~Chapter Two~
Rinoa stepped off the train and looked around. Nothing had changed since she left. A small welcoming party that consisted of Quistis, Zell, and Xu stood at the exit of the train station waiting for her. Selphie stepped off the train a moment after Rinoa and was soon followed by Irvine who was being made to carry the luggage. After another quick glace around Rinoa saw that Squall was not there. She sighed she had to talk to him. Selphie ran ahead of Rinoa and hugged Quistis and Xu. She liked being back in Trabia but she had missed her friends. Zell helped Irvine with the luggage and they walked out to the car. The girls followed behind them. Since the moment Rinoa had gotten off the train Quistis had been staring at her. She looked different there was definitely something about her that wasn't the same and Quistis knew it was something obvious but she couldn't put her finger on it. Rinoa's clothes were different they were lose and baggy. Selphie saw Quistis staring at Rinoa and said, "Hey Rinoa how 'bout telling Quistis the surprise." Rinoa nodded and said, "I'm pregnant." Quistis, Xu, and Zell looked shocked then worried how was she going to tell Squall this. On the drive home the car was filled with questions about the baby, nobody mentioned Squall.
Rinoa half-expected half-wanted Squall to meet her at the Gardens front gate. Instead he was in his dorm room with Taya. "Rinoa's coming today." he said. "I know. You told me already." she responded.
"I'm gonna go down and see her she said she had something she wanted to talk about."
"Ok. I'll be in my room if you need me."
Squall nodded and stood up. Taya walked towards the door and started to exit then turned back kissed Squall and said, "I'll see you at the SeeD ball tonight."
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Rinoa paced the floor of the cafeteria biting her nails. Where was Squall he said he'd be down soon. The others sat at a table not far from where Rinoa paced. They were discussing the situation when Squall walked into the cafeteria. He stood in the doorway for a minute before finally walking up to Rinoa. She gasped he looked so cold. He looked down at her without a smile and said in a monotone voice, "It's good to see you again Rinoa." She almost spat out liar but held her tongue she couldn't start a fight until he knew what she wanted to say. "It's good to see you too," she said instead. This was all so strict like a business meeting or something.
"Would you like to sit down?" asked Squall.
"Yeah I think it's better that way." she didn't know why he was making her so nervous.
"I have something very important to tell you and I don't want you to get mad I just want you to listen." Rinoa said quickly.
"Yes what is it?" he didn't look like he was taking this serious enough.
"Squall I'm pregnant. I'm gonna have a baby...your baby." she finally said it.
She had been dreading saying those words since she found out but now that they were over she felt more relieved. Squall on the other hand suddenly looked very upset. This was the most emotion she had ever seen from him. It scared her a bit. It wasn't like Squall at all.
Finally he managed to croak out two words, "How long?"
"Almost five months."
"Why didn't you tell me until now?"
"I didn't know how to tell you. I didn't want you to be upset."
"So you waited until I picked my life back up. You waited until I was happy with someone else to tell me. Were you really afraid or did you just want to make sure I was never happy without you."
"No that's not what I wanted at all. I loved you I still do. You were the one who broke up with me. I never wanted to hurt you. I just thought you should know. I'm sorry if I wrecked your life." Rinoa ran out of the room crying. Quistis and Selphie followed behind her.
'What am I going to do?' Squall thought as he made his way back to his room.
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Taya stood waiting for Squall for along time but he never showed up. Had something happened with Rinoa? None of his friends were around either so she couldn't ask them even though she doubted they would have told her. Finally after waiting most of the night Taya went to her new single person dorm but she found it lonely there. So instead of staying she went to the secret area of the training center much like Squall had on his first night as a SeeD. She was soon joined by Kim who had some news on Squall for her.
"I heard in the cafeteria this afternoon Squall and Rinoa had a big fight. Rinoa ran away crying. What she told him must have been really bad." Kim said sadly.
"I hope he's okay. When he gets sad it's almost impossible to get him to be happy again."
"I just hope this doesn't affect your relationship with him. You guys go together so perfectly."
"Yeah...I dunno I really want to know what she told him."
"You'll find out soon enough."
Taya nodded and said she was going to go back to her room. Kim walked back to her own room soon after.
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"Rinoa are you there?" Squall asked into the dark room.
"Yes I'm here." Rinoa turned on the light.
Squall sighed and shook his head how could he not have seen her stomach when he entered the cafeteria that afternoon. "I've come to talk about the baby," he said.
"Ok what do you want to say?" Rinoa was not in a good mood.
"What's going to happen to it, to us. It's our child what are we going to do with it."
Rinoa was getting angry how could he be so dumb. He hadn't wanted the baby earlier but now he was worried about it. Stupid really it was but she couldn't help feeling bad about what she had done. He hadn't suspected anything like this.
"What do you want to do about this? The choice is more yours than mine. I know I'm having this baby and I'm not giving it away. You have to decide how big a part of its life you want to be." Rinoa said finally.
"I don't want it not to know me. I want to be there for it. I'm not going to be like my father."
"Laguna has nothing to do with this." Rinoa snapped.
"I don't want my child to not know his father. I'm going to be a part of its life. How much are you going to let me be a part of its life? Are you going to go back to Trabia with Selphie? Are you going to let it see me?" continued Squall as if Rinoa had never spoken.
"I hadn't thought of that. I didn't know you were going to want it."
"Well you better start thinking about it."
"I guess I'll stay here but how will that work? We have a past together and now we have future will that make things hard in the Garden? Can we live in the same place? Can we watch the other date other people, have fun with others? Can we be civil for our child or will we hate each other?"
"Maybe...maybe we should try to work things out with each other. Maybe we should try to get back together." although he had said it Squall didn't sound too happy about it. Rinoa didn't care to hear that part only that they had a chance to get back together. She would have Squall back and she loved him.
"If that's what you want." Rinoa simply said.
"I think that's for the best."
"We'll try then. I'll move back into the Garden and we can have this baby together." Rinoa was really overjoyed. She quickly moved over and pecked Squall on the lips. He didn't respond to the kiss he was thinking about Taya. He left Rinoa soon after they had made the plans to move into a bigger room for families. There were few of those rooms in the Garden but since Squall was the commander he could get one. Rinoa was going to move into it after her stuff arrived from Trabia. Squall knew he had made a mistake suggesting that he and Rinoa get back together. She was already planning on sharing the bed with him when they moved in together. He didn't know if he wanted all that but he didn't want to abandon his child. He knew the second she moved in was the second they were going to be together forever. He sighed they would probably get married and have more babies and Rinoa and everyone would be so happy. That was the way things were supposed to go.