Chapter 4
Every time, I'm close to you
There's too much I can't say
And you just walk away...
And I forgot to tell you, I love you.
And the night's too long, and cold here without you
I grieve in my condition, for I cannot find the
strength to say I need you so
Sarah McLachlan
I Love You
Squall Leonhart trudged to his room, which was just a section of his office,
with Rinoa haunting his thoughts. He longer for her to be there, to tell him that his
decision about Adalia was right.
Adalia; she reminded Squall of Rinoa so much, yet Adalia acted so strange
at times. Squall wondered what the story was behind that girl, for it always
seemed girls like that had a long and complicated past. He would ask Nida about
it later.
Squall looked over at the bed, and was sadden when he saw the unrumpled
sheets on Rinoa's side of it.
'Rinoa, I'll find you, I promise.' Squall vowed silently to himself.
* * * * *
John Wallace made a fast pace towards the Presidential Palace, receiving
many strange looks and whispers from the citizens of Esthar. 'Let them gossip,'
he thought, 'Little do they know there is a sorceress who may decide to take over
this city as Adel did so long ago.'
The streets of Esthar were bustling with life, as millions of people traversed
the shopping mall and surrounding area, completely oblivious of the potential
danger that hovered of their city and the one man who could stop it.
John Wallace finally reached the Presidential Palace, and stood in silent awe,
staring at it. 'It hasn't changed a bit,' he thought with a grin. He walked over to
the teleporter and sat down patiently, waiting for the ride to be over. When the
teleporter came to a stop, John stood up and strode directly towards the
President's quarters, but was stopped by the guards outside the door.
"State your name please." One of the soldiers addressed him mechanically.
John knew this drill. "John Wallace."
"Sorry sir, but you don't have an appointment at this time. If you'll just go
over to the waiting room you can fill out some forms and..." the soldier started,
but was rudely interrupted by John.
"Filling out forms at a time like this? This could be a national emergency!
Get me the President!" John yelled, his voice raising with each point he made.
Suddenly, the door burst open behind the soldiers and the President
stepped out with a cross look on his face. The soldiers immediately saluted, and
Laguna glared at them. "What is the meaning of all this?" he asked, his eyes
darting between the pair of soldiers and John Wallace.
"President, there's a matter of urgent nature that I have to tell you about
right now." John told him before the soldiers could say anything.
"Hmmm...come into my office." Laguna said, and with that turned on his
heel and strode inside.
John walked in and saw two other men in there, dressed in official advisor's
garb. One had a thick, blonde beard and the other was a man with long braids
cascading down his back. 'Where do they find these people?' John asked himself.
"Mr. President, I have arrived here from Balamb Garden to inform you of..."
John started but was interrupted by Laguna.
"Balamb Garden? They are our friends and allies. I see. Continue." Laguna
prompted, and was the recipient of a puzzled look from John, then a quick gain of
his composure.
"Yes, I am here to tell you that there is a sorceress in Balamb Garden." John
said triumphantly.
"Of course there is. Her name is Rinoa Heartilly and a good friend of mine.
What are you getting at?" Laguna asked, a bit of weariness evident in his voice.
"No Mr. President. This is a different sorceress," John began and Laguna
raised his eyebrows in curiosity. "Her name is Adalia and she was found waltzing
into the Garden with Seifer Alsmay and a SeeD."
"Where is Seifer Alsmay now?" Laguna asked, a sudden fear overtook him,
like a hand grasping his heart.
"He has been sent to Galbadia District Prison. But the sorceress remains at
large and inside Balamb Garden. I think military action is in order." John ended
with a smug look upon his face.
"That is not for you to decide," Laguna said coldly. "Thank you Mr..."
"Wallace. John Wallace."
"Mr. Wallace. We will deal with this situation as we see fit." Laguna told
John, who was growing angrier at the minute. John shot Laguna and evil look,
then stormed out the door.
"What are we going to do Laguna?" Kiros asked, looking on after John.
"We're going to send a transmission to Balamb Garden to confirm if there is
a sorceress there," Laguna stated in his best military voice. "If what Mr. Wallace
says is true, then we shall send an armed escort to bring her here and seal her
powers."
"And if they refuse to let her go?" Kiros asked.
Laguna frowned. "Let us hope it does not come to that."
* * * * *
Adalia awoke just as the sun rose over the horizon. She blinked a few times
to better see her surroundings, then remembered where she was. She swung her
feet over the side of the bed, and they came into contact with a warm body. She
remembered that Nida had been sleeping there, and just sat still for a few
moments, watching him. He looked so handsome, and yet so vulnerable at the
same time. A lock of hair fell on to his face, and Adalia was compelled to brush it
away.
