so they could talk.
"Can you believe we're in Grade 12! It's crazy" Yuffie exclaimed.
"Don't doubt I haven't thought about that for every second leading up to the first say of school" Aerith sighed thinking about it once again. She moved her thick brown hair away from her eyes. Yuffie bounced in her chair as she drew. Aerith stared off into space and Tifa worked hard. She was almost jealous that Aerith able to do so well in school. The girl wasn't working now and wouldn't be for the next 6 classes but when time came to hand in the project it would be done and done to perfection.
Tifa sketched out her drawing roughly before it was time to go. Tifa put it into her binder and packed up all her things. Aerith, Yuffie and Aerith headed down the hall together.
"So when are we going dress shopping?" Aerith asked.
"It's close but it's not that close. We'll worry about that later" Tifa smiled brightly.
"Okay okay, but can we pick out dates now?" Aerith grinned.
"Vincent's taking me" Yuffie smirked; Tifa and Aerith exchanged a glance.
"No duh! Who are you going with Aerith?" Tifa grinned and gave her friend a sly look.
"I dunno, I was hoping Cloud or Zack would take me" A small blush crept across her cheeks as she mentioned their names.
"Don't worry I'll set you up" Tifa nudged her friend.
"That's what I'm worried about" Aerith smirked and Tifa giggled.
"What about you Tiff?" Yuffie asked, leaning her head towards her.
"I dunno" She shrugged. Tifa was gorgeous and everyone in the school knew it. She walked with confidence and hung out with equally beautiful friends plus she had a body to die for. But… boy friends weren't her thing. Tifa found them boring and needy. She could never have a good time with them since very rarely did they share the same interests. Tifa like the business world and her job at 7th heaven. She found it boring to talk about football and WWF.
"When are you ever going to get a boy friend Tiff!" Yuffie whined.
"I don't know, later" She smiled as they entered their socials class. Tifa, Aerith and Yuffie took their seats at the back of the class. Cloud was in the class as well. He gave Tifa a childish smile and sat down in front of her.
"Hey Tiff. Hey Aerith, Yuffie" He nodded in their direction. Aerith blushed and smiled and Yuffie gave a slight wave back.
"Hey Cloud. How was your summer?" Tifa asked.
"Do you even need to ask? I spent half of it with Yuffie, Aerith and you" He grinned and Tifa rolled her eyes.
"I know that silly, but how was in general?" She smirked and he gave her a sheepish smile.
"Good" He said and faced the front of the classroom. The class began and Tifa scanned her classmates once again. To her disappointment Rufus could be found in this class as well. Luckily only Elena and Reno where with him this time. Rude and Tseng were not. The teacher, Mr. Valentino, started off by telling the class about an up coming field trip.
"You'll be going camping as a class" He started. Tifa exchanged an excited glance with Aerith and Yuffie. "You will be staying in cabins but will hike around to different parts of the forest we'll be visiting. The longest hike takes 5 hours and there's a cabin there where you can rest. Then you'll head back.""Why are we going now? It's only the beginning of the year," Elena asked.
"Because the weather is still nice and this way you wont have to worry about final exams at the end of the year" Mr. Valentino smiled and Elena gave a nodded that she understood.
"Too bad we'll be stuck with them," Aerith pointed over at Reno and Rufus who were snickering the corner.
"And Vincent's not here!" Yuffie said, raising her voice slightly as she whined. Just at that moment Vincent strolled through the door.
"Late Valentine. Sit down" Mr. V commanded and Vincent shrugged. He had been delayed at his locker, wasn't his fault. Vincent sat down in front of Yuffie, beside cloud.
"That was lucky" Yuffie sighed, "I'm happy your going on the field trip with us" Yuffie smiled brightly at her boy friend. When she noticed everyone was staring, her smiled was whipped off her face in a flash. Tifa knew Yuffie couldn't live without Vincent for more then a day. She found it cute. Vincent was the same way. He was more clam about it but Tifa knew he wanted to be with her just as much. Tifa sat through the instructions of the field trip. They would be staying in cabins, one for girls and one for boys. Each day they would hike to different spots in the woods. They were expected to take pictures and notes on each area's importance. Mr. V explained that they would be put into different groups. Each group would visit each location on a different day.
"The groups will be… Group 1. Cloud, Vincent, Rinoa, Celes and Locke" Cloud and Vincent exchanged a glance, they were happy to be in the same group together. Aerith and Yuffie frowned at the fact that they wouldn't be in the same group as them.
