*Possession*
Ch.1-Breakfast
Another day in Balamb Garden's cafeteria..Selphie smiled up at Irvine,allowing herself to be dragged by his arm across the room towards a table holding two all too familiar figures.
"Buwoierw!bowiojeraslkoerew!".
A stream of food went rushing past Selphie's face at this statement. Apparently, Zell wasn't in the best of moods right now. Selphie looked past Zell and frowned. Seifer. Figures he would be the source of Zell's anger.And by the arrogant grin on his face, enjoying it immensely.
Zell was standing up now, livid faced and punching his fist into the table to emphasis each nonintelligible word he spoke.And naturally, being Zell, he was trying to eat at the same time.
"I think I'd best duck and cover" Irvine said wryly.
Selphie looked at them and shook her head "Who was the idiot that allowed Seifer back into the garden?"
Zell, finally digesting his hotdog, continued his rant. "Seifer, do us a favor and get out of this cafeteria before we all kick your ass so hard you won't be able to walk for a week."
Seifer's grin was still very much in place, mocking them. " Kick my ass so hard I won't be able to walk for a week?Big words coming from a lanky wanna be cowboy, a chicken wuss, and a girl who would probably just end up hitting me in the knee."
Then, with that last parting insult and a blur of a gray trenchcoat, Seifer was gone.Selphie's eyes, usually sparkling with laughter, were now sparkling with something completely different..rage.
"Asshole.."Irvine and Zell(who had been doing a good amount of cussing at Seifer earlier,himself) stared at Selphie . Swearing coming from the petite brunette was like a cute stuffed animal suddenly growing fangs. It just didn't happen.
Irvine attempted to counter this bizarre change of mood by putting his arm around her shoulder and distracting her.
"Don't mind him,hon. So what is this I hear about a Valentine's Day Dance?"
It worked...well sort of. Forgetting all about what Seifer had said earlier(or at least, putting her thoughts on his comments in the back of her head), Selphie was off rambling like a speeding train about the decorations, volunteers, booking a band, and the new banner she had just made to promote the whole thing.
"Isn't it just sooo awesome?" Selphie pointed with pride at the giant banner in question hanging in the middle of the cafeteria. Only to watch in horror as Raiijin walked in, completely oblivious; his head going straight through the banner and ripping it clean in half.
Fujin as usual kicked him. But that was before she got a chance to read over the remains of the banner, at which point, she muttered something that sounded suspiciously like "good job".
Selphie, seeing her precious banner fall to the floor, put down her coffee cup and walked off determinedly towards Fujin and Raijin. Minutes later, after alot of jumping up and down, gesturing, raised voices, and at one point, Selphie waving her nunchaku threateningly in the direction of Raijin's nose, Raijin began clumsily trying to put back up the banner while Fujin watched, smirking.
No sooner had they gotten it up than Quistis, entering the cafeteria, got to be the second lucky person of the day to break the banner.
"Quistis?Yoohoo!"
Selphie followed Quistis, trying to get her attention. However, Quistis acted as if she couldn't hear her and continued down to the booth were Zell and Irvine were seated, stopping along the way to get coffee.
A peeved Selphie tried one last time to catch her notice."Umm, Quistis, look, you sort of broke my banner for the dance..and it's really, super duper important, so would you mind going back and fixing it?"
No reply. It then hit Selphie exactly what the problem was(or what she thought it was) and she gave a little nod of understanding and sympathy towards Quistis.
Irvine and Zell, on the other hand, looked at Quistis worriedly. She hadn't been around to hang out with the gang much after Ultimecia's destruction. She had thrown herself whole heartedly into her job as an instructor when she got reinstated...maybe a bit too whole heartedly.
"Quistis, is something the matter?"Hmm?..Oh no, everything's absolutely peachy." Quistis proved the exact opposite of this as she absentmindedly poured salt into her coffee instead of sugar. Zell waved a hand in front of her face."Uhh,hello?You just put salt in your coffee.."
Quistis, still off in her own little world, continued to sip the stuff. Irvine tapped Selphie on the shoulder and jerked his head in the direction of Quistis. "What's the matter with her?"
Selphie, who had sworn to Quistis not to tell , was relieved as Squall chose that exact moment to interrupt the little group.
"Hiya..what, where's Rinoa? I thought you two had become inseperable these days."
"......"
Synchronized eye rolling occured throughout the little group at this statement. "Never let anyone say you were too talkative, Squall".Irvine said with a grin.
"...."
Quistis seemed to be pouting into her coffee cup. Selphie must have gotten the reason for Quistis acting so strange right..she knew it. But she had to make sure, just in case.
"Ooh,Squall. The valentine's Dance!" Selphie clapped her hands together excitedly. "It would be just perrfect for what you're planning on doing."
She winked at him. Squall shook his head with a trace of a smile.
"Whatever". Selphie stole a glance at Quistis. She was still leaning into her cup of salt coffee. Selphie took that as a sign of being heartbroken. Yup. She had to be right!
