Chapter Two Chapter Two

Davis sat alone at his usual table in the cafeteria. He stared into his tea, and wondered why he didn't just order a beer; he was eighteen and allowed to drink. Then he remembered that he hated the taste of alcohol.

"Hey!"

Davis turned and saw Felicia running toward him with a grin on her face.

"Oh great," he thought. "Now I'm going to have to pretend that I'm actually interested in whatever she has to say."

Felicia sat down next to him and smiled. "What's up?" she asked.

Davis waved his hand. "Not much. What do you want?" he said.

"Just thought that I'd say hi," Felicia said cheerfully. "Why are you always so moody?"

Davis shrugged. "Whatever."

Felicia shrugged and stood up. "You'll never change," she said. "Well, see you later!"

She ran off, leaving Davis alone. He sighed and closed his eyes to think. He hadn't had a mission in months, and he was getting really bored just staying in Garden doing nothing. "Maybe I should go to the training center," he thought. "Then again, even that's getting boring with my High-Level magic. Even a T-Rexaur is easy to kill."

His thoughts were interrupted when somebody sat down at the other side of the table. He opened his eyes and looked across. In the other chair sat a beautiful girl with waist-length blonde hair and blue eyes. She looked straight back at him.

"You're Davis Leonhart, right?" she said.

"Yeah, that's right. So?" replied Davis.

"I've been wanting to meet you. My name's Sophia Almasy."

Davis looked at her. That surname, Almasy, seemed familiar, but he couldn't put his finger on it. As if she was reading his mind, the girl said, "My father is Seifer Almasy."

Davis looked at her and shrugged. "The guy who became Sorceress Edea's Knight during the Second Sorceress War?" he said. Sophia returned his look.

"You don't care?" she asked.

"Not really, no."

"I thought you might, since he tried to kill your father more than once, and he Junctioned your mother to Sorceress Adel in the Lunatic Pandora."

Davis shrugged. "That's in the past. My father's grudges aren't my own. I wouldn't care if he and your father had a duel right now and they killed each other."

Sophia just looked at him. "You have beautiful eyes," she said. Davis just stared at her in disbelief.

"I just told her that I don't care about our fathers' grudges against each other, and she tells me that I have beautiful eyes?" he thought. "Thanks…you too."

Sophia smiled. "You're not half as bad as most of my friends in Trabia Garden said you are," she said. "I think you're sweet."

"I don't need this," thought Davis. "Whatever."

Sophia continued to look at him with her deep, sea-blue eyes. "Nice response. You say that to every girl that's trying to pick you up?"

Davis stared at her in shock. "She's trying to pick me up?" he thought. "No other girls have ever tried to pick me up."

Sophia giggled. "You're cute. How about we meet here on Friday night, around eight?" she said. Davis shrugged.

"Sure, why not?" he said absently. Sophia smiled at him.

"Then it's a date!" she said loudly. Sophia stood up and walked off, leaving Davis behind to think about what just happened. At least he was going to think about it, but Felicia plopped down next to him.

"Oh how sweet!" she said. "You've got yourself a date for Friday!"

Davis just glanced at her, stood up, and walked away without another word.

"Spoilsport!" Felicia yelled after him. "Well, at least he's got himself a date at last."

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FRIDAY NIGHT

Davis wore his casual clothing: a black leather jacket over a red shirt with matching black leather pants and long leather boots. He took after his father in his sense of fashion, even though nobody seemed to care. He was waiting in the cafeteria for his 'date'. She finally showed up at ten-past-eight and ran up to him. That's when Davis noticed how attractive she really was, especially in the dress she was wearing. It was emerald green in colour, and reached her knees. Davis also noted that it was a strapless dress, and that Sophia was wearing silk stockings that made her legs look sexy. Well, as sexy as a girl's legs could look. She also had her hair tied up in a ponytail, but it still reached her waist. She smiled at him.

"Sorry I'm late," she said. "But I forgot to unpack when I got here and couldn't find this dress."

Davis shrugged. "Whatever. Let's just get this over and done with as soon as possible."