"Group 2 will be… Selphie, Terra, Cid, Barret, Cait, and Zell" Mr. V read out the second group as Tifa held her breath. She was hoping to be in the same group as Aerith and Yuffie.
"Group 3 is Tifa, Aerith, Yuffie" Mrs. V started. The 3 girls exchanged excited smiles. Tifa was more then happy, any other addition to their group couldn't be bad at all, as long as she was with her friends. "Reno, Elena and Rufus" Tifa was more then proven wrong. Her face fell as she turned to Aerith and Yuffie. A similar expression was written on their faces, one that said 'Help!' "Well aren't you guys lucky." Cloud turned around and smirked, "You get to spend a week with the prince of all jerks, a total suck up and a idiotic goof" Cloud continued on talking about Rufus, Elena and Reno. Tifa put her head on her desk.
"This was going to be fun" She sighed. Cloud shrugged.
"It still could be" He smirked and looked over at Rufus who was flipping his hair and rolling his eyes at the teacher. "Or…. Not" "We're doomed" Yuffie whined. And Aerith sighed.
"Maybe it won't be that bad…" She hoped as she looked over at the three they would be stuck with.
"Maybe is a long shot," Cloud laughed.
"Mr. Strife listen up" Mr. V snapped lightly and Cloud rotated in his chair to face him. Mr. V started talking about the longest hike they would be going on. He said it would take 5 hours. Each group would stop and rest in a cabin found up at the end of the trail. There would be a fridge with drinks and snacks for each group. Marks would be deducted if a group ate another group's snack.
After the long lecture the class was dismissed. Tifa headed to her next couple classes. She once again sat through rules and boring lectures found at the start of every school year. Time couldn't go slow enough as different teachers explained the same thing over and over. "No talking out of turn" or "I'll respect you if you respect me" was common to hear from any teacher's mouth. Tifa was close to falling asleep. She was constantly thinking about what the others were up to and about the upcoming trip. Tifa was excited to go but was unsure they would make any progress with Rufus in their group. Reno and Elena would follow who ever was more popular at the time so they could be tamed. But Rufus was a whole other story. He did things his own way and had little consideration for other people's feelings.
Finally she was able to escape from the last boring lecture before lunch. She grabbed her binder and headed to her locker. She was free! For a little while anyways. She passed Reno, Elena, Rufus, and Rude who all snickered as she walked. Tifa rolled her eyes, like they were worth her time.
"Look at her, she's just another good girl trying to be bad" Reno sneered, sounding like he didn't mean it.
"How do you mean?" Elena asked, she didn't see anything wrong with her.
"Well she wear skirts and boots, sits and the back of the class and talks out of turn but she's a top student and has never been sent to the office" Reno explained his theory.
"She just like Aerith and Yuffie" Rufus commented dryly. "Bunch of bitches" "I… don't think they're that bad" Elena said quietly.
"Neither do I, but Rufus obviously does" Rude said, Elena was a little surprised. It was one of Rude's longer sentences, those always shocked her.
"Sure is gorgeous though" Reno snickered.
"Just like her friends" Elena commented. Reno gave Elena a concerned look but decided not to talk about what he was thinking.
"Meh" Rufus shrugged, "She's got nothing no one else has" "Are you kidding, those three girls have everything others don't. Tifa's just the only one that's untouchable" Reno chuckled, "She seems to hate guys." "I bet she likes me" Rufus smirked.
"You think everyone likes you," Tseng commented as he strolled into the join the group.
"Well everyone does" Rufus smirked.
"I don't" Tseng sneered and leaned up against one of the lockers.
"I could get anyone to fall in love with me" Rufus smirked again and flicked his hair confidently.
"Then get her," Tseng point at Tifa.
"No way, anyone I want I can get. And I don't want her" Rufus made a face.
"When we go on the hiking trip see if you'd be interested. Then try and get her. Even when you want to, you wont be able to" Reno dared.
"Fine, I'll think about it. But right now it's more then a strong no" Rufus rolled his eyes and walked to the cafeteria to get his lunch.
Tifa sat down with her friends at their usual table. She sat down beside Cloud at the end of the table. Cloud was sitting beside Yuffie, who was sitting beside Vincent. Across from Cloud was Barret, beside him was Cid, and beside him was Aerith. Tifa barely knew Barret and Cid but she figured they were nice. Cloud and Vincent knew them and that's how they came to sit with them. Tifa ate her lunch quietly while everyone else chatted away.
"What's wrong Teef?" Cloud asked. Tifa knew he wanted an answer. He was the only person who called her that, everyone else called her "Tiff" for short. He only used that nickname when he meant business.
