Summary: Garden High is an all boys school, tucked deep in the pleasant forests on Balamb island. Squall, a student, leads a very boring life because of this, but what happens when the school suddenly becomes co-ed!?

~* Here Is Garden *~

~ Chapter ONE: Relax With A Smile, Work With A Frown ~

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"Oh my Squall... You're so masculine and strong!" A girl exclaimed with a sweet and tender voice as she lightly caressed his biceps with her finger tips. "You must work out all the time..." She said into his ear, her soft breath causing him to smile ear to ear.

"All the time..." He told her. She backed up a little, giving Squall a very clear shot of her cleavage right down her shirt. He frowned as the size was not to his liking.

"You do not like them?" She asked delicately, a genuinely concerned look on her face. Squall nodded. "Then I'll change things around for you... would you like that?" She asked as she grabbed her breasts tenderly. Squall nodded viciously, almost like he was seizureing. Suddenly, her breasts grew two times their size, stretching the very boundaries of her top. Squall smiled pleasantly as the view down her shirt was now as easy as spotting the grand canyon.

"Oh yeah..." He whispered to himself, pleased, as he placed his arms behind his head.

"SQUALL! Wake up you dip shit!" The women suddenly screamed, with a very deep and husky voice.

Squall shot up from his sleeping position and whipped his head around to find the disturbance. He was on the bus to school, shadows of the trees shown down on the bus as it drove along. The trees were not far between as this particular part of the bus trip was set in just one of the many pleasant forests.

"You always fall asleep on the bus. It's called night... it's when you sleep!" A deep voice scolded as it took a seat next to him. Squall looked to find a blonde spiky haired teenager sit down next to him, it was Zell, his friend.

"I always sleep at night, and I always sleep on the bus!" Squall told him as he rested his head against the cool pane of the window. "Haven't you noticed that routine by now?" He asked, his eyes drifting to Zell.

"I've always noticed, you're right. I just called it into question now." Zell pointed out cheerfully.

"Whatever." Squall said coolly. "Anyways, ready for the last day of finals?" He asked, pulling his head from the window to turn to his friend.

"Of course!" Zell exclaimed with delight. "I have Biology which happens to be my best class, and math, which happens to be my worst." He said with a smile. "I studied like hell for math obviously." He said.

"I figured as much. I have Gym, best class ever, and cooking." Squall said with a bright smile, happy his classes were stupidly easy.

"You're such a lucky a son of a bitch..." Zell cursed with a distasteful frown on his face.

"Hey..." Squall began, looking around the bus. The bus was only half full which happened to be no surprise as the school was small and all boys. "Where's Irvine?" He asked, still looking finding no man with a cowboy hat on.

"He's daydreaming..." Zell told him. ".. in that seat I think." Zell pointed to a seat near the back, sitting up on his knees and turning around in the seat.

"HEY!!" The bus driver screamed. She was an old fat bitch, no more need be said. "Sit down you damn hooligan!" She screamed again. Zell immediately sat down.

"Damn bitch..." Zell cursed as his hold on his bag tightened in anger. "She needs to drown in her own shit." He said malevolently.

"Only two more years of her and than it's off to college!" Squall said with an optimistic smile.

"I guess... but I don't wanna drive myself. I'm to lazy..." Whined Zell impatiently. Squall rolled his eyes as the bus slowly came to a stop in front of their school.

They all stepped off the bus and headed for their school for the day. It was quite pretty, but none of them paid attention. It was all read brick with ivy crawling all over the walls. Trees surrounded it almost as if it was meant to be a secret fortress or something. The sun was having trouble sneaking through the trees that blocked its path and thus the ground was littered with shadows of leaves and the side of the building. The school was four floors high and was quite wide.

The two entered the school and looked about. The bottom floor was all lockers and tended to be crowded during key points of the day.

"I don't need to go to my locker. You?" Zell asked, looking to Squall.

"Of course not!" Squall exclaimed. "I didn't even bring my back pack." He told him with a smile.

"You lucky piece of shit." Zell cursed to him.

"Tut tut now!" An older sounding voice said behind them. "We don't want that kind of language at our school, especially with our new 'guests' arriving tomorrow." The principal, Cid Kramer, told them with a smile as he patted them on the shoulder.

"Yes, sir." They both said in unison.

"That's good. I'll be off now! Just watch your mouth from now on! Ahehe." He said with a little laugh as he waved his good byes. They waved back reluctantly. They turned to each other once they were tired of waving.

