Author's Notes: Finally, I had the time to upload a new chapter. There will
be a slight delay in the next chapter coming on cause of my exams that are
beginning next week. Wish good luck, eh? =^_^=
-Squall's POV-
After discussing about this year's SeeD practical exam with Headmaster Cid, I immediately had the urge to look for Zell. However, Rinoa Heartilly was ranting about the whole matter with Seifer in my ear outside the training center.
"There's no way that they can do this right? After all that he's done."
"It IS Headmaster's Cid's choice after all,"
"Well, as Commander, you should do something about it!" she demanded.
I knew it. She came to talk to me only to make me kick Seifer out of Garden again with my Commander status.
"You know that I can't do anything about it," I said, wearily.
"Well, I think you should," she said, not giving up. Behind her, I spotted my lifesaver walking towards us.
"Howdy, Squall, Rinoa," said our resident cowboy, "Are you two back together again?" he continued with a leery grin.
Pfft, shouldn't have gotten my hopes up.
"Nope, I'm just telling Squall that Seifer shouldn't be admitted back here,"
"Why shouldn't he? After all, no one else would allow him in their city anyway," said Irvine, thoughtfully.
I blocked out the meaningless conversation that was going on. Rinoa should be studying GFs and weapons now for her SeeD test. Cid had let her be in Balamb Garden and she should be trying out for SeeD this year with Seifer. I wondered how she would react when she finds out that she's in the same group as him for the practical test.
"Well, yeah.but. Oh, fine. You're right. I guess everyone should get a second chance. Anyway, I'll try to make him feel welcome, but I'm not too sure about everybody else in BG. Not everyone else is so forgiving, though," said Rinoa, ready to go.
"I guess. Thanks," I said. Oh great. Now I'm left with Irvine. We walked over to the. to. the.
"Irvine. Where the hell are we going?" I asked.
"To the quad, of course. I need to talk to Sefie," he said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Ahh. BG's latest couple. Selphie Tillmitt and Irvine Kinneas. It was more of a love hate relationship that they have. He lavishes her with praises and presents, she gets all happy, he gets caught eyeing other girls, she gets mad and scolds him in front of everyone in Garden, he gets all sad and goes out of his way to apologize to her, she ignores him, he pesters her even more and finally, she forgives him. Then the whole damn cycle starts all over again.
Right about when we entered the quad, we could see an upside down banner hanging above our heads. Selphie was hovering over near the stage, flipping through a long list.
Walking over to her, Irvine said, "Hey, baby. What're you doin'?"
"I'm checking through a list of bands for the big night," grumbled Selphie.
"At this time? Shouldn't you have booked a band last week?" I wondered, a bit apprehensive.
Groaning, Selphie said, "That's what everybody said! But I just didn't have the time! Now our Festival is all RUIIINNNNEEEDDD!!!"
"Hey, hey, hey. Come on, Sefie. Everything's gonna be okay. I promise. Anyway, everything gets done in the last minute anyway," consoled Irvine.
"I really don't have any timmmeee! I have a humungous essay on GF's and their abilities, the annual SeeD exam is coming up.which we all know that the Instructors pile on even MORE work than usual, and what with the whole thing with Seifer tonight and all." wailed Selphie, her head in her hands.
No wonder she's so stressed out. Wait, WHAT with Seifer tonight?
"What do you mean by 'what with the whole thing with Seifer tonight and all'?" I asked, a bit suspiciously.
Looking up, Selphie spoke, "Oh, me and Zell are gonna go over to Balamb tonight. We're taking Seifer along as well and we're gonna have sooo much fun!"
What? Zell was going to Balamb? With SEIFER?! Okay, so was Selphie, but that like HELL wasn't the point.
"So, Seifer said yes?" asked Irvine, an eyebrow raised, "Didn't think that he'd want to go."
Jumping up, Selphie yelped, "ACK! I knew I'd forgotten something. Oh maaannnn. Squall! Go tell Zell to ask Seifer if it's okay with him. Irvine, tell Reuben to put the banner the RIGHT way up for once,"
I walked out of the quad, hoping to meet Zell as soon as possible. Luckily for me, he was just outside the infirmary.
"Zell. What are you doing here?"
"Oh, Freda came across one too many Grats in the training center," replied Zell.
"Acting the big brother again."
"Hey, it's cool to be one when you're an only child, you know. Kids look up to you and stuff. It rocks,"
"Oh. Yeah. Selphie told me that you're to ask Seifer if he could go to Balamb tonight,"
Shocked, Zell exclaimed, "There is no way I'm going to ask Seifer. It was all Selphie's idea in the first place. I didn't want to go anyway,"
"Then why are you?" I tried not to be too obvious that I was interested.
