A/N: Hey, I'm back!!! You guys are the best! Thanks a bunch for writing reviews. Please keep sending more! So, here I present to you Chapter Three! Woo hoo!
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Chapter Three
After bumming a ride off Zone and Wats they finally reached their destination, Deling City. It was still dark outside. Rinoa was figuring it only had to be five or six. No one was up in the city. Most of the stores they passed were either closed or the person inside was just too tired to get up and welcome a crowd of rowdy people.
"So you think the party started?" Selphie enquired with her optimistic tone of voice.
"Duh!" Was Zell's answer to her question. She pushed him playfully and scolded him with a smile. It just seemed no matter what Selphie was doing, she always did it with a smile. She was just a happy-go-lucky girl, who loved everything around her.
Actually, as Rinoa stood there and watched them together, she thought them to be a very cute couple. But Selphie liked Irvine, right? They weren't a couple or anything like that, but she always thought Selphie acted so strange around the cowboy.
But now as she observed Selphie in Zell's presence, she realized how much happier she seemed. Hard to make such an observation about Selphie, considering she's always skipping around and laughing her little heart out. But that just gave all the more reason for Rinoa to suspect Selphie in love with Zell.
Maybe "love" is too strong of a word. A "crush" on Zell sounds better. But then again, Selphie is in love with everything, so why not Zell, too?
Well, she hadn't time to think about Selphie's love life, they had to get moving.
"Why the hell is your father having this party so early anyway, Rinoa?" It was Zell, with a question as usual.
"Cause that's her father, chicken-wuss. And there ain't nothin' you can do about it!" Seifer cut in.
"And how would you know that?!" Zell had a really short temper, and unfortunately Seifer didn't even have a temper. So the two mixing were ingredients made to create a really huge bomb. And Quistis had the pleasure of being the fuse that would set that bomb off.
"Both of you are so immature! Can't you just act your age once in a while!?"
That was the green light for both of them to explode.
Seifer pounced at Zell and in return received a nice big jab in his jaw from those metal knuckles of his.
They went at it real bad, and no one could stop them for a moment. They just kept spiraling further and further downhill.
Trying to gain control of the situation, Rinoa ran up to Seifer and pulled both of his arms backwards. Quistis, catching on, grabbed Zell.
"Seifer, stop!"
He struggled to break free from Rinoa's grip.
"Please, for me."
He stopped moving, and fell to the floor, bringing Rinoa down with him. She rested his head on her lap. Zell had messed him up pretty bad. But he didn't get away scott-free either. Both suffered from the blows of one another, but Zell was being helped by Quistis and Selphie.
Rionoa grabbed Seifer's jaw to look at it. It had a gash and was bleeding without cease. She took the black ribbon she always wears around her arm and tried to stop the bleeding.
Rinoa seemed to be the only one Seifer would listen to. As if she had this weird control over him. He hated to disappoint Rinoa, and he knew he had done just that. But he couldn't stand that chicken-wuss.
She held the clothe to his chin and looked into his eyes. Everyone else's attention was drawn upon Zell, except for Squall. He watched the two of them from a distance.
The way he's been watching over Rinoa ever since he met her. Only from afar, and never up close. Did he even have a chance, he would often wonder to himself. He did after all, have to compete with Seifer. Sure, she's never told him she used to date Seifer for a fact. But who needs words when you have a living, walking, breathing example right before your very eyes.
And he did recall one time, when Seifer was under Edea's command, Rinoa talking about how they had spent one summer together. When asked if he was her boyfriend, she responded she didn't know. But really, she did. And the answer was yes. Squall could figure it out just by the way she got so worked up over the whole situation. How worried she was for his well-being.
And even now, if anything happened to Seifer, like him getting injured during training, she would be right by his side. Worrying her little heart out.
Of course, she would be their for Squall in a heartbeat if anything remotely bad was to happen, but the fact that she would always carry feelings for Squall's rival just killed him. It was like having a million daggers pierce your heart all at once. To know the only girl he'll ever care for, will always be in love with Seifer Almasy.
"Squall" Rinoa's voice was the only voice that could ever captivate his attention like that. No one could do it like she could. And even when he wouldn't respond to her voice he was still listening to it. And everyone thought he just blocked people out. Even Rinoa. But he could never block her out, even if he tried.
"Squall, are you listening?" Of course he was. He never stopped, even when she was talking to Seifer he was still listening.
