Chapter 2
Rolling over the edge of her bed Raven slammed her head on the floor sharply. Hey voice bounced off the walls as she shot up off the ground with her hands wrapped tightly around her throbbing head.
"SON OF A!!!"
She rubbed her head as she grabbed the side of her bed with her free hand and pulled herself to her feet. A smile glanced over her face for a about half a second as she was a small tray of food on her desk with a note attached to it.
'Good luck on today's test.
-Zell'
She shook her head.
'I don't get it. I treat him like crap. I ignore him. I yell at him. Yet…aw hell!!"
Raven scarfed down the bagel and slammed the juice beside it. A wide yawn escaped from her mouth as she ambled to the shower for her morning wash. She honestly loved living in the garden. Everyone had something to do which filled the place with energy. And there were only two people there who were considered unfriendly. Squall and obviously herself. The instructors here do a wonderful job on educating the students about numerous things, and even outside of class they were kind and helpful. Raven brought her head upright when she felt a body thrown against her own. Turning to see who it was she realized it was Zell she was helping to his feet and it had been a real mean looking guy with spiked blonde hair and slanted blue eyes. Her lips parted slightly as she growled menacingly at the jerk.
"What the hell do you want Seifer?"
Seifer smirked at the younger girl who was propping up Zell by kneeling down and wrapping her arm around his bare chest before she helped him up.
"Oh nothing really. Just do me a favor and say cheese."
He pulled a camara from behind his back and snapped the shutter to get a picture that was bound to give the idea that anything but what was really going on. Both Raven and Zell shrieked at the top of their lungs as Seifer ran out of the room lauging like a hyena.
"SEIFER I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!"
Their screams echoed through the hallways as Raven glared at her doorway, forgetting that she still was holding Zell close to her body. Zell placed a hand on the ground with a smirk on his slightly redden face and leaned back just a little bit to get her attention. Zell lost himself in his thoughts.
'Why is it of all people I ended up attracted to her. Raven Angelheart. Oh yea. She was different before Akai left early as a full fledged SeeD.'
Raven pulled Zell up onto his feet and spun him to face her.
"WHAT NOW! You're the socialite. How do we fix this?"
Zell smirked.
"We give'em what they want."
Raven's brows furrowed in confusion at Zell's odd way of asking her out. Zell laughed lightly at the fact that Raven didn't catch on.
"Rave. If they think we are a couple. We'll give em a couple. Then we'll beat the hell outta Seifer."
Raven cracked her knuckles aimlessly.
"Couple…no. But I like the sound of kicking Seifer's pretty boy ass."
As she finished what she had to say a loud crash sounded right outside her door. She bolted to her doorway only to see a tangled up group of three in front of Squall as he waved the picture in front of him tauntingly at Raven.
"Explain."
Raven kicked one of the bodies which turned out to be that of Seifer's.
"Well I was headed into my shower when someone was thrown onto me, obviously Zell. So I turned to help him up and you can guess that Seifer was waiting in the doorway camera in hand."
She kicked Seifer twice more as she spoke. Holding out her hand she stepped on Seifer's as she asked Squall for the picture. Instead of handing it to her he leaned over to Zell and placed it in his hands. Zell then took off running to his own dorm room. Daggers shot from Raven's eyes as she glared at Squall in contempt. He refrained from asking her a personal question and turned to his room. Raven titled her head at him causing her brown hair to cascade down her left shoulder.
"What's on your mind Squall. And don't you dare tell me nothing. I've known you for too long to fall for that."
Squall brushed a lock of hair from his face with a gloved hand.
"Get dressed and then come into my room. We can talk then."
Raven sighed and scrambled to get her black peasants dress on. As she slid it on she used her feet to feel around for the high-heeled boots she always wore. After she slid them on she slid her sword in its hilt and placed them in the proper place on her hip. Then she pulled on her trench coat on as she tried to find the cowboy hat Zell had given her when she had turned 12. Seeing it she snatched it and placed it onto her head thus covering the top half of her French braid. Raven strode into Squall's room as he was pulling on his white shirt over his chest. He watched her out of the corner of his eye as she waited by the doorway with a small smirk on her face.
"Don't you ever knock?"
Pretending to concentrate on the question she furrowed her brows and lightly bit her bottom lip.
"Ummm lemme think. No. No. I don't believe I do."
Squall sighed at Raven's strange sence of humor.
"What if a girl had been in the room with me? What if I hadn't have been dressed?"
Raven shrugged her shoulders.
"Well there are two options there. I could throw her out the door and beat her to death. Or do what I normally do and be indifferent. As for not being dressed…I wouldn't mind in the least. Besides. You may darn well be the best looking guy in the Garden. You and Zell that is. But uh might I remind you that you are an unsentimental loner. Girls cant stand guys like that!"
Squall felt as though he was going to smile but he quickly covered it up by talking.
"So. What happened to you?"
Raven frowned, not understanding his question.
"What do you mean Squall?"
Zell's voice came gently from behind her.
"Before Akai left you laughed, smiled, you still had a really demented sence of humor, you cried, you were happy. Now your either pissed off or indifferent. You've changed."
Raven cringed as Zell spoke of the girl she had buried away long ago.
"That was when I was a weak, helpless, confused, fool. Useless at that. After Akai left I decided to grow up."
She stormed out of the room and headed towards the second floor class room. Zell and Squall watched after her as she marched away from them, her heels clacking loudly as she made her way down the hall. Zell shook his head.
"I think your more confused now than before."
