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Zell and I took our time as we headed back up to his place. I loved the feeling of his hand entwined with mine, so much that I dreaded the time when he would have to let go. I looked up at the sky as we passed the hotel, so many stars were out and the moon here, it was massive! It wasn't like the moon back home that was for sure. I breathed in the cool air; perfectly content with the way the night had turned out.
'Leona?'
I turned my head to look at Zell, 'hm?'
'Its nothing, just you haven't said anything for the past ten minutes,' he said, his free hand rubbing the back of his neck. I smiled and squeezed his hand.
'I'm fine, Zell, just was enjoying the night,' I said as the two of us stepped up onto his front porch.
'Leona, this is what you want right?' he asked nervously.
'Why wouldn't I want it?' I asked then placed my free hand on his arm, 'look Zell; don't worry about anything ok? I mean, this is going to sound weird, but even when I knew you were just a game character I thought you were pretty cute,' I said, blushing. I hoped Zell couldn't see it in the darkness.
'Wow, really? I guess that's pretty cool but,'
I cut Zell off when I put a finger to his lips.
'Look, lets just enjoy the time we have together, yeah?' I asked. Zell nodded his head enthusiastically and pulled me into a giant hug.
'Man, I can't wait till I tell everyone!' he said then happily pulled the door open. Mrs.Dincht was no longer in the kitchen so the two of us ventured into the living room.
'Ma?' Zell called. He turned to me and I shrugged my shoulders, I didn't know where they were either.
'Maybe they left somewhere?' I guessed.
'Yeah maybe, but Ma would have left a note or something,' Zell said, looking around the living room.
'Maybe she did,' I said and helped him look. We split up and looked everywhere in the house but came up with nothing. We met back up in the main foyer both of us equally confused. I was about to say that they could have gone to Garden when the phone rang. Zell ran for it and picked it up.
'Hello? Oh hey squall,' he paused a couple minutes, obviously squall was saying something, 'what? Why'd they go back? Did Ma go with them? Uh huh, no.'
I walked over to the staircase and sat down on one of the steps, watching Zell pace back and forth with the phone to his ear. I sighed and rested my head in my arms.
'Well, why didn't they tell me? The hell, they could have left a note or something!' Zell said angrily then scratched the side of his head, sighing, 'yah yeah, we'll be back before then, but we gotta rent a car if Selphie and Irvine took ours,' he said then nodded a couple times, 'yeah ok squall, see ya.'
I stood up after Zell hung up the phone and looked at him curiously.
'Well, what's happened?'
Zell rubbed his head and sighed.
'Nothing, Ma just had a bit of a scare,' he said, chewing on his lower lip nervously.
'What do you mean by a 'scare?' I asked, starting to get worried.
'Selphie and Irvine told Squall that she had collapsed or something,' Zell explained softly.
'Oh Zell, I hope she's ok,' I said then followed him to the front door.
'Yeah, Dr.Kadowaki has her in the infirmary but Squall said she's doing ok,' he turned around and smiled at me as we headed over to the car rental place, 'he said she's already saying how she's gotta come back to Balamb.'
'That sounds like your Ma alright,' I said and waited as Zell paid for the rental car at the counter. After he did so the two of us climbed into the blue van he rented, Zell taking the drivers seat while I took the passengers. I buckled up my seat belt as Zell started the engine and pulled us out of the rental garage and through Balamb's front gate.
'I just hope she's ok,' Zell muttered softly to himself. I reached over and squeezed his hand that was on the steering wheel.
'She'll be fine Zell, I know I haven't known your Ma long but she seems like a fighter and I don't think her collapsing suddenly will stop her,' I said, chuckling lightly. Zell smiled and nodded his head in agreement.
'Whattya say we make this trip go a little quicker?' he asked, a sly grin spreading across his face. I tilted my head back and laughed as Zell pushed down on the accelerator, the car zooming down the winding road. I was a little afraid at first but realized Zell was a pretty good driver and before I knew it we had make it back to Garden in half the time it took to get there.
'How was that?' Zell asked, grinning wildly. I laughed and climbed out of the car, albeit unsteadily.
'It was fun if not terrifying,' I teased. Zell climbed out of the car and walked over to the parking lot entrance as I followed behind him.
'Yeah well, what can I say,' Zell said, shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly. I punched his arm lightly and followed him through Garden until we came to the infirmary. Dr.Kadowaki greeted us as we walked in (I remembered her from the very first day I woke up in the infirmary) and sowed us to the room Mrs.Dincht was staying in.
