Lol when I wrote this chapter I started from the end. I had already known how I wanted the chapter to end so I started with that first. && I found that it was much easier to write this way. Weird right? :) But the chapter itself isn't backwards though lol. Anyhow, read away!."

Chapter 11: Conflicted.

Serah sat up in her bed and slowly looked around her room. As usual it was sunny outside, which was really hurting her eyes. "What happened?" She said aloud, as if she wanted someone to answer, and someone did.

"You got drunk last night and passed out minutes after I showed up." She heard Lebreau answer. Wait, what the hell was she doing in her house?

The pinkette looked over the side of her bed to see the brunette laying in a chair by her bed. "wh-what are you doing here…?" She asked, somewhat spaced out and a little irritated to see the brunette was present. Seems every something happened to her Lebreau was there to pick up the pieces, which she hated. For once she wished that she would just mind her own business for a change.

Lebreau rolled her eyes and sat up in the chair. "I came to check on you after what happened last night and you passed out." She explained.

Now everything was coming back to her, Vanille and that stupid woman, Fang. She frowned and laid back against the bed. What was she getting all upset and moody for? Vanille was only doing to her what she did. But with Fang? And right in front of her face? She sighed and looked down at her hands. Her eyes started to burn and sting with tears. 'What am I about to cry for…Vanille? Pull yourself together Serah…'

"Uh, Serah?" The brunette called but the pinktte barely heard her.

Who cares!? She didn't care, Vanille was nobody. If that's how she wanted to play she could do the exact same thing. Serah rolled her eyes in the brunette's direction and slowly stood from the bed. "Lebreau…" She mumbled as she walked in her direction. She stopped and stood still for a few seconds, thinking over what she was about to do. Knowing what would happen afterwards when she did. Maybe she shouldn't? "Screw it…" she said lowly then walked towards the brunette. "Lebreau…" The girl moaned softly and sat herself in the brunette's lap, circling her legs around her sides.

"Oh no." Lebreau could obviously see where this was headed. She felt Serah's hands slowly rubbing up and down her back and gradually making their way to the front of her. As bad as she wanted this she refused to go through with it, knowing what will happen in the end. She grabbed the pinkette's hands and held them in her lap. "I don't think so Serah go find someone else to try this on. I'm not falling for-"

"Shut up Lebreau," She interrupted. "You wanna do this just as much as I do." She said with a smile as she pulled her hands from the brunette's grasp and began kissing along her jaw line. "I just need something….." She paused her kissing and pulled back away from the brunette for a few seconds. "I need something to take my mind off of last night. Lebreau please.." She couldn't believe he words that were spilling from her own mouth. No she couldn't believe that she was practically begging the brunette to have sex with her. What was she doing?

She leaned in and started kissing along the woman's neck again, waiting for any type of reaction from the brunette. "Please.." She started began biting and sucking on various areas of the brunette's neck while allowing her hands to explore and touch other parts of her body. She was just hurting and this was the way she handles things when she was hurt, through sexual activity. "Lebreau….."

The brunette tried to resist but it was just too much. She knew she was going to regret this afterwards but if this was what Serah wanted, then she'd do it. "Serah.." She stood up with the girl in her arms and carried her over to the bed where she laid the pinkette down and she crawled on top of her.

Serah pulled the brunette in by the neck and really started kissing her But it wasn't an affectionate one it was more anger filled than anything else. Lebreau could already predict exactly how it was going to be..

~xxxxxx~

"Please stop!." Vanille responded, shaking in fear from what the chestnut haired woman would do next. She was a fool for allowing herself to live under these circumstances but she was in love with her. "I didn't mean to it just happened.." What did she do to deserve this type of battery?

"It just happened!?" The woman raged as she stepped closer to the red-head, making her nervously step back into a corner. Fang placed one hand around Vanille's neck and the other against her forehead. "So you're tellin' me that you had nothing to do with that man touching all over you the way he was?" Her grasp on the girl's neck has gotten tighter.

"Answer me!." She shouted and slapped the girl across the face.

How could she? She couldn't breathe. Vanille's face began to turn red as she gasped for air. "Pl..ple...please..." She coughed and tried to pull the woman's hand from her neck but that didn't work. "F...f..fa...ang!." She choked out, coughing harshly.

