Author's Note: I actually got a review on my post day posting this story up. Thank you! Now I shall work on chapter 3. It might sound kind of crappy throws the end due to the fact that my mind would be wandering a lot now oO;; Heh heh! I hope you still enjoy it all the same. And remember, Please do Read and Review.
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Chapter 3
Laurette sighed as she checked on some of the garden's news and all. She was a bit disappointed about missing class this morning, but what happened has happened. She then looked at the Garden Festival page to find that instructor Tilmitt and Garland has been updating a lot. "Daughter like mother…" Laurette thought and gave a small chuckle. There was a knock on the door and Garland came in. As much as Laurette hates it when people just go in without her giving them an answer, Garland was usually okay to do that. "Hey you're looking at the Garden Festival page!! Wanna help?" Garland asked. "Err…sure." Laurette said and smiled. "REALLY?!" Garland was surprised that Laurette has answered yes. It was spontaneous for Laurette to answer yes when she has just gotten hurt, or something has just came up. It was also rare to see her smile. "Sure…why not?" Laurette questioned. "Besides, I guess last year's was fun. You guys did a good job." Laurette said. Garland eyes shot wide open when she heard those words coming out of Laurette's mouth. Laurette looked up from her work to find Garland with a smile on her face. "Huh? What? Do I have something on my face or something?" Laurette asked trying to sound as if she was joking at the same time. "No, I'm just very surprised and happy." Garland giggled. Laurette looked back down to her school work. "Well you're always happy." Laurette said and wrote down some notes. "Te-He! Well, if you need anything, just tell me alright? I'll be in my room or in the living room area somewhere." She said and walked out. "Alright thanks!" Laurette shouted and heard the door shut.
After about an hour of finishing up the work she has missed that day, she got up to stretch and felt a bit dizzy. She pulled out the pills the doctor told her to take and swallow it, and it was followed by a rush of water. She then headed to the door. She opens it to find her friends sitting there chattering away. "Howdy Laurette! You okay now?" the tall teenage boy said as he tipped his hat to her. "Hey Iven." Laurette answered and walked up to her friends who were just sitting around. "Sorry 'bout not being there when you awoken…" He said. "Oh, was Mr. Iven Kinneas hitting on girls again?" Aleron laughed. Ivan blushed. "Hey, be nice to my bro!" Garland said making a face at Aleron. "Chill it girly, just joking!" Aleron said and sat back. Laurette just rolled her eyes and notice Jules was sitting there quietly. "Jules, you okay man?" She asked. He had his arms crossed and he sat up straight, and he didn't even answer her. "Jules…?" She asked again. He didn't answer. "JULES!! THE COOKIE IS RUNNING AWAY!!" Aleron then shouted. Instantly Jules jumped out of his seat and looked around. "Huh? WHERE?!!" He shouted. Everyone started to laugh, and Jules blushed. "What?!" Jules shouted at Aleron. "It's nothing Jules, Laurette was just asking if you're okay since you seemed to daze out." Rosemarie explained. "Oh? Sorry about that heh heh…" He laughed nervously and rubbed his head with a wide grin on his face. Laurette nodded, and sat on the edge of the arm rest on the couch. "So are you guys ready to take that SeeD exam?" Rosemarie asked out of the blue. "You bet ya! I was born ready!" Aleron smirked. "And yet you manage to fail the test the last time…" Jules reminded him with a smile on his face. "Hehe, Yea I know huh?" Garland agreed. "Hey! I was too young then…" Aleron said standing up for himself. "So you're saying you're old now?" Jules laughed. "Psh…" Aleron said giving up the fight. Everyone started to laugh but Aleron. "Everybody knows that Laurette's ready! She's the one born ready!!" Jules exclaimed. "Ya, I know huh?" Ivens agreed as he spun his gun in his finger. "Number student at Balamb ya?" Ivens added on. "Whatever…" Laurette said got up to get a drink. "At least we know she has what it takes, I'm still a bit worried about it…." Rosemarie said with a worried tone of voice. She sighed. Laurette then walked back to the group with a glass of water in her hands. "Don't worry Rosemarie, if your mother passed the test at 15, I'm sure you will too." Laurette gave her a reassuring smile. Rosemarie nodded. "If you guys want, we could go train together ya know?" Laurette suggested. "Oh you'll be the only one training then Laurette. I mean who gets up 2 hours before class to go train?" Aleron said. "Laurette does…" Garland pointed out. "Yea, and some of the SeeD goes and train too!!" Iven said. "I know my dad does." He added nodding along. "Uh-huh, yup! Dad does!" Garland added giving her bro a high five.
"Well, it's getting late, our SeeD test is tomorrow…" Laurette said wanting to get some rest after her very off day. "Yea…" Jules yawned. "I'm tired, I'm hitting the bunk. I'll see you guys tomorrow." He said. "Yea…oh!! How about we make a pact?" Garland jumped up and suggested. "What? What kind of a pact? Do we get cookies?" Jules asked turning back around from the door. "What's up with you and cookies?!" Aleron then smacked Jules on the head. "Ouch, not cool man!" Jules said threading Aleron with his fist. "Hey-Hey! Take it easy now." Iven stepped in-between the two. "Well Garland, make it quick, don't want a fight to break out." Rosemarie said and crossed her arms. "I wanna make a pact, promising that we'll all pass the test tomorrow, and none of us will get left behind…promise?" She said sticking her hand into the middle of the circle. "I'm in with ya sis." Iven then put his hand on top of hers. Rosemaire followed along with a nod, and so did Jules. Then Laurette. Then they all stared at Aleron who didn't seem to really care. "Aleron, are you going to join us or not?" Laurette asked with a hint of being annoyed in her voice. "Sure whatever…" He said and placed his hand in. "Aleron, don't put your hand in if you're not serious!" Garland said a bit mad now. "I am though! We'll all pass the SeeD test tomorrow and make it out alive!!" He shouted. "Alright…Raw Image?" Garland said. "Raw Image!!" the shouted the name of their band. "We'll make it out of there, I know we will." Laurette said. "Yea, it's a deal." Then all tossed their hands into the air. "Well, night guys!" Rosemarie then left, along with Jules, Aleron and Iven, leaving Garland and Laurette with nothing to do but going to bed.
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