Note: Hi! Just to let you know, none of the couples will be mixed together in one chapter. Each couple have their own chain of events and have their own little get together. NO couple will be involved in one thing nor will they ever be in the same chapter. Get it? Got it? GOOD! Anyway, ever wondered what happened to Zell after Irvine pushed him inside the ball room where Selphie was? Well, here's the answer!
Chapter 9 - Will You Remember Me?
~ People dream of being in love, always finding the right 'one.' She thought she found it in Irvine, but there was always someone that was holding her back. There was always a certain person that enabled her to love Irvine more than just friends. At first, she thought Irvine would be the right man in her life, but, despite all the evidence of being in love with Irvine in the first place, at what people tend to percieve, there was always someone else.
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He cleared his throat. He saw her sitting on a table with her back facing his. She was staring at something in her hand. He ran hand through his blond hair and took a deep breath, before finally taking a step forward. He took another step forward, when a hand suddenly slapped him on the shoulder, startling the blond man from his thoughts. Looking up, he saw Irvine grinning down on him.
"Irvine! Where have you been?" Zell asked, furrowing his eyebrows worriedly at his friend.
"Hey, Zell! Oh, well I had to take care of something first." Irvine said, removing his hand from the younger man's shoulder. "Did you ask her yet?"
Zell sighed and shook his head. "No...."
"You mean..." Irvine looked ahead of them, towards Selphie. He turned his attention back on Zell and rolled his eyes. "You mean you haven't even talked to her? Have you been standing here the whole time?"
The blond man reluctantly nodded.
"Oy vay, Zell!" The cowboy slapped a hand on his forehead in frustration and stepped up behind him. He placed his hands on his shoulders. Slowly, he pushed the younger man towards the table where Selphie was just examining the decorations on the table, finding out the right colours and which goes with what.
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Selphie stared at the green streamers in her hands. Normally it takes her just a second to figure out what matches with that colour, but she was too busy thinking about someone that her mind was somewhere else. She couldn't concentrate and it took a long while until she realized she has been staring at the streamer in her hand for quite some time now. Why does everything have to be green? she thought. She looked around her. In fact, everything about the decorations were green or gold. Sighing, she looked back down on the streamer and frowned.
A shadow loomed over her. Jerking her head around suddenly at the source of the shadow, her eyes widened when she noticed Zell standing there. Selphie's heart began to beat much faster than she anticipated. She couldn't believe he was here. Getting up abruptly from her seat, she looked at Zell with wide eyes, unaware of the streamer that fell from her hands.
"Hi, Zell!" Selphie said, rather too enthusiastically. Realizing the extent of her voice, she cleared her throat and grinned, trying to find another way to rebutt the greeting. "Hey... Zell. What are you doing here?" This time, her greeting was much worst than before.
Although with her unusual form of greeting, Zell rubbed the back of his neck and looked down on the ground, fear striking him through his gut and his brain. He couldn't look at her. He was too embarrassed to ask her. "Um... Selphie? Um.... I have a question to ask you."
Could this be it? Could this be the moment of truth?
Selphie took a deep breath, hoping to hear the words she was wishing for him to ask. "Sure, what is it?"
Zell opened his mouth to speak and in one swift language he said, "Can I..... Can I....." He couldn't do it. Taking a deep breath, he dropped his hand back down from his neck and furrowed his eyebrows. "Can I still join your committee?"
Selphie's face fell. "Oh." She looked down on the ground. She knew it. She knew Zell never liked her more than a friend. Holding back the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes, she looked up and smiled, nodding her head to forget the pain. "Of course you can," she said, her voice shaking.
Even with the way she spoke, Zell could not understand the concept of Selphie's speech. He did not realize that even to the smallest extent of the way her voice shook, he did not see that she was hurting. Rubbing the back of his neck mindlessly, he nodded, turned and walked away.
Selphie watched him go. Her eyes were beginning to fog. Even with the high hopes in her heart, her dreams will never come true. Why was it so hard for her to ask him herself? Why couldn't she do that? She tried to before, but she just couldn't. Despite the questions in her mind, she knew the answer then.
