Ok guys, gals I dunno wot you will think of this chapter. I tried to make it as realistic as I could, so give me some feedback. Thanks.
Chapter 10 Have we got too close?-Renegade Seraph
Squall paced to the other side of the room and sat down. Keeping his eyes down at the floor, some how he couldn't look at her.
"I have been informed that Equidor is too attack Seadon" Squall said, not able to look her in the eye. There was something about this girl, which made his cheeks flush red. Rinoa saw his change in behaviour, he was sat farthest away from her, blushing with his eyes on the floor. Suddenly she realised what was making him nervous.
"I am sorry My Lord, I will put some more clothes on," She said, pulling her dressing gown over her arms and trying it around her waist. Unfortunately this just made Squall blush deeper. "Oh I didn't mean that I thought you were looking at me!" Rinoa said embarrassed. Squall shuffled on his chair, and brushed his hair out of his eyes. Talking to this girl was more difficult that he had ever imagined it to be.
"No, I didn't take offence" Squall said, choosing his words carefully. A few minuets were spent in silence until Rinoa remembered that he had asked her a question.
"Yes they do plan to attack, in a few weeks I believe" Rinoa said, playing with her hair in a seductive way, though unknown to her. Taking a deep breath Squall tried to speak.
"Um, please Lady Heartilly you must help me!" Squall pleaded, kneeling before her. Rinoa was rather shocked at this.
"I, um how can I help you?" Rinoa stuttered. She hadn't any idea how to prevent it. Squall's face turned to a look of desperation.
"But I thought maybe you could" he said standing up, and walking away from her. Reluctant to let him leave, Rinoa searched for something that would catch his interest.
"Wait the staff!" Rinoa shouted, and then blushed thinking maybe she had said that too loud. Squall turned back to her.
"What?" he asked, not understanding what she meant. Rinoa reached over to her storybook, turning to the third page she read the words aloud.
"In the centre of the land stood the Tall Tower. As high as the clouds and as black as the night. It was the sacrificial tower to Mecleck, the evil spirit, who gave supernatural powers to the one who held the Dragon Eye Staff.
The Staff was a wand of immense power. Passed down though generation-to-generation of lords.
The Dark lord of the land had decided to take a wife. He chose a fair maiden of noble birth and placed her high within the Tall Tower until the wedding day." Rinoa read out loud, as Squall listened intensely to all her words. She shuffled uncomfortably embarrassed by the way Squall's gaze was searching her face.
"Is that why you are here?" He asked finally. Rinoa looked at him timidly. "To marry to Lord like the maiden in the story?"
"Yes" Rinoa replied, a tear running down her face. "And I don't want to. I don't want to, but I must."
"Why?" Squall asked confused as to why she should have to marry, when she clearly didn't seem to love this man.
"Because if I do not, the Lord will destroy my families home, and leave us with nothing" Rinoa said, fighting to hold back the tears which had been threatening to fall for a long time. "In three days time, Rinoa Heartilly will be no more. I shall be his bride, and be in chains."
"Why not leave? You could leave with me now!" Squall said mentioning to the window. Rinoa shook her head.
"He would search for me. He would not let me go so easy" She said, looking longingly out of the window. Squall looked back down at his feet.
"Cannot you leave this place?" He asked. Rinoa shook her head.
"Not unless I want to die when they find me!" Rinoa replied. Squall stared at her. Neither one of them could find anything to say, and so where left to think.
A few minuets passed as they sat in silence. Rinoa was getting more and more nervous, wondering what this man was thinking and what's more, what did he think of her?
"What are you thinking?" She asked flirtingly. Squall looked at her.
"Your very pretty" Squall said, he seemed to be miles away in his own little world. Rinoa looked at him shocked.
"Oh, um thank you." She said, embarrassed that Squall wasn't taking his eyes off of her. The sound of her voice brought Squall back from his daydream. Realising suddenly what her had said he blushed.
"Sorry" He said, he didn't know why he was apologising, but it seemed to be correct thing to do. Rinoa said nothing; instead she just sat there watching him shyly. "You said the staff could help me?" he questioned, feeling that a new change of subject would be best.
"Yes, the power Lord has, is given to him by the Dragon Eye staff. Break it and he will be helpless," She said, loving the way his eyes would look so deep into her as she spoke.
"Where do I find it?" Squall asked.
"I, I do not know" Rinoa said, looking down at her feet. "I have only seen it once, and that was when I was five. Even then it was kept under lock and key" Squall nodded.
"So, your saying you don't know where it is?" Squall asked, moving closer to her. This made Rinoa nervous.
"Um, I…um, I will find it for you My Lord" Rinoa stuttered, he was too close to her now. She jumped slightly as he touched her hand.
"Thank you" he said softly brushing his lips on hers. Rinoa felt her heart leap in her chest, and responded by touching the side of his face. Slowly she softly kissed his lips, her heart beating so fast she was afraid any moment it might stop. Footsteps from outside the door broke them apart.
"Promise me, promise me that I will see you again!" Rinoa said in haste, as the footsteps grew louder. Rinoa panicked. A loud clanking sound was heard at the window as a hook of some kind was thrown over the side. Squall looked over.
"I must go!" He said. The hook was attached to a large rope, in which Zell was standing at the bottom of it looking up. Squall climbed over the edge, and hung onto the rope.
"Promise me!" Rinoa pleaded, fear shone in her eyes. The door handle was beginning to move.
"I promise" Squall replied kissing her hand. As the door flung open, he was already gone. Rinoa whirled around in shock.
"My Lord Almasy!" She exclaimed.
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