So here's the next part of my story (getting interesting huh.) Enjoy!

Chapter 5

Squall, Rinoa, Quistis and Zell were outside waiting for their rental car, hopefully it would be something big enough for all six of them to ride in (the last time the six of them were in a car it was too small and they all had to smash together with the girls sitting on their laps but never the less it was still to small for them). When Irvine came out everyone assumed he would be with Selphie, but she wasn't. No one said anything. What do you do at a moment like that? Is there even anything you could say? Squall couldn't be anything but be surprised. "Who could believe Zell could be that way. I mean who knew he could be so compassionate and supportive that he could get in between Selphie and Irvine?" Rinoa was looking up at the sky it was a cloudy day, "Can't believe how much can happen in just a few days. Laguna is Squalls father, there's some humongous black dragon going around killing people that can talk, and now out of nowhere Selphie starts coming onto Zell." Quistis was staring at Zell he was sitting on the floor legs crossed with one hand on his knee and the other was lightly rubbing his cheek. "Guess he's still thinking about getting punched. Irvine is just lucky that Squall and Rinoa were able to hold him back or else Zell would have beat the living crap out of him." But there was something else. She felt hurt; she was just starting to like Zell, a lot. Selphie and her were also pretty close now. Seriously who wouldn't be after having to come together and fighting off some power hungry bitch? (Ultimacia) But she didn't even tell her that she had any sort of feelings for Zell. She looked up at the sky as Rinoa was doing earlier; it looked like it was going to rain.

It took awhile for Selphie to compose herself; she just didn't know how to face Irvine or even Zell. She just hoped the car ride wouldn't last forever. As leader of the Squad it was of course Squalls duty to drive everyone safely back to their Garden witch was waiting for them back at FH. The car they were in now was much better than any of them could have expected. The interior was spacious the seats were big enough to hold up to ten and everything in it was decoratively designed. Zell put it best; "This was sweet ride" The Squad was about half way to their garden when Rinoa thought she saw a big rain cloud coming towards them. Rinoa and Squall were the only ones up at the time the rest of the squad was a sleep in the back when every one was woken up by a rumbling that just kept getting louder and louder. They looked out the windows of the car and saw a horde of dragons flying in the air apparently coming back around for another dive to try and shake up the car. "Every one seat belts on and brace your selves this is going to be rough!" Squall shouted. They could feel the car shake uncontrollably and it nearly fell onto its side. The car landed back on all six of its wheels, the group felt like they were being shaken around like a fish in a barrel. Irvine cried out, "Is everyone ok?" but before anyone could answer back Quistis yelled out. "Here they come again!" Squall slammed his foot on the gas hoping they could out run the dragons or at least make them miss. The swarm came down once again on the car causing it to rock again, but before it was over one of the dragons jammed its claws into the roof tearing it off like the top of a sardine can. Every one was trying to hang on and see what they were going to do next, too bad none of them noticed that amongst all the commotion that they had veered off the trail they were following and were running out of road. Squall tried for one last desperate move, "Hang on everybody and when I tell you to jump out of the car and try to get a hold of something or just lay down and don't move!" He put both feet on the brake just barely in front of the dragons range and then gave it everything he had speeding toward the large crevice about fifty yards away. The dragons followed close behind. Squall stomped on the breaks and turned the wheel hoping he could get rid of the over grown lizards. But he was too close to the crevice and once the car did a 180 and stopped. The back end of the car was hanging off the edge of the crevice. Squall yelled out his signal. "Now!" They all threw off their seat belts and jumped out just as the dragons flew straight into the car sending it screaming down the hundred and thirty-two foot drop. Although they had only managed to kill a few of the dragons it was more than enough to scare the rest away.

And so they six were left with miles to go with no transportation and nothing for them to sleep on or in. for about five minutes they just lay there not moving afraid the dragons would come back. Everything happened so fast; you couldn't tell if anyone was hurt or worse. You just knew that they were angry and frustrated that all this had to happen to them. As they got up and started walking they made sure they had their weapons ready just in case. They only had a few hours of light left and it was another day of walking to get to FH. Squall led the way Rinoa close by leaving the other four by themselves. They walked about an hour when it started to rain, Selphie started shivering and Zell with out even realizing it gave his jacket to Selphie. She gladly accepted it, Irvine was about to come up behind Zell and hit him again when Quistis got in his way. "Don 't get mad at Zell because he was able to get to Selphie before you. Maybe if you had been paying more attention to her you would been the one to give her your coat." He looked at her with a frustrated look. He knew she was right. But by no means did that mean he was ok with it.

