Day Two
I woke up in the morning with a huge headache, I didn't know how I got it but after what happened yesterday I think if I haven't jump off a bridge was good enough. Just then I realized that the song "Eyes on Me" was still playing and my CD player was burning hot. Damn! Must have forgotten to turn it off!
I took the CD out and placed it carefully into its case, the case was all blue except for a silver shooting star with the title "Wishing Stars" in silver writing. Hmm…looks pretty cool. I dressed quickly and went to the kitchen searching for some aspirins.
"Good morning Squall." Said Mrs. Roses the cook and handed me my breakfast.
"Why weren't you here yesterday?" I asked the short middle aged woman.
"My father was sick so I took the afternoon off to look after him." She said. So maybe I was wrong about Dad telling her to go on purpose so he can be with Julia.
"Squall darling, your face looked a bit white, are you ok?" she asked with a concerned look.
I shook my head then poured a glass of water as I found a packet of aspirin and gulped it down.
"Hey look, my little brother is sick! Poor thing!" said Seifer mockingly as he walked down the stairs. My fist bunched up and suddenly I felt like punching him.
"Piss off Seifer, I'm not in the mood to fight ok?" I said trying my best to even out my voice.
"Don't worry Squall, I'm in a hurry. I'm going with Quistis to check out her wedding gown." He said and winked. Oh no! From the look he was giving me he is up to something like taking advantage of her. I have to stop him.
"Actually Seifer, do you mind if I come?" I asked trying to act innocent.
He gave me a funny look then laughed, "You must really be sick or something. I can't imagine you going out and buy these formal clothes."
"Will I have nothing to wear to your wedding so I might as will go." Great now I sound really out of character.
"I think your leather pants with that funny coat is fine." He said and started wolfing down some food.
Just then the doorbell rang and Mrs. Rose went to get it. I saw Rinoa appear and an idea formed into my head.
"How about we double date?" I asked.
I saw Seifer choke on his food then looked at me in surprise.
"Squall, I thought you don't date?" he said as Rinoa looked at me with her eyes budging out.
"Er- now I do." I said and walked up to my best friend, "Rinoa, will you go on a date with me?"
She just stared at me without blinking, man I can just imagine what she is thinking right now. Squall you are freaking me out, go away!
"Well I take your silence as a yes." I said then pulled Rinoa outside to have a chat.
"Squall, are you feeling alright? If I insulted you yesterday then you have a weird way of taking revenge." She said then flung her hair back like she always does.
"No of course not!" I said then took a deep breath, "I never asked your help for anything in my life but this time you've got to help me."
"How?"
"Help me stop this wedding."
"What! I thought you have gotten over that yesterday!" she shouted.
"Keep it down." I whispered looking around to see if anybody was near us. "Please help me Rinoa, you are the only one who can." I said looking into her eyes, I can see that she was beginning surrender.
"No…" she said weakly.
"Look, you don't have to do anything, just pretend we are going on a date that's all."
Rinoa's eyes suddenly lit up and smile. "Wow, I'm going to date the undateable Leonhart? Hehehe, all the other girls will be so jealous! Ok then."
Well, at least that was simple. Luckily I was on the most wanted but unreachable guy list. Sometimes it's great to have girls to admire you.
We went back in and I quickly went to Dad for some cash.
"Dad, Rinoa and I are going on a date, can I have your credit card?" I asked as I walked into Dad's study room. He was sitting there reading a newspaper and drinking his coffee.
Without even looking away from his newspaper he gave me his credit card, "Here you go Seifer."
"I'm Squall Dad." I said as I took it.
"Here you go Squall-what?" he looked up with a shocked expression and almost dropped his coffee. "You are dating?"
"Well…yeah so?" I said and gave him an I-don't-have-two-heads glare. I don't know why everyone was freaking out.
"But…you said you never want to date…" Dad looked like he was totally lost then sighed, "Fine you can date but there will be no drugs, no smoking-"
"No having sex without a condom, yeah I know." I said as I went out the door. Having to hear that every time I go out is getting on my nerves, why does he always have to repeat this stuff!
"Come on Puberty Boy! We don't have all day!" shouted Seifer as I heard him press the horn a couple of times.
I quickly grabbed my coat and ran outside into Seifer's car, he complained about me holding him up as he drove out of the driveway.
"So Rinoa, I never knew you were interested in Puberty Boy. I thought you guys were just friends." Said Seifer with a smirk on his face.
"Shut up Seifer! What do you know anyway?" I said coldly while Rinoa just watched us with amusement.
"I know a lot more than you." He never stopped smirking and I felt like jumping on to him and choke him to death if he wasn't driving.
I swallowed and counted to ten in my head then ignored him for the rest of the ride.
We finally arrived at this really huge looking white building with thousands of displays of wedding gowns and accessories. I walked in with Rinoa and my breath nearly stopped when I saw Quistis.
All I can say was that she is beautiful. Her golden hair was pile up with tiny diamond pins and the gown was all white except for the golden chains that decorated the waist. She was wearing diamond earrings and necklace, which made her blues look even more stunning than before. She looks just like a crystal princess.
"Oh hi Squall and Rinoa. How come you two are here?" she asked.
I was just about to answer when Seifer interrupted. "Squall is on a date with Rinoa." He made some kissing noises and I kick him in the shin.
