A/N: Since you guys were so nice and took time out to read my story, and even request I continue, I will!!! So this is chapter two. I hope you like it. Please keep sending your reviews, too. I like to know what you think. Thanks!!!
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Chapter Two
"Wake up sleepy head!!!"
Rinoa heard. She was half asleep, half awake, and all together just a mess. She struggled to open her eyes. They felt as if cement stones had been placed upon them. She was still in the dream world. Nothing made sense. She couldn't even distinguish who exactly she was talking to.
"C'mon, were gonna be soooooo late if you don't move it, Rinny!!!"
Then something hit Rinoa in the head, sending her plummeting back down on the mattress. She didn't care, at least whatever hit her placed her back on her soft bed. She was actually thankful.
But then she was able to figure out who was talking to her. How could she mistake that o-so-unmistakable voice for anyone else? Besides, no one was ever that happy at five something in the morning except non-other than Miss Selphie Tilmitt, herself.
She also figured out that the heavy object flung at her head was just a pillow. She only thought it was so heavy because her body felt so heavy. So heavy and warm from that everlasting sleep. Well, it was everlasting until the walking Barbie doll itself came in to wake her up.
"It's too early, Selph. Come back later."
"But Rinny, we'll miss the train."
Yep, the good old train that would come and bring all the new SeeDs', herself being one of them, to Deling City. She was praying something would happen to that train the whole of the night before. But with her luck, not the devil himself would have been able to stop it.
"O.k., o.k., I'm getting up. Happy?" She asked in persuasion to get Selphie to stop jumping on the bed.
"Very!!!" She responded out of breath. "Now let's get you dressed!!!"
Putting her hand up as if to let someone know they should come to a halt, she quickly said, "Selph, I think I can get dressed by myself. Thanks anyway."
"Alright, but make it quick, o.k.?" She said with her hands on her hips. "I'm gonna go look for Zell, I think he's still asleep, too. See ya!!!" And she left. Her chestnut hair bouncing as she walked through the doorway. Rinoa could still hear the clanging noise from her boots even as Selphie proceeded to turn the corner.
She smiled and laughed to herself.
"That Selphie. She sure is one of a kind."
She jumped off the bed and started to rummage through her closet for some clothes. She grabbed whatever was lying on the floor. She wasn't in a rush or anything, but everyone else was so she tried to motivate herself to move fast. Not that dragging your feet was fast, but considering where her destination was, that was like breaking the sound barrier.
As she was walking down the hallway Rinoa attempted to pull double-duty by walking, and looking for her hair twisty at the same time. Not paying much attention to where she was walking (Her face was practically shoved down her black back-pack) she had a head on collision with Mr.Lionheart. Her bag flew out of her hands and all its contents came pouring out. Her compact mirror hit the ground as she watched it shatter to a million pieces and more. Lipstick, her cell-phone, and everything else you wouldn't normally expect to find in a bag met their destiny on the cold, hard floor. Then came the twisty, how ironic.
"Are you o.k.?"
Squall said with his usual emotionless tone of voice. If there was anything Rinoa couldn't stand about Squall, it was his inability to express his feelings.
You could never figure out what he was thinking. He was so stubborn not a hair on his head would move if it risked giving away his feelings. But she knew that in time, she would break down the wall he put up to isolate himself from the world. She could sense that even now, she was slowly chipping away at it.
"Yea. Thanks, Squall." She said as he helped her up on her feet.
"So, I guess its time to get going. You know, so we don't miss the train."
She felt awkward for some reason. He wasn't responding at all, but it's not like it was out of his character to not answer someone. All she kept doing was looking down at her feet and fidgeting around.
Then Squall bent down and began picking up her stuff and placing it back in the bag. Rinoa seemed puzzled for a moment but soon realized what he was doing and quickly started to help.
"Thanks." That was all she could seem to blurt out of her mouth. "Thanks." Not "Oh you're so sweet, Squall." or something that just wasn't "Thanks."
It was so obvious that they had feelings for one another, but they just couldn't bring themselves to admit it. How childish, Rinoa often thought to herself. It was like this big secret about Squall and Rinoa that everyone knew except for the two people it centered around. Now that was something that could be called ironic.
"Oh, crap!!!" Just then it hit Rinoa, the train!!!
"We're gonna miss the train! C'mon, c'mon!!!" She said snatching her bag from Squall. They both jetted down the hallway and opted for the stairs rather than the elevator.
It felt as if she was running in slow motion. She looked to the side and there was Squall, running as fast as he could. She watched his silky brown hair be blown up against the side of his cheeks, which actually looked flush, a sign of emotion. He was human after all.
Then everything came to a sudden halt. They had reached the main lobby, but there wasn't a soul in sight.
"Where is everyone?" Rionoa questioned. She was out of breath and had to lean up against the banister to catch it. Squall fell to his knees and then sat down on the marble floor.
She could feel the sweat drip from her forehead, and trickle down her temples. She wiped it away with her hand and then remembered the twisty.
She whipped that thing right out of the bag and tied her hair into a high ponytail, though clumps of her hair were still sticking to her face from the sweat.
"We missed them." Squall finally managed to get out.
