Thanks to all the people that read and reviewed chapter 1! I didn't think anyone would like it, but everyone seemed to like it! If I keep getting the same response, I'll try to update more often! Yay! Chapter 2!
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Zell was having a lovely dream about eating hotdogs, but he kept being interrupted by birds. 'Stupid, annoying birds.' he thought. '…wait a minute! BIRDS?!' He woke up suddenly and looked at his clock. 8:34 a.m.
"Oh man! I completely forgot about going to check on Selphie!" He got up and changed into his usual clothes, which he had like 30 pairs of. He HATED doing the laundry, so he figured by having enough outfits to last almost a month, he could refrain from doing the horrid laundry. He rushed into his bathroom and fixed his hair, which generally meant plastering it with gel and combing straight up. He splashed some water on his face, to make sure he was completely awake, and left his room on his way back to the infirmary.
Dr. Kadowaki was filling out some paperwork when Zell got there. She casually looked up at him and smiled. He looked so worried she couldn't help but laugh.
"Selphie's doing alright, Zell." she chuckled a little. His facial expression went from concerned to relieved in a split-second. "She regained her consciousness last night and wondered where she was. I told her, then, she asked where you were. I told her you left, but that you would come back. She's been sleeping since then."
"I'm awake now…" Selphie said from the other room. Dr. Kadowaki nodded to Zell and he went in to her. She was lying on the bed with bandages wrapped all around her leg. She had a damp washcloth on her forehead and was pretty pale.
"How are you feeling, Selphie?" Zell asked as he pressed the back of his hand to her soft cheek.
"I'm a lot better now, Zell. You came back to see me!" She smiled at him and giggled a little bit.
"I had to come back, Selphie. I was worried about you. What were you doing in the Training Center, unequipped, anyways?"
She thought a moment, then responded, "Hmm…OH! I wanted to ask you if you would be willing to write the script for our play." She put on her puppy-dog face and blinked a few times at him.
"I don't know, Selph. You sure you want ME to do it?" he asked, looking unsure.
"Of course! Everyone knows that your writing is wonderful!! Would you PLEASE, Zell?" She pouted once again. Zell sighed and nodded.
"Alright, I'll do it, but you owe me." She smiled and giggled a little bit.
"THANK YOU, ZELL!!" He smiled.
Dr. Kadowaki came into the room with her clipboard. "Selphie should be able to walk by tomorrow morning. Her leg is mainly bruised, and partially sprained. Nothing serious."
"What about her passing out? Isn't that something you should be concerned about?"
"Nah, she only passed out because she was scared. She probably thought she wasn't going to make it away from that T-Rexaur." Selphie laid there watching them. She decided it was a good time to make herself known.
"AHEM! I'm right here, you know! You make it sound like I'm still unconscious. GEEZ!" Dr. Kadowaki chuckled.
"I'm sorry dear." she said, "Well, I have work to do." She patted Selphie on the head and walked back out to her desk.
Zell's stomach growled. 'Oh, yeah. I forgot. I haven't eaten yet today.' He looked at Selphie. "Sorry Selph, I gotta go eat something. I'm starving. I'll be back to see you later!" He kissed her forehead and smiled as he walked out. She just laid there smiling. 'The Garden Festival is under way! YAY!' She quickly got bored and decided to go back to sleep.
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Zell made his way to the cafeteria. He went over and sat down with Irvine, Quistis, Squall, and Rinoa.
"Morning Zell," said the smiling Rinoa, "you're up early." She continued eating the piece of toast that sat in front of her.
"Man," said Zell, "I wish they had hotdogs for breakfast." They all laughed, but he really was serious. He picked up a piece of toast and started nibbling on it. Quistis looked around the room, then turned to Irvine.
"Where's Selphie, Irvine?" He thought about it a moment, then shrugged.
"Don't know. Haven't seen her since yesterday afternoon." He then continued eating his breakfast.
"Come to think of it, I haven't seen her around either." said Rinoa.
"She's in the infirmary." said Zell. The shocked/confused looks he got made him explain. He told them what happened in the Training Center and how she's alright.
"So why was she looking for you, Zell?" Quistis questioned.
