"And what business do you have in Treno?" Asked one of the guards at the entrance of the Gate.
"I'm going home from there." Zidane casually stated.
"And will you be taking the 1 o'clock cable car or be staying awhile?" The other guard asked.
"…. Nah! I guess I'll take the cable car now." Zidane said after scratching his head.
"All right then sir, here is your Gate Pass, have a good day." The guard handed him the pass and waved for the gate to be opened.
A few hours laterThe two guards were in a deep conversation when a young woman with braided lavender hair approached the Gate.
"Good afternoon miss, are you going to Treno or Dali." The guard said politely.
"Treno." The girl's clear, melodious, voice rung out.
"And what business do you have in Treno?" The other guard asked.
"Just visiting some friends."
"And will you be taking the cable car tomorrow or staying awhile?" The guard stated.
"Yeah I'll- wait! Tomorrow? I'm supposed to take the three o'clock cart!" The girl said slightly panicky.
"I'm sorry miss, but you missed the three o'clock car." The guard said sympathetically.
"No wait, it's leaving just now, if she hurries, she can catch it." The other guard mentioned.
"Really?!? WELL GO GO THEN! HURRY! RAISE THE GATE!" Eiko yelled, not bossy but panicky.
Taken slightly aback, the guard stepped back, then signaled for the gate to be opened.
"Thank you!" She yelled as she ran pass the guards.
"Oops." One of them said.
"What?"
"I forgot to give her a Gate Pass."
'Smoothness Zidane, just hot stuff. I mean, you'd think that my luck would have turned with that cutie stepped off that car from Treno. She seem perfectly perfect, cute, naïve, not all that smart, not knowing where she's going. And that she would need a tall, hot, may I add, handsome escort to the Lindblum cable car, but noooooooooooooooo. I just had to forget that when I was seeing her off, the car I was supposed to take was leaving me behind too. Just my luck. And now I'm stuck at this table, waiting and the next cart doesn't come till four. And now I'm on my what? …. fifth Linblum bunt cake?
And not a cutie in sight.'
Zidane huffed, grumbled, pouted, and all but stormed in his seat. He heard the squeaking of the breaks on a cable car.
'And that must be the Lindblum cart.' Zidane concluded as he observed the line of people flowing into the waiting room/restaurant.
Eiko looked out the cramped window of the cable car. 'Barely made it, close one, although I can't let it happen again. Maybe I should ask the clerk to come up and wake me at the right time…. If it's a female clerk of course.'
While she was busy watching things pass, she didn't notice the little boy sitting on the other side of the car whispering something into his mother ear. "Can I tell her moma?" She nodded and shyly the boy slid of his seat, and hung on to the passing seats as he walked, for the car shook awfully. The boy scooted next to her and cleared his throat. Eiko turned and was a little surprised the find a red faced child sitting next to her.
"Yes?" She asked smiling. The boy took off his cap/hat (A/N: you know what boys in britan wore in 1900's, like Oliver Twist? That kind of hat) and scratched his chestnut hair.
"Well, um… they say that Lady Eiko has the most beautiful purple hair ever seen,"
Eiko heart skipped a beat, had she been discovered? Did this child recognize who she is?
"And, um, I think that's a lie because, I don't think there is a girl I know with prettier hair than you."
Eiko let out a relieved smile and ruffled the boy's already messy hair. "Aww, thanks! What's your name?"
The kid grinned and puffed his chest, "My name is Jesse Cartbolt and I'm the head of my house!"
Amused, Eiko cocked and eyebrow, and asked, "Really?"
"Yep! Me pop kicked a bucket and mow me and me mum work in Lindblum, me house is in Dali." The child all but yelled.
"Kicked a buc- oh! Kicked the bucket." Eiko said to herself.
"Yea, that's it."
"Oh," Eiko felt sorry for the boy, he lost his father and now both him and his mom had to work. Her eyes caught the hat in his hands.
"Jesse, can I buy your hat?" She asked. The kid's eyes widened as he looked down at it.
"The hat?" He asked.
"How 'bout 50 gil?" Eiko asked.
"50?! Me mum got it for five. Here!" He handed it over, and opened his pocket.
Eiko took the hat and dropped 50 gil into his pocket, and another 50 without him knowing.
"Here," Eiko put the hat on and stuffed her braids under it, "do I look like a boy?"
Jesse snorted and giggled out "Anyone would have to be downright stupid to ever mistake you for a boy."
The car came to a halt and Jesse's mom called him back.
"Oops, gotta go, nice meeting you miss."
"Likewise!" She yelled as he left.
"Jesse… Jess-Jay- Jemin! Jemin…Calt-Cart-Cerdlecook! Name's Jemin Cerdlecook!" Eiko said and she straightened her hat in the reflection of the cable car. 'I can't have people knowing who I am it would kill all the fun! And I don't feel like being stalked all over the place. So my new identity is Jemin Cerdlecook !' She was dress in a way that she could be a boy or girl, and the floppyness of her hat, clompiness of her shoes, and size of her gloves gave her a clumsy boyish look.
Satisfied she walked into the waiting room/restaurant.
A/N: Dun Dun DUUUUUUUUN!!!!!!!!!! NEXT chap they meet.! ooooo how exiting!
