'Alright, now you gotta figure out a way to fix this with Cloud.' Light was still pacing back and forth across the roof, rubbing her arms to stay warm. 'Damn you Tifa. Could've given me a blanket or something!' Light thought of all the ways this could play out. So far she had cone up with 3.
1: Light would somehow get back into the bar, and find Cloud. She explain all the things that happened and he confess his love, she would confess her held up feelings and they would live happily ever after. But then Noctis would get hurt, which was something that would attack her concscience everyday for the rest of her life.
2:She would explain to Cloud, then he would express his feelings for her. But she wouldn't return them and tell him she'd fallen for Noctis. But that would break Cloud's heart.
3:She could leave and never have to tell Cloud or Noctis, and then she would be alone. It would save their hearts but her would be torn in two.
Either way someone ends up getting hurt. Maybe this WAS for her own good, it had given her a good time to think.
'Crap! Noctis is downstairs and Cloud is going down there. That is not going to end well if those two start talking!' Tifa hurried past Cloud towards Zack and Noctis. "Zack, I need you to take Noctis to the back." She whispered in his ear.
"Why?" He questioned loudly but then saw his blonde friend, immediately caught on. "Oh...I see now."
"I like whispering too." Noctis butted in.
"Uhh...Noctis I think Light is in the back. Why don't we go there now?" Zack said in the most generic robot like voice. Tifa facepalmed.
"S-Sure..." Noctis replied giving him a confused look. Cloud walked up next to Tifa. Zack and someone Cloud count recognize from behind left to the back.
"Where is Zack taking that guy? Don't tell me he is gay?"
"WHAT? No!"
"Are you sure, I mean, we are talking about a guy who lives for gossip and gets manicures."
"You would know, Mr. Hair Salon!" Tifa laughed but Cloud just rolled his eyes. "Seems like someone is in a better mood."
"I think I just need to talk to Light about it. Have you talked to her?"
"No! Why would I? She's not on the roof! What? Who said that?" Tifa nervously answered.
"What are you rambling on about?" Cloud shrugged his shoulders. "I need some air."
He walked away and began going for the stairs, Tifa sighed in relief. 'At least, he's going back upstairs...wait...Air?...Upstairs?...The roof!' She mentally slapped herself. Cloud was already at the top of the staircase by the time she reached the stairs.
"No! Not the roof!" But he was out of earshot.
"Alright. I'm done with this shit. I'm going get inside if I have to go Mission Impossible." Light chattered through her teeth. She had been up on the roof for long enough. She walked the perimeter of the roof looking for a fire escape or a ladder of some sort.
None.
Finally, she saw a dumpster down below in the back alleyway. 'I guess I'm jumping down.' She thought as she looked down. "Here goes nothing." She leapt down and landed, thankfully, in the dumpster. She jumped out and brushed off the papers that had stuck to her. It disgusted her having to touch trash covered in who knows what.
As she finished brushing herself off, the backdoor opened, revealing a talking Zack and Noctis. The rush of warm air, was comforting.
"Light? What happened? It looks like you got in a fight with the garbage and the garbage won." Zack tried hard not to laugh at Lightning's appearance but she was covered in yesterday's trash.
"Shut up, Zack! Tifa locked me up on the damn roof!"
"That's where you've been for the last twenty minutes?" Noctis scratched the back of his head.
"No, Noct, I was in the mystical land of Gummy Bears, and the unicorns all were guiding me through the seven levels of the candy cane forest."
"I don't need your sarcasm."
"Well, then can you tell me where Tifa is?" Light asked not really directing her question to Noctis or Zack.
"I think she is inside."
"Thanks." Light brushed past Zack and Noctis who went back inside. Noctis was trailing Light, and he was being followed by Zack. "Tifa! Where the hell are you? You better come tell me why I was locked out on the damn roof?" Light was storming through the bar. Noticing she wasn't there, she went back upstairs.
"Cloud! No don't open the-" But Cloud had already pulled open the roof access door. She ran towards it and saw that it was just Cloud.
"Why did you want me to not Open te door?"
"Oh you know...cats."
"Oh...Kay...then..." He sighed and looked up at the night sky. "Teef, do you think that I Lightning still has feelings for me?"
"Umm.. I'm not sure, I never bothered to ask her."
"Oh."
"Cloud?"
"Yes."
"Do you still love her? Tell me the truth too. None of this hide-behind-a-pathetic-lie stuff." She demanded. 'Hypocrite!'' Her conscious screamed.
"Well...I don't know..."
"Well I will ask you this then. When you saw Light kissing Noctis did that hurt?"
"How'd you know about that?" Tifa slapped a hand over her mouth. 'Crap! Why must I have word vomit issues?'
"Teef, who told you about that? You lied! You did talk to her!" "Cloud! This just proves that you still love her! So what if I lied, so what if she was on the roof but then mysteriously vanished-" More word vomit. Cloud looked more than unhappy right now. There goes the heart-to-heart-friend-chat they were about to have.
"Teef! Whydont you ever tell me these things!"
