Lockhart007

Heya guys, thank you all so much (virtual cookie).

Well, this chapter is gunna –thankfully- be shorter than the last one – but don't worry, a lot will be happening :D

Chapter Seven

Not much was said between them after that. Cloud managed to convince her to stay the night, and after they both argued about who would sleep on the couch, they mutually agreed to both sleep in Clouds double bed. It was quite a large bed, so she instantly felt drowned by it when she laid on it. Once Cloud had stripped naked – for some, illogical reason -, he got under the covers and pulled Tifa close to his body, kissed her once again and instantly fell asleep, snoring lightly. Tifa wasn't sure whether it was a good thing to be hugged by a naked and drunk vampire or not, but either way, she just planted one last kiss to his forehead, snuggled into his body and fell asleep too.

It was Cloud who woke up first in the morning, groggy, tired, slightly hung-over and wondering why he was stark naked. He blearily gazed around his room and instantly caught sight of his clothes littering the floor and a deep blue dress on the other side of the bed. He looked down to his side, and inwardly jumped once he saw that a half-naked Tifa was laid next to him.

'What did I do last night?' he thought as he ran a hand down his face and tried to ignore his pounding head.

"Tifa" he whispered, lightly gripping her bare shoulder and shaking "Tifa, wake up".

She just let out a low groan and turned over so she was facing away from him. He rolled his eyes and shook a bit more vigorously "Tifa!"

"What?" she groaned, still turned away and eyes clamped shut.

"Wake up" he urged.

"Oh" she moaned, turning back to face him again and looked straight up into his eyes "I was having such a nice dream"

"I . . . I can't remember" he stuttered "Did we . . . erm . . . ?"

"No, we didn't - erm" she yawned "You're quite a polite drunk I hope you know"

"Oh right" he nodded, facing forwards and scratching the back of his neck nervously "Then . . . then why am I naked?"

"For some reason you felt the need to strip off all of your clothing before you got into the bed" she said, sitting up, keeping the quilt covered over her top half and beamed "Don't worry, I looked away when you did"

"Oh, right . . . good. Then, why are you naked?"

"Not fully" she smiled, moving the quilt aside to show him that she was still in her underwear, he quickly glanced at her and looked away with a small blush on his face. "I didn't want to ruin the dress by sleeping in it"

"Understandable" he nodded.

She just grinned and wrapped her arms around his neck, pulled him towards her and engaged him in a sweet kiss "Awww, you're so cute when you're confused"

His body stiffened and she worryingly wondered if what he said last night about liking her had just been drunken talk, she was about to move away until he said "I am not cute".

"Oh yes you are" she said in a baby-voice and pinching his cheeks "You are soooo cute!"

Then suddenly she yelped in shock as she found herself on her back with him on top of her, pinning her hands up over her head, their fingers entwined with each other. She gazed up into his eyes and could see that they were gleaming with mischief.

"Call me something else and I might let you go" he grinned, his mouth close to her head, his warm breath tickling her ear and making her shiver.

"Like what?" she asked playfully, making no attempt to free herself from his hold.

"Something a bit manlier" he laughed, pressing small kisses to her neck "Like handsome or something. Anything other than cute"

"But you are cute" she smiled, trying not to gasp as his soft lips ghosted over her skin.

"Then I can't let you get up" he said huskily.

"Who says I want to get up?" she sighed, closing her eyes in pleasure as he worked on the skin of her collarbone "I'm quite content here".

"Fine" he muttered, removing his lips and pressing their foreheads together "Call me something manlier or I'll move"

"Fine" she breathed as her now released hands moved to his hair "You look absolutely divine when you're confused"

He chuckled "Good enough" then he lent down and merged their lips together in a long and meaningful kiss. Their lips fit perfectly with one another, passing smoothly together like they had been doing it with each other for years. They realised each other and just lay there, grinning.

"I was being honest with you last night, Tifa" he gasped "I really do think I've fallen for you. It wasn't just a bit of drunken drabble. I think I become a bit too honest when I'm drunk"

"Good" she smiled, her fingers playing with a random spike of his hair "So, would you class this as a relationship?"

"You mean a girlfriend-boyfriend relationship?"

"I was thinking maybe lovers" she laughed "Boy and girlfriend make it sound like we're teenagers"

"Well" he said, slowly removing himself from on top of her and rolling onto his side so he could still look at her "Would you like some breakfast . . . lover?"

