Sammy-Chan: Ok, somewhat of an odd chapter, it's more or less trying to zoom in on the Squinoa.  THIS IS IN SQUALL'S POINT OF VIEW!!

~Chapter 12: She Kissed Me …~

It was a pretty damn quiet ride.  I'd have preferred her bitching at me then the eerie silence that settled between us.  Honestly, I didn't believe jack crap about what Ultemecia said.  I thought I was just going to wake up in my dorm the next morning and found out I had gotten wasted with my friends and imagined the whole thing.  Dreamt it would have been better, I hate hangovers.  Trying to loosen up the tension I tried making conversation.

"You know, I was kidding about the sex thing …" I said smiling slightly.

"Duh" and that was her cold reply.

I bit my lip.  It was so hard to make her laugh.  The only time I actually did make her laugh is when she made fun of me.  So, not knowing what to say, I still attempted another conversation.

"Uh … um …" Were the only words that came for the moment.

"Squall, shut the fuck up!  I know you don't have anything to say and even if you did, I wouldn't give a flying fuck." She said sharply.

Ouch, that was rough.  She's as much of a bitch as she is beautiful.  I decided to shut up for a while.  This wasn't good, I was getting even more on her nerves then usual!  Honestly, I wasn't trying to piss her off.  For once I was actually trying to get her to like me.  Don't look at me like that!  Not in that way.  A better way to say it would be that I was trying to get her to stand me.  So with a feeling of total rejection I set my mind on finding a town.  Let me cut the next two hours out, the point is we found a city.  Population … 500.  I consider it a city because it's Trabia's capital.  Man, what a hic town.  Well, it had the city atmosphere.  There was a corner store, a grocery shop, the famous "Weapon Department", a hotel and even some hobos roaming about.

I parked in the hotel parking lot and she got out before I had even turned off the ignition.  I sat there wondering a bit.  I wish I had Irvine's magic touch with the ladies.  Well, actually … I did have it, it just didn't work on Rinoa.  She would poke fun at Irvine all the time but at least it was all in good fun.  Sometimes I thought she really meant everything she said to me.  So I got out of the van and tried to catch up with her.  I started talking when I did:

"Look, I didn't mean to-" I put my hand on her shoulder but she jerked away.  Shewas crying.  She was actually crying.

"Woah … sorry." I said bewildered.  Then I knew Ultemecia wasn't bullshitting us.  Her aura was … different.  She was a gazillion times stronger then me now and she wasn't even powered up.  It wasn't like anything I had ever felt before.

"You know, I don't feel the same and the idea of conquering the world doesn't appeal to me!" She sobbed, "I don't know what the hell we're supposed to do."

We.  She had said we.  I awkwardly took her in my arms.  "It'll be ok …" I said my voice cracking.  No chick had ever done this to me.  They had threw hissy fits, PMSed on me and broken up with me but no one had ever made me feel this … powerless.  It's like I had to be there and that I'd better be strong.  She pulled away.

"What are we going to do?" The moonlight shone down at her.  She was beautiful.  Really beautiful.

I obviously had to ruin the moment by saying something stupid, "Go have sex …" I replied numbly.

"She managed to swallow the tears and scoff, "Forgot I was talking to an idiot for a minute." And with a gesture of her hand she turned away, " What am I going to do."

I stood there like a jackass.  Finally a tried to keep up with her quick pace.  I was after all, her knight and even if I didn't get to nail her (which I thought really sucked) I was suppose to protect her, no matter what happened.  Trying once again, I grabbed her arm and she turned around swiftly.

"FUCK SQUALL!" She jerked away again.  Even the nearby hobos turned to look at us.

"I'm really, really sorry.  I know I act like a jerk sometime but you're really beautiful.  Honest … and I think that … I think …" I just couldn't get the last part out.

She just sort of looked at me like I was a big dumbass.  I certainly felt like it too but I was still trying to get the last part of my sentence out. 

"You think?  You actually think sometimes?" Her surprised but bemused voice asked.

"I think … that I'm … starting …" I kept going.

She laughed, "Squall, shut up …" She whispered.

And then she kissed me.