Chapter 20 Kiss and Make Up
A/N: I have a challenge for anybody reading this story. I went over to the originals section and there are a lot of good stories that don't get many reviews. So my challenge is to read an original story and review it. We all know how hard it is to write a story, and then not to get any response is just sad. Ok enough from me. =0.0=
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Ian closed the door after the others had left and motioned for Seifer to take a seat. "After yesterday, I'm sure you're wondering why you were included in this meeting.
Seifer eyed the other man for a moment "Well Cid did say he was only gonna send experienced SeeD's and we all know that doesn't include me." He leaned back in his chair watching Ian.
"Yes well, being in charge has its privileges." Ian leaned against the table edge and smiled at Seifer "Tell me the truth. You'll go after Perry on your own if I don't bring you in on this mission."
"I cant and I wont sit by while others go after that monster." Seifer said angrily.
"And I don't blame you, at all. I was there too, Seifer. We both know what Perry and his men are really like. That's the reason I want you with us." Ian told him. "You know what to be prepared for."
"Good luck getting Cid to agree," Seifer said with a bitter edge to his voice.
"Already done. Cid and I talked this over after the meeting yesterday." Ian said.
"I'll bet that was some argument," Seifer answered.
Ian smiled "Like I said, privileges."
Seifer looked at Ian for a minute, thinking about what the other man had said, before a small smile appeared on his own face. "Fine, but some of the others aren't going to be to happy about this."
"I'll handle the rest of the team." Ian answered. He pushed away from the table and moved to open the door.
Seifer stood and followed Ian to the door. "Thanks, Ian." Seifer stepped into the hallway.
"Just don't make me regret this decision," Ian said looking at Seifer's back.
Seifer looked over his shoulder 'I wont."
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Quistis got on the elevator with Squall and Zell. She had seen Seifer stay back to talk with Ian and decided not to wait even though she wanted to talk to him as well. 'I'll just have to find him later,' she thought.
As the elevator moved down she could hear Zell and Squall talking but tuned them out, turning her thoughts about this mission and Seifer inward.
"Isn't that right, Quistis," Zell nudged her.
"What?" Quistis asked as the elevator doors slid open.
"Seifer. He doesn't belong on a mission with us. He'll find some way to screw it up," Zell answered. "He's not even SeeD," he added, sneering.
Quistis stepped out and spotting Xi-Wang Lu in the Quad said, sidestepping the conversation "Oh Zell, I really need to speak to Xi-Wang. I haven't had a chance since we got back from the Esthar mission. You understand don't you?"
"Sure Quis. I'll talk to ya later," Zell said heading in the direction Squall had gone.
Relieved that she hadn't been drawn into a conversation she didn't want to have about Seifer, she took a deep breath and headed towards Xi-Wang.
Xi-Wang turned hearing his name called. He smiled, seeing Quistis walking towards him. "Ms. Trepe," he said laughing, then saluted her.
"Oh please," she laughed with him "at ease, soldier." After shaking hands she asked, "How are you?"
They spent several minutes catching up on what had happened after they split up in the Esthar forest. Quistis was telling Xi-Wang about how Ian Anders caught up to them, when she noticed he was looking over her shoulder, smiling.
Curious as to what he was smiling at she started to turn. There behind her stood Seifer. She looked up into deep oceans of green as their eyes met. Seifer wore the faintest hint of a smile as he broke their gaze and looked over at Xi-Wang.
"Almasy" Xi-Wang nodded.
"Lu" Seifer acknowledged the other man. "Quistis," he said turning his eyes back to her.
"You look much better then the last time I saw you," Xi-Wang told him, grinning.
Seifer shrugged, "Yeah, lack of torture will do that," he smirked. "I need to talk with Instructor Trepe, here, if you don't mind." Seifer took Quistis's arm and started to turn away from Xi-Wang, not caring if he did mind.
She smiled at Xi-Wang and waved as she and Seifer headed the other direction.
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She tried to be mad at him. Really she did, but when they reached his quarters, he pulled her up hard against his chest and dropped his mouth to hers. Her arms snaked around him without conscious thought, as she got lost in the feel of his lips sensuously sliding over hers. He growled softly when she let him deepen the kiss.
After several moments Seifer pulled back and leaned his forehead against hers. "I'm sorry I left last night," he whispered gently. Quistis opened her eyes at his words and looked up at him.
Seifer continued before she could speak, "I seem to be doing that a lot lately. I just couldn't talk about it. Not when I thought Cid wouldn't even give me a chance. I wasn't angry at you," he said caressing her cheek. "You're the one good thing in my life, and I'm gonna try not to fuck that up." He gave her a sad smile.
"Seifer, I…I…" Quistis started to say. There was a loud knock at the door, startling them.
Seifer pulled away and went to answer it. "What," he all but roared as he tore the door open. Standing in the hall was a smiling Irvine. "This had better be good," Seifer said glaring at him.
"Hiya, Seifer," the smiling Cowboy drawled, "I've been sent to tell ya, we leave in the morning. At 04:30 hrs."
"Is that it," Seifer asked looking impatient.
