A/N: Warning: Angst Ahead....
(¯`'·.¸(¯`'·. Chapter Nine .·'´¯)¸.·'´¯)
(¯`'·. Memories .·'´¯)
"I was very lonely at Balamb after the war. Since I was no longer an Instructor the days of my life began to become like watching the same scene over and over. It was dull, lifeless and I became a recluse. One day Selphie's friends from Trabia came to visit, Castle Billings was with those friends"
"Immediately Selphie provoked me to go on a double date with her. Castle was my partner on that date. He was so sweet, and caring unlike any other man I had ever know. He showered affections down on me, compliments rolling off his sweet tongue. We became a couple, going everywhere together. After a few months he dropped out of SeeD and asked me to marry him"
"I had never done anything impulsive in my life. The urge to shuck of my tight instructor demeanor and my military school life was too much for me to handle. So I accepted leaving behind all the friends, and all the family I had ever known. We moved to Deling, into his huge mansion of dreams"
"We went on for months, the picture of a happy couple. We were happy really. Happy together and completely in love. One night he came home late and I was angry because he hadn't called. We got into our first real fight him storming around the bedroom. He picked up a crystal music box that Matron had given me before I left for the Garden. It was one of my most cherished possessions. He took the small crystal box and smashed it right into the side of my head"
"When I came around I was lying in bed, bandaged a pile of roses left next to me. I wrote it off to him being drunk, I should have left at that instant. I should have run back to the Garden, back to my friends. Back to those that cared. I was blinded by what I thought was love. Till death to you part, the marriage vows say"
"I took a job at a school teaching first graders. They were very impressed with my background teaching in SeeD. I loved my job being surrounded by all those kids all the time. It was a dream for me. I was teaching again. Something I had been aspiring to do since the war. It was what I had always wanted to do"
"I was hit hard when that dream was shattered as well. One morning before we both left for work I brought the idea up to Castle of having children. It's funny how the idea sent him into a rampage throwing a crystal vase across the wall. He actually hit me with his fist that time. I didn't bruise but bled from my mouth, for so long that I was late to work. When I got there people kept staring at me. It was at lunch standing in the bathroom when I noticed the large red blood splat on the lapel of my white suit coat. I was appalled, embarrassed, horrified, and scared all at once"
"That was the first time the police were called on Castle. It was also the time he broke my ribs. I was standing in the bathroom after my nightly shower when he came in. He reached out and stroked my hair a bit, a thoughtful look in his dark eyes. The he grabbed my hair pulling his face close to mine. He hissed curse words at me warning me never to tell anyone what went on in his house"
"He hit me, square across the jaw pain racking through me. I tried to back away from him, kicking and screaming. He shoved me down to the floor and sat on my chest pulling a sleek silver revolver from his boot. He forced my mouth open placing it between my lips. It seemed like an eternity that he stood there holding that gun in my mouth. Forever his threats rolled through my head"
"When he at last stood up he purposely placed his knee on my ribs leaning into me. I felt it snap, more pain. I was so afraid to move afraid I would burst a lung. Afraid of causing more pain to myself. Afraid to face him. Afraid of life"
"Things were beyond my control at that point. I lost part of myself the night I refused his lust. The night he wouldn't take no for an answer. The night he first sent me to the hospital. The doctors knew of course, but who was going to say something against the glorious Castle Billings. My life became on of terror, of seclusion"
"He brought other women to the house, making me stay downstairs while he did things with them in our bed. If I didn't comply, then he beat me. I was his totally and completely"
"Dark sunglasses and red cloths became my friends. I learned better ways of hiding my marks he left. He wa- " Quistis was cut off by Ducti abruptly standing up and screaming.
"Objection your honor, this is all hearsay! How do we know she's not lying!" Ducti said to the judge pointing a finger at Quistis.
"Lying?" Quistis said before the judge could answer. She stood up slowly her hand resting on her whip. Suddenly she unzipped her long pink over shirt casting unto the seat behind her. She stood there in her maroon tube top, staring defiantly at Ducti. She turned around revealing her back that was covered with half-healed cuts.
