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What about Me? Chapter 1- The Mission
Quistis stared at her small sliding door closet. To her right, multiple coral skirts with matching tops sat sparkling, with not a wrinkle in sight. (They were actually a faded pink, but she would not dare let Selphie win that battle.) To her left in the corner were her shoes. The collection mostly contained zip-up black boots, along with a pair of white tennis shoes, and a pair of dressy (and hardly worn-in) black open toed heels.
Knowing there's hardly a selection, Quistis pulled out her usual wear, hardly noticing the black v-neck skirt/suit set that has been collecting dust for several months. She changed quickly and paced over to her nightstand, where in the small drawer was her secret stash of chained belts. On top of her nightstand were her trusty hair clip, and brush. She neatly smoothed her hair out with her brush, and with one quick maneuver, she swept her hair and clipped it up. Quistis fastened her steel chained belt, grabbed her Save the Queen, and walked out the door of her room by 6:55 A.M. to meet with Headmaster Cid and Commander Squall to schedule the weekly duties. (Now that she's lieutenant of Balamb Garden.) * In Cid's office, Irvine, Zell, Selphie, Rinoa, Squall, and the Headmaster sat waiting for Quistis.
"Zell put that down!" Selphie reprimanded. Zell startled, quickly dropped the crystal moomba paperweight of Cid's back into place on the desk.
"What? I just wanted to see what it said at the bottom!" Zell shouted in his defense. He looked angrily at Selphie, as she childishly stuck out her tongue.
"You two, quiet down. All we need now is Quistis and we'll be able to start the meeting." Cid said. "Ah, and here is Ms. Trepe now. Good morning."
Quistis stood in the frame of the door, a bit short of breath. "Good morning Cid, Squall." Quistis gave Cid and Squall a salute, and then sat down with the rest of the gang around Squall's desk. Quistis looked around with a puzzled glance. "I'm not late am I?" she worriedly asked Cid.
"No your right on time, as usual," the jolly man replied with a hearty grin. "I decided to tell the rest of the group to meet 15 minutes earlier, so we could all be on time. I didn't want last week to repeat itself!" Cid glanced over at the guilty Zell.
"It wasn't my fault! I really thought I set my alarm!" Zell replied. He looked down in shame, as Selphie began to snicker to Irvine.
Squall sat up in his chair, cleared his throat, and began to explain the itinerary for the week to the four lieutenants.
"This week is not going to be an easy week, considering it being SEED test week, so everyone will be a nervous wreck. We all have to attend the inaugural ball for the new seeds at the end of the week, on Friday."
'Great, just what I need this week.' Quistis thought to herself.
"Also, Cid received a letter from Esthar asking for seed to help out with something this week, and it specifies for one lieutenant to assist myself, and one seed to follow. It doesn't specify what exactly we are to do, and says we will be briefed upon arrival. Sir," Squall turned in his chair to face Cid. "Who would you like to send to Esthar?"
Cid sat and contemplated over the question. "Well, hmm. Selphie cannot go, since she's setting up the Garden Festival for Saturday, and oh, so will Irvine." Cid murmured trying to pick the candidate for the trip. Cid glanced at the blonde male once again playing with the crystal paperweight. "Zell, what are you doing this week?" Cid asked.
"I have vacation this week, to visit my ma!" Zell replied, grateful that he had an excuse. "I'll bring everyone that apple pie my ma promised everybody!"
'Quistis, become invisible. NOW.'
Quistis tried to hide her face with one of the magazines by her chair, hoping Cid wouldn't pick her.
"Oh, well that leaves. Quistis! You're not doing anything right? No, you never have plans!" Cid replied to his own question, smiling.
'Well, I was, not that anybody cares.'
"No." Quistis answered bluntly.
"Great! Quistis will assist you Squall, and I'll send Rinoa-" Cid muttered off, starting to plan out the trip for the three.
'Rinoa- nooo.'
"Yeay! I get to finally go somewhere for my first mission as a SEED!" Rinoa exclaimed, jumping up and down. "This is going to be SOOO much fun, won't it Quistis!"
The bubbly brunette grabbed Quistis' arm and pulled the blonde up with her, to join in the excitement. The perturbed Quistis shrugged Rinoa off, and slumped gloomily back into her chair.
'Oh, yes, so much fun. You and Squall, as lovey-dovey as you are. I'll find more ways to become even more inferior with myself! It will be lots of fun, Rinoa. I can hardly wait. I get to spend my birthday with the one man that I'm in love with and the girl that stole him away from me... Can life get any better?'
"Yea, Rinoa. Tons of fun!" Quistis lied.
