How Do I Deal
Part 2
by Mariye
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Disclaimer: I didn't mean for this to turn into a series, but, oh well.
Plus the title still fits for this one. Seifer finds out who his
parents really are. Oh yeah, I don't own that characters.
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Edea walked through Balamb, smiling at the happy people around her.
She wished she could stop and chat with the locals. Maybe eat at the
cafe. But today was about business. Family business.
"You shouldn't tell him. He wouldn't take it well. Finding out all
this now." She thought about the argument she had had with Cid before
leaving to come here.
"He has a right to know who his family is. Especially when they're
right in front of him." She had argued.
"Yes, but you don't know him!"
"He's my own son! I should know my own son."
"And what about when you were possessed by Ultimecia? She used him and
you."
"He was a puppet, just like I was. That may have even been why
Ultimecia chose to make him a puppet, because of the family ties."
"Well I know you'll just do your own thing. Remember that you're
making a mistake."
"You're the one making the mistake. By not coming with me."
It was then Edea was jolted out of her fantasy by a commotion that
was being made out on the docks. She looked up and saw Seifer, Raijin,
and Fujin standing there laughing. She walked over to a truck parked
nearby and stood beside it, watching what happened. The three talked
a bit, then Fujin and Raijin excused themselves. Edea looked down
at her watch.
~I guess their lunch break's over and they're heading back to Garden.
I wonder why Seifer doesn't ask to be permitted back in...~ She
watched as Fujin and Raijin walked past her, and as they smiled and
warmly greeted her, she gave a small smile in return. She looked back
at the dock, at the young man collecting his things.
~Maybe this is a mistake.~ She thought. She held her head, and looked
away. She looked back at Balamb.
~I know what happens if I walk that way. I walk back to Garden and he
never finds out.~ She turned and looked at the docks. ~But that way...
I don't know...~ She stood up straight and walked towards Seifer.
~I always was too curious for my own good.~ She thought as she walked
right up to him.
"Hello Seifer."
"What took you so long?"
"You saw me over there?"
"No. But I knew eventually you'd come. Gonna try and apologize? Tell
me your sorry and wish you could take it all back?"
"Why would I say that? You know as well as I do that we were both
possessed by Ultimecia." Edea tried to help him with his fishing
supplies. He pushed her hands away and grabbed everything.
"Guilt? Depression? Pity? How the hell should I know." He started to
walk away. Edea followed behind him.
"We need to talk."
"What? About the good old times we had controlling Galbadia and
destroying people's lives? Oh fine then, lets reminise." He spun
around to look at her.
"No. About family." Seifer looked at her oddly.
"Oh what, now that Puberty Boy found his daddy you're gonna tell me a
have a mommy and daddy who wanna see me too?" Seifer shook his head.
~Like they'd ever wanna see a failure. Even if they were alive and
cared.~
"Yes. You do, and they do." Edea looked at him. ~How to tell him...
Cid is right... he is a difficult stubborn young man. He reminds me
of how I once used to be.~
"So what do you want me to do? A happy little dance? Oh goody, after
being bounced around from orphanage to orphanage I finally have a
family. And even though they gave me up when I was little, all that
matters is now, when I'm at my lowest point, they wanna see me."
Seifer started walking away. "Go find the parents of some other
orphanage brat. This one doesn't need his."
Edea felt her eyes start to fill with tears. ~Well what did you expect?
Happiness? Him to hug you and both of you going back to Garden? A
happy family?~ She turned her head away.
"You look just like him when he was young." She shouted to the man
walking away from her. He stopped, but didn't turn to face her.
"Who?"
"Your father. I should show you a picture someday. Its a shame you got
my attitude though." Seifer seemed to stop to think, but didn't say
anything. Edea walked up to him and touched his shoulder. He recoiled
from her hand, and she pulled away.
"We need to have a long talk one of these days. There are a lot of
things you need to hear."
"No we don't need to talk. There's nothing to talk about." Seifer
looked her right in the eyes. "I have parents who even though they
were capable of taking care of me and raising me, left me and let me
get bounced around as a ward of the dukedom." He started to leave her.
"I know all I need to know."
"But, if you ever want to know anything, you know where Cid and I
will be." Edea said as she watched him disappear down the street, and
maybe out of her life forever.
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[the end]
A/N: But.... if you wanna know what happens, review and let me know
and I'll write another part.