"Guests?" Zell questioned.

"Probably someone from the 'board' or some SHIT like that..." Squall said, severely emphasizing his curse word. Everyone looked to him curiously and he shooed their looks away with a flick of his hand.

"Or what if its a new student? Or a teacher?" Zell suggested.

"Well, whatever the reason, I'm not going to stop swearing! That's my only freedom. Shit, fuck, piss, damn!" Squall yelled out as he trotted happily towards his gym class.

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Squall walked out in his gym uniform, a white shirt and black, light, shorts. Irvine was next to him in the same attire.

"Dude. I hear there's going to be something special happening tomorrow." Irvine said, excited as he placed his hands on his hips.

"Yeah, Cid told me to stop swearing because of people coming tomorrow." Squall told him as they headed out the of their locker rooms and into the outside. It was a wonderful sunny morning and the crisp air was warm and pleasant. "We're going to the track, right?" He asked, lightly bringing his finger up to the track that encircled the football field. Irvine nodded his head and they walked for it. It was down a short, paved road that was connected to a hill side.

"He said for you to stop swearing?" Irvine exclaimed, bringing the main topic back around.

"Yeah!" Squall exclaimed, still amazed himself.

"But-But you CAN'T stop swearing!" Irvine exclaimed as they approached the track.

"Well, I'm not going to stop just because he told me to." He said to his friend with a sly smirk. "And besides... considering it's the end of the semester and all I can imagine that's going to happen tomorrow is two more new exchange students or something of the sort." He continued as they stepped onto the dirt track.

"Probably... but still... I wish something REALLY exciting would happen tomorrow." Irvine hoped with a little smile on his face as he placed his hands together as if in prayer.

"This is Garden High. Nothing exciting happens here..." Squall told him pessimistically as he shook his head in sadness as he took a seat on the football field. The grass was warm and slightly damp but he didn't care. As time passed, more boys entered the track and football area.

"All right! All right!" A deep voice called out. They all looked up to where the deep voice had come from, it was their teacher/coach, Mr. Yamato. "Shut up and sit down by where Squall and Irvine are." Mr. Yamato commanded with a point of his finger to Squall. The boys sat near Squall as they were told and Yamato walked up to them. "I'm sure you've all heard by now that there's going to be a big 'surprise' tomorrow." He began. Irvine rubbed his hands together impatiently and Yamato continued. "Well, I asked you to take a seat because I'm here to tell you what this 'surprise' is." He continued, paused and let the boys whisper amongst themselves. They all did except Squall and Irvine. Squall because he didn't care and Irvine because he was so excited. "Shut up!" He commanded when the whispering didn't stop after awhile. It immediately stopped and he continued. "... the surprise is..." He let his final statement hang for a moment as he looked all over all the boys, their faces expectant and excited. Irvine was practically foaming at the mouth. Squall was about to fall asleep. "... this school is going co-ed starting tomorrow." He finished, he quickly turned to the boys, waiting for their expressions. They just starred at him, utter confusion on their faces. "... alright... we try this again. This school, starting tomorrow, will now have girls and boys." He said correcting himself just for their stupidity.

"OH MY GOD!!!!" Irvine screamed, smiling ear to ear as he stood crying he was so happy. All the boys cheered with delight, finally getting their taste of women. Squall just sat there in utter shock. He didn't know what to say. He was happy, of course, but at the same time, some what frustrated.

"Wait a sec... this is a private school for boys only." Squall stated to the coach. The rest of the boys turned to him, curious to why he was sounded so upset. "My parents paid for an all boys school. Are they not going to be notified?" He asked as he stepped for Mr. Yamato.

"Your parents have been notified for the past 6 months. We mailed them a letter, and in that letter it specifically said that they are not allowed to tell their child." Yamato told him sternly, getting defensive because of Squall's advances towards him. Squall stopped in his tracks and sighed and turned back around to everyone else, who was staring at him curiously. He walked to Irvine who patted him on the back with a smile. "Anyways..." Mr. Yamato began again. "... today is a free day, meaning you go change again and swim, play baseball or just about anything else Gym related. You can even jump rope." Yamato exclaimed to them all. All the boys cheered, happy it was a free day and that girls were finally coming to their school.

Squall and Irvine turned to each other with smiles and they ran off towards the locker room along with some other boys.

