~Possession~
CH.3-
disclaimer:All characters belong to squaresoft!I've only got a nickel to my name, folks.:)
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Quistis walked out of the shop with a shrug, stopping by the water fountain to inspect the box the man at the jewelry shop had handed her. It was in a small, velvet box no bigger than the width of her hand. She opened it, half expecting some stunning peice of artistry to greet her eyes. After all, the box was incredibly fancy. Quistis should have known appearances were never what they seemed. The box may have been fancy but inside, the ring was plain as could be..not even gold, it was plastic.
Quistis sighed. She should just stop getting her hopes up all together. Part of her had been hoping that it was perhaps a present..that someone really did care after all. In a way entirely different from the trepies and her friends. With her luck, the ring was probably from a box of CrackerJacks. She inspected it...no doubt given by some hopeful Trepie admirer.
Great. Now she could add it to her collection of other useless presents from them. Not giving a second thought to the ring,she dropped it into her handybag and strolled back to the other side of the mall to where Selphie and Rinoa were at. Selphie was the first one to spot her and she rushed right over, her green eyes sparkling with glee at the fact that she, Selphie Tilmitt, had been let in on "the secret". "The secret" of course being the fact that Squall was planning on proposing to Rinoa.
Selphie loved secrets more than anything, the fact that she couldn't keep one to save her life notwithstanding. As long as Selphie was in on whatever secret someone had she was happy..but it was a very stupid person that tried to keep a secret from her. She made several odd coughs and winks in Quistis's direction before Quistis finally noticed her. When Quistis did pay attention Selphie silently mouthed over from the corner of the store (so as not to distract Rinoa from her shopping), "What kind of ring is Squall getting?"
Quistis mouthed back "I went to the store but he wasn't there." Selphie didn't catch on.."What?He was a bore and the ring has a glare?" Quistis shook her head and was about to start mouthing back she'd tell Selphie later when Selphie caught a look at the ring box poking out of Quistis's handbag. Her lips starting moving in silent speech faster than ever. "A ring?Not Squall's?Oooh..when, where, who, how?"
Quistis found herself wishing she had just dropped the ring in the water fountain and forgotten about it..Selphie would never stop pestering her until she found out, Quistis knew that much at least. She pointed to the ring and shook her head, trying to signal that she didn't know who it was from. Giving up on silent speech, Selphie started pantomiming. She pushed her hair back and pretending to be smoothing it, trying to look arrogant. Quistis caught on immediately. She shook her head back at Selphie. Nope, not Seifer. She gave another huge shake of her head. Didn't Selphie get it? She had no idea who it was from!
Selphie was about to go into some other imatation of one of the guys when
Rinoa, still shopping for stuff for the dance, finally caught on to their exaggerated motions. "Alright. What conspiracy are you guys up to?" Selphie and Quistis froze. The former's eyes sparkling more than ever and the latter looking like she felt like laughing out loud. Their comical behavior couldn't be any more obvious, thought Quistis. Why, she realized, Selphie could have simply walked over and whispered in her ear and it would have caused a good deal less of a rucus. Quistis tried to think as fast as she could of some lie.
No way was she going to let Rinoa know she had just happened to be given a ring as a present. Both Rinoa and Selphie would never rest until they had found out who it was from..and Quistis didn't particularly feel like having the two of them play matchmaker. Just Selphie was plenty. Quistis had a lie all ready when Selphie broke in. "Oh..teehee..we were just talking about Quistis's "mystery admirer!"
Quistis felt a strange urge to strangle Selphie were she stood, pushing all friendship aside. So much for her elaborately concocted lie. Still, she had to give Selphie credit..at least Rinoa wouldn't find out about Squall's plans. Not that it mattered, thought Quistis bitterly.
The words "mystery admirer" caught Rinoa's interest right away. "What are you talking about, Selph?" Selphie's eyes aglow. "Now that's something you should ask Quistis herself." Quistis made a note to never trust Selphie with deep secrets again. She may have made an excellent friend, but if you told Selphie a secret you might as well grab a megaphone, stood on top of one of the cafeteria's tables and shout it for the whole world to hear. It would save Selphie the trouble.
She succumbed herself to the inviteable and began going into the details with Selphie and Rinoa of how the ring had come into her hands. "So the jewelry store guy gave you the ring?Wait a minute, why were you even at the jewelry store to begin with?" Rinoa was curious. Selphie and Quistis just looked at each other. Selphie may have been one for blowing secrets, but even she wasn't for spoiling weddings.
Luckily, Rinoa came to her own conclusion...even if it wasn't the most accurate. "Whoa..Quistis, this must be more than just a secret admirer, huh?" Rinoa laughed. "When's the wedding?" Quistis cracked a smile and Selphie laughed. Relieved Rinoa was just joking around and wasn't really going to pry into her business, Quistis changed the subject. "So, you guys get the stuff you need for the dance?"
"Yup. Ready to parrrtyy!" Selphie dissapeared into a different aisle and came back loaded with stuff; an enormous bundle of bags dwarfing her small self. "Already had time to pay for it too..since you took so long in that jewelry store." Quistis threw up her hands in mock self defense. "Alright..Alright!"
