Fatal Obsession

Chapter 4 - The Classroom

Quistis walked quietly from the Quad. She had gone there looking for Selphie, but a student told her that Selphie was in the cafeteria. So, that is where she was currently going. Sighing to herself, Quistis spotted Selphie, Zell, and Irvine sitting at a table towards the right corner. She smiled slightly, and averted her eyes over the three of them. "Hello you guys."

Irvine looked up and flashed one of his 'oh so famous' smiles. "Why hello there Quisty." Zell, smiled, waved a little, then continued to eat his hotdogs.

"Hey Selph, a student said I would find you here." Quistis stared down at the girl intently, and tried not to scold her for being in a different place.

Selphie grinned, "Yes, sometimes I feel like Zell, my hunger gets the best of me!" Irvine stood up and pulled out a chair for Quistis to sit in.

"Thank you Irvine." She sat down, and he scooted her in.

"Yur welcome," he paused. "Hey Quistis, are you assigned to the field exam tomorrow?" Quistis laid her folders on the tabletop and crossed her hands in her lap, looking at Irvine.

"Why yes, I am actually. Why do you ask?" She smiled, a real smile this time.

"It just so happens, Headmaster Cid assigned me to that as well, maybe we will be working together." She smirked and flashed a look his way, as he leaned back in his chair.

"Maybe we will. Speaking of things, have any of you met Giovan Stratus?" Zell just shook his head, already preoccupied. Go figure, Zell and his hotdogs. They were almost like his children or something.

"Hmm, tall guy with dark hair and eyes?" Selphie looked up. Her hair bounced slightly with the quick movement of her head.

"Yeah that's him. He's a student from Trabia Garden, he's in my afternoon classes." Irvine stretched his legs out. "Well, I ain't seen him, but he might be trying to steal my girl." He flashed a big grin at Quistis.

"Oh Irvine, I am not your girl!" She laughed slightly, glanced at her watch and her eyes widened. "Oh no! I am going to be late for my own class! I've got to run, see you guys!" She jumped up and literally ran to the door, and out of it. Quistis didn't take the time to notice the frown that set on Irvine's face when she said he wasn't her girl. "

Oh Irvine, cheer up. Maybe you should talk to her." Selphie slapped him on the back.



Quistis was relieved to see that no one had entered her classroom yet. "I need to work on being…on time all the time." Footsteps echoed from the door.

"Yes, Instructor. It's a bad example for the students to come late, even for an instructor." She turned sharply and met with the gaze of Giovan. He was leaning casually in the door frame, eyes intently on hers.

"What are you doing in here?"

He smirked, "Well this is my class Instructor Trepe, I should be allowed to come in here." A sigh escaped her lips as she turned back to the desk. Shuffling through the papers, she felt the heat of another body next to her. "…In the black abyss, I'll find you. In the darkness, there will be no light. And in the light, your sight will fade, and leave you hopeless…"

She jerked around, and realized Giovan was way too close. "What did you just say?" Her eyes widened. Giovan backed up a few steps.

"I was reciting poetry, you know, the poem Lost Souls. I looked you up in the school's computer and read some. It's one of your favorites." A few students started to come into the classroom.

"P-please sit down Giovan, just sit down." She turned around quickly as more students entered, and Giovan went to the back and took his seat like instructed to do. Once everyone was inside the room, Quistis cleared her throat and began to speak. "Good afternoon class. We will only be having a quick briefing before class is released to train and so forth. As most of you know, tomorrow is the field exam." She paused, looking through her notes, then up at her class, noticing that Giovan was staring intently at her.

"Well, the field exam is to take place in Lendor, and we will meet at 0700 to discuss the current situation. Please do not be late, or you'll have to wait until the next exam. Class dismissed." She saluted her students. Out of reflex, they stood, did the same, then started to file out.

Quistis kept her gaze from Giovan, but she could feel his eyes on her. Once the class room was silent, Quistis sat down at her desk, and put her head on it, sighing deeply. One wouldn't know how madly she shuddered on the inside.

**REWRITTEN AUTHOR'S NOTE** Wow, two chapters in one night. I know some of the spacing may be quite a lot at the beginning of this. But I really couldn't do much with all the dialogue. Enjoy!