Suddenly, Nida stirred, opened his eyes and looked at Adalia. "Good
morning," she greeted him, "Today's the day we rescue Seifer."
Nida groaned and pretended to go back to sleep, which resulted in Adalia
getting up, grabbing a glass of water, and dumping it on his face.
"Hey! What's the big idea?" Nida yelled as he felt the cold liquid drip diwn
his face as he sat up.
"We have to leave soon, before anybody knows we're gone." Adalia told
him.
"It's a bit too late for that." said a voice in the doorway. Adalia whirled
around and came face to face with an angry looking Squall.
Squall had been woken when Esthar had sent them a transmission,
demanding the sorceress and said that dire consequences would result if she
wasn't handed over at once. Squall didn't want to hand her over to Esthar, but he
also didn't want a war to erupt between Balamb Garden and Esthar while most of
the SeeDs were off on another continent.
"Adalia, we received a transmission from Esthar this morning. They are
sending an armoured vehicle over to pick you up at 0700 hours. I'm sorry Adalia,
but it's you or this entire Garden." Squall finished, feeling exhausted.
Nida stood up, his hair in a mess and water dripping down his face.
"What?!" he asked, sounding outraged. "Why are you just laying down and giving
Esthar what they want? Adalia isn't dangerous, she has Odine's Bracelet on her.
She hasn't done anything to anyone!"
"Nida, you of all people should know why I'm doing this." Squall said.
Suddenly, he seemed older than his 17 years. He was like an old man trapped in
the body of a younger one. Such was the price he paid for saving the world and
becoming the Commander of Garden. "Most of our SeeDs are on another
continent. We can't afford to have them attack us. We would be taken out."
"Then let us leave, Squall," Nida reasoned, "Just let us go off and say you
couldn't stop us."
Squall heaved a deep sigh. "Nida, if they knew we let the sorceress slip
through our fingers then they'd attack us. This is a no win situation."
Nida looked over at Adalia, who seemed to be strangely quiet. She seemed
to be focussing her energy, like she did when she was on the chocobos. She
opened her closed eyes and they flashed a canary yellow, and all of a sudden, the
wall beside Squall imploded. Squall jumped back to be clear of the explosion.
"Run!" Adalia yelled, and bolted toward the hole. Nida grabbed his broad
sword and followed suit. 'It was a good thing we both fell asleep in our clothes,'
Nida thought as he ran down the halls of the dormitory.
"Follow me!" Nida yelled when he caught up with Adalia at the main hall of
the dormitories. Adalia nodded and ran after Nida, with Squall in hot pursuit.
Suddenly, there was a crackling noise as all the intercoms in the Garden
came to life. "Students of Garden, this is Squall, we have two suspects fleeing
from the dormitory, capture them at all costs."
Nida looked over his shoulder and saw Squall had brought his transmitter
with him, which allowed him to broadcast things over the intercoms of Balamb
Garden no matter where he was in the Garden. "Shit," Nida cursed as a bunch of
students ran out in front of them, blocking their path.
Nida unsheathed his broadsword, and started swinging wildly at the
assembly of people there. Fortunately, they were mostly junior class men and
none of them were suicidal, so they all jumped out the way of Nida's blade,
allowing Nida and Adalia to pass through.
The halls were filling up with students quickly, and some of then were
unsheathing their weapons in order to duel with Nida. Nida knew that after too
long they wouldn't be able to make any more headway. "Hang on Adalia, almost
there!" He yelled at her, swinging and injuring a student who wanted to test to fury
of the SeeD.
Nida suddenly sheathed his broad sword and booted in towards the parking
lot, with Adalia hot on his heels. Squall, who had been following them very closely
all this time, shouted into his transmitter "Stop them! They're heading to the
parking lot!" This, of course, prompted all the students in the halls to run towards
the parking lot. There were many other SeeDs closer than Squall to the parking
lot, and they all gave chase, causing Squall to slow down and eventually lose
them, but not the pack of blood thirsty SeeDs.
"They're gaining on us!" Adalia yelled to Nida. Nida knew that his plan of
action would only work if one element came into play, otherwise they would be
overwhelmed by the students with fresher legs.
Lady Luck was smiling on them that day, and Nida saw a car sitting there,
full of gas and ready to go on a mission a bunch of students were embarking on
that day. "Jump in!" Nida ordered as he ran around to the other side. He jumped
in and closed the door and Adalia sat in the seat beside him.
