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Chapter 8- Goodbye, old friend
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(Next day, in the morning, Squall was already awake sitting on the bed, watching Rinoa sleep.)
(Squall thinks)
How I'm I going to tell Rinoa this? Will she care? Will she be upset? Will she be happy?
(Flashback)
(The phone rings. Squall wakes up and answers)
Squall: Hello?
Cid: Hello Squall.
Squall: Hello Cid? Why'd you call at a time like this?
Cid: I have news for you. I'm not sure if you'll call this good news or bad news but I'll just tell. At 1:15 last night Seifer tried to escape where they locked him up. He broke out and killed the guards... but after that they had no other way to stop him then... kill him. They had shot him, Squall and he's dead. I'd though you should know. My opinion on this is I'm quite upset; Seifer has been a student here before he went out hurting people.
Squall: He's dead
Cid: That is correct. You are the first to know.
Squall: Well... Umm, ok then...... goodbye
Cid: Goodbye
(End of flashback)
(Squall thinks)
Rinoa should I tell you this? You weren't happy when I tried to kill him... oh I forgot about Quistis. She had gone out with him for a while she should know.
(Squall moves himself closer to Rinoa)
Squall: (Whispers) Rinoa, Rinoa?
Rinoa: (Tries to open her eyes) yeah, Squall?
Squall: I have to go out do something, ok?
Rinoa: Sure (Goes back to sleep)
(Squall goes out of the dorm and gets to Quistis's room. He knocks on the door)
Squall: Quistis? (Knocks again) Quistis? It's me Squall.
(The door opens and Squall looks at Quistis. She had been crying. Her eyes watery and bags under them. Holding a tissue in one hand and a picture of Seifer in the other hand)
Squall: Are you alright?
Quistis: Come in.
(Squall enters and sits down)
Squall: You heard about Seifer?
Quistis: (Wipes some more tears with the tissue) Yes... I haven't realized how much he meant to me till just now. He was almost like my brother in the orphanage... then we all came here and he was my student... we came closer and were in a relationship. We broke up and he left... he has done bad things and now he's gone. You know I've still been in love with him since we broke up. Well I tried to tell my self that I didn't care about him. That he was the past and to move forward. I have no idea if I should of told him I still cared. Well it's to late now. (Sniffs and pouts then some tears roll down her cheek and she sniffs again)
Squall: I don't know about me. I didn't like him very much to begin with. He felt the same I guess. I know he cared about you though.
Quistis: I hope.
Squall: Hey umm, do you think I should tell Rinoa about this?
Quistis: Of course.
Squall: I got to get back. Feel better.
Quistis: That won't happen soon.
(Squall walks out of the room and starts walking back to his dorm)
(Squall thinks)
Rinoa? Rinoa do you care about him? Rinoa should I tell you. After all you did date him for a while.
(Squall enters his room. Rinoa is awake. She turns her face to Squall. She looked like Quistis. Confused and upset. A tear ran down. She was holding the phone and her mouth opened in disgust. Squall came up to her and sat down. He held her hand and realized that no matter what Seifer had done everyone still cared. He started to feel the pain Rinoa was having. She stuffed her face in Squall's shirt. Leaving tears. Her arms were around him and Squall watched her sniff)
Rinoa: He didn't need to die. He could of stop doing bad. (She breathed in and out and let some more tears come out) Squall... he's dead. Gone. I've stopped liking him as a friend and started to hate him but I don't know why I still cry.
(Squall didn't know what to say. He was never good at these situations. All he did was hold her close and let all the pain away)
Rinoa: Squall... lets go for a walk.
(Confused, Squall got up. Rinoa held his hand and she lead him outside and on to the shore. She sat down and Squall did so too)
Rinoa: (breaths in deeply and lets it out so she doesn't cry) Squall are you upset as well?
Squall: I don't know. I'm confused. I don't like this.
Rinoa: I'm sorry Squall. (Breaths in deeply and lets it out so she doesn't cry) Squall...
Squall: Yes?
Rinoa: I love you...
Squall: I love you too.
(Rinoa starts to talk and Squall responds.)
Rinoa: By night one day
Squall: By night another
Rinoa: Never will I forget
Squall: The trouble you caused me
Rinoa: And even when you can
Squall: Make me feel down
Rinoa: I've enjoyed the moments
Squall: We just sat there
Rinoa: Never to say what's on our mind
Squall: Never to say what's to come
Rinoa: Because we know
Squall: We know what's to be
Rinoa: We see the future
Squall: We see the pain
Rinoa: And the pleasure
Squall: That we can't measure
Rinoa: So end the agony
Squall: And set me free
Rinoa: Let me die I say
Squall: Let me play with the threads of fate
Rinoa: Twist one
Squall: Cut another
Rinoa: Come with me
Squall: My brother
Rinoa: Join me
Squall: In the memories
Rinoa: That never fades.
(Rinoa looks at Squall. Her frown turns even bigger seeing she is going to burst with tears)
Rinoa: I'm afraid Squall!!!
(Right away after hearing that Squall took her in her arms and hugged her with a big grip. She hugged him the same. Rinoa was crying her eyes out and gasping for air from all the crying. Squall closed his eyes in pain)
Squall: I'm here... I'm here..... You're not alone
(Rinoa had let it all out. The tears were not only from Seifer's death but from the fear of losing Squall and the rest as well. For that dream Squall had. Of him being alone. She had that dream too.)
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The End - No matter how many people you fall for, only one will catch you.
