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It was nine o'clock when I was almost finished with giving Laguna a tour of Garden. We had
seen everyone except for Squall and Rinoa but I knew the reason for that. They had decided to
go out to dinner, but only after they knew Laguna was coming. Squall made me so mad
sometimes.
We were just about to mount the stairs to the second when Cid approached us. Cid lived at
the orphanage now with Edea, but every week he came back to check up on us. He engaged
Laguna in conversation about his presidency and whatnot, which I really had no interest
whatsoever. I looked around, hoping to see one of my friends that I could talk to. I saw Seifer
standing not too far away.
Seifer . . . what is there to say about him? I still consider him a friend even through all he put us
through. We did go to the orphanage together after all. He noticed me looking at him and
motioned me over. I trotted over to him, wondering what he had in mind.
He was smirking, but that was nothing new. That smirk of his could be considered his
trademark. He lazily leaned up against the wall. "I have a question for you Selphie."
"Ask away!" I was kind of nervous and completely clueless to why Seifer Almasy would want
to ask me something.
He motioned to Laguna with a move of his hand. "What's going on between you two?"
"Huh? Oh I'm giving him a tour of Garden. He's doing a speech for the Festival and–"
"No, I didn't mean that. I mean what's going on between you guys" he said in an implying tone.
"I know you have a thing for him and I see him giving you . . . looks."
I couldn't tell if he was just messing with me or not. "Looks?"
He nodded with a look of sincerity. "You know . . . the kind of looks Irvine gives you. And
every other girl in Balamb for that matter."
"Oh that look." I was insulted by his comment about Irvine but only momentarily. "Why are
you telling me this?"
"I just thought it was something you'd like to know. Something you can take advantage of."
I gasped as I comprehended his meaning. "I'm not like that and neither is Laguna. Now if
you'll excuse me, I have a tour to complete." I turned on my heel and marched back over to
where Laguna and Cid were. Cid saw me coming over and smiled.
"Ah Selphie. How are you?"
"I'm doing fine Cid. How's Edea?"
"She's doing wonderfully. She says she misses all of you. "He looked at his
watch. "Well I won't keep you long. I heard you're giving a tour. Just be
sure you finish in a little while. The lights are going to be turned off for the night."
I nodded and smiled gratefully at him before turning to Laguna. "All that's left to
see are the top two floors. It's really just classrooms."
"That's ok. I'd still like to see them."
***
We made our way into Quistis's classroom. No one was in there which wasn't a surprise
considering the time of night. "Well this is it."
"Do you think I could mess around with the computers?"
"Uh, sure I guess." I felt a little bit of uneasiness as I turned on the computer. I just prayed to
Hyne that he didn't find . . .
"Hey what's this?" Too late. My page. I hadn't thought about it until now. I blushed. "It's
just something I put together." After a few clicks of the mouse he spoke again, this time with a
bit of humor in his tone.
"Sir Laguna's Page?" Not knowing what else to do I covered my face with my hands, trying to
hide the redness that was enveloping it. I heard his hearty laughter.
After awhile I peeked through my fingers to see what he was doing. It seemed he was
interested in an old article of his. He saw me looking and motioned for me to sit down by him.
He pointed to a picture of him in Esthar. He continued to tell me about his different adventures.
I listened attentively as he went on about each pictures. I was enjoying myself and was a bit
confused when the lights went off.
Then it dawned on me it was shutdown time.
"Uh-oh." I felt along the wall until I got to the door and jiggled the doorknob. "I think we're
locked in."
I heard Laguna running toward me. It wasn't too much later that I heard a crash and a "Unf!"
I giggled. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah. What do you mean we're locked in?"
"Well every night they lock the classrooms up when they turn of the lights. It's so no one
breaks in."
I couldn't see his face to see his reaction "Can't we just break the door?"
I considered it for a moment but decided against it. "I'll probably be demoted or something for
doing a thing like that."
He was silent for a minute before he spoke. "Squall would do that to you?"
"Well . . . maybe not a demotion but I'd definitely be in trouble. He takes his responsibility very
seriously."
"So what do we do now?"
I thought for a second. "Well . . . I could post on the message board. Maybe someone would
see it and help us."
"Good idea!" He took a few steps closer to me and put a hand on my shoulder. "I think it
would be better if you led me back there."
We made our way to the computer and I wrote a brief message about our situation. After I
was done, I left the computer on as a source of light. I turned to him with a frown. "We might
be here awhile. Most students come in here to use their computers and don't have their own."
He rubbed his chin in a detective-like way. "So basically we just have to figure out something
to do right?" He turned to me. "Any ideas?"
For a second I just looked at his face to see if he was the kind of guy to give me "looks." I saw
nothing.
"Big stupid Seifer" I murmured. Laguna looked at me questioningly but I just shook my head.
"We could work on your speech."
He seemed to like the idea. "So what am I doing a speech on?"
