A/N: A real shortie. I'm at a loss for words. Enjoy.

Eight:

Her girls had worked tirelessly to prepare her for the night of her life. She remembered Tidus's offer, and she knew her answer. It was No. Of course she wasn't some nature freak who wanted to be in the woods the whole time. She only did that because she was just plain sick of hanging around school all afternoon, and there was nowhere else that she could think of to get peace and quiet.

Was that entirely true? Or did she occasionally enjoy hearing the songs of birds, the green trees, and the fresh air.

She didn't know who she had transformed into but her new character was surely making her mother jealous. Even before she was able to walk out of the front door, she was told to stop.

" Hold it right there missy."

" Yes?" She casually turned to regard the scrutinizing eyes of her mother.

Her mother sighed as she leaned on the edge of the stove thinking of what to tell her only daughter. Thinking was much too difficult.

" Just don't stay out all night!" She scolded and gave her a warning finger along with a pair of sharp eyes. Yuna knew what she meant.

It didn't mean she would listen to her though.

She didn't know that Seifer owned a Porsche Boxster but it only added to her list of things that impressed her about him. She jumped into the side seat and moved over to kiss him. He took her over with one arm and smiled.

" Like the car?" He asked

" All I can say is..WOW. Can I drive it sometime?" She looked at him eagerly

" Well..." He pretended to think, but as for the moment, his mind was pretty much made up.

As he stepped on the gas kicking up water that glistened in the light of the street lamps on that cool night, he reared his head back while on the wheel to look confident. His other arm still around Yuna. His music preference was much more Metallica. Nothing wrong with them, except in Yuna's opinion.

" Uhh how much of this do you have?" She remembered how the car music always helped to improve one's driving mood, and just how important it's role was in the drive. Only one person had taught her that.

" Go ahead and hit the radio."

She found Sk8er Boi but when she passed over one of Seifer's favorites he began to tease her about it, until it ended up in his favor. She just didn't want to upset him. Not on the first time they were dating each other.

The restaurant was almost full, but when the service didn't come his temper was quick to rise. Not all the way but she could sense the type of man who she was dealing with. A little too aggressive for her tastes but she decided that she would make do. After all she was changing as well.

" Listen. I think it's okay if maybe we just hang back a little maybe?"

" No." Seifer told her. " You wanted to eat here. I'm not going to let this restaurant think they can get the better of us when we came with good money."

He didn't need to prove her how serious he was. It was written all over him. Seifer was the type of person who would eventually get what he wanted when he was determined enough. His determination was inspiring, but at the same time it was scary. A person only needed to go so far in getting what they wanted. If it had been a certain someone else.... she could have imagined just what would have happened.

" Listen uhh..do you really want to eat here badly because I think there's another place nearby. It may not be as fancy but I think I'll die if I don't eat soon. How about you?" Tidus stomach groaned in the dream he looked down and nervously chuckled as Yuna laughed. The evidence made itself known.

" Well...okay. I guess..yeah. It'll be hours before we get served here." She shrugged as she laughed and walked out under his guiding arm. Feeling his tummy with her hand.

" Tell him to stop moaning. We'll get food soon."

Tidus laughed again as they walked outside, hand in hand.

" Hey wake up already. We got a table." Seifer waved his hand in front of her as she stared at the lobster tank.

" Huh? Oh."

The meal was quieter than the time they spent waiting. It was a pain to feel embarrassed for someone as antsy as Seifer, but there were other qualities that she knew he had.

Looking down at the juicy chicken and lo mein she began to flash back to how it was when she first started hanging around him. Beatrix shoved her in his direction, and it was a simple question of math homework. He couldn't resist. Al of a sudden the studying stopped, and it led to TV, and laughs, just the way it had before, but this time when he began cracking too many jokes she felt inclined to hit him with her pillow, pillow fights led to wrestling and slight touching within the next few study sessions, soon they forgot about the final exams all together, and began dropping by each other's places more often. Seifer was much harder to excuse because of his smart mouth, but he always knew how to amuse Yuna, and influence her with the idea that she was becoming a bad girl....the newest member of the bitch crew. Ain't that a bitch!?

" So it's been awhile, and I've been thinking about all the favors you did for me. Usually I'm not even a person to say thanks, but I guess you deserve it. You're much different than all the others I know, so I bought this for you. Took a lot out of my pocket too, but I figured..."

" Oh. Seifer really...you didn't have to-"

" Hey." He objected, then toned himself down to a calm smile all over again " I got this because I care for you. I don't know what you're thinking now, but to me it means a lot that I do these things for you every once in awhile okay?"

" That's what I wanted to talk about...the gifts...really, they're nice, but you don't have to crown me the 'Queen of England' or anything like that-"

" Yuna?" Seifer interrupted "Can I finish?"