"Squall, sometimes I swear you're not from this planet!" She said jokingly.
"Sorry."
"I stopped the bleeding on Seifer's jaw, much to your dismay, and I think Zell should be fine, too. So we should really get a move on."
"Sure."
He looked into her eyes, and even though it was just a moment, it held a thousand words and a million more feelings. There was such a history of love, heartache, and so much more. To fit all that behind the eyes of a girl, was unimaginable. But somehow Rinoa did it, without faltering. Everyone thought how normal she was, with normal problems, but she was beyond ordinary. She was far superior to that. And it was such a shame only he and his arch-nemeses were the only ones who could see it. Perhaps, it was because they were the reason for all this baggage she carried around with her. They shared, took part, in her history of love and tragedy.
"Are you o.k.?" Rinoa finally asked him before they left.
"I just want to make sure. Your o.k., right?"
He stopped to think for a second. He almost was going to tell her everything going on his head, but shook it off and nodded.
"Yea. I'm fine."
She took his arm and he began to back off, but she held on to it.
"I want you to."
Whatever, he thought. If it makes you happy, then fine.
"C'mon, let's catch up with the others."
"Hey Zell." Rinoa shouted out while she walked arm in arm with Squall.
"Yea?"
"You wanted to know why my dad holds parties so early?"
He shook his head yes. He was in to much pain to talk, and he really didn't care anymore as to why the party was at the crack of dawn.
"Well, the party is actually tonight. At, like, seven or eight it'll start. But he hires a whole bunch of hair and make-up people to fix his guests up. There'll be photographers there, and stuff, snapping away. And god-forbid my father has disheveled looking people there. He'd throw a fit."
Beautiful, Zell thought, having his picture taken looking like he had just got the crap beat out of him. It did, however, reassure him Seifer would be looking like he just got beat on pretty bad, too. Revenge is sweet.
Pretty soon they began to see the tall, symbolic building standing straight up in the air.
"Ahhh, the dreaded place I once called home. Feels great to be back!" There wasn't a slither of truth in what she had just said.
Rinoa, letting go of Squall's arm, made her way down the stone paved path and up to the hand carved door. Took the imported, brass, lion-head knocker and pounded away.
The door opened and, surprise, surprise, the butler answered.
"Hello, William, I've come to speak to that awful man"
"Ahh, Miss.Heartly, yes we've been expecting you. Along with your little vagabond friends."
"Oh, Will, you haven't lost that o-so-funny humor yet. Now just get him!" Sarcasm was poured over every syllable that came out of her mouth. Except for that last part, where she flat out yelled at him.
She walked in behind the butler and everyone followed.
Her father soon came in, and at the sight of his daughter his face lit up like a Christmas tree. But he soon caught glimpse of Seifer and someone had suddenly pulled the plug.
"Rinoa, how long it's been." He said trying to force a friendly face.
"General Caraway, how I hoped to had made it longer." Every word spoken with a smile.
"Time?" She had asked in the rudest way she could put it, though it was a failed attempt. Somehow she still came out sounding as sweet and sincere as anything.
"Ahhh, 8:45 to be exact. You're quite late. All the guests from Balam are in their rooms. And I have assigned special rooms for the new SeeD's."
"Wow, congratulations." She said twirling her finger in the air and rolling her eyes.
"Instructor Trepe, please follow William, he'll bring you to the special teachers room. Very luxurious, may I add."
Quistis blushed a little and then left.
"Uuuu, who may I ask, is this young man?" He said with his hand on Squall's shoulder. Though he was trying his best to stay calm it was very hard with Seifer being in the same room.
"This is Squall. Captain of the SeeDs'. Don't you remember him from the battle with Edea?" She said it with such an arrogant tone of voice she began to feel like her father. She hated that more than anything. She despised that man with such a hate that it can't even be described through words.
"No, sorry. I don't remember any of you. Besides the lovely Miss.Trepe, that is, and Seifer. I see lots of people. Sorry."
Quickly changing the way she talked she responded
"Well, he's very good in combat. You should see him fight. But I'm sure he doesn't want me raving on about how skilled he is. He's not like that." She seemed to be insinuating something towards her father. To show Squall was far better than he could ever be, but in the humblest way there was. To show the difference between father and daughter.
"Well, Squall, pleasure to meet you. Again." He knew who they were. He was just being stubborn. It was his nature.
