Desperate Souls
Chapter 6: A Moment Alone
Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy 8 or any of it's characters, Squaresoft does. Yeah, you know how it goes. Anyhoo's, Jade, Matt, and Nic are my own characters....wait..you knew that too. hehe
Quistis sat in one of the chair's that ran along the side of the dressing room, for those that had to go through the torture of telling their companions what they think about the outfit they tried on. She had been sitting there for over an hour now, helping Selphie pick something out for the upcoming Garden Festival. Irvine and Jade had went on ahead to the junk shop to pick out a decent weapon for Jade. She kept thinking about what happened in the jeep on their way to Balamb. She couldn't help but the like idea of Jade being interested in her, her heart fluttered slightly at the thought, it seemed to be doing that a lot recently.
Selphie came out of one of the closet-like changing rooms, wearing a small black dress, that was held up by two small straps on her shoulders. "Well, what do ya think?"
She nodded. "Nice, I think I like that one more than the other's."
Selphie giggled, "Okay, this one it is then.", she grinned and figured this was the perfect chance to ask her about Jade, "So Quisty, what's Jade like? Irvine seems to have taken her for a little sister." She giggled again while heading back into the small room to change back into her regular, sunflower yellow dress.
Quistis paused for a second, then started talking. "Well, I haven't really been able to talk to her all that much, the only time I've had a chance was when I gave her a tour of garden."
Selphie called out from behind the door, "And...what's she like?"
She sighed, "Well, she's a really nice person. And..from the little time I've spent with her, she seems to have a really good sense of humor.", she whispered to herself, "..And the most amazing eye's..not to mention a nice body.."
"What was that Quisty? I couldn't quite hear you."
Quistis scoled herself, then sighed. She figured it was no use in hiding something from Selphie, it was just pointless. "I said, she has some of the most beautiful eye's I've ever seen, not to mention a great body."
Selphie stepped out of the smaller room, holding the dress up so she didn't wrinkle it, a large grin on her face. "Aww...Quisty's got a crush! That's so cute!"
She just sighed, blushing slightly while a small smile crept across her lips. "Whatever Selphie."
Selphie giggled while paying for the dress. Once she was done she turned to Quistis, "Well, looks like we're just going to have to 'accidently' lose you two in the crowd, doesn't it?"
She felt her eye's grow big, "Are you serious? I mean, what would I talk to her about?"
"DUH! Quisty, I did see the way you two were looking at each other earlier. You two need to talk about it, or else you're both just going to be miserable."
She sighed. "Yes, you're right."
"See, now, let's go see what trouble the objects of our affection are NOT getting into.", Selphie giggled.
Jade walked along the aisles of weapons, looking at the different type's of guns. "Jeez, I never thought picking out a weapon could be this challenging."
"Heh, it's like picking out clothes, you have to find something that matches your personality, but also something that makes you look good.", Irvine smirked.
"Yeah, if you say so." She continued walking down the aisle, looking from one gun to another, until she came to one specific one. It was a M4A1 machine gun, with a grenade launcher built in. It was solid black in color, with stainless steel barrels. She reached onto the shelf and picked it up, placing the strap around her shoulder and letting it hand down to her waist. She turned to face Irvine, "How's this?"
He laughed. "That really matches you. You know, it actually makes you look...sexy."
She glared at him, crossing her arms and leaning on her right leg, "...Whatever. I don't necessarily see anyone falling head over heels, do you?"
"Umm..not right now, but I do know someone who is head over heels for you."
"Huh? Who..?", she asked with a surprised expression on her face.
"....Quistis."
"Uhh..you mean Instructor Trepe...has a crush on me?" She couldn't believe what Irvine was telling her, this was something she'd wanted since she had first saw her, and now that she knew she didn't know how to act.
"Yep, she has it big time for you my friend. C'mon, we'll talk while we pay for that gun."
She unshouldered the assault rifle and brought it over to the counter, where the teller placed it in it's case, and Irvine payed for it and a few grenades. She grabbed the case and they turned to leave just as Selphie and Quistis came through the doors.
Irvine tipped his hat, "Hello ladies, we were just comin' to look for you."
"Aww..you're so sweet." Selphie gave Irvine a wink, signaling that it was time to pull off their 'plan'.
"Well, shall we go then?" He walked over to Selphie and placed his arm around her small waist, and lead her out the door onto the streets of Balamb.
Jade glanced over at Quistis, and shyed away from her gaze, then nodded to the door. "I guess we should get going."
"Umm..yeah. I guess we should." She turned away from Jade and walked out the door, and stopped outside.
She walked out the doors of the junk shop, carrying her new weapon at her side. She looked around, not seeing hide nor hair of Irvine or Selphie. "Tch...where'd they go off too?"
Quistis sighed, smiling slightly to herself. "With those two, who knows? They probably snuck off to go make out or something."
