INTRO OF BOOK 2: I THOUGHT YOU PROMISED ME FOREVER
A.k.a. RECAP OF BOOK 1: AM I TOO LATE TO LOVE YOU?

Zell Dincht was in love with Aya Spencer(the library girl with a pigtail) and vice versa, but she was dating Rex Barton(the Conceited SeeD). One day, Zell almost told Aya about his feelings but Rex showed up and ruined the scene. Some time later, Rex asked Aya if anything was going on between her and Zell. She said nothing was going on so he had nothing to worry about. Aya told Rex that Zell told her that he was seeing another girl, but what Aya didn't know was that Zell was making it all up. The only girl in Zell's life was Aya.

There was a dance coming up a few days later and Zell was to introduce the girl that he was supposedly seeing to Aya and Rex. However, since there was no such girl, Zell asked Quistis to pretend to be that other girl. Quistis didn't want to do it at first, but finally gave in when he realized how big of a mess Zell was in.

At the dance, Aya found herself jealous of Zell and Quistis' relationship. She wondered why Zell never saw her as more than just a friend. When Rex had to leave her for a minute, Aya went outside in the balcony to catch some fresh air. A few minutes later, Zell showed up and found her with tears in her eyes. Zell thought that Rex hurt her, but what he didn't realize what that those tears were because of him.

A song began to play and Zell asked Aya to dance. He asked her if she was happy with Rex. Zell told himself that he'd let her go if she said that she was. She said 'Yes' because she felt that she had no chance with Zell. Besides, she wanted to give her relationship with Rex a chance. Yada yada yada it started to rain. Aya told Zell that they should go back in to find their respected dates. Instead of doing that, Zell ended up leaning down to kiss her.

Rex showed up just in time to stop that kiss from happening. Yada yada yada Aya realized that she made a mistake and left with Rex. Later that evening, after Rex dropped her off to her dorm room, Aya went to search for Zell to confront him about what almost happened between them.

Aya found Zell in the training center talking to Quistis about what happened in the balcony. She hid from their view and listened. As she listened to Zell explain what happened, she misinterpreted what Zell said and thought that Zell didn't really mean what he told her out in the balcony when they almost shared the kiss. She ran out of the training center before hearing Zell tell Quistis that he was in love with her.

Three days later, Aya told Zell that she didn't want to be friends with him anymore. Zell was heartbroken and couldn't believe what she said. He begged her not to throw their friendship away but it was no use.

Three months passed before their paths crossed again. Yada yada yada Aya ended up getting engaged to Rex. When Zell found out about the engagement, Zell figured that he needed to try and tell her about his feelings one more time. He sent Aya a letter asking her to meet him at Rinaul Coast (this is the beach near Balamb town).

Rex found out about Zell's plan and decided to do something about it. He got a couple of his buddies to set up a trap for Zell at Alcauld Plains (this is the forest area near the fire cave). Instead of meeting Aya at Rinaul Coast as planned, Rex sent Zell a letter (which he made to appear that Aya wrote), which told him to meet Aya at Alcauld Plains instead.

Somehow Aya found out about Rex's plan and decided to tell Zell about it. However, she ended up getting caught in the trap. Zell rescued her and asked her to leave as he dealt with the problem. Aya left but realized that Zell could die if she didn't save him. Yada yada yada she saved his life but not before getting seriously hurt.

After waking up at the hospital a few days later, she had a conversation with Rex. He apologized for what he did and ended up manipulating her into thinking that Zell was still in love with Quistis.

Aya decided to go on ahead with the wedding. Zell was heartbroken because he thought that after what happened at Alcauld Plains, they'd be together. Zell went to see her before the wedding and did everything he could to get her to stay with him. But in the end, she still said that she was going to marry Rex.

Zell left accepting defeat. He went to Rinaul Coast to think about what he was going to do next. He decided to leave Balamb Garden and start over. As he was about to leave, he suddenly found himself face-to-face with Aya. Yada yada yada a few months later he ended up proposing to her. ^_^

AUTHOR'S NOTE: I don't want to reveal all the good parts of book 1. If you want to read all the things that happened, you're just going to have to read the story. Anyway, 6 months after Zell proposed is where book 2 begins. Enjoy.