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Chapter 13

Rinoa Calls Squall

"Hello?"

"Hello, Squall?"

"No. It's Selphie. Rinoa, don't speak to me. I'm still not speaking to you."

"I'm not speaking to you. I'm calling Squall."

"Did you get my message?"

"What message?"

"Don't ask me questions. I told you I'm not speaking to you."

"Selphie, is Squall home?"

"You and Squall have sure gotten chummy. Hope you two have been having a great time plotting against me."

"Selphie—"

"Stop talking to me. I told you. You're not my friend. I guess you never were. I can't believe you played that rotten trick on me."

"But, Selphie, you started it—"

"Stop talking, Rinoa. I'm not talking to you. I'm not talking to Squall, either. You're both nonpersons."

"Nonpersons? Selphie—"

"I don't hear you. You're invisible. You're history. You're a nonperson. Squall! Squall! Phone for you! Another nonperson!"

"Hello?"

"Hi, Squall. It's me."

"Oh. Hi, Rinoa."

"Selphie's still pretty mad."

"You picked up on that, huh? Yeah, she's mad all right."

"I've got other problems now. Even bigger problems."

"You sound pretty down. You know, I was so upset about Quistis Trepe, I forgot to tell you something yesterday. Something Selphie told me."

"What?"

"It's about when she told you to call Irvine, which started this whole fight between you two."

"Yes. What about Irvine?"

"Well, Selphie meant for you to call Irvine Hardesty."

"Irvine Hardesty?"

"Right."

"Not Irvine Kinneas? She didn't tell me to call Irvine Kinneas?"

"No. Irvine Hardesty wanted you to call him, but you know how shy he is."

"I don't believe it."

"You don't believe he's shy?"

"I don't believe I called the wrong Irvine."

"Well, that's what happened."

"I don't believe it."

"It was all just a mix-up."

"Just a mix-up. Just a mix-up! This little mix-up made me embarrass myself for life in front of Irvine Kinneas. It made me play a terrible trick on my best friend, who's no longer speaking to me and says I'm a nonperson! And you say it was just a mix-up?!"

"Well—"

"No wonder Selphie thinks I'm a terrible person. I am a terrible person! She was doing me a favor. And what did I do? Played a rotten trick on her in return!"

"But it was just a mix-up."

"Will you stop saying that?"

"Okay, okay. This isn't my fault, you know."

"Of course it's your fault. It's got to be your fault!"

"Will you chill out? How can it be my fault?"

"I don't know. But somehow you're to blame. I know it. I know you are. You're the one who tricked Selphie into calling Irvine Kinneas, after all."

"Rinoa, you made me do that! It wasn't my idea—it was yours!"

"So what? You're supposed to be smart, Squall. You're supposed to go along with every stupid idea I have."

"Well, excuse me for living. I'll never listen to anything you have to say again, okay? Why are you in such a bad mood, anyway?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

"Come on, Rinoa."

"No. Really. I don't want to talk about it. It's too depressing."

"It can't be that bad."

"Yes, it can. How do you know how bad it can be?"

"Well, whatever it is, it can't be as bad as you sound."

"Give me a break, Squall. At least I don't sound as bad as you look!"

"Ha-ha. Very funny. Is that going to cheer you up? To make dumb cracks about me?"

"Probably. A little."

"Well, no way. I'm hanging up."

"No. Don't hang up, Squall. I'm sorry. I'm just in a bad mood."

"You're not going to cry now, are you?"

"No. You'd enjoy it too much. I'm just all confused now. What should I do?"

"About what?"

"About Selphie."

"Apologize to her, I guess."

"Apologize? How can I apologize?"

"By saying you're sorry. That's the normal way. Tell her you're sorry you played that vicious, humiliating trick on her after she was just trying to fix you up with Irvine Hardesty."

"But how can I? She won't talk to me. She says I'm a nonperson. She called me that, right to my face."

"Okay, okay. I'll talk to her. I'll tell her you want to apologize."

"You're a nonperson, too."

"I'm a brother nonperson. That's different. Don't worry. I'll tell her."

"Thanks, Squall. That's very nice of you."

"Try to cheer up, okay? I don't like hearing you sound so low."

"Okay, I'll try. Thanks. Bye."

"Bye, Rinoa. I'll call you later."

Chapter 13-part 2

Irvine Calls Selphie

"Hello?"

"Hello, Selphie? This is Irvine."

"No. This is Selphie's mother. Hold on. I'll see if she's home. Selphie! Selphie!

"Hello?"

"Hi."

"Hi. Who is this?"

"It's me. Irvine."

"What?"

"It's me. Irvine Kinneas. You know."

"Oh. Sorry, Irvine. I was just surprised. I mean—"

"So? How's it goin'?"

"Uh—fine. Just fine."

"I was just wondering—I mean—I saw you in the lunchroom a few days ago, and—well—"

"Really? I didn't see you."

"Oh. Well, what I was calling about was—I thought maybe you'd like to go with me to the homecoming dance after the basketball game."

"What? Hey—who is this?"

"I told you. Irvine Kinneas."

"And you're asking me out? Sure. I really believe that!"

"Whoa. Hold on—"

"What's the gag, Irvine? Who told you to call me?"

"Nobody. I—"

"Did Rinoa tell you to call? Who was it?"

"Now, listen—"

"No way I'm falling for this one, Irvine. You should tell Rinoa or Squall or whoever it was I think you're all really juvenile!"

Slam.