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AN: Thanks to everybody who reviewed that last chapter! I decided to make a really quick update. Please keep those reviews coming!
Chapter 8: Confusion Rinoa's POV
It's been a few weeks now that Jason and I have been going out. He's a nice guy and I really like him. Even my dad approves of him surprisingly enough. He told me that Jason was a very kind and smart young man. Jason always knows just what to say at the right times.
"Hey Rinoa!" I turned around and was greeted with spiky blond hair and a toothy grin. It was Zell Dincht. Zell has been my friend since we were both five, he's my best friend next to Selphie. Somehow, I seem to like hyperactive people since Zell is more or less the same as Selphie personality wise, only he's a guy.
"Hey Zell, haven't seen you in a while." Zell was also a metasite not a very strong metasite, but a metasite nonetheless. Because Zell was a metasite, he lived in the dorms and had separate classes from the rest of us which is why I see him a lot less often than before.
"How's Jason? He treatin' you alright?"
"Yeah, he's very nice not to mention all the girls in the Garden are all jealous of me." I giggled a little since it was sorta true, all the girls are giving me dark looks every time they see me with Jason.
"That's cool, anyways, just wanted to know what's up with you. Gotta go back to the training center. They're gonna get us to spar again. Hope I don't get my ass handed to me" he started laughing like it was a joke but I could see he really was worried.
"OK Zell, don't worry, your metasite will get better. Besides, you're already stronger than almost all of the people in the Garden. And definitely stronger than anyone in my class."
"Yeah thanks Rinoa. I'll see you later then!" he ran off throwing fists and getting all pumped up. Deep inside, I knew the other metasites would hand him his ass.
It was early in the morning and I still had quite a bit of time before my first class. I headed to the cafeteria and found Jason there eating breakfast.
"Hi Rin" he gave me that smile of his again. His smile was so quick that it caught you by surprise sometimes which made him that much hotter. I giggled again 'cause of those stupid thoughts.
"Morning Jason" I sat next to him and he immediately forgot all about his breakfast and wrapped his arms around me. "Come on, let's go to class sweetheart. It's almost time. Might as well get there early." he was so sweet. We walked hand in hand to Quistis' classroom. We arrived there very early. In fact, only two other people were in the classroom. Quistis and Squall. I wasn't surprised to see Squall there since I he's always by himself and doesn't seem to have any friends. In a way I felt sort of sorry for him but his attitude just totally turned everyone off. He never lets anybody know anything about him, he'll never give you a straight answer.
Squall has been living with Irvine for a while now and Irvine tells us that he and Squall get along fine. Personally, I gave up on Squall since I just don't like the way he treats people. He also acts a little cocky sometimes. Why? I have no idea why, the guy seems like he's a below average student and he's not a good athlete or fighter so I don't know why he would be acting cocky. Maybe 'cause of his looks.
"Good morning instructor." Jason smiled at Quistis. I'm liking Jason more and more now. Seems like I didn't know him before.
"Good morning Jason, Rinoa." Quistis greeted us.
"Quistis, you wanna go to the mall after school?" I don't know why I wanted to go to the mall so bad, I just did.
"Sure, meet you at the park after school, ok?" the park was where we used to hang out as kids. We still use it as our meeting place since Quistis gets off school later than we do.
"Yeah no problem."
Squall sat directly across from me in Quistis' class. He was always silent in class listening to the instructor. Quistis kinda liked him I think since every time she asked him a question she sorta giggled.
Quistis asked Squall a question about metasite blood and as usual Squall couldn't answer it. He looked over at me like he was checking me out or something. I rolled my eyes at him and he just shrugged stupidly.
But then Quistis told Jason to answer the question and my boyfriend said the answer like he had it rehearsed. I looked at Squall and noticed a small twinkle in his eye which disappeared as quickly as it came. I glanced at Jason and saw him wink at me.
Quistis then sprung another question at Squall. This time, I could almost see a change in him. He answered her question like he had swallowed the textbook and regurgitated it with his own words stuck in here and there. I was amazed to tell the truth but I figured that Quistis just asked the one question he actually knew.
After school Jason said he had to go to his friend's house since he had been ignoring his friends for the longest time to spend time with me. I understood and I also had Quistis to keep me company. I went to the park after school and I decided to sit by and watch some kids playing. I like kids a lot. When I got to the park I did see kids. Kids running OUT of the park.
