Disclaimer: I do not own anything from final fantasy 8
Dave turned up at 7 and I told Mitch the usual stuff. We went out to the Cazma Drink n Pool pub. It's not a sleazy pub. All my mates go there. We play pool. Sometimes we have a can beer but its pretty rare and neither of us ever come home drunk. It's just a great place to hang out. Jenny, Dave and another one my mates Mike, played pool with me. Mike ended up winning. He's a champion at pool.
Unfortunately Mitch gave me a curfew. 10 p.m. sharp. Dave drove me back.
"Sorry man. I'll help ya get revenge on him when you get out of that place"
" Yeah thanks that's only if you're willing to wait until I'm 30"
Once home. I just dove straight into to bed. That girl would probably be here by now and I didn't exactly want to meet her right now. She could wait until morning. I wanted to sleep in and be woken up by a very angry Mitch waiting outside my door at 2.pm yelling at me to get up and meet our guest. Yeah that would be nice.
It didn't happen. I woke up at 6.am and I couldn't get back to sleep no matter how hard I tried. I gave up my fantasy and grabbed a bowl of cereal from the kitchen and sat down in front of the large glass window in the lounge room that covered an entire wall. No, I didn't sit in front of T.V I sat in front of a window. I liked it better.
When I finished eating I put my bowl on the bench next to me and pushed it. The bowl skidded along the bench until it hit the sink and fell in with a bit of a crash. But nothing broke. I silently whispered "Score!" and put my feet up on the table looking out on Esthar.
A lot of people were up and walking about. I saw quite a few people doing their morning jog and a bunch of kids walking with their mother. One of the kids threw a tantrum and starting jumping up and down yelling. The mother tried to calm the kid but then they all starting yelling and jumping. I felt so sorry for her. But then strangely she bent down and gave the youngest one a hug. All the kids stopped yelling and held their mum's hand and kept walking.
I felt kinda strange. Loneliness? Jealousy? Nah. Not me.
" Is this a favorite past time?"
I turned my head to see who belonged to the female voice I heard and saw her.
She raised an eyebrow and sighed.
" I'm Rinoa, you know the girl that's staying with you for a while"
" Generals daughter?"
" Yeah that's me"
" Oh ok, I'm Squall"
" Nice to meet you…so are you gonna show me around this afternoon?"
I remembered the plans I made with Dave. A pity really, she was gorgeous.
She had black hair down to her chest and a black tank top with small denim shorts. She 'really' was pretty…but I 'really' had promised Dave.
"Uh…no sorry iv'e got plans already, maybe tonight"
I got up and made a move to leave but she stopped me.
" Plans? What kind of plans?"
" Baseball practice"
"Oh…that important is it?
" Yes it is actually"
" I thought you were supposed to be showing me around?"
"Yeah I know, but I'm not exactly a tour guide, I do have plans too you know"
" Geez thanks"
" No problem"
She looked at me in an angry way and I just smiled back in a sarcastic way. I could tell she didn't like me but hey, the feeling's mutual.
I left her fuming in the lunge room and went back to my room to get ready for baseball practice. Dave and I usually play at the oval in front of the presidential palace. I like to bat while he's a good bowler. Jenny just watches and runs around picking balls up. It's great.
On my way to the oval to set up I ran in Margaret.
" Leonheart, don't forget your lesson with me today at 6 p.m. If your not there Mitch will be informed so make sure you turn up"
She just walked straight past me then. I felt like saying " Yeah ok I'll be there 10" but I held back.
I ran into Rinoa also.
" I'm coming with you"
" Why?"
" I don't exactly have anything else better to do and it's a miracle I even found you. This place is like a maze"
" Fine"
I rolled my eyes and figured that this was definitely going to be a long day.
" Who was that lady you spoke to just then?"
" Margaret, she teaches me in the holidays"
I could just see her grin even if she was standing behind me.
" Oh yeah…ok"
You won't be smiling for long missy.
" So tell me Miss Heartily why exactly have you come to Esthar? Was it to annoy me?"
" I came because my Dad made me. He said I should learn more about Esthar…and he wants me to be safe"
She had a little bit of anger in her voice. But I was glad.
Mitch came around the corner. Why, why me.
" Ellone is here. She's at the helicopter landing. She'll come down to see you tonight"
" Oh ok great. Tell her I'll meet her in the gardens"
" Fine and make sure you be a proper host for our guest"
His voice had daggers attached to it. I swear.
I pocked my tongue at him when he turned back around and left. I was glad he didn't see me because he usually does. Then he'll punish me like extra hours with Margaret or grounding me for weeks. Just the usual stuff.
" Who was that?"
I was glad her voice showed absolutely no tone as to liking him.
" That was Mitch. My bodyguard and watcher"
" You don't like him?"
" Of course not"
A very 'Matter of Fact' tone.
No more interruptions. Just get to the oval. Get to the oval.
Authors Note: Wow I think this is probably one of my most quickest updates. I'm glad I've gotten this far into the fic. Thanks again for reading. I'll keep the updates coming.