"Go on then" she smiled, sitting up as Cloud threw aside the cover and stood up. She knew she shouldn't, but she couldn't remove her eyes from his perfectly curved buttocks. She just wanted to reach out and grope it. It even looked nice enough to bite! He pulled on a pair of underwear and a pair of light grey sweatpants and a black vest shirt. She flung her legs from out of the bed and bent down to pick up her discarded dress.

"You don't want to put that back on again do you?" he asked her.

"Not really" she agreed, standing up and holding the dress at arm's length "But since it's the only clothing I have . . ."

"Here" he sighed, throwing a plain grey top and a pair of blue jeans on the bed "Smallest I've got here. Should fit you"

"Um, thanks" she said, folding the dress and grabbing the jeans which she put on "Have you got a belt? These are a bit big"

"You calling me fat?" he teased, passing her a plain brown belt.

"No" she smiled "Just your ass" he laughed and left the room to start on making breakfast as she pulled the belt through the hoops of her jeans and pulled the shirt on. Once she was dressed, she pulled open the cream coloured curtains and opened the window slightly. It was a glorious day outside, and she was thankful for the cool breeze that was entering the room.

She found a comb in the bathroom, and brushed her teeth using Clouds' toothbrush (he wouldn't mind).

"I hope he doesn't clean the toilet with this" she muttered as she spat into the sink and washed it away. She splashed water over her face, reached out to grab a towel and dried off. She looked at her reflection in the circular shaped mirror above the sink and knew for some reason she looked different (heck, she could even feel it).

'Must be because I haven't been this happy in years' she thought.

As she trod down the stairs, the smell of bacon hit her nostrils and her stomach growled in response. She entered his super-white kitchen and sat herself at the table, watching Clouds back as he bent over the stove cooking. She hungrily watched as the muscles of his shoulders tensed and relaxed as he moved his arms, and how sexy it was to her whenever he would let out a sign and quickly wipe his brow due to the heat coming from the cooker.

"You claim to not be a good cook" she said "But from what I remember, your cooking wasn't too shabby"

"Well, I only inherited little bit of the skill of what my mother had. She tried to teach me" he answered "Can't say I was the best student"

"I can't cook to save my life" she laughed as he passed her over a plate and sat opposite "I always seem to set myself alight. I know I'm hot but it's just ridiculous"

"Wonderful pun" he smiled as he placed half of a cooked tomato into his mouth "You got work today?"

"I've always got work" she answered "So I can't stay here long, I need to get home, changed then down to the station"

"I'll take you"

"I was going to ask you anyway" she smiled "You are now my personal taxi . . . or my bitch. Take your pick"

\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

"Why does my car smell of sick?" Cloud asked as they both strapped themselves in.

"I dunno" Tifa replied "You threw up outside of the car. You were a few good meters away"

"I threw up?"

"Yeah" she laughed "From travel sickness, not the booze"

"Oh" he muttered as he adjusted the mirror "I can't remember"

"I'm not surprised" she smiled "What do you remember?"

"Not a lot" he admitted as he backed out "All I remember is telling you about my past and waking up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom"

"Do you regret telling me about your past?" she randomly asked.

"I guess not" he replied "You were bound to ask sooner or later. Sooner the better huh?"

"Right" she grinned with a nod.

They soon reached Tifa's house and before she left, Cloud reached out and dragged her into another chaste kiss.

"Have a good day" he whispered, his lips close enough to hers that she couldn't resist touching them again briefly.

"Yeah" she smiled "You too"

She got out and waved him off as he drove away. She flung her dress over one arm and reached for her keys with the other since she knew Aerith wouldn't be in and the door would be locked – and she was correct.

"I'm home" she called to an empty house, enjoying the silence. She entered the kitchen and her eyes instantly took notice of a note attached to the fridge. She took it in her hand and read:

Tifa

When you have a break, come down to the floristry so we can have lunch together where you have to tell me EVERYTHING!

Lots of love, Aerith xx

Tifa just smiled and replaced the note under a flower shaped magnet. She quickly got dressed in simple clothing (a red shirt and blue skinny jeans), replaced her expensive earrings for large gold hoops and left the house again and drove to the station.

"Lockhart" Cid called as soon as she entered the AVALANCHE underground facility "Get your ass over here"

"Yes Cid?" she sighed as she went over to him where he was sat in his usual place, but stood beside him was a man she had never seen before. He was rather tall with dark brown hair and similar coloured eyes. He wore long black trousers and a skin-tight grey shirt – showing off all of his intense abdominal muscles. He looked in her direction briefly, tipped his head in acknowledgment and turned back to the largest of the computer screens.

