One minute, she was suicidal, ready to die.
The next minute, she's off, dragging Seifer, SEIFER for Pete's sake, around the Garden, handing in her resignation letter.
And now she was sitting in Squall's office, with Seifer, to try and justify herself and Seifer's presence.
....
"I've got to lay of the crack..." Quistis muttered, rubbing her forehead. Squall was pacing around his office, not looking at either one of them. In his left hand, he was holding the resignation letter. She just wanted Squall to hurry the hell up so she could move on with her little life.
"So what are you going to do, give us a detention?" Seifer snidely asked, propping his feet up on Squall's desk and leaning back in her chair. Quistis' foot "slipped" and knocked the chair out from under him. Seifer went crashing down on the floor, swearing.
"Well you don't have to get testy, INSTRUCTOR. Sheesh, PMS or what?" Seifer grumbled, turning his chair upright and plopping back down into it. Quistis ignored him, focusing entirely on Squall.
After a long silence, finally he spoke.
"Natalie says that the fault of your little collision in the hallway, was her own." Squall began, facing the pair and seating himself in his office chair. He tossed the letter in the general direction of Quistis. "Care to explain that? Or how about why you brought a known traitor into the garden? Or why there are reports of you two staying, alone, on Centra? Please, I'm all ears." Squall said, eyes boring into Quistis. Before she could utter a word, Seifer cut in.
"Hey, I thought it was customary for a couple to spend their honeymoon alone!" He said with a slight frown. Quistis started choking on her own breath, and Squall's eyes nearly popped out of his head.
"SEIFER!" Quistis hissed at him. He ignored her.
"Obviously she quit garden because she found something better. Me." Seifer continued, his most charming grin on his face. Squall's hand twitched.
Seifer suddenly found a small, delicate hand over his mouth, and a glare fastened on him that scared him to the core.
"We," Quistis began in a deadly voice, "bumped into each other on Centra when I went for a visit. Seifer was looking for Matron, to apologize to her, and I offered to bring him to her. But, first I had to stop by here to deliver my resignation and collect my things. My time at garden is over. It is time I began a new life for myself."
Squall sighed, and ran a hand through his shaggy brown hair. This was not a good time to lose one of his top instructors. It was also hard for him to swallow the explanation given to him for Seifer's presence. He knew Quistis Trepe had changed, but she didn't seem to be the type to play "good Samaritan" to her most troublesome student. Something was up. Seifer never apologizes. It just isn't his style. Squall did not like to be kept in the dark.
"Fine, Trepe." Squall said with a nod of his head. "You have 2 minutes to leave garden, and I'll forget that Seifer was ever here. Otherwise... I won't be happy."
Quistis nodded her head, grabbed her suitcase and Seifer, and headed out the door at a brusque pace. Squall waited a few minutes, then called Selphie into his office.
"Selphie, I have a new mission for you..."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Well Trepe, I didn't think you had it in you to lie to puberty boy like that." Seifer said after they had left the garden. Quistis ignored him. Seifer pouted. He didn't like to be ignored.
"QUISTIS, baby, don't treat me this way! Not after last night, when you declared your EVERLASTING LOVE for me! And now that I know that I'm going to be that father of your BABY, I promise that we'll get married as soon as we can!" Seifer declared suddenly, making wild gestures to emphasize his words.
"SEIFER!" Quistis squeaked, looking around wildly to see if anybody heard. "Keep your voice down!! Ooooo I'm going to KIL-"
"Hush baby, not another word. If you want to keep our marriage and our love child a secret, I understand!" Seifer interrupted, putting a hand over Quistis' lips. "I understand that your heart once belonged to Squall, and that you quit your job because the sexual tension became tooooooooo great, but our new life together will surely make you happy!" Seifer went on, dancing around Quistis dramatically. A nearby bush squeaked and rustled, making the pair whirl around in time to see a familiar bouncy brunette high tailing it back to the garden.
Quistis blinked. Seifer swallowed.
"... Run." Quistis said, taking out her Save The Queen.
And run Seifer did.
It was going to be a long trip.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"COME DOWN FROM THAT TREE YOU COWARD!!"
"WHY?"
"SO I CAN HURT YOU!"
The sound of a whip cracking and shouting continued until nightfall. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"YOU CAN'T STAY UP THERE FOREVER! COME DOWN AND GET WHAT'S COMING TO YOU!"
"NEVER!"
Things continued like that for at least an additional hour, before Quistis found an ax.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Morning found the pair at a local cafe, sipping coffee and glaring at each other. Both looked slightly disheveled, and Seifer had leaves sticking in his hair. Neither spoke.