Rolling over the edge of her bed Raven slammed her head on the floor sharply. Hey voice bounced off the walls as she shot up off the ground with her hands wrapped tightly around her throbbing head.
"SON OF A!!!"
She rubbed her head as she grabbed the side of her bed with her free hand and pulled herself to her feet. A smile glanced over her face for a about half a second as she was a small tray of food on her desk with a note attached to it.
'Good luck on today's test.
-Zell'
She shook her head.
'I don't get it. I treat him like crap. I ignore him. I yell at him. Yet…aw hell!!"
Raven scarfed down the bagel and slammed the juice beside it. A wide yawn escaped from her mouth as she ambled to the shower for her morning wash. She honestly loved living in the garden. Everyone had something to do which filled the place with energy. And there were only two people there who were considered unfriendly. Squall and obviously herself. The instructors here do a wonderful job on educating the students about numerous things, and even outside of class they were kind and helpful. Raven brought her head upright when she felt a body thrown against her own. Turning to see who it was she realized it was Zell she was helping to his feet and it had been a real mean looking guy with spiked blonde hair and slanted blue eyes. Her lips parted slightly as she growled menacingly at the jerk.
"What the hell do you want Seifer?"
Seifer smirked at the younger girl who was propping up Zell by kneeling down and wrapping her arm around his bare chest before she helped him up.
"Oh nothing really. Just do me a favor and say cheese."
He pulled a camara from behind his back and snapped the shutter to get a picture that was bound to give the idea that anything but what was really going on. Both Raven and Zell shrieked at the top of their lungs as Seifer ran out of the room lauging like a hyena.
"SEIFER I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!"
Their screams echoed through the hallways as Raven glared at her doorway, forgetting that she still was holding Zell close to her body. Zell placed a hand on the ground with a smirk on his slightly redden face and leaned back just a little bit to get her attention. Zell lost himself in his thoughts.
'Why is it of all people I ended up attracted to her. Raven Angelheart. Oh yea. She was different before Akai left early as a full fledged SeeD.'
Raven pulled Zell up onto his feet and spun him to face her.
"WHAT NOW! You're the socialite. How do we fix this?"
Zell smirked.
"We give'em what they want."
Raven's brows furrowed in confusion at Zell's odd way of asking her out. Zell laughed lightly at the fact that Raven didn't catch on.
"Rave. If they think we are a couple. We'll give em a couple. Then we'll beat the hell outta Seifer."
Raven cracked her knuckles aimlessly.
"Couple…no. But I like the sound of kicking Seifer's pretty boy ass."
As she finished what she had to say a loud crash sounded right outside her door. She bolted to her doorway only to see a tangled up group of three in front of Squall as he waved the picture in front of him tauntingly at Raven.
"Explain."
Raven kicked one of the bodies which turned out to be that of Seifer's.
"Well I was headed into my shower when someone was thrown onto me, obviously Zell. So I turned to help him up and you can guess that Seifer was waiting in the doorway camera in hand."
She kicked Seifer twice more as she spoke. Holding out her hand she stepped on Seifer's as she asked Squall for the picture. Instead of handing it to her he leaned over to Zell and placed it in his hands. Zell then took off running to his own dorm room. Daggers shot from Raven's eyes as she glared at Squall in contempt. He refrained from asking her a personal question and turned to his room. Raven titled her head at him causing her brown hair to cascade down her left shoulder.
"What's on your mind Squall. And don't you dare tell me nothing. I've known you for too long to fall for that."
Squall brushed a lock of hair from his face with a gloved hand.
"Get dressed and then come into my room. We can talk then."
Raven sighed and scrambled to get her black peasants dress on. As she slid it on she used her feet to feel around for the high-heeled boots she always wore. After she slid them on she slid her sword in its hilt and placed them in the proper place on her hip. Then she pulled on her trench coat on as she tried to find the cowboy hat Zell had given her when she had turned 12. Seeing it she snatched it and placed it onto her head thus covering the top half of her French braid. Raven strode into Squall's room as he was pulling on his white shirt over his chest. He watched her out of the corner of his eye as she waited by the doorway with a small smirk on her face.
"Don't you ever knock?"
Pretending to concentrate on the question she furrowed her brows and lightly bit her bottom lip.
"Ummm lemme think. No. No. I don't believe I do."
Squall sighed at Raven's strange sence of humor.
"What if a girl had been in the room with me? What if I hadn't have been dressed?"
Raven shrugged her shoulders.
"Well there are two options there. I could throw her out the door and beat her to death. Or do what I normally do and be indifferent. As for not being dressed…I wouldn't mind in the least. Besides. You may darn well be the best looking guy in the Garden. You and Zell that is. But uh might I remind you that you are an unsentimental loner. Girls cant stand guys like that!"
Squall felt as though he was going to smile but he quickly covered it up by talking.
"So. What happened to you?"
Raven frowned, not understanding his question.
"What do you mean Squall?"
Zell's voice came gently from behind her.
"Before Akai left you laughed, smiled, you still had a really demented sence of humor, you cried, you were happy. Now your either pissed off or indifferent. You've changed."
Raven cringed as Zell spoke of the girl she had buried away long ago.
"That was when I was a weak, helpless, confused, fool. Useless at that. After Akai left I decided to grow up."
She stormed out of the room and headed towards the second floor class room. Zell and Squall watched after her as she marched away from them, her heels clacking loudly as she made her way down the hall. Zell shook his head.
"I think your more confused now than before."