"Got a mission for you" Cid grunted in response, and then turned his gaze to the man "For both of you"

"You know me and my team can handle this Cid" the man replied, boredom lacing his voice "We don't need help from anyone else"

"Shut ya trap and just listen will ya?" Cid snarled at him "Lemme introduce you both first before you start flapping ya gums. Biggs this is Tifa, Tifa this is Biggs"

"I believe we spoke briefly a while ago" Biggs said, sternly holding his hand out to shake.

"We have?" she asked, shaking his hand quickly "Wait, hold on a sec, are you that 'B'?"

"The one and only" he smirked, then turned to Cid "Ok old man, give me the briefing"

"I'll old man you" Cid grunted as he swivelled in his chair and turned to his computer "I'm sending you both to Wutai. There's a village in the forest nearby there, and there has been some pretty gruesome murders going on. Bodies are turning up completely mutilated, people going missing pretty frequently and farm stock mysteriously going missing. The police can't find any leads or clues to whoever is doing this, so I'm send you two there today to try and crack the case"

"How can we solve this without any trace of evidence?" Biggs asked, taking in the pictures that had popped up onto the screen. Pictures that Tifa couldn't look at for too long – bodies that were almost unrecognisable as human, animal carcasses and dead children.

"That's why I'm sending you there nitwit" Cid muttered, rolling his eyes "You're in for the long haul, so get your shit packed and be ready later to leave this afternoon. You'll arrive just in time to take a quick nap, that's how generous I am. Then I'll have someone meet you to give you further details on the mission"

"I'll alert my team" Biggs said, giving Cid a quick salute, Tifa a nod then left.

"While we're gone, who is gunna run the Johnny case?" Tifa asked.

"No one" Cid replied "We'll keep our eyes open, but it's your mission, and it'll still be yours when you return"

"Fine" Tifa nodded "But why do I have to do this case with a partner? You know I don't work well in a team"

"Did you not listen to what I just said?" Cid grunted "This is gunna take more than just one person to solve. You and Agent Biggs are the two best field agents AVALANCHE has, if anyone can do it, you two can"

"How come I've never heard of him?" she asked.

"Because he does the cases over-seas" Cid replied whilst chewing on a cocktail stick "He's been here for about ten years, and usually agents are killed before that time so you're a rookie compared to him"

"I'm a rookie however you see it" Tifa smiled "I've only been an agent for just over a year. That reminds me, it's my birthday in the next few weeks, what ya getting me?"

"A blow up sex toy" he answered matter-of-factly.

"No thanks" she scoffed "I don't need it, but you might because I'm guessing Shera's not giving you any now that she's pregnant"

"You're pushing it Lockhart" he growled "I'm a sex-deprived man on a nicotine strike, one more word and I won't be responsible for my actions"

"Oh" she said playfully "You love to too much" then she reached out a scuffed his hair, earning her the famous Cid-glare he frequently had to use on her. "Fine, I'm leaving" she laughed "I'll be here and ready to leave this afternoon"

\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

"So" Aerith smiled, leaning her elbows on the counter of the floristry and twirling a strand of hair around a finger "How did it go?"

"Went well" Tifa smiled, leaning against the same counter and taking in the view of all of the flowers and plants that covered the shop, making it look like an indoor tropical rainforest – the sweltering heat added to the illusion "He took me to Godo's"

"He never!" Aerith gasped "That's like, the best place ever"

"I know" Tifa grinned "I saw quite a lot of famous faces there. It all would have went perfect if he hadn't got smashed"

"Boys will be boys" Aerith sighed "And since you didn't arrive back home last night, it was either you stayed over at his or you camped under a bus like you said before you left. I'm guessing it was the first one?"

"Yeah, but not like that, we just talked and went to sleep in each other's arms"

"Awwwwwwwwww" the older woman fawned "That is so romantic. I wish I could find a guy like that"

"You will one day" Tifa said "Probably not as handsome but still just as nice"

"Well" Aerith smiled "There's a guy who works here part time, he's quite good-looking and has a great personality. I think he may have a little crush on me because he does all of these little things here and there that kinda hints to it"

"What does he look like?"

"Green eyes, silver hair, a boyish face"

"Hhmm, silver? How old is he? Fifty?"

"No" Aerith giggled "I think he's around twenty-five maybe twenty-six. I've not asked him"

"I would give you advice" Tifa said "But since all of the men who have showed interest in me have just come out and said it to me, I don't know what to say. Right, I'm guessing you get a load of loved up guys in here buying flowers for their other halves?"