'Zell, honey! Tell Kadowaki here to let me free!' she said, chuckling as she pulled Zell into a tight embrace. Zell pulled back and smiled.
'No Ma, you gotta stay in here and rest, tomorrow you'll probably be able to come out,' he said then reached back to take my hand.
'Maybe you can talk tem into letting me go, Leona,' Ma Dincht said. I couldn't believe how bright and cheerful she was, I mean, it must have been scary to have suddenly collapsed.
'I don't think I can, and besides, I agree with them. I'd rather us be sure your ok then to let you go home and have something like that happen again,' I chastised. Ma Dincht waved it off and smiled.
'Naw, its nothing I can't handle,' she said then rubbed her head. I smiled and hugged Zell's arm. Dr.Kadowaki walked into the relatively small room and handed Ma Dincht two pills.
'Here take these, they'll help you rest better,' she said then handed ma Dincht a glass of water.
'What can we do?' Zell asked.
'Well, for now you can go to your dorms and get some rest yourselves, your ma should be just fine Zell. Just make sure you thank Selphie and Irvine for bringing her to me,' she said and pulled the blankets up to cover Ma Dincht. Zell leaned over and planted a kiss on Mrs.Dincht's brow.
'I'll see ya tomorrow morning, Ma,' he said.
Ma Dincht yawned, her eyes shutting, 'ok honey, good night Leona,' she said softly. 'Good night Mrs.Dincht,' I said, squeezing her hand.
'Call me Ma,' she instructed quietly, a small smile spreading across her lips. I smiled and laughed softly.
'Ok.'
'Alright you two, out you get, Mrs.Dincht needs her rest,' Dr.Kadowaki ordered as she 'shooed' us out of the infirmary. Zell took my hand again and the two of us started walking towards the dorms.
'I'm glad she's ok,' he said, sighing.
'Yeah, me too but I knew she'd~'
I was cut off when we heard someone call our names behind us. Zell and I turned around to see Squall slowly walking in our direction. He stopped in front of us and was about to say something when his eyes fell upon Zell's and mine entangled fingers.
'Are you two together?' he asked. Zell and I both blushed and nodded. Squall shook his head slowly, eyeing us skeptically, 'do you think that's a good idea?' he asked.
'What do you mean 'do you think it's a good idea'?' Zell asked angrily, 'of course it is!'
'You don't seem to understand what I mean, Zell,' squall said, putting a hand to his forehead, 'look, its after hours so we shouldn't be discussing this in the halls, come see me tomorrow morning,' he said, walking away. Zell and I called back out to him but he didn't answer, just kept walking.
'What's wrong with Squall? Why doesn't he want us to be together?' I wondered aloud.
'I don't know, we'll have to see why tomorrow morning,' Zell said then sighed, 'come on, I'll take ya to your dorm,' he said, as the two of us began to walk again.
'We better remember to also thank Irvine and Selphie when we see them tomorrow,' I said as we turned a corner and walked down the long hall to my dorm. Zell nodded his head in agreement as we stopped in front of my dorm door.
'Well, I'll uh... See you tomorrow morning, I guess huh?' Zell said, scratching the back of his head. I loved it when he did that; he looked so cute, especially when he was blushing as he did it!
'Yeah, night night,' I said then leaned over and kisses him on the lips. Zell blushed even darker then watched me as I walked into my dorm room, shutting the door behind him. I leaned against the door, a silly grin plastered to my face as I listened to Zell's 'OHHHH YEAAHH!' he was so adorable. I stood up and walked over to my bed, peeling off my clothes as I did so. It was so unreal, someone I had thought to only be only a video game character, someone who could never exist in real life, was real here, in this strange world. I shook my head and pulled on my PJ's and climbed under the warm coy covers. Who cares if this place wasn't real back in my world, I was here now and it sure as hell was real so why complain? Not only that but I've met all these great new people and also have snagged myself a total sweetheart.
'Your friends would be soo envious of you right now, Leona,' I said to myself then leaned over and turned off the lamp. I was going to enjoy my time here and nothing was going to stop that.
A/N: hi! Sorry its been taking so long to get the chapters up! But I am working on the next chapter as we speak! You'll have to stay tuned to see what happens next! Also, I'm thinking of putting some action into this, a little history to Leona that she never knew about. Tell me what you think of that idea! Thanks to everyone who has read and reviewed, it means a lot to me! Also, please everyone who is reading this right now and hasn't reviewed; please do so, thanks! =)
-Dinchtbaby
Zell and I took our time as we headed back up to his place. I loved the feeling of his hand entwined with mine, so much that I dreaded the time when he would have to let go. I looked up at the sky as we passed the hotel, so many stars were out and the moon here, it was massive! It wasn't like the moon back home that was for sure. I breathed in the cool air; perfectly content with the way the night had turned out.
