Hello whoever you are, hopefully this chapter is more thrilling then the last for you… but no promises. Saying for the day: "I try to take each day at a time day at a time but they keep catching up with me." (hee hee) Have a great day!

Chapter 10: Love Letters

I weighed the heaviness of the envelope in my hands, wondering who it was from and what it was about. Across the front my name was scrolled in gold fancy writing, it looked beautiful. I flipped it over; one of those old fashioned seals was on the back. It too was gold and shone brightly in the light like a star.

My fingers paused as they hovered over the seal. I wanted to keep this moment.

Let the mystery remain unsolved as though I didn't really want to know the answer, let the suspense tingle through my body just a little longer. Like a child on Christmas day who comes across their last present and knows that once it is open there will be no more.

I took a deep breath and quickly split the seal in two. It opened like magic and I impatiently took out the paper from inside. It was a coffee brown colour with a gold border, the writing was also gold. I recognised the writing, and squinted as I tried to make out the words of the swirly mass of letters.

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To My Dearest Quistis,

You have been such a kind friend throughout the times we have shared. Even when everything had failed, you stood by me when no one else would. Through good times and bad, you are never far away. I feel like I can tell you anything and that nothing is impossible when I am around you. You have opened a new world to me, which I cannot thank you enough for. I used to think the world was just a place where we lived, but now, thanks to you, it is much more then that. Without you, I would still be this solitary person who never trusted a living soul; not even himself. You have unlocked my heart and I cannot say in words how much you mean to me, but as a token of my gratitude I would be most honoured if you join me at the charity ball that the Garden is holding on Friday at 7 o'clock.

Yours Truly Forever

Squall

I read the letter again, and a single tear ran down my right cheek until it dropped off my chin and vanished among the white tiles. I don't know why I was crying. Perhaps relief that I finally knew somebody appreciated me; someone thought I was worth their time, their concern, for lately I had been thinking that I was just a waste of space and air.

I folded the letter and placed it back inside its envelope. I walked out into my bedroom and positioned the letter delicately on my bedside table, staring at it like I expected it to evaporate into thin air. It was only then that I remembered the book I had been reading in the bath. I guess stranger things have happened… but this was just bizarre, that the book I was reading was called 'love letters' and then I get one, well, a letter at the very least. I went to my desk and took out my fancy writing paper. You know the kind you get from people that don't know you that well on your birthday, and because it's so nice you're afraid to use it in case you waste it. Well, I finally had something I could use it for.

I sat in my desk chair; my calligraphy pen poised above the beautiful parchment, not sure what I wanted to write. It seemed difficult to put my feelings in words without saying too much, also it had been a while since I had written in calligraphy, I used to do it as a leisure pursuit but time had been getting away on me lately, and it was one of those less important things. I took a deep breath, gathering my thoughts and wrote.

I will come… because I feel the same.

Yours Truly Forever (and a day)

Quistis