"All the time"

"Well, when one of them comes in and your little fancy bloke is around, engage the guy in conversation about his woman and look interested, especially if he's saying how wonderful his girl is and how his life is so much better now she's in it. And when he leaves, look all dreamy and 'accidently' say out loud something like I wish I had a guy like that or something along those lines. Who knows, it may even make lover-boy speak up and I dunno, ask you out on a date or something"

"That sort of thing works?" Aerith asked shocked.

"I dunno" Tifa laughed "It does in some of the movies I've seen"

"Hhmm" Aerith muttered thoughtfully "I'll think about it"

"You don't have to, you could-" but she stopped once the bell above the door jingled, announcing someone had just entered. From behind all of the exotic plants appeared a tall, blonde haired woman with piercing brown eyes. She was dressed in a long dress with a slit up each of the sides, showing off her long, smooth legs. On her feet she wore high heeled stilettos of the same colour. She looked at the other two women in the shop and audibly scoffed and turned her head towards a batch of pink roses. Aerith and Tifa watched her closely as the woman fluttered from one flower to the other like a bee, sniffing some here and there, her eyes focused on the plants only.

"Hello" Aerith smiled as the woman came over to the counter "Welcome, how can I be of assistance for you today madam?"

"Yes" the woman said, her voice rang with a posh and snobby tone "I was wondering if you sell the flowers I am looking for. Their Latin name is Luscious Lotus"

"Um sorry" Aerith frowned "We don't have them in stock at the moment"

"I'm sorry?" the woman scowled "You don't have them? What kind of floristry are you running here; you do sell flowers don't you?"

"Yes" Aerith cowered "We just don't have that flower in at the moment, I can put in an order for them and I could get in contact with you as soon as they arrive"

The woman made a rude, scorning noise and snarled "Fat load of good that will be, I need them tonight. And even if I didn't, I wouldn't in hell leave my contact information in a scrubby little place like this"

"Oi" Tifa snarled "No need to get bitchy about it. If they don't have the flowers, they don't have them; don't have a go at the poor girl. And if this place is so scrubby, why on Earth are you here in the first place?"

"I don't think I was talking to you little girl" the blonde snarled "The reason why I come here is of no concern of yours. This place may be grotty, but don't they have laws against prostitute's entering public places like here?"

"You what?" Tifa growled, pushing herself off the counter and advancing "Who in hell do you think you are? Going around spreading your shit! Why don't you leave and take your fake tits and peroxide hair with you?"

"How dare you?" the woman scowled "I'll have you know that these-" she motioned to her breasts "- are one hundred per cent natural . . . unlike yours"

Tifa turned away, knowing that if she fell for the bait she would probably earn herself a prison sentence, and she had more important things to do. Aerith, noticing that her friend was close to losing it, shyly asked "Could you please leave the shop madam?"

"Me leave?" the woman gasped "I didn't do anything, it was your little attack dog here. You need to find yourself some new friends my dear; whores and prostitutes don't make good company"

Tifa turned on her heel and glared "Oh no you didn't" she snapped "Aerith hold my earrings"

"My, my" the woman smirked as Tifa removed the first hoop and slammed it onto the counter "Someone woke up on the wrong side of her kennel"

"Oh you think you're so fucking high and mighty" Tifa hissed, slamming the other earring down, where her wrist was grabbed by her friend "I'll fucking show you"

"Tifa no" Aerith gasped "You'll get yourself locked up, and you'll also damage the flowers"

"Oh please" the blonde smiled "Bring it on; I haven't had a decent fight in years. But I'll warn you girl, you will regret crossing me"

Then she turned and strolled down the shop, blowing a snarky kiss over her shoulder before she left.

"Yeah, you better run you bitch" Tifa shouted as the door opened and closed "Don't be getting over confident! Aerith let go!"

"Promise me you won't chase after her" she pleaded

"And break a nail punching her face in? She's not worth it"

"Good" Aerith sighed "So, you were saying before we were rudely interrupted?"

"I can't remember" Tifa replied, forcing calm into her voice as she tried to re-attach her earrings with shaky hands, rage coursing through her body.