"If ya see Quistis ya might want to tell her, since I haven't been able to find her…yet." Irvine turned to leave then paused, "Oh, and Seifer?"
"What" Seifer was starting to look pissed.
Irvine looked over his shoulder "you've got lipstick on your face." He winked at Seifer then headed down the hall, laughing as he went.
Irvine heard the door slam. 'Well I guess I was right about those two. How interesting.'
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Seifer turned after slamming the door and looked at Quistis. "Did you hear that?"
"Yes. We move out in the morning," Quistis answered him.
"Not that," he said looking at her blank expression. "He knows about us."
"I don't think Irvine will tell anyone," she answered as she ran her hands up the front of
Seifer's shirt pushing his coat off his shoulders to puddle on the floor behind him.
" The only person he'll have to tell is that little busybody girlfriend of his. Then the whole Garden will know," Seifer said, a slight frown marring his face.
Quistis unzipped Seifer's shirt, pushing it off to join his coat on the floor, then ran her hands up his chest.
"Maybe I should…" he began.
"Mmm…" Quistis ran a trail of kisses where her hands had traveled, "Maybe," kiss "you," kiss "should," kiss 'pay," kiss "attention," kiss "to me," she finished nipping him on the jaw.
Seifer grabbed Quistis by the shoulders and pushed her against the wall. An evil gleam lit his eyes as he smiled down at her. "And what, dear instructor, did you have in mind," he growled in her ear, sending a shiver down her spine.
"Maybe this," he asked bending down to capture her lips with his. After several moments he broke the kiss. "or this," he whispered swinging her up in his arms and carrying her to his bed.
They spent the afternoon in bed, not caring what the rest of Garden was doing around them.
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Much later, Quistis sat up sighing, "Why couldn't it have been like this between us, before?"
"Because I was too stupid and immature and you wanted Squally boy," he said tracing a pattern on her bare back with his fingertips. "What any woman sees in him is beyond me."
"Well, he has Rinoa now and I realized a long time ago he wasn't the man for me, anyway," she told him.
Quistis stretched, not wanting to leave the bed, but knew she had to get ready for their mission. Turning to look at Seifer, she said "I have to go back to my quarters and pack for this mission."
"I know," he said sitting up beside her. "Meet me later?"
When he gave her a slow sexy smile , she knew if she didn't leave now she wouldn't for a long time.
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A/N: For anybody thinking Seifer is out of character here, I have to say, I hope he would grow up sometime and become a more rounded character. That's how I've written him.
**Thanks, you guys for the reviews. I really love all of them.**
A/N: I have a challenge for anybody reading this story. I went over to the originals section and there are a lot of good stories that don't get many reviews. So my challenge is to read an original story and review it. We all know how hard it is to write a story, and then not to get any response is just sad. Ok enough from me. =0.0=
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Ian closed the door after the others had left and motioned for Seifer to take a seat. "After yesterday, I'm sure you're wondering why you were included in this meeting.
Seifer eyed the other man for a moment "Well Cid did say he was only gonna send experienced SeeD's and we all know that doesn't include me." He leaned back in his chair watching Ian.
"Yes well, being in charge has its privileges." Ian leaned against the table edge and smiled at Seifer "Tell me the truth. You'll go after Perry on your own if I don't bring you in on this mission."
"I cant and I wont sit by while others go after that monster." Seifer said angrily.
"And I don't blame you, at all. I was there too, Seifer. We both know what Perry and his men are really like. That's the reason I want you with us." Ian told him. "You know what to be prepared for."
"Good luck getting Cid to agree," Seifer said with a bitter edge to his voice.
"Already done. Cid and I talked this over after the meeting yesterday." Ian said.
"I'll bet that was some argument," Seifer answered.
Ian smiled "Like I said, privileges."
Seifer looked at Ian for a minute, thinking about what the other man had said, before a small smile appeared on his own face. "Fine, but some of the others aren't going to be to happy about this."
"I'll handle the rest of the team." Ian answered. He pushed away from the table and moved to open the door.
Seifer stood and followed Ian to the door. "Thanks, Ian." Seifer stepped into the hallway.
"Just don't make me regret this decision," Ian said looking at Seifer's back.
Seifer looked over his shoulder 'I wont."
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Quistis got on the elevator with Squall and Zell. She had seen Seifer stay back to talk with Ian and decided not to wait even though she wanted to talk to him as well. 'I'll just have to find him later,' she thought.
As the elevator moved down she could hear Zell and Squall talking but tuned them out, turning her thoughts about this mission and Seifer inward.
"Isn't that right, Quistis," Zell nudged her.
"What?" Quistis asked as the elevator doors slid open.
"Seifer. He doesn't belong on a mission with us. He'll find some way to screw it up," Zell answered. "He's not even SeeD," he added, sneering.
Quistis stepped out and spotting Xi-Wang Lu in the Quad said, sidestepping the conversation "Oh Zell, I really need to speak to Xi-Wang. I haven't had a chance since we got back from the Esthar mission. You understand don't you?"
