CHAPTER TWO

Selphie sat down on her bed and motioned him to follow. As he sat,
Zell looked down. "Why are you so sad lately? I'm concerned...."

Selphie started to cry and suddenly hugged Zell. He squeezed right
back. Selphie started, "It's a long story. You up for it?"

"Of course, baby."

"Wha?" Selphie caught his comment. She sighed, "Well, you know how
I'm usually so hyper and perky?"

"Yes?"

"Well, I guess you could say that mood was... artificial?"

"WHAT?! What are you saying, Selphie? Please tell me!"

"Oh, Zell." She squeezed her arms around him some more. "I've been
taking antidepression pills for over seven years."

"Why?"

"Because... that's around the time that Irvine left for Galbadia."

Zell was shocked and grew angry. "WHAT?! IRVINE! Why?!"

Selphie cried some more, and after she got a hold of herself, she
continued. "I love Irvine...."

Zell jumped off of the bed started to scream. "WHAT IN THE NAME OF
PHOENIX!? DAMMIT, SELPHIE!"

Selphie got scared and went to comfort him. She put her hand on his
shoulder as she said, "I love all of you guys very much. Irvine,
though, I love in a different way than the rest of you. The reason
why I stopped taking the pills is because I promised myself, after the
Battle of Time was finished, I would stop taking these stupid pills,
get Irvine to notice me, court him, marry him, and have his kids."

Zell was speechless. He eventually started crying, and said, "Dammit,
Selphie. All this time it seems like you've been leading me on."

Selphie was surprised at his statement, and only said, "Huh?"

"I gotta admit, Selphie, I've been taken by you. But now I've finally
realized that I've got no chance with you. So that leaves
absolutely no one who cares about me anymore."

Selphie retorted, "Hell no, Zell! Everyone cares about you! You saved
the damn world, for Siren's sake! We couldn't have killed Ultimecia
without your help! There are tons of girls EVERYWHERE who would faint
just to feel your presence in a room! Don't go the way I did, and
lose your sense of feeling because of love. Love isn't meant to be
that way! I love Irvine because of who he is, and how he cared, cares,
and will care about my feelings. I know that all of you care about me,
but Irvine is the love of my life. Ever since I walked into that
orphanage for the first time and saw him staring at me, I knew that I
would love him forever. I nearly died when I saw that we were going to
different gardens at age ten, and I nearly died when I saw him a few
months ago sitting on the grass at Galbadia. I never said anything and
never told anyone that I knew who he was because I was too shocked. I
love him, dammit! That's all there is to it, Zell. Someone is waiting
out there for you. Love will come to you, so don't go searching for
it!" Selphie caught her breath.

Zell was feeling a little happier after hearing her speech. "I'm so
glad that you care about me. You just saying those things made me feel
so much better. I know it will take me a while to mend the bridges
that I walked by loving you, but it will come sooner rather than later.
Thank you so much." He went up and hugged her.

Selphie replied, "No, Zell. Thank you."

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