To all those suffering Seifer withdrawal…not much longer to wait ;)

Ch 3

An hour and a half later, Quistis was loosing the fight with all the bits they had bought.

She was attempting to pack pumpkins, goblets, fairy wings, irn bru bottles and various other bizarre Halloween objects into the less than roomy garden car.

It reminded Quistis of a recent car advert she had seen… something to do with trying to close the doors and all the stuff bursting out of the car.

'Why exactly am I doing all the damn packing?'

She looked around for Selphie. She finally spotted her; looking sweet faced sitting at a café. She spotted Quistis, waved and indicated towards the cup of coffee she had sitting waiting for her. That was all the motivation she needed.

In a matter of seconds she was sitting at the café, drinking the steaming opaque liquid. The heat was slowly melting away her irritation at Selphie.

"Yay, well done you managed! We got sooo much done, woo!!"

Quistis said nothing and just kept sipping her coffee.

Even thought she had done pretty much all the work, the words 'If you haven't got anything nice to say…' came to mind.

"So, will you help me tomorrow? You know, decorating and stuff?"

Quistis had been dragged around the shops, carried all the Halloween stuff herself, looking very stupid doing it for Selphie…yet, she still felt guilty for wanting to say no.

"…sure…why not…"

"WOO HOO! Awesome!!"

'What have I got myself into?…"

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The beverages were finished and home they went. By the time everything was unloaded and put away, it was time for dinner. So, off to the canteen they went.

Quistis picked up a grilled chicken salad with diet coke and walked to the usual table. Zell, Irvine and Rinoa were already sitting eating; Squall was, no doubt, still working and Seifer was, no doubt, still training.

How quickly routines were formed.

"Hi guys. Just a warning, Selphie is probably going to bombard you with Halloween talk."

"There's no probably about it…"

Zell had a point.

Selphie came over and sat beside Irvine. It took a whole thirty seconds before she started telling them about their day and the plans for the 'super special awesome' Halloween party.

"…and even Quistis is dressing up and wow she looks sexy and…"

That defiantly caught her attention. She flicked her eyes up and, even though she was looking over the top of her glasses, she could see that everyone was looking at her.

"Ok…speak now or forever hold your peace"

Zell spoke first.

" Soo…what are you going as then?"

"…death…"

"…Death??...sexy…as death?!?"

"Why yes Zell, believe it or not, I can look good and sexy as death. Thanks for your support"

That made him blush and the rest of the table laugh at poor Zell's expense.

"…I…didn't mean…errm…"

He really wasn't helping himself.

Irvine's turn to take over.

"Sexy death you say…" he smirked as if he was picturing it.

"So who're you dressing up sexy for then?"

'Damn you Irvine…keep your mouth shut when your mojo takes over…'

She had anticipated the question, but it still came as a shock when it was asked. Trying her hardest to prevent a soft blush, she responded

"…no one…"

"AHA! Told you! We were right Rinny! Quistis does fancy someone"

Selphie then stood up, ran round to Rinoa and high-fived her.

Quistis was, by this point, quite embarrassed. She was also slightly confused; why did this come as a shock and why did everyone care so much?

"Why, may I ask, does my love life concern everyone else here?"

Fair point, you would think…

"Quistis…it's not your love life that interests us…its more your lack of love life that we want to mess…I mean, help with."

'Great…I'm getting relationship advice from Zell…'

"…what makes you think I'm dressing up for anyone?"

"Quistis plus dressing up plus party either equal booty call or femme fatal method to attract someone in particular."

"I have to go…do…anything, bye…"

She walked out as fast as she possibly could. Training centre seemed like an idea.

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"So who dya recon it is then?"

Selphie was nothing, if not persistent.

Rinoa looked as if she might have a clue, the boys, however, seemed clueless.

"Hmmm…tomorrow night will be interesting to say the least…", was Rinoa's cryptic response.

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Sorry this chapter is a little short.

The chapters were all written together as one big thing, so if the split seems weird, it was the best place for them I thought

All Seifer withdrawal sufferers will be soothed by chapter 4….it is also considerably longer than this chapter, as it made more sense to end it here

What can I say, I write this at work and it's been a quiet week

All reviews appreciated

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