LOVE, LIES, AND LIAISONS
Chapter 1: Over


Quistis slapped Seifer hard across his face. "How could you do this to me?!" she cried as tears streamed down her face. "I thought you loved me."

"Quistis, I did not cheat on you. Please believe me." Seifer said as he pulled her into his arms and tried to make her believe him.

"LIAR!" Quistis yelled out loud as she freed herself from his hold. "I heard her, Seifer. I heard her moaning your name," she said as she turned her back to him and fresh tears rolled down her cheeks.

"I don't know what you heard, but I'm telling you right now, I was not here in my room the whole day," he said as he turned her around to face him. "You must have heard the people in the other room next door."

Quistis shot him a deadly look. "You're the only Seifer in this garden, Seifer!"

"Quistis, someone must have set it up. I assure you I was not..."

"You might as well admit that you cheated on me because nothing you say will make me forgive you. It's over between us, Seifer. OVER!"

Seifer grabbed her arms and looked into her eyes. "I was not here! Quistis, please listen to me. I would never cheat on you. I love you too much to do such a thing."

Quistis ignored his words. "How could you do this to me, Seifer? You say that you wouldn't do such a thing, but you did. I thought we meant a lot to each other. I...I trusted you," she cried.

Quistis loved Seifer with all her heart so when she heard the loud moans of a female coming out of Seifer's room, her heart broke into many pieces. At first she thought that maybe it was coming from the room next door, but when she heard the female moan Seifer's name, her worst fear came true. She couldn't believe that Seifer, the love of her life, cheated on her.

"Then trust me now," Seifer begged her. "Quistis, there's got to be a misunderstanding."

"No there isn't," she answered. "You've lied, you've cheated, and now you've hurt me," she added as she once again freed herself from his hold.

"Don't walk away from us, Quistis. Please don't do this."

Quistis wiped the tears on her face. "Goodbye, Seifer," she said as she walked out the door.

Seifer stared at the door for a very long time; he was unable to believe that it was over between him and the woman he loves. "I swear to you, Quistis, I was not here," he said quietly. "I did not cheat on you. Someone set that up to break us up. I will get to the bottom of this and when I do, I will get you back."

Somewhere outside near Seifer's dorm room, Squall stood with a grin of satisfaction on his face. "The setup worked as planned," he said quietly. "Quistis, I can finally make you mine...again."

Squall walked away and searched to find Quistis.