Nida looked over and saw that the keys were in the ignition. "Man, this
seems almost too easy." He said as he turned the keys and the car roared to life.
He changed the gears as quickly as he could and stepped on the gas. The car
lurched forward, just as the students got close to the car.
Nida looked in the rearview mirror and saw several of the students jump
into the 5 or so other vehicle in the parking lot. "We're going to have company."
Nida told Adalia as he took the first turn of the winding road to Balamb at 100 km
an hour.
"I'll take care of them." Adalia told him as she rolled down the window,
turned around in the seat, and stuck her head and her shoulder out the window.
The hand that was still inside grasped a special bar that was installed in all
Garden's cars for exactly that purpose.
Adalia faced the cars behind them, and felt her sorceress powers urge
through her. If she was looking at herself in a mirror, she knew her eyes would be
a bright yellow. She raised her arm above her head and felt her power pool at her
fingertips. She then brought her arm down in a smooth downward arc and
released the spell from her body. It flew straight toward the car behind them, and
then the car burst into flames and careened off the road.
The next car up had more aggressive passengers. The student on the
passenger side stuck his head and arm out the window much like Adalia was and
began firing at the tires of the stolen car. Adalia started to cats another spell, but
a bullet in her arm sent her back inside the car, blood beginning to seep from her
arm. "Damn." she muttered, cradling her wounded arm.
"Here, you take the wheel!" Nida said as he began to roll down his window.
"I don't know how!" Adalia cried, starting to feel useless.
"It's easy. I'll change the gears and such. You just steer the car." He said
to her as he pulled a gun from the sun visor above his head.
Adalia nodded and grabbed the wheel as Nida leaned out the window and
began firing on the car behind him. He took out the student on the passenger's
side almost immediately, then took out the one driving the car. The car slowed
down as the weight on it shifted, and the car behind it smashed into it, sending
them both off the road. Now there were only two cars left.
Nida began to fire at the cars, but then he realized that the gun he had had
run out of bullets. "F*ck!" he yelled as he sat back down on the seat and took the
wheel from Adalia.
They were at the entrance to Balamb now, and the gates were rapidly being
closed. 'Garden must have radioed ahead' Nida thought to himself as he stepped
on the accelerator. The distance between the gate and the wall was quickly
diminishing, but Nida got in just in time, the sound of scratching paint from both
sides of the car ringing in his ears.
He slowed down enough to make the turn that lead to Balamb Station, and
he hit the brake just at the steps that lead up to the station. "Let's go!" he said to
Adalia as he spotted the train begin to start it's journey towards Timber.
They both got out and pushed past a rather surprised looking station
attendant and stood by the train tracks, with the train beginning to pick up speed.
"When I say 3, we jump!" Nida yelled to Adalia over the roar of the train's engines.
"3!" They both jumped and landed on the caboose, just as the students from
Balamb Garden ran up the steps.
* * * * *
It was now mid-afternoon, and Nida and Adalia sat in their room on the
train. It seemed Lady Luck had been good to them once more that day, for there
was a doctor on the train who patched up Adalia's arm.
"Does your arm still hurt?" Nida asked Adalia, concern on his face.
"A little." She admitted, not wanting to appear weak.
"Don't worry about what happened back there. Without you we would have
never got out of the dormitory in the first place." Nida told her.
Adalia smiled. "Thanks Nida,"
A sudden jolt from the train resulted in the cups on the table nearby to fall
on the floor and shatter. They both went over, got on their knees and began to
pick up the pieces of glass. They got all of it into a nearby trash can, but there
were a few random pieces on the floor.
Adalia reached over to grab a piece of glass, when Nida went and reached
for the same one. Their hands brushed against each other, and they were both
startled, and looked each other in the eyes. Adalia grinned a little, not sure of
what else to do.
Nida had a serious look on his face, but it was also mixed with something
that Adalia had never seen before. He reached over and grasped her hand.
Adalia was a bit flustered by this and stood up. Nida followed suit, still
holding on to her hand, and reached for the other one. They looked each other
square in the eyes, both knowing what happened next.
Nida leaned in closer, and Adalia closed her eyes. She felt his breath on her
face, then his soft lips touching hers.
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Author's Note: Wow, I didn't think I'd be able to pull off the whole romantic scene
thing. And this chapter is proof that I don't lie; since in the last chapter I said
chapter 4 would be 100 times more exciting. I'll probably post the next chapter
next weekend. Ciao for now!
