Chapter Six
Reviewing Love
Rinoa looked at Squall disappearing into the crowd with disappointment.
"Do you think something's wrong?" she said to Selphie more than Irvine.
"With what?" Selphie replied, picking up on the worried tone in Rinoa's voice.
"With Squall...no, with me. Does he seem to be acting...differently...to you?"
"Nope," Ivine tried to cheer her up, "He's still the same ignorant and stubborn jerk that we all know and love." Selphie elbowed him in the ribs and he grunted.
"I know but..." Rinoa wrapped a hand over the rings on the chain around her neck, "Do you think he loves me?"
"I don't know why you'd ever think he doesn't, Rinoa." Selphie said kindly. Rinoa forced a smile and stared at the table. Selphie gave Irvine a worried look and he shrugged back.
Looking up, Rinoa smiled at the pair and stood, telling them she was going to the front gate to wait for the others. Giving her smiles of encouragement, Selphie and Irvine stayed in the Cafeteria and Rinoa walked through the bustling cafeteria into the empty corridor.
We were so close, Rinoa thought sadly as she walked the corridor and arrived at the front gate to wait for the others. The minutes passed. Rinoa pushed her worries out of her mind as she noticed Quistis wave to her as she approached.
"Hey Quistis!" Rinoa smiled at the taller woman. At least she doesn't have to worry about men, she thought.
"Hi, Rinoa. Ready for sweltering heat and sand in your boots?" Quistis smiled at her. Quistis didn't get a reply as Zell appeared and immediately started complaining about having to work with Irvine.
"And another thing..."
"Zell, if you don't like it, take it up with Squall." Quistis said, hoping to shut him up. Zell was silent.
"Speak of the devil." Rinoa said quietly as Irvine and Selphie arrive with Squall a short distance behind them.
They wasted no time in getting started. Zell and Irvine left with Ellone on the white SeeD ship, Squall and Selphie were on a train headed north and she and Quistis were in a Buggy, heading in the direction of the desert.
Rinoa was alone with her thoughts again.
Maybe I could ask Quistis what she thinks. Rinoa looked at the lady sitting with another file open on her lap, reading quietly. She would probably say the same as Selphie did, and they're right too. I'm just being paranoid.
Rinoa closed her eyes and listened to the Buggy humming along the ground. The next time she opened her eyes, she and Quistis were surrounded in every direction by sand.
Reviewing Love
Rinoa looked at Squall disappearing into the crowd with disappointment.
"Do you think something's wrong?" she said to Selphie more than Irvine.
"With what?" Selphie replied, picking up on the worried tone in Rinoa's voice.
"With Squall...no, with me. Does he seem to be acting...differently...to you?"
"Nope," Ivine tried to cheer her up, "He's still the same ignorant and stubborn jerk that we all know and love." Selphie elbowed him in the ribs and he grunted.
"I know but..." Rinoa wrapped a hand over the rings on the chain around her neck, "Do you think he loves me?"
"I don't know why you'd ever think he doesn't, Rinoa." Selphie said kindly. Rinoa forced a smile and stared at the table. Selphie gave Irvine a worried look and he shrugged back.
Looking up, Rinoa smiled at the pair and stood, telling them she was going to the front gate to wait for the others. Giving her smiles of encouragement, Selphie and Irvine stayed in the Cafeteria and Rinoa walked through the bustling cafeteria into the empty corridor.
We were so close, Rinoa thought sadly as she walked the corridor and arrived at the front gate to wait for the others. The minutes passed. Rinoa pushed her worries out of her mind as she noticed Quistis wave to her as she approached.
"Hey Quistis!" Rinoa smiled at the taller woman. At least she doesn't have to worry about men, she thought.
"Hi, Rinoa. Ready for sweltering heat and sand in your boots?" Quistis smiled at her. Quistis didn't get a reply as Zell appeared and immediately started complaining about having to work with Irvine.
"And another thing..."
"Zell, if you don't like it, take it up with Squall." Quistis said, hoping to shut him up. Zell was silent.
"Speak of the devil." Rinoa said quietly as Irvine and Selphie arrive with Squall a short distance behind them.
They wasted no time in getting started. Zell and Irvine left with Ellone on the white SeeD ship, Squall and Selphie were on a train headed north and she and Quistis were in a Buggy, heading in the direction of the desert.
Rinoa was alone with her thoughts again.
Maybe I could ask Quistis what she thinks. Rinoa looked at the lady sitting with another file open on her lap, reading quietly. She would probably say the same as Selphie did, and they're right too. I'm just being paranoid.
Rinoa closed her eyes and listened to the Buggy humming along the ground. The next time she opened her eyes, she and Quistis were surrounded in every direction by sand.