Rejection.
People dream of being in love, always finding the right 'one.' She thought she found it in Irvine, but there was always someone that was holding her back. There was always a certain person that enabled her to love Irvine more than just friends. At first, she thought Irvine would be the right man in her life, but, despite all the evidence of being in love with Irvine in the first place, at what people tend to percieve, there was always someone else.
She searched for who or what was holding back. At the first sight of a blond hair and a tattoe on his face, she knew it was him. Something in her memory keeps her mind set on 'him' in particular. Whenever she saw another blond walking down the hallway, she immediately thought of him. Maybe it was something she drank or something that night, but whatever it was, it made her feel good inside.
"Hey, Selphie?" Selphie blinked, bringing herself back into the real world. Turning around, she saw her brunette friend, Mindy holding the same streamer that had fallen on the floor. Mindy lifted up her hands to show Selphie the streamer, giving her a questioning look. "Is this the streamer you mentioned earlier?"
Selphie nodded. "Yeah, that's it."
"Where do you want it?" Mindy looked around at the walls, looking for a place to hang it.
Selphie looked up as well, following Mindy's eyes. Scanning the ceiling for any particular spot, she finally found one where it was perfect. She pointed towards the ceiling, right above the stage where the band was going to be and looked at Mindy. "That's where the streamer's going to be."
Mindy nodded and left, walking over to a man holding a ladder. Selphie watched her instruct the man to put the ladder below the ceiling where the streamer was going to be and the man simply agreed.
Turning her eyes away from the scene, Selphie walked out of the ballroom and into the hallway, hoping to run into Zell when she stepped out. However, he wasn't there. It was odd how quickly he left. Suddenly, she saw a flash of blue in front of her.
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Zell heard footsteps behind him. Pausing, he turned his head slightly behind him and, out of the corner of his eyes, he saw a flash of yellow. Widening his eyes, he quickly looked around for a place to hide. And he found it behind a wall as he made a sharp turn. He placed his back against the cold surface and waited for the footsteps to fade away.
Unfortunately, after waiting for a few more minutes, the footsteps did not disappear. Instead, it was coming closer each time he breathed. At first the footsteps were slow, then it became faster and faster. Zell closed his eyes. He had no idea why he was so paranoid.... Why was he so paranoid? Maybe it was the idea of being scared of asking girls all the time?
As he was about to make the choice to just walk casually out from his hiding place, the misty yellow colour suddenly passed him. Zell shook his head slowly, cursing himself for being such a wuss and began to whisper her name.
"Selphie!" he screamed.
Selphie screeched, turning around suddenly to find the source of the voice. Zell appeared from behind the shadows, grinning at her. Clutching at her heart, she took a deep breath and rolled her eyes.
"My God, Zell! You scared me!"
Zell shrugged, rubbing the back his neck. "So- sorry about that. I didn't mean to scare you."
Selphie smiled, then waved a hand in front of her. "Oh don't bother to apologize. I was just um...." Quick Selphie! Make an excuse! she thought. "I was just finding more people to join us...."
Zell nodded. "Yeah me... too." Great going Zell! a voice spoke in his head.
"Oh for God's sakes! Will you please just ask each other out already?" came a deep voice from behind them.
Zell and Selphie looked up to see a shadow move into the light peering through the window. Irvine appeared next to them, sighing in frustration. He wrapped his arms around the two and looked at each and every one of them.
"I think you two need some reminiscing," Irvine spoke.
Zell looked at him. "What the hell are you talking about?"
"Well... let's see if I remember it right."
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"Zelly!" a girl shouted from behind him.
A little blond boy sat on a large boulder, staring deeply into the ocean. The sun was setting, ready to sleep until morning wakes it again and the tides were beginning to rise higher and higher, while the wind blew kisses across his face, making him feel refreshed and new. He felt someone sit beside him.
"Zell, watcha doin'?" the little girl asked.
Zell glanced to his right to find an eight year old girl gazing up at him with her glowing green eyes. The blond boy just shrugged, turning his eyes back up beyond the horizon. "Nothing," he answered.
