CHAPTER FOUR (aka "When the Story Gets Good")
Author's Note: "Why the heck has the title been changed," you ask?
Well, it's a tribute to the best middle school band around: Roadtrip to Reality. I
know you never heard of them, but soon you will. They're the 3rd place
winners at my school's Talent Show. (I was in it; I sang "Eyes on Me,"
by the way.) RTR brought the house down with a song that was written
by themselves, called "Don't Have a Chance." It is FREAKIN' AWESOME,
and when they make it big, I'm sure that everyone will remember it as
their very first single. It fits the story damn well, and if you need
to know why I renamed the fanfic to "Don't Have a Chance," keep reading,
as it will be revealed in a future chapter. Also, I had obscenely horrific
writer's block; so much that I replayed the game all the way through to
get more material. Now, I'm back, and I'm happy to say, I'm ready to write.
Now, let's get it on!
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Selphie heard a knock at the door, which woke her up. Before she even
responded to the noise, she open her eyes and noticed that Irvine was
gone.
"Selphie, are you in there?" A familiar friend's voice said.
"Rinoa?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, I'll open up the door."
Selphie got up and rubbed her eyes. She was extremely groggy from last
night. She went over and opened the door for Rinoa, who was in her usual attire.
"Not meaning to be rude, but do you realize what time it is, Selphie?"
Selphie glanced at her clock. "Sweet Hyne, it's ten o'clock!"
Rinoa smiled and placed her hands on her hips. "What did you do last night
that made you so tired?"
Selphie looked at her strangely. "What are you talking about?"
"There's rumors going around about you and Irvine."
"Like?"
"That you slept together."
"Um, no. We didn't even kiss. We just talked."
"Really? About what?"
"Well," Selphie sat down on her bed, and Rinoa followed. "We just talked
about our relationship. He has to go on a mission today to escort some
girl, and he's going to be gone for a while. I told him that after the
mission, we should go on a date," Selphie aimlessly talked, trying to
remember what happened. Obviously, she was still sleepy.
"Go Selphie!!" Rinoa shouted sarcastically.
Selphie smiled, "Thanks. I wonder why he left in the middle of the night?"
"He probably either needed to go to a final briefing on the mission, or
to pack or something."
"Yeah. I think I should go wish him off. He's leaving at eleven."
Rinoa stood up and turned to Selphie, "Well, do you want me to help you
get dolled up for him? I'll make sure that you'll look so gorgeous that
he won't even look at the escortee!"
"If you can do it in about a half an hour, sure."
"Okay, let's go!"
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Selphie and Rinoa walked on the paved road to Balamb Town to catch Irvine's
train. Rinoa didn't dress up, so as not to detract from the send-off; but
Selphie, on the other hand, looked beautiful. She wore a blue sheer dress
that came down to her ankles. The sparkles on it nearly blinded Rinoa in
the late morning sun.
"Rinoa, don't you think this is a little TOO dressy for the occasion?"
"No, not really. If you dress up like you care about him, then he'll know
you truly do care about him."
"All right."
"Plus, the blue on the dress tell him that you're sad that he's leaving
you, if only for a short while. And the sparkles---"
"Okay, Rinoa, I get it."
Rinoa smiled, "Heh, I know. I'm just a little excited today, that's all."
"Why?"
"I'm soon going to be Mrs. Rinoa Julia Leonheart!"
Selphie grinned. "Squall proposed to you?! That's wonderful, Rinoa!"
She hugged her best friend.
"Thank you. Well, I'll tell you more later, since it's five of."
"Yeah, let's make a run for it!" Selphie held onto her dress and ran
towards the train building, while Rinoa slowly followed. Selphie noticed
Irvine about fifteen feet away. "Irvine!!!"
He turned around and looked at Selphie. "Selph!" He ran towards her, and
when they met, they gave each other a loving hug.
"Thanks for coming." Irvine told Selphie.
"You're welcome. I was afraid we wouldn't make it."
"We?"
Selphie turned around and yelled to her straggler friend, "C'mon, Rinoa!"
Rinoa started to run. "Sorry about that! I needed to take a break."
Selphie inquired about her unusual laziness, "What the hell for?"
Irvine chuckled, "My virgin ears!"
Rinoa frowned, "I just have a little cold, that's all it is. That's all
it is, right?"
Selphie put her hand on Rinoa's shoulder, "I'm sure you are. But Rinoa,
if you think it's something serious, go see Dr. Kadowaki."
"I'm positive that I'm fine."