He was always like that. Sometimes it was just plain funny. Occasionally, it was annoying. If she didn't know better, the man was trying to 'think' for her. Not to be mean, but Seifer sometimes had trouble doing that for himself.

Funny thing you mention Queen, I can't believe they were auctioning this but it's one ring that you'd cherish for an eternity. Even some of the richest women on the planet have been fighting for this, but it's all yours. An exotic queen's bracelet. Dug out of African ruins too.

" That's what they told you huh?" Yuna guessed. She was right about that, but it didn't look fake. The shine of it was bright enough to attack her eyes...yep that was gold alright. Wow. How much-"

" Fifty thou."

" FIFTY-" Seifer put his finger on her lips. She shut up instantly

" Nice one huh, but you don't have to thank me. Really I don't mind at all. Quit bein so worried about it eh?"

Perhaps he was a person who simply tried too hard. They only went to the club because they had nothing else to do that night but he was good on the dance floor, and he stayed closer to her, but he wasn't all that drunk. She remembered that Tidus was smashed damn near out of his mind. There was a big difference.

She had been anticipating the night for a long time. Finally it came, and just when she thought she had moved on, she was bugged by the image of Tidus again. Seifer didn't notice it at first, but he eventually became paranoid.

She couldn't help it. She remembered how he put his hands on her waist and led down to her butt. She gasped but he just rocked his eyebrows and kept going. She remembered how she couldn't help but laugh at that one.

She felt that she HAD to adjust to Seifer, if not then there would be a problem. When he wanted it freaky it was 'freak hour' with no questions asked. If Beatrix were there, she would probably have fun. Yuna wasn't so sure she was having fun anymore.

" Whew! I'm out of it. You wanna get a drink before it's closing time?"

" Uhh I really think we should head out."

She was crossing her fingers and hoping that he would understand.

" Nonsense babe. Come on. Just one."

" Noo." She tried to make it sound gentle but the part of her that was fed up had come out. She wanted to go back home.

" What do you mean no?" Seifer's temper was short. He tried to play it off by laughing but part of him was still wondering

(what the hell does she mean by 'no?' Must be out her mind)

He decided that an argument would ruin things. She had a long night, and it was time to head back. He opened the door for her, but the way he slammed it carelessly most likely made her wonder what sort of mood he was in.

She thought that she could call it a seventy percent good experience when it was over and she was back in her room. Ironically, she wanted to be alone there rather than sitting in the car. When she rode around with Tidus, she never wanted to go home. Then there was something else that bugged her. Seifer would probably ask for one since he had been pushing her all night. He was just that type of person, but Yuna wasn't exactly sure that she wanted to kiss him at all. What would she do when she got to the front door? Realizing that there was another obstacle in front of her goal which was to get inside the home at 2:00 and fall asleep, sunk her hopes.

It was hard seeing the road signs even with the hi-beam lights on, but she swore that Seifer missed a turn. She had to open her mouth eventually.

" Hey weren't we supposed to take the parkway up to Eagle street?"

Seifer didn't respond for a long while. Fed up with his silence Yuna tried to ask him again, but he continued going.

He parked by the cliff. Just like in all the high school movies where the monster showed up, and Yuna could tell there was one close by. She felt the beasts' presence even more as Seifer pulled out the key.

" Seifer what are you doing?"

He didn't tell her. He just made it happen.

She fought to break free at first. She even scratched him but he continued forward and dug into her. It was no use screaming, they were out in the middle of nowhere. She wouldn't have been anymore surprised if he had been planning it the entire time.

Tired, weary shoes came into the family courtyard past the gate holding a woman whose beauty had been ravaged by anxious hands. Hands that held her across her waist. Her head fell back, her feet dragging across the floor where tiny blood drops fell. Tears could still be seen in the woman's eyes as the man who kept shaded hiding his hat over his face snuck up to the front door, dropped her raining, soaking wet body on the patio, rang the doorbell twice and rushed into the bushes out of sight.

Braska opened the door slightly. The maids and the butler were attending to other business, and he just happened to be the only one downstairs at the time. He almost didn't want to believe what he saw, but part of him expected that one of those nights would end up having him looking down at what he saw.

Holding his own daughter with tears brimming on his eyes he clenched his teeth in the rain, he saw there was blood on his fingertips. It couldn't be....It just couldn't be. could it?

Datsh it fa Now peeps.I'm never fond of making Seifer the ultimate asshole but there was no one else I could use. I'll be roll'nout wit sum newsshiit prettah soon, but I gotsa new job to worry bout soon. Sorry if the chapter's too short but there wasn't much I could say about it. I could think about doing a chap remake to improve this one but you'll understand if I want to keep rollin with the rest of this story

Preview of next chapter: "Daddy?" Her eyes opened slightly as her voice croaked out with blood on the tip of it.

" GET A DOCTOR IN HERE!" Braska turned to yell to the door.