The brunette moved closer beside him and smiled, placing a hand over his own. "That Seifer is always a bully!" Selphie answered.
Zell didn't answer.
The little girl began to stroke the little boy's hand with her thumb. "But don't worry, I'm going to tell him sorry, okay?"
Zell looked at her. "You will?"
Selphie nodded. "Yeah! I mean... you're my favourite." She looked down shyly on the ground, her face turning into a crimson red.
"Your favourite?" The little boy looked at her with a curious look.
"Yeah. I mean, even with Sis and Quisty gone, you're still my favourite out of all of them!"
Zell frowned. He looked away from her. "Maybe I won't be."
"What do you mean?"
Zell looked at her, with a sadness on his face. "I'll be going away, Seffie. So are you. I heard Matron say that you and I were adopted by nice parents."
Selphie smiled. "Well, then maybe we have the same parents!"
Zell shook his head. "No. You are going to Trabia. I'm going to move to Balamb."
"Oh." Selphie looked down on the ground. She removed her hand from his and looked at the sunset.
"But...." He rubbed the back of his neck and sighed. "You'll always be my favourite. I mean... even if we're separated from each other, I'll always remember you."
Selphie looked up. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him in for a hug. Tears streamed down her petite face as she cried into his shoulder.
"I'll always remember you, Seffie," Zell whispered in her ears. He pulled her away from him and looked into her tear-streamed face. "Will you remember me?"
Selphie nodded. She pulled him in again for another tight embrace, her face inclined towards the sunset, resting her head against his shoulder. "Of course I will," she murmured.
She watched as the sun finally hid behind the clouds and the darkness began to form. The moon peeked its head from behind the same cloud where the sun melted away and brightened the horizon that were now consumed with darkness.
It wasn't until Matron called them inside did they break free from the love that never existed until then, but this was the one love that would develop someday between them as they grow. Unknown to them then that this love will be forever held in their hearts.
GoodGurl: WOO! Finally done THAT chapter! Took me an hour to write that! Hope you enjoyed this one, 'cause I sure did! Please r/r! Oh, don't forget to cast your vote at the end of the chapter, k? Thanx! ;)
Chapter 9 - Will You Remember Me?
~ People dream of being in love, always finding the right 'one.' She thought she found it in Irvine, but there was always someone that was holding her back. There was always a certain person that enabled her to love Irvine more than just friends. At first, she thought Irvine would be the right man in her life, but, despite all the evidence of being in love with Irvine in the first place, at what people tend to percieve, there was always someone else.
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He cleared his throat. He saw her sitting on a table with her back facing his. She was staring at something in her hand. He ran hand through his blond hair and took a deep breath, before finally taking a step forward. He took another step forward, when a hand suddenly slapped him on the shoulder, startling the blond man from his thoughts. Looking up, he saw Irvine grinning down on him.
"Irvine! Where have you been?" Zell asked, furrowing his eyebrows worriedly at his friend.
"Hey, Zell! Oh, well I had to take care of something first." Irvine said, removing his hand from the younger man's shoulder. "Did you ask her yet?"
Zell sighed and shook his head. "No...."
"You mean..." Irvine looked ahead of them, towards Selphie. He turned his attention back on Zell and rolled his eyes. "You mean you haven't even talked to her? Have you been standing here the whole time?"
The blond man reluctantly nodded.
"Oy vay, Zell!" The cowboy slapped a hand on his forehead in frustration and stepped up behind him. He placed his hands on his shoulders. Slowly, he pushed the younger man towards the table where Selphie was just examining the decorations on the table, finding out the right colours and which goes with what.
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Selphie stared at the green streamers in her hands. Normally it takes her just a second to figure out what matches with that colour, but she was too busy thinking about someone that her mind was somewhere else. She couldn't concentrate and it took a long while until she realized she has been staring at the streamer in her hand for quite some time now. Why does everything have to be green? she thought. She looked around her. In fact, everything about the decorations were green or gold. Sighing, she looked back down on the streamer and frowned.
