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My footsteps made that irritating and loud clapping noise as I walked down the empty corridor on my way to my room. I had managed to write less than 2000 words in the remaining 4 hours I had left with Margaret and now I was just going to…sleep? No listen to music. Play the Sony…nah.

In my bedroom I slumped onto my bed and grabbed my bear, stitches, from the table looked at him. I got stitches 4 years ago when I went to hospital for a week because I got my hand stuck on some barbwire. There's a fence around the back of the palace and I tried to climb it but unfortunately I learnt that it had barbwire on top…the hard way. So yeah, stitches is my mate.

Not my only mate though. Dave, a friend from school takes me out around Esthar sometimes when he knows I need some air. His girlfriend Jenny tags along too. Their cool. They've been my friends since…well I can't remember now. We hang out whenever we can, but whenever we can is pretty rare. That's when Mitch comes into play.

Mitch is kinda my personal bodyguard type thing and he always has to know where I'm going why, when ill be back and so on and so forth. He keeps Laguna informed on every little thing I do and makes sure he scolds me in the toughest ways possible.

" Squall your father is back. Come out here now and see him"

Speak of the devil.

I put stitches back on the table and lazily got up from my bed. Mitch walked down to the helicopter landing and I waited for Laguna to come over and say " Hi Squall nice to be back" Then walk off. He did almost just that.

His two bodyguards' were holding his suitcases and he had a backpack slung over one arm. Mitch smiled and shook his hand. " Mr. president I hope your are glad to back"

'Yes thankyou, and how are you studies going Squall?"

" Fine"

" Very well, Ill be in my office, I need to prepare for that meetings with the Galbadian general"

Done. He's back home so now I can go back to my room and do nothing.

Wrong.

"Squall in about half an hour go and wait outside Mr. presidents office"

" Fine"

Mitch stayed and I walked back to my room. My room was big but not huge. I had a computer, heaps of game consoles and a lounge in the corner in front of wide screen T.V brilliant huh?

No.

A minute before I was supposed to leave and go to Laguna's office Dave rang me.

" Dave! You have to save me! Mitch changed the rules so I havta work 5 hours every day!"

" Calm own man, that still leaves you with about 19 hours of play"

" I do need sleep though"

"Says who?"

" Yeah, yeah anyway I need you to pick me up at…7 p.m.?"

"Alright I'll be there, seeya"

" Later"

So that was done. I made my way to Laguna's office and waited outside for a while before one of his advisers let me in.

He was sitting at his desk packing some papers into a suitcase.

"Squall, please sit down for a moment"

" I just got off the phone with the general. He is going to be coming down here to Esthar and going through some plans with me. Meanwhile I would like you to show his daughter around Esthar. She will be staying here at the palace."

Oh just brilliant. I had to put up with some nosy, posh, stuck up…

" Squall I know you don't normally do this kind of thing but she will be needing to stay here. The general wanted her to be in safe hands and be close to him. Understood?"

I banged my head down on the table. " My life is over"

" Squall?"

He used that same toned he always used when he was disciplining me. Yeah the one he uses all the time.

" Whatever"

I got up and walked out. I knew that this was going to be hard. But hey how bad could it be to just show some little girl around the place? I'll just be a tour guide for a few minutes, then ignore her for the rest. She'll get the picture. Yep, perfect plan.

Not.

"Dad I'll be fine. You know how much security that place has anyway and I'm sure some rich kid isn't going to try and kill me or anything"

" Sweetie I'm just concerned that's all. I'll check up on you every chance I get ok"

" Ok"

On my way to Esthar. Going to a palace and staying with the president's Loire's son. This was not my idea of a holiday. Dad had promised me that he would take me away somewhere for the holidays and he chose to take me to Esthar? I mean it's not like I don't like the place. It's huge, has the most popular people in it and every person I know dreams of spending ages there, let alone with the presidents son. But I had wanted to go to out with my friends and have a good time at home on my own while dad was away. But no. Dad thought going to Esthar would be a great opportunity.

The scenery outside the plane window was pretty boring. No forests or lakes or anything of the sort. Just plain boring desert. This would probably be the best chance I had of getting any sleep, but Dad thought otherwise.

" You know there really is a lot of history in Esthar that would be useful to know. Like how long it took to build it and the amount of trouble the people went through while getting it built. You know the government of Galbadia wasn't properly formed back then but I think you'll find that…"

I lost interest in the conversation. He just sat there talking and talking and talking some more. Sure Esthar had some great history all right.

" And what about the presidents son…hmm…I think his name is Squall or something along the lines of that"

I peeled my eyes off the window and started listening.

" Yes that's it. I heard he does schooling in the holidays as well. Just feel lucky your not in that position"

" Oh yes, very lucky"

" I think he's about 17 or so"

He chuckled a bit.

" Your age! Nice coincidence isn't it?"

" Uh huh"

" Honestly you have nothing to worry about. Esthar will be great and I'm sure Squall will show all the great views from the top"

" Wonderful"

My eyes were back on the window and I began to miss home more then ever. I didn't exactly know how long I was going to stay in Esthar but I hoped it wouldn't be for too long. Long holidays never worked out.

I had decided to bring my cat with me. Her name is Ginger. I called her that because the first plush toy I got was a kitten and I had named it Ginger. When my toy kitten got chewed up by a dog Dad bought me a real kitten so I just named it Ginger again.

Ginger sat on my lap, curled up asleep. We were on Dads private plane so we didn't need to worry about her. Her little ears twitching every now and then.

" We're almost there, just sit back and have a rest if you want"

Thankyou. Finally.

I laid my head back onto the pillow on my seat and looked back out the window. We would probably arrive in Esthar tonight, late. I'm sure Squall, or who ever would be asleep.

My mobile rang. I desperately hoped it Danielle.

" Danni?"

"You guessed it"

" Danni! Hi! I'm almost there"

" Great! You make sure you call me when you're there ok? I wanna know what I'm missing out on!"

" Don't worry I'll call you"

" Good. So have you heard anything about this guy?"

" What guy?"

" The presidents son! Duh! I heard he was cute"

" Oh Danni honestly I'm not looking forward to it. I bet he just some ugly snob"

" Rin! What's gotten into you! Of course he's gonna be cute!"

" Yeah whatever ill send you a postcard if you want"

" Sure thing!. Anyway I've got to go ok, Ring me!"

" Ok I will, bye"

I put my mobile back in my pocket and laid back again. I'm Rinoa Heartily. I'm Turning 17 this year and I'm on my way to stay with a guy my best friend is in love with. Oh happy days.

Authors note: I think I really like this chapter. Thanks again for reading! And thankyou sooooo much to all who reviewed my last chapter! Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou! Please review everyone it really does mean a lot to me! J