'Leona?'
I turned my head to look at Zell, 'hm?'
'Its nothing, just you haven't said anything for the past ten minutes,' he said, his free hand rubbing the back of his neck. I smiled and squeezed his hand.
'I'm fine, Zell, just was enjoying the night,' I said as the two of us stepped up onto his front porch.
'Leona, this is what you want right?' he asked nervously.
'Why wouldn't I want it?' I asked then placed my free hand on his arm, 'look Zell; don't worry about anything ok? I mean, this is going to sound weird, but even when I knew you were just a game character I thought you were pretty cute,' I said, blushing. I hoped Zell couldn't see it in the darkness.
'Wow, really? I guess that's pretty cool but,'
I cut Zell off when I put a finger to his lips.
'Look, lets just enjoy the time we have together, yeah?' I asked. Zell nodded his head enthusiastically and pulled me into a giant hug.
'Man, I can't wait till I tell everyone!' he said then happily pulled the door open. Mrs.Dincht was no longer in the kitchen so the two of us ventured into the living room.
'Ma?' Zell called. He turned to me and I shrugged my shoulders, I didn't know where they were either.
'Maybe they left somewhere?' I guessed.
'Yeah maybe, but Ma would have left a note or something,' Zell said, looking around the living room.
'Maybe she did,' I said and helped him look. We split up and looked everywhere in the house but came up with nothing. We met back up in the main foyer both of us equally confused. I was about to say that they could have gone to Garden when the phone rang. Zell ran for it and picked it up.
'Hello? Oh hey squall,' he paused a couple minutes, obviously squall was saying something, 'what? Why'd they go back? Did Ma go with them? Uh huh, no.'
I walked over to the staircase and sat down on one of the steps, watching Zell pace back and forth with the phone to his ear. I sighed and rested my head in my arms.
'Well, why didn't they tell me? The hell, they could have left a note or something!' Zell said angrily then scratched the side of his head, sighing, 'yah yeah, we'll be back before then, but we gotta rent a car if Selphie and Irvine took ours,' he said then nodded a couple times, 'yeah ok squall, see ya.'
I stood up after Zell hung up the phone and looked at him curiously.
'Well, what's happened?'
Zell rubbed his head and sighed.
'Nothing, Ma just had a bit of a scare,' he said, chewing on his lower lip nervously.
'What do you mean by a 'scare?' I asked, starting to get worried.
'Selphie and Irvine told Squall that she had collapsed or something,' Zell explained softly.
'Oh Zell, I hope she's ok,' I said then followed him to the front door.
'Yeah, Dr.Kadowaki has her in the infirmary but Squall said she's doing ok,' he turned around and smiled at me as we headed over to the car rental place, 'he said she's already saying how she's gotta come back to Balamb.'
'That sounds like your Ma alright,' I said and waited as Zell paid for the rental car at the counter. After he did so the two of us climbed into the blue van he rented, Zell taking the drivers seat while I took the passengers. I buckled up my seat belt as Zell started the engine and pulled us out of the rental garage and through Balamb's front gate.
'I just hope she's ok,' Zell muttered softly to himself. I reached over and squeezed his hand that was on the steering wheel.
'She'll be fine Zell, I know I haven't known your Ma long but she seems like a fighter and I don't think her collapsing suddenly will stop her,' I said, chuckling lightly. Zell smiled and nodded his head in agreement.
'Whattya say we make this trip go a little quicker?' he asked, a sly grin spreading across his face. I tilted my head back and laughed as Zell pushed down on the accelerator, the car zooming down the winding road. I was a little afraid at first but realized Zell was a pretty good driver and before I knew it we had make it back to Garden in half the time it took to get there.
'How was that?' Zell asked, grinning wildly. I laughed and climbed out of the car, albeit unsteadily.
'It was fun if not terrifying,' I teased. Zell climbed out of the car and walked over to the parking lot entrance as I followed behind him.
'Yeah well, what can I say,' Zell said, shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly. I punched his arm lightly and followed him through Garden until we came to the infirmary. Dr.Kadowaki greeted us as we walked in (I remembered her from the very first day I woke up in the infirmary) and sowed us to the room Mrs.Dincht was staying in.