"Hey man, cool down. No need to get so pissed off." Said Seifer mockingly.
Quistis gave Seifer a glare and he instantly stopped smirking while I was tempted to kick him in the shin again.
"Hey Squall! Look at this dress, isn't it nice?" Rinoa was holding up a sky blue dress for me to see. It was really beautiful with sparkling stuff on it and I think it would really suit Rinoa.
"Wow, cool. Go and try it on!" said Quistis. Rinoa nodded and almost skipped to the change room. Now I just have to get rid of Seifer so Quistis and I can have a little privacy.
"Um…Seifer why don't you try on some tuxedo?" I suggested.
He shook his head and grinned at me. "Of course I'm already prepared. I just bought a tuxedo with Quistis yesterday."
He…Quistis…yesterday? Shit!
"Hey Squall, why don't you try on this?" asked Quistis as she took out a pair black tuxedo.
"Yeah Squall." Said Seifer, he shoved the clothes in my hands and opened a change room door then pushed me in.
All of a sudden I heard a scream.
I turned and saw Rinoa who was half changed and took an eye full of her body.
"Seifer you bastard!" I shouted as I ran out of the change room and started choking me brother.
Everyone in the store stared in horror as I swore in the foulest language ever.
"It…was…just a joke!" he choked out then punched me in eye. In anger I bit his hand and we rolled on the floor with Quistis shouting for us to stop.
Finally the security came and held us away from each other.
*******
"Alright, you two, what is the meaning of this?" shouted Dad an hour later as we got home while Quistis took Rinoa home.
"I was at work when a phone call came saying that my two sons are basically killing each other in a huge wedding store! You two have been a disgrace to my name! Did you that know I'm the president of one of the most important company in the world? Now look at the front door, all these reporter are trying to make news for their front page. If I see something like, 'President Loire's big family trouble' tomorrow, I will kill you both myself!"
Boy, I've never seen Dad so angry before and it scared the crap out of us as we both nodded in silence.
Just then we heard the door opened and Ellone came into the study room.
"Dad, why are there so many reporters out there?" she asked.
"Well, you can ask these two!" shouted Dad.
Sis took a glance at us then started laughing. "Hahaha, look how cute. They face painted each other!"
"I think you need to put your glasses on Sis." Said Seifer.
Sis took out her glasses and quickly putted it on. She looked at us with her thick turtle shell glasses with black frame and squinted.
"Oh my God! What happened to you two?" she screamed.
"Er…it was all his fault!" shouted Seifer pointing to me, "He was trying to choke me."
"Yeah, you were lucky that I didn't try to cut you up after what you did to me." I said back.
"But you didn't have to bite my hand."
"Then you should have thought about that when you pushed me into the same change room as Rinoa!"
"Shut up! That's it, you're both grounded!" said Dad as Ellone giggled.
"Daddy, you can't ground them, one is 20 and the other is 23." She said.
"Well…then…" Dad thought for a while.
"Let's just forget about this, besides, Seifer's getting married in 5 days time!" said Ellone. Ah I just love my sister!
"Fine but you two have to stay in your room for the rest of this day incase you cause anymore trouble. Your dinners would be brought up to your room. Now get out!" shouted Dad and it took all my courage not to run as fast as I can and maintain a walking speed as I went out the room.
*******
After dinner I just laid in bed listening to Eyes on me still thinking that my only chance to stop the wedding is to tell Quistis my feelings for her. There is going to be a family party tomorrow for Seifer and Quistis and maybe that's my only chance.
"Squall, are you asleep?" I heard someone knock on the door.
"No, come in." I said.
It was Dad. Oh great, Daddy is going to tuck me in. Someone just shoot me!
"Squall, I just want to talk to you about what you saw yesterday." He said and sat beside me on the bed.
"Look, you don't have to explain anything. But out of all the woman you picked do you have to like Julia?" I asked.
Dad flushed red and shook his head. "Before I met your mother Raine and after Seifer's mother Selina left us I was dating Julia. We were really happy and I always thought we will get married but her father never wanted her to marry me." Dad sighed as if reliving that moment again.
"At that time I wasn't as rich as I am now and I'm already divorced with a child so why would any father want their daughter to marry me? So that was the reason we broke up."
Suddenly I felt sorry for my father, he was always so cheerful and for the first time he looked his age.
"What happened next?" I asked.
"Well son, I found your mother and Julia married that Caraway guy who was a rich general at that time. Julia never wanted that wedding but in the end she still had to do it because of her father. Then again, I'm sort of glad it ended this way because if it didn't I wouldn't had met Raine and Ellone." He went back to being his usual self and smiled.
"Dad, I'm sorry." I said suddenly.
He looked at me in surprise then shook his head. "You've got nothing to be sorry about except for what happened with you and Seifer."
"So do you still like Julia?" I asked.
Dad laughed then shrugged. "Nah, I don't think so. Now we are just friends, good friends."
"Whatever." I said and lay back in bed.
"Goodnight Squall." He said then turned off the lights.
Suddenly pangs of guilt washed over me. Would Dad hate me if I break up Seifer's wedding?
I laid in bed the whole night thinking about tomorrow and I knew it would not be a very good day.
End of Day Two
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