"Ohhhh darling??!!!" Garnet turned away as her fiancé screamed in her ear.

"Damnit! I mean…Prince Damon, I am right behind you."

"Oh so you are…well then shall we discuss the location of the wedding." He slipped his arm around her shoulders; she left in there, not caring anymore.

"Whatever you want."

"Good, exactly what I was thinking. We're going to get along just fine. Garnet?"

"Yes."

"Would you mind calling me darling, sweetie, anything other than Prince Damon, I am going to be king after all." She didn't care, she just didn't care. She had been on the alert for 24 hours now. Zidane never came, she was glad that he didn't try to save her this time…but her heart wished differently.

"I will call you Damon, this is the best I can do for someone I barely like, let alone don't love." Garnet stormed out of the room leaving the Prince fuming.

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Zidane looked up at Garnet's Window. Queen Garnet's window, soon to be wed to Prince Dumbass. Zidane was laying low for the time being, he knew one glance at the Queen and it was off with his head. Unfortunately 24 hours was too much; he had to see her today. He started climbing up the wall using whatever he could grab, vines, pieces of wood, lose bricks. He finally reached her window hauling himself up and almost falling backwards as she screamed. She had been leaning against it. He quickly caught himself and she let him in, silent, unreadable. He her head was directed towards the floor. She's so damn beautiful…

"I…Dagger, you knew I was coming." She raised her head slowly, her face still expressionless. She was a great actress.

"I didn't, I thought you had left, like I asked you to." That hurt…

"You knew I couldn't leave without you, we have to run away."

"Zidane! I told you to leave! You need to leave without me; you know I can't leave Alexandria, especially to that idiot!" I know that, what's wrong with me.

Zidane just lowered his head. Garnet walked over to the bed and sat down, grabbing the edges and staring at the floor. They sat there like that for a couple minutes before Zidane finally spoke up.

"Garnet…" Garnet looked up, no tears streaked her face.

"Will…will you have to sleep with him." It hurt him so much to say those words and he hoped to god she wouldn't make him repeat himself.

Garnet let the tears flow now, not even raising a hand to dry them.

"No Zidane, I can't, I won't." Zidane's heart sang, but it was only temporary. This wasn't a choice. He already knew the answer to his own question.

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"Garnet, you are going to. You have to." Garnet stood again, her fists clenched under white satin gloves.

"Are you stupid Dagger? You have no heir, you'll have to produce one, beside that man couldn't even wait till the end of the date, how do you think he'll take this?" Garnet squeezed her eyes shut, he was right. The Prince won't take this, and she's not going to live forever.

"Why did you leave Zidane?! Why, none of this would have happen if you would have stayed. I could have married somebody I loved; it wouldn't have been this hard!" Garnet screamed at Zidane, her anger letting lose in one uncontrollable ball.

"Yes it would have Queen Garnet! I'm a thief, a damn thief! I am nothing to anybody; they would have never let you marry me! I could never be yours, which is why I left; I left because I had to! I left to make you happy!" Zidane screamed back, he had never raised his voice to her before. She was scared, but her anger and passion resurged again.

"I was never happy! I am nothing without….I am…." Then it all went black.

Author's Note….i.e. Author's big ass apology* I'm sorry I haven't updated in ages. Why? I've had a lingering cold which is still lingering, but much better now. It's hard to be romantic and to basically think in general when you're blowing your nose every few seconds and your head feels like it's been crushed by the giant chocobo. But yay, back on the bandwagon. I bought my bro's play station and all his games ( including FF9) for like 30 bucks, yay, so now I've started FF9 all over again and I'm reinspired…the first moments are so precious lol well enough of my story. Thanks for sticking around, and god that was releasing to write.