'Zell, honey! Tell Kadowaki here to let me free!' she said, chuckling as she pulled Zell into a tight embrace. Zell pulled back and smiled.
'No Ma, you gotta stay in here and rest, tomorrow you'll probably be able to come out,' he said then reached back to take my hand.
'Maybe you can talk tem into letting me go, Leona,' Ma Dincht said. I couldn't believe how bright and cheerful she was, I mean, it must have been scary to have suddenly collapsed.
'I don't think I can, and besides, I agree with them. I'd rather us be sure your ok then to let you go home and have something like that happen again,' I chastised. Ma Dincht waved it off and smiled.
'Naw, its nothing I can't handle,' she said then rubbed her head. I smiled and hugged Zell's arm. Dr.Kadowaki walked into the relatively small room and handed Ma Dincht two pills.
'Here take these, they'll help you rest better,' she said then handed ma Dincht a glass of water.
'What can we do?' Zell asked.
'Well, for now you can go to your dorms and get some rest yourselves, your ma should be just fine Zell. Just make sure you thank Selphie and Irvine for bringing her to me,' she said and pulled the blankets up to cover Ma Dincht. Zell leaned over and planted a kiss on Mrs.Dincht's brow.
'I'll see ya tomorrow morning, Ma,' he said.
Ma Dincht yawned, her eyes shutting, 'ok honey, good night Leona,' she said softly. 'Good night Mrs.Dincht,' I said, squeezing her hand.
'Call me Ma,' she instructed quietly, a small smile spreading across her lips. I smiled and laughed softly.
'Ok.'
'Alright you two, out you get, Mrs.Dincht needs her rest,' Dr.Kadowaki ordered as she 'shooed' us out of the infirmary. Zell took my hand again and the two of us started walking towards the dorms.
'I'm glad she's ok,' he said, sighing.
'Yeah, me too but I knew she'd~'
I was cut off when we heard someone call our names behind us. Zell and I turned around to see Squall slowly walking in our direction. He stopped in front of us and was about to say something when his eyes fell upon Zell's and mine entangled fingers.
'Are you two together?' he asked. Zell and I both blushed and nodded. Squall shook his head slowly, eyeing us skeptically, 'do you think that's a good idea?' he asked.
'What do you mean 'do you think it's a good idea'?' Zell asked angrily, 'of course it is!'
'You don't seem to understand what I mean, Zell,' squall said, putting a hand to his forehead, 'look, its after hours so we shouldn't be discussing this in the halls, come see me tomorrow morning,' he said, walking away. Zell and I called back out to him but he didn't answer, just kept walking.
'What's wrong with Squall? Why doesn't he want us to be together?' I wondered aloud.
'I don't know, we'll have to see why tomorrow morning,' Zell said then sighed, 'come on, I'll take ya to your dorm,' he said, as the two of us began to walk again.
'We better remember to also thank Irvine and Selphie when we see them tomorrow,' I said as we turned a corner and walked down the long hall to my dorm. Zell nodded his head in agreement as we stopped in front of my dorm door.
'Well, I'll uh... See you tomorrow morning, I guess huh?' Zell said, scratching the back of his head. I loved it when he did that; he looked so cute, especially when he was blushing as he did it!
'Yeah, night night,' I said then leaned over and kisses him on the lips. Zell blushed even darker then watched me as I walked into my dorm room, shutting the door behind him. I leaned against the door, a silly grin plastered to my face as I listened to Zell's 'OHHHH YEAAHH!' he was so adorable. I stood up and walked over to my bed, peeling off my clothes as I did so. It was so unreal, someone I had thought to only be only a video game character, someone who could never exist in real life, was real here, in this strange world. I shook my head and pulled on my PJ's and climbed under the warm coy covers. Who cares if this place wasn't real back in my world, I was here now and it sure as hell was real so why complain? Not only that but I've met all these great new people and also have snagged myself a total sweetheart.
'Your friends would be soo envious of you right now, Leona,' I said to myself then leaned over and turned off the lamp. I was going to enjoy my time here and nothing was going to stop that.
A/N: hi! Sorry its been taking so long to get the chapters up! But I am working on the next chapter as we speak! You'll have to stay tuned to see what happens next! Also, I'm thinking of putting some action into this, a little history to Leona that she never knew about. Tell me what you think of that idea! Thanks to everyone who has read and reviewed, it means a lot to me! Also, please everyone who is reading this right now and hasn't reviewed; please do so, thanks! =)
-Dinchtbaby