Chapter 2
As Squall watched, Quistis fell to the floor. Squall said
"...Whatever." And he walked on by.
"Squall wait. There's something I have to tell you..." said Quistis as she
got hold of him to pull herself up.
"What is it now Quistis? I have stuff to do." He asked in a besieged tone.
"Umm..."
"Well what do you think?" asked Zell as he showed Rinoa the cake.
"Wow. It's amazing. I couldn't have done a better job myself...and that's
saying something."
"Ahem. Yeah right!"
"Well squall agrees with me!"
"Only because you make him!" mocked Zell.
"At least I care more about who I'm going out with than hotdogs!"
"I care just as much about Quistis as I do about hotdogs...maybe even more."
"I doubt it. You only care about Quistis more when your hotdogs are
frozen!" laughed Rinoa.
In their teddy decorated flat house Selphie and Irvine settled down to tea.
They were just about to start when Laguna burst through the door shouting;
"Quick hide me the soldiers are after me!"
"Why what have you done this time? Not another loaf of bread I hope. Were
getting sick of you doing that." Selphie said with an irritated look on her
face.
"I told you the last four times. I only borrowed them. Those soldiers take
it far too seriously, the baker knows I will pay him for it later but the
soldiers won't hear of it."
"You steal the bread and we know it because you told us the first time.
Anyway get in your usual place and I'm sure Irvine will cover for you."
said Selphie.
"Do I have to?"
"Yes Irvine you do he's your best mate." argued Selphie.
"Cheers," replied Laguna as he ran down into the cellar and locked the
door.
Selphie covered the door with a tatty old carpet and sat down again with
Irvine to eat her tea, with an innocent face that didn't look so innocent.
There was a polite rap at the door and Irvine got up to answer it.
"Just be calm, don't worry about Laguna he will be fine," said Irvine to
Selphie.
"I'm fine honest. Just answer the door."
Irvine looked through the lace curtains to find two soldiers standing side
by side in the door frame.
"Can I help you?" he asked as he opened the wooden door.
"Yes," one of the soldiers replied "we are looking for a man with a loaf of
bread. Have you seen him?
"I can't say I have sirs, but if I do you can be assured I will notify you
straight away." said Irvine in a suspicious tone.
"Okay. Thank you for your help sir. Good day." And with a smart bow and a
salute the soldiers left in a smart march. Irvine closed the door turned
round only to find Selphie crying.
"Oh Selphie, what's wrong?"
"I can't take it anymore. It's every week. He takes a loaf of bread, barges
into our house, locks himself in our basement and we have to cover for him.
It's too much. I want to go and live in the country with Squall and
everyone else. PLEASE?"
"Okay. I've had enough to. And you have asked four times before."
Selphie kissed Irvine on the cheek and ran off with a skip in her step to
pack her bags.
As Squall watched, Quistis fell to the floor. Squall said
"...Whatever." And he walked on by.
"Squall wait. There's something I have to tell you..." said Quistis as she
got hold of him to pull herself up.
"What is it now Quistis? I have stuff to do." He asked in a besieged tone.
"Umm..."
"Well what do you think?" asked Zell as he showed Rinoa the cake.
"Wow. It's amazing. I couldn't have done a better job myself...and that's
saying something."
"Ahem. Yeah right!"
"Well squall agrees with me!"
"Only because you make him!" mocked Zell.
"At least I care more about who I'm going out with than hotdogs!"
"I care just as much about Quistis as I do about hotdogs...maybe even more."
"I doubt it. You only care about Quistis more when your hotdogs are
frozen!" laughed Rinoa.
In their teddy decorated flat house Selphie and Irvine settled down to tea.
They were just about to start when Laguna burst through the door shouting;
"Quick hide me the soldiers are after me!"
"Why what have you done this time? Not another loaf of bread I hope. Were
getting sick of you doing that." Selphie said with an irritated look on her
face.
"I told you the last four times. I only borrowed them. Those soldiers take
it far too seriously, the baker knows I will pay him for it later but the
soldiers won't hear of it."
"You steal the bread and we know it because you told us the first time.
Anyway get in your usual place and I'm sure Irvine will cover for you."
said Selphie.
"Do I have to?"
"Yes Irvine you do he's your best mate." argued Selphie.
"Cheers," replied Laguna as he ran down into the cellar and locked the
door.
Selphie covered the door with a tatty old carpet and sat down again with
Irvine to eat her tea, with an innocent face that didn't look so innocent.
There was a polite rap at the door and Irvine got up to answer it.
"Just be calm, don't worry about Laguna he will be fine," said Irvine to
Selphie.
"I'm fine honest. Just answer the door."
Irvine looked through the lace curtains to find two soldiers standing side
by side in the door frame.
"Can I help you?" he asked as he opened the wooden door.
"Yes," one of the soldiers replied "we are looking for a man with a loaf of
bread. Have you seen him?
"I can't say I have sirs, but if I do you can be assured I will notify you
straight away." said Irvine in a suspicious tone.
"Okay. Thank you for your help sir. Good day." And with a smart bow and a
salute the soldiers left in a smart march. Irvine closed the door turned
round only to find Selphie crying.
"Oh Selphie, what's wrong?"
"I can't take it anymore. It's every week. He takes a loaf of bread, barges
into our house, locks himself in our basement and we have to cover for him.
It's too much. I want to go and live in the country with Squall and
everyone else. PLEASE?"
"Okay. I've had enough to. And you have asked four times before."
Selphie kissed Irvine on the cheek and ran off with a skip in her step to
pack her bags.