Its all your fault
Chapter Three
To be honest I didn't know I would continue this, I got a new review out of the blue and it occurred to me I was lazy and the sort of author who is terrible to read, because of slow updates. Thanks everyone! Although Ashbear's review was a big shock but perfect for getting me into writing. Here we go….
Hotel meetings.
They had arrived at long last. It had taken Rinoa all of five seconds to be persuaded to take a holiday with Quistis and Selphie.
Rinoa pulled a face, the last thing she wanted was to see Irvine and Zell turn up on holiday too, they had threatened to. Hopefully they were only joking.
"Hey Rinoa we have to take our stuff up to our rooms!" Selphie called to her from the reception desk.
This is going to be fun. "Okay Selphie, I'll come in a minute." She followed Selphie to the huge staircase. It was a beach holiday in Balamb. It had been Quistis' idea.
"We'll be able to shop, stay in a nice hotel and have fun there." Those had been her words. It was strange, Quistis didn't usually seem to enjoy relaxing. No matter how she tried to persuade people that she was human like everyone else.
Unlike someone else I know, Rinoa thought angrily.
No, she wasn't on holiday to think about him.
Selphie and Quistis were already in the room when she arrived. Selphie bounced on the bed. Quistis was neatly packing away her clothes and things.
"What's the view like?" Rinoa asked, heading to the window.
"Oh I don't know," Quistis said turning her head to Rinoa politely. "I didn't check it out."
"Oh its pretty." Rinoa had been in the hotel before. But she hadn't seen such a nice view in many of the places she had been. She had spent much of her life at home in Galbadia. Then the rest in a train and then Garden. Out of those Garden had been the nicest for views. But she had left for a reason.
Stop thinking about him! Rinoa pulled her eyes away from the horizon and mentally hit herself. This wasn't the point of the holiday.
"Rinoa?" Selphie stopped bouncing momentarily to watch Rinoa. "Is something wrong?"
"Nothing at all. A bit of a headache from the glare. That's all." Rinoa congratulated herself for formulating such a good excuse.
"What glare?" Quistis asked looking to the window. "The suns not out today."
What do I say?
Selphie giggled and stopped bouncing. She sniffed the air comically. "I smell fish!" She said excitedly. And dashed out the room; evidently for some food.
"We all could do with some food." Quistis admitted. Facing Rinoa she smiled. "Let's go." She paused as Rinoa went to fetch her bag. "What are you doing?"
Rinoa looked up surprised, "Just getting my bag."
"Don't worry about that right now. I'll pay for you and if you really want to pay me back later you can. But let's go." Quistis steered Rinoa out the room. Rinoa's face wore a confused expression as they left the hotel.
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The journey was short, Balamb wasn't large and there were only a couple of restaurants. Mostly they sold seafood meals.
Rinoa headed to fetch the menus. Selphie smiled, Quistis. "Did you see them?"
Quistis nodded, "I saw them getting out of the car."
"I saw the car before Rinoa turned away. Thank goodness she didn't see them."
"She'll see them sometime." Quistis said wearily. "Is this really worth it?"
Selphie looked at her in shock. "Of course it's worth it! We want to see them get back together don't we?"
"Of course we do, but its no point letting them argue even more is it?"
"Quistis I can't believe this! Please don't tell me you're not going to give up the plan!" Selphie was practically hopping on the spot. Drawing attention from passers-by.
"Rinoa!" Quistis said happily as she returned laden with menus. Rinoa looked a bit grumpy.
"Can we order now? My feet hurt after standing so long." She complained. The others complied to her request.
"This place is really great!" Rinoa said enthusiastically. Perking up now she was sitting she chose her meal leisurely. "Hey Selphie, Quistis- what do we have to talk about now?" They looked at her quizzically. Rinoa sighed, "I mean girl talk. You know? Let's talk about girly stuff like…"
"Boyfriends and exes!" Selphie said. Rinoa turned a bright shade of red.
"Okay maybe not then." Rinoa said turning her chair away a little. Selphie leaned forward. Quistis directed a warning glance at her which she ignored.
"No Rinoa- we should talk about that stuff. Like me and Irvine. How he gets on my nerves when he flirts with other women and then he tells me he's not flirting at all and he only has eyes for me!" She clenched her fist tightly. "I wanna hit him round the head sometimes!
"Selphie, we should change the topic." Quistis said cautiously.
"No," Rinoa said slowly turning around. "I never did say what really annoyed me about him." Selphie and Quistis looked at each other. They wondered what Rinoa would say.
"He was cold. I knew that before I started dating him but you guys don't ever think you can change someone, you never can!" She glanced at the bar nearby. "How about some drinks?"
Her friends nodded dumbly. Rinoa stood up and ordered some drinks from the bar. She returned with a few. They were the sort of drinks Rinoa liked. Selphie and Quistis found they couldn't drink any.
That wasn't a problem. Rinoa consumed the drinks and more as she ordered some. She was very talkative though. About how Squall refused to hug, kiss or hold hands in public. How he had never taken a holiday off to spend with her. How he forgot her birthday, how he was a lousy kisser…
It went on. Quistis and Selphie were finally sick of it. Rinoa was drunk and she could barely sit straight in her chair straight, let alone walk. They picked her up and paying for the meal they headed to leave/
Then it happened. Quistis glanced at her watch as they started to drag Rinoa with them. Horror struck her. They would be arriving soon. Irvine, Zell and Squall- it had been arranged. Seeing Rinoa in this state would not convince Squall how much he missed her.
They were close to the exit. Then the worst case scenario happened. Squall entered the restaurant, he was alone. Quistis found herself thinking about what she would say to Irvine and Zell for letting Squall walk around alone. Rinoa was dangling limply from between Selphie and Quistis. She looked pale and her face as though she wanted to be sick. It was instantly transformed when they locked eyes on each other however.
The look on the old couple faces, of horror and anger and the disgust on Squalls added to the mix was not a desired result.
Rinoa screamed and seized a nearby plateful of food from a guest's table and threw it at Squall. He was wearing black jumper and this did not help to hide the mayonnaise stains from the salad which now littered his shoulders.
Rinoa stared at him. Looking surprised at first her face changed expression, and she giggled.
Squall's face became even angrier and he turned around and stormed out of the restaurant. Irvine and Zell were still not there and the women were being told never to return to the restaurant again by the manager. Which meant they couldn't chase after him. Rinoa was still giggling.
It was altogether a terrible day.
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So they left. Rinoa rushed to the toilet as soon as they returned to their room. They waited, ready for bed and feeling very low.
"I can't believe today." Quistis mumbled at last. Selphie attempted hope.
"Maybe Rinoa will have all her anger out of her system tomorrow."
"Maybe not." Quistis said slowly.
"We have to talk to Zell and Irvine tomorrow." Selphie said. "Why didn't they stop Squall?"
"Because they're a couple of idiots." Quistis said angrily.
The room was silent after that. Except for the sound of the after-effects of the alcohol coming from the bathroom.
Okay… that was strange. I just wanted them to meet up and really I couldn't be bothered with the different viewpoints this time. Hope you liked this. It was short and I'm ashamed of it but I didn't want to drag it out because I couldn't come up with much! Please no flames!