"She wants me to write the script for the play she's doing for the Garden Festival." Zell smiled his classic smile.
"Ooh, what's it going to be about?" asked an excited Rinoa.
"Well," said Zell, as he scratched the back of his head, "I don't really know yet."
"It should be a love story!" suggested Rinoa.
"I agree with Rinoa. But it'd have to have lots of women in it. With ME as the lead." said Irvine, grinning.
"Um, Irvine? I highly doubt Selphie would like that. Especially because 1. She's your girlfriend, and 2. She's in charge of the Garden Festival, and we all know it means a lot to her." stated Quistis in her matter-of-fact tone of voice.
"She'd be fine with it. She knows I only have eyes for her." he said, but he was clearly looking at a girl across the room. Everyone rolled their eyes at him.
"Well now that we've lost Irvine…" said Rinoa, "Hey, how about doing a comedy. That would probably go over really well, Zell." He considered it for a moment.
"Maybe I'll do a romantic comedy, I don't know."
"Well, whatever you do, I'm sure it'll turn out great." said Squall. Zell smiled.
"Hey thanks, Squall. Well, I should probably start working on it now. I'll see you guys later." He got up and walked out of the cafeteria. 'Hmm…where do I want to start working on this?' he wondered. 'Not my dorm. Perhaps outside would be best.' He stopped by his dorm to get a notebook and a pen then headed towards the front gate. 'I think I'll stop by and check on Selphie before I head out.'
He went into the infirmary, but Dr. Kadowaki wasn't there. Zell shrugged and walked into Selphie's room. She was sleeping. 'Aww…she's so cute when she's sleeping.' He smiled. He kissed her on the forehead and left.
'Poor Selph. Hope she gets better soon. I still don't know why she's still with Irvine. He's so inconsiderate. He didn't even care where she was. He pisses me off sometimes.'
Zell thought about the multiple times when Selphie came running to him in the middle of the night, crying. Always because Irvine had been with another woman. He would comfort her until she calmed down. She usually slept in his bed and he slept on the couch. On occasion she would go back to her room. He always felt so bad for her. He couldn't stand to see his friends hurting, especially the super-sweet, super-friendly, super-innocent Selphie.
He walked outside into the cool air. 'Glad it's a nice day, perfect for writing,' he thought as he sat down on the grass. He stared out at the water for a minute, then he began jotting down ideas for the play.
'Wow, this is harder than I thought.' he decided after an hour of work, and almost nothing done. 'I think I'll go see if Selphie's awake yet. Maybe she can help me.' He got up and went back inside Garden.
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Irvine had decided to go talk to Selphie about the play, with hopes that his suggestion would be chosen as the Festival play.
"Selphie. Hey, Selph, wake up." Irvine whispered as he shook her lightly. Her eyes finally opened. She blinked a few times until she realized where she was.
"Hiya, Irvy! What're you doing here?" She smiled.
"I can't come to see you? I just wanted to talk to you, baby." he said while playing with her hair. "So, what's the play gonna be about?"
"Um…well Zell is working on it, so I don't know. Why? What did you have in mind?" He smirked.
"Well, I was thinking it should be a cast of all women and me. I could save them all from various things and be the hero! What do you think?" he asked, grinning.
"Are you really serious, Irvy? Why would you want to do a play like that? I'm your girlfriend. You told me you only wanted one woman…you really don't love me, do you? I bet you don't even like me." Her eyes started watering.
"What do you mean? Of course I do."
"If you did, why would you want to be in a play with all women?! Irvy…" She whimpered a little bit as a few tears rolled down her pale cheek. He wiped them off with his finger.
"You know I love you, Selph. Oh, damn! I forgot! I was supposed to meet Squall fifteen minutes ago. Gotta go, sweetie! I'll come see you later. Cheer up, 'kay?" He kissed her nose and ran out of the infirmary and down the hall.
Selphie lay in bed, with tears streaming down her face. She thought to herself, 'He really does love me. I know he does. At least I…think he does…' She continued crying.
Meanwhile, Zell was walking down the hall towards the infirmary. Irvine ran past him without even saying 'hi.' Zell guessed he had been talking to Selphie. Most likely about his play idea.