"Castle Billings, did this to me. The night after I saw Seifer again for the first time. He took a butcher knife to my back, after tying me down" she turned and sat back down carefully looking at the silent court.
"Continue, Ms. Trepe" the judge said.
"When I first met Seifer again he was my salvation. A familiar face in a world full of horrid masks. He was like a golden angel stepped right down from heaven to save me. My prayers were answered. Only Castle found out I had seen him. Of course he was angry. He was angry that I had gone to that club at all. And I paid for it. I'm still paying for it with the pain he left me.
It was about a week before I dared to talk to Seifer again. I agreed to meet him, thinking that Castle would be at work. No, I could never have been so lucky. Castle found me and dragged me home. I was his doll, no one was to touch me but him. His slave, his prisoner of pain. That was when he beat me to the point of miscarriage. I lost my baby, one I probably would have hated because it would have been his"
"Seifer was at the hospital. I promised to go away with him. But Castle arrived the next say and practically drug me out. He lectured me out embarrassing him, about making the cops question him. So I was taken back to his house of misery. I was crazy with fear as he stood yelling at me. So I went upstairs leaving him alone. I stepped into the bathroom, and took a pink razor to my arms"
"I just watched myself bleed, it splattering on the white tile floor. Then I heard gunblade noise downstairs. So my angel had appeared again. This time there was no saving to be done. I was dead. Castle would be dead. If Seifer hadn't killed him that night, I would have"
"I awoke in the hospital. Surrounded by nurses and doctors I had seen on countless occasions. They had saved me. I was Quistis Trepe once again"
"Love is not just the meeting of two hearts, it is the bleeding of two lives. I bleed for Castle Billings, but he never bled for me until the night I asked Seifer to make him bleed" Quistis finished her cerulean eyes misting over with tears. The whole courtroom was silent except for the clock ticking on the far wall. Seifer stared at her, sadness shaking him to the core.
"Thank you, Ms. Trepe. You may step down. We shall take a short recess now for the jury to convene and make their decision" the judge said standing up slowly his black robes falling around him in graceful black waterfalls. Quistis walked over to Seifer taking his gloved hand into hers. Together they watched as the jury left the room.
Together they waited the decision that would change both of their fates, forever.
A/N: I thought for while making this the last chapy, and leaving it there. But then I realized I prolly would be tied down and not allowed to eat or sleep till I wrote more. So the next update I make will be the last :(
On to the Quotes!
If love is a red dress, someone spilt permanant ink on mine. It's ruined. -- Glacial Phoenix Mystiara (When are you gonna write another Seiftis?)
If Love is a Red Dress... then I gtg! *runs to the nearest mall to buy one* ^_^ -- grrl gamer (NEXT CHAPTER OF INFATUATED SOULS, now before I tie you down :D)
If love is a red dress...dammit I'm a red head, I look horrid in red! Can't I dye it green, or maybe blue? -- Shandrith (Hi Loyd!!)
If love was a red dress...oh, darnit, what was I gonne say...?
If love was a red dress, why the hell am I wearing jeans right now?!
If love was a red dress...I hope Quistis wears red forever and ever. Lizziechan, a.k.a. Houoji (OMG I love you so much, thank you so much for reviewing like ALL of my stories!!)
If love is a red dress, do we get to see Seifer in one too?
If love is a red dress, someone call the fashion police, 'cause red is *not* my color! debuchan (Fashion police bad!:)
If love is a red dress, then the guys at my school like blue. -- Hotaru9 (Boys suck :P)
If love was a red dress, I'll never get to wear one.. ;_; -- Sad-Dream (You'll have your own red dress one day!)
