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Sorry about that volley ball game! I wrote it the way I played it in my gym class! Thanx for all of the reviews! I'm loving them! I'll be quiet now and continue on with the story.
Chapter VI: Don't die on me......
The black jeep drove full speed to Quistis's car. The unconscious Rinoa fell to the side of the car, her forehead bleeding. A tall blonde man came from the black jeep. He couldn't walk straight, as if he were drunk. He held his leg and arm in pain from the impact the car made when it hit. The fat man made his way to the car. He knocked on the window. No one answered. Another black car pulled up. The door was opened and it revealed Squall. He quickly ran to Rinoa's door.
"Hey man! Do ya' know this person?" The drunk man asked. Squall didn't answer. He tried to open the car door but it was locked. 'Come on Rinoa, please don't be dead.' Squall thought to himself as he drove his shoulder into the door. "Let me give you a hand." The drunk man cracked the window of the door, causing his hand to bleed. He opened the door from the inside. Rinoa fell out, but before she could fall to the ground, Squall caught her. He took her seat belt off and carried her to his car. 'Don't worry Rinoa, I'll help you. Help you? What am I doing? This isn't like me at all. On the other hand, this isn't like Rinoa to act this way.'
Squall placed the bleeding Rinoa in the back seat. "Go call the ambulance!" Squall yelled to the blonde.
"R-Right." He quickly reached in his pocket for a cell phone and found it. The man dialed the nearest hospital.
"It's alright Rinoa." Squall assured as he removed bloody strands of hair from her face.
"....Yes, we got a car crash....On Livingston Ave. Thanks." The drunkard turned his cell off and faced towards Squall. "Their on their way." The man slid down on his car to the ground and dozed off.
"He's really drunk." Squall said under his breathe.
*
"I wonder where Rinoa went?" Selphie asked Quistis.
"Maybe Rinoa is having a good time with Squall." Quistis lifted her fork full of spaghetti and put it in her mouth.
"You think so?" Quistis just nodded. The students sitting around the table chatted and giggled as they ate. Everyone was having a great time.
*
"What's your name Sir?" The policemen asked.
"I'm David Smith! The ruler of the world!" The drunk man yelled.
"Your under arrest for driving drunk and without a license." The policeman put handcuffs on David and brought him to the police car. The ambulance already arrived and took Squall and Rinoa to the hospital.
The ambulance took the stretcher that held Rinoa and steered it to the opened hospital door. "She's lost a lot of blood, get her to the emergency immediately!" A doctor yelled as they ran down the hall. Squall followed behind. They entered the emergency room. Squall tried to go in, but they stopped him.
"Are you related to her?" The woman asked. Squall shook his head. "Are you her husband or boyfriend? It's the only way you can get in. If your no one to her then I suggest you to wait out here. 'Think fast Squall. Come on. Come on! I don't want to wait.'
"I'm her boyfriend." Squall lied. The woman let the door open and Squall walked in. He saw a bunch of doctors and nurses standing around Rinoa, who was laying on the hospital bed, lifeless.
"We're losing her. She looks like she's been through a lot." The doctor announced as he tried desperately to bring her out of her unconscious state. Squall looked away and left. Just looking at it made his heart throb and his stomach ache. He sat down on a chair that was in the corner of the hall. Squall rested his elbows on his knees. 'Don't die Rinoa.'
*
An hour or so passed before the doctor finally came out of the emergency room. Squall quickly stood up. "How is she?" He asked. The man stood quiet for a minute, but then a smile grew on his face.
"She'll be fine. She needs a lot of rest though." A huge sigh of relief exploded through Squall. His heart slowed down a considerable amount.
"Can I see her?" Squall asked the doctor.
"Sure, but try not to get her upset or anything."
"She's awake?!" The doctor just nodded and left down the hall. Squall walked into the hospital room to see Rinoa laying on her side, faced towards the night sky. Squall stepped up to her. "Rinoa?" He asked, almost in a whisper. Rinoa turned around slowly. Her eyes lit up when she saw Squall.
"Squall!" Rinoa gasped. "W-What are you doing here?!" She tried to sit, but pain jolted through her body.
"Don't move." Squall commanded. He pulled up a hospital chair and sat in it backwards, next to her bed. "How are you feeling?" 'Stupid question Squall!' Squall scolded himself.
"Terrible. I feel like I can die right now." Rinoa turned back to the window.
"But you lived. It's a miracle your awake." Squall said.
"Yeah." Rinoa replied back in a bored tone. "Why are you here? Shouldn't you be in your dorm right now?"
