A/N: here's chapter 5. I felt kind of bad about the cliff hanger so I updated soon. Thanks for reviewing.
~The Cover Up~
BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.
Squall slammed his alarm clock off his night stand. He was dead tired. He laid in his bed wishing that the night before with Seifer was just a bad dream, but then reality kicked in and he knew it wasn't. He slowly and reluctantly got out of bed and went to the bathroom. He took one look in the mirror and he looked terrible. His eyes were blood shot red, his hair was sticking out of every direction, he had black bags under his eyes, and he needed a desperate shave. He defiantly had the look that any girl would run away from. He knew that the rest of his time in high school would be a living hell. He decided to take a cold shower to get his mind off things…especially Rinoa.
"Damn…how could things get so screwed just when they were getting good? Life sucks. Rinoa…just when I finally had a chance with her, she gets taken away. I guess I'm just gonna have to go back to only dreaming about her…"
Squall got out of the shower and got dressed. He decided he would spend the day just relaxing in his dorm so he could completely avoid Rinoa and Seifer. He figured he would call Zell to "fill him in" on the whole situation he had with Seifer. So he picked up his phone and called Zell.
"Hello," said a very tired Zell.
"Hey Zell. It's me Squall. Sorry to wake you up." Zell gave out a sigh. "Squall, it's seven in the morning. What's so important?" Squall told Zell everything. About his date with Rinoa and his little conversation with Seifer.
"Damn Squall. You're screwed. I'm sorry man."
"I know. I can't even be near her. You know how much that thought is killing me? I can't talk to her; I can't even be her damn friend. I guess that means I'm gonna have to get a new lab partner. I can't have anything to do with her. Damn that Seifer." Squall was pissed and Zell could tell.
"What I can't believe is that he actually threatened to hurt Rinoa. At least Rinoa will be safe Squall, thanks to your decision. I know it sucks but…" Squall cut Zell off before he could even finish his sentence. "See Zell, that's the thing. Either way she's not gonna be safe. Anyone involved with Seifer automatically isn't safe. I can't give her up, but I have to. Zell I need her, and I'll never stop needing her. Seifer said I have other girls…but Rinoa will always be number one." Zell felt sorry for Squall. He wanted to make him feel better. He would say just about anything to cheer him up, but he knew most of the things he said probably and most likely wouldn't be true.
"Squall, I know how much you care about Rinoa. Trust me, I've spent five years of being your friend and hearing you babble on and on about her. Squall if you're meant to be with her, things will work out and you'll have her. In the mean time you're just gonna have to avoid her. It's for yours and hers well being." Squall knew Zell was right, but he didn't want Seifer to have total control over his life. He wanted to see who ever he wanted, when ever he wanted, and where ever he wanted. That wasn't going to be possible though. "Zell, what am I going to tell her? I can't just say, "Rinoa leave me alone, I want nothing to do with you," Because that's not true. I want to have everything to do with her. I can't break her heart. I'd rather kill myself before I did that."
There was dead silence on the phone. "Squall, tell you what. I'll cover up for you till Monday. You just stay in your dorm or go out for the whole day and if she asks for you I'll her you're sick or something. How does that sound? But on Monday you're on your own." Squall was extremely grateful of Zell's offer. "Thanks Zell, you're a great pal." Zell chuckled. "Eh, don't give me too much credit, but thank you and your welcome. Well, we've been on the phone for about 2 hours and I want to get to the cafeteria extra early so I can get some hot dogs. Hopefully Selphie wont knock them over again." Squall laughed. "Bye Zell." "Bye Squall." Click.
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Zell was running as fast as he could down the hall way. He had to get his hotdogs. He turned the corner then, WHAM. Zell went toppling over somebody down the hall. "DAMNITT!!!" Zell got off from the top of the person he went flying with across the hall. It turns out the person was none other than Rinoa. Zell helped her up as fast as he could. He felt embarrassed and he was beet red.
"Oh my God, Rinoa. Uh I'm so sorry. Are you OK?" He felt so stupid. Rinoa was a little bit disoriented but other than that she was fine. "That's OK Zell. It's my fault to; I should've been watching where I was going. And I should have known you would be running through the hall ways like a maniac. It's hot dog time." Zell and Rinoa both laughed.
"Hey those things are so fricken good! I love them. They are the apple of my eye. They make me feel whole. They-" Rinoa had to cut him off short. Everyone knew that once Zell starts talking about his hotdogs there's no telling when he'll stop. "Uh, Zell have you seen Squall lately? I kind of want to talk to him." Zell got nervous and jumpy. "Uh, Squall? As in Squall Leonhart? As in my best friend? THE Squall???" Rinoa gave Zell an awkward look. "Umm, yeah. That Squall, Zell." Zell shook his head and crossed his arms. "Uh no, I haven't seen him. He's uh, a little blue today. Ah, as in feeling blue, he's um sick! Yeah…sick! Hehehe…" Zell was babbling and Rinoa thought it was a little strange why Zell was acting so weird. Even Zell always was weird, he was never THIS weird.
"You feeling OK Zell? You seem to be acting a little weird. Is something wrong?" Zell was sweating. "Nah, I'm fine. Nothings wrong at all. It's just my allergies. You know it is that time of the year. Well I really gotta go. Nice chatting with you. Maybe we can do this again some time?"
Before he could run off Rinoa grabbed him by the arm. "Wait. Can you give this to Squall when you see him? He needs to get this as soon as possible, ok? Don't forget. It's important." Rinoa handed Zell a letter. "Uh, ok. No prob. I'll give it to him after I get a bite to eat." Rinoa gave Zell a big smile. "Thanks Zell." Rinoa leaned up and gave Zell a quick kiss on the cheek, and then she went on her way.
Zell was stunned. He froze dead in his tracks. After he got his senses back, he put the letter in his pocket and made his way into the cafeteria. He hoped that Seifer hadn't seen that, he didn't want to get involved in the hellish mess that Squall was in. When Zell got to the cafeteria all the hot dogs were sold out.
"Oh man. The things I do for Squall. Him and his little girlfriend cost me a hot dog. Oh well. I might as well drop off this letter from Rinoa to him now. I don't wanna forget."
Zell walked to Squalls dorm and knocked on his door. Squall opened the door and Zell handed over the letter and made his way in his room. Squall took the letter, and with out saying a word he sat down nervously and opened the letter.
A/N: It's another cliff hanger. Sorry, but I had to do it. It makes the story more exciting. Ch. 6will be up real soon so don't worry. Don't forget to review. Thanks.