"We're going to have sooooo much fun Squall!" Rinoa hugged Squall and looked at him endearingly.
"Rinoa, I don't know if it's going t-" Squall began to say.
"Where are we going to stay at? How long are we going to stay there? Who wants us to come? Laguna?" Rinoa rambled off more and more questions, and Squall looked like a mess not knowing how to answer all of them all at once.
Quistis stood up from her chair. "Rin, we have to go to Esthar to find all of that out. Squall knows just as much as we do. Which isn't a whole lot."
Squall gave Quistis an appreciative look, then agreed with Quistis. "Yea Rinoa, I pretty much read from the letter. It doesn't say specifics."
"Is that all Commander-I mean, Squall?" Quistis slipped up on purpose, knowing that Squall hates being called commander.
Squall shot Quistis a bit of a glare. "Yes. We will all meet at the Parking Lot at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. Be packed and ready to go promptly. Oh, wait." Squall squinted to read the p.s. at the bottom of the letter. "The ball is a formal ball, which means, women must wear gowns, men wear suits and ties."
'A dress? Greeeaaat. 3, 2, 1-'
"Quistis! You don't have a ball gown do you?" Selphie asked with a psychotic grin plastered on her face.
Quistis tried to get out of the situation that she was about to be put into. "Well. I don't really know. I haven't been looking through my closet late-"
"You, me and Rin will go out shopping. are you busy right now? No, you're never busy in the morning! C'mon! Let's all go shopping! I need something for the seed ball; this is perfect! Rin, ya better take lotsa pictures of Quistis in a dress- it may be the only time we'll get to see her in it!" Selphie became as excited as Rinoa, jumping hysterically up and down. Quistis just sat there in a blank stare.
"Selphie, could you calm down just a little? I think Squall wants to adjourn the meeting." Zell boyishly stuck out his tongue, as Selphie glared at him.
"Thanks Zell. Now, you are all dismissed." Squall said.
Everyone got up out of his or her chairs except for Quistis. She just sat there, staring blankly at an object on Squall's desk.
'Why me.'
~Author's note: I decided to redo my fanfic. I've grown up a bit since I wrote it, and I decided to fix up bits and pieces. So, if you have read this before, I shall tell you now, the plot has changed. It's a bit different. So, enjoy!
What about Me? Chapter 1- The Mission
Quistis stared at her small sliding door closet. To her right, multiple coral skirts with matching tops sat sparkling, with not a wrinkle in sight. (They were actually a faded pink, but she would not dare let Selphie win that battle.) To her left in the corner were her shoes. The collection mostly contained zip-up black boots, along with a pair of white tennis shoes, and a pair of dressy (and hardly worn-in) black open toed heels.
Knowing there's hardly a selection, Quistis pulled out her usual wear, hardly noticing the black v-neck skirt/suit set that has been collecting dust for several months. She changed quickly and paced over to her nightstand, where in the small drawer was her secret stash of chained belts. On top of her nightstand were her trusty hair clip, and brush. She neatly smoothed her hair out with her brush, and with one quick maneuver, she swept her hair and clipped it up. Quistis fastened her steel chained belt, grabbed her Save the Queen, and walked out the door of her room by 6:55 A.M. to meet with Headmaster Cid and Commander Squall to schedule the weekly duties. (Now that she's lieutenant of Balamb Garden.) * In Cid's office, Irvine, Zell, Selphie, Rinoa, Squall, and the Headmaster sat waiting for Quistis.
"Zell put that down!" Selphie reprimanded. Zell startled, quickly dropped the crystal moomba paperweight of Cid's back into place on the desk.
"What? I just wanted to see what it said at the bottom!" Zell shouted in his defense. He looked angrily at Selphie, as she childishly stuck out her tongue.
"You two, quiet down. All we need now is Quistis and we'll be able to start the meeting." Cid said. "Ah, and here is Ms. Trepe now. Good morning."
Quistis stood in the frame of the door, a bit short of breath. "Good morning Cid, Squall." Quistis gave Cid and Squall a salute, and then sat down with the rest of the gang around Squall's desk. Quistis looked around with a puzzled glance. "I'm not late am I?" she worriedly asked Cid.
"No your right on time, as usual," the jolly man replied with a hearty grin. "I decided to tell the rest of the group to meet 15 minutes earlier, so we could all be on time. I didn't want last week to repeat itself!" Cid glanced over at the guilty Zell.
"It wasn't my fault! I really thought I set my alarm!" Zell replied. He looked down in shame, as Selphie began to snicker to Irvine.