Dr. Kadowaki still wasn't in her office. 'Wonder where she could…wait…is someone…crying?' He heard crying coming from Selphie's room. He walked in and saw her crying. He sat down next to her bed.
"What's wrong, Selph?" he asked, trying to comfort her.
"Irvine…doesn't love…me!" she said between sobs.
"Of course he does, Selphie." he said, as he wiped the tears off her face.
"Then…why does…he…want to do…a play…with…him…and a bunch…of women??" she asked him with curious eyes. Zell didn't know what to say. 'I'll have a word with him…' he thought, clenching his fist. 'No one has the right to make Selphie cry.'
"I don't know…but I'll talk to him about it. Just try and calm down. It's okay. I'm sure he still loves you." After talking to her for a few minutes, she started calming down.
"Hey Selph," he asked after she was finally done crying, "where's Dr. Kadowaki? I wanted to ask her if you should be trying to walk yet." She thought about it for a minute.
"I don't know, but you're right. I should try to get up. Will you help me, Zell?" He nodded. She sat up in bed and swung her feet around to the side. He sat down next to her and she put her arm around his shoulder. His arm went around her waist and they slowly stood up together.
"Are you doing alright so far?" he asked. She just nodded. They tried walking around the room a little bit. Selphie was limping a lot.
"It still hurts," she said, obviously still in pain, "can we try again tomorrow?"
"Sure thing. Now let's get you back into bed." They went back over to the side of the bed and sat down. She hugged him.
"Thank you, Zell…for helping me, again." She smiled. He smiled and helped her back into bed.
"I was going to talk to you about ideas for the play, but I think I just got one. I'm gonna go work on it before I forget! I'll come check up on you later, so get some rest!" He tucked her in and kissed her forehead. On his way out, he decided to try to write in his dorm. So that's the direction in which he went.
He opened the door and walked in. 'Geez, it's really dark in here.' He flipped on the light and closed the door behind him. He sat down at his desk and started working.
Ideas ran all throughout his mind and body. This play was going to be a good one.
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Whew! Chapter 2-done! YAY! Please review! I need to know what you think!! I might write Chapter 3 tomorrow…most likely! Yay!
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Zell was having a lovely dream about eating hotdogs, but he kept being interrupted by birds. 'Stupid, annoying birds.' he thought. '…wait a minute! BIRDS?!' He woke up suddenly and looked at his clock. 8:34 a.m.
"Oh man! I completely forgot about going to check on Selphie!" He got up and changed into his usual clothes, which he had like 30 pairs of. He HATED doing the laundry, so he figured by having enough outfits to last almost a month, he could refrain from doing the horrid laundry. He rushed into his bathroom and fixed his hair, which generally meant plastering it with gel and combing straight up. He splashed some water on his face, to make sure he was completely awake, and left his room on his way back to the infirmary.
Dr. Kadowaki was filling out some paperwork when Zell got there. She casually looked up at him and smiled. He looked so worried she couldn't help but laugh.
"Selphie's doing alright, Zell." she chuckled a little. His facial expression went from concerned to relieved in a split-second. "She regained her consciousness last night and wondered where she was. I told her, then, she asked where you were. I told her you left, but that you would come back. She's been sleeping since then."
"I'm awake now…" Selphie said from the other room. Dr. Kadowaki nodded to Zell and he went in to her. She was lying on the bed with bandages wrapped all around her leg. She had a damp washcloth on her forehead and was pretty pale.
"How are you feeling, Selphie?" Zell asked as he pressed the back of his hand to her soft cheek.
"I'm a lot better now, Zell. You came back to see me!" She smiled at him and giggled a little bit.
"I had to come back, Selphie. I was worried about you. What were you doing in the Training Center, unequipped, anyways?"
She thought a moment, then responded, "Hmm…OH! I wanted to ask you if you would be willing to write the script for our play." She put on her puppy-dog face and blinked a few times at him.
"I don't know, Selph. You sure you want ME to do it?" he asked, looking unsure.
"Of course! Everyone knows that your writing is wonderful!! Would you PLEASE, Zell?" She pouted once again. Zell sighed and nodded.