Fang released the girl's neck and she sank to the floor, coughing and holding her neck. "I...it..did...just...happen...I...told him...I told him...no..but...he...when I walked...walked away...he...grabbed me..." She cried and pressed her face against her knees. "Why don't...you..beleive...me...?" The girl sobbed soundlessly.

Fang flinched and looked at the marks that she left on Vanille's neck and face. Her rage suddenly vanished and she felt disgusted. What was she doing? She looked down at the fragile girl before her and her stomach cringed.

She loved her so much. But when she felt that someone was trying to threaten their relationship or take Vanille away from her all together this was how she reacted...violently

"Vanille.." She knelt down next to the girl but she cower away and pulled away. "Vanille I'm sorry.." She collected the girl in her arms and hugged her tightly. She didn't mean to hurt her. She never did. "I love you and I'm sorry I will never do it again okay."

But she broke her promise. On several occasions. Vanille shivered and slid down against the wall of the shower. Just the thought of what .she went through gave her goose bumps. Two days after that Fang did it again and made the same promise, only to break it again.

The beatings just became worse and worse. She was so naive back then and believed what she was receiving was...love when it wasn't. She promised herself that when she left she would never come back here yet, here she was...in the home of her abuser. Fang claims she's changed since then but how she acted last night, proved that she was still the same.

Possessive...and controlling.

'Stupid…' Vanille thought to herself. She was frustrated with the pinkette she rushed back here. But it wasn't her fault. She had to leave the pinkette. All of her little head games were getting too much for her to handle. Vanille was unable to decipher what it was that Serah wanted. Yet..she missed her so much. "Serah…" She whispered very quietly to herself. Serah may have played around with her but Vanille had to admit, that's what made her start falling for the pinkette in the beginning.

"Vanille..?"

"Huh!?" The girl snapped from her reverie and quickly sprung up off the floor, causing her to hit her head on the knobs that adjusts the water. "Ouch.." She rubbed her head then turned off the water before pushing open the door and peaking her head out. "Yea, Fang..."

"I'm stepping out for a bit, need anything?"

Vanille shook her head. "Uhm, no I'll be fine..." She said while grabbing her towel from the hook and stepping out the shower. The sullen looking girl walked towards the bathroom counter and began brushing her hair.

Fang walked behind the girl and placed her hands on either side of her shoulder, making the girl flinch slightly. "Somethin' wrong?"

Vanille shook her head immediately and feigned a smile. "N-no not at all!. Just thinking..."

"About..?"

'Your old ways, but mostly Serah….' Is what she would have said if she wasn't so scared of Fang's reaction. "Uhm, us..." She lied poorly. She stiffened and held the brushed much tighter than before. "A-all the time we'll have to catch up on...exciting. Yea?" She bit her lip and looked down at the sink. Tears started to blur her vision and drip from her eyes.

The woman's hands tightened against the red-head's shoulder's and she glared into the mirror in front of her, though it went unnoticed by Vanille. She could always tell when the red-head was being honest or just lying. And at this moment she was doing the latter. Vexed, the woman just let out a heavy sigh and kissed the girl's cheek. "No worries we'll have plenty of time for that love. You'll see.." She said awkwardly then kissed the girl's cheek once more before leaving out. "I love you, Vanille.."

Vanille paused her movements and looked up from the sink. Fang was standing against the door frame, giving the girl a rather dark glare. The red head swallowed hard and shifted uncomfortably where she stood. "U-uhm…" she turned around to face the woman.

'Just say it. It's the only way she'll leave…you don't have to mean it..just make it sound like you do!.' Vanille said in her mind.

"Fang I.." She pushed off the counter and walked up to the woman. The girl could feel her heart thumping away in her chest as she circled her arms around the tanned woman's neck. She continued to remind herself that she was only doing this so the woman could leave her alone. She leaned in and kissed the woman's lips before gently pushing away. "I love you too Fang.." She said though her voice was very shaky. Her stomach twisted with regret and guilt about what she just did but there was no taking it back now..

Fang forced a smile though she was glad to hear the girl say those words. But her unstable emotions were conflicting her from believing that the red-head actually meant what she was saying. "I'll see you when I get back.." She said dryly before leaving the red-head alone.

