Note: WARNING this is quite limey! This is because this chapter deals with teenagers and….*ahem* sex. So please be warned, that if you're not old enough to watch movies that implies sex, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO READ THIS…..@_@ Thank you! Anyway, in this chapter is basically on Zell and Selphie where they have to deal with trying to keep themselves in control…Oh yes just to note, that Selphie's brother is Garrett…not to confuse you or anything because I know before on the earlier chapter I said his name is 'Cameron.' It's Garrett….my ever so famous name! ^^
Chapter 29 – Thank You…
They were kissing and touching. She was going crazy over his kisses-- his touches. He was going crazy on how soft she was under him. Nothing mattered anymore as long as they were together. He could hear her moan his name, her soft, gentle tone which was making him drive even mad with passion. He felt her hands on his chest. He began sliding the straps of her tank off her shoulders and then… His body flew backwards.
"What the-?" He blinked and looked up. The blond was now sitting on the floor, his eyes curiously glancing up at the brunette now moving to look at him from her bed.
She rubbed her neck nervously and mumbled an apology. "Sorry! I guess I pushed you too hard…" Selphie got off of her bed and looked at him with a gaze that was now driving him off the wall. He loved that gaze. In their early teens, when she looked at him with those piercing green eyes, Zell wanted nothing more than to kiss her all over.
The blond helped himself up from the floor and dusted off invisible dust off of his pants and grinned, shaking his head. "No don't be sorry… It's my fault. I guess I got carried away."
Selphie giggled. She walked up to him and took his hands in hers. "I guess we BOTH got carried away." Suddenly, she looked down, as if ashamed to look at him and then she lifted up her head to stare into his eyes. "Zell, I think it's too early for this."
Zell stared back…totally clueless. "Too early for what?"
Selphie's face turned a deep shade of crimson red. "You know… sex." The last word, she had to mumble, because she was still too uncomfortable to say it, even if she was old enough to.
Zell's face turned redder than Selphie's. He looked away, still feeling the heat in his face. "You're…you're right." The blond looked back and grinned, squeezing Selphie's hands. He lifted them up to his lips and kissed them lightly.
The brunette's heart pounded. The way he kissed her hands, was making her melt. Now she wanted him even more but… She has to control herself. She has to stop thinking of Zell THAT way and focus more on their growing relationship. It WAS a bit early for them to be doing what her parents taught her will not be doing until they were old enough. "Selphie?" She looked up at the sound of Zell's soft voice.
Zell smiled and put her hands back down. He took her right hand and began pulling her out of their room. "How about we go out for a little walk? It's a nice day outside and it'll give us a chance to see people…What do you think?" He stopped just at the top of the stairs to look at her.
Selphie nodded. "Sure! But…" She thought of an idea to keep her mind off of THAT and decided to pull her hand from her boyfriend's grasp. "Tag!" A little playful tag couldn't hurt. It would help her recover from the passion she knew she had to stop herself from. She ran passed him, down the stairs and out the door she went.
It took a moment for Zell to realize that she was serious. "Tag!?" he yelled. He ran after her out the door. "Tag is for kids!" He scoffed, when he saw her standing by the tree of their front yard. "Why did you suddenly decide to play that game?" Selphie didn't answer instead she gave him a smirk that Zell found rather cute, but sometimes annoying. Whenever she did that, Zell knew Selphie had something 'evil' planned. "Oh, so you have something planned? What's the catch?"
Selphie grinned. "I don't know. Maybe if you don't catch me, I'll have to make you WEAR a tie to the dance!" She turned and began running away, down the street. The brunette turned just in time to see Zell running after her in full speed. She let out a tiny squeak and decided to raise the steaks a little and ran for the nearest park.
"A tie!?" Zell KNEW there was a catch involved somewhere in this little game of tag of theirs. "You are NOT making me wear a tie! Come back here Tilmitt!"
Selphie giggled as she stepped over the sandbox that was probably full of cat droppings, careful not to touch anything that may end up stuck in under her shoes. She ran pass the swings and into the open area of the park. There was nothing but silence. It was such a beautiful day and it was a good thing Zell suggested a little walk in the park. She slowed down and watched some birds making sweet songs to one another, chirping as if calling for their mate. She was unaware that Zell was closing in on her. Selphie was too engulfed in the beautiful sounds the robins were making up in the tree that she didn't realize the long arms that went around her waist and the force that forced her down on the green grass. She yelped and found herself trapped in between Zell and the ground.
