Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy 8... sorry....
Note: It draws close to the weekend and me and my friends are gonna go see Resident Evil... that looks like a tight movie, except the fact that it looks kinda corny with the whole matrix-esque fighting....
~*Where Life Begins*~
~*Chapter 10: The Phone That Doesn't Ring / The Hedgehogs Dilemma*~
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Day 15: Ceiling Remembered
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Seifer's eyes slowly opened themselves to the world outside his dreams. His tired eyes focused on the ceiling above him. The small dark holes of the plaster atop the ceiling looked down upon him.
"This ceiling," Seifer began in a quiet voice. "I remember it." Seifer acknowledged with a small smile.
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Day 16: The Phone That Just Won't Ring. Part 1
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Squall sat at his desk, his pencil moving in circles through his finger tips. His body was hunched over his small wooden desk. The late afternoon sunlight bled through the window of his room. He sat just inches away from the sun though, not wanting to come in contact with the one thing that brought peoples spirits higher. His eyes lazily glided over to his phone which lay just a few inches away from him.
He propped his elbows against the desk and let a finger press the 'message' button.
"No messages." Said the machine, almost teasing him. Squall's eyes became cross and he frowned in annoyance, frustration, anger and sadness.
"Not one call... not one message." He said with a sigh. He breathed deeply and placed his head to the cold hard wooden desk. As time moved forward, the sunlight didn't seem to move, just slowly fade. The light of the sun did not creep across his floor, it just stayed, and faded into darkness...
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Day 17: A Hedgehogs Dilemma
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"So?" Selphie began as she looked to Rinoa as they sat patiently on a near by bench waiting for the Garden bus to come. "Do you know how Squall is doing?" She asked, a bit hesitant on the topic.
"Okay, I guess." Rinoa reluctantly answered.
"You guess?" Selphie questioned, now feeling a bit easier about speaking of the topic.
"I haven't talked to him for a few days." Rinoa 'appropriately' answered.
"Why haven't you talked to him more?" She asked her friend.
"He won't let me get close, and I don't understand why." Rinoa said as she looked to the ground solemnly. Selphie hesitated a bit, but finally decided to say something to her.
"Have you ever heard of the hedgehogs dilemma?" Selphie asked, looking to Rinoa out of the corner of her eye.
"Hedgehogs? You mean those spiny little animals?" Rinoa asked.
"Yeah. Well, A hedgehog may want to become close with another hedgehog, but the closer they become the more they hurt each other with their spines." Selphie said as she looked to the blue sky. "It's that way with some humans. They are afraid of becoming close because they are scared of being hurt." Selphie told her.
"A hedgehogs dilemma." Rinoa repeated quietly with a smile.
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Day 17 (Same Day) : The Phone That Just won't Ring. Part 2
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It was becoming close to sunset and Squall lay in his bed, looking to the ceiling.
'What happened yesterday?' He asked himself. 'What did I do to that monster?'
His mind was about to drift more until a sharp ringing noise filled his dorm. His eyes opened in shock and his head quickly whipped to the side. He found his phone ringing and buzzing slightly.
"The phone that never rings." He muttered slightly with a smile. He threw himself up from the bed and dashed to the phone. He grappled his fingers over the phone and ripped it from its holder.
"Hello!?" He asked in an excited voice. "I mean- Hello?" He asked in his usual gruff voice.
"That excited to talk to me, eh?" A high voice questioned over the other end of the phone.
"R-Rinoa?" Squall stuttered, still a bit in shock of the fact someone had called.
"You betcha!" She said with excitement. "Haven't talked to you in awhile!" She said with obvious happiness in her voice.
"Y-Yeah." Was all he could say.
"How are you doing?" Rinoa asked.
"Fine." He quickly answered.
"Hedgehog." Rinoa mumbled.
"Excuse me?" Squall questioned.
"Oh nothing, nothing at all!" Rinoa said with excitement.
"So you're doing fine?" Rinoa questioned, just to make sure.
"Yeah." He quickly answered. She sighed in annoyance at the lack of speech from her friend on the other line.
"Well, I can tell you have a lot of work to attend to. I'll leave you." She said in disappointment. "Bye." She quickly said as the dial tone came up.
"Bye." He said to the high pitched tone.
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A/n: This chapter was very short... I know... But it did reveal alot about Squall, that is if you paid any attention to the detail about his room...
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