"Nothing at all. But you know Cloud I think you should ask Aerith out" Tifa whispered to him.
"Is that what you were thinking about?" Cloud asked.
"Yeah" Tifa replied.
"Oh, well I don't think she likes me" Cloud admitted.
"Well I think she does, and I say you should ask her out. Come on, all she can say is no" Tifa almost pleaded with him.
"I'll think about it. I'm kinda too shy," He admitted and Tifa rolled her eyes.
"Fine, but be quick about thinking. Girls like Aerith don't stay single for long" Tifa warned.
"Then how come your still single" Cloud asked with a smirked on his face.
"Because I'm not as pretty as her" Tifa rolled her eyes. She knew that Aerith and her were equal in beauty but she just didn't want a boyfriend right now. It was something Cloud had a hard time understanding and so he would just end up frustrating her with millions of questions.
"What ever Teef" He said, rolling his mako eyes.
"Yes whatever" Tifa closed any remaining arguments with that. She ate her lunch in peace and quite. Today was a strange day for her. Everything was moving so fast and she had a weird feeling in her stomach. It was almost a feeling of loneliness but Tifa wasn't sure how that could be possible considering all her friends surrounded her. She wasn't looking forwards to sitting through another class of lectures though. Maybe that was the feeling, the feeling of not wanting to go to boring lectures. Tifa doubted it but she was sure it was nothing serious.
"Tifa? Are you working after school?" Aerith asked she had her 'I want to talk' expression. It was one Tifa could never turn down.
"I am, sorry but you can hang with me at the bar, it shouldn't be too busy today" Tifa gave her an apologetic smile. Aerith just smiled back.
"Great" She clapped her hands together and Yuffie looked at them. She had a fake hurt expression on her face. She dramatically sniffed and rubbed her eyes.
"You guys don't want me there?" she cried, Tifa and Aerith exchanged a glance.
"We already knew you had plans with Vincent" Aerith rolled her eyes. Yuffie grinned and shrugged.
"I know so I can't go" Yuffie said as if she had won some battle of wits. Tifa giggled. The lunch bell rang and all the students seated in the cafeteria dragged themselves to their classes. Tifa was no exception as she walked with Aerith to Math. Aerith was a math wiz. Tifa found it a lot more difficult then Aerith did.
"I hate math" Tifa whined.
"I know" Aerith smiled, she'd been friends with Tifa long enough to know at least that much.
"Sorry" Tifa smiled meekly hoping she wasn't annoying her friend, "So why did you want to know if I was working after school?" "What? Can't a friend want to hang out?" Aerith asked innocently.
"No" Tifa said raising an eyebrow.
"Well I kinda want to talk to you about Zack" Aerith said. Tifa put a finger to her chin in thought. She was trying to remember who he was. She snapped her fingers when she remembered. He was the black haired boy that bore a striking resemblance to Cloud.
"Oh him. Yeah what about him?" Tifa asked as she took her seat.
"I'll tell you at your bar okay?" Aerith gave a nod meaning her mind was set. Tifa didn't try to say anything further on the matter. Tifa sat with her elbow on her desk and chin resting in her palm. She was listening to the teacher talk about the same thing, just as she had done for the last 30 minutes. She watched the clock tick tick tick but it never seemed to be in a hurry. Every first day of school was like this for her. Tifa let the gaze of her whine coloured eyes travel to the window. She watched as several students walked by. Most were headed to the field for gym but others had the afternoon off. Tifa would have that next semester and they would not. It was something she was looking forward too.
"Tifa your not sleeping are you" Aerith poked her friend in her thin side.
"Nope" Tifa smiled and poked Aerith back. The rest of the class went by quicker after that wake up call. Tifa was soon dismissed and headed out the door. She walked down the hall to her locker. Aerith had branched off to her own locker and would meet Tifa at the bar. Tifa grabbed her backpack and stuffed her books inside the dark interior. She knew it would get heavier with each day but she was enjoying the lightness for now. Tifa walked down the hall. She looked up ahead to see Reno, Rude and Rufus pushing a kid around.
"What a geek" Rufus smirked. The kid looked close to tears, Tifa rolled her eyes 'Jerks' she thought' "Nothing to do after school? Maybe you wanna come to a beat up party" Reno chuckled at his own extremely lame joke, "Alone or taken?" He questioned the kid as to whether or not he had any place to be. Either way he answered would go badly for him.
"Taken" Tifa walked by and grabbed the kid by the collar. She dragged him away from the crowd and out the door, leaving a shocked expression on Rufus' face. She let go of him once they were outside the doors.
"Are you okay?" Tifa asked looking the by over for any injuries.