"Got you!" Zell said, grinning.
Selphie laughed, lifting up a hand to remove a leaf that got stuck on his hair and threw it at the side. "I guess you did!"
They stared at each other. And just before they both had a chance to stop themselves, Zell and Selphie's lips locked once again in a passion that seems to last forever. Zell pulled away first, giving himself and Selphie room to breathe. "I thought we weren't ready yet?" He removed himself from on top of Selphie and helped her up on her feet.
Selphie brushed dirt off of her clothes and smiled, nodding her head in agreement. "Yeah…I've never felt this way about a guy before…" She paused and swallowed nervously. Even if she grew up with Zell and was now her boyfriend, this was her first time actually expressing her feelings about sex.
"Neither have I…" Selphie must have misunderstood what he said, because she looked up at him, wide-eyed. "No! No! I mean not a guy! Of course a girl! Geez, Selph you should know what I mean!" Zell's face turned a crimson red as he turned his face away from her.
Selphie giggled. Having to go on tip toes, she gave Zell a kiss on the cheek. "I was just joking, Zell! You're so cute when you're nervous."
The blond sighed and grabbed her hand. "How about we just sit down on the ground and take a little breather?" The brown haired girl knew what Zell was talking about and when Selphie nodded, he sat down on the ground with his back resting against the tree and pulled her with him. He crossed his legs together so that Selphie could sit on his lap and wrapped his arms around her waist. Selphie felt his warm breath tickling his neck as she allowed her head to rest on his shoulder.
"How long do you think we will last?" Selphie asked suddenly.
It took a moment for Zell to realize what her question meant, when he felt his heart pounding as if it was going to jump right through his skin. "Um… I don't know." He didn't know how to answer that type of question. Zell took a deep breath and said, "To be honest I can't wait, but I will if you want to. Selphie if you want to wait, we can. I don't want to force you to do something you don't want to do."
Selphie sighed, looked down and curled her fingers in his. "I'm glad…I want to do it after the dance…" His fingers were so warm against hers and sitting on his lap felt a lot more wonderful. She wanted to do it with him…and no one else. "I want you to show me the world through you…" She began kissing the tips of his fingers.
The blonde's eyes widened, his heart pounding and his skin crawling with a feeling he has never felt before. "What?" He couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Are you serious?" He was shocked to hear those words from Selphie…his best friend…his girlfriend.
The brown haired girl looked up, her eyes piercing through his. She didn't care. She wanted to be with him. Doing it would tie them together. She almost lost him and maybe…maybe making love to him will give her comfort and the confirmation that he will never disappear from her sight. "I don't want to lose you again, Zell…" There were tears in her eyes now. She grasped her hands tightly around his.
Zell removed his hands from hers and gently put his arms around her waist and pulled her closer. "What are you talking about? You NEVER lost me…" he whispered in her ear. Then he heard her whimper. "Selphie? Oh geez…" He moved away from her so that he could look at her. "Come on don't cry!"
Selphie wiped the tears from her eyes with her hands hastily. "Sorry…I can't help it. I just…" She looked up, her eyes now red from crying. "I thought you DIED…even if that was a month ago, I can't help but think about that time when you were shot and-!" She was interrupted when Zell placed a soft kiss on her lips.
No words were said that time. His kisses felt wonderful against her lips and Selphie immediately forgot what she was talking about. She moved closer so that they were now locked in an embrace while they sat on the ground. Zell moved nearer, closing the gap between them until he felt Selphie's heaving chest against his. "Selphie…" Zell moaned. He pulled away from her and locked gaze with her, giving Selphie a reassuring stare. "I want to respect our love, so I think we should wait. Even if we decide not to do it in any night, you should know that I won't ever leave your side."
Selphie smiled and moved to kiss him again. She couldn't get enough of it. "No…Let's do it." She moved closer so that Zell was forced to lie down on his back on the cold grass with Selphie hovering on top of him. "I want you take me here…right now… Please just take me here." She loved him. She was willing to do whatever it takes to prove to him that she did. They were going to graduate soon, maybe in the point of their relationship there was going to be a big fight that would involve breakup and she couldn't have that! NO!