Every time, I'm close to you
There's too much I can't say
And you just walk away...
And I forgot to tell you, I love you.
And the night's too long, and cold here without you
I grieve in my condition, for I cannot find the
strength to say I need you so
Sarah McLachlan
I Love You
Squall Leonhart trudged to his room, which was just a section of his office,
with Rinoa haunting his thoughts. He longer for her to be there, to tell him that his
decision about Adalia was right.
Adalia; she reminded Squall of Rinoa so much, yet Adalia acted so strange
at times. Squall wondered what the story was behind that girl, for it always
seemed girls like that had a long and complicated past. He would ask Nida about
it later.
Squall looked over at the bed, and was sadden when he saw the unrumpled
sheets on Rinoa's side of it.
'Rinoa, I'll find you, I promise.' Squall vowed silently to himself.
* * * * *
John Wallace made a fast pace towards the Presidential Palace, receiving
many strange looks and whispers from the citizens of Esthar. 'Let them gossip,'
he thought, 'Little do they know there is a sorceress who may decide to take over
this city as Adel did so long ago.'
The streets of Esthar were bustling with life, as millions of people traversed
the shopping mall and surrounding area, completely oblivious of the potential
danger that hovered of their city and the one man who could stop it.
John Wallace finally reached the Presidential Palace, and stood in silent awe,
staring at it. 'It hasn't changed a bit,' he thought with a grin. He walked over to
the teleporter and sat down patiently, waiting for the ride to be over. When the
teleporter came to a stop, John stood up and strode directly towards the
President's quarters, but was stopped by the guards outside the door.
"State your name please." One of the soldiers addressed him mechanically.
John knew this drill. "John Wallace."
"Sorry sir, but you don't have an appointment at this time. If you'll just go
over to the waiting room you can fill out some forms and..." the soldier started,
but was rudely interrupted by John.
"Filling out forms at a time like this? This could be a national emergency!
Get me the President!" John yelled, his voice raising with each point he made.
Suddenly, the door burst open behind the soldiers and the President
stepped out with a cross look on his face. The soldiers immediately saluted, and
Laguna glared at them. "What is the meaning of all this?" he asked, his eyes
darting between the pair of soldiers and John Wallace.
"President, there's a matter of urgent nature that I have to tell you about
right now." John told him before the soldiers could say anything.
"Hmmm...come into my office." Laguna said, and with that turned on his
heel and strode inside.
John walked in and saw two other men in there, dressed in official advisor's
garb. One had a thick, blonde beard and the other was a man with long braids
cascading down his back. 'Where do they find these people?' John asked himself.
"Mr. President, I have arrived here from Balamb Garden to inform you of..."
John started but was interrupted by Laguna.
"Balamb Garden? They are our friends and allies. I see. Continue." Laguna
prompted, and was the recipient of a puzzled look from John, then a quick gain of
his composure.
"Yes, I am here to tell you that there is a sorceress in Balamb Garden." John
said triumphantly.
"Of course there is. Her name is Rinoa Heartilly and a good friend of mine.
What are you getting at?" Laguna asked, a bit of weariness evident in his voice.
"No Mr. President. This is a different sorceress," John began and Laguna
raised his eyebrows in curiosity. "Her name is Adalia and she was found waltzing
into the Garden with Seifer Alsmay and a SeeD."
"Where is Seifer Alsmay now?" Laguna asked, a sudden fear overtook him,
like a hand grasping his heart.
"He has been sent to Galbadia District Prison. But the sorceress remains at
large and inside Balamb Garden. I think military action is in order." John ended
with a smug look upon his face.
"That is not for you to decide," Laguna said coldly. "Thank you Mr..."
"Wallace. John Wallace."
"Mr. Wallace. We will deal with this situation as we see fit." Laguna told
John, who was growing angrier at the minute. John shot Laguna and evil look,
then stormed out the door.
"What are we going to do Laguna?" Kiros asked, looking on after John.
"We're going to send a transmission to Balamb Garden to confirm if there is
a sorceress there," Laguna stated in his best military voice. "If what Mr. Wallace
says is true, then we shall send an armed escort to bring her here and seal her
powers."
"And if they refuse to let her go?" Kiros asked.
Laguna frowned. "Let us hope it does not come to that."
* * * * *
Adalia awoke just as the sun rose over the horizon. She blinked a few times
to better see her surroundings, then remembered where she was. She swung her
feet over the side of the bed, and they came into contact with a warm body. She
remembered that Nida had been sleeping there, and just sat still for a few
moments, watching him. He looked so handsome, and yet so vulnerable at the
same time. A lock of hair fell on to his face, and Adalia was compelled to brush it
away.
