~Emerald
Pearls~
A/N: Don¡¯t own, don¡¯t sue. ^^ This is told in Quistis POV.
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I couldn¡¯t get any sleep lately, all I do is work. It didn¡¯t really bother me much, maybe
since I¡¯ve gotten used to it. I¡¯ve
yearned for rest, even if it¡¯s just a few minutes.
I lay there on my bed, motionless, staring at the peach ceiling. It¡¯s morning, and I could smell the
sweet morning air pouring into my room.
The sun is almost up, letting its vivid golden rays cascade through the
slate colored sky. I lay there,
fully awake. 3 hours of sleep isn¡¯t
considered enough on my condition.
Besides, in a few more minutes, I would have to get up. I looked at my clock on my left side;
6:25 a.m. Sigh, might as well get
up and go.
Reluctantly, I rose up and stretched, letting all my tensions flow
out.
¡°Ugh..¡± I flinched, as a throbbing headache bestowed upon me. Rubbing my temples, I slowly stood up
and went to the bathroom. I got
dressed, my usual outfit that I wore everyday; clipped up my hair, got my bags,
and set out.
Coming up to the cafeteria, I decided to get coffee.
¡°Hi Quistis, good morning,¡± lady smiled behind the counter. I fake smiled back, the headache still
there.
¡°Small coffee,¡± I said, rubbing my temples even more.
¡°Everything all right?¡±
I looked at her. ¡°Yeah, I¡¯m
okay.¡± She handed me my cup and I
walked away. My life is just so¡.routine
like. Nothing exciting would
happen. So typical.
Arriving in my classroom on the second floor, I put my bags down and sat
on my firm chair. Hmm¡oh why
couldn¡¯t this chair be soft?¡
My headache began t fade away, but I could still feel the pain. So I sat there, my arms on my desk,
with my hands covering my face.
Nobody was in the classroom yet, so I decided to sleep with my hands
covering my face. Nobody would
notice.
I have no idea if I dozed off a long time.
¡°Quistis.¡±
What?
¡°Quistis? Quistis!!¡±
No, I don¡¯t want to wake up.
I slowly opened my eyes. A
raven-haired girl stood before me.
¡°Quistis,¡± Rinoa said.
I shot up awake. The whole
class was there, staring at me like I was some freak.
¡°Oh, *clears throat* Rinoa.
Sorry,¡± I faced to the class.
¡°Okay, students, time to start your lessons.¡± Rinoa smiled sweetly and walked back to her seat next to
Squall. I sighed for a moment,
seeing those two couples together.
I looked around, seeing other couples, happy, talking, laughing¡sigh. Squall has Rinoa, Zell has that library
girl with the pigtails, Irvine has Selphie, and I have me.
I rubbed my temples. ¡°Quistis,
are you okay?¡± a Trepie inquired
me.
¡°Yes, I¡¯m fine.¡± From then,
I continued the lessons to the class.
~*~
The dismissal bell rung, and the students walked off. Thank Hyne. I needed my break.
I watched my students walk off, each smiling back at me, especially the
Trepies. Hyne, they scare me. But I could feel someone else staring
at me, hard. I turned and I saw
Seifer. Seifer. The golden hair, thinks-he¡¯s-the-best,
egotistic child. I stared at him
back, until he exited the door.
Strange.
Gathering my bags, files, and books, I walked out the
room, and straight to my dorm. I
headed to the elevator, and it began to close.
¡°Oh damn, don¡¯t close!¡± It was kind of hard for me to run, with all the things that
had its weight on me. I ran, and
just when I came upon the door, my books fell out. ¡°Dammit.¡± I
didn¡¯t want to wait for the elevator, so I stuck my foot between the doors so
it wouldn¡¯t close, and reached for my books. The door opened; I didn¡¯t realize Seifer was in it.
¡°Instructor, isn¡¯t it strange to be stretching at this
time?¡± he chuckled. I was in an
awkward position; my right arm was attempting to reach the books, my left arm
trying to keep my bags in place, and to top it off, my left leg is caught
between the elevator doors. But,
now the doors are open wide, I fell forward.
¡°Oof!¡± I landed on my stomach. Seifer stood there, and smirked. I looked back. ¡°What
is it, Seifer? Does this seem
amusing to you?¡± I retorted. His
smirk grew wider.
¡°Heh heh, as a matter of fact, Instructor, yes. Need a hand?¡± I pushed my way up to a sitting position.
¡°Well, Seifer offered to help someone! That¡¯s the first.¡± I sneered. ¡°No thanks, I can manage.¡± Seifer rolled his eyes.
¡°Tch, whatever, Instructor,¡± he turned around to the
elevator, and left, leaving me sitting on the floor with my stuff scattered
around. I put my hand to my
forehead. Ugh, there goes that
headache again.
~*~
To be continued¡¡