Zell kissed her back, wrapping his arms around her. He pulled her against him so her weight was now on him. He could feel her heaving chest as their kisses grew more intense. It was really wrong to be making love in the middle of the day in the park, but the blonde couldn't take it anymore. She was willing. He wanted it, but… It suddenly dawned on him… They didn't have anything for protection. The blond opened his eyes and gently sat up, pushing Selphie away from him. "We can't Selphie…" He shook his head. He couldn't believe what he was doing! Any man would be willing to give up to any woman's needs, but this…This was really wrong. They were both too young to be doing something that could ruin both their lives. That meant pregnancy if they weren't careful. Another thing was that if she got pregnant with him…who knows what Garrett would do. He shuddered at the thought. "We don't have any protection right now. If we're not careful, you could get pregnant."
That little information made Selphie realize that Zell was right. "Oh…What if I get protection? Will that be okay?" She jumped up and down excitedly, as if a little child excited to be getting presents for her birthday.
Was Zell hearing right? Was Selphie…the innocent and carefree Selphie saying these things from her own mouth? "Uh…Selphie…I don't think…" He stopped when Selphie suddenly looked up at him with a serious look in her eyes. The most serious look he has ever seen on her.
"I thought you were a guy, Zell? I thought you would take any girl who would be willing to give herself away for you?" She gave a pout that drove Zell insane just looking at her lips and gave him the urge to want to kiss the bottom of it. When Selphie didn't hear any protests coming from him, she moved closer to him once again.
Still, Zell pushed her away. "Selphie, I thought you knew me better than that? I may be a guy, but I'm not the type of guy who would just jump at the chance to sleep with you… I want it to be special for us. I want to do it in a special place where only we can do it… I don't want to just do it all over the place…"
Selphie frowned and folded her arms across her chest. "You're sounding like a woman…"
The blond lifted up an eyebrow, copying Selphie the way she was folding her arms across her chest. "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"
The brown haired girls sighed and shook her head, smiling. "No, you're right. I got carried away and you're right…it should be in a special place for our first time. And it should be at the right moment…I can wait." She moved closer again but instead of kissing him like she was doing earlier, she wrapped her arms around him and rested her head in his chest.
"Good," he whispered. Zell wrapped his arms around her and rested his head against hers. Suddenly, the sun disappeared from the sky, replacing it now with dark clouds. The blond knew it was time to leave. "You want to go? It's about to rain."
Selphie nodded. She waited until Zell stood up first before she lend out a hand for him to take so he could help her up. Zell clasped his hand around hers and they both walked out of the park and back to the direction of the Tilmitt home. As soon as they reached the end of the road towards the next street, the rain began to pour madly. "Come on! We're going to be soaking wet if we don't hurry!" Zell yelled through the thick fog that formed around them. He tugged at Selphie's hand to make her run faster and she immediately obeyed.
They ran through the thick set of rain that fell heavily upon them. Zell could hear Selphie laughing behind him. They were just turning another street, when he felt his girlfriend's hand loose against his. Curious, he turned and noticed her standing there, stifling a giggle. "What?" Zell asked, quite annoyed.
Selphie pointed to something above him. "Your hair!"
Zell lifted up his hand to feel something smooth on top of his head. It took him a while to realize that Selphie hasn't seen him with his hair slicked down so of course she would find it funny. The blonde's hair was usually up in a spiky do to compliment the tattoo on his face. "Oh come on, it's not THAT funny!" He folded his arms across his chest and frowned.
"Well I haven't seen your hair like that ever since we were six!" She walked up to him and ran a hand through his blond hair. "It's really cute! Why don't you have your hair like that at the dance?"
The blond thought for a moment. Come to think of it, she was right. He was six when his hair was short and slick, but as he grew up he allowed his hair to grow so that he could spike his hair up just like his favorite rock singer, Strife. "I don't think so," Zell finally said, commenting on what Selphie said about wearing his hair back at the dance. "I'd kill myself before you force me to wear my hair like this at the dance…" he mumbled.
Those last words touched a nerve in Selphie. Zell didn't realize it until she walked passed him and headed back on her own to her house. She was just about to open the door when she felt Zell's hand on her shoulder. "Selphie?" he sighed. "What did I say now?"
Selphie turned to face him. Zell couldn't tell whether her face was wet with tears or the rain, but even then, the blond didn't have time to think about it. He decided to think of them as tears. However to his surprise, she just smiled and wrapped her arms around him. Startled, Zell placed his right foot behind him to keep him and her balanced at the top of the stairs. "Thank you…" she whispered in her ear. She loved him very much and she didn't need to explain to him why she said it, because Zell already understood with the way he embraced her in return.
