Ch--4
"Why aren't you getting ready for the big party?" Sylvan said as she leaned against the door and watched her sister polish her gun blade.
"Why? 'Cause I'm not going!" Azurea said as she rhythmically rubbed oil into the blade.
"I know if I made SeeD I'd be out there in a heartbeat" she said smiling as she looked at her twin sister.
"No you'd be out there because you like Seifer..."
"Yeah well... so what if I have an ulterior motive! I'd still go... and if your not going why did you buy that pretty red dress before we left Galbadia"
"Red dress? I don't own a red dress" Azurea said as she stood up and walked over to her closet. She opened the door to find her normal clothes and a long red dress with a note stapled to it
" I know that by the time you actually open your closet you'll be packing for Balamb, I know how you were complaining about not having anything to wear to the party because your 'not the type to wear a uniform to a party' regardless if you made SeeD or not so maybe if you get transferred after your exam maybe I can be your date to the party. I'll miss you.
P.S. I thought you'd look great in red
The guy from Lunch (Irvine)"
"Irvine" Azurea said smiling as she took the dress out of the closet and laid it on the bed.
"Who's Irvine"
"Lunch guy" She said laughing as she started to get changed.
"His name was Irvine? That's very interesting... so I take it you're going now right?" Sylvan said smiling as she walked out of the room and into her own.
"So do you think Seifer's gonna be at the party" Sylvan said as she walked back in the room all ready to go complete with heels.
"The mention of Seifer just gets you racin' doesn't it" Azurea said as she zipped up the dress. She slipped on a pair of red heels and put on some red lipstick.
"Yeah well... he makes me feel all fuzzy in side... I want a guy like him... my knight in a long white coat"
"Your knight? You know he has a girlfriend right?" Azurea said as she walked towards the door.
"Yeah... but! Shut up! You have your damn Cowboy give me my knight!"
"I don't HAVE anyone... He's at Galbadia number one and even if he did ask me to the party if he was here I would have said no... Because I don't like him like that"
"Cinderella stop turning your nose up at everyone for one day you will drown when it rains" Sylvan said as they left their room for the party.
When they arrived they got looked at. Just one of them was a treat to people but two of them were an event.
"I am off to look for Seifer... see ya!" Sylvan said as she walked away. Azurea shook her head and spotted Squall in the corner. She started to walk over but before she could get there a girl had already pulled him off on to the dance floor.
"Hiya Azurea!... wanna join the garden committee?" Selphie said popping out of no where. Azurea jumped slightly.
"Umm... no I don't have time to now... we're SeeD's let the lower classmen handle it"
"Alright... that means no one wants to do it..."
"Okay now go some where" She said as she walked off. She sat on the balcony and watched the fireworks all alone.
Meanwhile Squall had his arms wrapped around a mysterious dark haired girl.
"Now that wasn't so bad now was it?" The girl said smiling before walking off. He looked around in wonder as she disappeared into the crowd. He looked over to the balcony and saw something that caught his eye. A girl with white hair. He walked over to her and leaned against the rail.
"So..." he said she looked at him and smiled.
"I shouldn't have come I don't know anybody well enough to really be here... I'm terrified that I'm gonna say the wrong thing or do the wrong thing and I'm going to never be able to recover socially... Squall I should have never transferred here! It's not like it was my idea or anything but! I should have said that I was going to pull together and stop messing around with the faculty members and that I'd quit putting itching power in the hockey players' jock's.... 'Cause I just don't fit here" she said shaking her head.
'If you don't fit in then I don't fit in... You made instant friends out of Zell and Selphie'
"I just feel like no one really cares ya' know... that I left the one person that does care behind in Galbadia"
'Boyfriend problems'
"No one really seems to care like that here... It's not like he was really anything to me either... I mean all we did was talk at lunch but he seemed to really care about me and listen to my problems... have you ever had a friend like that?"
' At one point in time'
"..."
"Yeah that's what I thought! You're probably the type of person that doesn't need to express their feelings... duh! What the hell am I saying you never express your feelings... you know what! This conversation never happened I'm going for a swim" she said as she walked away.
"Would you like to dance" he said as he watched her, she was too far away to hear him.
Just then Quistis walked out on to the balcony.
"What's wrong?" She said smiling
"...Nothing"
"Nothing... See Squall you're getting way to predictable... I need to ask you a favor" there was an awkward pause
'Go ahead at the damn question' Squall thought as he shifted his weight to his right foot.
"I need you to go get changed and meet me in the training center... there's a room there where students go to talk after hours" She said smiling.
"So you want me to go in there and tell every one they're violating curfew cause if that's it then count me out that's the disciplinary committee's job"
"No just to talk" Quistis said as she turned to leave.
"I can't... Zell and Selphie... I promised them I'd help them with something in the library"
"This is an order"
"... Whatever" Squall said as he walked away.
In the hallway he ran into everyone. They were swimming in the fountain.
"C'mon Squall strip down to your skivvies and hop in!" Azurea said as she grabbed the rail.
"I can't... Quistis... she told me to meet her in the training center"
"Oh... Mega bummer" Selphie said giggling.
"She's a little plastered... I caught her smoking weed in the quad" Azurea said softly through a giggle.
"I'll come back if you guys are out here after I'm done" Squall said as he walked in to the dormitory wing.
"Yo! Wait!" She said as she hopped over the rail grabbed her towel and ran after him.