"I was wondering why I'm here myself." Squall said. There was silence. "I'll just leave." Squall got up from the chair and started to head to the door.
"Please don't leave me alone. I don't want to be alone!" Rinoa yelled, trying to get up. She slowly walked over to him, tears streaming down her face. Rinoa felt the bolts of pain through her body, she ignored it though. She just wanted to be in his arms. As Rinoa threw herself at Squall, he half reluctantly held her. Rinoa's tears wet his graduation suit. "I don't like being alone."
"I know how you feel." Squall said in a whisper. Rinoa looked up at him with a confused look. She then pulled her aching body tighter into the embrace. Squall did also.
"Were...you..alone before?" Rinoa asked. Squall loosened the embrace. His face went from a calm expression to a tense expression.
"Y-Yeah." He answered nervously. 'It's no use in making her cry again.' Squall thought. "I used to be in an orphanage." Squall began, as he carefully walked Rinoa back to her bed and laid her down. She pulled the covers over her. "I had a sister there. I always used to play and share kiddy secrets with her."
"What's her name?" Rinoa asked. Squall sat back down in his chair.
"Ellone....She always comforted me during thunderstorms or anything." Squall looked down to the floor and chuckled, he then looked back up to Rinoa. "She always used to tell me to be calm during those storms, but she was kind of scared herself."
"What happened to her?" Rinoa asked, interrupting. Squall looked out into the window and began to speak, still looking in the window.
"She died....It was a rainy afternoon and we were going to our favorite flower field outside of the orphanage. Before we left, our foster mom asked Ellone and I to go to the store and get a couple of groceries. We agreed." Squall's throat got tighter as he continued. "We walked down a path when we saw a whole bunch of young men walking towards us. Ellone picked me up as we got closer to them. I guess she was being aware of the men. They ran up to us and knocked her down, including me. I scraped my knee and began to cry. The men picked my sister up and walked away, leaving me there. I heard her calling my name out. She told me to be strong and go get Edea, our foster mom.I ran up to her and grabbed her arms. One of the men slapped me away." A tear fell down Squall's face as he continued.
"I ran as fast as I could backed to mom's or Edea's house. I told her everything that happened. She called the police and a search party was sent out. Day after day, I cried for Ellone. Edea tried to comfort me, but she was nothing like Ellone. I ran away numerous times but she found me. One day, the police came back to our house and told us that they found Ellone. I heard mumbles after that. Then they told Edea where she was at. I quickly ran to that location and entered a white building. I saw Ellone on a white bed that covered up her body. I pulled it down and I saw blood all over her lifeless body.. ...She.... She'd been rap-" Squall stopped and brought his arms to his head. Rinoa slowly got up, tears in her own eyes and hugged Squall.
"It's over now Squall." Rinoa assured in a warm voice.
"Ever since then, no one wanted to adopt me. I was so rude and cold to the point people started hating me." Squall continued.
"That's horrible....You had to live alone?" Rinoa asked as she held Squall's face to her.
"Yeah. I guess so." He whispered back wiping tears from his face.
"I hate this. I hate having to be alone!...I know! Why don't we take care of each other?" Squall lifted his head from her.
"I don't know. I'll have to think about it." He answered back.
"Can you at least stay with me until I fall asleep?" She asked.
"Sure." Squall sat up in his chair. Rinoa faced the window again and slowly fell asleep.
*
"That was fun!" Selphie exclaimed, as she walked down with Quistis and Xu to their dorms. Quistis used her card and opened the door. Selphie turned on the lights while Xu flopped on the bed.
"Wow! Rinoa still didn't come back yet." Xu said. "They weren't even there when we had the big feast. Geeze, I didn't know Squall would be so...outgoing."
"Their probably makin' out." Quistis stated as she walked into the bathroom. Selphie turned on the small tv that was placed in the living room.
"It's such a relief to get those babies out of the way." Selphie announced, flicking through channels. Quistis came out from the bathroom in her pajamas.
"We get them back on Monday though." Quistis joined Selphie on the couch. Xu soon joined in.
*
'How long does she plan to sleep?' Squall asked. 'I'm so tired.' Squall dozed off in his sleep. Rinoa tossed and turned as she was having the same nightmare before again.
"Mommy!" The young Rinoa yelled. She ran to her mother's arms and sobbed.