She raised an eyebrow at Quistis, "Yeah..lot's of people like to sneak off into alley's so they can make out. Is there something I should know about?"
Quistis quickly turned to face her. "Umm...what do you mean? I don't understand?"
She laughed softly, "I'm not blind Instructor, it's a little obvious they left us alone for a reason. Don't you think?"
Quistis sighed and blushed slightly, then brought her eye's up to meet Jade's. "I knew they would try this. I guess there isn't any reason to keep my feelings for you a secret any longer. I like you Jade, and I mean that in more than a...student/teacher relationship."
She smiled at her, the same smile that made Quisits' heart flutter with desire. "I know what you mean. I feel the exact same way you do.", she stopped before she was going to say something else and looked around at the crowd. "We should talk about this somewhere more...peaceful, don't you think?"
"Umm..yes. That sounds like a good idea."
She nodded and motioned for Quistis to follow her, and she lead them down the street to the pier. It was empty except for the occasional fish feeder, and fisherman. They walked down to the end of the pier. Jade leaned against the railing, setting the rather heavy case with her weapon inside it down. She turned and looked at Quistis. "So..now that we both know how we feel...what do we do next?"
"Umm...I don't know. I guess we just take things one day at a time. But, we have to keep this very discreet, simply because you're my student. If the headmaster found out..I could lose my liscence, and you could be sent back to the Esthar Detention Center."
She nodded. "Alright, I agree with you on that completely." She scooted over to where Quistis was standing, and placed a hand over one of her's that was resting on the railing. She smiled when Quistis looked up at her.
Quistis looked into Jade's dark blue eye's. She could've sworn that electricity practically danced between them, Jade certainly did send a shock through her when she touched her hand. She felt her heart start pounding in her chest when Jade smiled at her. She felt Jade lift her hand up, and pull her towards her. She complied, and walked over to where she stood infront of Jade, their bodies so close it was driving her insane. She looked around the pier, and saw they were completely alone, then turned back to Jade. Jade brought her hand up to rest on her shoulder, then proceeded to do the same with Quistis' other hand, and moved her own arms to where they wrapped themselves around Quistis' waist and pulled her to her. She had wanted this for what seemed like forever, when really it had only been two days. Their faces drifted closer to one another, until finally, their lips touched. The kiss sent tiny shivers down her spine, down to her knees, making them weaken beneath her and she had to lean into Jade's arms for support. When she felt Jade's arms tighten around her, she brought a hand up to her lover's neck and up into her hair, tangling her fingers in the silky blonde strands.
Her grip tightened and she pulled Jade deeper into the kiss, slowly slipping her tongue into her mouth, their kiss becoming more passionate every second they were together. She felt one of Jade's hands go up her back, then moaned into her mouth when she felt a solitary finger trace a line back and forth up her spine. She thought she was about to lose control. She didn't know what it was about Jade's touch that excited her so much, she just knew that she didn't want it to stop. Squall never brought out this side of her, her passionate side, but Jade did just that very thing. It wasn't until she remembered where they were that she decided to pull away. She just stood there in Jade's arms, catching her breath while their lips were still close to touching. "We should go find Irvine and Selphie."
"Yeah, my curfew's going to be kicking in soon anyway."
She had completely forgotten about her curfew. "Let's get going then.", she kissed Jade softly one more time on the lips, wishing they could just stay like this forever. She took one of Jade's hands in her's and they both walked back towards the Balamb entrance, hand in hand.
Jade couldn't believe what just happened between them, she thought she was going to go crazy. They walked back down the street to the entrance hand in hand, every now and then she would lean over and whisper things in Quistis' ear, sometimes after she finished what she was saying, she would blow softly into Quistis' ear. She loved doing that simply because she could tell it drove her crazy. She was surprised when Quistis leaned up on her tiptoes, and whispered in her ear. "Keep on doing that, and we're never going to make it back in time for curfew.", and she felt Quistis run her tongue along the lobe of her ear.
She looked at her and smirked, "My, my, getting a little kinky there, aren't we Instructor?"
Quistis laughed at her, and was about to answer when they heard Irvine and Selphie shouting at them. "Hey! Hurry up you guys! We've got to get back, fast!"
"Hyne, if that isn't an understatement, I don't know what is.", Quistis whispered into her ear as they walked back to the jeep.
She practically tripped over her own two feet, almost falling flat on her face if she didn't grap ahold of Quistis's arm. She looked at her as they got into the back of the small jeep, a shocked look on her face.
Quistis smiled innocently at her, and scooted closer to Jade to where she was practically on her lap. "What? Please tell me you didn't think I was going to be going back to 'my' dorm after what just happened back there?", Quistis winked at her playfully, and rested her head on her shoulder, then wrapped her arms around her neck.