Feeling satisfied with herself for having been so perseptive and at this little discovery,Selphie continued chattering away about the dance while mentally resolving to fix Quistis up with someone for the dance..soon.
Quistis let the talk wash over her. Valentine's day dance?..since when did they have a valentine's day dance? And especially when they had already had the graduation dance the night before?
See double feature at movie theatre. Go home. Feel sorry for self. Gorge on candy. Now, that was a Valentine's day tradition if there ever was one. And the whole thing was in jeopardy because of some crappy dance.
But she had to go..to see Squall propose to Rinoa. That would tell her it was final. That she didn't have a chance. Only then could she give up on him.
Quistis shook her head. Great. The way things were going, she should get a guest spot on Dawson's Creek any day now.
"Hey, that's such a cool idea!Irvine, you're a genius!" Quistis tuned back into the conversation."Who's a genius?"
Zell snorted into his plate of hotdogs. "Welcome back to earth, Quistis. Did you have a nice vacation?" Selphie kicked Zell ("Ouch!I was just kidding!geez!") then turned to Quistis.
"I was just talking about how much I needed some more supplies for the dance coming up, you know, and Irvine mentioned this store in Balamb. It has decorations and everything!Wanna come along? We're all going to go there this afternoon."
"All?" said Squall, and Quistis couldn't help but smile at the look on his face. It all too clearly said he wanted to stay as far away as possible from Selphie and her shopping excursion.
Quistis barely had a chance to nod her head before Selphie was off again."Great!Well,I gotta get to class, but guys, meet back here at six tonight, okay?Later!"
After she was safely out of earshot, Zell spoke to Irvine."A store?at the mall?Man,Irvine, what were you thinking bringing that up? Do you have any idea what Selphie's like in a mall?Remind me to kill you later". Irvine, looking emberassed, pretended he hadn't heard and responded that he had to get to class.
Zell followed suit. "Acckk, gotta run! See ya later, Quistis!". Finally. Peace and quiet. Quistis yawned and leaned back in her chair. Then saw the clock.
Thirty minutes past eight. Make that three seconds of peace and quiet. She grabbed up her coffee cup, dumped it in the trash, and took off at a jog for the elevator. It would look bad if the teacher herself was late for class.
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A/N=Okies..my first ever fanfiction story. Contrary to this chapter, the story will actually have a *gasp* plot. Oh yeah, and this story is obviously going to be a series..so ladedada:)Anyway,please drop me a review and say your opinion...and I know the title sucks..maybe someone can think of a better one.
Ch.1-Breakfast
Another day in Balamb Garden's cafeteria..Selphie smiled up at Irvine,allowing herself to be dragged by his arm across the room towards a table holding two all too familiar figures.
"Buwoierw!bowiojeraslkoerew!".
A stream of food went rushing past Selphie's face at this statement. Apparently, Zell wasn't in the best of moods right now. Selphie looked past Zell and frowned. Seifer. Figures he would be the source of Zell's anger.And by the arrogant grin on his face, enjoying it immensely.
Zell was standing up now, livid faced and punching his fist into the table to emphasis each nonintelligible word he spoke.And naturally, being Zell, he was trying to eat at the same time.
"I think I'd best duck and cover" Irvine said wryly.
Selphie looked at them and shook her head "Who was the idiot that allowed Seifer back into the garden?"
Zell, finally digesting his hotdog, continued his rant. "Seifer, do us a favor and get out of this cafeteria before we all kick your ass so hard you won't be able to walk for a week."
Seifer's grin was still very much in place, mocking them. " Kick my ass so hard I won't be able to walk for a week?Big words coming from a lanky wanna be cowboy, a chicken wuss, and a girl who would probably just end up hitting me in the knee."
Then, with that last parting insult and a blur of a gray trenchcoat, Seifer was gone.Selphie's eyes, usually sparkling with laughter, were now sparkling with something completely different..rage.
"Asshole.."Irvine and Zell(who had been doing a good amount of cussing at Seifer earlier,himself) stared at Selphie . Swearing coming from the petite brunette was like a cute stuffed animal suddenly growing fangs. It just didn't happen.
Irvine attempted to counter this bizarre change of mood by putting his arm around her shoulder and distracting her.
"Don't mind him,hon. So what is this I hear about a Valentine's Day Dance?"
It worked...well sort of. Forgetting all about what Seifer had said earlier(or at least, putting her thoughts on his comments in the back of her head), Selphie was off rambling like a speeding train about the decorations, volunteers, booking a band, and the new banner she had just made to promote the whole thing.
"Isn't it just sooo awesome?" Selphie pointed with pride at the giant banner in question hanging in the middle of the cafeteria. Only to watch in horror as Raiijin walked in, completely oblivious; his head going straight through the banner and ripping it clean in half.
Fujin as usual kicked him. But that was before she got a chance to read over the remains of the banner, at which point, she muttered something that sounded suspiciously like "good job".