"Here" Aerith sighed, doing them both for her. "Thanks by the way. Sticking up for me, just . . . don't put yourself in danger, women like her are tougher than they seem. She's probably got a lot of money in her back pocket too, meaning she has the cash to send you down with a prison sentence"

"Hmpt" Tifa scowled "I work for the police. I do have my own connections, plus they need me to work for them, they wouldn't risk putting me behind bars"

"But still . . ."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah" the ruby eyed woman said, waving a hand "Oh, by the way, I'll be away for a few days starting tonight"

"Oh?" Aerith grinned "Has this got something to do with a certain blond haired, blue eyed man?"

"I wish" Tifa smiled "I'm helping the police force in Wutai with something"

"Ok, when will you be back?"

"I don't know, but I'll let you know when I'm on my way back"

Aerith nodded and said "Just be safe ok?"

"Yeah I will" Tifa smiled back "And you, I could always ask Cloud to keep an eye on you while I'm gone, just to make sure"

"I'm sure I'll be fine" Aerith grinned "But hey, I won't complain if he's around more often"

"I bet you wouldn't. So, about this lunch?"

\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

"You're going away so you want me to look after your girlfriend?" came Clouds voice from the other end of the phone.

"Just for a few days" Tifa answered as she entered her code number into the keypad and placed her palm onto the scanner where it lit up blue then green. "I'm doing a specific job over in Wutai, and with Johnny still running around, I can't risk leaving her on her own"

She heard him sigh "Fine, but I can't keep watch twenty-four seven, I do have a job you know"

"You're a vampire loan shark" she muttered as she entered the HQ "It's not like your unable to pull a few strings to let yourself have time off"

"Not that simple" he replied "But I'll do my best, you just look after yourself alright?"

"I always do" she smiled, dropping her travel bag to the floor "I'll see you when I get back"

"Yeah sure" he grunted as he hung up.

"Love you too" she said to nobody as she pocketed her mobile and went over to where Cid was sat with Biggs and two other people. One was a larger and shorter man than Biggs, wearing green and grey military gear and a large red bandana on his head that covered his black coloured hair and the other was a young woman wearing similar clothing who had light brown hair and eyes.

"Now you're all here" Cid said "I'm assuming your all ready to go?" the four of them nodded in agreement. "Your car is waiting outside, you'll be checking into the Mosser Hotel when you get to Wutai where a woman called Rose Holladay will meet you at the reception area upon arrival. Don't fuck this up"

"We won't" the young woman said enthusiastically "You couldn't have put your faith in better people"

"I know" Cid grunted with a little wink "So what are you all waiting for? Get your arses out of here"

"Yes sir" the three other agents chorused with an uptight salute. Cid just rolled his eyes and motioned for them to remove themselves from his sight. The woman instantly went up to Tifa and introduced herself with a vigorous handshake.

"I'm Jessie by the way" she smiled "I'm assuming you are Tifa?"

"Yeah that's me" Tifa nodded.

"Oh thank Gaia another woman is on the job" Jessie smiled "I'm always stuck with men around here, not that I'm complaining. I'll be your technical advisor on this mission, meaning I work all of the electronics and gadgets that are given to us, Wedge here-"

She grabbed the larger man's shoulder and dragged him to her side "-will be our driver when we get to our destination. His Aunt used to live in Wutai so he knows the place like the back of his hand"

Wedge smiled at Tifa and went to join Biggs at the door, who was waiting for the two women to get a move on.

"C'mon" Biggs said impatiently "We want to get there before the sun sets"

"Coming" Jessie smiled as she guided the way out of the HQ, through the station and outside where a small black car was waiting for them. The driver, wearing a pure black uniform, opened the doors for them and after they got seated, closed them and got into the driver's seat. Tifa was in the back with Jessie and Wedge, squeezed in between them like a tuna fish in a can. Biggs had taken the front door seat as soon as it had been opened.

"Sorry" Wedge grunted as he tried to give her as much space possible "I am on a diet, but it doesn't seem to be working for me"

"You're always on a diet" Jessie scoffed jokingly "Jees Biggs, why does your skinny butt get the front seat?"

"Because I'm older and superior" he smirked, glancing over his shoulder at her and smiling, making the young girl blush. He then turned back to the driver and asked "There's a sea between Midgar and Wutai, are we going through the undersea tunnel?"

"That's what my map tells me" the driver replied "This car wasn't built to be a boat as well"

"Ah good" Biggs sighed "I can't stand boats"

"Awww is somebody scared of water?" Jessie teased as she rolled down the window to let in some much needed air "You got enough space Tifa?"

"Yeah I'm fine" she lied, Wedge was really crushing her side but she wasn't going to say that "It's a good job I'm small eh?"

