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*6 Months Later.*

" I've marked your essays on Guardian Forces and I'm very pleased with most of them. You've all worked very hard. I'll let you have them back next lesson. Don't forget to study for your test. And I'll see you all tomorrow. Class dismissed."

There was the normal hustle and bustle as paper was shuffled, pencil case jangled, chairs scraped back, and people chatted excitedly.

Apart from Seifer. Seifer got up slowly, lazily. It was his way of annoying Quistis. He tried to be as slow as possible, to make her wait.

However, as her reached the door, he found Quistis blocking his way. "This is different." He thought to himself.

"We need to talk, Seifer. I'm worried about you." Her voice, as usual, was quiet and cool, professional.

"Worried about me? I'm touched, really." Seifer's reply was mocking.

"Cut the crap, Seifer. I'm serious. You didn't do that essay, or the last one. In fact, you haven't done anything since you came into this class! Your previous instructor said you were hard working and eager to do well. What's happened?"

Seifer snorted in disgust. She was acting like his tutor. Like he was only her student, and she'd never met him before hand. It was disgusting the way she treated him.

"Well, Instructor, I have an emotional problem which prevents me from concentrating on work." He hoped his comment would end the conversation, but he didn't really expect her to leave it at that.

"Yeah, well so have I but I still try. Do you think it's easy teaching you?" Quistis' voice had lost the cool quality it had had previously.

"I thought it would be harder trying to keep your hands off Squall." Seifer replied sarcastically, surprised that his voice sounded so even and hard, when he was seething underneath. Hyne, he wanted to hurt her so much! As much as she'd hurt him..

Quistis flushed a deep red at his cutting words. "Get out, Seifer." She ordered, her voice low and menacing, yet not hiding a small tremor.

"I'm only telling the truth." Seifer replied smoothly. "It's no secret that Squall gets you..hot."

Almost before he realised what it was, her hand shot out and slapped him. The fact that what he'd said was true hurt him more than his face.

Quistis looked more shocked than him. She was trembling and there were tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that. I didn't mean to hit you." She whispered, her face full of anguish. "You always make me so confused. Everything's so out of control."

His heart tore. He still loved her of course. He couldn't help it. She looked so innocent there, so confused. Seifer did the first thing that came into his head. He stepped forward and pulled her into his arms.

She froze at first, and then clung to him desperately, like a lost child. For one moment, everything was forgotten, it was just him and her, and nothing else mattered. He kissed her softly on the forehead, then eased her away from him.

"Forget it, Instructor." He murmured, referring to the slap, as he walked out of the classroom.



*Hmm, so what do you think. Do I write strangely? Everything I write seems to be very dramatic! So, what did you think? Please review!! Pleeeeeeaaaaaaasssssssssseeeeeeeee!!*

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