Not a red dress quote but funny none the less...
ya im too fat for a red dress anyway.. i dont like ducti...it sounds like duct tape...lmfao...i would like to duct tape his mouth! gr... --seyenaidni
More thanks to Jacks, for reading this before I posted it. And to Mike for readin' it and likin' it :D
(¯`'·.¸(¯`'·. Chapter Nine .·'´¯)¸.·'´¯)
(¯`'·. Memories .·'´¯)
"I was very lonely at Balamb after the war. Since I was no longer an Instructor the days of my life began to become like watching the same scene over and over. It was dull, lifeless and I became a recluse. One day Selphie's friends from Trabia came to visit, Castle Billings was with those friends"
"Immediately Selphie provoked me to go on a double date with her. Castle was my partner on that date. He was so sweet, and caring unlike any other man I had ever know. He showered affections down on me, compliments rolling off his sweet tongue. We became a couple, going everywhere together. After a few months he dropped out of SeeD and asked me to marry him"
"I had never done anything impulsive in my life. The urge to shuck of my tight instructor demeanor and my military school life was too much for me to handle. So I accepted leaving behind all the friends, and all the family I had ever known. We moved to Deling, into his huge mansion of dreams"
"We went on for months, the picture of a happy couple. We were happy really. Happy together and completely in love. One night he came home late and I was angry because he hadn't called. We got into our first real fight him storming around the bedroom. He picked up a crystal music box that Matron had given me before I left for the Garden. It was one of my most cherished possessions. He took the small crystal box and smashed it right into the side of my head"
"When I came around I was lying in bed, bandaged a pile of roses left next to me. I wrote it off to him being drunk, I should have left at that instant. I should have run back to the Garden, back to my friends. Back to those that cared. I was blinded by what I thought was love. Till death to you part, the marriage vows say"
"I took a job at a school teaching first graders. They were very impressed with my background teaching in SeeD. I loved my job being surrounded by all those kids all the time. It was a dream for me. I was teaching again. Something I had been aspiring to do since the war. It was what I had always wanted to do"
"I was hit hard when that dream was shattered as well. One morning before we both left for work I brought the idea up to Castle of having children. It's funny how the idea sent him into a rampage throwing a crystal vase across the wall. He actually hit me with his fist that time. I didn't bruise but bled from my mouth, for so long that I was late to work. When I got there people kept staring at me. It was at lunch standing in the bathroom when I noticed the large red blood splat on the lapel of my white suit coat. I was appalled, embarrassed, horrified, and scared all at once"
"That was the first time the police were called on Castle. It was also the time he broke my ribs. I was standing in the bathroom after my nightly shower when he came in. He reached out and stroked my hair a bit, a thoughtful look in his dark eyes. The he grabbed my hair pulling his face close to mine. He hissed curse words at me warning me never to tell anyone what went on in his house"
"He hit me, square across the jaw pain racking through me. I tried to back away from him, kicking and screaming. He shoved me down to the floor and sat on my chest pulling a sleek silver revolver from his boot. He forced my mouth open placing it between my lips. It seemed like an eternity that he stood there holding that gun in my mouth. Forever his threats rolled through my head"
"When he at last stood up he purposely placed his knee on my ribs leaning into me. I felt it snap, more pain. I was so afraid to move afraid I would burst a lung. Afraid of causing more pain to myself. Afraid to face him. Afraid of life"
"Things were beyond my control at that point. I lost part of myself the night I refused his lust. The night he wouldn't take no for an answer. The night he first sent me to the hospital. The doctors knew of course, but who was going to say something against the glorious Castle Billings. My life became on of terror, of seclusion"
"He brought other women to the house, making me stay downstairs while he did things with them in our bed. If I didn't comply, then he beat me. I was his totally and completely"
"Dark sunglasses and red cloths became my friends. I learned better ways of hiding my marks he left. He wa- " Quistis was cut off by Ducti abruptly standing up and screaming.
"Objection your honor, this is all hearsay! How do we know she's not lying!" Ducti said to the judge pointing a finger at Quistis.
"Lying?" Quistis said before the judge could answer. She stood up slowly her hand resting on her whip. Suddenly she unzipped her long pink over shirt casting unto the seat behind her. She stood there in her maroon tube top, staring defiantly at Ducti. She turned around revealing her back that was covered with half-healed cuts.
