Author's note: This is another chapter. This time, Seifer finds out! Ah! Anyway, hope you enjoy this one!
Chapter 4 - Blue Skies Are Grey
She opened her eyes. Slowly and steadily, Quistis made her way to the crib where little Gabriella was sleeping. All the other orphaned kids, espcially the older ones made their way towards Quistis as she almost stumbled to get out of her unconsciousness. She screamed, her heart racing and felt like it was stabbed in the heart a couple of times by a million knives. She was suppose to watch the little baby, but she failed. A sudden pain surged through her womb. The pain reached the base of her stomach and she cringed her face in sheer agony.
"Ahhhh!" she screamed, touching her stomach with her weak hands. What was wrong with her? What was wrong with the baby? The older kids ran to her aid, asking what was the matter, but she just shook her head and denied that something was wrong with her. Another pain shot through her like an electric shock. It felt like a thousand electric bolts shocked her system and as she touched her stomach again, she felt something big. She looked down and gasped. Her stomach, she noticed, was getting bigger!
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He walked down the hallway, thinking about what Cid had just said to him before he left. What did he mean?
"Seifer!" Seifer turned around and smiled when he noticed Matron coming towards him. He suddenly frowned as Matron gave him a worried look.
"Matron? What's the matter?"
"I'm worried about Quistis," Matron replied. Seifer could recognize the agitation in her voice.
"What about Quistis? Did something happen to her?" Seifer was definitley confused, but concerned at the blond prodigy at the same time.
Matron took his hand. "You have to go see her."
"Why do I have to see her? I'm sure she's fine!" Seifer said, hiding the concern in his voice.
Matron shook her head, dragging out the door. She looked around, as if afraid that someone might come and find out about their conversation. She turned to Seifer. "Come with me, Seifer. You must!"
Seifer looked at her. "Why? There's nothing I could do to...." He was interrupted by a helicopter landing nearby. He looked up, feeling the wind that the helicopter's blades was sweeping against him. Matron quickly pulled him with her as she walked towards the helicopter.
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Quistis weeped. The pain was getting too unbearable to take. She heard something outside, but she was too much in pain to care. She sat down on the couch and cried softly, worried that the children will know she was in agony. Where was that one person she needed the most? She should've told him.
The door opened. Quistis quickly regained her composure, straightening herself and wiping the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes. The pain suddenly vanished, but as she touched her stomach once again, she felt it different now. It was growing much bigger. She could tell, she was close to nine months. What was happening to her?
"Quistis?" The blond young woman looked up and saw Matron running to her. She wrapped an arm around Quistis protectively and stroked her honey golden hair with the other. Quistis cried, biting the pain and laid her head against her chest.
Seifer closed the door behind him and noticed Quistis crying in Matron's arms. He didn't know what to do.
"It's all right, my dear child." Matron looked at Seifer and nodded her head towards Quistis. "Comfort her," she mouthed to him.
The confused blond man was more confused than ever. What was wrong with Quistis? He has no idea and Matron expects him to comfort her?
Quistis looked up, feeling Matron talking to someone. She could hear her whisper to someone. "Matron! She's gone! Gabriella's gone! A woman took her and did something to me and the baby inside of me! When I woke up after she put me to sleep, Gabriella was gone!" Quistis looked up from her weeps and shook her head violently. "She's gone, Matron! I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!"
"Shhh... it wasn't your fault," Matron said softly, stroking her hair gently.
"No! It's my fault!" Quistis yelled, pushing herself up and standing firm in the same spot.
"Baby?" Startled by a deep voice, Quistis backed up an inch and looked up, seeing someone she recognized, even with her tear-filled eyes and her red face.
"Seifer...." She sighed. "Wha-?" She glanced at Matron. "Matron? How could you do this? Why did you bring him here?!" She backed away a couple more inches and turned around to face the window. Closing her eyes she said, "I told you that I would tell him when I'm ready!"
Matrons stood up. "And when exactly are you going to tell him? Are you going to tell him next week, when you are about to have a baby right now?"
Seifer stepped beside Matron. He looked at Quistis. "What the hell is going on here? Mind telling me, Instructor?"