Selphie, seeing her precious banner fall to the floor, put down her coffee cup and walked off determinedly towards Fujin and Raijin. Minutes later, after alot of jumping up and down, gesturing, raised voices, and at one point, Selphie waving her nunchaku threateningly in the direction of Raijin's nose, Raijin began clumsily trying to put back up the banner while Fujin watched, smirking.
No sooner had they gotten it up than Quistis, entering the cafeteria, got to be the second lucky person of the day to break the banner.
"Quistis?Yoohoo!"
Selphie followed Quistis, trying to get her attention. However, Quistis acted as if she couldn't hear her and continued down to the booth were Zell and Irvine were seated, stopping along the way to get coffee.
A peeved Selphie tried one last time to catch her notice."Umm, Quistis, look, you sort of broke my banner for the dance..and it's really, super duper important, so would you mind going back and fixing it?"
No reply. It then hit Selphie exactly what the problem was(or what she thought it was) and she gave a little nod of understanding and sympathy towards Quistis.
Irvine and Zell, on the other hand, looked at Quistis worriedly. She hadn't been around to hang out with the gang much after Ultimecia's destruction. She had thrown herself whole heartedly into her job as an instructor when she got reinstated...maybe a bit too whole heartedly.
"Quistis, is something the matter?"Hmm?..Oh no, everything's absolutely peachy." Quistis proved the exact opposite of this as she absentmindedly poured salt into her coffee instead of sugar. Zell waved a hand in front of her face."Uhh,hello?You just put salt in your coffee.."
Quistis, still off in her own little world, continued to sip the stuff. Irvine tapped Selphie on the shoulder and jerked his head in the direction of Quistis. "What's the matter with her?"
Selphie, who had sworn to Quistis not to tell , was relieved as Squall chose that exact moment to interrupt the little group.
"Hiya..what, where's Rinoa? I thought you two had become inseperable these days."
"......"
Synchronized eye rolling occured throughout the little group at this statement. "Never let anyone say you were too talkative, Squall".Irvine said with a grin.
"...."
Quistis seemed to be pouting into her coffee cup. Selphie must have gotten the reason for Quistis acting so strange right..she knew it. But she had to make sure, just in case.
"Ooh,Squall. The valentine's Dance!" Selphie clapped her hands together excitedly. "It would be just perrfect for what you're planning on doing."
She winked at him. Squall shook his head with a trace of a smile.
"Whatever". Selphie stole a glance at Quistis. She was still leaning into her cup of salt coffee. Selphie took that as a sign of being heartbroken. Yup. She had to be right!
Feeling satisfied with herself for having been so perseptive and at this little discovery,Selphie continued chattering away about the dance while mentally resolving to fix Quistis up with someone for the dance..soon.
Quistis let the talk wash over her. Valentine's day dance?..since when did they have a valentine's day dance? And especially when they had already had the graduation dance the night before?
See double feature at movie theatre. Go home. Feel sorry for self. Gorge on candy. Now, that was a Valentine's day tradition if there ever was one. And the whole thing was in jeopardy because of some crappy dance.
But she had to go..to see Squall propose to Rinoa. That would tell her it was final. That she didn't have a chance. Only then could she give up on him.
Quistis shook her head. Great. The way things were going, she should get a guest spot on Dawson's Creek any day now.
"Hey, that's such a cool idea!Irvine, you're a genius!" Quistis tuned back into the conversation."Who's a genius?"
Zell snorted into his plate of hotdogs. "Welcome back to earth, Quistis. Did you have a nice vacation?" Selphie kicked Zell ("Ouch!I was just kidding!geez!") then turned to Quistis.
"I was just talking about how much I needed some more supplies for the dance coming up, you know, and Irvine mentioned this store in Balamb. It has decorations and everything!Wanna come along? We're all going to go there this afternoon."
"All?" said Squall, and Quistis couldn't help but smile at the look on his face. It all too clearly said he wanted to stay as far away as possible from Selphie and her shopping excursion.
Quistis barely had a chance to nod her head before Selphie was off again."Great!Well,I gotta get to class, but guys, meet back here at six tonight, okay?Later!"
After she was safely out of earshot, Zell spoke to Irvine."A store?at the mall?Man,Irvine, what were you thinking bringing that up? Do you have any idea what Selphie's like in a mall?Remind me to kill you later". Irvine, looking emberassed, pretended he hadn't heard and responded that he had to get to class.
Zell followed suit. "Acckk, gotta run! See ya later, Quistis!". Finally. Peace and quiet. Quistis yawned and leaned back in her chair. Then saw the clock.
Thirty minutes past eight. Make that three seconds of peace and quiet. She grabbed up her coffee cup, dumped it in the trash, and took off at a jog for the elevator. It would look bad if the teacher herself was late for class.
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A/N=Okies..my first ever fanfiction story. Contrary to this chapter, the story will actually have a *gasp* plot. Oh yeah, and this story is obviously going to be a series..so ladedada:)Anyway,please drop me a review and say your opinion...and I know the title sucks..maybe someone can think of a better one.