A shadow loomed over her. Jerking her head around suddenly at the source of the shadow, her eyes widened when she noticed Zell standing there. Selphie's heart began to beat much faster than she anticipated. She couldn't believe he was here. Getting up abruptly from her seat, she looked at Zell with wide eyes, unaware of the streamer that fell from her hands.
"Hi, Zell!" Selphie said, rather too enthusiastically. Realizing the extent of her voice, she cleared her throat and grinned, trying to find another way to rebutt the greeting. "Hey... Zell. What are you doing here?" This time, her greeting was much worst than before.
Although with her unusual form of greeting, Zell rubbed the back of his neck and looked down on the ground, fear striking him through his gut and his brain. He couldn't look at her. He was too embarrassed to ask her. "Um... Selphie? Um.... I have a question to ask you."
Could this be it? Could this be the moment of truth?
Selphie took a deep breath, hoping to hear the words she was wishing for him to ask. "Sure, what is it?"
Zell opened his mouth to speak and in one swift language he said, "Can I..... Can I....." He couldn't do it. Taking a deep breath, he dropped his hand back down from his neck and furrowed his eyebrows. "Can I still join your committee?"
Selphie's face fell. "Oh." She looked down on the ground. She knew it. She knew Zell never liked her more than a friend. Holding back the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes, she looked up and smiled, nodding her head to forget the pain. "Of course you can," she said, her voice shaking.
Even with the way she spoke, Zell could not understand the concept of Selphie's speech. He did not realize that even to the smallest extent of the way her voice shook, he did not see that she was hurting. Rubbing the back of his neck mindlessly, he nodded, turned and walked away.
Selphie watched him go. Her eyes were beginning to fog. Even with the high hopes in her heart, her dreams will never come true. Why was it so hard for her to ask him herself? Why couldn't she do that? She tried to before, but she just couldn't. Despite the questions in her mind, she knew the answer then.
Rejection.
People dream of being in love, always finding the right 'one.' She thought she found it in Irvine, but there was always someone that was holding her back. There was always a certain person that enabled her to love Irvine more than just friends. At first, she thought Irvine would be the right man in her life, but, despite all the evidence of being in love with Irvine in the first place, at what people tend to percieve, there was always someone else.
She searched for who or what was holding back. At the first sight of a blond hair and a tattoe on his face, she knew it was him. Something in her memory keeps her mind set on 'him' in particular. Whenever she saw another blond walking down the hallway, she immediately thought of him. Maybe it was something she drank or something that night, but whatever it was, it made her feel good inside.
"Hey, Selphie?" Selphie blinked, bringing herself back into the real world. Turning around, she saw her brunette friend, Mindy holding the same streamer that had fallen on the floor. Mindy lifted up her hands to show Selphie the streamer, giving her a questioning look. "Is this the streamer you mentioned earlier?"
Selphie nodded. "Yeah, that's it."
"Where do you want it?" Mindy looked around at the walls, looking for a place to hang it.
Selphie looked up as well, following Mindy's eyes. Scanning the ceiling for any particular spot, she finally found one where it was perfect. She pointed towards the ceiling, right above the stage where the band was going to be and looked at Mindy. "That's where the streamer's going to be."
Mindy nodded and left, walking over to a man holding a ladder. Selphie watched her instruct the man to put the ladder below the ceiling where the streamer was going to be and the man simply agreed.
Turning her eyes away from the scene, Selphie walked out of the ballroom and into the hallway, hoping to run into Zell when she stepped out. However, he wasn't there. It was odd how quickly he left. Suddenly, she saw a flash of blue in front of her.
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Zell heard footsteps behind him. Pausing, he turned his head slightly behind him and, out of the corner of his eyes, he saw a flash of yellow. Widening his eyes, he quickly looked around for a place to hide. And he found it behind a wall as he made a sharp turn. He placed his back against the cold surface and waited for the footsteps to fade away.
