First of all, if you are JUST going to criticize my work, I don't want to hear it. I don't want to know if you hated it. And Selphie Kinneas its not you at all! I love having you review!! J So on a last note, constructive criticism is ok, but flaming is not.

Brie

After Rinoa finished eating, she kissed Squall goodnight and went to bed. Squall did likewise. After Zell and Irvine finished talking, they too, retreated back to their dormitories.

The next morning, Aya woke up starving. Eying the clock, she noticed that it was 11. Forcing herself awake, Aya jumped out of bed and took a shower. Feeling the warm water on her skin, made her let out a breath she didn't know she'd been holding. When she was finished, she stepped out of the shower and slipped on her oversized terry-cloth robe. Then she did the usual, brushed her teeth, put on her make-up, and blew dry her hair-just like she did every morning. The cool air of her room made her still wet skin tingle as she walked out of the bathroom. Aya put on her black dress and black boots, instead of the usual heels, and looked at the clock once more. It was already noon! Aya grabbed her keycard and put it inside the small pocket on her garter. Sliding her hand over the pocket she felt the ring she had found earlier, and immediately remembered to find Seifer.

As Aya walked down to the cafeteria, she remembered how shy she'd been around Zell. "What's up with that?" she thought. "Being shy and nervous is only a weakness." She said inaudibly and vowed to not be shy or nervous again. She had confidence alright; Aya just had to remember it. Aya entered the cafeteria and spotted Quistis almost immediately. Quistis waved to make sure she was seen and then motioned for her to come over. Aya smiled and walked over to the crowded table.

"Everyone, this is Aya," Quistis introduced her and then pointed to her friends sitting down saying their names. "Rinoa, Squall, Selphie, Irvine, and I believe you already met Zell,"

"Hey everyone!" Aya said as enthusiastically as she could. Spotting Zell first she smiled and looked down the line of Quistis' friends. Aya remembered the way Quisty had talked about Squall and Rinoa when they were in the Quad, "They're her friends? I hope she doesn't talk about me that way," Aya thought silently.

"It's nice to meet you Aya, I'm Rinoa!" Rinoa said sweetly and stuck out her hand. Aya shook it.

"Nice to meet you too," Aya replied, hoping that the girls didn't hate her here the same as they did at her old Garden. Conversation picked up between the girls as guys made their own conversation revolving around sports and what was in the new Weapons Weekly magazine. As the girls were talking, Aya's eyes strayed away as she looked at Irvine, Squall and Zell. She noticed that Squall didn't talk much, Zell did most of the talking, and that Irvine tried to squeeze girls in the conversation as much as he could.

Everyone was finished eating, but the conversations still were being carried. Out of nowhere a very tall, blonde came over to the table. As soon as he was sighted everyone stopped talking and a look of disgust came across their faces, and Selphie rolled her eyes.

"Seifer, what are you doing here? Nobody invited you." Zell asked.

"Chill Chickenwuss, I'm not staying. I just noticed that we had a new SeeD member here, and I wanted to introduce myself." Seifer said turning his eyes to Aya.

"I'm Aya, nice to meet you," Aya said with confidence and turned her dark blue eyes to his cold ones. She stuck out her hand and he shook it. His large callused hand enveloped her small one and he smiled.

"Likewise," Seifer replied. "Aya was it? The name's Seifer." Seifer smiled again. "I'm not wanted here." Seifer looked at the people sitting at the table. "See ya around."

Aya turned back around to see everyone staring at her.

"Do you know who that is?" Zell asked, hoping that she wasn't interested in Seifer at all.