[A/N Yay! Finally finished the whole Garden Festival thing. But this story is only half-finished… expect the unexpected… *MWAHAHA*]

He's so close... This feels like a dream. I feel like I'm in another kind of life... Another one of my fantasies... Just a fairy tale... But this, this is real.

Quistis still held on to Seifer's hand. They walked back to Selphie and Irvine, who were smiling wickedly.

"You guys danced 3 dances! Only 1 less than Squall and Rinoa!" Selphie bounced as she spoke.

"Yeah... Hey, Sefie, let's dance. I like this song." Irvine told her and grabbed her arm.

"But it's a slow one!" Selphie pouted.

"That's why I like it..." Irvine pulled Selphie away as she protested, giggling.

But Seifer and Quistis still weren't left alone. Not for a minute. They had just looked at each other when Rinoa came along tugging a quiet Squall behind her.

"Hi, Quistis!" Rinoa said cheerfully. "Hi, Seifer."

"Hey, Quistis. Seifer." Squall said in greeting.

Quistis looked at Seifer to see if his face showed any disappointment or anger when he saw Squall with Rinoa, but all she saw was a smile and she heard his voice say teasingly, "So... 4 dances, eh?"

"And 2 slow ones..." Quistis added.

Rinoa giggled. "And what about you guys? I think I saw you guys, catch a slow dance..."

"Let's change the topic..." Quistis laughed and saw Seifer glance at Rinoa.

Is he...? I wonder... does he..?

But Seifer quickly turned to Quistis and gave her a reassuring smile which she returned as well.

"Quis, d'ya think we could go say hi to Fu and Raijin?" He asked her, turning his head in their direction.

"Sure, why not?" She replied. "Talk to you guys later?" She asked Rinoa and Squall.

"You'd better." Rinoa grinned. "Come on, Squall, I feel re-energized! Let's dance again!"

Squall actually smiled. "Alright, alright." He said allowing her to pull her to the dance floor, he waved good-bye to them as Rinoa got impatient.

"Okay, let's go." Quistis said to Seifer.

They walked over to Fujin and Raijin who went together.

"Hey, saw you guys dancing, ya know?" Raijin greeted them when they saw each other. Fujin though only gave Seifer a knowing smile and wink.

"Did you guys dance?" Seifer asked them.

"Hell no. We danced for 20 seconds until Raijin stepped on my foot... oh, 20 TIMES!" Fujin yelled at him.

"I don't know how to dance, ya know?" He replied.

"You were the one who wanted to dance in the first place..." She grumbled.

Quistis laughed. "I wasn't sure how to dance, either. Seifer guided me."

"It was easy... after all, I am good at dancing." He grinned.

"Where'd all your modesty go?" Quistis demanded to know.

"Out on the balcony. Where we're going." He said after a moment.

"Figures..." Quistis giggled. Seifer saw Fujin grin at him, and he actually grinned back.

Quistis let Seifer pull her outside to the balcony.

It's so wonderful out here... Its so nice... and with him too...

Quistis sighed and looked out at the dark sky, twinkling with beautiful, bright stars spread out before her. It was so quiet, not like inside where the music was playing. It was really silent except for the faint sound of music coming from the inside, it almost seemed like time had stood still with only her and him, at least that's how she felt.

"So, are we supposed to be looking for your modesty out here?" She joked.

He laughed.

They were quiet for a while just leaning on the balcony staring at the stars, pointing out and occasional shooting star. Quistis sat on the edge of it, trying to get as close to the stars as she could.

"It's so beautiful out here..." She sighed.

"Quiet too..." He added, his eyes were bright and Quistis could tell it wasn't just because of the light of the stars reflecting on him.

Quistis leaned forward as she saw a shooting star and wished.

I wish that this was real… And if this is real, I wish I get my happily ever after soon…

"Hey!" Quistis nearly fell off the balcony. Seifer quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her towards him. She wasn't in danger of falling anymore, but his hand was still around Quistis' arm and both of her arms were around his neck.

Their eyes were completely locked on each other. Quistis couldn't take her eyes off him. They moved closer and closer, until their faces were only millimeters apart from the other's. Their lips were so close to the others that Quistis could feel and hear his breath.

Just as she thought they would touch, Quistis heard a voice go, "Woah! ...Ah... Oops...".

Their faces turned away, and Quistis saw it was Michele. Zell's date.

"Sorry!" She said, blushing.
"Michele, what's going on...? WOAH!" Zell entered and dropped the cup filled with soda that he was carrying.

"Zell!" Quistis said and her hands dropped. Seifer's did too.

"What the...? I knew you were going with Seifer, Quistis but..." Zell whistled.

"Zell, I was just... I mean, I nearly fell and..." Quistis said helplessly.

"Sure, Quistis. Didn't see anything." Zell said. Michele nodded.

"Look here, Chicken-wuss, there really wasn't anything." Seifer growled at him.

"Okay, Seifer..." He said in a way that told them he didn't believe what they were saying.

Quistis sighed.

"Leaving." Zell turned to Michele. "Let's give 'em some privacy, eh?" Michele giggled.

They left and Seifer and Quistis were left with the awkward moment.

"Well, that was..." Quistis trailed off.

"Awkward?" Seifer filled in.

"My thoughts exactly." She said. She turned to the stars again and noticed that the music had stopped.

"Time to go?" She asked Seifer.

"I think so." He nodded.

They walked out of the balcony together, then the ballroom and then Seifer walked Quistis to her room.

NEARLY perfect night, coming to and end... Oh, well... I knew this night wouldn't last forever anyway...

"Thanks for asking me to go, Seifer." She started to thank him. "I really, really enjoyed it."

"Hey, so did I." He shrugged and smiled. "Except for that Chicken-wuss..."

"Anyway... Thanks again." She said as they approached her room.

"No problem. I told you... my pleasure." He smiled wider.

"So... see you tomorrow?" She asked hopefully.

"Sure... tomorrow." He agreed. Their hands separated and immediately she missed it being there.

"Bye, Seifer." She smiled and entered her room.

My fantasy... My night... Comes to it's end...