"Here, help with these, will you?" Seeing as Selphie was way overloaded, each girl took a few of the packages to carry. They ran into Zell, Irvine, and Squall by the hotdog stand; where Zell was already salivating. Squall had no shopping bags with him, but Quistis could practically already see the engagement ring she was sure he had bought in his pocket. None of the other guys were carrying any bags or parcels with them either.
Rinoa snuck up behind Squall and wrapped her arms around his waist..it was an affectionate gesture Quistis envied. Rinoa gave a contented little smile. "I can't believe none of you bought anything!.Guys..the only people that can go to a mall and just window shop." Selphie's gesture towards Irvine was much less affectionate and more along the lines of whining. "Come on, my feet are so tired!just one piggy back ride?pleeasee?"
Irvine tried to reason with the irritable Selphie. "Now, come on darlin, you know I can't do that." Selphie stuck out her bottom lip. "I'll just drop right down here in the middle of the mall if you don't!Pretty please?" Irvine almost pulled off looking as if he would never dream of giving Selphie a piggy back ride, but Quistis could see he had already given in. He grumbled for good measure but picked her up on his shoulders anyway. Zell was about to spit out the food he was munching on again, this time from holding back peals of laughter at the sight of Irvine struggling to give a piggyback ride to a very happy Selphie.
The group headed off for the entrance and the parking lot, Irvine lagging a bit behind amid cries from Selphie to "Walk faster!", Zell walking beside them; still munching complacently on his hotdog, and Rinoa and Squall in front(both from whom Quistis distanced herself a bit.) By the time they reached the car Irvine, in spite of what he had said about not carrying Selphie any farther than the mall entrance, still had the pixiesh girl on his shoulders. Quistis was watching the two and laughing at some funny comment Zell had just made when she tripped clumsily over her own two feet and fell down on the pavement.
Oof. Feeling emberassed, Quistis picked herself up and brushed off her skirt. Zell grinned. "Now I see why you never wear high heels." "Or platforms" Quistis added. Strangely enough, the man built of ice himself was the only one that looked concerned. "You okay, Quistis?" Quistis reveled in the small moment of attention he gave her before saying something. "Yeah. I'm fine."
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A/N=Wow, it's been such a very long time since I wrote the last chapter before this. I know it needs work..tons and tons of it, but some reviews would be nice.*hopehope* Funny, I'm writing this and my other FF8 story..one is really serious and the other one's more lighthearted. Anyhow, thanks to everyone that has reviewed the past two chapters!Later!
CH.3-
disclaimer:All characters belong to squaresoft!I've only got a nickel to my name, folks.:)
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Quistis walked out of the shop with a shrug, stopping by the water fountain to inspect the box the man at the jewelry shop had handed her. It was in a small, velvet box no bigger than the width of her hand. She opened it, half expecting some stunning peice of artistry to greet her eyes. After all, the box was incredibly fancy. Quistis should have known appearances were never what they seemed. The box may have been fancy but inside, the ring was plain as could be..not even gold, it was plastic.
Quistis sighed. She should just stop getting her hopes up all together. Part of her had been hoping that it was perhaps a present..that someone really did care after all. In a way entirely different from the trepies and her friends. With her luck, the ring was probably from a box of CrackerJacks. She inspected it...no doubt given by some hopeful Trepie admirer.
Great. Now she could add it to her collection of other useless presents from them. Not giving a second thought to the ring,she dropped it into her handybag and strolled back to the other side of the mall to where Selphie and Rinoa were at. Selphie was the first one to spot her and she rushed right over, her green eyes sparkling with glee at the fact that she, Selphie Tilmitt, had been let in on "the secret". "The secret" of course being the fact that Squall was planning on proposing to Rinoa.
Selphie loved secrets more than anything, the fact that she couldn't keep one to save her life notwithstanding. As long as Selphie was in on whatever secret someone had she was happy..but it was a very stupid person that tried to keep a secret from her. She made several odd coughs and winks in Quistis's direction before Quistis finally noticed her. When Quistis did pay attention Selphie silently mouthed over from the corner of the store (so as not to distract Rinoa from her shopping), "What kind of ring is Squall getting?"
Quistis mouthed back "I went to the store but he wasn't there." Selphie didn't catch on.."What?He was a bore and the ring has a glare?" Quistis shook her head and was about to start mouthing back she'd tell Selphie later when Selphie caught a look at the ring box poking out of Quistis's handbag. Her lips starting moving in silent speech faster than ever. "A ring?Not Squall's?Oooh..when, where, who, how?"
Quistis found herself wishing she had just dropped the ring in the water fountain and forgotten about it..Selphie would never stop pestering her until she found out, Quistis knew that much at least. She pointed to the ring and shook her head, trying to signal that she didn't know who it was from. Giving up on silent speech, Selphie started pantomiming. She pushed her hair back and pretending to be smoothing it, trying to look arrogant. Quistis caught on immediately. She shook her head back at Selphie. Nope, not Seifer. She gave another huge shake of her head. Didn't Selphie get it? She had no idea who it was from!