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Chapter 8- Goodbye, old friend
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(Next day, in the morning, Squall was already awake sitting on the bed, watching Rinoa sleep.)
(Squall thinks)
How I'm I going to tell Rinoa this? Will she care? Will she be upset? Will she be happy?
(Flashback)
(The phone rings. Squall wakes up and answers)
Squall: Hello?
Cid: Hello Squall.
Squall: Hello Cid? Why'd you call at a time like this?
Cid: I have news for you. I'm not sure if you'll call this good news or bad news but I'll just tell. At 1:15 last night Seifer tried to escape where they locked him up. He broke out and killed the guards... but after that they had no other way to stop him then... kill him. They had shot him, Squall and he's dead. I'd though you should know. My opinion on this is I'm quite upset; Seifer has been a student here before he went out hurting people.
Squall: He's dead
Cid: That is correct. You are the first to know.
Squall: Well... Umm, ok then...... goodbye
Cid: Goodbye
(End of flashback)
(Squall thinks)
Rinoa should I tell you this? You weren't happy when I tried to kill him... oh I forgot about Quistis. She had gone out with him for a while she should know.
(Squall moves himself closer to Rinoa)
Squall: (Whispers) Rinoa, Rinoa?
Rinoa: (Tries to open her eyes) yeah, Squall?
Squall: I have to go out do something, ok?
Rinoa: Sure (Goes back to sleep)
(Squall goes out of the dorm and gets to Quistis's room. He knocks on the door)
Squall: Quistis? (Knocks again) Quistis? It's me Squall.
(The door opens and Squall looks at Quistis. She had been crying. Her eyes watery and bags under them. Holding a tissue in one hand and a picture of Seifer in the other hand)
Squall: Are you alright?
Quistis: Come in.
(Squall enters and sits down)
Squall: You heard about Seifer?
Quistis: (Wipes some more tears with the tissue) Yes... I haven't realized how much he meant to me till just now. He was almost like my brother in the orphanage... then we all came here and he was my student... we came closer and were in a relationship. We broke up and he left... he has done bad things and now he's gone. You know I've still been in love with him since we broke up. Well I tried to tell my self that I didn't care about him. That he was the past and to move forward. I have no idea if I should of told him I still cared. Well it's to late now. (Sniffs and pouts then some tears roll down her cheek and she sniffs again)
Squall: I don't know about me. I didn't like him very much to begin with. He felt the same I guess. I know he cared about you though.
Quistis: I hope.
Squall: Hey umm, do you think I should tell Rinoa about this?
Quistis: Of course.
Squall: I got to get back. Feel better.
Quistis: That won't happen soon.
(Squall walks out of the room and starts walking back to his dorm)
(Squall thinks)
Rinoa? Rinoa do you care about him? Rinoa should I tell you. After all you did date him for a while.
(Squall enters his room. Rinoa is awake. She turns her face to Squall. She looked like Quistis. Confused and upset. A tear ran down. She was holding the phone and her mouth opened in disgust. Squall came up to her and sat down. He held her hand and realized that no matter what Seifer had done everyone still cared. He started to feel the pain Rinoa was having. She stuffed her face in Squall's shirt. Leaving tears. Her arms were around him and Squall watched her sniff)
Rinoa: He didn't need to die. He could of stop doing bad. (She breathed in and out and let some more tears come out) Squall... he's dead. Gone. I've stopped liking him as a friend and started to hate him but I don't know why I still cry.
(Squall didn't know what to say. He was never good at these situations. All he did was hold her close and let all the pain away)
Rinoa: Squall... lets go for a walk.
(Confused, Squall got up. Rinoa held his hand and she lead him outside and on to the shore. She sat down and Squall did so too)
Rinoa: (breaths in deeply and lets it out so she doesn't cry) Squall are you upset as well?
Squall: I don't know. I'm confused. I don't like this.
Rinoa: I'm sorry Squall. (Breaths in deeply and lets it out so she doesn't cry) Squall...
Squall: Yes?
Rinoa: I love you...
Squall: I love you too.
(Rinoa starts to talk and Squall responds.)
Rinoa: By night one day
Squall: By night another
Rinoa: Never will I forget
Squall: The trouble you caused me
Rinoa: And even when you can
Squall: Make me feel down
Rinoa: I've enjoyed the moments
Squall: We just sat there
Rinoa: Never to say what's on our mind
Squall: Never to say what's to come
Rinoa: Because we know
Squall: We know what's to be
Rinoa: We see the future
Squall: We see the pain
Rinoa: And the pleasure
Squall: That we can't measure
Rinoa: So end the agony
Squall: And set me free
Rinoa: Let me die I say
Squall: Let me play with the threads of fate
Rinoa: Twist one
Squall: Cut another
Rinoa: Come with me
Squall: My brother
Rinoa: Join me
Squall: In the memories
Rinoa: That never fades.
(Rinoa looks at Squall. Her frown turns even bigger seeing she is going to burst with tears)
Rinoa: I'm afraid Squall!!!
(Right away after hearing that Squall took her in her arms and hugged her with a big grip. She hugged him the same. Rinoa was crying her eyes out and gasping for air from all the crying. Squall closed his eyes in pain)
Squall: I'm here... I'm here..... You're not alone
(Rinoa had let it all out. The tears were not only from Seifer's death but from the fear of losing Squall and the rest as well. For that dream Squall had. Of him being alone. She had that dream too.)
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The End - No matter how many people you fall for, only one will catch you.
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