"I'M NOT YOUR DAMN INSTRUCTOR!!!" Quistis yelled. She looked around, realizing the little kids watching. "I'm not your Instructor, Seifer," she replied, lowering her voice. "My name is Quistis Trepe and I'm having your baby! Happy now?"
Seifer blinked. Did he hear right? Is he going to have a baby? How is that possible? "Did I hear right?" he said, repeating everything he thought in his head. "I'm going to have a baby? How-? How is that possible? We've only...."
"I know that!" Quistis said, cutting Seifer off. She turned to Matron. "Can I talk to him alone?"
Matron nodded, offering her hand to the two kids that remained in the couch to listen. She took their hands and led them out to the beach.
Quistis followed her gaze towards them as they left and finally turned her head to Seifer. He had his head away from her, trying to figure out exactly what went wrong. "Seifer... not talking won't help solve this problem. You have to say something."
Seifer jerked his head towards her. "All right, I'll say something," he said, almost bitterly. "That's not my baby. I don't have a baby with the woman who I took advantage of while she was drunk during the SeeD ball! If you were pregnant...."
"IF? Look at me, Seifer! A woman busts in here, took Gabriella and did something to our baby! Somehow, she's making my baby grow so fast inside me!" Quistis fired back. She stepped closer to him. "LOOK!" She pointed to her growing stomach. "Does that look like I'm not pregnant to you?!"
Seifer turned away. "I don't need this. I... I have to go." He started to turn towards the door.
Quistis followed him. "Go ahead! Leave! Run away from your problems! You're good at that!!!" She watched him turn around, guilt suddenly masking his unreadable face.
".... I'm sorry...." was all he said, before opening the door and stepping outside.
Quistis followed him, running with her back straight. Her stomach was getting a lot bigger now. "I'm sorry?! You said the exact same words before you completely ignored ME!!!!"
"You have no idea why I said that!" Seifer was completely turned towards her, his face close to her as he spoke.
The young woman could smell his aftershave. Defiantly, she planted both her fists on her hips. "Oh? You think I don't know, huh? You said that, because you're weak! The only reason Ultimaecia ever picked you as her lap dog, was because you were a loner and never had any friends!!!!!"
Seifer glared at her. He wanted to say something else, but her words were enough to shut him up and enough to sting his heart full of hatred needles. He turned around and hopped inside the helicopter, keeping his eyes away from Quistis.
Quistis kept her spot, watching as the helicopter flew away. The tears in her eyes were marked invisibly as she wiped them away angrily with the back of her hand. Stomping back inside the orphanage, she ran to her room and wept. Why did she ever say that? She knew Seifer was manipulated and he didn't know what he doing. She knew that she was also alone. He wasn't the only one who felt lonely during that time. She felt alone too. That's probably why they did it that night. They were both alone and were both outcasts from the people they thought were their friends.
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Seifer stepped out of the helicopter, so many thoughts clouding his mind. How would she know how I feel? he thought. She doesn't know me! He walked down the main hallways of the Garden and towards the cafeteria, where Fujiin and Raijin were waiting. A baby? How can that be? His thought were suddenly interrupted, when someone bumped into him. He looked up. It was Squall, back from his mission.
"Seifer, I've been looking all over for you. Where the hell have you been?"
Seifer shrugged. "Out," was the simple reply.
"Well, you better be finished with your vacation. We have new information on the new Sorceress. She has taken another child and this child is from Edea's orphanage. Cid has asked for you and your party to move on with the plan to use the Ragnarok and talking to my fa- I mean Laguna and Martine on this situation."
"A child from Edea's orphanage? Gabriella?" he said to himself.
"Huh?"
"Nothing. Have you seen Zell and Selphie?" Seifer asked.
Squall pointed his thumb to the direction of the library. "I saw them in the library just now. They're waiting for you there."
Seifer patted Squall's shoulder. "Thanks man," he said, before walking pass the younger man and proceeding towards the library where Zell and Selphie, the other 'cutest couple' in campus, or so does the Balamb newspaper say were waiting for him.
