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Hey, last time I posted it was one o clock in the morning and I only got ONE review! :( this makes me sad.... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW!!! If only to say Hey! I don't care! It will tell me that people actually read this!
~Jess~
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I woke up that morning, lying on the cold hard floor. I had Squall's jacket pulled around my face and it was clinging to me, trying to keep me warm. The smell of the jacket had been fading before, but now it was completely gone. What a way to start my day... I thought. I sat up. Although the corner was the safest place to be, I needed a change. I got up and walked around, taking in all the markings on the walls. My eyes had been accustomed to the darkness, and now these little markings seemed very visible, which they had not been before.
Finally I decided to rest upon the cot, it had a thin mattress and the springs seemed to poke into me as I rested on it. Every time I made a movement, it would creak like crazy. Suddenly, I heard a voice outside, I pressed myself close to the mattress and tried to not move. The voice was Seifer's and he was pacing back and forth outside my door apparently talking on the telephone with someone. As he paused I slowly started to ease myself off the bed and crawled quietly across the floor toward the door. Pressing my ear to the door, I could make out some of what Seifer was saying.
"So they didn't find anything in Balamb?.... Good. So off to Timber they go. Well, I must say that you covered our tracks pretty well if even Squall Leonhart the oh so powerful one can't find anything. You sure they aren't keeping stuff from you?..... Yea.. Alright, well take care, make it go smoothly." Seifer hung up the phone then and stomped away. I didn't know what was making him so upset, but perhaps it was a good thing. Perhaps I would be taken back into the light very soon.
Later that day, after resting on the painful cot, I found the window in the room. It was small like most windows on ships and the panes were very thick. The window was pitched black, and it upset me. I missed the sun, I missed Squall, and I missed Garden... A wave of homesickness washed over me, I felt the longing grow deeper inside me. The smell of my lover was gone, and it was taking its toll on me emotionally. I just wanted someone, anyone to come in and tell me everything would be alright, or to hold me. I closed my eyes and envisioned Squall to be that person. Although he didn't seem like it, he was always very comforting, something not many people knew about him.
My back started to hurt from standing up too long. I went back over to the cot, I felt as though I couldn't sleep on the floor anymore. The cot wasn't the greatest place to sleep, but its filling kept me warm. Everything was a blur, time went by so slowly. All this wasted time that could have been spent with my husband. Not like this, not in my pregnancy laying on a cot with harsh springs, in a boat that didn't seem to rock, with an ex boyfriend looking for revenge. I curled up into a ball on the mattress and it seemed as though I passed out.
As they entered Timber, Squall and the others went to all my old haunts. Finding out very minimal information they began to get discouraged. They had checked the hotel, the pet shop, the old man's house, the bar. Everywhere someone could be in Timber they had checked. While Squall was waiting for the others, he sat on the wall above the trains, silently watching the people scurry to them or away. Squall sighed, this search was going no where fast. But that was until he saw Wedge.
"Wedge!" Squall screamed when he saw him. Quickly Squall bounded up to him.
Wedge looked at him curiously, but replied nicely, "Hey Squall, what's up?"
"A lot, I need some information. Have you seen Rinoa lately?"
"Yea, now look Squall, don't go chasing after her, it was made pretty obvious that she didn't wanna see you."
"What do you mean? Tell me everything you know," Squall said with an evil look on his face.
"Well, she was here with Seifer and Fuijin and Raijin. She seemed pretty upset. Seifer told me that he took her away from you because you had been beating her. That's not the kind of thing I like hearing about Squall, I saw the bruise on her neck."
"He's been hurting her badly?!" Squall yelled at Wedge.
Wedge looked at him curiously and replied, "What do you mean he? You're the one that's been hurting my dear friend Rinoa."
"No, Wedge you have it all wrong. She was taken away from me," Squall held up his ring, "Seifer wants revenge against me, and I dunno why. You hafta help me find Rinoa as soon as you can."
"Well he said that he was taking her out on a cruise."
"Did he say where?"
"No, sorry Squall. But now that you mention it, Rinoa was acting kinda weird. She didn't seem to happy to see me, not like usual."
"They probably drugged her. That's why she didn't know she was on a boat," Squall sighed. This was going nowhere like all his searching was.
"Yea, I would try places on the water."
"Thank you Wedge, I will do that right away. You didn't hear anything from Raijin or Fuijin?"
"Nope, although Fuijin had a black eye. I dunno what happened with that."
Squall's heart sank, Seifer had been hitting his own people. Even people that cared about him as Fuijin had. He left Wedge in peace, then started to look for all his friends to get on the Ragnarok and try somewhere else. All he thought of was all the ifs; If only he had gone with Rinoa to the nurse that day, if only Seifer didn't hate him, if only they did not have their wedding on TV. Anyone of these things could have prevented all this loss and he would still have his love, and his unborn child.
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Hey, pleaseeeee REVIEW!!!!!!!!