I thought it was kinda weird so I went in to check it out. Sometimes, weak monsters like bite bugs and stuff get into the park and the kids get freaked out. I had my hand on my blaster edge just in case it really was some monster.
The park was always a quiet place, overshadowed by the mall when it was built. Today, it seemed almost...dead. I walked on a little further and heard cracks and sounds of something heavy getting hit. I followed the sound and I saw something I didn't expect to see at all.
Jason and three of his other friends were beating some guy up. One of his friends, a guy named Peter had a heavy lead club in one hand and was furiously pounding away at the figure in the middle of the three guys.
I slowly crept up behind them and realized the guy was Squall. Squall was just standing there wobbling a little but standing and getting cracked on the head over and over again by that club while taking a beating from the three other guys, Jason included. I suddenly felt very sick, I didn't know why I EVER trusted Jason. I should've known that the people he hangs out with are a good sign that he's bad news.
I snapped back to my senses and hauled my ass outta there as fast as I could. I needed to get some help for Squall. I ran all the way to the mall and bumped into Quistis on the way.
"Quistis! Squall's getting the shit kicked outta him by Jason and the other three idiots he hangs out with all the time. You know, Peter, Jack, and Allan."
"What? Squall??? You sure it was Squall?" what was she playing at? Of COURSE I was sure it's Squall! There's no mistaking that hair and those eyes, not to mention he was wearing his SeeD uniform from this morning.
"Yes I'm sure! Now let's go find him before he gets hurt too much!" geez, he could be dead by now!
"Uhhh ok Rin, let's go find him..." she followed me as I lead the way to the place where I found Squall earlier. Noone was there.
"Hmmm you must've been imagining things. There's noone around here, some kids are coming in to play so maybe we shouldn't be bothering them let's go to the mall." Quistis started heading back.
I stuck around for a few minutes and noticed the muddy ground had footprints left by five pairs of SeeD uniform boots. I hadn't been imagining things, it WAS Squall. They must've dragged him off somewhere else 'cause the park is too public.
Quistis and I shopped for a while but my mind was on Squall the whole time. We all know he seems kinda clumsy as a fighter and he definitely can't handle four huge guys at once.
"Quistis, I'm going to go home now, I really don't feel much like shopping anymore. Sorry."
"You still worried about Squall?" damn, she read my mind. I nodded slowly.
"There's nothing to worry about, I'm sure he's fine. Even if he was getting beat up, somebody would've found him and took him to the ambulance right? Besides, Jason and his friends aren't stupid enough to kill someone right? Honestly, I don't even know why they would want to beat up Squall in the first place so you were probably imagining things." somehow, Quistis seemed kinda carefree, like she knew something I didn't.
"Yeah, he'll be fine. I'm gonna go anyways though, see ya later." I waved and started walking home. I live pretty close to the mall and I can get home in about five minutes. When I got home, I was shocked to see Squall in my house playing with my dog Angelo.
"Hi Rinoa. Just came over to play with your dog since Irvine's out and Irene was too lazy to give your dog some exercise." Squall came over rather frequently and quickly got to know everybody in our house. My dad and Irene enjoyed his company and Irvine wasn't home half the time so he comes over to my house to hang out.
"Hey Squall, you're home fast."
"Yeah, I didn't go anywhere after school. Came right back home." our house was almost like his house now 'cause Irvine was so close to my father.
"Oh...I see, well I'm gonna go upstairs and start my homework. Just call if Angelo gives you any trouble." I laughed and went upstairs. My breathing was ragged and unsteady because what I had just seen scared me. It scared me bad.
Squall didn't have a single cut or bruise on any part of his body that I could see. The back part of his head that was being smacked around by a LEAD club looked completely normal and he talked and acted like nothing ever happened. I was starting to question my own sanity.
RIIIIING! RIIIIING! The phone rang and jolted my out of my thoughts.
"Hello?" I usually answered the phone around here if my dad wasn't home.
"Hey Rin, it's Jason."
AN: Well, most of you guessed right hahaha it WAS Jason. I think I dropped enough hints that it was Jason =P I also introduced Zell in this chapter. He's gonna play a pretty big role in this story later on so stay tuned. The more reviews I get the quicker I'll update! So please R&R! Thanks!