He gave his hand out to Squall, but Squall simply nodded and walked away. He could tell when someone could care less to know him, and as far as he was concerned, he didn't give a damn.
"We've got a reserved room for the captain of the SeeDs'. Wait for William in the lobby."
With a last glance he shot at Rinoa, he walked out.
"Wow, its like we're at a hotel or something! You've got rooms for everything!" It was Selphie. For some reason, she didn't remember the house being so big.
"They're SeeD's, too, Caraway."
"Well, I guess you can give them a room with the other ones. You don't mind sharing a room, do you? They're quite spacious. You probably won't even know the other is there.
"Its o.k. with me if Zell doesn't mind. Besides, I get scared when I'm alone." She said it so innocently it was impossible for any one to mind sharing a room
with her. Her big green eyes lit up like lanterns, and she looked just like a doll.
"I-I don't mind. Y-ya know if you don't." Zell seemed to get shy all of a sudden around Selphie. He looked like a cute little puppy dog when he would get all embarrassed.
"Then it's settled. You two can share. Please wait outside-"
He was cut off by Zell.
"We know, we know. Wait for William in the lobby. Got it." He said making his hands imitate a gun shape and pointed it at Caraway.
It was only Rinoa and Seifer left in the room. Caraway approached them.
"Didn't I make it clear to you that I never wanted to see you're filthy, dirty, face around here again!? What d'ya need, a written letter, cause I got plenty of those!"
He was literally fuming. Rinoa was expecting to see real live flames pop out of his ears, watch him grow a tail and horns, and magically appear with a pitch fork.
"If you ever touch one hair on my daughter's head, I swear-"
"Caraway, stop this nonsense! You just love conflict, don't you? God, just get over yourself for one minute and ask yourself, is this really about my daughter or am I doing this just to boost my ego?"
Tears started to stream from Rinoa's face. This was the first time since she was probably seven that she cried in front of her dad. All those years all of that emotion was building up inside of her. Now, she let it all out, and it felt good.
"Everyone has been able to get over what happened a year ago except you. You, who's always talking about how you should let things go. Well, maybe its time for you to let it go?"
She collapsed soon after with Seifer rushing to hold her in his arms.
"I'm taking her to her room. Don't worry I remember where it is." He said in it such a way as to remind Caraway he once possessed the love of his daughter.
Then he walked out into the lobby in pure disgust. Selphie, Zell, and Squall were still waiting there. And once Squall caught sight of Rinoa he raced towards Seifer.
"What happened!?" He demanded to know.
"What are you guys, tone deaf? Didn't you just hear all that screaming and yelling? I know these doors ain't sound proof, Caraway's to vain to let a day go by without someone hearing what new and important business he's up to. Or do you ladies not like to pry into the lives of others?"
"Stop being such an idiot, Seifer! Obviously there's something wrong with Rinoa and we need to know."
"Oh yea, chicken-wuss, like I'd tell you."
"C'mon on guys!" Selphie squealed with her tiny vocals.
"Do you think this is how Rinoa would want us to act? She'd be ashamed of you. Let's just work this out carefully and everything will be fine."
Selphie wasn't really one for conflict. She was sort of the peace-keeper among the group of friends. At least she tried her best to be.
"Whatever, I'm taking Rinoa up to her room. And don't bother her until she wakes up."
No one stopped him, not even Squall. Pretty soon he had already made it to the room.
He placed Rinoa on her pink silk sheets. Only the finest fabrics could touch her skin. The skin of an angel.
He just stood there looking at her, not daring to touch her. Just admiring her beauty and elegance.
She slept with such grace. Seifer found it hard to believe her to be of this world. He truly was, and would forever be, taken by her.
After staring at her for a few more minutes she opened her eyes.
"Seifer. What happened?"
He was startled at first by her suddenly regaining conscious, but he soon found the words he lost before.
"Well, you blacked out. I carried you up to your bedroom and you just now woke up. You've only been out for about a few minutes."
She gave a sigh of relief.
Then out of nowhere, she popped out of bed, outstretched her arms, and hugged him.
"I don't know what I'd do without you." She whispered softly in his ear.
Then, as if nothing had happened, she put her hands on her hips and ordered Seifer to leave the room.
By now everyone was situated comfortably in their rooms, having their hair done, or make-up applied, or picking out outfits to wear to the party.
If the morning held such obscurities, imagine what the night could possess.
Rinoa and the rest could only hope for a smooth ride.