~xxxxxx~

Serah sat on the sofa across from Lebreau who was sitting with her arms crossed glaring at the pink haired girl. The young Farron simply turned her head in a direction so she wouldn't have to look at the brunette. It was no surprise that Lebreau was so furious with her. This is how it always was after they had sex...well when Serah would throw something in it to kill the brunette's mood.

"So what was that...?" The brunette asked, grinding her voice against the back of her throat.

The pinkette's eyes quickly flicked back towards Lebreau to see her expression was still that of anger, then she looked back at the window. What was what? It seemed that when it came to Lebreau, everything that happened between her and the brunette had to have some kind of meaning behind it. When truely in Serah's mind, there was nothing behind it. In a way she regretted it. Turning to Lebreau at any point when she's in a vulnerable state had to be the biggest mistake. Why? Because it would always end in sex. This time was an exception. She had to get Vanille back for flaunting Fang in front of her the way she did.

'Wait...what?'

She slapped herself mentally three times. Why was she doing this to herself. Truthfully, Vanille could be with whoever she pleased. She wasn't going with her. Or even attempted to be with her. Vanille was just...

'You're just fun to play with...'

Her plaything. That's all she was to her. Right? Then why was it that every time that scene of Vanille and Fang played back in her head, she became so angry.

"Serah!."

"Hm..." Her mind floated from her current thoughts and focused back on the brunette. Honestly, she'd forgotten she was there. "Oh, it was just sex..."

"Just sex..?" The brunette repeated.

"Yea." Serah said dryly. "Why, were you expecting something else?"

Lebreau chuckled. Why was she expecting something else? This was Serah she's dealing with. The emotionless bitch that breaks hearts. Cocoon would have to turn to crystal before this girl had a change of heart. She'd never love her or anyone else for that matter. Why? Because her heart was still with...Lightning.

"Don't you have Yuuj to worry about? Why are you all over me?"

She did have Yuuj but he was just a substitute. As bad as it hurt him, even be knew that. "I do have Yuuj, but I'm not as happy with him as I am when I'm with you...I love you Serah."

Great the emotions again. What didn't Lebreau understand? She tried the raunchy approach, that worked for a bit but here she was now singing the same tune. "Lebreau.." Maybe she needed to try a different approach. "I..." A more calmer one. "I care about you.." She said then gave the woman an empty smile. "But I don't love you nor am I in love with you." She said then averted her eyes away from the brunette upon seeing her eyes fall sad. "It's just that, when I'm with you, all I can ever think about is the day Lightning left me." She closed her eyes as the memories of that day played in her head. "Like I said, I'll always care for you but us will never happen..again. I wanna start over, I wanna forget and having you around me, isn't helping..."

Lebreau nodded her head. She could understand where the pinkette was coming from even though it hurt her to her heart. "...and Vanille." She said in a shaky voice.

'Vanille.' Serah sighed and laid her head back on the sofa's arm rest. Vanille was...just her house guest. She was just someone that was staying with her for a little while. Her eyes flicked towards the now vacant room adjacent from where she was sitting. The red head was no one important to her. She could care less about her she wasn't any one she cared about. Serah huffed and slammed her fist against the coffee table unknowingly. Vanille had that sarcastic, cocky foreign chick...Fang!

"Vanille was just staying here." She said finally answering the brunette's question, though she sounded kind of sad about it. "There was never anything between us." The pinkette said vaguely.

"But you care for her don't you?" Lebreau asked.

"No! What gave you that notion!?" She snapped defensively.

Lebreau blinked. "The way your mood switches when I say her name." She stated, standing to her feet.

"That doesn't...mean anything.." Serah just stared off into space and said nothing more. When she heard the brunette's shoes clicking against the floor she quickly sat up and focused her attention to the front door.

"It means a lot Serah…." The brunette said sadly before leaving.

~xxxxxx~

"I think it's time that we tell her the truth you know…" A male said as he stood looking outside a window that had a beautiful view of the Eden. He softly bit his lip and rolled his eyes over to the person he was talking to. At first he was all for keeping the secret until an encounter with someone else made him realize how wrong the situation actually was. He thought long and hard about it before coming to the conclusion to spill out the truth. The person was hurting terribly and the fact that he knew something that they didn't was really starting to eat away at his conscious.