Author's note: I know, I made Seifer a jackasss, but that was him! He always denies things! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed that chapter! See ya!
Chapter 4 - Blue Skies Are Grey
She opened her eyes. Slowly and steadily, Quistis made her way to the crib where little Gabriella was sleeping. All the other orphaned kids, espcially the older ones made their way towards Quistis as she almost stumbled to get out of her unconsciousness. She screamed, her heart racing and felt like it was stabbed in the heart a couple of times by a million knives. She was suppose to watch the little baby, but she failed. A sudden pain surged through her womb. The pain reached the base of her stomach and she cringed her face in sheer agony.
"Ahhhh!" she screamed, touching her stomach with her weak hands. What was wrong with her? What was wrong with the baby? The older kids ran to her aid, asking what was the matter, but she just shook her head and denied that something was wrong with her. Another pain shot through her like an electric shock. It felt like a thousand electric bolts shocked her system and as she touched her stomach again, she felt something big. She looked down and gasped. Her stomach, she noticed, was getting bigger!
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He walked down the hallway, thinking about what Cid had just said to him before he left. What did he mean?
"Seifer!" Seifer turned around and smiled when he noticed Matron coming towards him. He suddenly frowned as Matron gave him a worried look.
"Matron? What's the matter?"
"I'm worried about Quistis," Matron replied. Seifer could recognize the agitation in her voice.
"What about Quistis? Did something happen to her?" Seifer was definitley confused, but concerned at the blond prodigy at the same time.
Matron took his hand. "You have to go see her."
"Why do I have to see her? I'm sure she's fine!" Seifer said, hiding the concern in his voice.
Matron shook her head, dragging out the door. She looked around, as if afraid that someone might come and find out about their conversation. She turned to Seifer. "Come with me, Seifer. You must!"
Seifer looked at her. "Why? There's nothing I could do to...." He was interrupted by a helicopter landing nearby. He looked up, feeling the wind that the helicopter's blades was sweeping against him. Matron quickly pulled him with her as she walked towards the helicopter.
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Quistis weeped. The pain was getting too unbearable to take. She heard something outside, but she was too much in pain to care. She sat down on the couch and cried softly, worried that the children will know she was in agony. Where was that one person she needed the most? She should've told him.
The door opened. Quistis quickly regained her composure, straightening herself and wiping the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes. The pain suddenly vanished, but as she touched her stomach once again, she felt it different now. It was growing much bigger. She could tell, she was close to nine months. What was happening to her?
"Quistis?" The blond young woman looked up and saw Matron running to her. She wrapped an arm around Quistis protectively and stroked her honey golden hair with the other. Quistis cried, biting the pain and laid her head against her chest.
Seifer closed the door behind him and noticed Quistis crying in Matron's arms. He didn't know what to do.
"It's all right, my dear child." Matron looked at Seifer and nodded her head towards Quistis. "Comfort her," she mouthed to him.
The confused blond man was more confused than ever. What was wrong with Quistis? He has no idea and Matron expects him to comfort her?
Quistis looked up, feeling Matron talking to someone. She could hear her whisper to someone. "Matron! She's gone! Gabriella's gone! A woman took her and did something to me and the baby inside of me! When I woke up after she put me to sleep, Gabriella was gone!" Quistis looked up from her weeps and shook her head violently. "She's gone, Matron! I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!"
"Shhh... it wasn't your fault," Matron said softly, stroking her hair gently.
"No! It's my fault!" Quistis yelled, pushing herself up and standing firm in the same spot.
"Baby?" Startled by a deep voice, Quistis backed up an inch and looked up, seeing someone she recognized, even with her tear-filled eyes and her red face.
"Seifer...." She sighed. "Wha-?" She glanced at Matron. "Matron? How could you do this? Why did you bring him here?!" She backed away a couple more inches and turned around to face the window. Closing her eyes she said, "I told you that I would tell him when I'm ready!"
Matrons stood up. "And when exactly are you going to tell him? Are you going to tell him next week, when you are about to have a baby right now?"
Seifer stepped beside Matron. He looked at Quistis. "What the hell is going on here? Mind telling me, Instructor?"