"Well, I have no idea exactly. See, it all started out with a little white lie, no, make it an excuse to get away from the whole expedition, but then she had to put on her patented pu-"
"Zell. Calm down. You're yammering like a girl,"
"Look, I'm just a bit jumpy. You know how I always lose it in front of him,"
LOSE IT in front of him? Okay, Squall. now, is that normal to you?
"And Selphie will KILL me if Seifer says no. She'll turn it around to make it my fault. MY FAULT. But I still think that-"
"Zell,"
"Yeah?"
"Calm down,"
"Okay."
"I'll go with you if you want," I suggested. Well, I guess I surprised him for a moment cause he just stared at me with his mouth a bit open.
"Watch out for flies," I commented.
"You sure?"
"I guess. Why not?"
"I dunno. Just didn't think it was like you to go out on your way to help people," he grinned.
It's you, Zell. It's just you.
By then, we had already reached Seifer's dorm. Zell was hopping on one foot to another like he always does when he's nervous. I looked at him.
"So, aren't you going to knock?"
"Oh, yeah. Right," he said, reaching over to rap on his door.
*knock* *knock*
I heard a growl and half a second later, the door swung open.
"Well, what are you two doing here?" demanded Seifer, his trench coat nearly caught in the door.
"Uhh, Seifer. Selphie and I were wondering. if you wanted to go to Balamb, you know? Like about 5 today? That is, if you wanted to, you know."
There was a pregnant pause before a reply came. "Stop it,"
Well, that was a bit surprising. "Stop.what?" asked Zell.
"Sounding like Raijin," he said. I could almost hear Zell sigh in relief.
"Oh, sure. So, how about it?"
Seifer looked over at me and nodded, "Is he coming?"
"Nope, it's just me and Selphie. You know how she is."
Seifer seemed to stare at Zell for almost an age before he spoke. "Yeah, okay. Come find me here," he said, reluctantly before slamming the doors in our faces.
"Well, that was fun," muttered Zell, kicking an imaginary pebble.
I, however, wasn't listening. I was too intent on how intense Seifer's stare was on Zell.
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Rei Evanescence Maiden
-Squall's POV-
After discussing about this year's SeeD practical exam with Headmaster Cid, I immediately had the urge to look for Zell. However, Rinoa Heartilly was ranting about the whole matter with Seifer in my ear outside the training center.
"There's no way that they can do this right? After all that he's done."
"It IS Headmaster's Cid's choice after all,"
"Well, as Commander, you should do something about it!" she demanded.
I knew it. She came to talk to me only to make me kick Seifer out of Garden again with my Commander status.
"You know that I can't do anything about it," I said, wearily.
"Well, I think you should," she said, not giving up. Behind her, I spotted my lifesaver walking towards us.
"Howdy, Squall, Rinoa," said our resident cowboy, "Are you two back together again?" he continued with a leery grin.
Pfft, shouldn't have gotten my hopes up.
"Nope, I'm just telling Squall that Seifer shouldn't be admitted back here,"
"Why shouldn't he? After all, no one else would allow him in their city anyway," said Irvine, thoughtfully.
I blocked out the meaningless conversation that was going on. Rinoa should be studying GFs and weapons now for her SeeD test. Cid had let her be in Balamb Garden and she should be trying out for SeeD this year with Seifer. I wondered how she would react when she finds out that she's in the same group as him for the practical test.
"Well, yeah.but. Oh, fine. You're right. I guess everyone should get a second chance. Anyway, I'll try to make him feel welcome, but I'm not too sure about everybody else in BG. Not everyone else is so forgiving, though," said Rinoa, ready to go.
"I guess. Thanks," I said. Oh great. Now I'm left with Irvine. We walked over to the. to. the.
"Irvine. Where the hell are we going?" I asked.
"To the quad, of course. I need to talk to Sefie," he said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Ahh. BG's latest couple. Selphie Tillmitt and Irvine Kinneas. It was more of a love hate relationship that they have. He lavishes her with praises and presents, she gets all happy, he gets caught eyeing other girls, she gets mad and scolds him in front of everyone in Garden, he gets all sad and goes out of his way to apologize to her, she ignores him, he pesters her even more and finally, she forgives him. Then the whole damn cycle starts all over again.
Right about when we entered the quad, we could see an upside down banner hanging above our heads. Selphie was hovering over near the stage, flipping through a long list.