"Okay, just making sure."
The train conductor yelled from behind Irvine, "C'mon, kid! We don't have
all day here!"
"Sorry! Selphie, I gotta go. Goodbye, honey." Selphie gave him a peck
on the cheek before he ran to the nearly-moving train.
Selphie smiled at Rinoa, "Ah, well. I guess I'll be hanging around you
more than usual in my free time."
"Selphie, is that even possible?" Rinoa smirked.
"Well, yeah. I used to spend every waking moment thinking of Irvine."
"I don't want you to even start about Irvine...."
The girls both giggled.
"Let's get back," Selphie suggested.
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"Knock, knock."
"Who is it NOW?" Rinoa said to both the person knocking and Selphie,
who had changed into her staple yellow jumper.
"Rinoa, what are you doing in there? It's Zell."
Selphie laughed and opened her dorm's door. "Hey, Zell. We were just talking
about Rinoa's wedding. She says I get to be the maid of honor!"
"Sweet, Selphie," Zell remarked, not seeming to give a damn about Rinoa.
"Can I talk to you in private?"
"Of course. Rinoa, leave."
"Okay, Selphie. But I'm staying right outside the door!"
"Why?" Zell asked.
"Because I want to make sure Selphie isn't cheating on Irvine."
Zell gave Rinoa a funny look. "Excuse me?"
"Oh, you probably haven't heard yet. Selphie's going out with Irvine."
Zell looked down. "All right. Thanks for informing me, Rin," he said in
a sad tone.
Rinoa left the room and closed the door. Selphie and Zell both sat on
her bed.
"So, what's up, Zell?"
"Well, I just felt like seeing you."
'Damn you, you idiot!' Zell thought. 'You just blew your cover!'
"Oh?" Selphie replied.
"Well, um, er, I wanted to see your new guitar. I was thinking of buying
one myself." Zell fumbled on his ad-libbed words. "Can I try it out to
see if I like yours? I may want one like it if it's any good."
"Um, okay." Selphie got out her guitar from the case on the side of her
bureau. She handed it to Zell.
"Well, here goes nothing." He started playing a guitar and singing a song:
"So you're scared to show your feelings. Baby, I do understand. Well, I
don't make a promise that I can't keep. And I vow to be a real good friend.
"In those big green eyes I see a glow of love. I just hope I'm the one
you're dreaming of.
"Let me be the one to love you. Let me be the one to care. Let me be the
one to light your flame. Oh baby, come on; let me be the one.
"We spend all our time together. We can't stand to sleep alone. When you
say you have to leave for now, I miss you before you're gone.
"All along we thought this was absurd. Every moment we spend goes by too
fast. Darling, darling, take this chance with me. 'Cause I have eyes
only for you.
"Let me be the one to love you. Let me be the one to care. Let me be
the one to light your flame. Oh baby, come on; let me be the one. Let
me be the one to love you. Let me be the one to care. Let me be the
one to light your flame. Oh baby, come on; let me be the one.... for you."
As Zell strummed through the fully instrumental bit of the song, Selphie
exclaimed, "Zell, you're amazing at this! Do you realize how good you are?"
Zell smiled and continued, "Don't be scared to show your feelings. 'Cause
baby, I do understand. And I don't make promises that I can't keep. And
I vow to be a real good man."
Zell stopped. "Really? It was really good? I like this song a lot; it's
by Blessed Union of Souls."
"I know, Zell. I love this song; it's beautiful."
'Does she understand?' Zell thought.
"Yeah, Selphie, it really is beautiful," Zell said aloud.
"Do you think you're going to buy a guitar just like this one?" Selphie
asked.
'What the hell?! That was all made up....'
"Maybe. It's pretty good and easy to use. But Selphie, did you really
listen to the song?"
"Of course, Zell; your voice is wonderful."
"But Selphie, did you get the meaning of the song?"
"Yes, it's about a guy who loves this girl, but the girl doesn't really
know his feelings for her."
"Selphie, don't you get it?"
"Yeah, I just told you, silly!"
"Nevermind. Tell Rinoa that she can come back in now."
LALALALA!! End Chapter Four! I just heard that old song on the radio today,
and it inspired this chapter. Go email Blessed Union of Souls and thank
them right now! Seriously though, the song is awesome and has always been
one of my favorites. I thought "Let Me Be The One" was absolutely perfect
for this situation, especially the line: "In those big green eyes I see
a glow of love." Come on, people: you gotta love it! Stay tuned for the
next chapter, which is number one on my "to write" list!