AN: Thanks to everybody who reviewed that last chapter! I decided to make a really quick update. Please keep those reviews coming!
Chapter 8: Confusion Rinoa's POV
It's been a few weeks now that Jason and I have been going out. He's a nice guy and I really like him. Even my dad approves of him surprisingly enough. He told me that Jason was a very kind and smart young man. Jason always knows just what to say at the right times.
"Hey Rinoa!" I turned around and was greeted with spiky blond hair and a toothy grin. It was Zell Dincht. Zell has been my friend since we were both five, he's my best friend next to Selphie. Somehow, I seem to like hyperactive people since Zell is more or less the same as Selphie personality wise, only he's a guy.
"Hey Zell, haven't seen you in a while." Zell was also a metasite not a very strong metasite, but a metasite nonetheless. Because Zell was a metasite, he lived in the dorms and had separate classes from the rest of us which is why I see him a lot less often than before.
"How's Jason? He treatin' you alright?"
"Yeah, he's very nice not to mention all the girls in the Garden are all jealous of me." I giggled a little since it was sorta true, all the girls are giving me dark looks every time they see me with Jason.
"That's cool, anyways, just wanted to know what's up with you. Gotta go back to the training center. They're gonna get us to spar again. Hope I don't get my ass handed to me" he started laughing like it was a joke but I could see he really was worried.
"OK Zell, don't worry, your metasite will get better. Besides, you're already stronger than almost all of the people in the Garden. And definitely stronger than anyone in my class."
"Yeah thanks Rinoa. I'll see you later then!" he ran off throwing fists and getting all pumped up. Deep inside, I knew the other metasites would hand him his ass.
It was early in the morning and I still had quite a bit of time before my first class. I headed to the cafeteria and found Jason there eating breakfast.
"Hi Rin" he gave me that smile of his again. His smile was so quick that it caught you by surprise sometimes which made him that much hotter. I giggled again 'cause of those stupid thoughts.
"Morning Jason" I sat next to him and he immediately forgot all about his breakfast and wrapped his arms around me. "Come on, let's go to class sweetheart. It's almost time. Might as well get there early." he was so sweet. We walked hand in hand to Quistis' classroom. We arrived there very early. In fact, only two other people were in the classroom. Quistis and Squall. I wasn't surprised to see Squall there since I he's always by himself and doesn't seem to have any friends. In a way I felt sort of sorry for him but his attitude just totally turned everyone off. He never lets anybody know anything about him, he'll never give you a straight answer.
Squall has been living with Irvine for a while now and Irvine tells us that he and Squall get along fine. Personally, I gave up on Squall since I just don't like the way he treats people. He also acts a little cocky sometimes. Why? I have no idea why, the guy seems like he's a below average student and he's not a good athlete or fighter so I don't know why he would be acting cocky. Maybe 'cause of his looks.
"Good morning instructor." Jason smiled at Quistis. I'm liking Jason more and more now. Seems like I didn't know him before.
"Good morning Jason, Rinoa." Quistis greeted us.
"Quistis, you wanna go to the mall after school?" I don't know why I wanted to go to the mall so bad, I just did.
"Sure, meet you at the park after school, ok?" the park was where we used to hang out as kids. We still use it as our meeting place since Quistis gets off school later than we do.
"Yeah no problem."
Squall sat directly across from me in Quistis' class. He was always silent in class listening to the instructor. Quistis kinda liked him I think since every time she asked him a question she sorta giggled.
Quistis asked Squall a question about metasite blood and as usual Squall couldn't answer it. He looked over at me like he was checking me out or something. I rolled my eyes at him and he just shrugged stupidly.
But then Quistis told Jason to answer the question and my boyfriend said the answer like he had it rehearsed. I looked at Squall and noticed a small twinkle in his eye which disappeared as quickly as it came. I glanced at Jason and saw him wink at me.
Quistis then sprung another question at Squall. This time, I could almost see a change in him. He answered her question like he had swallowed the textbook and regurgitated it with his own words stuck in here and there. I was amazed to tell the truth but I figured that Quistis just asked the one question he actually knew.
After school Jason said he had to go to his friend's house since he had been ignoring his friends for the longest time to spend time with me. I understood and I also had Quistis to keep me company. I went to the park after school and I decided to sit by and watch some kids playing. I like kids a lot. When I got to the park I did see kids. Kids running OUT of the park.