~xxxxxx~

Her hours at the night club seemed to be getting longer and longer every time she showed up there. To her there was no more pizzazz like before. Everything just seemed dull and dry. She'd see the same faces every night with the occasional new ones. But it was a strip club after all. What did she expect?

"Can I get a Blue Bolt please?" A male walked up to her and asked.

"Sure coming right-" She glanced over at the individual and glared but was a little surprised. He'd never stepped foot in this place before. So why now? Not to mention this was a twenty-one and older club. This guy was only nineteen. "Sorry you're too young, a juice perhaps?"

"Haha." He laughed smugly. "I'm only here because I need to tell you something."

"Something? Something like what Hope, I'm not in the mood to see or talk to you so please, do me a favor and leave. You shouldn't even be here!." She scolded then looked at the man behind Hope. "What would you like to drink?"

"Serah listen to me it's important!" He shouted but she just tunes him out.

"Surprise me!" The man said then winked at her.

She giggled. "Coming right up!"

"Serah, it's about Li-"

"Lightning!." Snow called out to the woman as he walked up to the bar, a bright smile across his face. "Can I talk to you for a min- Oh hey Hope!. long time no see! How's it going buddy!?"

"Not now Snow." He replied dryly. "Serah Ligh-"

"What part of leave me alone don't you understand Hope?" Serah finished preparing the man's drink and slid it over to him. The drink was clear with crushed ice and a cool steam emitting from it. "Diamond Dust." She said with a smile then faced Snow. "Sure Snow, we can talk."

"Serah wait please hear me out Li-!"

"Hope go away!." She interrupted then walked away with Snow. She could care less about what he had to say.

Snow walked off to a far corner in the night club holding onto Serah's hand. She began to wonder why they had to be so far away from everyone. "What s this about...Snow?"

The male smiled nervously and scratched the back of his head. "We've known each other for quite some time right..and I know that our relationship is ambiguous but, I know that my feelings for you are crystal clear..

'Oh...shit...not another one...' "Snow before you finish listen to me I-"

"Marry me Serah!" He said, pulling two necklaces out from his jacket. "I couldn't find a ring yet but I promise that I will as soon as possible. So, what do you say?"

Now she was wishing that she did listen to whatever it was that Hope had to say. Sure she hated Hope's guts but whatever he had to say, she knew it wouldn't have ended in the words marry me. Snow was just another person she was screwing. How the hell did he develop feeling over just doing that!? 'What do I say? Nooooooo! No no no no!.'

"Snow.." She grabbed his arm that he had the chains in and pushed it back to his side. "No, you got the wrong girl. This was a very..." She didn't know what to say. "It's uhm..very-"

"Lightning!."

'Saved!.' She turned around and seen that it was one of the dancers that called out her name. "Y-yes, Violet what is it?"

Said girl cuffed her hands over Serah's ear and whispered something to her then pointed to one of the champagne rooms.

"You're kidding...right, who is it?" Serah asked, glancing at the back room.

Violet shrugged. "I don't know, but she said she wanted you in there now." She said then walked off.

Serah looked back at Snow and blinked twice. She'd forgotten in that short window of time that he was actually standing there. "I-I'm sorry Snow...I just...I can't..." She sighed. "Can we just be friends?"

He smiled sadly. He had hoped that she would have said yes to his proposal. He nodded solemnly. "Of..course..course we can.."

She smiled and gave him a quick hug before walking away. She knew that his feelings were hurt but marriage? That was a big step. Especially for someone that she had no type of connection with. She opened the door to the champagne room that was at the far right of the night club and walked inside.

The door shut behind her, making the area dark. "Uhm...Hello?" She said allowing her hand to search the wall for a switch, which she had found. She flicked the switch on and a light flashed on behind her, a single light, a spotlight. The light shined down on the table. But the light wasn't the only thing that grabbed the pinkette's attention. There was a figure sitting at the table.

