ALONE AGAIN...
Zell sat in the far corner of the cafeteria on his own except for a few hot-dogs and a large glass of coca cola.
"Hey Zell..." Quistis waved at him. Zell waved back, grinning.
"Yo, how's it goin'?"
"Fine. Is it okay if I sit down?" Quistis asked.
"Yeah sure." Quistis sat in the seat opposite Zell.
"I'm so bored today. I can't go training as the weather is so bad and Squall and Rinoa don't want to know me..." Quistis sighed.
"You sound like Selphie, always moaning about being bored."
Quistis laughed, "maybe I've been her friend for too long, it's rubbing off on me."
"Most likely," Zell stuffed a hot-dog into his mouth."
"So what have you been doing all morning?"
"In bed..." Zell said, his mouth still full of hot-dog.
"Nice..." Quistis remarked. Zell finished his hot-dog and stood up, scraping his chair back noisily.
"Where are you going?" Quistis asked.
"I'm goin' to visit ma before I go off to Trabia. Good luck in findin' someone to talk to. Sorry I wasn't much help. See ya!" Zell picked up his remaining hot-dogs and ran out of the cafeteria.
Three down and two friends to go Quistis thought sadly. She was getting a bit tired of them at the moment. Well, only Selphie and Irvine left. Maybe they can cheer me up, they're always good fun... if sometimes a little annoying.
So Quistis went off in search of Selphie and Irvine.
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MEMORIES...
"So okay, which do you think is best, the green or the blue angel?" Selphie asked a bored Irvine.
"How can you have a green angel?"
"You're saying the blue one then?"
"No, I'm just wondering what a 'green' angel is."
"The green one then?"
"Selphie! Whichever is fine! Can we go now?" Irvine yawned.
"Hi guys, can I help?" Quistis walked into the storeroom to find Selphie and Irvine having a mini- argument.
"Sure thing, Quisty. Right, you can gather some holly wreaths for me. They're over there in the corner," Selphie said.
"Save yourself now Quistis! Don't do it!" Irvine warned, laughing.
"Heyyy!" Selphie punched Irvine playfully in the chest.
"Oooh look!" Selphie picked up a white angel and showed it to Irvine, "does this look familiar?"
"Wasn't that... Isn't that the angel we used to have on top of the Christmas tree every year in the orphanage?"
"Yeah... I was thinkin' that! Could it be the very same one?"
"Maybe... Look at it's halo. The orphanage's angel's halo was always bent like this one's."
"Wow! This is so cool. Edea must have stored it in here after the orphanage was abandoned." Selphie's green eyes shined with excitement.
"I remember that angel... We used to..." Quistis spoke up but Irvine interrupted her.
"And do you remember the tree?"
"Yes! It was really crooked and not very steady. One year I remember Seifer chasing Zell around it and they knocked it over!" Selphie said breathlessly.
"You got so mad at them! You made them pick up every pine needle!" Irvine grinned.
"That's right!" Selphie exclaimed.
"Oh and remember that time when..." Quistis tried to join in the conversation but was interrupted again by Irvine.
"Do ya remember that night when we had a massive snowball fight and I won?"
"Excuse me! I think it was ME that completely whitewashed YOU! I won." Selphie challenged. Irvine laughed.
"Yeah... Um... I remember that... " Quistis trailed off. Selphie and Irvine ignored her, not on purpose of course but Quistis knew she couldn't compete with their history even though she had also been at that orphanage.
"I'm going to go now... See you later," Quistis got up.
"Okay bye Quisty... Oh Irvine, do you remember those cute mittens that you used to have?"
"Yeah... Seifer teased me like mad about them but they were a hit with the girls..."
Quistis left the storeroom. It seemed like no-one wanted to know her today. Maybe she should go training, despite bad weather and all. She was so angry at the moment that anything appealed to her other than trying to make conversation with people who couldn't be bothered about her.
Zell sat in the far corner of the cafeteria on his own except for a few hot-dogs and a large glass of coca cola.
"Hey Zell..." Quistis waved at him. Zell waved back, grinning.
"Yo, how's it goin'?"
"Fine. Is it okay if I sit down?" Quistis asked.
"Yeah sure." Quistis sat in the seat opposite Zell.
"I'm so bored today. I can't go training as the weather is so bad and Squall and Rinoa don't want to know me..." Quistis sighed.
"You sound like Selphie, always moaning about being bored."
Quistis laughed, "maybe I've been her friend for too long, it's rubbing off on me."
"Most likely," Zell stuffed a hot-dog into his mouth."
"So what have you been doing all morning?"
"In bed..." Zell said, his mouth still full of hot-dog.
"Nice..." Quistis remarked. Zell finished his hot-dog and stood up, scraping his chair back noisily.
"Where are you going?" Quistis asked.
"I'm goin' to visit ma before I go off to Trabia. Good luck in findin' someone to talk to. Sorry I wasn't much help. See ya!" Zell picked up his remaining hot-dogs and ran out of the cafeteria.
Three down and two friends to go Quistis thought sadly. She was getting a bit tired of them at the moment. Well, only Selphie and Irvine left. Maybe they can cheer me up, they're always good fun... if sometimes a little annoying.
So Quistis went off in search of Selphie and Irvine.
* * * * * * *
MEMORIES...
"So okay, which do you think is best, the green or the blue angel?" Selphie asked a bored Irvine.
"How can you have a green angel?"
"You're saying the blue one then?"
"No, I'm just wondering what a 'green' angel is."
"The green one then?"
"Selphie! Whichever is fine! Can we go now?" Irvine yawned.
"Hi guys, can I help?" Quistis walked into the storeroom to find Selphie and Irvine having a mini- argument.
"Sure thing, Quisty. Right, you can gather some holly wreaths for me. They're over there in the corner," Selphie said.
"Save yourself now Quistis! Don't do it!" Irvine warned, laughing.
"Heyyy!" Selphie punched Irvine playfully in the chest.
"Oooh look!" Selphie picked up a white angel and showed it to Irvine, "does this look familiar?"
"Wasn't that... Isn't that the angel we used to have on top of the Christmas tree every year in the orphanage?"
"Yeah... I was thinkin' that! Could it be the very same one?"
"Maybe... Look at it's halo. The orphanage's angel's halo was always bent like this one's."
"Wow! This is so cool. Edea must have stored it in here after the orphanage was abandoned." Selphie's green eyes shined with excitement.
"I remember that angel... We used to..." Quistis spoke up but Irvine interrupted her.
"And do you remember the tree?"
"Yes! It was really crooked and not very steady. One year I remember Seifer chasing Zell around it and they knocked it over!" Selphie said breathlessly.
"You got so mad at them! You made them pick up every pine needle!" Irvine grinned.
"That's right!" Selphie exclaimed.
"Oh and remember that time when..." Quistis tried to join in the conversation but was interrupted again by Irvine.
"Do ya remember that night when we had a massive snowball fight and I won?"
"Excuse me! I think it was ME that completely whitewashed YOU! I won." Selphie challenged. Irvine laughed.
"Yeah... Um... I remember that... " Quistis trailed off. Selphie and Irvine ignored her, not on purpose of course but Quistis knew she couldn't compete with their history even though she had also been at that orphanage.
"I'm going to go now... See you later," Quistis got up.
"Okay bye Quisty... Oh Irvine, do you remember those cute mittens that you used to have?"
"Yeah... Seifer teased me like mad about them but they were a hit with the girls..."
Quistis left the storeroom. It seemed like no-one wanted to know her today. Maybe she should go training, despite bad weather and all. She was so angry at the moment that anything appealed to her other than trying to make conversation with people who couldn't be bothered about her.