Unfortunately, after waiting for a few more minutes, the footsteps did not disappear. Instead, it was coming closer each time he breathed. At first the footsteps were slow, then it became faster and faster. Zell closed his eyes. He had no idea why he was so paranoid.... Why was he so paranoid? Maybe it was the idea of being scared of asking girls all the time?
As he was about to make the choice to just walk casually out from his hiding place, the misty yellow colour suddenly passed him. Zell shook his head slowly, cursing himself for being such a wuss and began to whisper her name.
"Selphie!" he screamed.
Selphie screeched, turning around suddenly to find the source of the voice. Zell appeared from behind the shadows, grinning at her. Clutching at her heart, she took a deep breath and rolled her eyes.
"My God, Zell! You scared me!"
Zell shrugged, rubbing the back his neck. "So- sorry about that. I didn't mean to scare you."
Selphie smiled, then waved a hand in front of her. "Oh don't bother to apologize. I was just um...." Quick Selphie! Make an excuse! she thought. "I was just finding more people to join us...."
Zell nodded. "Yeah me... too." Great going Zell! a voice spoke in his head.
"Oh for God's sakes! Will you please just ask each other out already?" came a deep voice from behind them.
Zell and Selphie looked up to see a shadow move into the light peering through the window. Irvine appeared next to them, sighing in frustration. He wrapped his arms around the two and looked at each and every one of them.
"I think you two need some reminiscing," Irvine spoke.
Zell looked at him. "What the hell are you talking about?"
"Well... let's see if I remember it right."
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"Zelly!" a girl shouted from behind him.
A little blond boy sat on a large boulder, staring deeply into the ocean. The sun was setting, ready to sleep until morning wakes it again and the tides were beginning to rise higher and higher, while the wind blew kisses across his face, making him feel refreshed and new. He felt someone sit beside him.
"Zell, watcha doin'?" the little girl asked.
Zell glanced to his right to find an eight year old girl gazing up at him with her glowing green eyes. The blond boy just shrugged, turning his eyes back up beyond the horizon. "Nothing," he answered.
The brunette moved closer beside him and smiled, placing a hand over his own. "That Seifer is always a bully!" Selphie answered.
Zell didn't answer.
The little girl began to stroke the little boy's hand with her thumb. "But don't worry, I'm going to tell him sorry, okay?"
Zell looked at her. "You will?"
Selphie nodded. "Yeah! I mean... you're my favourite." She looked down shyly on the ground, her face turning into a crimson red.
"Your favourite?" The little boy looked at her with a curious look.
"Yeah. I mean, even with Sis and Quisty gone, you're still my favourite out of all of them!"
Zell frowned. He looked away from her. "Maybe I won't be."
"What do you mean?"
Zell looked at her, with a sadness on his face. "I'll be going away, Seffie. So are you. I heard Matron say that you and I were adopted by nice parents."
Selphie smiled. "Well, then maybe we have the same parents!"
Zell shook his head. "No. You are going to Trabia. I'm going to move to Balamb."
"Oh." Selphie looked down on the ground. She removed her hand from his and looked at the sunset.
"But...." He rubbed the back of his neck and sighed. "You'll always be my favourite. I mean... even if we're separated from each other, I'll always remember you."
Selphie looked up. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him in for a hug. Tears streamed down her petite face as she cried into his shoulder.
"I'll always remember you, Seffie," Zell whispered in her ears. He pulled her away from him and looked into her tear-streamed face. "Will you remember me?"
Selphie nodded. She pulled him in again for another tight embrace, her face inclined towards the sunset, resting her head against his shoulder. "Of course I will," she murmured.
She watched as the sun finally hid behind the clouds and the darkness began to form. The moon peeked its head from behind the same cloud where the sun melted away and brightened the horizon that were now consumed with darkness.
It wasn't until Matron called them inside did they break free from the love that never existed until then, but this was the one love that would develop someday between them as they grow. Unknown to them then that this love will be forever held in their hearts.
GoodGurl: WOO! Finally done THAT chapter! Took me an hour to write that! Hope you enjoyed this one, 'cause I sure did! Please r/r! Oh, don't forget to cast your vote at the end of the chapter, k? Thanx! ;)