"Who...?" Stepping closer to the table, the face of the person had become much more clearer and when Serah realized who it was she stopped just inches away from the table and huffed. Crossing her arms over one another she rolled her eyes and glared at the person. Just when she thought that the other night was the last time she'd see her, she decides to show up again. "What are you doing here Fang and what do you want? Just seeing you pisses me off so I think it's best if you leave!." She said through gritted teeth.

The woman softly laughed the girl's words off, not taking the words as any type of threat. "Ah relax girly I'll leave ya as soon as I say what I need to say." She said and rose from behind the table. Walking towards Serah, she began circling the pinkette. "There's nothin' special about you…" She said, looking the girl up and down. "Yet Vanille prefers you over me.."

Serah's cheeks flushed a tinge of crimson and her stomach suddenly filled with butterflies at the mentioning of the red-head's name. And did she hear correctly when the woman said Vanille wanted her more than Fang? That couldn't be right if that was the case then Vanille would have…

Serah eyed the woman as she circled her, a small cocky smirk almost similar to the one the woman flashed at her several times the night before. Her eyes narrowed and she laughed more so to mock the woman. "So that's what this is about. You're mad because Vanille wants me?" She pointed to herself and shrugged. "I can't say I'm surprised. Everyone comes back to me." Though she was just slightly shocked that Vanille was even thinking about her. After that night she thought that was the last and final time she would ever see or hear from the red-head. Maybe it wasn't. She hoped to herself that it wasn't. "If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were uhm…." She tapped her finger against her chin as if she were thinking of something. "Oh!.." She snapped her finger then pointed at the woman with sardonic smile. "Jealous…"

"Jealous!?" She grabbed the pinkette by the straps of the corset that she was wearing and pushed her back against the cool surface of the round table, pressing her upper body against the pinkette's. Her eyes were full of rage from the girl accusing her of being such. "I'm not jealous!."

Serah chuckled. It was rather interesting watching the woman become all riled up and huffy. "Oh really.." She said casually and gently ran her index finger over the woman's collar bone. "Actions speak louder than words you know." She said and stopped the movement of her finger over the woman's collar bone, realizing how close together they were. "Another thing, I'm very flattered that you wanna be this close I mean I love close contact but much to your dismay, you're not my type. So I'd appreciate it if you'd get off of me!."

"You…." Fang released her hands from the girl's straps and backed away slowly. It irritated her how Serah was so full of herself. "Stay away from Vanille." She threatened

"Hmmm.." The pinkette hummed and shrugged as she adjusted the straps on her corset. She stood from the table and walked towards Fang, smirking and chuckling softly. What the woman said didn't faze her in the least. One moment she was proudly flaunting Vanille in her face, the next she was here trying to keep her away from her. "Can't promise that, if you wanted someone, would you stay away?" She giggled. "Let me give you my answer; No. See I want Vanille so guess what? I'm going after her." She giggled then walked pass Fang and headed towards the door.

Fang's jaw tensed and her hands clenched into fists at her side. She growled loudly and suddenly started to see red. Nothing irked her more than someone trying to take someone or something that belonged to her. And that's just what the pinkette was trying to do. Fang swiftly turned around and absently charged for the girl out of rage. "You….bitch!."

"Huh?" Serah casually turned around upon hearing footsteps quickly approaching behind her. Anyone's first instinct would be to quickly move away, but not Serah. She didn't see the attack coming until it was too late. Fang tackled the girl to the floor and tried to hold her body in place but Serah refused to stay still. The terrified pinkette kicked and wiggled as she desperately tried to get away from the raging woman.

Was it really that serious? She'd never imagined that her messing around would get her into this type of situation. Maybe small things like jealousy and the occasional arguing. But being jumped was on a whole other level. Panicking gasps slipped over the girl's lips as she continued to try her best to get away from Fang. She managed to turn around on her stomach just seconds before the woman's fist was about to connect with her face luckily it missed. "Nyuh! Get off of me!."

Maybe she shouldn't have taunted Fang the way she did earlier. This probably could have all been avoided but she just had to say something to piss the woman off. Then again, the woman came at her wrong so she only reacted the way anyone else would if they were approached that way. Serah turned around for a split second and scratched the woman clean across the face. It was a low move but it was the only thing she could do.