"Lucky you" Jessie smiled, patting her slim waist "I think I'm gaining weight. But at least I'm not huge, unlike some . . ."

"I am still here you know" Wedge muttered.

"I know" Jessie grinned "You know I love you really"

"You better do" Wedge said "Or I might have to take the liberty of sitting on you"

Four hours later and halfway to Wutai, luckily for Tifa, Biggs and Wedge swapped places so that there was a lot more space in the back to move. She was sat on the left hand side of the car, staring out of the window, sat next to a stern looking Biggs who had his eyes forwards and arms crossed over his chest and a red faced Jessie, who was looking down at her feet, head low and hands clamped together.

"So" Tifa said, trying to start up a conversation "I hear you lot do the out of town missions?"

"Most of them" Biggs answered "Like you, I'm a field agent. Wedge and Jessie here are both apprentices of Reeve, so they are really knowledgeable with what they do"

"Ex-apprentice" Wedge said from the front "Passed years ago with flying colours, Jessie is his current one"

"Yeah" Jessie agreed, still staring at the floor "It was my idea to build that robot cat of his. Reeve thought it was a good idea so he built it, but unfortunately it got damaged in testing"

'More like it blew itself up' Tifa said in her head.

"So you're the one looking for Johnny Hancock?" Biggs asked her "I was on his trail the first time he went on a rampage, but obviously you got to him first"

"You can have the case if you want" Tifa laughed "He's determined to kill me"

Biggs just smiled and turned to Jessie "You ok? You're looking a bit flushed"

"Oh I'm fine" she whispered, not able to look at him "It's just a bit hot in here"

"Tifa" Biggs said "Could you possibly open your window please?"

"Yeah sure" she replied, winding it down fully, knowing that it wasn't the heat that was making Jessie's face red.

As soon as they got to Wutai a few hours later, they got out of the car and retrieved their bags from the boot. As soon as they were alone together, Tifa turned to Jessie and grinned "You so have a crush on Biggs don't you?"

"No" she blushed, closing the boot door and throwing her bag over her shoulder.

"Don't lie to me" Tifa smiled as they headed towards the Mosser Hotel they were staying at. It was a large white building with a beautiful garden full of flowers and a little stream going around it, and the pond was full of fish (mainly Koi).

Jessie just shook her head and refused to answer as she opened the door as they entered the reception area. Inside was just as well decorated, the walls were cream coloured, the carpet was of a rich red and the lights were large circular red lanterns, casting a slight pink tinge around the room.

"At last" a woman at the front desk called to them "I was wondering when you would arrive"

"Rose Holladay I presume?" Biggs asked.

"You presume right" Rose smiled, removing her cowboy hat and flicking her shoulder length red hair aside, her brown eyes wide and cheerful "I'll be your guide for tomorrow, not many people know how to get to the village, so you're going to need me to take you there. I'm hoping at least one of you can drive"

"That'll be me" Wedge nodded, raising a hand.

"Smashing" Rose grinned, slapping and rubbing her hands together in glee "Well, I want you here tomorrow at about seven in the morning if that's ok?"

"More than ok" Biggs replied with a slight nod of his head.

"Great, I'll give you more information tomorrow, but now rest; you've all had a long ride"

They were allocated two rooms, Biggs and Wedge in one and Tifa and Jessie in the other. The room was large and also decorated in the same way as the reception. The first thing Tifa did was get a shower since she had to miss it that morning. As soon as she was washed, dried and changed she jumped onto her bed and scurried under the covers for warmth (for such a nice place, it wasn't half freezing).

"You won't tell him will you Tifa?" Jessie suddenly asked in a small voice.

"Tells Biggs that you have a crush on him?" Tifa grinned "Of course not, but you weren't that subtle, so he's probably already figured it out"

"But he's like, ten years older than me" she sighed "It probably wouldn't work out"

'Try dating a three hundred and forty year old vampire' she sighed in her head, already missing him and wanting to be curled up in his arms again. She faintly heard Jessie say goodnight as she focused all of her energy on the pictures in her head of the night before and other fantasies that she would love to happen between them.

I know it's not the best chapter (probably the weakest so far), but don't worry, this is leading up to a rather good plot – if I say so myself. If you have any questions that you want to ask me, go ahead, and I'll try and answer them for you.

So peeps, what do you all think?

Till next time, Keza xXx

P.S. thanks to Foxes Flames who constantly told me to get off my ass and write this (I've been quite lazy recently hee hee).