"I'M NOT YOUR DAMN INSTRUCTOR!!!" Quistis yelled. She looked around, realizing the little kids watching. "I'm not your Instructor, Seifer," she replied, lowering her voice. "My name is Quistis Trepe and I'm having your baby! Happy now?"
Seifer blinked. Did he hear right? Is he going to have a baby? How is that possible? "Did I hear right?" he said, repeating everything he thought in his head. "I'm going to have a baby? How-? How is that possible? We've only...."
"I know that!" Quistis said, cutting Seifer off. She turned to Matron. "Can I talk to him alone?"
Matron nodded, offering her hand to the two kids that remained in the couch to listen. She took their hands and led them out to the beach.
Quistis followed her gaze towards them as they left and finally turned her head to Seifer. He had his head away from her, trying to figure out exactly what went wrong. "Seifer... not talking won't help solve this problem. You have to say something."
Seifer jerked his head towards her. "All right, I'll say something," he said, almost bitterly. "That's not my baby. I don't have a baby with the woman who I took advantage of while she was drunk during the SeeD ball! If you were pregnant...."
"IF? Look at me, Seifer! A woman busts in here, took Gabriella and did something to our baby! Somehow, she's making my baby grow so fast inside me!" Quistis fired back. She stepped closer to him. "LOOK!" She pointed to her growing stomach. "Does that look like I'm not pregnant to you?!"
Seifer turned away. "I don't need this. I... I have to go." He started to turn towards the door.
Quistis followed him. "Go ahead! Leave! Run away from your problems! You're good at that!!!" She watched him turn around, guilt suddenly masking his unreadable face.
".... I'm sorry...." was all he said, before opening the door and stepping outside.
Quistis followed him, running with her back straight. Her stomach was getting a lot bigger now. "I'm sorry?! You said the exact same words before you completely ignored ME!!!!"
"You have no idea why I said that!" Seifer was completely turned towards her, his face close to her as he spoke.
The young woman could smell his aftershave. Defiantly, she planted both her fists on her hips. "Oh? You think I don't know, huh? You said that, because you're weak! The only reason Ultimaecia ever picked you as her lap dog, was because you were a loner and never had any friends!!!!!"
Seifer glared at her. He wanted to say something else, but her words were enough to shut him up and enough to sting his heart full of hatred needles. He turned around and hopped inside the helicopter, keeping his eyes away from Quistis.
Quistis kept her spot, watching as the helicopter flew away. The tears in her eyes were marked invisibly as she wiped them away angrily with the back of her hand. Stomping back inside the orphanage, she ran to her room and wept. Why did she ever say that? She knew Seifer was manipulated and he didn't know what he doing. She knew that she was also alone. He wasn't the only one who felt lonely during that time. She felt alone too. That's probably why they did it that night. They were both alone and were both outcasts from the people they thought were their friends.
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Seifer stepped out of the helicopter, so many thoughts clouding his mind. How would she know how I feel? he thought. She doesn't know me! He walked down the main hallways of the Garden and towards the cafeteria, where Fujiin and Raijin were waiting. A baby? How can that be? His thought were suddenly interrupted, when someone bumped into him. He looked up. It was Squall, back from his mission.
"Seifer, I've been looking all over for you. Where the hell have you been?"
Seifer shrugged. "Out," was the simple reply.
"Well, you better be finished with your vacation. We have new information on the new Sorceress. She has taken another child and this child is from Edea's orphanage. Cid has asked for you and your party to move on with the plan to use the Ragnarok and talking to my fa- I mean Laguna and Martine on this situation."
"A child from Edea's orphanage? Gabriella?" he said to himself.
"Huh?"
"Nothing. Have you seen Zell and Selphie?" Seifer asked.
Squall pointed his thumb to the direction of the library. "I saw them in the library just now. They're waiting for you there."
Seifer patted Squall's shoulder. "Thanks man," he said, before walking pass the younger man and proceeding towards the library where Zell and Selphie, the other 'cutest couple' in campus, or so does the Balamb newspaper say were waiting for him.
Author's note: I know, I made Seifer a jackasss, but that was him! He always denies things! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed that chapter! See ya!