"Cause I know you'll over react to them, like now!" He rushed past her and into the hallway. Tifa solemnly followed him. 'This would've been better if I would of kept my mouth shut.'
Lightning reached the top of the stairs and turned the corner, bumping into somebody in a rush. When she looked up it was Cloud. He helped her back to her feet.
"Light..."
"Cloud, we need to talk."
"Alright."
"Somewhere that Zack isn't occupying, god knows he can't keep himself from eavesdropping and letting the entire world know." Light and Cloud went into the guest bedroom.
Noctis had stood to tie his shoe and Zack was told to distract him.
"Noctis, so you being a Prince and all, I'm sure you have your pick of the ladies, why Lightning?"
"Well." He stood finishing tying his shoe. As he stood up, he realized Light was already gone outta sight and He was stuck with Zack, again. "It's a really long story."
"We have time to kill."
"Maybe another time. Plus, Light tells the story ten times better." "That something engaged people say. It's funny. So...I'm guessing you love Light."
"I love Claire, but seeing her here in a different setting, its like meeting a different Claire...well I guess that's Lightning"
'Alright, Lightning, you can do this. Just breathe.' Cloud sat down on the end of the bed and light remained standing. Ready to begin her explanation.
"Light-"
"Cloud, just listen right now! I know what you saw, and I am not gonna stand her and tell you it's not what it looked like. Because it was! Alright, that didn't help but ummm...Cloud. I still love you but I also still love Noctis- "
"Wait! Whoa, what do you mean 'still'? "
"Noctis and I, we sort of dated.."
Tifa pressed her ear further against the door, trying to listen in the conversation. "What do you hear?" Zack whispered, coming out of nowhere.
"She is telling him about You and Her dating." She pointed to Noctis as she said 'You'. " Now, be quiet I can't hear what he is saying."
"Don't you think this is sort of rude?" Noctis asked.
"Shhhh!" Tifa and Zack simultaneously shushed him.
"Cloud?" She finished explaining her story of how she and Noctis dated and separated and up until now. Cloud was in a shocked state of mind.
"I-I don't even know what to say anymore."
"Well, how about actually expressing some sort of feeling other than depressed!"
"What do you want me to do? Open up and just spew out all my emotions to you like you're my therapist?"
"No, but you could at least try and make an effort to say something other than 'I'm fine' or 'The world is so depressing..no one loves me.'"
"Well I wasn't the one who ran away from everyone because I was too afraid of commitment!"
"Thats what you thought that was! I left because I wasn't ready to jump back to you after 5 months of no contact!"
"Well, you think, I wanted to not talk to you!" He shot up to his feet."I wanted to everyday! But, I thought you hated me! Obviously it seems you do!"
"I never said I hated you."
"Well, you sure don't like me if you were making out with Noctis after one whole year!"
"Well, It was an in the moment thing! I was lonely and I didn't know what-"
"Oh whatever Light! Just admit it, you love Noctis! You don't have to lie! I can take it!" He took a few steps towards her.
"Cloud-"
"You don't even know what it was like for me after you left! I waited for any letters, calls or even a text, we all waited! But you couldn't even bother to do that!" He was standing very close to her. Light was on the edge of breaking.
"Cl-"
"I don't even think you're the same person I grew up with anymore! Light you've change-" But before he could finish his sentence, Light's lips crashed into his.
"What's happening now?" Zack asked.
"I don't know, it's quiet all of a sudden."
"What do you think is happening?" Noctis asked curiously. The conversation between Cloud and Light was so intense, that it even made the three of them feel upset.
"I don't know..." Tifa's eyes widened. she gulped. "Oh...umm, I think we should all go and check on the bar!"
"Wait, Why?" Zack questioned. Tifa walked away from the door towards the stairs and both of the men followed.
"Tifa, why'd you leave so suddenly!"
"I'll tell you later Zack."
"Tell me now!"
"No."
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Fine! Jeez! But, Noctis here wants to know! He is a Prince he can demand to know." Zack pushed Noctis forward. "Go on ask her!"
"What happened?" He reluctantly asked.
"Trust me, you don't wanna know."
"Well now I do!"
SO CHAPTER 11 is currently under construction. And I am nearing the end of this story. Anyways...I am going to go back and write Chapter 11 up...4 DAY WEEKEND! WOOOHOOO! That means chapters are gonna get done, maybe even finishing this story? o.O Who knows? Welp, I have rambled enough.
In other news...I got in my school's Play as Gertrude, the 90-year old lady who is mean and wants to get into the college social scene(by that I mean the hook-ups) and I'm also in Aliens vs. Cheerleaders! HAHA! I dont even wanna know what my lines are for that...
Dedicated to the Reviewers, Readers, Random People, and to everybody who loves Final Fantasy.
P.S- I have decided that when I'm older and rule the world, I am just gonna buy Square Enix, make those writers sit down and finish Noctis' game, and of course the other games promised but never made...And I vow to establish Cake Tuesdays.
Alright NOW I'm done :):):):):)