"Did you hear about the instructor from the garden?" Asked a girl sitting next to Seifer, talking to her friend.
"The one that helped save the world from the Sorceress?"
"Ya her! Word has it that she's pregnant with the lapdog's child!"
Quistis growled, low and dangerous. Seifer looked a wee bit uncomfortable. He cleared his throat loudly, allowing the girl to notice his presence. With a deer-in-the-headlights look, she and her friend scampered out of the Cafe. Quistis just sipped her coffee, glaring.
Seifer noticed a tear in his shirt, and he frowned. Why he hadn't thought of bringing extra clothing was beyond him. He missed the feel of his trademark gray trench coat on his shoulders, and he heaved a great sigh.
Quistis sipped her coffee.
It was going to be a long trip.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"DAMMIT, WHAT THE HELL DID I DO TO YOU?"
"LOOK, I SAID IT WAS AN ACCADENT! THE SHIP ROCKED AND MY COFFEE ACCADENTLY FELL INTO YOUR LAP!"
"ACCADENT MY PALE ASS!"
The ship's captain wondered what he had done to deserve these two. Again.
"GAHHHHH!"
"Oops! So SORRY! I seemed to have dumped coffee in your lap AGAIN! Let me rinse it off with this FIRE HOSE!"
Quistis unleashed a stream of freezing cold water on Seifer, so powerful he fell down, and almost off the ship. They were headed towards the city of FH, the place that the floating orphanage was docked to pick up more children-and drop some off to their new homes.
"YOU BITCH! YOU GOT ME WET AGAIN!"
"SO SORRY! YOU LOOK COLD! LET ME WARM YOU UP!"
"GAHHHH!!!"
"Water too hot? It's only at a rolling boil!"
The captain took a swig of whiskey.
"Let me COOL YOU OFF SOME MORE!"
The captain heard the water turned on again. The other passengers had long since traveled a safe distance away, some taking pictures of the spectacle.
He took a bigger swig of whiskey.
It was going to be a long trip.
"I didn't know pregnant women were so moody." One passenger commented a little too loudly.
He soon found himself being assaulted with a spray of icy water.
A really long trip.
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Short chapter, I know, but I was determined to get something up today. I promise, the chapters will get longer....
The next minute, she's off, dragging Seifer, SEIFER for Pete's sake, around the Garden, handing in her resignation letter.
And now she was sitting in Squall's office, with Seifer, to try and justify herself and Seifer's presence.
....
"I've got to lay of the crack..." Quistis muttered, rubbing her forehead. Squall was pacing around his office, not looking at either one of them. In his left hand, he was holding the resignation letter. She just wanted Squall to hurry the hell up so she could move on with her little life.
"So what are you going to do, give us a detention?" Seifer snidely asked, propping his feet up on Squall's desk and leaning back in her chair. Quistis' foot "slipped" and knocked the chair out from under him. Seifer went crashing down on the floor, swearing.
"Well you don't have to get testy, INSTRUCTOR. Sheesh, PMS or what?" Seifer grumbled, turning his chair upright and plopping back down into it. Quistis ignored him, focusing entirely on Squall.
After a long silence, finally he spoke.
"Natalie says that the fault of your little collision in the hallway, was her own." Squall began, facing the pair and seating himself in his office chair. He tossed the letter in the general direction of Quistis. "Care to explain that? Or how about why you brought a known traitor into the garden? Or why there are reports of you two staying, alone, on Centra? Please, I'm all ears." Squall said, eyes boring into Quistis. Before she could utter a word, Seifer cut in.
"Hey, I thought it was customary for a couple to spend their honeymoon alone!" He said with a slight frown. Quistis started choking on her own breath, and Squall's eyes nearly popped out of his head.
"SEIFER!" Quistis hissed at him. He ignored her.
"Obviously she quit garden because she found something better. Me." Seifer continued, his most charming grin on his face. Squall's hand twitched.
Seifer suddenly found a small, delicate hand over his mouth, and a glare fastened on him that scared him to the core.
"We," Quistis began in a deadly voice, "bumped into each other on Centra when I went for a visit. Seifer was looking for Matron, to apologize to her, and I offered to bring him to her. But, first I had to stop by here to deliver my resignation and collect my things. My time at garden is over. It is time I began a new life for myself."
Squall sighed, and ran a hand through his shaggy brown hair. This was not a good time to lose one of his top instructors. It was also hard for him to swallow the explanation given to him for Seifer's presence. He knew Quistis Trepe had changed, but she didn't seem to be the type to play "good Samaritan" to her most troublesome student. Something was up. Seifer never apologizes. It just isn't his style. Squall did not like to be kept in the dark.