Chapter 6: A Moment Alone
Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy 8 or any of it's characters, Squaresoft does. Yeah, you know how it goes. Anyhoo's, Jade, Matt, and Nic are my own characters....wait..you knew that too. hehe
Quistis sat in one of the chair's that ran along the side of the dressing room, for those that had to go through the torture of telling their companions what they think about the outfit they tried on. She had been sitting there for over an hour now, helping Selphie pick something out for the upcoming Garden Festival. Irvine and Jade had went on ahead to the junk shop to pick out a decent weapon for Jade. She kept thinking about what happened in the jeep on their way to Balamb. She couldn't help but the like idea of Jade being interested in her, her heart fluttered slightly at the thought, it seemed to be doing that a lot recently.
Selphie came out of one of the closet-like changing rooms, wearing a small black dress, that was held up by two small straps on her shoulders. "Well, what do ya think?"
She nodded. "Nice, I think I like that one more than the other's."
Selphie giggled, "Okay, this one it is then.", she grinned and figured this was the perfect chance to ask her about Jade, "So Quisty, what's Jade like? Irvine seems to have taken her for a little sister." She giggled again while heading back into the small room to change back into her regular, sunflower yellow dress.
Quistis paused for a second, then started talking. "Well, I haven't really been able to talk to her all that much, the only time I've had a chance was when I gave her a tour of garden."
Selphie called out from behind the door, "And...what's she like?"
She sighed, "Well, she's a really nice person. And..from the little time I've spent with her, she seems to have a really good sense of humor.", she whispered to herself, "..And the most amazing eye's..not to mention a nice body.."
"What was that Quisty? I couldn't quite hear you."
Quistis scoled herself, then sighed. She figured it was no use in hiding something from Selphie, it was just pointless. "I said, she has some of the most beautiful eye's I've ever seen, not to mention a great body."
Selphie stepped out of the smaller room, holding the dress up so she didn't wrinkle it, a large grin on her face. "Aww...Quisty's got a crush! That's so cute!"
She just sighed, blushing slightly while a small smile crept across her lips. "Whatever Selphie."
Selphie giggled while paying for the dress. Once she was done she turned to Quistis, "Well, looks like we're just going to have to 'accidently' lose you two in the crowd, doesn't it?"
She felt her eye's grow big, "Are you serious? I mean, what would I talk to her about?"
"DUH! Quisty, I did see the way you two were looking at each other earlier. You two need to talk about it, or else you're both just going to be miserable."
She sighed. "Yes, you're right."
"See, now, let's go see what trouble the objects of our affection are NOT getting into.", Selphie giggled.
Jade walked along the aisles of weapons, looking at the different type's of guns. "Jeez, I never thought picking out a weapon could be this challenging."
"Heh, it's like picking out clothes, you have to find something that matches your personality, but also something that makes you look good.", Irvine smirked.
"Yeah, if you say so." She continued walking down the aisle, looking from one gun to another, until she came to one specific one. It was a M4A1 machine gun, with a grenade launcher built in. It was solid black in color, with stainless steel barrels. She reached onto the shelf and picked it up, placing the strap around her shoulder and letting it hand down to her waist. She turned to face Irvine, "How's this?"
He laughed. "That really matches you. You know, it actually makes you look...sexy."
She glared at him, crossing her arms and leaning on her right leg, "...Whatever. I don't necessarily see anyone falling head over heels, do you?"
"Umm..not right now, but I do know someone who is head over heels for you."
"Huh? Who..?", she asked with a surprised expression on her face.
"....Quistis."
"Uhh..you mean Instructor Trepe...has a crush on me?" She couldn't believe what Irvine was telling her, this was something she'd wanted since she had first saw her, and now that she knew she didn't know how to act.
"Yep, she has it big time for you my friend. C'mon, we'll talk while we pay for that gun."
She unshouldered the assault rifle and brought it over to the counter, where the teller placed it in it's case, and Irvine payed for it and a few grenades. She grabbed the case and they turned to leave just as Selphie and Quistis came through the doors.
Irvine tipped his hat, "Hello ladies, we were just comin' to look for you."
"Aww..you're so sweet." Selphie gave Irvine a wink, signaling that it was time to pull off their 'plan'.
"Well, shall we go then?" He walked over to Selphie and placed his arm around her small waist, and lead her out the door onto the streets of Balamb.
Jade glanced over at Quistis, and shyed away from her gaze, then nodded to the door. "I guess we should get going."
"Umm..yeah. I guess we should." She turned away from Jade and walked out the door, and stopped outside.
She walked out the doors of the junk shop, carrying her new weapon at her side. She looked around, not seeing hide nor hair of Irvine or Selphie. "Tch...where'd they go off too?"
Quistis sighed, smiling slightly to herself. "With those two, who knows? They probably snuck off to go make out or something."
