Chapter 4: Getting Ready



The next morning, Quistis' alarm went off. She was still very sleepy as she got out of bed. She forced herself to get up and got into the shower.

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"Good morning Squall, Rinoa, Zell." Selphie said as she and Irvine walked into the cafeteria hand in hand.

" 'Mornin" Zell said sleepily. He wasn't a morning person.

"So.What are we gonna do about hooking you know who up?" Rinoa questioned eagerly.

"Well.here's the plan."

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Seifer woke up because he heard shouting. He sat up and looked around. 'Damn T.V.' He had left it on all night. Deciding he'd better get up since he was already awake, he took a shower. When he was done, he got dressed in his usual outfit. Gray trench-coat, black pants, blue vest and boots. He slowly walked out of the dorm and headed to the cafeteria to get some breakfast.

When he got there, he saw the gang. (Well, all except Quistis), whispering excitedly together. He walked past them to get a cup of black coffee. When he was walking back, Selphie looked up and she shut up imediately. The rest of the gang did the same.

"Morning Seifer."

"morning." Seifer said as he sat down.

"How are you today?"

"..Fine." He was getting suspicious of something. He couldn't place it just yet.

"Just wondering, do you still want to come to the club with us tonight?"

"Yea. I definatly need to get out of this damned place."

"We all have dates. 'Cept you and Quisty."

"." He was really starting to suspect something.

"Can I talk to you alone for a minute Seifer?" Selphie said as she dragged him into a corner of the cafeteria where no one could hear them.

"Out with it."

"Out with what Selphie?" Seifer had stopped using his nicknames for the group. Except every now and then with Squall or Zell.

"Do you like Quistis?"

".no."

"Liar. You're blushing!" She handed him a pocket mirror. Seifer saw that he was blushing.

'Damn it.' He thought.

"Are you gonna ask her to dance or on a date or something?"

"Even if I am, why would I tell you the known 'Gossip Queen of Balamb Garden'?"

"You can trust me. I don't go blabing this kind of stuff. I even know some things that Quistis tells me.." She said that hoping he would have enough sense to trust her.

Well that shut him up. He knew he could trust her if Qusitis could.

"yea..so?" He finally said.

"So you DO like her?"

"YES! Now can we drop the subject?!" He said as he stormed off to go and sit down at another table.

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"Guess what?! He likes her!" Selphie whispered as she sat down at the gangs' regular table. They all smiled deviously as they thought of their plan.

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After Seifer sat down at a different table than the rest, Qusitis walked in. He had had enough of them for a while. He had not noticed Quistis yet. He looked up and nearly dropped his coffee at the sight of her. She walked in with her usual grace and charm. She wore a peach tank top and tight blue jeans that hugged her hips very well. Seifer was smiling and blushing very hard as she approached. She smiled back at him and went to sit with him.

"Seifer, why are you sitting by your self?" Quistis asked him.

"well.uh.i..erm..." He couldn't think when she was so close to him. He breathed in her sent and it was intoxicating.

"Well, if you don't have a good explination," She said. He thought she was going to scold him. "That's okay. I know. I like to be by myself some times too." She smiled at him.

"Hey Quisty!" Selphie and Rinoa yelled as they made their way over to her and Seifer.

"Hello Selphie, Rinoa."

"When can we come over?" Rinoa asked anxiously.

"Well.how about in an hour?"

"okay! That sounds great! We will have to find you something sexy to wear tonight!"

"Eh.." Quistis blushed as Selphie said she would have to wear something sexy tonight. Seifer smiled.

"Well, I have to go. I'll see you all later?" Quistis said as she went to get a cup of coffee and headed back to her dorm.

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One hour later

^Knock knock^

"I'm coming!" Quistis yelled as she went to go to the door of her dorm. She opened the door.

"HI!" Selphie and Rinoa yelled in unison.

"Come on in..." They headed straight for her closet.

"How about this?"

"No. To blah." Selphie replied.

Quistis just sat on her bed waiting for them to find the right outfit.

"Geez, girl. You definatly need to go shopping."

"Great idea Selphie! I'll get Squall to let us use the Ragnarok."

"Lets go! We only have four hours to shop." They both dragged her out of her room and to the Ragnarok to go shopping in Deling. (it always had the best stores for shopping.

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'Bored, bored bored.' Seifer thought as he flipped through the channels on the t.v. He looked at the clock. 'three more hours until I have to leave.that's three hours too long. Guess I'll just go train.' Seifer thought as he headed out of his dorm.

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After three hours of trying on different outfits, buying shoes and makeup, they finally found the perfect outfit.

"I can't wait till every one sees you in this. They wont believe it's you!" Rinoa told Quistis.

"Yea, they really wont believe it's me because I cant believe you convinced me to buy this. I normally wouldn't wear anything like this."

"Aww. Come on. They'll love it!" Selphie said. 'especially Seifer.' She thought to herself. She was the one who had found the great outfit. It showed off all of Quistys' great features.

"Well, lets head back so we can get ready. We only have an hour."

"Okay. We'll be there in." Quistis was figuring out the time in her head. "About 30 minutes."

"Naw. I'm gonna fly and we'll be there in 10. Put on your seatbelts!"

Quistis and Rinoa did as they were told. The both had had too much experience with Selphie's flying capabilities.

The girls arrived back in Balamb in 10 minutes like Selphie had said. It was quite a wild ride. They each said good bye and headed to their dorms to get ready.

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