"Castle Billings, did this to me. The night after I saw Seifer again for the first time. He took a butcher knife to my back, after tying me down" she turned and sat back down carefully looking at the silent court.
"Continue, Ms. Trepe" the judge said.
"When I first met Seifer again he was my salvation. A familiar face in a world full of horrid masks. He was like a golden angel stepped right down from heaven to save me. My prayers were answered. Only Castle found out I had seen him. Of course he was angry. He was angry that I had gone to that club at all. And I paid for it. I'm still paying for it with the pain he left me.
It was about a week before I dared to talk to Seifer again. I agreed to meet him, thinking that Castle would be at work. No, I could never have been so lucky. Castle found me and dragged me home. I was his doll, no one was to touch me but him. His slave, his prisoner of pain. That was when he beat me to the point of miscarriage. I lost my baby, one I probably would have hated because it would have been his"
"Seifer was at the hospital. I promised to go away with him. But Castle arrived the next say and practically drug me out. He lectured me out embarrassing him, about making the cops question him. So I was taken back to his house of misery. I was crazy with fear as he stood yelling at me. So I went upstairs leaving him alone. I stepped into the bathroom, and took a pink razor to my arms"
"I just watched myself bleed, it splattering on the white tile floor. Then I heard gunblade noise downstairs. So my angel had appeared again. This time there was no saving to be done. I was dead. Castle would be dead. If Seifer hadn't killed him that night, I would have"
"I awoke in the hospital. Surrounded by nurses and doctors I had seen on countless occasions. They had saved me. I was Quistis Trepe once again"
"Love is not just the meeting of two hearts, it is the bleeding of two lives. I bleed for Castle Billings, but he never bled for me until the night I asked Seifer to make him bleed" Quistis finished her cerulean eyes misting over with tears. The whole courtroom was silent except for the clock ticking on the far wall. Seifer stared at her, sadness shaking him to the core.
"Thank you, Ms. Trepe. You may step down. We shall take a short recess now for the jury to convene and make their decision" the judge said standing up slowly his black robes falling around him in graceful black waterfalls. Quistis walked over to Seifer taking his gloved hand into hers. Together they watched as the jury left the room.
Together they waited the decision that would change both of their fates, forever.
A/N: I thought for while making this the last chapy, and leaving it there. But then I realized I prolly would be tied down and not allowed to eat or sleep till I wrote more. So the next update I make will be the last :(
On to the Quotes!
If love is a red dress, someone spilt permanant ink on mine. It's ruined. -- Glacial Phoenix Mystiara (When are you gonna write another Seiftis?)
If Love is a Red Dress... then I gtg! *runs to the nearest mall to buy one* ^_^ -- grrl gamer (NEXT CHAPTER OF INFATUATED SOULS, now before I tie you down :D)
If love is a red dress...dammit I'm a red head, I look horrid in red! Can't I dye it green, or maybe blue? -- Shandrith (Hi Loyd!!)
If love was a red dress...oh, darnit, what was I gonne say...?
If love was a red dress, why the hell am I wearing jeans right now?!
If love was a red dress...I hope Quistis wears red forever and ever. Lizziechan, a.k.a. Houoji (OMG I love you so much, thank you so much for reviewing like ALL of my stories!!)
If love is a red dress, do we get to see Seifer in one too?
If love is a red dress, someone call the fashion police, 'cause red is *not* my color! debuchan (Fashion police bad!:)
If love is a red dress, then the guys at my school like blue. -- Hotaru9 (Boys suck :P)
If love was a red dress, I'll never get to wear one.. ;_; -- Sad-Dream (You'll have your own red dress one day!)
Not a red dress quote but funny none the less...
ya im too fat for a red dress anyway.. i dont like ducti...it sounds like duct tape...lmfao...i would like to duct tape his mouth! gr... --seyenaidni
More thanks to Jacks, for reading this before I posted it. And to Mike for readin' it and likin' it :D