Selphie was about to go into some other imatation of one of the guys when
Rinoa, still shopping for stuff for the dance, finally caught on to their exaggerated motions. "Alright. What conspiracy are you guys up to?" Selphie and Quistis froze. The former's eyes sparkling more than ever and the latter looking like she felt like laughing out loud. Their comical behavior couldn't be any more obvious, thought Quistis. Why, she realized, Selphie could have simply walked over and whispered in her ear and it would have caused a good deal less of a rucus. Quistis tried to think as fast as she could of some lie.
No way was she going to let Rinoa know she had just happened to be given a ring as a present. Both Rinoa and Selphie would never rest until they had found out who it was from..and Quistis didn't particularly feel like having the two of them play matchmaker. Just Selphie was plenty. Quistis had a lie all ready when Selphie broke in. "Oh..teehee..we were just talking about Quistis's "mystery admirer!"
Quistis felt a strange urge to strangle Selphie were she stood, pushing all friendship aside. So much for her elaborately concocted lie. Still, she had to give Selphie credit..at least Rinoa wouldn't find out about Squall's plans. Not that it mattered, thought Quistis bitterly.
The words "mystery admirer" caught Rinoa's interest right away. "What are you talking about, Selph?" Selphie's eyes aglow. "Now that's something you should ask Quistis herself." Quistis made a note to never trust Selphie with deep secrets again. She may have made an excellent friend, but if you told Selphie a secret you might as well grab a megaphone, stood on top of one of the cafeteria's tables and shout it for the whole world to hear. It would save Selphie the trouble.
She succumbed herself to the inviteable and began going into the details with Selphie and Rinoa of how the ring had come into her hands. "So the jewelry store guy gave you the ring?Wait a minute, why were you even at the jewelry store to begin with?" Rinoa was curious. Selphie and Quistis just looked at each other. Selphie may have been one for blowing secrets, but even she wasn't for spoiling weddings.
Luckily, Rinoa came to her own conclusion...even if it wasn't the most accurate. "Whoa..Quistis, this must be more than just a secret admirer, huh?" Rinoa laughed. "When's the wedding?" Quistis cracked a smile and Selphie laughed. Relieved Rinoa was just joking around and wasn't really going to pry into her business, Quistis changed the subject. "So, you guys get the stuff you need for the dance?"
"Yup. Ready to parrrtyy!" Selphie dissapeared into a different aisle and came back loaded with stuff; an enormous bundle of bags dwarfing her small self. "Already had time to pay for it too..since you took so long in that jewelry store." Quistis threw up her hands in mock self defense. "Alright..Alright!"
"Here, help with these, will you?" Seeing as Selphie was way overloaded, each girl took a few of the packages to carry. They ran into Zell, Irvine, and Squall by the hotdog stand; where Zell was already salivating. Squall had no shopping bags with him, but Quistis could practically already see the engagement ring she was sure he had bought in his pocket. None of the other guys were carrying any bags or parcels with them either.
Rinoa snuck up behind Squall and wrapped her arms around his waist..it was an affectionate gesture Quistis envied. Rinoa gave a contented little smile. "I can't believe none of you bought anything!.Guys..the only people that can go to a mall and just window shop." Selphie's gesture towards Irvine was much less affectionate and more along the lines of whining. "Come on, my feet are so tired!just one piggy back ride?pleeasee?"
Irvine tried to reason with the irritable Selphie. "Now, come on darlin, you know I can't do that." Selphie stuck out her bottom lip. "I'll just drop right down here in the middle of the mall if you don't!Pretty please?" Irvine almost pulled off looking as if he would never dream of giving Selphie a piggy back ride, but Quistis could see he had already given in. He grumbled for good measure but picked her up on his shoulders anyway. Zell was about to spit out the food he was munching on again, this time from holding back peals of laughter at the sight of Irvine struggling to give a piggyback ride to a very happy Selphie.
The group headed off for the entrance and the parking lot, Irvine lagging a bit behind amid cries from Selphie to "Walk faster!", Zell walking beside them; still munching complacently on his hotdog, and Rinoa and Squall in front(both from whom Quistis distanced herself a bit.) By the time they reached the car Irvine, in spite of what he had said about not carrying Selphie any farther than the mall entrance, still had the pixiesh girl on his shoulders. Quistis was watching the two and laughing at some funny comment Zell had just made when she tripped clumsily over her own two feet and fell down on the pavement.
Oof. Feeling emberassed, Quistis picked herself up and brushed off her skirt. Zell grinned. "Now I see why you never wear high heels." "Or platforms" Quistis added. Strangely enough, the man built of ice himself was the only one that looked concerned. "You okay, Quistis?" Quistis reveled in the small moment of attention he gave her before saying something. "Yeah. I'm fine."
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A/N=Wow, it's been such a very long time since I wrote the last chapter before this. I know it needs work..tons and tons of it, but some reviews would be nice.*hopehope* Funny, I'm writing this and my other FF8 story..one is really serious and the other one's more lighthearted. Anyhow, thanks to everyone that has reviewed the past two chapters!Later!