I thought it was kinda weird so I went in to check it out. Sometimes, weak monsters like bite bugs and stuff get into the park and the kids get freaked out. I had my hand on my blaster edge just in case it really was some monster.
The park was always a quiet place, overshadowed by the mall when it was built. Today, it seemed almost...dead. I walked on a little further and heard cracks and sounds of something heavy getting hit. I followed the sound and I saw something I didn't expect to see at all.
Jason and three of his other friends were beating some guy up. One of his friends, a guy named Peter had a heavy lead club in one hand and was furiously pounding away at the figure in the middle of the three guys.
I slowly crept up behind them and realized the guy was Squall. Squall was just standing there wobbling a little but standing and getting cracked on the head over and over again by that club while taking a beating from the three other guys, Jason included. I suddenly felt very sick, I didn't know why I EVER trusted Jason. I should've known that the people he hangs out with are a good sign that he's bad news.
I snapped back to my senses and hauled my ass outta there as fast as I could. I needed to get some help for Squall. I ran all the way to the mall and bumped into Quistis on the way.
"Quistis! Squall's getting the shit kicked outta him by Jason and the other three idiots he hangs out with all the time. You know, Peter, Jack, and Allan."
"What? Squall??? You sure it was Squall?" what was she playing at? Of COURSE I was sure it's Squall! There's no mistaking that hair and those eyes, not to mention he was wearing his SeeD uniform from this morning.
"Yes I'm sure! Now let's go find him before he gets hurt too much!" geez, he could be dead by now!
"Uhhh ok Rin, let's go find him..." she followed me as I lead the way to the place where I found Squall earlier. Noone was there.
"Hmmm you must've been imagining things. There's noone around here, some kids are coming in to play so maybe we shouldn't be bothering them let's go to the mall." Quistis started heading back.
I stuck around for a few minutes and noticed the muddy ground had footprints left by five pairs of SeeD uniform boots. I hadn't been imagining things, it WAS Squall. They must've dragged him off somewhere else 'cause the park is too public.
Quistis and I shopped for a while but my mind was on Squall the whole time. We all know he seems kinda clumsy as a fighter and he definitely can't handle four huge guys at once.
"Quistis, I'm going to go home now, I really don't feel much like shopping anymore. Sorry."
"You still worried about Squall?" damn, she read my mind. I nodded slowly.
"There's nothing to worry about, I'm sure he's fine. Even if he was getting beat up, somebody would've found him and took him to the ambulance right? Besides, Jason and his friends aren't stupid enough to kill someone right? Honestly, I don't even know why they would want to beat up Squall in the first place so you were probably imagining things." somehow, Quistis seemed kinda carefree, like she knew something I didn't.
"Yeah, he'll be fine. I'm gonna go anyways though, see ya later." I waved and started walking home. I live pretty close to the mall and I can get home in about five minutes. When I got home, I was shocked to see Squall in my house playing with my dog Angelo.
"Hi Rinoa. Just came over to play with your dog since Irvine's out and Irene was too lazy to give your dog some exercise." Squall came over rather frequently and quickly got to know everybody in our house. My dad and Irene enjoyed his company and Irvine wasn't home half the time so he comes over to my house to hang out.
"Hey Squall, you're home fast."
"Yeah, I didn't go anywhere after school. Came right back home." our house was almost like his house now 'cause Irvine was so close to my father.
"Oh...I see, well I'm gonna go upstairs and start my homework. Just call if Angelo gives you any trouble." I laughed and went upstairs. My breathing was ragged and unsteady because what I had just seen scared me. It scared me bad.
Squall didn't have a single cut or bruise on any part of his body that I could see. The back part of his head that was being smacked around by a LEAD club looked completely normal and he talked and acted like nothing ever happened. I was starting to question my own sanity.
RIIIIING! RIIIIING! The phone rang and jolted my out of my thoughts.
"Hello?" I usually answered the phone around here if my dad wasn't home.
"Hey Rin, it's Jason."
AN: Well, most of you guessed right hahaha it WAS Jason. I think I dropped enough hints that it was Jason =P I also introduced Zell in this chapter. He's gonna play a pretty big role in this story later on so stay tuned. The more reviews I get the quicker I'll update! So please R&R! Thanks!