A/N: so this is my tenth chapter, sorry it took me a while, i mean it took me months! not to write this but to find the time. been hella busy with school and the like. :) i dont think this one is anything like my past chapter XD but what the heck :)

Disclaimer: i do not own square enix, if i did, i wont be studying anymore xD

--Chapter 10—

A Blunder Well Kept

Rinoa was shocked. She didn't know how to react to the gesture that Squall was now showing. He kissed her! In front of the whole Estharian Elites! She was surely surprised and not to mention, weak in the knees. Thankfully Squall was holding onto her or else she might have fallen on the floor. She can't help but feel embarrassed by the position she was in now.

Her hand was on the sides of Squall's face like trying to hold on and at the same time trying to push him away, her body is bent backwards and her whole weight was only supported by Squall's grasp. Trying with the utmost effort to stand up, she was detained in that position by Squall. Her frail attempts to break free from his hold were only emphasized by her whimpering on his lips. As a reaction to this Squall even deepened the kiss and at this point Rinoa was failing an attempt to hide her giggles.

This is soooooo wrong! This will turn up on the papers for sure! My aunt will know and then my mom will know, then if they both know… I'll be back in Deling in a snap!

This time Squall broke the kiss and gave her bewildered expression. "What's up with the giggles Rin?"

Rinoa just shook her head and then looked at the ogling audience. "Uh oh, we've really done it this time." She whispered to Squall's ear as she turned scarlet red with embarrassment.

Laguna tried to wipe off the spilled wine on Kiros's suit, as he apologized nonstop. Ellone on the other hand was still smiling as she swept her dress with the utmost fluidity and gracefulness, and captured the attention of most of the audience, as she carved her way to the dance floor. "Well that certainly is a something, right brother?" she said as she winked at her brother and Rinoa. "But don't let that spoil, influence or intrigue your night, for it is young and there are lots more to be done!"

And with that a sudden blast of house music filled the dance floor, as the lights grew dim and the people began to feel the rhythm.

Rinoa went to Ellone's side, finally escaping Squall's hold, and thanked her for the "distraction" or "diversion" that she made.

"No worries Rinoa, I am happy to be of help to you guys. Now Squall," she added as she saw her brother come into view from Rinoa's back. "As for you, take care of Rinoa okay? Don't you dare make a wrong move because it's not only her heart you'll break but also your family's name and honor." She whispered the last part dangerously into Squall's ear, and this made his spine shiver.

Wow she really is serious about this.

He gave Ellone a goofy smile and hugged her. "Listen Ellone, I promised you a long time ago that I won't ruin the family name on purpose, and I never really lived up to it, now I will, I promise." He added as he gave her a pat on the back and went to go to their father.

Oh boy, I wonder what he has to say to me now.

"You seem to be enjoying yourself dad." Squall said as he reached the President's loft. Laguna hastily turned away from Kiros and went to hug Squall. "I knew my boy wouldn't be womanless for long! I mean with a cut like you, it's just impossible!" Laguna was the happiest person in the room, except for Rinoa.

Damn what would my aunt say when she sees this in the paper tomorrow??

As the party ended and the people were now dispersing, Squall went to talk to his friends that were also invited, and left Rinoa to finally think of what was happening to her. She went to the balcony to stare at the night sky…she was considering staying there until the morning but decided against it.

"Hey Rinoa, why are you so tense?" Ellone suddenly crept up behind her while she was intently staring out the open window.

Rinoa cocked an eyebrow at her for shocking her and for the out of the blue question. "I am not tense, Ellone. I'm just bothered by the thought of me being with a guy like Squall."

Ellone went to join her on the balusters and situated herself just beside her. "Hmm… Why would you, of all the people, be bothered by my own brother?"

"I don't know, probably because he's someone of the Elite class and I am just mediocre,"

"I mean here in Esthar." She added as Ellone gave her a questioning look.

"It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor, I and our father do not judge anyone by their looks or their standing in life, I mean, even if my boyfriend IS a male model for Juggernaut."

juggernaut is a famous brand of clothing in Esthar, only people of Elite linage can become models or designers for the brand.

"Look Noa, we're not about to kick you out of the house just because my brother kissed you in public, I mean I've had my share of blunders too you know."

"Really?" Rinoa was now curious as ever as Ellone explained her "blunder".

"Well you see when I was in your age, I had a boyfriend and dad didn't know anything about it, only Squall knew."

"We were dating then," she looked up at the sky dreamily as she recalled the memory of the night. "And it was super past my curfew, and hell, I was panicking like hell."

"Too bad for me, we went to the movies then and I told my dad that I would be home before curfew," she continued. Rinoa listened intently as she unfolded her blunder.

"My curfew was 10:00pm but it was already 12:00am then. Traffic was not a problem, but the making out… well who knew it was hard to stop that?" then she laughed at the memory.

"So you got caught?"

"Nope I didn't. I arrived home at about 3:00am, and Squall picked me up from the gate of the palace."

"My boyfriend then didn't want to leave me just like that and said he wanted to come inside."

She pulled her head back as she laughed at the memory.

"What's so funny?"

"Oh you'll find out." And with that she continued with her story.

"Hey Elle, I'm sorry but I forgot to tune the car before leaving the house." Emmett whispered into my ears "It's okay, just don't get caught!" He laughed as he stole another kiss from my already chapped lips.

"Sis, Dad's going to check up on our rooms in a few minutes! Just go back out when he's done!"