Suddenly, Nida stirred, opened his eyes and looked at Adalia. "Good
morning," she greeted him, "Today's the day we rescue Seifer."
Nida groaned and pretended to go back to sleep, which resulted in Adalia
getting up, grabbing a glass of water, and dumping it on his face.
"Hey! What's the big idea?" Nida yelled as he felt the cold liquid drip diwn
his face as he sat up.
"We have to leave soon, before anybody knows we're gone." Adalia told
him.
"It's a bit too late for that." said a voice in the doorway. Adalia whirled
around and came face to face with an angry looking Squall.
Squall had been woken when Esthar had sent them a transmission,
demanding the sorceress and said that dire consequences would result if she
wasn't handed over at once. Squall didn't want to hand her over to Esthar, but he
also didn't want a war to erupt between Balamb Garden and Esthar while most of
the SeeDs were off on another continent.
"Adalia, we received a transmission from Esthar this morning. They are
sending an armoured vehicle over to pick you up at 0700 hours. I'm sorry Adalia,
but it's you or this entire Garden." Squall finished, feeling exhausted.
Nida stood up, his hair in a mess and water dripping down his face.
"What?!" he asked, sounding outraged. "Why are you just laying down and giving
Esthar what they want? Adalia isn't dangerous, she has Odine's Bracelet on her.
She hasn't done anything to anyone!"
"Nida, you of all people should know why I'm doing this." Squall said.
Suddenly, he seemed older than his 17 years. He was like an old man trapped in
the body of a younger one. Such was the price he paid for saving the world and
becoming the Commander of Garden. "Most of our SeeDs are on another
continent. We can't afford to have them attack us. We would be taken out."
"Then let us leave, Squall," Nida reasoned, "Just let us go off and say you
couldn't stop us."
Squall heaved a deep sigh. "Nida, if they knew we let the sorceress slip
through our fingers then they'd attack us. This is a no win situation."
Nida looked over at Adalia, who seemed to be strangely quiet. She seemed
to be focussing her energy, like she did when she was on the chocobos. She
opened her closed eyes and they flashed a canary yellow, and all of a sudden, the
wall beside Squall imploded. Squall jumped back to be clear of the explosion.
"Run!" Adalia yelled, and bolted toward the hole. Nida grabbed his broad
sword and followed suit. 'It was a good thing we both fell asleep in our clothes,'
Nida thought as he ran down the halls of the dormitory.
"Follow me!" Nida yelled when he caught up with Adalia at the main hall of
the dormitories. Adalia nodded and ran after Nida, with Squall in hot pursuit.
Suddenly, there was a crackling noise as all the intercoms in the Garden
came to life. "Students of Garden, this is Squall, we have two suspects fleeing
from the dormitory, capture them at all costs."
Nida looked over his shoulder and saw Squall had brought his transmitter
with him, which allowed him to broadcast things over the intercoms of Balamb
Garden no matter where he was in the Garden. "Shit," Nida cursed as a bunch of
students ran out in front of them, blocking their path.
Nida unsheathed his broadsword, and started swinging wildly at the
assembly of people there. Fortunately, they were mostly junior class men and
none of them were suicidal, so they all jumped out the way of Nida's blade,
allowing Nida and Adalia to pass through.
The halls were filling up with students quickly, and some of then were
unsheathing their weapons in order to duel with Nida. Nida knew that after too
long they wouldn't be able to make any more headway. "Hang on Adalia, almost
there!" He yelled at her, swinging and injuring a student who wanted to test to fury
of the SeeD.
Nida suddenly sheathed his broad sword and booted in towards the parking
lot, with Adalia hot on his heels. Squall, who had been following them very closely
all this time, shouted into his transmitter "Stop them! They're heading to the
parking lot!" This, of course, prompted all the students in the halls to run towards
the parking lot. There were many other SeeDs closer than Squall to the parking
lot, and they all gave chase, causing Squall to slow down and eventually lose
them, but not the pack of blood thirsty SeeDs.
"They're gaining on us!" Adalia yelled to Nida. Nida knew that his plan of
action would only work if one element came into play, otherwise they would be
overwhelmed by the students with fresher legs.
Lady Luck was smiling on them that day, and Nida saw a car sitting there,
full of gas and ready to go on a mission a bunch of students were embarking on
that day. "Jump in!" Nida ordered as he ran around to the other side. He jumped
in and closed the door and Adalia sat in the seat beside him.