"So what are you guys doing... you do know that that's where people go to make out right?"
"They do?"
"Damn... I know that and I just got here! Sylvan told me... she made out with some guy named Nida earlier so do you have some kind of weird relationship goin' on with Quistis?" She said as she opened the door to her dorm to find Seifer and Sylvan making out on the desk.
"Wow... told ya she was a slut" Azurea said laughing as she watched the shocked expression on Squall's face.
"Woman... off my new issue of weapons monthly" She said as she pulled it out from under Sylvan's left hand. She closed the door opened it hand handed it to Squall
"That's the prettiest gun blade I have ever seen... isn't it great? It has sparkle shine and power...Unlike the others... see I'm not remodeling mine until I get enough pieces for that.. Cause all the others are ugly" she said laughing.
'The raven's feather... I kind of like it too' he thought as he looked at it.
"You can keep it... I have another picture of it blown up in poster form" She said laughing as she walked away.
Squall walked to his room unable to take his eyes off of the picture it was the perfect gun blade. It will be practically invincible if made out of a Poseidon. He looked at her clothes hanging on the hook and then looked down at the gun blade.
'Fuck Quistis' He tossed the magazine aside and grabbed his swim trunks out of his top drawer. He then snagged a towel on his way out of the door.
When he got to the fountain the first thing he saw was Selphie and Zell making out.
"Warning to all who enter... hormone levels are on the rise Selphie's high and Zell's horny enough to do it with a piece of bread with a hole in it" Azurea said as she watched him approach.
"See I though you said you were gonna go make out with Quistis" Azurea said as she giggled just then Seifer and Sylvan walked up in black swim wear. Sylvan was the first to jump in. She barely made a splash.
"Looks like every ones paired up" Sylvan said giggling as she looked around.
"Paired up my ass" Azurea said as she splashed her sister.
"No look Seifer and me... Zell and Selphie... you and squall"
"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that! I'm just going to go swim to the other side and act like I am an only child" she said as she swam off. Squall then jumped in while Seifer stood on the edge.
"C'mon Seifer... join us either you do it yourself or I will make you join us" Sylvan said grinning as she Pulled at his ankle. He shook his head and jumped in.
"Hey you know what we should all do... go back to someone's room and play truth or dare" Selphie said as she giggled.
"Umm... I'll pass on that" Azurea said as she shook her head her eyes were fixed on Sylvan.
"Hmmm... I'll pass too"
"I don't mind..." Seifer said shaking his head
"Neither do I" Zell said grinning.
"Sorry... four to two! We're going off to play truth or dare" Selphie said as she jumped outta the water.
"Well we all have separate rooms now... so who's room are we going to?"
"Mine" Squall said quietly
'Where the fuck did that come from' he thought as he shook his head.
"Alrighty!" Azurea said shaking her head as she stepped out of the water. Seifer and Sylvan had started making out again. Sylvan whispered something in Seifer's ear.
"On second thought... We're gonna take a rain check" Seifer said as he carried Sylvan out of the water and into the dormitory area.
"You know what... I think I will too..." Azurea said leaving before any one could stop her or say anything.
"Truth or dare is no fun without more than four people... so I'm leaving too see ya' guys in the morning" Selphie said as she walked off too. Zell shrugged and walked away. Leaving Squall all alone in the hallway. He sat down and thought about every thing that had happened today and who was going to take the blame for what happened at the communications tower.
Mean while Azurea sat in her room with her phone pressed to her ear as she dialed the number for Galbadia garden's dorm. It rang five times and then it was picked up.
"Enter the number of the dorm you wish to contact now" an automated message said in a mechanical voice. She had to think about it. She really didn't remember his room number but he was across the hall from her. So it had to be odd and hers was fourteen. So she guessed and pressed 15. It rang for what seemed to be hours.
"Hello?" A groggy voice said on the other line.
"Hey Stranger" Azurea said as she laid back.
"Imp?!"
"Yup! In the flesh... so what have you been up to"
"Oh nothin'... just the usual training and stuff"
"Oh... I made SeeD today... and I found the dress you bought for me"
"Cool... I'm happy for you... it's only been two days but lunch isn't the same with out you makin' fun of somebody"
"Yeah... I'm rank 12"
"WHAT? How the fuck did you manage that one Imp?" He said as he turned on his light the faint click could be heard.
"I don't know... I just followed the rules... you know how I am about that stuff... I don't mess around when it comes to my schooling... SeeD is my dream... and now it's reality"
"I'm happy for you... So do you think you'll be seeing this garden any time soon?"
" I have no clue... I really don't I wish I could see you guys again...I don't know if I ever will ya know? 'Cause now that I'm a SeeD.... Ya' know how it is! It's like the life of a sniper... I remember you telling me about that when I asked why you have no friends" She said laughing.
"I'm not supposed to it's expected for me to be an anti-social horn-dog.... So did you wear the dress?"
"Yeah I wore the dress... you got to see this place too! It's got this great pool I got everyone to go swimming in it! And we didn't get caught either!"
"Who's we?"
"The squad I was part of today!... It was cool!... and Sylvan has this thing for this guy named Seifer... he's a dick"
"Yeah I hear ya.... But look... I gotta get to 'cause I have a test in the mornin' and you have your first assignment as a SeeD so I'm gonna let you go okay Imp"
"Alrighty"
"Bye" She hung up the phone and fell asleep.