Zell closed his eyes and smiled, knowing what she meant with those words. "You welcome," he murmured back. He was the first one to pull away from their embrace. Zell backed away, taking her hands in his and caressed it for a while. They stood silently, staring at their intertwined fingers. The blond looked up and made a move to kiss her, but a banging sound startled the two of them from their trance.
"HEY!" Garrett appeared from behind Selphie, tall and lean. He rested his elbow on the doorway and stared at the two suspiciously. "Where have you two been?"
They just ignored him and smiled at each other. "So I guess I'll see you at school?" Zell said, letting go of her hands. When Selphie nodded, he leaned over and gave her a quick kiss on the lips, before giving Garrett a look of sarcastic disgust. "I won't be seeing you!" he joked.
Selphie laughed as she watched him leave. Zell stopped, turned and winked at her before he made his way to his house right next door.
"Good! Like I want to…" Garrett replied with the same sarcastic tone, followed by a full hearted laughter. Selphie turned and sighed, punching her older brother playfully in the arm and then closed the door behind her.
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There were moments where large, expensive presents excited ANYONE, but as soon as they were opened, it wasn't expensive or large at all and these were one of them…
Selphie and Zell stood outside of Balamb High quite excited to be back to school but quite nervous about what people would say when they see them. From what Quistis told Selphie, rumors began to spread about Zell's brush with death because he was dealing drugs. Selphie wasn't sure what the outcome of the rumor is now, but they knew they had to be brave about it if they were to catch up with school work. "Are you ready?" she asked, turning her head towards the blond. Zell turned with a grin, but Selphie could tell he was as nervous as her and just thinking about that created a lump in Selphie's throat.
Together, as the bell rang, they marched into the building. To their surprise, no one seemed to notice that they had come back after almost a month of absence. But it was better for the both of them as not to cause any commotion, especially from those who knew Kent and who were big fans of him. Beside her, Selphie could hear Zell let out a sigh of relief. She found it rather cute so she took his hand in hers and smiled at him. "Are you okay?" she asked.
Zell smiled. "Yeah, I'm fine…"
"Zell! Selphie!" Before Selphie had a chance to turn around and find out who it was, someone's long arms had wrapped itself around her shoulders, pulling her in for an embrace. "I've missed you guys!" The same arms let go and then went around Zell. It was then, that Selphie was able to see who it was.
"Quisty!" She giggled when the blond turned and gave her the 'don't call me Quisty' look. "You don't need to be overdramatic! We talk on the phone a lot of times!" Selphie let out another giggle. Zell wished he could just take her in his arms and hear those giggles in his own ears while he kissed her neck.
The blond girl nodded. "Yeah, I know! But that was just the phone. I haven't seen you guys in person…"
Selphie never thought about that.
"Hey you two!" Zell and Selphie both turned around to see who was talking to them now. Ms. Fisher, now sporting a new long brown coloured hair look approached them, two thick math text books clutched in her hands. From what Selphie could see, they seemed to be what the seniors use for their math class. The brown haired girl was a lot more surprised with the fact that those books were what they were going to be using next year, than the fact that Ms. Fisher had loads and loads of math homework for them to do.
"Hi Ms. Fisher!" Zell and Selphie replied in unison.
Ms. Fisher gave them a smile. "It's been a long time… How are you guys holding up?" She knew the whole story about Zell almost dying in Selphie's arms when he was shot and how Zell was suspended after that, while Selphie INSISTED that she be suspended with him. She didn't need to spell it out for them about what she meant.
Zell was the one who answered. "Fine, Ms. Fisher." He couldn't wait to play football again, but he knew that he would have to start all over again to prove to the coach that he was capable enough to throw a football around and that he was cured of his addicting habit. It was all thanks to Selphie.
"Could you two stop by after school today so I can give you your homework?" the young teacher asked, adjusting the books in her arms. Quistis offered to help her with them, but Ms. Fisher just shook her head and rejected the offer with a smile. The blond nodded, but she seemed disappointed. "I know I should give you your homework after class today, but I have a lot of catching up to do with the senior classes so…"
"Sure!" Selphie replied rather enthusiastically. Well, they shouldn't blame her. She didn't like doing homework, but it would help her get rid of the lusty thoughts that were beginning to form in her mind about Zell.
The blond man gave a grin and just nodded absent-mindedly.