"Fine, Trepe." Squall said with a nod of his head. "You have 2 minutes to leave garden, and I'll forget that Seifer was ever here. Otherwise... I won't be happy."
Quistis nodded her head, grabbed her suitcase and Seifer, and headed out the door at a brusque pace. Squall waited a few minutes, then called Selphie into his office.
"Selphie, I have a new mission for you..."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Well Trepe, I didn't think you had it in you to lie to puberty boy like that." Seifer said after they had left the garden. Quistis ignored him. Seifer pouted. He didn't like to be ignored.
"QUISTIS, baby, don't treat me this way! Not after last night, when you declared your EVERLASTING LOVE for me! And now that I know that I'm going to be that father of your BABY, I promise that we'll get married as soon as we can!" Seifer declared suddenly, making wild gestures to emphasize his words.
"SEIFER!" Quistis squeaked, looking around wildly to see if anybody heard. "Keep your voice down!! Ooooo I'm going to KIL-"
"Hush baby, not another word. If you want to keep our marriage and our love child a secret, I understand!" Seifer interrupted, putting a hand over Quistis' lips. "I understand that your heart once belonged to Squall, and that you quit your job because the sexual tension became tooooooooo great, but our new life together will surely make you happy!" Seifer went on, dancing around Quistis dramatically. A nearby bush squeaked and rustled, making the pair whirl around in time to see a familiar bouncy brunette high tailing it back to the garden.
Quistis blinked. Seifer swallowed.
"... Run." Quistis said, taking out her Save The Queen.
And run Seifer did.
It was going to be a long trip.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"COME DOWN FROM THAT TREE YOU COWARD!!"
"WHY?"
"SO I CAN HURT YOU!"
The sound of a whip cracking and shouting continued until nightfall. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"YOU CAN'T STAY UP THERE FOREVER! COME DOWN AND GET WHAT'S COMING TO YOU!"
"NEVER!"
Things continued like that for at least an additional hour, before Quistis found an ax.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Morning found the pair at a local cafe, sipping coffee and glaring at each other. Both looked slightly disheveled, and Seifer had leaves sticking in his hair. Neither spoke.
"Did you hear about the instructor from the garden?" Asked a girl sitting next to Seifer, talking to her friend.
"The one that helped save the world from the Sorceress?"
"Ya her! Word has it that she's pregnant with the lapdog's child!"
Quistis growled, low and dangerous. Seifer looked a wee bit uncomfortable. He cleared his throat loudly, allowing the girl to notice his presence. With a deer-in-the-headlights look, she and her friend scampered out of the Cafe. Quistis just sipped her coffee, glaring.
Seifer noticed a tear in his shirt, and he frowned. Why he hadn't thought of bringing extra clothing was beyond him. He missed the feel of his trademark gray trench coat on his shoulders, and he heaved a great sigh.
Quistis sipped her coffee.
It was going to be a long trip.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"DAMMIT, WHAT THE HELL DID I DO TO YOU?"
"LOOK, I SAID IT WAS AN ACCADENT! THE SHIP ROCKED AND MY COFFEE ACCADENTLY FELL INTO YOUR LAP!"
"ACCADENT MY PALE ASS!"
The ship's captain wondered what he had done to deserve these two. Again.
"GAHHHHH!"
"Oops! So SORRY! I seemed to have dumped coffee in your lap AGAIN! Let me rinse it off with this FIRE HOSE!"
Quistis unleashed a stream of freezing cold water on Seifer, so powerful he fell down, and almost off the ship. They were headed towards the city of FH, the place that the floating orphanage was docked to pick up more children-and drop some off to their new homes.
"YOU BITCH! YOU GOT ME WET AGAIN!"
"SO SORRY! YOU LOOK COLD! LET ME WARM YOU UP!"
"GAHHHH!!!"
"Water too hot? It's only at a rolling boil!"
The captain took a swig of whiskey.
"Let me COOL YOU OFF SOME MORE!"
The captain heard the water turned on again. The other passengers had long since traveled a safe distance away, some taking pictures of the spectacle.
He took a bigger swig of whiskey.
It was going to be a long trip.
"I didn't know pregnant women were so moody." One passenger commented a little too loudly.
He soon found himself being assaulted with a spray of icy water.
A really long trip.
-------------------------------------------------
Short chapter, I know, but I was determined to get something up today. I promise, the chapters will get longer....