They exited the locker room with trunks, sandals and towel slung casually over their shoulders. They were without shirts and with sunglasses. They walked towards the pool that was surrounded by a gate, prohibiting non-student body people from entering. They entered through a side gate with their special, handy dandy keys.

Squall walked slowly and comfortably to pool chair and kicked his sandals off and laid his towel on the top of the reclining chair. He whipped his sunglasses off with a flick of his head, causing his hair to toss around a bit and he could of sworn he heard a couple of high pitched giggles coming from behind him, but ignored it.

Irvine was more direct on entering the pool. He tossed his towel on the ground, kicked his sandals off in whatever direction his feet were facing meaning that one landed in the pool and the other smacked Squall in the face. He tossed his sunglasses off his face, causing them to crash to the ground but they did not break.

The same giggles erupted from behind Squall once more and he tossed his head behind him to see the people who were laughing. He found no one. He shrugged it off and jumped into the pool. Squall rose from the depths of the pool to come up to the edge of the pool. He placed his elbows on the edge of the pool, and let himself hang there, the cemented edge of the pool supporting his back.

"You excited about the chicks coming?" Irvine asked as he came swimming up to him. He placed himself in the same position as Squall and looked straight ahead.

"Meh..." He answered, his sentence hanging on his breath. "It really makes no difference." He told him with a slight shrug. "What about you?" Squall asked, looking to him. Irvine pulled himself out of the water and sat on the edge of the pool, his legs immersed in the pool. His body was dripping wet and shimmering from the sun light. His hair, which was a tad bit shorter than usual, was wet through and through and shimmered just like his body. More small giggles erupted from behind them.

"You did just hear that, right?" Irvine asked, a tad bit worried for his sanity as he saw no one behind him.

"Yeah... I just heard it awhile ago. It's not just you." Squall reassured his friend. Irvine sighed with relief.

"If we just ignore it... it'll stop, right?" Irvine suggested with a little whisper. Squall nodded.

"So..." Squall began, finding where their topic left at it. "Are you excited about a co-ed school?" He asked, looking up to Irvine.

"Hell yeah!" Irvine exclaimed, happy that Squall had finally asked him. "I'm going to flirt with everyone until my heart can't take it anymore!" He screamed with delight, forgetting all about the previous paranoid thoughts he had. "Who knows... I might even date a few." He said with a smile.

"Whatever..." Squall said coolly as he shook his head in distaste.

"You're not gonna go out on any dates!?" Irvine exclaimed, surprised at him.

"Why would I?" He asked. "I'm not very 'smooth' with the ladies. Remember last time you took me to that party?" Squall asked, becoming cross just thinking about it.

"So..." Squall began to a girl who was sitting on the couch. "How often do you go to the bathroom?" He asked. She picked up a salt shaker, opened it and sprayed it in his eyes and left.

"Okay... well that was just dumb." Irvine reminded him.

"Exactly... I'm stupid like that around girls." He reiterrated.

"I don't want to see you in class. Jeez... Your grades could suffer because of that!" Irvine exclaimed.

"Hmm... This might be veering on the subject but I wonder why Principal Kramer suddenly admitted girls into this school." Squall wondered, rubbing his chin in thought.

"Probably for financial reasons. The school might be running low on profits and they need another way of raking in the dough. I mean... this school has a far above average grade point average so I'm sure girls want to attend." Irvine explained. Squall was impressed with his deep and constructive thoughts and was about to compliment him until he said. "... Or Kramer just wants some younger action, if you know what I mean?" He asked, poking him lightly in the head with his elbow. Squall swatted his elbow away and sighed.

"You know... reverting back to our other topic..." Squall began.

"You mean about the girls n'shit?" He asked.

"Yeah... I would like to start a relationship." Squall stated.

"Really?" Irvine exclaimed, proud of his friend.

"Yeah... If she's really cute... great personality, you know, funny, caring and serious to a point." Squall explained with a cute little smile on his face as if in total bliss.

"Yeah... me too." Irvine said with a little smile as he lied down, his feet still in the water. He bent his head back and found two girl's heads poking out behind a tree. "WHAT THE!?" Irvine practically screamed as he quickly pulled himself from the water.

"What?" Squall asked, turning to him, as he turned he also spotted the horrified girls. "Hey!" He called, getting out of the pool. One was blonde and the other had brunette hair that was curly.