"Oh my sweet Rinoa." Julia answered back. She held the small girl tightly. "It's alright." Julia pulled the girl away from her. She pulled a silver necklace that had a ring on it from her neck. On the silver ring were two angel wings. "Take this, you'll always remember me through this." Rinoa lifted her head and took the ring. It was a bit to big for the small girl. Julia held the girl tight. Her arms grew weak and weak until they let go off her. Julia's breathing stopped. Rinoa noticed this and screamed. Doctors came running in and pushed her out of the way.....
"No!" Rinoa cried out. She jumped up from her sleep. Squall jumped, startled. Rinoa turned to him. "Sorry. Another nightmare." She said. Squall stood from his sitting position and hugged her. "How come you don't have nightmares?" She asked, crying.
"I have them sometimes." He answered, resting his chin on her head. Rinoa sat in his arms.
"Do my friends know I'm here?"
"No.... Do you want them to be here? It's almost eleven o'clock." He answered.
"Really?!...How come your still here?"
"You asked me to be here. Remember?" Squall let go of Rinoa and sat back down on his bed. He started to yawn.
"You can go home if you want." She answered back. "I know your tired."
"No. I'll stay here until you don't have nightmares." Rinoa lied back down on her bed. Before she went to sleep she said,
"Squall. You've changed a lot." With that she fell into her sleep.
*
It was now Saturday afternoon. Some students were still sleeping in and some walked into the lunch room for lunch. Rinoa's friends and teachers were informed of her accident in the morning and paid her a visit. She still had to be in the hospital. They would release her on Tuesday. "I'm glad your not that badly injured." Quistis gasped out. She sat down beside Rinoa, squeezing out her life. Rinoa just laughed. Selphie and Xu joined in as well.
"Thank God your alright." Cid announced. Everyone stood around her bed. "Thanks to Squall, we would have lost you." Rinoa sat up in her bed.
"I'm glad Squall saved me as well." Rinoa said shyly. Selphie walked up to her.
"How come your so shy?" She asked. Rinoa turned to Selphie.
"Just a little embarrassed."
"Alright everyone, now that we have seen that she's all right, let's give her sometime alone." Cid said, as he held the door opened for everyone to walk out. Squall was the first to walk out and then everyone else. Rinoa watched as they walked out.
"I have great friends." She said to herself before falling back asleep in her bed.
A/N: Well, another chappie down. On the next one, it will be about...I can't tell you! Here's a hint. Some fluff!
Sorry about that volley ball game! I wrote it the way I played it in my gym class! Thanx for all of the reviews! I'm loving them! I'll be quiet now and continue on with the story.
Chapter VI: Don't die on me......
The black jeep drove full speed to Quistis's car. The unconscious Rinoa fell to the side of the car, her forehead bleeding. A tall blonde man came from the black jeep. He couldn't walk straight, as if he were drunk. He held his leg and arm in pain from the impact the car made when it hit. The fat man made his way to the car. He knocked on the window. No one answered. Another black car pulled up. The door was opened and it revealed Squall. He quickly ran to Rinoa's door.
"Hey man! Do ya' know this person?" The drunk man asked. Squall didn't answer. He tried to open the car door but it was locked. 'Come on Rinoa, please don't be dead.' Squall thought to himself as he drove his shoulder into the door. "Let me give you a hand." The drunk man cracked the window of the door, causing his hand to bleed. He opened the door from the inside. Rinoa fell out, but before she could fall to the ground, Squall caught her. He took her seat belt off and carried her to his car. 'Don't worry Rinoa, I'll help you. Help you? What am I doing? This isn't like me at all. On the other hand, this isn't like Rinoa to act this way.'
Squall placed the bleeding Rinoa in the back seat. "Go call the ambulance!" Squall yelled to the blonde.
"R-Right." He quickly reached in his pocket for a cell phone and found it. The man dialed the nearest hospital.
"It's alright Rinoa." Squall assured as he removed bloody strands of hair from her face.
"....Yes, we got a car crash....On Livingston Ave. Thanks." The drunkard turned his cell off and faced towards Squall. "Their on their way." The man slid down on his car to the ground and dozed off.
"He's really drunk." Squall said under his breathe.
*
"I wonder where Rinoa went?" Selphie asked Quistis.
"Maybe Rinoa is having a good time with Squall." Quistis lifted her fork full of spaghetti and put it in her mouth.
"You think so?" Quistis just nodded. The students sitting around the table chatted and giggled as they ate. Everyone was having a great time.
*
"What's your name Sir?" The policemen asked.
"I'm David Smith! The ruler of the world!" The drunk man yelled.
"Your under arrest for driving drunk and without a license." The policeman put handcuffs on David and brought him to the police car. The ambulance already arrived and took Squall and Rinoa to the hospital.