"Shhhh. Do you hear that?" Rinoa asked in a whisper, signaling for him to not make any noises.
It was coming from the hallway to their right. Footsteps it sounded like. They saw their shadows first and then,
"Rinoa!!!" It was Selphie and Zell. Selphie had her hands up in the air as she ran towards Rinoa. She squeezed her tightly in her arms. Who knew the petite little thing had such a grip? Finally she let go, allowing Rinoa to breath once more.
Then Rinoa turned her attention to the always spunky, blond.
"What are you two doing here?" She directed the question at Zell in hopes of getting more than just an answer like, "Ummmmmm, uuuuuu, ………………, I don't know." Which she knew would be Selphie's response.
"Waiting for you guys. Selphie made me promise I wouldn't go without her, and she wasn't gonna leave until you guys showed up." He said scratching his head.
"Told you we'd miss the train if you didn't move it. But did you listen to little old me? Noooooooo, no one ever listens to me." Selphie said, sort of singing her words out with her hands clutched behind her back, and her right leg up in the air.
"You know, I'd hate to say I told you so, but……………I told you so." She said with a giggle.
Just then she saw Quistis and Seifer walking her way. Quistis had her arms folded and she wore a very stern face. Whereas, Seifer couldn't stop laughing. He approached them with his usual nonchalant attitude that he so easily possessed.
"Well, well, well. Look what the cat dragged in?" Though the statement seemed to be addressed towards all, it didn't take a brain surgeon to realize he meant it for Zell, and Zell alone.
Besides, his beloved princess, Rinoa, was among the crowd. For him to say that, well, it just wasn't possible.
"Seifer I told you, you could stay behind if you didn't start anything." Quistis snapped at him with a feisty tone of voice.
"No one tells me what I can and can't do. Got that, sweetheart?"
"I beg your pardon!" You could tell she was furious. She didn't take crap from no one, especially Seifer Almsay. And for him to call her sweetheart just enraged her all the more.
She turned her head from Seifer to Rinoa and Squall.
"I knew you'd be late. I sent the rest of the SeeD's to the train with Edea, so I could stay and wait for you two."
Then, taking her eyes off of the pair, she immediately fixated them on Selphie and Zell.
"And you two! Running off like that!" Shaking her head she looked down and sighed.
"Well, we'll just have to catch the later train. Hopefully, your father can wait."
"I wouldn't count on that." Rinoa said under her breath.
"We can catch a train from Trabia." Rinoa voiced up when Quistis had her back turned.
"Remember Zone and Wats? They'll get us there real fast."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go."
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A/N: I hope you guys liked this one as much as you did the first one! Don't worry it gets more exciting later on! Thanks so much for taking time to read this!
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Chapter Two
"Wake up sleepy head!!!"
Rinoa heard. She was half asleep, half awake, and all together just a mess. She struggled to open her eyes. They felt as if cement stones had been placed upon them. She was still in the dream world. Nothing made sense. She couldn't even distinguish who exactly she was talking to.
"C'mon, were gonna be soooooo late if you don't move it, Rinny!!!"
Then something hit Rinoa in the head, sending her plummeting back down on the mattress. She didn't care, at least whatever hit her placed her back on her soft bed. She was actually thankful.
But then she was able to figure out who was talking to her. How could she mistake that o-so-unmistakable voice for anyone else? Besides, no one was ever that happy at five something in the morning except non-other than Miss Selphie Tilmitt, herself.
She also figured out that the heavy object flung at her head was just a pillow. She only thought it was so heavy because her body felt so heavy. So heavy and warm from that everlasting sleep. Well, it was everlasting until the walking Barbie doll itself came in to wake her up.
"It's too early, Selph. Come back later."
"But Rinny, we'll miss the train."
Yep, the good old train that would come and bring all the new SeeDs', herself being one of them, to Deling City. She was praying something would happen to that train the whole of the night before. But with her luck, not the devil himself would have been able to stop it.
"O.k., o.k., I'm getting up. Happy?" She asked in persuasion to get Selphie to stop jumping on the bed.
"Very!!!" She responded out of breath. "Now let's get you dressed!!!"
Putting her hand up as if to let someone know they should come to a halt, she quickly said, "Selph, I think I can get dressed by myself. Thanks anyway."
"Alright, but make it quick, o.k.?" She said with her hands on her hips. "I'm gonna go look for Zell, I think he's still asleep, too. See ya!!!" And she left. Her chestnut hair bouncing as she walked through the doorway. Rinoa could still hear the clanging noise from her boots even as Selphie proceeded to turn the corner.
She smiled and laughed to herself.
"That Selphie. She sure is one of a kind."
She jumped off the bed and started to rummage through her closet for some clothes. She grabbed whatever was lying on the floor. She wasn't in a rush or anything, but everyone else was so she tried to motivate herself to move fast. Not that dragging your feet was fast, but considering where her destination was, that was like breaking the sound barrier.