"Just how it's important for the SeeDs to be responsible." I gathered a pencil and a few pieces
of paper off of Quisty's desk. For the next few hours we found different ways to keep
ourselves from dying of boredom. First we worked on the speech (which turned out very well)
then we played tic tac toe (I won three times whoo hoo!) Then it was rock paper scissors. We
eventually got bored of all that though.
"Why don't we play hide and seek?" I suggested. I realized after I said it that it was dumb to
ask a 44-year-old man to play hide and seek but he didn't seem to mind.
I tried not to laugh as I hid under a Quistis's desk. Surprisingly I was having a great time with
Laguna! I thought it would be horrible with the lights out and all but it was going great.
It wasn't long before I heard him stepping carefully around the room. I held my breath while he
passed me. Now if I could only get back to the computer before he caught me.
I made a run for it. I guess I was a little to slow because in seconds his arm was around my
waist. Not expecting this I attempted to turn around, which tripped Laguna in the process. We
both ended up on the aisle floor, me on my back and Laguna on top off me. I gave a little
laugh. "You're the clumsiest guy I've ever met!"
"Clumsy! You tripped me!" he said jokingly. I laughed and kissed him.
I didn't mean to kiss him it just happened! I guess I'm just used to doing that with Irvine. I
immediately pulled away, horrified at what I had done. There was an awkward silence, but that
didn't last long as Laguna's lips met mine.
I felt a million things at once, but mostly just my heart pounding. I don't remember how long we
kissed, but what I do remember is how in a matter of seconds the lights came on and the door
open. Our lips immediately as we both scrambled to stand up. I saw Quistis in the doorway
and her shock was evident. I realized how bad it must have looked (Laguna was on top of me
after all). I turned crimson as she spoke.
"I...I saw your message on the board and came to help you."
Laguna gave a nervous laugh. "Well that was nice of you Quistis. I better get back to the
Palace now." He waved at me but didn't look at me. "Bye Selphie." And with that he left.
I went to leave too but Quistis caught my arm as I passed and pulled me back into the
classroom. "What's going on?" she hissed.
"Er . . . It wasn't how it looked. It was just a kiss that's all."
She shook her head. "Selphie don't do this. I know you have a crush on him but don't let that
get in the way of your judgement. How would Squall feel?"
My eyes widened in horror. "Don't tell him! He'll kill me!"
"I won't. Just don't do something like that again ok?"
I nodded. It was really too much for me to comprehend at that time of night. I walked to the
elevator, still feeling his lips on mine.
***
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It was nine o'clock when I was almost finished with giving Laguna a tour of Garden. We had
seen everyone except for Squall and Rinoa but I knew the reason for that. They had decided to
go out to dinner, but only after they knew Laguna was coming. Squall made me so mad
sometimes.
We were just about to mount the stairs to the second when Cid approached us. Cid lived at
the orphanage now with Edea, but every week he came back to check up on us. He engaged
Laguna in conversation about his presidency and whatnot, which I really had no interest
whatsoever. I looked around, hoping to see one of my friends that I could talk to. I saw Seifer
standing not too far away.
Seifer . . . what is there to say about him? I still consider him a friend even through all he put us
through. We did go to the orphanage together after all. He noticed me looking at him and
motioned me over. I trotted over to him, wondering what he had in mind.
He was smirking, but that was nothing new. That smirk of his could be considered his
trademark. He lazily leaned up against the wall. "I have a question for you Selphie."
"Ask away!" I was kind of nervous and completely clueless to why Seifer Almasy would want
to ask me something.
He motioned to Laguna with a move of his hand. "What's going on between you two?"
"Huh? Oh I'm giving him a tour of Garden. He's doing a speech for the Festival and–"
"No, I didn't mean that. I mean what's going on between you guys" he said in an implying tone.
"I know you have a thing for him and I see him giving you . . . looks."
I couldn't tell if he was just messing with me or not. "Looks?"
He nodded with a look of sincerity. "You know . . . the kind of looks Irvine gives you. And
every other girl in Balamb for that matter."
"Oh that look." I was insulted by his comment about Irvine but only momentarily. "Why are
you telling me this?"
"I just thought it was something you'd like to know. Something you can take advantage of."
I gasped as I comprehended his meaning. "I'm not like that and neither is Laguna. Now if
you'll excuse me, I have a tour to complete." I turned on my heel and marched back over to
where Laguna and Cid were. Cid saw me coming over and smiled.
"Ah Selphie. How are you?"
"I'm doing fine Cid. How's Edea?"
"She's doing wonderfully. She says she misses all of you. "He looked at his
watch. "Well I won't keep you long. I heard you're giving a tour. Just be
sure you finish in a little while. The lights are going to be turned off for the night."
I nodded and smiled gratefully at him before turning to Laguna. "All that's left to
see are the top two floors. It's really just classrooms."
"That's ok. I'd still like to see them."
***
We made our way into Quistis's classroom. No one was in there which wasn't a surprise
considering the time of night. "Well this is it."