Fang released the girl just seconds after, holding her face cussing and swearing out loud after that. Serah took the advantage and quickly darted for the door but Fang snatched the girl up by the leg and pulled her back in her direction.

"Ahh let go!" She managed to grab hold of the door knob now only thing she had to do was get it open."So you're gonna fight me for someone that doesn't want you!?" She meant for that to be a thought but she ended up speaking it out loud, which only seemed to make the woman even angrier. She felt one of the woman's hands grab a full hand of her hair. Next thing she felt was something connect with the back of her head. It almost felt like a steel pole or maybe even a bat. But no, it was the woman's fist.

Serah lost her grip on the door knob and fell to the floor. She was now disoriented and could feel nothing but pain throbbing in her head. She could also hear her ears ringing.

Fang snatched the girl by the legs and tossed her over into the darkest corner of the room, slowly walking towards her. Eye full of nothing but rage, and her body was shaking from anger.

Serah carefully stood up from the floor and desperately felt around to find out what part of the room she was in. Everything in her field of vision was obscured and blurry. She didn't know whether she was moving away or towards the woman. All of this because of Vanille? "Fang I'll leave her alone alright. I-I won't go near her, talk to her, or even breath the same air she's breathing. O-okay? Just leave me alone please…?" She sounded so pathetic pleading with this woman but she didn't know what this woman was capable of doing. And she really didn't want to get beat up either.

Fang heard her but she wasn't listening. She was in too much of a rage to truly hear the girl's words. She reached out and grabbed the girl's hair again and yanked her head back. Serah didn't even know she was that close to her until now. "I'll make sure you won't.." Fang swiftly pulled her fist back then looked the frightened girl in the eyes. "No one takes something of mine from me." She then swung it at full force into the pinkette's stomach twice, three times, four.

Serah's eyes quickly began to produce tears. Her cries of pain were nothing more than small squeaks and air. She had no strength to yell out. The pinkette fell on her side and curled up as she rocked herself and held her aching stomach her face showed more shock than pain. Again she could only think, about how stupid it was for the woman to be beating her up over someone that doesn't want her. That was stupid…wasn't it?

Fang rubbed her fist against her hand and huffed at the girl. "This is your warnin'. If I catch you anywhere near Vanille, you don't wanna know what I'll do next." She gave the girl a smug smirk before walking off and leaving her lying there. "Later."

Serah heard the door open and shut behind the woman. Her mind was everywhere right now. She didn't know what to think. But the last thing she wanted was to see that woman's face again. Now she was really forbidden to see Vanille again. Getting her ass kicked was not something she expected but it happened and it was no picnic. "Vanille…." She whispered through her tears.

~xxxxxx~

"Are you alright? You seemed a little out of it when you left."

"Yea Snow I'm fine. Fang was just…a little rougher than most customers that I get, nothing serious.."

"She touched you!? Serah I told you that-"

"Yea, yea, touching isn't allowed in the champagne rooms I know..but what can I say…" She rolled her eyes and huffed. "…She piqued my interest.." She said then scoffed.

"Oh…okay. But I could have sworn you hated her the other day though…"

'You're right I do hate her!.' She thought to herself. She really didn't feel like discussing what really happened to Snow. It would have escalated into something much bigger than it already was. And knowing Snow, he would have gone searching out for Fang until he found her. Then that would have caused more problems for her. So talking around the truth was better. "Well you know, can't hold grudges forever!." She said in an upbeat tone then giggled but found herself groaning in pain when her giggle was too much for her stomach to handle.

'This is going to be even worse in the morning….'

"I guess so Serah..but if you need anything just give me a call. Alright?"

"Yea Snow.." She said as she approached her home. "That was a close one…" She mumbled. She hopped that no one else had seen her before leaving otherwise they'd tell Snow and he'd really question her. Something she wanted to avoid. "What a night…." Serah staggered up to her door step and began typing in the code in the keypad that would unlock the door to her home. The pad sounded a long beep and the door slid open. Just as the girl walked inside, the door slid shut behind her. She weakly walked towards the sofa and laid across it.