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I hope you liked it, because it took me a real long time to write this one. I'll try and update soon. Thanks!!!
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Chapter Three
After bumming a ride off Zone and Wats they finally reached their destination, Deling City. It was still dark outside. Rinoa was figuring it only had to be five or six. No one was up in the city. Most of the stores they passed were either closed or the person inside was just too tired to get up and welcome a crowd of rowdy people.
"So you think the party started?" Selphie enquired with her optimistic tone of voice.
"Duh!" Was Zell's answer to her question. She pushed him playfully and scolded him with a smile. It just seemed no matter what Selphie was doing, she always did it with a smile. She was just a happy-go-lucky girl, who loved everything around her.
Actually, as Rinoa stood there and watched them together, she thought them to be a very cute couple. But Selphie liked Irvine, right? They weren't a couple or anything like that, but she always thought Selphie acted so strange around the cowboy.
But now as she observed Selphie in Zell's presence, she realized how much happier she seemed. Hard to make such an observation about Selphie, considering she's always skipping around and laughing her little heart out. But that just gave all the more reason for Rinoa to suspect Selphie in love with Zell.
Maybe "love" is too strong of a word. A "crush" on Zell sounds better. But then again, Selphie is in love with everything, so why not Zell, too?
Well, she hadn't time to think about Selphie's love life, they had to get moving.
"Why the hell is your father having this party so early anyway, Rinoa?" It was Zell, with a question as usual.
"Cause that's her father, chicken-wuss. And there ain't nothin' you can do about it!" Seifer cut in.
"And how would you know that?!" Zell had a really short temper, and unfortunately Seifer didn't even have a temper. So the two mixing were ingredients made to create a really huge bomb. And Quistis had the pleasure of being the fuse that would set that bomb off.
"Both of you are so immature! Can't you just act your age once in a while!?"
That was the green light for both of them to explode.
Seifer pounced at Zell and in return received a nice big jab in his jaw from those metal knuckles of his.
They went at it real bad, and no one could stop them for a moment. They just kept spiraling further and further downhill.
Trying to gain control of the situation, Rinoa ran up to Seifer and pulled both of his arms backwards. Quistis, catching on, grabbed Zell.
"Seifer, stop!"
He struggled to break free from Rinoa's grip.
"Please, for me."
He stopped moving, and fell to the floor, bringing Rinoa down with him. She rested his head on her lap. Zell had messed him up pretty bad. But he didn't get away scott-free either. Both suffered from the blows of one another, but Zell was being helped by Quistis and Selphie.
Rionoa grabbed Seifer's jaw to look at it. It had a gash and was bleeding without cease. She took the black ribbon she always wears around her arm and tried to stop the bleeding.
Rinoa seemed to be the only one Seifer would listen to. As if she had this weird control over him. He hated to disappoint Rinoa, and he knew he had done just that. But he couldn't stand that chicken-wuss.
She held the clothe to his chin and looked into his eyes. Everyone else's attention was drawn upon Zell, except for Squall. He watched the two of them from a distance.
The way he's been watching over Rinoa ever since he met her. Only from afar, and never up close. Did he even have a chance, he would often wonder to himself. He did after all, have to compete with Seifer. Sure, she's never told him she used to date Seifer for a fact. But who needs words when you have a living, walking, breathing example right before your very eyes.
And he did recall one time, when Seifer was under Edea's command, Rinoa talking about how they had spent one summer together. When asked if he was her boyfriend, she responded she didn't know. But really, she did. And the answer was yes. Squall could figure it out just by the way she got so worked up over the whole situation. How worried she was for his well-being.
And even now, if anything happened to Seifer, like him getting injured during training, she would be right by his side. Worrying her little heart out.
Of course, she would be their for Squall in a heartbeat if anything remotely bad was to happen, but the fact that she would always carry feelings for Squall's rival just killed him. It was like having a million daggers pierce your heart all at once. To know the only girl he'll ever care for, will always be in love with Seifer Almasy.
"Squall" Rinoa's voice was the only voice that could ever captivate his attention like that. No one could do it like she could. And even when he wouldn't respond to her voice he was still listening to it. And everyone thought he just blocked people out. Even Rinoa. But he could never block her out, even if he tried.
"Squall, are you listening?" Of course he was. He never stopped, even when she was talking to Seifer he was still listening.
"Squall, sometimes I swear you're not from this planet!" She said jokingly.
"Sorry."