Nida looked over and saw that the keys were in the ignition. "Man, this
seems almost too easy." He said as he turned the keys and the car roared to life.
He changed the gears as quickly as he could and stepped on the gas. The car
lurched forward, just as the students got close to the car.
Nida looked in the rearview mirror and saw several of the students jump
into the 5 or so other vehicle in the parking lot. "We're going to have company."
Nida told Adalia as he took the first turn of the winding road to Balamb at 100 km
an hour.
"I'll take care of them." Adalia told him as she rolled down the window,
turned around in the seat, and stuck her head and her shoulder out the window.
The hand that was still inside grasped a special bar that was installed in all
Garden's cars for exactly that purpose.
Adalia faced the cars behind them, and felt her sorceress powers urge
through her. If she was looking at herself in a mirror, she knew her eyes would be
a bright yellow. She raised her arm above her head and felt her power pool at her
fingertips. She then brought her arm down in a smooth downward arc and
released the spell from her body. It flew straight toward the car behind them, and
then the car burst into flames and careened off the road.
The next car up had more aggressive passengers. The student on the
passenger side stuck his head and arm out the window much like Adalia was and
began firing at the tires of the stolen car. Adalia started to cats another spell, but
a bullet in her arm sent her back inside the car, blood beginning to seep from her
arm. "Damn." she muttered, cradling her wounded arm.
"Here, you take the wheel!" Nida said as he began to roll down his window.
"I don't know how!" Adalia cried, starting to feel useless.
"It's easy. I'll change the gears and such. You just steer the car." He said
to her as he pulled a gun from the sun visor above his head.
Adalia nodded and grabbed the wheel as Nida leaned out the window and
began firing on the car behind him. He took out the student on the passenger's
side almost immediately, then took out the one driving the car. The car slowed
down as the weight on it shifted, and the car behind it smashed into it, sending
them both off the road. Now there were only two cars left.
Nida began to fire at the cars, but then he realized that the gun he had had
run out of bullets. "F*ck!" he yelled as he sat back down on the seat and took the
wheel from Adalia.
They were at the entrance to Balamb now, and the gates were rapidly being
closed. 'Garden must have radioed ahead' Nida thought to himself as he stepped
on the accelerator. The distance between the gate and the wall was quickly
diminishing, but Nida got in just in time, the sound of scratching paint from both
sides of the car ringing in his ears.
He slowed down enough to make the turn that lead to Balamb Station, and
he hit the brake just at the steps that lead up to the station. "Let's go!" he said to
Adalia as he spotted the train begin to start it's journey towards Timber.
They both got out and pushed past a rather surprised looking station
attendant and stood by the train tracks, with the train beginning to pick up speed.
"When I say 3, we jump!" Nida yelled to Adalia over the roar of the train's engines.
"3!" They both jumped and landed on the caboose, just as the students from
Balamb Garden ran up the steps.
* * * * *
It was now mid-afternoon, and Nida and Adalia sat in their room on the
train. It seemed Lady Luck had been good to them once more that day, for there
was a doctor on the train who patched up Adalia's arm.
"Does your arm still hurt?" Nida asked Adalia, concern on his face.
"A little." She admitted, not wanting to appear weak.
"Don't worry about what happened back there. Without you we would have
never got out of the dormitory in the first place." Nida told her.
Adalia smiled. "Thanks Nida,"
A sudden jolt from the train resulted in the cups on the table nearby to fall
on the floor and shatter. They both went over, got on their knees and began to
pick up the pieces of glass. They got all of it into a nearby trash can, but there
were a few random pieces on the floor.
Adalia reached over to grab a piece of glass, when Nida went and reached
for the same one. Their hands brushed against each other, and they were both
startled, and looked each other in the eyes. Adalia grinned a little, not sure of
what else to do.
Nida had a serious look on his face, but it was also mixed with something
that Adalia had never seen before. He reached over and grasped her hand.
Adalia was a bit flustered by this and stood up. Nida followed suit, still
holding on to her hand, and reached for the other one. They looked each other
square in the eyes, both knowing what happened next.
Nida leaned in closer, and Adalia closed her eyes. She felt his breath on her
face, then his soft lips touching hers.
______________________
Author's Note: Wow, I didn't think I'd be able to pull off the whole romantic scene
thing. And this chapter is proof that I don't lie; since in the last chapter I said
chapter 4 would be 100 times more exciting. I'll probably post the next chapter
next weekend. Ciao for now!