She raised an eyebrow at Quistis, "Yeah..lot's of people like to sneak off into alley's so they can make out. Is there something I should know about?"
Quistis quickly turned to face her. "Umm...what do you mean? I don't understand?"
She laughed softly, "I'm not blind Instructor, it's a little obvious they left us alone for a reason. Don't you think?"
Quistis sighed and blushed slightly, then brought her eye's up to meet Jade's. "I knew they would try this. I guess there isn't any reason to keep my feelings for you a secret any longer. I like you Jade, and I mean that in more than a...student/teacher relationship."
She smiled at her, the same smile that made Quisits' heart flutter with desire. "I know what you mean. I feel the exact same way you do.", she stopped before she was going to say something else and looked around at the crowd. "We should talk about this somewhere more...peaceful, don't you think?"
"Umm..yes. That sounds like a good idea."
She nodded and motioned for Quistis to follow her, and she lead them down the street to the pier. It was empty except for the occasional fish feeder, and fisherman. They walked down to the end of the pier. Jade leaned against the railing, setting the rather heavy case with her weapon inside it down. She turned and looked at Quistis. "So..now that we both know how we feel...what do we do next?"
"Umm...I don't know. I guess we just take things one day at a time. But, we have to keep this very discreet, simply because you're my student. If the headmaster found out..I could lose my liscence, and you could be sent back to the Esthar Detention Center."
She nodded. "Alright, I agree with you on that completely." She scooted over to where Quistis was standing, and placed a hand over one of her's that was resting on the railing. She smiled when Quistis looked up at her.
Quistis looked into Jade's dark blue eye's. She could've sworn that electricity practically danced between them, Jade certainly did send a shock through her when she touched her hand. She felt her heart start pounding in her chest when Jade smiled at her. She felt Jade lift her hand up, and pull her towards her. She complied, and walked over to where she stood infront of Jade, their bodies so close it was driving her insane. She looked around the pier, and saw they were completely alone, then turned back to Jade. Jade brought her hand up to rest on her shoulder, then proceeded to do the same with Quistis' other hand, and moved her own arms to where they wrapped themselves around Quistis' waist and pulled her to her. She had wanted this for what seemed like forever, when really it had only been two days. Their faces drifted closer to one another, until finally, their lips touched. The kiss sent tiny shivers down her spine, down to her knees, making them weaken beneath her and she had to lean into Jade's arms for support. When she felt Jade's arms tighten around her, she brought a hand up to her lover's neck and up into her hair, tangling her fingers in the silky blonde strands.
Her grip tightened and she pulled Jade deeper into the kiss, slowly slipping her tongue into her mouth, their kiss becoming more passionate every second they were together. She felt one of Jade's hands go up her back, then moaned into her mouth when she felt a solitary finger trace a line back and forth up her spine. She thought she was about to lose control. She didn't know what it was about Jade's touch that excited her so much, she just knew that she didn't want it to stop. Squall never brought out this side of her, her passionate side, but Jade did just that very thing. It wasn't until she remembered where they were that she decided to pull away. She just stood there in Jade's arms, catching her breath while their lips were still close to touching. "We should go find Irvine and Selphie."
"Yeah, my curfew's going to be kicking in soon anyway."
She had completely forgotten about her curfew. "Let's get going then.", she kissed Jade softly one more time on the lips, wishing they could just stay like this forever. She took one of Jade's hands in her's and they both walked back towards the Balamb entrance, hand in hand.
Jade couldn't believe what just happened between them, she thought she was going to go crazy. They walked back down the street to the entrance hand in hand, every now and then she would lean over and whisper things in Quistis' ear, sometimes after she finished what she was saying, she would blow softly into Quistis' ear. She loved doing that simply because she could tell it drove her crazy. She was surprised when Quistis leaned up on her tiptoes, and whispered in her ear. "Keep on doing that, and we're never going to make it back in time for curfew.", and she felt Quistis run her tongue along the lobe of her ear.
She looked at her and smirked, "My, my, getting a little kinky there, aren't we Instructor?"
Quistis laughed at her, and was about to answer when they heard Irvine and Selphie shouting at them. "Hey! Hurry up you guys! We've got to get back, fast!"
"Hyne, if that isn't an understatement, I don't know what is.", Quistis whispered into her ear as they walked back to the jeep.
She practically tripped over her own two feet, almost falling flat on her face if she didn't grap ahold of Quistis's arm. She looked at her as they got into the back of the small jeep, a shocked look on her face.
Quistis smiled innocently at her, and scooted closer to Jade to where she was practically on her lap. "What? Please tell me you didn't think I was going to be going back to 'my' dorm after what just happened back there?", Quistis winked at her playfully, and rested her head on her shoulder, then wrapped her arms around her neck.