What's love got to do with it?
(a.k.a Not as Planned)
Chapter 7
The Dance
" And I'll never dance again
Guilty feeling, I gotten no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend, I know you're not a fool
Should have known better to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I've been given
So, I'm never going to dance again
The way I danced with you "
Squall and Rinoa rode back to the house, not saying a single word. They retired to the library, surprising enough, together. Squall sat down in a chair, and grabbed some random book, and started to read it, or acted like he was reading it. Truth be told, he was watching Rinoa, fussing about over the books, making sure they were cleaned and in the right area. Squall who never was really interested in books, just watched her smirking slightly. He leaned forward now, dropping the book on the ground.
"I have a question for you, do you mind if I ask?" He said, standing up quickly. She looked at him, and glanced up and down as if making sure there wasn't something wrong with him.
"You may ask.." She answered looking back at the books.
"Do you still care for Seifer?" He took another step forward watching her carefully. Rinoa shot Squall a look, and sighed sitting down now.
"I do not know, and I do not wish to talk about it anymore." Rinoa nodded slightly. Squall sighed and rubbed his temples, ready to continue the conversation, but then the door opened and Quistis entered holding a piece of paper.
"Lord, and My lady" She curtsied, then stood back up looking at them.
"Yes Quistis?" Squall asked, his voice ringed with annoyance. She looked from him to Rinoa, curious if she interrupted something, then shook her head firmly.
"I have an invitation for you both, from Lady Edea, Lord Cid's wife. She wishes you attend her ball in two days time." Quistis looked at Squall. Squall sighed.
"We will not attend." He said simply, but Rinoa stood up.
"I would like you go, and plus we need to introduce ourselves as the Lord and Lady of this manor, we must go." Rinoa glared at Squall, he saw it on her face that she really wanted to go.
Squall crossed his arms across his chest, looking away. He finally sighed and looked back at Quistis.
' Send him a notice that we will be attending." He grumbled, looking at Rinoa.
"Are you satisfied?" He asked her, after Quistis left.
"Yes, now I am." Rinoa smiled slightly at him, as Squall just scolded.
"Why don't you want to attend?" Rinoa asked him, after he sat down with his face in his hands. His head shot up, looking toward her.
"...It's personal.." He answered slowly.
" That's pleasant, I'm your wife, you have to tell me." She said sternly standing right in front of him.
"You are not my wife yet, so I can keep it to myself." He said, pointing a finger at him.
" Just tell me good sir? I enjoy balls, there is the pleasure of meeting people, eating, and dancing." Rinoa stopped talking, at this last comment, Squall had flinched slightly. She smirked and leaned against the table.
"That is it, isn't it.. You can not dance...well?" She asked slowly tilting her head to the side. Squall looked away, then back at her.
'I can dance..well.. I can not dance..at..all." He finished, and started grumbling.
"Do you wish to practice?" She asked quickly. Squall rose his head looking at her in disbelief.
"There is no music." He said firmly.
"You do not need music to dance, music just helps." She smiled leaning closer to him.
" I would rather not." Squall answered opening up a book and scanning the pages.
"Oh, let me understand, you only dance with people you fancy correct?" Rinoa sighed looking upward.
"I did not say that.." Squall started but she intruppted him.
"Well, let's act like I am a socresses, ok, look into my eyes, no Squall not below my eyes, at my eyes. You are going to fancy me, fancy me is what you are going to do. Now let us see if it has worked." Rinoa stood up, Squall gulped slightly and stood up facing her. She merely smiled, and grabbed his hand and pulled him toward the empty area.
"Alright, now what you do is this..." Rinoa took Squall's hand and put it on her waist. Squall looked from her hand to her, he looked nervous. Rinoa tilted her head to the side, why was he so nervous she wondered. From what Rinoa had heard, Squall was very popular with the ladies. It was said, that he could seduce any women in a matter of time that he was never afraid or speechless when a woman was close. But here he was, tongue tied, and sweating Rinoa noticed from the grip of his hand. He glanced around, then focused hard on her.
"Ready for the first lesson?" She asked nodding her head firmly. Squall merely gulped. They started dancing, Squall wasn't really moving. He was moving like someone who had a rope tied around their feet, his movements were jerky and hard to follow. He tripped slightly, pushing her back. Rinoa quickly reacted and pushed back, stopping them both from a fall. He shook his head and pulled away, walking toward the door. Rinoa grabbed his arm and pulled him backward.
"You need to learn, Squall. Better with me, then Zell.. or someone else." She said shortly, she didn't want him to walk away from her, she had enjoyed the closeness of his body. Squall sighed and took his position again. She circled around him, her movements gracefully, his terrible. Squall was amazed how gracefully her movements were, as long as he had lived, he never danced unless it was necessary. He noticed that women were gracefully, but not like this. Squall and Rinoa went on dancing, Squall looking at her up and down, then they rang into the table next to them. Squall looked to the table, then back at Rinoa. She was smiling now, and something came over Squall. They stepped away from one another, their hands still entwined. She moved to the right, him to the left. And their dance went on, but this time, both bodies were moving gracefully. He moved around her, their eyes locking. He spun her out twice, then brought her back to him, firmly, his arm around around her waist. Their mouths were inches away from one another. Rinoa searched his eyes, then tried to pull away from him, but he held onto her.
"... As much as you doubt my words, please at least listen to them.." Squall started licking his lips watching her carefully. Rinoa merely nodded, she hated and loved being this close to him. It was doing things to her body again, and she didn't like not being in control of the situation. The way he was staring at her, made her feel naked, the way his eyes were traveling over her body, the way that he kept gulping and licking her lips. She sighed slightly, they were too close now.
"Say what you want to say...Squall.." She asked in shaky voice, then cleared her throat trying to cover up her nervousness.
" I am your friend Rinoa, but I need and want you to know.. that I ..do fancy you Rinoa.." He paused, he was breathing rather hard, and all the gulping wasn't helping him. He had never felt this nervous before, of course he had never met the words before. He knew what women wanted, sweet nothings in their ears, would get a women into his chamber, him into her heart. But for the first time in his entire life, he was always caught off guard. His normal ways of doing things would not work, even if he had tried to do them that way, but he knew they couldn't. No need to make her hate him more then she already did. But now, now that he had just gone ahead and told her, he was waiting for the push away, or for the slap. But he was starting to lean in now, his body working instead of his mind. Rinoa closed her eyes and leaned forward to. They were inches away, then the doors flew opened. They both jumped back from one another. Zell was standing there, looking from Rinoa to Squall.
"Sorry my lord and lady, I will leave.." Zell started but Rinoa stepped forward.
"It must have been important, continue Zell." She said quietly, looking straight at Zell. From Squall's expression, Zell had entered at the wrong time, for he was glaring at the blonde man, with the up most fury.
"Seifer is here .." Zell said quickly, after hearing himself, he had decided that this news was not as important as it had first seemed, and it seemed that it was dangerous also. For right when Zell had said it, Squall's fury seemed to increase.
"Great.." Squall growled and stormed from the room heading down the hallway.
I know it's short, and not very good. Facing Writers block, at the moment. But my next chapter will be longer and better ^_^ It's going to turn a little sad though sorry..