Ch. 2: The True Meaning of Friendship

Disclaimer: Every one knows that I don't own Square. I changed the first chapter, so it's better now. You might want to read that. Please review! Well, on with the story.

"Wakie! Wakie, sleeping beauty!" The light in Rinoa's bedroom was turned and the curtains opened.

"Hmm?" Rinoa managed to groan as she sat up and rubbed her eyes. "What.time is it?"

"Its lunch time sleepy head!" Rinoa saw Selphie standing at the foot of her bed with a huge smile on her face.

How can she be so cheerful all the time? The only time she'd ever seen Selphie sad was when those missiles hit Trabia Garden, but even then she cheered up once she found out that everyone was okay.

"You must be hungry," Selphie said as the left the dorm room. Rinoa hadn't realized it until that moment, but she was starving.

"Yea," Rinoa replied. She didn't really want to talk to anyone.

Selphie stopped walking. She had suddenly become very serious. (A/n: oh my god! It's a sign of the apocalypse!)

"Don't worry, Rinoa." a small silver tear slid down her cheek and dripped off her chin. "We're all worried about him too, but there's nothing we can do."

"We could go look."

"I'm sorry, Rinoa. We can't."

Rinoa looked disappointingly at the floor.

"We wouldn't even know where to begin looking. He could be anywhere."

"His mission was in the Trabia Region! We could look there!" Rinoa was getting frustrated. They were all Squalls' friends. Why didn't they want to do anything to get him back? Sure, he's been gone for a month. He could be living in a cave with nothing to eat.

She pictured a mauled Squall in torn clothing propped up against a rock. She shook herself away from her vision. All she wanted was Squall. He had saved her life many times; now it was her turn.

They continued walking. Neither of them talked. Just before they reached the cafeteria doors, Selphie paused. She wiped the tears from her eyes and put her happy face on. She proceeded through the doors. Once she spotted the table her friends were sitting at she ran up to them.

"Hi guys!" No one could tell that Selphie had been crying only moments before. Rinoa couldn't understand Selphie. Why couldn't she just show her true feelings?

Rinoa walked up to the table and sat in-between Quistis and Irvine. People, in Rinoa's mind, who were actually sane. They all greeted Rinoa and Selphie cheerfully. Zell sat walked up to the table carrying a try of paper-wrapped hotdogs. He sat next to Selphie and divided up the hotdogs. He got three and everyone else got two. Rinoa picked up her hotdog and started eating it. She was trying to think of ways that she could save Squall. They have the Ragnarok, but she knew that she wasn't strong enough to go on her own. Could she get Zell or Quistis to come with her? She wanted to ask.

"I want to go look for Squall," Rinoa said shyly. Everyone stopped eating and looked at her blankly.

"I believe that he's still alive and I want to go look for him. But I need someone to come with me."

Zell's hotdog slid out of his bun and he hurried to pick it up and put it back in. (A/n: oh come on now, we needed the humor.)

"I'll go with you," Rinoa looked at Quistis. She actually volunteered.

"Thank you," Rinoa said gratefully.

"I'll go too," Zell voice was muffled by the large chunk of hotdog he had just shoved in his mouth. He swallowed.

"When are we leaving?" Rinoa looked the other way. It was Irvine.

"Hey! You can't leave me out! I wanna go too!" Selphie stood up and stood next to Rinoa. Rinoa's heart leaped.

"Thanks you guys." Rinoa couldn't believe they were actually going to look for Squall. She had been wrong. They really did care. "Do you have a plan?" Quistis asked.

"No," Rinoa answered with disappointment. "I want to go to Edea house."

"Why?" Zell asked. He was on his last hotdog.

"I don't know, but something tells me we need to go there."

"When are we leaving? Are we taking the Ragnarok?" Selphie asked with excitement.

Rinoa nodded.

"YAY! I'm driving!" Selphie hummed her traveling song excitedly.

"I want to leave as soon as possible. Squall could be hurt or worse." Again Rinoa saw Squall bused and bloody. His normally white shirt stained red.

"Are we leaving today?" Selphie asked, still overly excited.

"That sounds good to me." Zell said.

They all agreed and packed their things. Quistis went to the infirmary and asked Dr. Kadowaki for some medical supplies. Zell went to the cafeteria and asked for food for their journey. They were happily given the supplies and they were loaded onto the Ragnarok.

Selphie hopped into the pilot seat and they took off.

"Yippee, were flying!"

Okay tell me what you think. Sorry it took so long to update but homework and writers block don't mix. I tried to add some humor to the story. All the depression was depressing.did that make sense? Sorry if my humor wasn't funny. Well I hope it gets better. I'm currently working on a Final Fantasy Survivor! That should be coming out pretty soon. Please review! Your support is appreciated.