The rain was coming down much harder now and it had been a while since sun had gone down. They were in the middle of nowhere, wet and freezing. They gathered around a dying fire hoping it wouldn't go out but the rain wasn't making it easy. "Wonder how long the rain will go on for?" Squall mumbled to himself. "Probably all night." Rinoa answered. He was holding her to keep her warm and she most likely overheard him thinking out loud. Selphie fell asleep resting her head on a tree they were sitting under. Irvine blanketed her with his trench coat and gave Zell a dirty look as he sat next to her. He didn't care what Irvine thought of him as long as it didn't involve his face. But rather than sit around guessing what he was going to do next he just sat next to Quistis and tried to relax. "This day really sucks." He thought, he was too tired to do anything more and didn't even realize he had slumped over onto Quistis' shoulder and fell asleep. The sudden pressure of Zell's body woke Quistis, when she looked down at her shoulder and saw him there she started to blush. She was happy to be so close to him, even with everything that was happening between Selphie and him she stared liking him even more. Knowing that he could be compassionate and sweet was like a breath of fresh air to her. And from what he told her and Squall he liked Selphie and thought that she was pretty but didn't think of her as anything other than that. As for him giving her his jacket and the whole balcony deal, he was just letting his emotions guide him. "Well that's how he put it anyway." His body was warm but he was shivering nonetheless. "Would I dare to get closer?" She pulled her self down and snuggled closer to Zell wrapping her arms around him. Then she rested her head in between his neck and shoulder not realizing how tight she was holding him. He suddenly let out a small sigh and Quistis nearly jumped as he shifted and put his arms around her. She looked up at him, "This is nice, I kinda wish this would last. Except without the cold rain." Then she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

When the morning came it was still raining. The fire had gone out, it was late in the day. The group woke up tired and wet. Sleeping under a tree during a storm was definitely not a smart thing to do. Irvine, Squall, Rinoa and Selphie were the first ones up. At first they all just sat there, none of them wanted to wake up Quistis and Zell. "Awe… they look so cute together." Rinoa cooed. "Yeah they look real cozy." Irvine added. He must have said it too loud because as soon as he finished his sentence, the two woke up. "Hmm… some one say my name?" Zell opened his eyes saw Quistis staring right back at him. At first they just stared at each other blushing, not really knowing what to say seeing as this was the first time they had been this close to another person in a while. So they just sat there holding each other until Quistis started talking. "Thanks for keeping me warm." she said as she stood up and ringed out her hair. Zell was just dumbfounded, and made sure every one knew. "What the hell just happened?!" Squall just walked up to him and asked, "So, how did you sleep last night Zell?" He just looked at him, " What the hell his that suppose to mean?" "Nothing … just forget it."

Ten minutes later they were on foot again. Hopefully they would be at FH by that night and the squad would be able to sleep in their nice warm and most importantly dry beds. Two o'clock in the afternoon and still they were a long ways from their Garden. "If only we hadn't slept in so late now I think we may have to sleep in this damn rain again. Or we're going to have to keep walking at night." Squall unlike the others wasn't in a good mood. He hated being soggy from sleeping in the rain and worse off he hated having to walk in wet shoes. But at least his Squad was with him. Irvine kept looking at Zell; he couldn't believe his what he had done. "First he starts getting in between Selphie and me, and now he's going after Quistis too. Who does he think he is? Well, enough is enough I'm going to beat him straight and let him know who the ladies man is here." Zell was walking next to Squall when Irvine called out to him. "Hey chicken-wuss, get your spiky headed ass over here now!" Every one turned back and looked at Irvine. "What does he want now?" Zell thought as he walked over to Irvine. "I just want to know what the hell your thinking, first my girlfriend and now Quistis. Why don't you make up your mind and pick one or is this just some sick joke your pulling on them?" Zell started to walk away. "I don't know what your talking about man, but maybe you should stop thinking about yourself and take better care of your girl if you can even make her happy anymore." Ok now Irvine was pissed. "That's it !" Irvine ran screaming at Zell. But he was ready for him and wasn't going to let Irvine sucker punch him twice. When Irvine was about two feet away from him, Zell jumped up and kicked his leg out knowing Irvine was to slow to be able to doge it. With that Irvine ran straight into the bottom of Zell's foot knocking him out in just one blow. "Great! Just great Zell now what are we going to do with him unconscious! Don't think for a second were going to leave him here, and waiting for him to wake up in this rain isn't an option if we're going to sleep in our beds tonight. Or would you prefer sleeping in the rain?" Zell looked down at Irvine's body lying on the floor covered in mud. "Man this is turning out to be a really sucky day ya'know." He bent over and picked Irvine off the ground and started walking while carrying Irvine on his shoulder. "*Sigh*… sometimes doing the right thing really really sucks."