What a crazy way to end the night. She was only screwing with Fang when she said that she was going to go after Vanille. She only said those thing t get a rise out of the woman because she couldn't stand her. She didn't think that the woman would react that way and had to admit that she was pretty damned scared after that. Fang looked to be the same weight, size and had the same masculinity as Lightning. And Serah was no fighter. She was surprised she was able to function properly after taking that death blow to the head. Imagining how much worse it could have been had she said anything else to further piss off the woman was enough to send shivers down her spine.

Serah sighed and buried her face deep into the pillow. As much as she missed Vanille, she knew she wasn't coming back now. As hard as it was to grasp and believe that fact, she had to. "Vanille…" She whispered to herself. "V-vanille.." Her chest ached and her stomach twisted every time she said or thought the girl's name. It really put her in a gloomy mood.

She picked herself up from the couch and dragged herself towards her bedroom. She groaned and whimpered as she tried to make her way to her room. She thought that a nice hot shower and some sleep would make her feel better. But before she could do that, her phone rang. She thought twice about answering it, she was really in no mood to take anyone's phone calls. Reaching into her bag on the side of her, she pulled the ringing device out and double clicked the screen without looking at it. "H-hello…"

"Serah.."

"Ugh," She grunted loudly over the phone, showing her irritation toward the person on the other end. "What do you want? I told you to leave me alone Hope. Why are you calling me?" She said slightly yelling. Hope seemed to be the only person that she's yelled at these days. Simply because he was the only one to get on her nerves enough to make her do so.

"You don't have to be so rude you know." He spat angrily, frustrated with the pinkette for the way she was talking to him. "Had you listened to me earlier I wouldn't have to call you."

"Did you not hear me when I told you earlier, I don-"

"But it's important!." He said, slamming his hand down against the table in his home. "I can't keep it to myself anymore Serah I need to tell you if you just-"

"Listen to you?" She rolled her eyes and sat up on the sofa, crossing her legs over one another. "Let me guess you wanna tell me how much you can't stand me again?"

"No Serah it-"

"Oh not that?" She interrupted. "Then maybe you wanna blame me some more for the events that took place two years ago, hmm?"

"Serah just let me talk and-"

"No!. I don't care Hope, just stop calling me and looking for me. You're really beginning to-"

"IT'S ABOUT LIGHTNING!." He finally shouted out, becoming fed up with all the interruptions from the pinkette. Ever since that night him and Vanille spoke, he couldn't help but to feel some kind of guilty. At first it was a good idea since he wanted to see the girl mourn and suffer because of what she had done but now, It was killing him.

He had to think, what if he was in Serah's position? What if someone told him that someone he cared about was dead but they really weren't? He'd be deeply hurt, and he knew Serah was already hurting, believing that Lightning was dead these two years and she was the cause of it.

"I know Hope, everything you say to me is about Lightning. But you know, I wanna forget about all of this just start over. I've come to accept that Lightning is gone..." She bit down on her lip and closed her eyes. Hearing herself say that was almost unbelievable. "She'd still be here if it wasn't for me I know. As much as I wish that mourning and crying would bring her back, it's not. I'll always love Lightning Hope. Weather you choose to believe it or not, but she's not coming back..."

"Serah I know how you feel, I do but you don't have to forget anything," He swallowed hard then took a deep breath before finishing the rest of his sentence. "because everything I told you was a lie...Lightning is alive.."

I know, boo me for having Fang be abusive right? I had the idea in my mind for months and was actually going to throw some type of hints that Vanille had been in a past abusive relationship but I was a little iffy about it at first and had to think about it for a good minute. But here it is and I hope you guys don't hate me!. && This is the last chapter of SerahxLebreau. I was kind of getting bored of those to since everything that happens between them is repetitive. But if you all like that couple then I'll keep it in the story just let me know.

&& recently I got a response that spoke about me doing this (!.) In case anyone else is wondering, I do it is because my sister is visually impaired. So when she goes to the site on her iPhone, Siri reads it out to her but Siri doesn't pick up the exclamation mark as punctuation and makes the sentences I wrote sound like run-on sentences.

On another note, who's excited about Lightning Returns, Final Fantasy XV, and Kingdom Hearts III? I know I went COMPLETELY bananas when I seen all three of those trailers!. Am I the only one?

But anyways, hope you liked it. :D
Well, until next time, later!