The Potion
Chp. 6
Dirty Little Secret

A/N: Thanks for the reviews...hmmm....a Squall/Quistis/Seifer love triangle? Never thought about it, but sounds like a good idea to me! Thanks Cailin! Characters © Squaresoft.

"So, we have to find this thing and knock it out. Right?" Seifer said, looking at his three companions. No one was quite sure where Seifer's posse was, he wasn't alone very often. Squall was the first to nod, but he looked as annoyed as ever. Squall was so unhappy with Seifer and Rinoa's involvement in the plan, he might has well have just jumped off a cliff and found the monster himself. Matter-of-fact, he wished he could do just that, but Quisty wouldn't let him, no matter how hard he tried to convince her it was a bad idea.

"Alright, then. Let's go." Seifer said, and waved the others up with him. Squall followed immediatly, but Rinoa remained, staring out the window. Quistis wouldn't let them leave her behind, but was surprised to see Rinoa crying again.

"Okay, Rinoa. It's not just Fuijin wanting to kill you, what's wrong? Is it Squall?" She asked.

"No." was the reply she got.

"What is it?"

"You...umm...promise you won't tell anyone?" Rinoa said.

"Yes."

"Seifer...he hit me the other day. Really hard." Rinoa said. Under any other circumstances, Quistis would've probabaly shouted, 'Go Seifer!' but knew she couldn't. Nobody deserved to be abused, not even Rinoa.

"Where did he hit you?" Quistis asked.

"My back. I have a really big bruise."

"Did he say why he hit you?"

"Said I was 'gettin on his nerves'."

"That's wrong, Rinoa...you should tell someone." Quistis said.

"I did. I told you. Can we go now?" Rinoa said, and walked towards the door, and slammed it, leaving Quistis caught up in her thoughts.