The ambulance took the stretcher that held Rinoa and steered it to the opened hospital door. "She's lost a lot of blood, get her to the emergency immediately!" A doctor yelled as they ran down the hall. Squall followed behind. They entered the emergency room. Squall tried to go in, but they stopped him.
"Are you related to her?" The woman asked. Squall shook his head. "Are you her husband or boyfriend? It's the only way you can get in. If your no one to her then I suggest you to wait out here. 'Think fast Squall. Come on. Come on! I don't want to wait.'
"I'm her boyfriend." Squall lied. The woman let the door open and Squall walked in. He saw a bunch of doctors and nurses standing around Rinoa, who was laying on the hospital bed, lifeless.
"We're losing her. She looks like she's been through a lot." The doctor announced as he tried desperately to bring her out of her unconscious state. Squall looked away and left. Just looking at it made his heart throb and his stomach ache. He sat down on a chair that was in the corner of the hall. Squall rested his elbows on his knees. 'Don't die Rinoa.'
*
An hour or so passed before the doctor finally came out of the emergency room. Squall quickly stood up. "How is she?" He asked. The man stood quiet for a minute, but then a smile grew on his face.
"She'll be fine. She needs a lot of rest though." A huge sigh of relief exploded through Squall. His heart slowed down a considerable amount.
"Can I see her?" Squall asked the doctor.
"Sure, but try not to get her upset or anything."
"She's awake?!" The doctor just nodded and left down the hall. Squall walked into the hospital room to see Rinoa laying on her side, faced towards the night sky. Squall stepped up to her. "Rinoa?" He asked, almost in a whisper. Rinoa turned around slowly. Her eyes lit up when she saw Squall.
"Squall!" Rinoa gasped. "W-What are you doing here?!" She tried to sit, but pain jolted through her body.
"Don't move." Squall commanded. He pulled up a hospital chair and sat in it backwards, next to her bed. "How are you feeling?" 'Stupid question Squall!' Squall scolded himself.
"Terrible. I feel like I can die right now." Rinoa turned back to the window.
"But you lived. It's a miracle your awake." Squall said.
"Yeah." Rinoa replied back in a bored tone. "Why are you here? Shouldn't you be in your dorm right now?"
"I was wondering why I'm here myself." Squall said. There was silence. "I'll just leave." Squall got up from the chair and started to head to the door.
"Please don't leave me alone. I don't want to be alone!" Rinoa yelled, trying to get up. She slowly walked over to him, tears streaming down her face. Rinoa felt the bolts of pain through her body, she ignored it though. She just wanted to be in his arms. As Rinoa threw herself at Squall, he half reluctantly held her. Rinoa's tears wet his graduation suit. "I don't like being alone."
"I know how you feel." Squall said in a whisper. Rinoa looked up at him with a confused look. She then pulled her aching body tighter into the embrace. Squall did also.
"Were...you..alone before?" Rinoa asked. Squall loosened the embrace. His face went from a calm expression to a tense expression.
"Y-Yeah." He answered nervously. 'It's no use in making her cry again.' Squall thought. "I used to be in an orphanage." Squall began, as he carefully walked Rinoa back to her bed and laid her down. She pulled the covers over her. "I had a sister there. I always used to play and share kiddy secrets with her."
"What's her name?" Rinoa asked. Squall sat back down in his chair.
"Ellone....She always comforted me during thunderstorms or anything." Squall looked down to the floor and chuckled, he then looked back up to Rinoa. "She always used to tell me to be calm during those storms, but she was kind of scared herself."
"What happened to her?" Rinoa asked, interrupting. Squall looked out into the window and began to speak, still looking in the window.
"She died....It was a rainy afternoon and we were going to our favorite flower field outside of the orphanage. Before we left, our foster mom asked Ellone and I to go to the store and get a couple of groceries. We agreed." Squall's throat got tighter as he continued. "We walked down a path when we saw a whole bunch of young men walking towards us. Ellone picked me up as we got closer to them. I guess she was being aware of the men. They ran up to us and knocked her down, including me. I scraped my knee and began to cry. The men picked my sister up and walked away, leaving me there. I heard her calling my name out. She told me to be strong and go get Edea, our foster mom.I ran up to her and grabbed her arms. One of the men slapped me away." A tear fell down Squall's face as he continued.