Author's Note: "Why the heck has the title been changed," you ask?
Well, it's a tribute to the best middle school band around: Roadtrip to Reality. I
know you never heard of them, but soon you will. They're the 3rd place
winners at my school's Talent Show. (I was in it; I sang "Eyes on Me,"
by the way.) RTR brought the house down with a song that was written
by themselves, called "Don't Have a Chance." It is FREAKIN' AWESOME,
and when they make it big, I'm sure that everyone will remember it as
their very first single. It fits the story damn well, and if you need
to know why I renamed the fanfic to "Don't Have a Chance," keep reading,
as it will be revealed in a future chapter. Also, I had obscenely horrific
writer's block; so much that I replayed the game all the way through to
get more material. Now, I'm back, and I'm happy to say, I'm ready to write.
Now, let's get it on!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Selphie heard a knock at the door, which woke her up. Before she even
responded to the noise, she open her eyes and noticed that Irvine was
gone.
"Selphie, are you in there?" A familiar friend's voice said.
"Rinoa?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, I'll open up the door."
Selphie got up and rubbed her eyes. She was extremely groggy from last
night. She went over and opened the door for Rinoa, who was in her usual attire.
"Not meaning to be rude, but do you realize what time it is, Selphie?"
Selphie glanced at her clock. "Sweet Hyne, it's ten o'clock!"
Rinoa smiled and placed her hands on her hips. "What did you do last night
that made you so tired?"
Selphie looked at her strangely. "What are you talking about?"
"There's rumors going around about you and Irvine."
"Like?"
"That you slept together."
"Um, no. We didn't even kiss. We just talked."
"Really? About what?"
"Well," Selphie sat down on her bed, and Rinoa followed. "We just talked
about our relationship. He has to go on a mission today to escort some
girl, and he's going to be gone for a while. I told him that after the
mission, we should go on a date," Selphie aimlessly talked, trying to
remember what happened. Obviously, she was still sleepy.
"Go Selphie!!" Rinoa shouted sarcastically.
Selphie smiled, "Thanks. I wonder why he left in the middle of the night?"
"He probably either needed to go to a final briefing on the mission, or
to pack or something."
"Yeah. I think I should go wish him off. He's leaving at eleven."
Rinoa stood up and turned to Selphie, "Well, do you want me to help you
get dolled up for him? I'll make sure that you'll look so gorgeous that
he won't even look at the escortee!"
"If you can do it in about a half an hour, sure."
"Okay, let's go!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Selphie and Rinoa walked on the paved road to Balamb Town to catch Irvine's
train. Rinoa didn't dress up, so as not to detract from the send-off; but
Selphie, on the other hand, looked beautiful. She wore a blue sheer dress
that came down to her ankles. The sparkles on it nearly blinded Rinoa in
the late morning sun.
"Rinoa, don't you think this is a little TOO dressy for the occasion?"
"No, not really. If you dress up like you care about him, then he'll know
you truly do care about him."
"All right."
"Plus, the blue on the dress tell him that you're sad that he's leaving
you, if only for a short while. And the sparkles---"
"Okay, Rinoa, I get it."
Rinoa smiled, "Heh, I know. I'm just a little excited today, that's all."
"Why?"
"I'm soon going to be Mrs. Rinoa Julia Leonheart!"
Selphie grinned. "Squall proposed to you?! That's wonderful, Rinoa!"
She hugged her best friend.
"Thank you. Well, I'll tell you more later, since it's five of."
"Yeah, let's make a run for it!" Selphie held onto her dress and ran
towards the train building, while Rinoa slowly followed. Selphie noticed
Irvine about fifteen feet away. "Irvine!!!"
He turned around and looked at Selphie. "Selph!" He ran towards her, and
when they met, they gave each other a loving hug.
"Thanks for coming." Irvine told Selphie.
"You're welcome. I was afraid we wouldn't make it."
"We?"
Selphie turned around and yelled to her straggler friend, "C'mon, Rinoa!"
Rinoa started to run. "Sorry about that! I needed to take a break."
Selphie inquired about her unusual laziness, "What the hell for?"
Irvine chuckled, "My virgin ears!"
Rinoa frowned, "I just have a little cold, that's all it is. That's all
it is, right?"
Selphie put her hand on Rinoa's shoulder, "I'm sure you are. But Rinoa,
if you think it's something serious, go see Dr. Kadowaki."
"I'm positive that I'm fine."
"Okay, just making sure."