"Do you think I could mess around with the computers?"
"Uh, sure I guess." I felt a little bit of uneasiness as I turned on the computer. I just prayed to
Hyne that he didn't find . . .
"Hey what's this?" Too late. My page. I hadn't thought about it until now. I blushed. "It's
just something I put together." After a few clicks of the mouse he spoke again, this time with a
bit of humor in his tone.
"Sir Laguna's Page?" Not knowing what else to do I covered my face with my hands, trying to
hide the redness that was enveloping it. I heard his hearty laughter.
After awhile I peeked through my fingers to see what he was doing. It seemed he was
interested in an old article of his. He saw me looking and motioned for me to sit down by him.
He pointed to a picture of him in Esthar. He continued to tell me about his different adventures.
I listened attentively as he went on about each pictures. I was enjoying myself and was a bit
confused when the lights went off.
Then it dawned on me it was shutdown time.
"Uh-oh." I felt along the wall until I got to the door and jiggled the doorknob. "I think we're
locked in."
I heard Laguna running toward me. It wasn't too much later that I heard a crash and a "Unf!"
I giggled. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah. What do you mean we're locked in?"
"Well every night they lock the classrooms up when they turn of the lights. It's so no one
breaks in."
I couldn't see his face to see his reaction "Can't we just break the door?"
I considered it for a moment but decided against it. "I'll probably be demoted or something for
doing a thing like that."
He was silent for a minute before he spoke. "Squall would do that to you?"
"Well . . . maybe not a demotion but I'd definitely be in trouble. He takes his responsibility very
seriously."
"So what do we do now?"
I thought for a second. "Well . . . I could post on the message board. Maybe someone would
see it and help us."
"Good idea!" He took a few steps closer to me and put a hand on my shoulder. "I think it
would be better if you led me back there."
We made our way to the computer and I wrote a brief message about our situation. After I
was done, I left the computer on as a source of light. I turned to him with a frown. "We might
be here awhile. Most students come in here to use their computers and don't have their own."
He rubbed his chin in a detective-like way. "So basically we just have to figure out something
to do right?" He turned to me. "Any ideas?"
For a second I just looked at his face to see if he was the kind of guy to give me "looks." I saw
nothing.
"Big stupid Seifer" I murmured. Laguna looked at me questioningly but I just shook my head.
"We could work on your speech."
He seemed to like the idea. "So what am I doing a speech on?"
"Just how it's important for the SeeDs to be responsible." I gathered a pencil and a few pieces
of paper off of Quisty's desk. For the next few hours we found different ways to keep
ourselves from dying of boredom. First we worked on the speech (which turned out very well)
then we played tic tac toe (I won three times whoo hoo!) Then it was rock paper scissors. We
eventually got bored of all that though.
"Why don't we play hide and seek?" I suggested. I realized after I said it that it was dumb to
ask a 44-year-old man to play hide and seek but he didn't seem to mind.
I tried not to laugh as I hid under a Quistis's desk. Surprisingly I was having a great time with
Laguna! I thought it would be horrible with the lights out and all but it was going great.
It wasn't long before I heard him stepping carefully around the room. I held my breath while he
passed me. Now if I could only get back to the computer before he caught me.
I made a run for it. I guess I was a little to slow because in seconds his arm was around my
waist. Not expecting this I attempted to turn around, which tripped Laguna in the process. We
both ended up on the aisle floor, me on my back and Laguna on top off me. I gave a little
laugh. "You're the clumsiest guy I've ever met!"
"Clumsy! You tripped me!" he said jokingly. I laughed and kissed him.
I didn't mean to kiss him it just happened! I guess I'm just used to doing that with Irvine. I
immediately pulled away, horrified at what I had done. There was an awkward silence, but that
didn't last long as Laguna's lips met mine.
I felt a million things at once, but mostly just my heart pounding. I don't remember how long we
kissed, but what I do remember is how in a matter of seconds the lights came on and the door
open. Our lips immediately as we both scrambled to stand up. I saw Quistis in the doorway
and her shock was evident. I realized how bad it must have looked (Laguna was on top of me
after all). I turned crimson as she spoke.
"I...I saw your message on the board and came to help you."
Laguna gave a nervous laugh. "Well that was nice of you Quistis. I better get back to the
Palace now." He waved at me but didn't look at me. "Bye Selphie." And with that he left.
I went to leave too but Quistis caught my arm as I passed and pulled me back into the
classroom. "What's going on?" she hissed.
"Er . . . It wasn't how it looked. It was just a kiss that's all."
She shook her head. "Selphie don't do this. I know you have a crush on him but don't let that
get in the way of your judgement. How would Squall feel?"
My eyes widened in horror. "Don't tell him! He'll kill me!"
"I won't. Just don't do something like that again ok?"
I nodded. It was really too much for me to comprehend at that time of night. I walked to the
elevator, still feeling his lips on mine.
***
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