Walking over to her, Irvine said, "Hey, baby. What're you doin'?"
"I'm checking through a list of bands for the big night," grumbled Selphie.
"At this time? Shouldn't you have booked a band last week?" I wondered, a bit apprehensive.
Groaning, Selphie said, "That's what everybody said! But I just didn't have the time! Now our Festival is all RUIIINNNNEEEDDD!!!"
"Hey, hey, hey. Come on, Sefie. Everything's gonna be okay. I promise. Anyway, everything gets done in the last minute anyway," consoled Irvine.
"I really don't have any timmmeee! I have a humungous essay on GF's and their abilities, the annual SeeD exam is coming up.which we all know that the Instructors pile on even MORE work than usual, and what with the whole thing with Seifer tonight and all." wailed Selphie, her head in her hands.
No wonder she's so stressed out. Wait, WHAT with Seifer tonight?
"What do you mean by 'what with the whole thing with Seifer tonight and all'?" I asked, a bit suspiciously.
Looking up, Selphie spoke, "Oh, me and Zell are gonna go over to Balamb tonight. We're taking Seifer along as well and we're gonna have sooo much fun!"
What? Zell was going to Balamb? With SEIFER?! Okay, so was Selphie, but that like HELL wasn't the point.
"So, Seifer said yes?" asked Irvine, an eyebrow raised, "Didn't think that he'd want to go."
Jumping up, Selphie yelped, "ACK! I knew I'd forgotten something. Oh maaannnn. Squall! Go tell Zell to ask Seifer if it's okay with him. Irvine, tell Reuben to put the banner the RIGHT way up for once,"
I walked out of the quad, hoping to meet Zell as soon as possible. Luckily for me, he was just outside the infirmary.
"Zell. What are you doing here?"
"Oh, Freda came across one too many Grats in the training center," replied Zell.
"Acting the big brother again."
"Hey, it's cool to be one when you're an only child, you know. Kids look up to you and stuff. It rocks,"
"Oh. Yeah. Selphie told me that you're to ask Seifer if he could go to Balamb tonight,"
Shocked, Zell exclaimed, "There is no way I'm going to ask Seifer. It was all Selphie's idea in the first place. I didn't want to go anyway,"
"Then why are you?" I tried not to be too obvious that I was interested.
"Well, I have no idea exactly. See, it all started out with a little white lie, no, make it an excuse to get away from the whole expedition, but then she had to put on her patented pu-"
"Zell. Calm down. You're yammering like a girl,"
"Look, I'm just a bit jumpy. You know how I always lose it in front of him,"
LOSE IT in front of him? Okay, Squall. now, is that normal to you?
"And Selphie will KILL me if Seifer says no. She'll turn it around to make it my fault. MY FAULT. But I still think that-"
"Zell,"
"Yeah?"
"Calm down,"
"Okay."
"I'll go with you if you want," I suggested. Well, I guess I surprised him for a moment cause he just stared at me with his mouth a bit open.
"Watch out for flies," I commented.
"You sure?"
"I guess. Why not?"
"I dunno. Just didn't think it was like you to go out on your way to help people," he grinned.
It's you, Zell. It's just you.
By then, we had already reached Seifer's dorm. Zell was hopping on one foot to another like he always does when he's nervous. I looked at him.
"So, aren't you going to knock?"
"Oh, yeah. Right," he said, reaching over to rap on his door.
*knock* *knock*
I heard a growl and half a second later, the door swung open.
"Well, what are you two doing here?" demanded Seifer, his trench coat nearly caught in the door.
"Uhh, Seifer. Selphie and I were wondering. if you wanted to go to Balamb, you know? Like about 5 today? That is, if you wanted to, you know."
There was a pregnant pause before a reply came. "Stop it,"
Well, that was a bit surprising. "Stop.what?" asked Zell.
"Sounding like Raijin," he said. I could almost hear Zell sigh in relief.
"Oh, sure. So, how about it?"
Seifer looked over at me and nodded, "Is he coming?"
"Nope, it's just me and Selphie. You know how she is."
Seifer seemed to stare at Zell for almost an age before he spoke. "Yeah, okay. Come find me here," he said, reluctantly before slamming the doors in our faces.
"Well, that was fun," muttered Zell, kicking an imaginary pebble.
I, however, wasn't listening. I was too intent on how intense Seifer's stare was on Zell.
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Yay! Another chappie done. Please review, ya? =^_^=
Rei Evanescence Maiden