"Alright, I'll do it, but you owe me." She smiled and giggled a little bit.
"THANK YOU, ZELL!!" He smiled.
Dr. Kadowaki came into the room with her clipboard. "Selphie should be able to walk by tomorrow morning. Her leg is mainly bruised, and partially sprained. Nothing serious."
"What about her passing out? Isn't that something you should be concerned about?"
"Nah, she only passed out because she was scared. She probably thought she wasn't going to make it away from that T-Rexaur." Selphie laid there watching them. She decided it was a good time to make herself known.
"AHEM! I'm right here, you know! You make it sound like I'm still unconscious. GEEZ!" Dr. Kadowaki chuckled.
"I'm sorry dear." she said, "Well, I have work to do." She patted Selphie on the head and walked back out to her desk.
Zell's stomach growled. 'Oh, yeah. I forgot. I haven't eaten yet today.' He looked at Selphie. "Sorry Selph, I gotta go eat something. I'm starving. I'll be back to see you later!" He kissed her forehead and smiled as he walked out. She just laid there smiling. 'The Garden Festival is under way! YAY!' She quickly got bored and decided to go back to sleep.
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Zell made his way to the cafeteria. He went over and sat down with Irvine, Quistis, Squall, and Rinoa.
"Morning Zell," said the smiling Rinoa, "you're up early." She continued eating the piece of toast that sat in front of her.
"Man," said Zell, "I wish they had hotdogs for breakfast." They all laughed, but he really was serious. He picked up a piece of toast and started nibbling on it. Quistis looked around the room, then turned to Irvine.
"Where's Selphie, Irvine?" He thought about it a moment, then shrugged.
"Don't know. Haven't seen her since yesterday afternoon." He then continued eating his breakfast.
"Come to think of it, I haven't seen her around either." said Rinoa.
"She's in the infirmary." said Zell. The shocked/confused looks he got made him explain. He told them what happened in the Training Center and how she's alright.
"So why was she looking for you, Zell?" Quistis questioned.
"She wants me to write the script for the play she's doing for the Garden Festival." Zell smiled his classic smile.
"Ooh, what's it going to be about?" asked an excited Rinoa.
"Well," said Zell, as he scratched the back of his head, "I don't really know yet."
"It should be a love story!" suggested Rinoa.
"I agree with Rinoa. But it'd have to have lots of women in it. With ME as the lead." said Irvine, grinning.
"Um, Irvine? I highly doubt Selphie would like that. Especially because 1. She's your girlfriend, and 2. She's in charge of the Garden Festival, and we all know it means a lot to her." stated Quistis in her matter-of-fact tone of voice.
"She'd be fine with it. She knows I only have eyes for her." he said, but he was clearly looking at a girl across the room. Everyone rolled their eyes at him.
"Well now that we've lost Irvine…" said Rinoa, "Hey, how about doing a comedy. That would probably go over really well, Zell." He considered it for a moment.
"Maybe I'll do a romantic comedy, I don't know."
"Well, whatever you do, I'm sure it'll turn out great." said Squall. Zell smiled.
"Hey thanks, Squall. Well, I should probably start working on it now. I'll see you guys later." He got up and walked out of the cafeteria. 'Hmm…where do I want to start working on this?' he wondered. 'Not my dorm. Perhaps outside would be best.' He stopped by his dorm to get a notebook and a pen then headed towards the front gate. 'I think I'll stop by and check on Selphie before I head out.'
He went into the infirmary, but Dr. Kadowaki wasn't there. Zell shrugged and walked into Selphie's room. She was sleeping. 'Aww…she's so cute when she's sleeping.' He smiled. He kissed her on the forehead and left.
'Poor Selph. Hope she gets better soon. I still don't know why she's still with Irvine. He's so inconsiderate. He didn't even care where she was. He pisses me off sometimes.'
Zell thought about the multiple times when Selphie came running to him in the middle of the night, crying. Always because Irvine had been with another woman. He would comfort her until she calmed down. She usually slept in his bed and he slept on the couch. On occasion she would go back to her room. He always felt so bad for her. He couldn't stand to see his friends hurting, especially the super-sweet, super-friendly, super-innocent Selphie.
