Chapter Twenty-One: Growing Apart.
Ceres sighed, and looked down over the balcony. It had been a year since the whole ordeal, and things had only gone downhill since then..
Seifer couldn't accept Zell and Ceres, though he tried many times. In the end, he ended up transferring to Trabia. He politely asked each of them not to try to contact him in any way. It hurt like hell, but they had promised. And so far they had kept that promise.
Squall became even more distant that before, often locking himself up in his room for hours upon hours. He barely spoke to any of them anymore, he only talked to Nida now.
Quistis had messed up several classes, and quit teaching. Last time Ceres had heard from her, she was working in Deiling City, helping out resistance groups.
Selphie tried to be nice, but made it obivious that it only hurt her to be around the rest of them. She lost her usual perkiness, and turned into a Squall-clone. It was depressing to see. Selphie just wasn't Selphie anymore..
Ceres sighed as she thought of Zell.. Not too long after Seifer had left to Trabia, Ceres had started cutting on herself again. One time, Zell had caught her doing it, and they had sat down and talked all night. They had finally decided it was better if they went their seperate ways, even though it broke both of their hearts. Last time she heard about Zell was when Quistis said that she had saw him at Deiling. He was out with one of his ex-girlfriends. Quistis had repeatedly reassured Ceres that he didn't look happy at all, but Ceres had just faked a smile and shook her head, saying it was okay.
The thing is it wasn't okay. She just couldn't handle it anymore. She wanted the nothingness, the complete darkness, that came with killing herself. She brushed a tear off of her face, and stood facing her house. "I love you guys.." she had whispered, closing her eyes. She leaned back, plumiting into the dark abyss of the sky.
Everyone came to her house as soon as they heard the news. Shakingly, Zell found the note that Ceres had left behind, and read it aloud, breaking down every now and then,
"Dear Guys,
I know. I'm a coward and a whimp. I'm just so tired. I love all of you so much, Selphie, Quistis, Squall, Seifer... Zell... I never meant to hurt you guys. Try not to remember me as I am now, but as what I once was, happy and in love.
It's nobody's fault for this, but my own. So, don't blame yourselves. Please?
I love you guys with all of my heart. Please forgive me..
Always,
Ceres M. Almasy
A single tear rolled down Zell's cheek, " I love you too, hun.." he whispered.
~*Sniffles* Cliche sad, but sad never the less!~
*OoOoO, anyone wondering what happened to Irvine the Man Whore? Simple, he went back to Galbadia, slept around somemore, until he slept with someone's girlfriend. Then he got his ass kicked. Now he's a good boy and doesn't sleep with anyone but his own girlfriend, who, by the way, is Xu. ^.~*