"I stopped the bleeding on Seifer's jaw, much to your dismay, and I think Zell should be fine, too. So we should really get a move on."
"Sure."
He looked into her eyes, and even though it was just a moment, it held a thousand words and a million more feelings. There was such a history of love, heartache, and so much more. To fit all that behind the eyes of a girl, was unimaginable. But somehow Rinoa did it, without faltering. Everyone thought how normal she was, with normal problems, but she was beyond ordinary. She was far superior to that. And it was such a shame only he and his arch-nemeses were the only ones who could see it. Perhaps, it was because they were the reason for all this baggage she carried around with her. They shared, took part, in her history of love and tragedy.
"Are you o.k.?" Rinoa finally asked him before they left.
"I just want to make sure. Your o.k., right?"
He stopped to think for a second. He almost was going to tell her everything going on his head, but shook it off and nodded.
"Yea. I'm fine."
She took his arm and he began to back off, but she held on to it.
"I want you to."
Whatever, he thought. If it makes you happy, then fine.
"C'mon, let's catch up with the others."
"Hey Zell." Rinoa shouted out while she walked arm in arm with Squall.
"Yea?"
"You wanted to know why my dad holds parties so early?"
He shook his head yes. He was in to much pain to talk, and he really didn't care anymore as to why the party was at the crack of dawn.
"Well, the party is actually tonight. At, like, seven or eight it'll start. But he hires a whole bunch of hair and make-up people to fix his guests up. There'll be photographers there, and stuff, snapping away. And god-forbid my father has disheveled looking people there. He'd throw a fit."
Beautiful, Zell thought, having his picture taken looking like he had just got the crap beat out of him. It did, however, reassure him Seifer would be looking like he just got beat on pretty bad, too. Revenge is sweet.
Pretty soon they began to see the tall, symbolic building standing straight up in the air.
"Ahhh, the dreaded place I once called home. Feels great to be back!" There wasn't a slither of truth in what she had just said.
Rinoa, letting go of Squall's arm, made her way down the stone paved path and up to the hand carved door. Took the imported, brass, lion-head knocker and pounded away.
The door opened and, surprise, surprise, the butler answered.
"Hello, William, I've come to speak to that awful man"
"Ahh, Miss.Heartly, yes we've been expecting you. Along with your little vagabond friends."
"Oh, Will, you haven't lost that o-so-funny humor yet. Now just get him!" Sarcasm was poured over every syllable that came out of her mouth. Except for that last part, where she flat out yelled at him.
She walked in behind the butler and everyone followed.
Her father soon came in, and at the sight of his daughter his face lit up like a Christmas tree. But he soon caught glimpse of Seifer and someone had suddenly pulled the plug.
"Rinoa, how long it's been." He said trying to force a friendly face.
"General Caraway, how I hoped to had made it longer." Every word spoken with a smile.
"Time?" She had asked in the rudest way she could put it, though it was a failed attempt. Somehow she still came out sounding as sweet and sincere as anything.
"Ahhh, 8:45 to be exact. You're quite late. All the guests from Balam are in their rooms. And I have assigned special rooms for the new SeeD's."
"Wow, congratulations." She said twirling her finger in the air and rolling her eyes.
"Instructor Trepe, please follow William, he'll bring you to the special teachers room. Very luxurious, may I add."
Quistis blushed a little and then left.
"Uuuu, who may I ask, is this young man?" He said with his hand on Squall's shoulder. Though he was trying his best to stay calm it was very hard with Seifer being in the same room.
"This is Squall. Captain of the SeeDs'. Don't you remember him from the battle with Edea?" She said it with such an arrogant tone of voice she began to feel like her father. She hated that more than anything. She despised that man with such a hate that it can't even be described through words.
"No, sorry. I don't remember any of you. Besides the lovely Miss.Trepe, that is, and Seifer. I see lots of people. Sorry."
Quickly changing the way she talked she responded
"Well, he's very good in combat. You should see him fight. But I'm sure he doesn't want me raving on about how skilled he is. He's not like that." She seemed to be insinuating something towards her father. To show Squall was far better than he could ever be, but in the humblest way there was. To show the difference between father and daughter.
"Well, Squall, pleasure to meet you. Again." He knew who they were. He was just being stubborn. It was his nature.
He gave his hand out to Squall, but Squall simply nodded and walked away. He could tell when someone could care less to know him, and as far as he was concerned, he didn't give a damn.