"Sure Quis. I'll talk to ya later," Zell said heading in the direction Squall had gone.
Relieved that she hadn't been drawn into a conversation she didn't want to have about Seifer, she took a deep breath and headed towards Xi-Wang.
Xi-Wang turned hearing his name called. He smiled, seeing Quistis walking towards him. "Ms. Trepe," he said laughing, then saluted her.
"Oh please," she laughed with him "at ease, soldier." After shaking hands she asked, "How are you?"
They spent several minutes catching up on what had happened after they split up in the Esthar forest. Quistis was telling Xi-Wang about how Ian Anders caught up to them, when she noticed he was looking over her shoulder, smiling.
Curious as to what he was smiling at she started to turn. There behind her stood Seifer. She looked up into deep oceans of green as their eyes met. Seifer wore the faintest hint of a smile as he broke their gaze and looked over at Xi-Wang.
"Almasy" Xi-Wang nodded.
"Lu" Seifer acknowledged the other man. "Quistis," he said turning his eyes back to her.
"You look much better then the last time I saw you," Xi-Wang told him, grinning.
Seifer shrugged, "Yeah, lack of torture will do that," he smirked. "I need to talk with Instructor Trepe, here, if you don't mind." Seifer took Quistis's arm and started to turn away from Xi-Wang, not caring if he did mind.
She smiled at Xi-Wang and waved as she and Seifer headed the other direction.
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She tried to be mad at him. Really she did, but when they reached his quarters, he pulled her up hard against his chest and dropped his mouth to hers. Her arms snaked around him without conscious thought, as she got lost in the feel of his lips sensuously sliding over hers. He growled softly when she let him deepen the kiss.
After several moments Seifer pulled back and leaned his forehead against hers. "I'm sorry I left last night," he whispered gently. Quistis opened her eyes at his words and looked up at him.
Seifer continued before she could speak, "I seem to be doing that a lot lately. I just couldn't talk about it. Not when I thought Cid wouldn't even give me a chance. I wasn't angry at you," he said caressing her cheek. "You're the one good thing in my life, and I'm gonna try not to fuck that up." He gave her a sad smile.
"Seifer, I…I…" Quistis started to say. There was a loud knock at the door, startling them.
Seifer pulled away and went to answer it. "What," he all but roared as he tore the door open. Standing in the hall was a smiling Irvine. "This had better be good," Seifer said glaring at him.
"Hiya, Seifer," the smiling Cowboy drawled, "I've been sent to tell ya, we leave in the morning. At 04:30 hrs."
"Is that it," Seifer asked looking impatient.
"If ya see Quistis ya might want to tell her, since I haven't been able to find her…yet." Irvine turned to leave then paused, "Oh, and Seifer?"
"What" Seifer was starting to look pissed.
Irvine looked over his shoulder "you've got lipstick on your face." He winked at Seifer then headed down the hall, laughing as he went.
Irvine heard the door slam. 'Well I guess I was right about those two. How interesting.'
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Seifer turned after slamming the door and looked at Quistis. "Did you hear that?"
"Yes. We move out in the morning," Quistis answered him.
"Not that," he said looking at her blank expression. "He knows about us."
"I don't think Irvine will tell anyone," she answered as she ran her hands up the front of
Seifer's shirt pushing his coat off his shoulders to puddle on the floor behind him.
" The only person he'll have to tell is that little busybody girlfriend of his. Then the whole Garden will know," Seifer said, a slight frown marring his face.
Quistis unzipped Seifer's shirt, pushing it off to join his coat on the floor, then ran her hands up his chest.
"Maybe I should…" he began.
"Mmm…" Quistis ran a trail of kisses where her hands had traveled, "Maybe," kiss "you," kiss "should," kiss 'pay," kiss "attention," kiss "to me," she finished nipping him on the jaw.
Seifer grabbed Quistis by the shoulders and pushed her against the wall. An evil gleam lit his eyes as he smiled down at her. "And what, dear instructor, did you have in mind," he growled in her ear, sending a shiver down her spine.
"Maybe this," he asked bending down to capture her lips with his. After several moments he broke the kiss. "or this," he whispered swinging her up in his arms and carrying her to his bed.
They spent the afternoon in bed, not caring what the rest of Garden was doing around them.
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Much later, Quistis sat up sighing, "Why couldn't it have been like this between us, before?"
"Because I was too stupid and immature and you wanted Squally boy," he said tracing a pattern on her bare back with his fingertips. "What any woman sees in him is beyond me."
"Well, he has Rinoa now and I realized a long time ago he wasn't the man for me, anyway," she told him.
Quistis stretched, not wanting to leave the bed, but knew she had to get ready for their mission. Turning to look at Seifer, she said "I have to go back to my quarters and pack for this mission."
"I know," he said sitting up beside her. "Meet me later?"
When he gave her a slow sexy smile , she knew if she didn't leave now she wouldn't for a long time.
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A/N: For anybody thinking Seifer is out of character here, I have to say, I hope he would grow up sometime and become a more rounded character. That's how I've written him.
**Thanks, you guys for the reviews. I really love all of them.**