Chapter Three: A Mistake


Ceres surveyed the room, looking for Zell. She found him talking to Squall Leonhart, a good friend of his. Personally, she thought Squall was a very intelligent person, who had been hurt majorly in the past and refused to get over it. How many times had she had to hold her tongue so she wouldn't advise him a good therapist to see? Not that she was one to be talking about socializing, she had been standing against the wall, drinking all night. Her thoughts were beginning to get blurry, and she began finding everything amusing. She wondered if they had laced the alocohol with an illegal drug? That would be funny.

"Hi!" came a loud hyper voice. Ceres turned to see Selphie Tilmitt, an over-active brunette, standing beside her. "Whatcha doin'?"

"Absolutely nothing," Ceres responding, thinking to herself, ' I wonder if she is really a blonde underneath? Wouldn't suprise me much...'

"Oh, that's no good!" Selphie exclaimed, smiling brightly at the misfit girl, oblivious to the fact that she was angering Ceres by just being there. "Well, I'm gonna go talk to Quisty! See ya later!"

Ceres nodded as the hyper girl ran off talking a mile a minute to no one in paticular. She saw Raijin and Fujin heading her way, so she quickly walked over to Zell, and grabbed him roughly by his arm, hissing in his ear, "Dance with me now."

Zell looked suprised, but didn't say anything, dancing slowly to the song with her. "What's wrong?" he asked, his voice full of worry.

"The idiot patrol was heading my way, I needed an outlet." She told him bluntly.

"Well, at least I'm good for something!" Zell replied, a smile on his face. Ceres just smirked back at him, and he realized how much she looked like Seifer.

Ceres continued to drink all night, until everything was as one, and she couldn't walk straight anymore. Then she decided it was best if she left, before she said or did something she would regret in the morning.

Zell saw her leaving, and ran over to her, wrapping his arms around her shoulders. "Heya, where'd ya think ya goinnnnnn?" It was painstakingly obvious that Zell Dincht was as drunk as she was.

"To bed." She muttered, pulling away from Zell. She walked slowly back to her room, concentrating on not falling down and making an ass out of herself, she was already having a hard time because she was an Almasy.

'Oh, fuck them.' She thought to herself, her anger joining her again. She unlocked her door and turned on the lights. She proceeded to her bed and lazily took off her shoes. She then stripped down to her bra and panties, and searched around the room for her nightgown. Unable to find it, she decided to stretch out on her bed and sleep in her underclothes, what the hell difference did it make? It wasn't like there was anyone to lie in bed with her and keep her safe during the night, so it didn't really matter.

Ceres had just closen her eyes and was about to fall asleep, when she heard someone else breathing. She slowly opened her eyes, to see Zell Dincht standing over her, a goofy smile on his face.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" She hissed, sitting up and pulling the blankets over to cover her.

"I dunno, " He replied. " I'll tell ya when I find out." And reached over to kiss her.

She longed to kiss him back. He looked at her, his eyes drunk, not on the alcohol, but of her. It made her want him even more. She started to lean forward into another kiss, but imagines of Seifer popped into her head.

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She was 14 and he was 16. It was summertime, and Seifer had failed yet another SeeD exam. Ceres hadn't seen what the big deal was at the time.

"Oh come on Sei!" She smiled, punching him playfully on the arm. "Let's not talk about the bad things, found any cute girls yet?"

Seifer sighed. "Not exactly."

"What's that mean?" Ceres asked, her curiousty growing.

He turned and looked at her, his eyes more grave and serious than she had ever seen him. It scared her.

"His name is Zell..." His voice trailed off, obviously embarrased by the fact.

But Ceres wasn't shocked at all. She had known ever since she was little that Seifer was gay. She was just suprised that he hadn't known.
"Um-hm. Sei's in love!" She giggled, and hugged her brother tight.

Seifer tried to pull away from her, but finally returned the hug. She leaned close to him, her breath hot in his ear, "I think it's cool Sei, ya gonna bring him home to meet me sometime?"

Seifer laughed. "Yeah, ok!" He replied, poking his little sister in the side.
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Ceres opened her eyes wide and punched Zell as hard as she could manage in the stomach. " WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!" She screeched, suddenly becoming completely sober.

Zell's eyes filled with shock, then fear, then with tears. He stood up shakily, and walked to the door. He looked at her one more time, the tears flowing freely down his face, and it took every bit of energy Ceres had not to run to him and hold him and tell him how she felt. Instead, she just turned towards the wall and closed her eyes, listening to the door close softly behind her.

It was going to be a long night...