Squall sat up in his chair, cleared his throat, and began to explain the itinerary for the week to the four lieutenants.
"This week is not going to be an easy week, considering it being SEED test week, so everyone will be a nervous wreck. We all have to attend the inaugural ball for the new seeds at the end of the week, on Friday."
'Great, just what I need this week.' Quistis thought to herself.
"Also, Cid received a letter from Esthar asking for seed to help out with something this week, and it specifies for one lieutenant to assist myself, and one seed to follow. It doesn't specify what exactly we are to do, and says we will be briefed upon arrival. Sir," Squall turned in his chair to face Cid. "Who would you like to send to Esthar?"
Cid sat and contemplated over the question. "Well, hmm. Selphie cannot go, since she's setting up the Garden Festival for Saturday, and oh, so will Irvine." Cid murmured trying to pick the candidate for the trip. Cid glanced at the blonde male once again playing with the crystal paperweight. "Zell, what are you doing this week?" Cid asked.
"I have vacation this week, to visit my ma!" Zell replied, grateful that he had an excuse. "I'll bring everyone that apple pie my ma promised everybody!"
'Quistis, become invisible. NOW.'
Quistis tried to hide her face with one of the magazines by her chair, hoping Cid wouldn't pick her.
"Oh, well that leaves. Quistis! You're not doing anything right? No, you never have plans!" Cid replied to his own question, smiling.
'Well, I was, not that anybody cares.'
"No." Quistis answered bluntly.
"Great! Quistis will assist you Squall, and I'll send Rinoa-" Cid muttered off, starting to plan out the trip for the three.
'Rinoa- nooo.'
"Yeay! I get to finally go somewhere for my first mission as a SEED!" Rinoa exclaimed, jumping up and down. "This is going to be SOOO much fun, won't it Quistis!"
The bubbly brunette grabbed Quistis' arm and pulled the blonde up with her, to join in the excitement. The perturbed Quistis shrugged Rinoa off, and slumped gloomily back into her chair.
'Oh, yes, so much fun. You and Squall, as lovey-dovey as you are. I'll find more ways to become even more inferior with myself! It will be lots of fun, Rinoa. I can hardly wait. I get to spend my birthday with the one man that I'm in love with and the girl that stole him away from me... Can life get any better?'
"Yea, Rinoa. Tons of fun!" Quistis lied.
"We're going to have sooooo much fun Squall!" Rinoa hugged Squall and looked at him endearingly.
"Rinoa, I don't know if it's going t-" Squall began to say.
"Where are we going to stay at? How long are we going to stay there? Who wants us to come? Laguna?" Rinoa rambled off more and more questions, and Squall looked like a mess not knowing how to answer all of them all at once.
Quistis stood up from her chair. "Rin, we have to go to Esthar to find all of that out. Squall knows just as much as we do. Which isn't a whole lot."
Squall gave Quistis an appreciative look, then agreed with Quistis. "Yea Rinoa, I pretty much read from the letter. It doesn't say specifics."
"Is that all Commander-I mean, Squall?" Quistis slipped up on purpose, knowing that Squall hates being called commander.
Squall shot Quistis a bit of a glare. "Yes. We will all meet at the Parking Lot at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. Be packed and ready to go promptly. Oh, wait." Squall squinted to read the p.s. at the bottom of the letter. "The ball is a formal ball, which means, women must wear gowns, men wear suits and ties."
'A dress? Greeeaaat. 3, 2, 1-'
"Quistis! You don't have a ball gown do you?" Selphie asked with a psychotic grin plastered on her face.
Quistis tried to get out of the situation that she was about to be put into. "Well. I don't really know. I haven't been looking through my closet late-"
"You, me and Rin will go out shopping. are you busy right now? No, you're never busy in the morning! C'mon! Let's all go shopping! I need something for the seed ball; this is perfect! Rin, ya better take lotsa pictures of Quistis in a dress- it may be the only time we'll get to see her in it!" Selphie became as excited as Rinoa, jumping hysterically up and down. Quistis just sat there in a blank stare.
"Selphie, could you calm down just a little? I think Squall wants to adjourn the meeting." Zell boyishly stuck out his tongue, as Selphie glared at him.
"Thanks Zell. Now, you are all dismissed." Squall said.
Everyone got up out of his or her chairs except for Quistis. She just sat there, staring blankly at an object on Squall's desk.
'Why me.'
~Author's note: I decided to redo my fanfic. I've grown up a bit since I wrote it, and I decided to fix up bits and pieces. So, if you have read this before, I shall tell you now, the plot has changed. It's a bit different. So, enjoy!