"Yeah fine" He smiled brightly.
"Watch out for yourself…." Tifa searched for a name.
"Hojo" The boy answered.
"Right, okay take care Hojo!" Tifa gave a nod.
"Thanks" Hojo said.
"Bye!" She waved and went on to work. She started walking down the path she usually took. She felt like someone was following her. Sure enough she was right. A hand roughly grabbed her shoulder and whirled her around to face her "attacker." Tifa looked up to see a red faced Rufus glaring down at her with icy eyes.
"What?" She asked bumping his hand off her shoulder. She noticed that Elena, Reno, Rude and Tseng were following close behind.
"Why did you do that?" Rufus asked angrily, he knew he was getting mad at her for no reason but no one made him look stupid!
"To save that kid from getting his ass kicked?" Tifa tried and placed her hands on her small hips. She was into her "bar" mode, a mode in which no one dared mess with her.
"You had no right," Rufus snapped.
"No right!" Tifa snapped back "You have to be kidding, I'm not even going to argue with you about this." Tifa turned to leave and mutter as her farewell "Jerks." Rufus' ears caught her statement and it made him madder. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her back to him. Grabbing both her wrists he pulled her very close to him. Tifa was surprised at first. Her feet where barely touching the ground as she held her up. Tifa could feel his body heat and damp breath by her ear. Tifa swallowed slowly she shivered as he tighten the grip on her wrist.
"No one talks to me like that," Rufus sneered down at her. Now Tifa got angry.
"You listen here Rufus, I don't back down to anyone and some spoiled brat is no exception" She snapped harshly, she pushed him far away from her. Rufus stumbled back a bit. "Never bother me again" Tifa spat, eyes narrowed and she looked like she was ready to kill.
"I…" Rufus was about to snap something back but Tifa yelled at him.
"Haul ass! Get out of here" She kicked at him and he narrowed his eyes back her. Reno, Rude, Tseng, and Elena were already backing away from Tifa as if she was going to bite their heads off. With how mad she was right now she wouldn't be surprised if she did. "Get!" Rufus turned and left with his group. He was more then mad. He furiously stomped away; no one made him look stupid more then one time in a day. He would have his revenge somehow, Tifa wasn't going to shoo him away like a dog and get away with it. He would make her camping trip hell and the rest of her year suck.
"Man she's tough" Reno took a quick look at Tifa's departing figure.
"Find out where she works. I'll destroy her anyway I can" Rufus glared back as well.
"I guess this means you won't be taking my bet?" Tseng questioned.
"Hell no!" Rufus became more furious. He pushed his way past his friends, sending Elena flying into Reno's arms in the process.
"Think he's mad?" Elena asked straightening herself out.
"Yeah" Reno sighed and ran his fingers through his flaming locks.
Tifa stomped into her bar and slammed a glass on the table. She filled it with water and drank it all in one go. Aerith was already there and watching her with wonder as her friend went fuming around the bar.
"Um…. Tiff? What's wrong?" Aerith questioned quietly.
"ShinRa brat! Jerks, every last one of them," Tifa snapped, she took a deep breath and clamed down. She looked at Aerith's puzzled expression and explained everything that happened.
"You haven't had a good run in with him today, have you?" Aerith said once she knew about the hallway incident in the morning and what happened after school.
"Nooooo, I smack into him in the hall, he gets no trouble form any teachers, he hurt my wrist! And he's in one to many of my classes" Tifa sighed in frustration.
"It sounds hard but just ignore him" Aerith smiled, she knew how annoying Rufus and his friends could be. They hounded her in grade 9 because she was 'too nice' or some lame reason like that. They eventually moved on to a new target but Aerith would forever hate them.
"I guess so" Tifa made a face, and then remember the main reason Aerith was here, "So what did you want to talk about?" Tifa slide a drink towards a costumer.
"Okay Zack. Well you see he and I have been talking a lot lately he's really nice. I consider him a good friend but he considers me more so," Aerith told her; Tifa gave her a puzzled look.
"How do you know?" Tifa questioned, she was never good at guessing guys feelings and if she ever tired she was 99 percent of the time wrong.
"He asked me out" Aerith smiled weakly as Tifa's mouth dropped open. She quickly closed it when she realized it wasn't too big a deal.
"So what's the problem? Date him" She smiled and Aerith shrugged.
"I would because I do kinda like him but what about Cloud" Aerith sighed.