He walked outside into the cool air. 'Glad it's a nice day, perfect for writing,' he thought as he sat down on the grass. He stared out at the water for a minute, then he began jotting down ideas for the play.
'Wow, this is harder than I thought.' he decided after an hour of work, and almost nothing done. 'I think I'll go see if Selphie's awake yet. Maybe she can help me.' He got up and went back inside Garden.
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Irvine had decided to go talk to Selphie about the play, with hopes that his suggestion would be chosen as the Festival play.
"Selphie. Hey, Selph, wake up." Irvine whispered as he shook her lightly. Her eyes finally opened. She blinked a few times until she realized where she was.
"Hiya, Irvy! What're you doing here?" She smiled.
"I can't come to see you? I just wanted to talk to you, baby." he said while playing with her hair. "So, what's the play gonna be about?"
"Um…well Zell is working on it, so I don't know. Why? What did you have in mind?" He smirked.
"Well, I was thinking it should be a cast of all women and me. I could save them all from various things and be the hero! What do you think?" he asked, grinning.
"Are you really serious, Irvy? Why would you want to do a play like that? I'm your girlfriend. You told me you only wanted one woman…you really don't love me, do you? I bet you don't even like me." Her eyes started watering.
"What do you mean? Of course I do."
"If you did, why would you want to be in a play with all women?! Irvy…" She whimpered a little bit as a few tears rolled down her pale cheek. He wiped them off with his finger.
"You know I love you, Selph. Oh, damn! I forgot! I was supposed to meet Squall fifteen minutes ago. Gotta go, sweetie! I'll come see you later. Cheer up, 'kay?" He kissed her nose and ran out of the infirmary and down the hall.
Selphie lay in bed, with tears streaming down her face. She thought to herself, 'He really does love me. I know he does. At least I…think he does…' She continued crying.
Meanwhile, Zell was walking down the hall towards the infirmary. Irvine ran past him without even saying 'hi.' Zell guessed he had been talking to Selphie. Most likely about his play idea.
Dr. Kadowaki still wasn't in her office. 'Wonder where she could…wait…is someone…crying?' He heard crying coming from Selphie's room. He walked in and saw her crying. He sat down next to her bed.
"What's wrong, Selph?" he asked, trying to comfort her.
"Irvine…doesn't love…me!" she said between sobs.
"Of course he does, Selphie." he said, as he wiped the tears off her face.
"Then…why does…he…want to do…a play…with…him…and a bunch…of women??" she asked him with curious eyes. Zell didn't know what to say. 'I'll have a word with him…' he thought, clenching his fist. 'No one has the right to make Selphie cry.'
"I don't know…but I'll talk to him about it. Just try and calm down. It's okay. I'm sure he still loves you." After talking to her for a few minutes, she started calming down.
"Hey Selph," he asked after she was finally done crying, "where's Dr. Kadowaki? I wanted to ask her if you should be trying to walk yet." She thought about it for a minute.
"I don't know, but you're right. I should try to get up. Will you help me, Zell?" He nodded. She sat up in bed and swung her feet around to the side. He sat down next to her and she put her arm around his shoulder. His arm went around her waist and they slowly stood up together.
"Are you doing alright so far?" he asked. She just nodded. They tried walking around the room a little bit. Selphie was limping a lot.
"It still hurts," she said, obviously still in pain, "can we try again tomorrow?"
"Sure thing. Now let's get you back into bed." They went back over to the side of the bed and sat down. She hugged him.
"Thank you, Zell…for helping me, again." She smiled. He smiled and helped her back into bed.
"I was going to talk to you about ideas for the play, but I think I just got one. I'm gonna go work on it before I forget! I'll come check up on you later, so get some rest!" He tucked her in and kissed her forehead. On his way out, he decided to try to write in his dorm. So that's the direction in which he went.
He opened the door and walked in. 'Geez, it's really dark in here.' He flipped on the light and closed the door behind him. He sat down at his desk and started working.
Ideas ran all throughout his mind and body. This play was going to be a good one.
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Whew! Chapter 2-done! YAY! Please review! I need to know what you think!! I might write Chapter 3 tomorrow…most likely! Yay!