"Oh shit!" The curly haired one cursed as they began to run away.

"Wait a sec!" Irvine called, pressing himself to the gate. They stopped, reluctantly, and turned to him. "Are you two of the new girls coming to our school?" He asked, a smile tugging at his lips.

"Yeah!" The curly haired one called back and began to run away but the blonde one stayed.

"Hey!" The blonde one called, pointing to Squall. "Selphie, the girl running away, thinks you're cute!" She exclaimed. Squall blushed and smiled delightfully.

"Quistis, you bitch!" Selphie exclaimed, smacking Quistis on the shoulder, hard as she ran back to her. "Yeah... well Quistis likes it doggy style!" Selphie screamed to them.

"UGH!" Quistis exclaimed, disgusted. Irvine and Squall just gave each other curious looks. "Well.. Selphie said she was going to go home and masturbate to the guy with the short brunette hair. She said she wants to pinch your ass!" She yelled to Squall. His blush only increased.

"Quistis wants to give a blow job to the one with the long hair!" Selphie screamed. The two girls were quiet for a bit then started laughing like idiots and ran off, leaving Squall and Irvine wondering. Irvine dove for a nearby pen, dried his hand and wrote down the name 'Quistis'.

"Gotta remember..." Irvine whispered as he kissed the name lightly.

'Selphie...' Squall thought pleasantly as he tapped his cheek lightly with his finger.

"God Squall! They were SO hot!" Irvine exclaimed, cupping his cheeks with his hands delightfully. Squall nodded, the smile from before still hanging on his face as he watched the two run away from them. "There can be no one hotter!" He proclaimed, his arm raising triumphantly. Squall just continued to nod, lost in his own world.

'Maybe dating isn't such a bad idea...' Squall thought positively, snapping back into reality as he heard Irvine jump into the pool. "I CAN'T WAIT FOR TOMORROW!!" Squall screamed as loud as he could to the heavens. The boys at the pool looked at him curiously but shrugged it off and continued whatever they were doing. Squall jumped into the pool in cannon ball formation.

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"Quistis... Quistis...." Irvine repeated over and over, wanting not to forget the girls name as they were about to enter school with all their female peers.

"I'm... so... excited..." Zell said in ragged breaths. He bit his lip hard and his hands clenched with excitement. Squall looked at him curiously. While yes, this was an exciting event, there was no need to go insane over it.

'Gotta act cool for Selphie...' Squall stated silently as he put a tiny bit more emphasis in his walk. They entered the double of the school and all the girls were on one side of the locker hall, and all the boys were on the other. It was loud and very talkative. The two sexes mingled pleasantly. Things were going well in Garden High. Squall looked about at all the happy talking people.

"QUISTIS!" Irvine screamed as he saw his beautiful obsession standing near a locker talking with Selphie. Squall's smile grew ever bigger as he saw her. They walked towards them and they waved to the three.

"Who's blondy?" Quistis asked, pointing to Zell with a curious eye.

"This is Zell Dincht." Irvine said with a smile as he pushed him forward towards them. He smiled like an idiot, and the two girls shared strange glances.

"He comes off weird, but he's real nice." Squall insisted, pulling Zell back from them.

"I do not come off weird!" Zell protested. Squall rolled his eyes and the two girls giggled their happy giggle.

"Every guy here is so cute..." Selphie said, biting her thumb with an evil smirk on her face.

"I know... so many options!" Quistis stated as she jumped for joy. Irvine's face sunk to the floor at the chances of him getting her were slim now. Squall and Zell just gave them strange looks.

"Oh sorry... we came from an all girls school so we've been men deprived for awhile." Selphie explained. The three nodded, Irvine more solemnly than the others.

"Oh! And by the way..." Quistis began as she began to walk for the door. "We have another friend... so if one of you don't end up with us two, you have her to go for!" Quistis stated. Selphie and her giggled.

"Is she pretty???" Zell questioned in a hurried manner. The two girls nodded vigorously.

"VERY pretty!" They both exclaimed. Suddenly, as if on cue one of the double doors opened and in stepped a girl with raven black hair that went down a little bit past her shoulders. Her school uniform was perfect for her and the pink, flowered, clips in her hair were a nice touch as well. She walked for Quistis and Selphie. Irvine's, Squall's and Zell's mouth dropped to the floor.

"Hi guys." The girl greeted with a little wave as she stepped next to Quistis.