I won't budge from my position even as Squall tugged at my arm. "No you go on ahead," I shooed him to into the house. "I'll stay here, he'll think I just went to the bathroom or something, I never create blunders remember?"

I pushed my little brother to the cavernous entrance of the house, and asked him to stall if he could. I just hope Dad doesn't punish him for my evil deed. As Squall went up the stairs I went to open the gate to let Emmett in. I gave him a small peck on the lips before pulling him into the estate before the gates finally closed. "Let's go in from the kitchen entrance, it's nearer my room." I said as we sped up on the huge lawn of our estate. "Elle, you know I could just see you tomorrow and I could call you up on your phone, you don't need to get caught,"

"Don't be silly Emmett, I won't get caught!" I said confidently as I pushed the entrance to the kitchens to find that it was crowded with maids. "At this hour?!" I gasped. "Why are you all still doing up?" I said as I gave Emmett a signal to stay behind the wall. "Well, miss, we're just having a conference. We all thought you were in your room studying." "I went out for a walk, or a run." I made up as I saw my panting self in the mirror. "Look, you don't have to tell my father about this okay?"

They all sighed at me and said in unison: " He won't know, he's busy with his friends, he's drinking, but we believe he will still do his rounds, so miss, we beg you to go to your room now."

"We wouldn't want you to get hurt." One of the servant boys told me as he pulled me in the kitchen and went to shut the door. Oh no, Emmett. "Wait! I'm with someone, can he come in too?" I told him as I pulled the door open to call Emmett. "Jun, this is Emmett" "Emmett…Jun" I gave them a small intro and then sprinted with them at my wake to go straight to my room. "Whew," I said as I went into my room, which was the first door to my left. "Whew, to you too young lady," suddenly a voice spoke from the darkness. I was horror struck as I recognized the low, calming voice that I heard. "DAD! What are you doing in my room?" I asked trying to sound casual and not even trying to open the lights as I know Emmett was just behind me and when I open the lights my dad would surely see. "Well, this is my room, so why wouldn't I be in here?" oh shoot, I totally forgot my room was on the first door, TO THE RIGHT! I punched myself in my head as I tried to approach dad. "Who's with you Elle?" he asked stopping me in my tracks. "A friend, "I told him super casually. "He's here to help me study astrology." Good work I thought. "But you're not taking up astrology, Hun." I was starting to sweat even more and my grip on Emmett's hands tightened. "You're not even supposed to be awake right now."

"So then what happened?" Rinoa was now as absorbed in the story as Ellone is. "Did he punish you for it?"

"Yeah I was punished big time!" Ellone then laughed as she recalled what else happened then."

"Dad found out of Emmett and ordered that his family be kept in the mostly-watched-families-of-Esthar's list, which eventually pushed Emmett's family to their limits and they moved out of the city." She said as she glanced at Rinoa's side. "Well, he didn't even say goodbye, sorry if my blunder isn't as big as Squall's but I sure am trying!" She then laughed and then finally said, "I better go inside now, and you know I gotta go clean up."

"Sure thing, Elle," Rinoa said as she went to face back again. "Thanks for sharing."

"No problem." Ellone replied with as she muffled a yawn. "I better get started."

As Ellone left Rinoa thought of how many or how bad were the blunders that Squall made to put Ellone's to shame. She laughed as she tried to picture the worst case scenarios, like Squall running around Esthar as a protest, or if he killed someone, impregnated a woman and then pushed for abortion…. She shuddered as she thought of the last one.

"I hope he didn't." she muttered to herself just before she was carried off the ledge by someone. She let out a shrill scream which was only muffled by her kidnapper's hands.

"Let go of me!" Rinoa wriggled to break free. "I will scream again if you don't let me go!"

She tried to bite her assailant's arms, but to no avail, she bit his hands. He let out a gasp of pain and even cursed as he let Rinoa go and went to soothe his now swollen hand. "You didn't have to bite me you know?"

Rinoa blushed scarlet and then burst into a fit of giggles as she approached her "assailant". "Then you shouldn't have surprised me like that!"

"Well you were so serious and then you suddenly say something so I figured I should shake you up a bit to break the trance." Squall explained as he handed his swollen hand to Rinoa.

Rinoa took a look at the hand and stuck out a tongue at Squall. She barely dodged Squall's hand when it came to grab at her chin to make her look at him. But when Squall tried again he succeeded, because then she was preoccupied with his wound.

"Look Noa," he said as he made her look at him. "What were you talking about when I found you here?"

"Nothing much, I mean, Ellone shared some things but after that I was thinking of my aunt." She lied as she tried her hardest to look at Squall.

"Okay then, I just wanted to tell you, you'll be sleeping in my room." He said as he carried her on his arms, which caught her off guard.

"Wait! What's with the carrying? I could WALK you know!" she protested weakly in his arms, but in between the protests, a yawn escaped her.

"You're beat Rin, I'll carry you to my room, I think the maids placed clothes there to sleep in." He said as he went on his way to his room. "And don't worry we won't do anything stupid. Promise." He added as he saw the look on her face when he said they were going to sleep in the same room.

"Yeah you better behave you--" and with that Rinoa fell asleep.

So she didn't know how sleepy she was… or is she just narcoleptic? Haha I guess she's just tired.

Squall placed her on the bed and decided that she shouldn't be woken up, so he got dressed and settled himself on the couch.

A/N: so what do you think? i told you it wasn't like the others! but please R &R love much!! sorry to take so long on the update! :D ashikarazu!! xD