He began to go into the cafeteria, but Sophia caught his arm. "The ballroom's that way," she said, pointing in the opposite direction. That's when Davis remembered that the annual Garden Festival Party was being held that night. He shook his head.

"I don't go to parties," he said. Sophia pouted.

"But it'll be fun!" she said. "Come on, I want to get on the dance floor before it gets packed."

Davis shrugged. How bad could it be? After all, he was going to this party with the most beautiful girl he had ever seen, and he could dance pretty well.

"Sure, why not?" he said. "Let's go to that party."

Sophia literally jumped for joy. "OK! Let's go!" she said. Davis almost smiled, almost. This girl was quite carefree, considering the fact that her father was one of the most hated men in Garden and that she had almost no chance of making any real friends.

"Stop thinking like that!" he thought angrily. "What's done is done, there's no way we can change the past! The other students will just have to accept Sophia for who she is!"

He followed Sophia to the ballroom at a leisurely pace.

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Felicia almost choked on her hotdog when she saw Davis walk in with Sophia. She got Brandon's attention and pointed at the entrance. Brandon's jaw dropped.

"Davis Leonhart with a girl?" he said. "I wish I had a camera!"

Felicia giggled. "Me too. This might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" she said.

"Is that Davis with a girl?" somebody said. Brandon and Felicia turned around. The owner of the voice was a tall blonde-haired, blue-eyed SeeD, dressed in his SeeD uniform.

"Yes, Robert, it's Davis with a girl," Felicia said. "Come on, have a seat and lets see what happens."

Robert Trepe nodded and sat down with a plate full of hotdogs and a bottle of beer.

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Davis was perfectly aware of the surprised looks on the student's faces when he walked in with Sophia. But he was positively shocked when his parents came up to their table and sat down.

"Squall, get the camera! Our son's on a date!" Rinoa said sarcastically. Davis sighed.

"Funny, Mom," he said. Rinoa smiled.

"So, who is this girl you're with?" she asked. Davis shrugged.

"Mom, Dad, meet Sophia Almasy."

Rinoa smiled. "A pleasure to meet you," she said. She looked at Squall, who just shrugged. Sophia just smiled.

"I'll take that as a 'Nice to meet you'," she said. "I take it you don't care that I'm your…rival's daughter? You never know, I might just be more trouble than he was."

Squall shrugged. "What's done is done, you can't change the past, and the future is uncertain," he said. Sophia chuckled.

"I was only kidding anyway. I have my fathers looks, but my behaviour is more like my mother's behaviour when she was my age," she said. The music started to play again, and she looked intently at Davis.

"What?" he asked.

"Come on, let's dance!" Sophia said, grabbing his hand and pulling him onto the dance floor. As she dragged him along, Rinoa chuckled.

"This is exactly how we met," she said. "At a party, and we danced, remember?"

"Yeah, I remember that I didn't want to dance, and that you almost forced me to," he said.

"But you turned out to be a pretty good dancer," said Rinoa. Squall said nothing, and they both watched Sophia and Davis dance to the song 'Eyes on Me'.

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LATER THAT NIGHT

"Well I had fun tonight," Sophia said, smiling. "What about you?"

Davis shrugged. "Yeah," he said. "Well, good night."

Davis turned to walk away. "Hey!" said Sophia. "What about my kiss goodnight?"

Davis turned and stared at her. "What?" he asked.

"You heard me."

"But I hardly know you."

Sophia laughed. "Oh brother!" she said. "Fine, if you won't kiss me, then I'll just have to kiss you."

She marched straight up to him, threw her arms around his neck, and gave him a passionate kiss. Davis' eyes went wide, and he pushed himself away.

"Good night, Sophia," he said. He walked away briskly, and Sophia smiled. He was really cute, and a good kisser too. She shrugged.

"There's always next time," she said. She opened the door to her dorm and went inside.

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Davis stopped for a second to catch his breath. Sophia had just kissed him, and he had returned her kiss. What was he doing? This wasn't like him at all! Could he be…in love? No, that couldn't be it; he had only known Sophia for two days. But she was really beautiful…. Davis shrugged and went into his dorm to go to sleep.