"Aerith I would date Zack now. I think Cloud likes you but I don't think he's in girlfriend mode right now" Tifa sighed, "Maybe if he sees you with another guy he can truly make up his mind. But there's no point in you waiting around for him" "True, maybe I will date Zack. And besides it's not like I'm going to marry him so I'll still have other boyfriends. One of them could be Cloud but if not I guess that's fine" Aerith smiled brightly again.
"I need to get out anyways, no point in waiting for him" "Exactly, you go have fun, when he figures things out then he can come back to you" Tifa gave a nod and smiled. She slid another drink towards a costumer once again. It was a mindless motion for her, having worked here so many years; she could do it in her sleep.
"Thanks Tiff, I'll see you tomorrow at school" She told her.
"Okay bye, help me though! I wouldn't be suspired if Rufus is out to get me" Tifa smirked. Aerith giggled and waved goodbye. She disappeared through the door leaving Tifa to do her work. The school day had gone by slowly and now she was at work. Her daily summer routine of sleeping in and watching TV had come to an end and she was back to her school routine. Tifa continued to mix drinks for costumers, she still knew the regulars. She was surprised not to see one of them here. She hoped he was ok. Not that she had strong feelings for any of them but once you were use to seeing someone everyday you grow kind of attached. Tifa scanned the room for him but he was nowhere to be found.
"Heya Teef!" His loud voice boomed from across the room. Tifa looked up and gave him a small smile.
"What'll it be today Reno? The usual?" She questioned as the red head sat down at his usual spot.
"Yes sir" He grinned his usually goofy grin, one that had become his trademark over the years. Although in different socials groups at school Reno had been talking to Tifa for many years. He started drinking a tiny bit when he was 15 and ever since then he became a regular. Although Tifa didn't agree with his early drinking age she knew she couldn't change his mind. Over the years they had become good friends but still fought a lot. Reno would never acknowledge her at school, and Tifa would do the same. Their friendship was a secret. Tifa knew if Rufus found out he would have a fit. He hated everything Aerith, Yuffie and Tifa were attached too.
"There ya go" Tifa handed him a small drink. Reno would only have one then he would leave but he took his time drinking it.
"Sorry about that today Tifa" He said quietly.
"Oh that don't worry about it. I still hold to my opinion that Rufus is just spoiled. He gets mad if he doesn't get what he wants or things don't go his way" She smirked and Reno grinned once again.
"That's true. He just stormed after you for no reason, I'll try and stop him next time" Reno told her.
"There wont be a next time, I'm going to do my best to avoid him" Tifa gave a nod.
"Good because either way one of us is walking away broken. If he sees you he'll hurt you but if I try and stop him he'll hurt me" Reno gave her a genuine smile.
"Then I'll make sure he never sees me" Tifa reassured him.
"Oh but!" Reno said suddenly remembering, "he's in our camping group and lots of your classes" "Well teachers are there, it's just after school I have to be careful" Tifa grinned at his concern. She wasn't worried. Rufus, in her mind, was no match for her.
"To you not getting your ass kicked" Reno said and tapped his glass to hers. Tifa smirked and tapped his glass back.
Yuffie twirled down the hall followed by a giggling Tifa and Aerith. Yuffie had been hyper all morning and it was more then entertaining for Tifa and Aerith. It was the 4th day of school. The first 3 days had gone by very quickly. Tifa had been excited for the camping trip everyday. They would be leaving tomorrow. Aerith and Yuffie were the same way. They had been talking about it constantly.
"We leave for camping tomorrow" Aerith grinned.
"Goodie!" Yuffie bounced up and down. Vincent walked up beside her. He slid his arm around her and gave her a kiss on the forehead. "Excited for camping Vincent?" "Of course" He told her. Tifa waved to her friends as she headed of to her English class. Yuffie stayed with Vincent for a while.
"You know it's our 2 and a half year anniversary in 3 days" Yuffie reminded him.
"Really?" Vincent had totally forgotten. He relied on Yuffie to remind him of such things. Yuffie whacked him in the chest.
"How could you forget?" Yuffie said giving him puppy dog eyes.
"We'll celebrate while we're camping" Vincent gave her a small smile, a rare sight across his slightly pale face.
"Great" Yuffie grinned and they walked to class together. Yuffie and Vincent passed Rufus' group on the way. They snickered at them as they passed. Yuffie rolled her eyes.
"Found a way to get back at Tifa?" Reno asked, hoping to hear the right answer.
"Yup" Rufus smirked. Reno frowned, wrong answer.
"How?" Tseng asked, suddenly becoming interested in their conversation.
"You'll see" Rufus let an evil smirk cross his face as he thought of how embarrassing this would be for her.
Whhhheee chpt 1 is done! Hope you liked it!