"Hey Rinoa." They greeted with a tiny wave. Rinoa averted her eyes to the three gawking men.

"And they are?" She asked with a tiny smile as she pointed to them with a finger.

"The blonde one is Zell, the guy with short brunette hair is Squall, and the one with long hair is Irvine." Selphie explained, pointing to each as she went through them.

"Hello!" Squall greeted, immediately jumping forward and shaking her hand. "I'm Squall Leonhart!" He continued. He knew she already knew his name but wanted to flesh things out a bit. "If you need any help finding you way around campus, just ask me!" He insisted.

"Wow..." Rinoa said, almost hypnotically. "You really are cute... Selphie was right!" She continued, looking back at Selphie, then to Squall again. He immediately flushed at the comment. "Oh... sorry. That was kind of weird, wasn't it?" She asked with a smile.

"Oh my fairest Rinoa," Zell began as he bent down on one knee and kissed her hand delicately. She blushed furiously. "What class dost thou have nexteth?" He asked. She laughed and pulled out her class schedule as Zell stood. Squall scowled at Zell, but he tried to ignore the death looks.

"I have math first." Rinoa answered as she read her schedule. She looked up to Zell who had a frown on his face. "Don't frown! Smile. Frowning takes 26 muscles while smiling takes 6... I think." She said with a smile. Zell sighed heavily and he was pushed aside by Squall.

"I have math first. What room? I'll take you there." Squall suggested, coming around next to Rinoa to try and see her schedule. She held it out a bit for him to read.

"Room 210." She said, pointing to the room number on her schedule.

"Really? Same with me!" He exclaimed with a smile on his face.

"Perfect! A friendly face." She said with a smile.

"Whoo whoo!" Selphie hooted. Rinoa giggled pleasantly.

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"I think I'm gonna like that class!" Rinoa admitted as Squall and her exited the classroom.

"I'm glad. It's always good to start out with a class you like." he pointed out with a bright smile.

"So true." She agreed. "I have gym next. Please say you have gym next." Rinoa pleaded.

"Nope, sorry." He said, visibly saddened at her disappointment.

"Damn... I hope I know someone in that class." She said hopefully. "What class do you have next?" She asked.

"Zell's in that Gym class, but anyways... I have drama." He answered, pointing towards the direction of the drama room. She gasped, as if it was bad. "What?" Squall asked instantly.

"There is this total bitch in that class, her name is Yuki." Rinoa warned, dead serious. Squall nodded.

"I'll stay away from her." He told her, easing her slightly. "Oh, by the way. You'll probably be swimming today in Gym. If Zell asks you to play Marco Polo, don't. He'll try to grab your ass under water." Squall warned.

"Oh my!" Rinoa exclaimed with surprise. "I'll watch out for him." She said with a little wink. "Thanks. See you at lunch, yes?" She asked with pleading eyes.

"Uhh... sure." He said, not knowing how to respond to those eyes. "We'd love it if you sat with us." He said with a smile. She gave him a bright smile and gave him a bear hug as best she could.

"My first guy friend!" She said, happy. She released him and ran off to the Gym. "Bye! See yah!" She called back behind her. Squall waved deliriously back at her. She enchanted him with some unknown power, but whatever it was, Squall didn't mind in the least....

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A/n: Here's the first chapter! I love Squall when he is OOC. That's why I made him like that. This is year round school as well and that's why their second semester begins in the summer. I have a lot of high hopes for this story... but they probably won't be achieved... LOL. I'm also working on the next chapter of When the Sky is High. That story is becoming a bit hard to write... I'm trying to incorporate more squinoa into the story but what I always end up with is none what so ever. I'm trying to 'spice things up' in their relationship but that proves even harder... the romance and the plot feel so... so... different, they don't tie in. By means of normal plot, everything is perfect... stupid squinoa! oh well. I'll make it work.

Next Chapter: Friend to Enemy to Friend and Back Again...
In the next chapter... Squall finally meets the very busty Yuki and he is suddenly wrapped up in a game of lies... The existence of his thoughts and ideas about the girls come into question and he is forced to make a choice, which lie/truth he should believe in...
(Sounds dramatic... but it's not that dramatic!)

Exit Stage Left

P.S. This story isn't necessarily Squinoa. But I focus on them because they're the main characters. The occasional chapter will drift onto the other friends... and enemies. Their stories will mingle with Squall and Rinny's.