The train conductor yelled from behind Irvine, "C'mon, kid! We don't have
all day here!"
"Sorry! Selphie, I gotta go. Goodbye, honey." Selphie gave him a peck
on the cheek before he ran to the nearly-moving train.
Selphie smiled at Rinoa, "Ah, well. I guess I'll be hanging around you
more than usual in my free time."
"Selphie, is that even possible?" Rinoa smirked.
"Well, yeah. I used to spend every waking moment thinking of Irvine."
"I don't want you to even start about Irvine...."
The girls both giggled.
"Let's get back," Selphie suggested.
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"Knock, knock."
"Who is it NOW?" Rinoa said to both the person knocking and Selphie,
who had changed into her staple yellow jumper.
"Rinoa, what are you doing in there? It's Zell."
Selphie laughed and opened her dorm's door. "Hey, Zell. We were just talking
about Rinoa's wedding. She says I get to be the maid of honor!"
"Sweet, Selphie," Zell remarked, not seeming to give a damn about Rinoa.
"Can I talk to you in private?"
"Of course. Rinoa, leave."
"Okay, Selphie. But I'm staying right outside the door!"
"Why?" Zell asked.
"Because I want to make sure Selphie isn't cheating on Irvine."
Zell gave Rinoa a funny look. "Excuse me?"
"Oh, you probably haven't heard yet. Selphie's going out with Irvine."
Zell looked down. "All right. Thanks for informing me, Rin," he said in
a sad tone.
Rinoa left the room and closed the door. Selphie and Zell both sat on
her bed.
"So, what's up, Zell?"
"Well, I just felt like seeing you."
'Damn you, you idiot!' Zell thought. 'You just blew your cover!'
"Oh?" Selphie replied.
"Well, um, er, I wanted to see your new guitar. I was thinking of buying
one myself." Zell fumbled on his ad-libbed words. "Can I try it out to
see if I like yours? I may want one like it if it's any good."
"Um, okay." Selphie got out her guitar from the case on the side of her
bureau. She handed it to Zell.
"Well, here goes nothing." He started playing a guitar and singing a song:
"So you're scared to show your feelings. Baby, I do understand. Well, I
don't make a promise that I can't keep. And I vow to be a real good friend.
"In those big green eyes I see a glow of love. I just hope I'm the one
you're dreaming of.
"Let me be the one to love you. Let me be the one to care. Let me be the
one to light your flame. Oh baby, come on; let me be the one.
"We spend all our time together. We can't stand to sleep alone. When you
say you have to leave for now, I miss you before you're gone.
"All along we thought this was absurd. Every moment we spend goes by too
fast. Darling, darling, take this chance with me. 'Cause I have eyes
only for you.
"Let me be the one to love you. Let me be the one to care. Let me be
the one to light your flame. Oh baby, come on; let me be the one. Let
me be the one to love you. Let me be the one to care. Let me be the
one to light your flame. Oh baby, come on; let me be the one.... for you."
As Zell strummed through the fully instrumental bit of the song, Selphie
exclaimed, "Zell, you're amazing at this! Do you realize how good you are?"
Zell smiled and continued, "Don't be scared to show your feelings. 'Cause
baby, I do understand. And I don't make promises that I can't keep. And
I vow to be a real good man."
Zell stopped. "Really? It was really good? I like this song a lot; it's
by Blessed Union of Souls."
"I know, Zell. I love this song; it's beautiful."
'Does she understand?' Zell thought.
"Yeah, Selphie, it really is beautiful," Zell said aloud.
"Do you think you're going to buy a guitar just like this one?" Selphie
asked.
'What the hell?! That was all made up....'
"Maybe. It's pretty good and easy to use. But Selphie, did you really
listen to the song?"
"Of course, Zell; your voice is wonderful."
"But Selphie, did you get the meaning of the song?"
"Yes, it's about a guy who loves this girl, but the girl doesn't really
know his feelings for her."
"Selphie, don't you get it?"
"Yeah, I just told you, silly!"
"Nevermind. Tell Rinoa that she can come back in now."
LALALALA!! End Chapter Four! I just heard that old song on the radio today,
and it inspired this chapter. Go email Blessed Union of Souls and thank
them right now! Seriously though, the song is awesome and has always been
one of my favorites. I thought "Let Me Be The One" was absolutely perfect
for this situation, especially the line: "In those big green eyes I see
a glow of love." Come on, people: you gotta love it! Stay tuned for the
next chapter, which is number one on my "to write" list!