"Geez for a girl from Trabia who
likes to wear miniskirts all the time you sure are bundled up today!" Zell
teased Selphie through bites of hot dogs on morning in early March.
"Meany! I'm not wearing
the sweater and tights because I'm cold! I'm wearing them because
I'm modest!" Selphie snapped and then she turned around and fled from the
cafeteria.
"Modest! Since when the
hell is she modest?" Zell muttered, "What's her problem lately anyway?
She's always grumpy and tired! Hey Irvine! Cowboy! She's your woman!
Why don't you tell me what's going on!"
Irvine ignored him and continued
reading his newspaper. When Zell realized he wasn't going to respond
he reached over and yanked the cowboy hat off and put it on his own head.
Irvine finally looked up,
"Hey! Gimme the hat back!"
Zell's girlfriend Lindy
the library girl whispered to Zell, "I hear a rumor that Irvine has head
lice Zell so maybe you need to take the hat off!"
Irvine heard the comment,
"Bitch! I don't have lice! And I don't know what's wrong with
Selphie! All I know is that it isn't my fault!"
Zell rose to his feet, "Don't
you call my girl a bitch!"
"I can stand up for myself
Zell!" Lindy slapped him.
"Wait a sec!" Rinoa broke
in, "Zell we have more important things to talk about! Like our joint
birthday party this month!"
Zell ignored her and turned
to Irvine, "Yeah well at least my girl doesn't have a crush on that old
fart Laguna!"
Squall broke into song absently,
"I will be your father figure I will be your daddy..."
Irvine gaped at him "Umm
Squall that is not like you at all..."
Zell forgot his anger for
a moment, "Hey yeah no singing George Michael tunes at the breakfast table!
Besides Squall it's not something you usually do!"
Squall sighed, "What I'm
getting at is that Selphie's Laguna crush probably has to do with her having
no parents. Rinoa took me to see her shrink recently and I'm starting
to understand all the mental mumbo-jumbo."
"So like why're you seeing
a shrink?" Irvine was dumbfounded.
"Because Rinoa suggested
him. I have a lot of issues I need help dealing with." Squall shrugged.
Rinoa glared at Irvine,
"There is nothing wrong with seeing a shrink! I see one! And
it's really helped me deal with my father! And as for Selphie she's
probably bulking up with clothes so she won't get in trouble for being
underweight at the health exams today!"
Irvine regarded Rinoa's
point thoughtfully, "Yeah she's always been petite but lately she seems
like she's lost weight... And she won't eat much..."
"What is the deal with the
health exams anyway?" Lindy wanted to know.
"Something the mysterious
new headmaster came up with..." Squall chugged down a sip of black coffee.
"We'll all find out soon
enough anyway..." Zell grumbled.
