Squall's eyes fluttered open upon hearing a jingle of a phone going off. He looked over to see

Quis staring into her hand-held and kept to himself, being quiet. He studied her until she spoke up

about having to leave. He took a stride over to her desk as she packed up her belongings and gave her

a shrug. "What about me? I plan to head home," He quickly looked away as if flustered. "I can offer

you a ride home, however."

"Oh..? Well it would be nice, seeing as how it's about a 20 minute walk back to my place." She

said as she moved over to the light switch; resting her hand above it for a moment. "I guess I'll meet

you outside in the parking lot then. Since I assume you probably have your own stuff to grab from

your room?" Quis asked in a soft tone, not quite sure if he really needed to or not.

His eyes follow her movement toward the doorway, and his ears were alert and keen to her

words. He gave a shrug, nodding. "I don't mind. It's probably in the same direction as my house

anyway." He started to push himself forward to walk and follow after her. "Not really. I did that earlier,

so I don't really need to get my things." He reached into his back pocket, holding up a pair of keys. "I'll

be following close behind."

She waited for Squall to walk out of the classroom, before turning off the lights and locking up

for the night. Quickly checking her cellphone for the time, Quis glanced at him and smiled. "I'll be out

front alright?" She called out to him as she started jogging down the hall, towards the school

entrance.

Squall got to the door way when she had turned to leave, saying she would be waiting outside

for him, simply nodding to her request. He shook is head, contemplating if this really was a good idea.

"I'll just give her a ride home and drop her off... That's all." He muttered under his exhale, watching as

Quis' figure had disappeared at the end of the hall way. He soon followed after with a quick walking

pace, a few moments of nearly sprinting down the hall to catch up, he finally reached outside and

eyed his surroundings.

Squall spotted her a few feet away, making his way over her. "Did you wait long?"

"I've been waiting years for you to get here." Quis said, obviously teasing him. After Squall had

apologized for keeping her waiting, and scowling at her humor. He nodded over to a black vehicle not

far from them. "That's my car. Let's go." He guided her to his car, waiting until she followed and soon

after opened the door for himself to get inside to unlock her door. As she stood there outside his car,

she had to hand it to him. He had a great sense of taste.. When it came to cars anyway. She watched

as he flipped the lock switch on her door; as soon as he did, she got in and made herself comfortable;

placing her bag gingerly on her lap. While she got buckled in, she wondered how long it had been,

since the last time she had even been in a car. He reached for the seat belt and also fastened himself

in, and soon after his car roared to life with the engine purring like a beauty.

"Do you know where the mini mart is, near the mall?" She inquired, as he pulled out of the

school parking lot, and headed towards the main road. Squall set the car into drive, hand on the wheel

as he turned out onto the street while pressing a bit on the gas, heading to where Quis had suggested

her house was.

"The mini mart? Yeah. I know of it. I don't live far from there." He headed toward the location

of the mart that was a close proximity of the mall. Finally slowing down to get more directions. "And

your house is somewhere around here?" He looked to her.

"Mhm. Turn right at the corner past the mini mart, and keep going down the street." She said.

"And it'll be the 6th house on the left." Quis leaned back in her chair after giving him directions; and

thought about what she was going to do for the rest of the night. She could probably just pop in a

movie like always, but for some reason it just didn't have an appeal to her right now. Sighing under her

breath, she turned her head and studied Squall. For what reason, she didn't know, but she wondered

what he was going to do after dropping her off.

Squall followed her directions past the mini mart and continued driving down the street from

there, and slowing counting the houses on the left side of the street until they arrived at the sixth

house, and parking into the vacant driveway. He paused with both hands on the wheel, his head

towards Quis. It took him a while to figure out during the drive here what he was going to do when he

would drop her off and head home, but nothing came to mind. "Here we are," He finally said.

"Well, thanks for the ride home Squall, it was very nice of you." She gave him a small smile, as

she undid her seat belt.

He nodded to her thanks, "Yeah.. Don't mention it." Squall hesitantly lowered his eyes, unable

to look directly at her, but still managed to open his mouth to speak. "If you aren't doing anything

later, and since you're new around here, uh," He finally lifted his head to look in her direction. "Do you

want to get a few drinks at the bar?" He cleared his throat. "With me? Don't feel obligated to go, but

I'm buying."

"Oh... S-sure, that sounds like fun." Quistis said, clearly shocked he even wanted to spend more

time with her. He gave a shrug. "I'll wait for you out here." His hand went to the keys, rattling it until

the car's engine had stopped. "Go on."