"Great! See you in class!" Once again, she adjusted the books in her arms and left for class. Zell, Selphie and Quistis watched her disappear, before turning to each other to continue their conversation that Ms. Fisher interrupted, but even then, the thought of having homework from the young teacher was brought up in the conversation they never thought possible.
Zell stuffed his hands in his jean pockets. "Great…" he mumbled. "How many pages of homework do we have, Quis?" Selphie looked at the blond woman as well.
"Three pages, fifty-eight questions altogether," was Quistis' sudden reply.
Both Zell and Selphie were surprised. "You counted?" Selphie asked, her eyes widening in shock. "I didn't think ANYONE, even as smart as you would count something…like…" She stopped when Quistis gave her a glare that could melt a hundred kilometers of snow. "That…" Selphie grinned. "Well, we were just surprised…" Maybe it was the time to change the subject. "So you excited about the dance?" Next week was the big dance and the big sign on the wall in front of her confirmed it.
Quistis just shrugged. "I guess…" She didn't seem to be too enthusiastic with the idea of the dance as Zell and Selphie both noted.
"How can you not be excited? You're going with Seifer aren't you?" Selphie suddenly asked, feeling like she was invading Quistis' privacy, but she was her friend. She had every right to ask her about it…right? She watched as the tall blond girl turned away, frowning. Selphie stared at her curiously and before she had to a chance to ask anymore, someone's deep unfamiliar voice with a heavy French accent boomed in the hallway.
"Quistis, Mon chere!" Selphie and Zell both looked up to see a tall stranger, about six foot one, a little shorter than Seifer wrap his arms around the blond girl. The two stared at each other, and then back at Quistis, giving the blond a questioning gaze.
The blond grinned nervously. "Hah hah…Hi, Jacque, I didn't see you…come…"
"Ah! Who is zis?" The man named Jacque stepped in front of Selphie and suddenly grabbed her hand. He made to kiss the back of it, when another hand yanked Selphie's back gently as if careful not to harm the girl. Zell's eyes were ready to pop out of its sockets, while his fists were clenched, its veins ready to pop out as well.
"MY name is Zell!" The blond man spoke, protectively stepping in between the tall man and Selphie. "This is Selphie…my girlfriend! And you are?" He glared at the tall man and despite his height, Zell's look of intimidation was there and Jacque knew him as the football player whom Brandy explained to him about and he knew better than to mess with him, he took a step back and grinned.
"I apologize for being rude. I did not know…" Jacque took a step back and wrapped his arm back around Quistis.
Selphie looked at Zell, bewildered. She was too shocked to see Zell jealous so much of another guy that she was unable to utter a word. The brown haired girl turned her attention back towards Quistis and gave her a questioning gaze. Quistis just shrugged and mouthed, 'Later' to her. The younger girl nodded and took her boyfriend's hand to calm him down. Eventually, he did when he felt her soft hand and his veins went back to normal. Zell had a temper, Selphie knew and she was the only one who could bring him back to normal.
There was awkward silence between the four of them and Jacque knew from what Selphie could see that he was uninvited in this conversation. He cleared his throat and affectionately ruffled Quistis' hair before leaving with a little nod towards the other two. "I cannot wait for ze dance, my Quistis!" he said in his usual thick French accent.
"I don't like him," Zell mumbled, folding his arms across his chest.
Selphie ignored him and considered the tall blond girl instead. "What's going on? You're going to the dance with…him? Who was that? I haven't seen him around…" She glanced ahead to the hallway where he disappeared as if afraid that he was going to appear again- no one could blame her, he did it just minutes ago as if he was a magician. "And what happened to Seifer? I thought you were going with him?" That question must have touched a nerve to the blond because Selphie noticed the way Quistis' shoulders tensed.
However, Quistis answered her question anyway. "You heard him…"
Selphie and Zell looked at each other. "You mean you're going to the dance with that….guy?" Zell asked, starting to feel irritated again after mentioning the guy's name. "I don't like him…"
"Zell, you already said that," the brown haired girl said. "Quistis, I don't get it…I thought you and Seifer were doing fine? I thought you two already planned on going together?"
The blond sighed. "Even if I go with Jacque you already know that I am not too excited to go. I WAS going with him, but something came up. I would have been more than excited to go with…Seifer…" Quistis said the last sentence rather quietly, followed by a blush.