Part 2
by Mariye
======
Disclaimer: I didn't mean for this to turn into a series, but, oh well.
Plus the title still fits for this one. Seifer finds out who his
parents really are. Oh yeah, I don't own that characters.
======
Edea walked through Balamb, smiling at the happy people around her.
She wished she could stop and chat with the locals. Maybe eat at the
cafe. But today was about business. Family business.
"You shouldn't tell him. He wouldn't take it well. Finding out all
this now." She thought about the argument she had had with Cid before
leaving to come here.
"He has a right to know who his family is. Especially when they're
right in front of him." She had argued.
"Yes, but you don't know him!"
"He's my own son! I should know my own son."
"And what about when you were possessed by Ultimecia? She used him and
you."
"He was a puppet, just like I was. That may have even been why
Ultimecia chose to make him a puppet, because of the family ties."
"Well I know you'll just do your own thing. Remember that you're
making a mistake."
"You're the one making the mistake. By not coming with me."
It was then Edea was jolted out of her fantasy by a commotion that
was being made out on the docks. She looked up and saw Seifer, Raijin,
and Fujin standing there laughing. She walked over to a truck parked
nearby and stood beside it, watching what happened. The three talked
a bit, then Fujin and Raijin excused themselves. Edea looked down
at her watch.
~I guess their lunch break's over and they're heading back to Garden.
I wonder why Seifer doesn't ask to be permitted back in...~ She
watched as Fujin and Raijin walked past her, and as they smiled and
warmly greeted her, she gave a small smile in return. She looked back
at the dock, at the young man collecting his things.
~Maybe this is a mistake.~ She thought. She held her head, and looked
away. She looked back at Balamb.
~I know what happens if I walk that way. I walk back to Garden and he
never finds out.~ She turned and looked at the docks. ~But that way...
I don't know...~ She stood up straight and walked towards Seifer.
~I always was too curious for my own good.~ She thought as she walked
right up to him.
"Hello Seifer."
"What took you so long?"
"You saw me over there?"
"No. But I knew eventually you'd come. Gonna try and apologize? Tell
me your sorry and wish you could take it all back?"
"Why would I say that? You know as well as I do that we were both
possessed by Ultimecia." Edea tried to help him with his fishing
supplies. He pushed her hands away and grabbed everything.
"Guilt? Depression? Pity? How the hell should I know." He started to
walk away. Edea followed behind him.
"We need to talk."
"What? About the good old times we had controlling Galbadia and
destroying people's lives? Oh fine then, lets reminise." He spun
around to look at her.
"No. About family." Seifer looked at her oddly.
"Oh what, now that Puberty Boy found his daddy you're gonna tell me a
have a mommy and daddy who wanna see me too?" Seifer shook his head.
~Like they'd ever wanna see a failure. Even if they were alive and
cared.~
"Yes. You do, and they do." Edea looked at him. ~How to tell him...
Cid is right... he is a difficult stubborn young man. He reminds me
of how I once used to be.~
"So what do you want me to do? A happy little dance? Oh goody, after
being bounced around from orphanage to orphanage I finally have a
family. And even though they gave me up when I was little, all that
matters is now, when I'm at my lowest point, they wanna see me."
Seifer started walking away. "Go find the parents of some other
orphanage brat. This one doesn't need his."
Edea felt her eyes start to fill with tears. ~Well what did you expect?
Happiness? Him to hug you and both of you going back to Garden? A
happy family?~ She turned her head away.
"You look just like him when he was young." She shouted to the man
walking away from her. He stopped, but didn't turn to face her.
"Who?"
"Your father. I should show you a picture someday. Its a shame you got
my attitude though." Seifer seemed to stop to think, but didn't say
anything. Edea walked up to him and touched his shoulder. He recoiled
from her hand, and she pulled away.
"We need to have a long talk one of these days. There are a lot of
things you need to hear."
"No we don't need to talk. There's nothing to talk about." Seifer
looked her right in the eyes. "I have parents who even though they
were capable of taking care of me and raising me, left me and let me
get bounced around as a ward of the dukedom." He started to leave her.
"I know all I need to know."
"But, if you ever want to know anything, you know where Cid and I
will be." Edea said as she watched him disappear down the street, and
maybe out of her life forever.
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[the end]
A/N: But.... if you wanna know what happens, review and let me know
and I'll write another part.