"We've got a reserved room for the captain of the SeeDs'. Wait for William in the lobby."
With a last glance he shot at Rinoa, he walked out.
"Wow, its like we're at a hotel or something! You've got rooms for everything!" It was Selphie. For some reason, she didn't remember the house being so big.
"They're SeeD's, too, Caraway."
"Well, I guess you can give them a room with the other ones. You don't mind sharing a room, do you? They're quite spacious. You probably won't even know the other is there.
"Its o.k. with me if Zell doesn't mind. Besides, I get scared when I'm alone." She said it so innocently it was impossible for any one to mind sharing a room
with her. Her big green eyes lit up like lanterns, and she looked just like a doll.
"I-I don't mind. Y-ya know if you don't." Zell seemed to get shy all of a sudden around Selphie. He looked like a cute little puppy dog when he would get all embarrassed.
"Then it's settled. You two can share. Please wait outside-"
He was cut off by Zell.
"We know, we know. Wait for William in the lobby. Got it." He said making his hands imitate a gun shape and pointed it at Caraway.
It was only Rinoa and Seifer left in the room. Caraway approached them.
"Didn't I make it clear to you that I never wanted to see you're filthy, dirty, face around here again!? What d'ya need, a written letter, cause I got plenty of those!"
He was literally fuming. Rinoa was expecting to see real live flames pop out of his ears, watch him grow a tail and horns, and magically appear with a pitch fork.
"If you ever touch one hair on my daughter's head, I swear-"
"Caraway, stop this nonsense! You just love conflict, don't you? God, just get over yourself for one minute and ask yourself, is this really about my daughter or am I doing this just to boost my ego?"
Tears started to stream from Rinoa's face. This was the first time since she was probably seven that she cried in front of her dad. All those years all of that emotion was building up inside of her. Now, she let it all out, and it felt good.
"Everyone has been able to get over what happened a year ago except you. You, who's always talking about how you should let things go. Well, maybe its time for you to let it go?"
She collapsed soon after with Seifer rushing to hold her in his arms.
"I'm taking her to her room. Don't worry I remember where it is." He said in it such a way as to remind Caraway he once possessed the love of his daughter.
Then he walked out into the lobby in pure disgust. Selphie, Zell, and Squall were still waiting there. And once Squall caught sight of Rinoa he raced towards Seifer.
"What happened!?" He demanded to know.
"What are you guys, tone deaf? Didn't you just hear all that screaming and yelling? I know these doors ain't sound proof, Caraway's to vain to let a day go by without someone hearing what new and important business he's up to. Or do you ladies not like to pry into the lives of others?"
"Stop being such an idiot, Seifer! Obviously there's something wrong with Rinoa and we need to know."
"Oh yea, chicken-wuss, like I'd tell you."
"C'mon on guys!" Selphie squealed with her tiny vocals.
"Do you think this is how Rinoa would want us to act? She'd be ashamed of you. Let's just work this out carefully and everything will be fine."
Selphie wasn't really one for conflict. She was sort of the peace-keeper among the group of friends. At least she tried her best to be.
"Whatever, I'm taking Rinoa up to her room. And don't bother her until she wakes up."
No one stopped him, not even Squall. Pretty soon he had already made it to the room.
He placed Rinoa on her pink silk sheets. Only the finest fabrics could touch her skin. The skin of an angel.
He just stood there looking at her, not daring to touch her. Just admiring her beauty and elegance.
She slept with such grace. Seifer found it hard to believe her to be of this world. He truly was, and would forever be, taken by her.
After staring at her for a few more minutes she opened her eyes.
"Seifer. What happened?"
He was startled at first by her suddenly regaining conscious, but he soon found the words he lost before.
"Well, you blacked out. I carried you up to your bedroom and you just now woke up. You've only been out for about a few minutes."
She gave a sigh of relief.
Then out of nowhere, she popped out of bed, outstretched her arms, and hugged him.
"I don't know what I'd do without you." She whispered softly in his ear.
Then, as if nothing had happened, she put her hands on her hips and ordered Seifer to leave the room.
By now everyone was situated comfortably in their rooms, having their hair done, or make-up applied, or picking out outfits to wear to the party.
If the morning held such obscurities, imagine what the night could possess.
Rinoa and the rest could only hope for a smooth ride.
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I hope you liked it, because it took me a real long time to write this one. I'll try and update soon. Thanks!!!