The Ball!
"A…a…choo!"
Oh no. Half an hour until I'm meant to be going to the ball and I'm getting a cold. Oh please. I grabbed my extra towel off the bed and wrapped in around my wet hair. Rubbing it around furiously in an attempt to dry it, I grabbed my comb off the table and started brushing it.
"Ouch…ouch…ouch…Ow!"
The comb caught on my hair. I tugged at it, putting my foot on the dresser to balance myself. It came loose and I fell to floor in a heap.
" Just get dressed," I growled to myself." Get dressed"
My dress hung from the closet. Carefully I took it down. I was dry now so slid my dress on and enjoyed the silky feeling of the white, flowing skirt. Someone knocked at the door.
" Hey Rinoa! Its me Ellone, do you need an help?"
" Er yes please!"
Ellone walked in and laughed. She told me a few things about not breaking the brush while doing your hair because it sets a bad image…or something like that. She brushed my hair and applied makeup. I had decided to be drastic and instead of getting my long dark hair tied up all fancy…I cut it. The hairdresser did a good job. It was just above my shoulders and layered to sit neatly around my face. Ellone brushed some glitter through my hair and I was done.
"Finally…"
Ellone and I walked out into the hallway near the elevator. Jenny was there waiting for us. She was wearing a very short silver dress with a fluffy, white shawl. Her perky hair was tied up like a flowing waterfall.
"Rinny! You look gorgeous! The boys should be here soon"
She gave me a wink when she said 'boys'.
"Ok you guys have fun ok?" Ellone said.
I frowned. " Aren't you coming?"
" No I have a meeting to attend to in Galbadia tomorrow morning so I'm leaving tonight…ill see you later!" She walked into the elevator and left us alone.
I sighed. The boys were taking their sweet time.
" Hey Jenny, what are the 'boys' wearing?"
She smiled evilly. " Well they're just wearing plain suits, not tuxedo's…or as I call them, penguin suits"
I smiled. Phew I couldn't stand to see Squall and Irvine in a penguin suit. We heard someone or something stomping up the stairs. It turned out to be Quistis. She ran up to us both and hugged us. She was wearing a long red, body hugging dress.
" Omigosh! You two look…perfect!. Those boys are going to be so stunned they wont know what to say!" We beamed at her comments and smiled shyly. Quistis was interrupted by someone whistling behind her.
You know in movies when people see something so amazing, their jaw drops? Well I never believed in stuff like that. Until know, because my jaw dropped. Squall's did too.
Dave and Squall stood by the elevator in their suits looking…gorgeous. Dave smiled his cheesy smile and walked up to Jenny, giving her a big hug.
" Well…your looking…good" Squall muttered. I smiled and raised an eyebrow, " So are you" We stood there looking at each other for a while until Quistis broke the silence. "Ok kids lets go! We don't want to keep them waiting do we!"
We had to walk down a large staircase in couples and into the ballroom. Dave and Jenny went first. When I walked down with Squall I was truly amazed. In the center was a large dance floor filled with people next to a stage. Tables were scattered around the sides and one thing that I thought was the best was the giant chandelier and the ice sculptures.
When we reached the bottom we walked up to Dave and Jenny. " Well what do you think?" Jenny asked me. " It's…great. I've never been to a ball before and this is…is…beyond my expectations. Honestly!" She laughed with me and we walked over to one of the tables.
I met up with a lot of Ellone's friends and had a quick chat. But mostly I walked around with Jenny. I sat down at a table with her. " So Jenny…I've been meaning to talk to you about…um…your name" She smiled and leaned in closer. " You mean my real name" She giggled and started explaining. " I know it sounds a bit um…crazy…but Dave and I are on a witness protection program" I gasped, " No way!" She nodded. " Yep. Our real names are Irvine and Selphie. You see about 3 years ago a guy named Johnston Steel was killed down near the Mall we went to. Dave and I were the only witnesses and the killer is still out there, he was never found. So we had to change our names and everything. It's kinda strange though because the killer didn't see us at all"
" Wow…so who else knows about this?"
" Um Squall, you and Mitch I think" Squall and Dave decided to join us. Dave took Jenny's hands in his.
" Hey ladies", he said, " There's a good song coming on now, how's about we go for a dance?"
Jenny and I looked at each other grinning from ear to ear.
" Sure why not!" She yelled. Squall took my hand and led me out on the dance floor. It was a slow song so I put my hands around his shoulders.
It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word, you can light up dark
Try as I may I could never explain
What I hear when you don't say a thing…
I looked over at Jenny and Dave. Both with their eyes closed and holding on to each other tightly. " Don't they look cute" I whispered.
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me, wherever I fall
You say it best…when you say nothing at all
Squall turned around to look at them. " Yeah they do…"
" Hey, what time does this ball finish?" I asked.
" Er…midnight usually"
All day long I can hear people talking out loud
But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd
Try as they may, they can never define, what's been said between your heart and mine
" So…I guess your going back home soon huh?" I nodded, " Yeah soon…but I've had a really good time here you know. I didn't expect I would, but I did…thanks"
" Hey no problem…I had a good time too and Jenny and Dave definitely did. Jenny wants to go visit you some time"
" Really? Cool"
The smile on your face,
The truth in your eyes
The touch of your hand
Lets me know that you need me
The song ended and we returned to our table. We were all pretty quite until Quistis came along. She sat down and started talking about the ice sculptures melting all over the pastry or something. I sat there listening for a while until I spotted someone.
" Dad!"
Squall turned to me. " What's wrong?"
" Oh nothing I'm just going to go see my dad ok"
"Ok"
Dad was talking with a bunch of men in penguin suits and I saw the president there too.
I walked up gracefully ( trying not to act too over graceful) and stood next to him.
" Hi Dad. Nice to see this evening"
He turned to face me and smiled giving me a quick hug" Nice to see you too sweetie…gentlemen this is my daughter Rinoa. Rinoa these are the men I'm talking to about the peace treaty" I shook their hands and tried my best smiles. I didn't like them much but hey, I had to make an impression.
" Ah…miss heartily" The president smiled at me, " She's been very well behaved and helping out around the palace a lot. A lovely daughter you have there general"
They started talking again and I had no idea what the conversation was about but I did catch dad saying that I was leaving in about 2 weeks.
I walked (or skipped) back to our to our table and told them the good news.
A/N: Hey I've got all of my fics updated today! So if you can check them out,
Run My Story (ff 10) Damn the Red Pill woo-hoo! Thanks to everyone who reviewed and said such encouraging words! Really brings a tear to my eye…sniff sniff lol
Well please review again and tell me what you thought of the ball! Oh and I knew the whole 'witness protection' thing was a bit outrageous but I got myself in a bit of pickle and it was the only way out.