"I ran as fast as I could backed to mom's or Edea's house. I told her everything that happened. She called the police and a search party was sent out. Day after day, I cried for Ellone. Edea tried to comfort me, but she was nothing like Ellone. I ran away numerous times but she found me. One day, the police came back to our house and told us that they found Ellone. I heard mumbles after that. Then they told Edea where she was at. I quickly ran to that location and entered a white building. I saw Ellone on a white bed that covered up her body. I pulled it down and I saw blood all over her lifeless body.. ...She.... She'd been rap-" Squall stopped and brought his arms to his head. Rinoa slowly got up, tears in her own eyes and hugged Squall.
"It's over now Squall." Rinoa assured in a warm voice.
"Ever since then, no one wanted to adopt me. I was so rude and cold to the point people started hating me." Squall continued.
"That's horrible....You had to live alone?" Rinoa asked as she held Squall's face to her.
"Yeah. I guess so." He whispered back wiping tears from his face.
"I hate this. I hate having to be alone!...I know! Why don't we take care of each other?" Squall lifted his head from her.
"I don't know. I'll have to think about it." He answered back.
"Can you at least stay with me until I fall asleep?" She asked.
"Sure." Squall sat up in his chair. Rinoa faced the window again and slowly fell asleep.
*
"That was fun!" Selphie exclaimed, as she walked down with Quistis and Xu to their dorms. Quistis used her card and opened the door. Selphie turned on the lights while Xu flopped on the bed.
"Wow! Rinoa still didn't come back yet." Xu said. "They weren't even there when we had the big feast. Geeze, I didn't know Squall would be so...outgoing."
"Their probably makin' out." Quistis stated as she walked into the bathroom. Selphie turned on the small tv that was placed in the living room.
"It's such a relief to get those babies out of the way." Selphie announced, flicking through channels. Quistis came out from the bathroom in her pajamas.
"We get them back on Monday though." Quistis joined Selphie on the couch. Xu soon joined in.
*
'How long does she plan to sleep?' Squall asked. 'I'm so tired.' Squall dozed off in his sleep. Rinoa tossed and turned as she was having the same nightmare before again.
"Mommy!" The young Rinoa yelled. She ran to her mother's arms and sobbed.
"Oh my sweet Rinoa." Julia answered back. She held the small girl tightly. "It's alright." Julia pulled the girl away from her. She pulled a silver necklace that had a ring on it from her neck. On the silver ring were two angel wings. "Take this, you'll always remember me through this." Rinoa lifted her head and took the ring. It was a bit to big for the small girl. Julia held the girl tight. Her arms grew weak and weak until they let go off her. Julia's breathing stopped. Rinoa noticed this and screamed. Doctors came running in and pushed her out of the way.....
"No!" Rinoa cried out. She jumped up from her sleep. Squall jumped, startled. Rinoa turned to him. "Sorry. Another nightmare." She said. Squall stood from his sitting position and hugged her. "How come you don't have nightmares?" She asked, crying.
"I have them sometimes." He answered, resting his chin on her head. Rinoa sat in his arms.
"Do my friends know I'm here?"
"No.... Do you want them to be here? It's almost eleven o'clock." He answered.
"Really?!...How come your still here?"
"You asked me to be here. Remember?" Squall let go of Rinoa and sat back down on his bed. He started to yawn.
"You can go home if you want." She answered back. "I know your tired."
"No. I'll stay here until you don't have nightmares." Rinoa lied back down on her bed. Before she went to sleep she said,
"Squall. You've changed a lot." With that she fell into her sleep.
*
It was now Saturday afternoon. Some students were still sleeping in and some walked into the lunch room for lunch. Rinoa's friends and teachers were informed of her accident in the morning and paid her a visit. She still had to be in the hospital. They would release her on Tuesday. "I'm glad your not that badly injured." Quistis gasped out. She sat down beside Rinoa, squeezing out her life. Rinoa just laughed. Selphie and Xu joined in as well.
"Thank God your alright." Cid announced. Everyone stood around her bed. "Thanks to Squall, we would have lost you." Rinoa sat up in her bed.
"I'm glad Squall saved me as well." Rinoa said shyly. Selphie walked up to her.
"How come your so shy?" She asked. Rinoa turned to Selphie.
"Just a little embarrassed."
"Alright everyone, now that we have seen that she's all right, let's give her sometime alone." Cid said, as he held the door opened for everyone to walk out. Squall was the first to walk out and then everyone else. Rinoa watched as they walked out.
"I have great friends." She said to herself before falling back asleep in her bed.
A/N: Well, another chappie down. On the next one, it will be about...I can't tell you! Here's a hint. Some fluff!