~Jess~
Hey, last time I posted it was one o clock in the morning and I only got ONE review! :( this makes me sad.... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW!!! If only to say Hey! I don't care! It will tell me that people actually read this!
~Jess~
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I woke up that morning, lying on the cold hard floor. I had Squall's jacket pulled around my face and it was clinging to me, trying to keep me warm. The smell of the jacket had been fading before, but now it was completely gone. What a way to start my day... I thought. I sat up. Although the corner was the safest place to be, I needed a change. I got up and walked around, taking in all the markings on the walls. My eyes had been accustomed to the darkness, and now these little markings seemed very visible, which they had not been before.
Finally I decided to rest upon the cot, it had a thin mattress and the springs seemed to poke into me as I rested on it. Every time I made a movement, it would creak like crazy. Suddenly, I heard a voice outside, I pressed myself close to the mattress and tried to not move. The voice was Seifer's and he was pacing back and forth outside my door apparently talking on the telephone with someone. As he paused I slowly started to ease myself off the bed and crawled quietly across the floor toward the door. Pressing my ear to the door, I could make out some of what Seifer was saying.
"So they didn't find anything in Balamb?.... Good. So off to Timber they go. Well, I must say that you covered our tracks pretty well if even Squall Leonhart the oh so powerful one can't find anything. You sure they aren't keeping stuff from you?..... Yea.. Alright, well take care, make it go smoothly." Seifer hung up the phone then and stomped away. I didn't know what was making him so upset, but perhaps it was a good thing. Perhaps I would be taken back into the light very soon.
Later that day, after resting on the painful cot, I found the window in the room. It was small like most windows on ships and the panes were very thick. The window was pitched black, and it upset me. I missed the sun, I missed Squall, and I missed Garden... A wave of homesickness washed over me, I felt the longing grow deeper inside me. The smell of my lover was gone, and it was taking its toll on me emotionally. I just wanted someone, anyone to come in and tell me everything would be alright, or to hold me. I closed my eyes and envisioned Squall to be that person. Although he didn't seem like it, he was always very comforting, something not many people knew about him.
My back started to hurt from standing up too long. I went back over to the cot, I felt as though I couldn't sleep on the floor anymore. The cot wasn't the greatest place to sleep, but its filling kept me warm. Everything was a blur, time went by so slowly. All this wasted time that could have been spent with my husband. Not like this, not in my pregnancy laying on a cot with harsh springs, in a boat that didn't seem to rock, with an ex boyfriend looking for revenge. I curled up into a ball on the mattress and it seemed as though I passed out.
As they entered Timber, Squall and the others went to all my old haunts. Finding out very minimal information they began to get discouraged. They had checked the hotel, the pet shop, the old man's house, the bar. Everywhere someone could be in Timber they had checked. While Squall was waiting for the others, he sat on the wall above the trains, silently watching the people scurry to them or away. Squall sighed, this search was going no where fast. But that was until he saw Wedge.
"Wedge!" Squall screamed when he saw him. Quickly Squall bounded up to him.
Wedge looked at him curiously, but replied nicely, "Hey Squall, what's up?"
"A lot, I need some information. Have you seen Rinoa lately?"
"Yea, now look Squall, don't go chasing after her, it was made pretty obvious that she didn't wanna see you."
"What do you mean? Tell me everything you know," Squall said with an evil look on his face.
"Well, she was here with Seifer and Fuijin and Raijin. She seemed pretty upset. Seifer told me that he took her away from you because you had been beating her. That's not the kind of thing I like hearing about Squall, I saw the bruise on her neck."
"He's been hurting her badly?!" Squall yelled at Wedge.
Wedge looked at him curiously and replied, "What do you mean he? You're the one that's been hurting my dear friend Rinoa."
"No, Wedge you have it all wrong. She was taken away from me," Squall held up his ring, "Seifer wants revenge against me, and I dunno why. You hafta help me find Rinoa as soon as you can."
"Well he said that he was taking her out on a cruise."
"Did he say where?"
"No, sorry Squall. But now that you mention it, Rinoa was acting kinda weird. She didn't seem to happy to see me, not like usual."
"They probably drugged her. That's why she didn't know she was on a boat," Squall sighed. This was going nowhere like all his searching was.
"Yea, I would try places on the water."
"Thank you Wedge, I will do that right away. You didn't hear anything from Raijin or Fuijin?"
"Nope, although Fuijin had a black eye. I dunno what happened with that."
Squall's heart sank, Seifer had been hitting his own people. Even people that cared about him as Fuijin had. He left Wedge in peace, then started to look for all his friends to get on the Ragnarok and try somewhere else. All he thought of was all the ifs; If only he had gone with Rinoa to the nurse that day, if only Seifer didn't hate him, if only they did not have their wedding on TV. Anyone of these things could have prevented all this loss and he would still have his love, and his unborn child.
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Hey, pleaseeeee REVIEW!!!!!!!!
~Jess~