As she was walking down the hallway Rinoa attempted to pull double-duty by walking, and looking for her hair twisty at the same time. Not paying much attention to where she was walking (Her face was practically shoved down her black back-pack) she had a head on collision with Mr.Lionheart. Her bag flew out of her hands and all its contents came pouring out. Her compact mirror hit the ground as she watched it shatter to a million pieces and more. Lipstick, her cell-phone, and everything else you wouldn't normally expect to find in a bag met their destiny on the cold, hard floor. Then came the twisty, how ironic.
"Are you o.k.?"
Squall said with his usual emotionless tone of voice. If there was anything Rinoa couldn't stand about Squall, it was his inability to express his feelings.
You could never figure out what he was thinking. He was so stubborn not a hair on his head would move if it risked giving away his feelings. But she knew that in time, she would break down the wall he put up to isolate himself from the world. She could sense that even now, she was slowly chipping away at it.
"Yea. Thanks, Squall." She said as he helped her up on her feet.
"So, I guess its time to get going. You know, so we don't miss the train."
She felt awkward for some reason. He wasn't responding at all, but it's not like it was out of his character to not answer someone. All she kept doing was looking down at her feet and fidgeting around.
Then Squall bent down and began picking up her stuff and placing it back in the bag. Rinoa seemed puzzled for a moment but soon realized what he was doing and quickly started to help.
"Thanks." That was all she could seem to blurt out of her mouth. "Thanks." Not "Oh you're so sweet, Squall." or something that just wasn't "Thanks."
It was so obvious that they had feelings for one another, but they just couldn't bring themselves to admit it. How childish, Rinoa often thought to herself. It was like this big secret about Squall and Rinoa that everyone knew except for the two people it centered around. Now that was something that could be called ironic.
"Oh, crap!!!" Just then it hit Rinoa, the train!!!
"We're gonna miss the train! C'mon, c'mon!!!" She said snatching her bag from Squall. They both jetted down the hallway and opted for the stairs rather than the elevator.
It felt as if she was running in slow motion. She looked to the side and there was Squall, running as fast as he could. She watched his silky brown hair be blown up against the side of his cheeks, which actually looked flush, a sign of emotion. He was human after all.
Then everything came to a sudden halt. They had reached the main lobby, but there wasn't a soul in sight.
"Where is everyone?" Rionoa questioned. She was out of breath and had to lean up against the banister to catch it. Squall fell to his knees and then sat down on the marble floor.
She could feel the sweat drip from her forehead, and trickle down her temples. She wiped it away with her hand and then remembered the twisty.
She whipped that thing right out of the bag and tied her hair into a high ponytail, though clumps of her hair were still sticking to her face from the sweat.
"We missed them." Squall finally managed to get out.
"Shhhh. Do you hear that?" Rinoa asked in a whisper, signaling for him to not make any noises.
It was coming from the hallway to their right. Footsteps it sounded like. They saw their shadows first and then,
"Rinoa!!!" It was Selphie and Zell. Selphie had her hands up in the air as she ran towards Rinoa. She squeezed her tightly in her arms. Who knew the petite little thing had such a grip? Finally she let go, allowing Rinoa to breath once more.
Then Rinoa turned her attention to the always spunky, blond.
"What are you two doing here?" She directed the question at Zell in hopes of getting more than just an answer like, "Ummmmmm, uuuuuu, ………………, I don't know." Which she knew would be Selphie's response.
"Waiting for you guys. Selphie made me promise I wouldn't go without her, and she wasn't gonna leave until you guys showed up." He said scratching his head.
"Told you we'd miss the train if you didn't move it. But did you listen to little old me? Noooooooo, no one ever listens to me." Selphie said, sort of singing her words out with her hands clutched behind her back, and her right leg up in the air.
"You know, I'd hate to say I told you so, but……………I told you so." She said with a giggle.
Just then she saw Quistis and Seifer walking her way. Quistis had her arms folded and she wore a very stern face. Whereas, Seifer couldn't stop laughing. He approached them with his usual nonchalant attitude that he so easily possessed.
"Well, well, well. Look what the cat dragged in?" Though the statement seemed to be addressed towards all, it didn't take a brain surgeon to realize he meant it for Zell, and Zell alone.
Besides, his beloved princess, Rinoa, was among the crowd. For him to say that, well, it just wasn't possible.
"Seifer I told you, you could stay behind if you didn't start anything." Quistis snapped at him with a feisty tone of voice.
"No one tells me what I can and can't do. Got that, sweetheart?"
"I beg your pardon!" You could tell she was furious. She didn't take crap from no one, especially Seifer Almsay. And for him to call her sweetheart just enraged her all the more.
She turned her head from Seifer to Rinoa and Squall.
"I knew you'd be late. I sent the rest of the SeeD's to the train with Edea, so I could stay and wait for you two."
Then, taking her eyes off of the pair, she immediately fixated them on Selphie and Zell.
"And you two! Running off like that!" Shaking her head she looked down and sighed.
"Well, we'll just have to catch the later train. Hopefully, your father can wait."
"I wouldn't count on that." Rinoa said under her breath.
"We can catch a train from Trabia." Rinoa voiced up when Quistis had her back turned.
"Remember Zone and Wats? They'll get us there real fast."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go."
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A/N: I hope you guys liked this one as much as you did the first one! Don't worry it gets more exciting later on! Thanks so much for taking time to read this!