"Then why did you agree to go with this guy?" was Zell's question, unaware of Quistis' blush. He was looking around, watching out for that Jacque guy again in case he pops out of nowhere.
Quistis pursed her lips together, but Selphie knew what that meant… "Oooooohhhhh!" the brown haired girl said, stifling a giggle. Zell looked at her curiously, but chose not to ask. He knew it was a girl thing. He glanced at the blond for answers, but Quistis just shrugged and turned around.
"Well, we better get to class or we'll be late…"
"What are you talking about, Quisty? The bell didn't even…" Suddenly the sound of the bell interrupted her train of thought. Selphie gasped in alarm when she heard it and looked up at the blond girl walking away from them.
"Woah…she's good," Selphie could hear Zell mumble.
"Well you can stop swooning and start walking!" She grabbed Zell's hand and pulled him with her as they walked down the now noisy hall. Students weren't paying much attention to them as usual and even then, the pair was starting to get used to that idea. It was better than a hundred pairs of eyes staring at them. Zell's hand felt so warm against hers and she wished that…
"Uh…Selph? Where are we going? The class is…that way…"
"Huh?" Selphie looked up and noticed Zell pointing to somewhere to their left. She followed it and noticed that the class they were supposed to be going to was on the opposite side to where they stopped. She was thinking so much of Zell lately that all she wanted to do with him was… "Well, I was thinking…" She turned and began twirling a strand of his spiky blond hair around her finger. "We can start 'warming' ourselves up…" She couldn't help it. When he 'rescued' her from Jacque's attempts to kiss her hand and when he was suddenly jealous of the guy, it made her feel….Selphie suddenly blushed. What was wrong with her? She's never felt this way before…
Zell swallowed….as if he just swallowed a large peanut that got stuck in his throat. He felt his face go red. "What?"
Selphie shrugged and took his hands. "I guess I just don't feel like going to class right now. Besides…" She looked at her watch. "We have ten minutes before Ms. Fisher gets to class. You know how late she usually is…" She was blushing too, because she couldn't believe she was being confident about this.
The blond looked at her. Was he really looking at the real Selphie right now? 'Who cares! She's willing to give everything to you!' the voice in his head screamed. "Oh hell…" He was now caught. Was she seriously seducing him? "Fine… What do you want to do?" He already knew the answer to that, but he had to make sure first.
Selphie grabbed his hand again and began pulling him with her. She led him down the hall and just when Zell was about to ask where they were going, they suddenly stopped right in front of the girls' bathroom. Zell looked at her in disbelief. "Are you kidding me? The girls' bathroom? Why?" He looked around; making sure no one was around.
"Who cares!" Shocked, Zell found himself being pulled by Selphie at the collar of his sweatshirt, while she roughly pressed her lips together with his. Zell kissed her in return and wrapped his arms around her waist. Careful not to lose their balance, they each took a step, as if dancing and their bodies pushed the door open. Zell stopped, allowing him and Selphie to breathe from their kiss and looked around.
"Wait, we have to make sure no one's here…" He let go of her and looked around, opening each bathroom stall to make sure no one was there and to his relief, no one was there. He gave a Selphie an 'ok' sign and grinned. Zell was about to say something, when Selphie lunged herself forward in his arms. He had to hold on to her so tightly so they both wouldn't go fall off.
"Let's go in one of these stalls, in case someone might come in and sees us," Selphie murmured under his kisses. Zell nodded and led her to the direction of the first stall nearby. He opened the door with a quick push of his hand and they both stepped inside, their kisses growing intense each second. "Hang on I want to try something…" Selphie whispered. She removed her lips from his and pushed the toilet seat cover down, then proceeded to kiss Zell. "Sit down," she murmured, smiling.
Zell nodded and sat down, while at the same time kissing Selphie's soft lips. She sat down on his lap and they continued their exploration of one another with their kisses and their touches. Just then, they heard the door of the bathroom opening. Footsteps suddenly echoed around them. Zell and Selphie quickly removed their lips from one another and looked at each other. They could hear at least two or three girls in the bathroom, chatting away about the dance and about the guys they were going with.
About two minutes later, the blond's legs were starting to feel numb from Selphie's weight. He wanted so bad to make her stand up so he could stretch them, but if he made her move, then it would drop all the attention from what the girls were talking about and focus on the pairs of feet and- "What the-?" Damn! Too late, Zell thought.
"Damn! That girl's feet are huuuuuuuuge! It looks as though they could be a guy's feet!" one of the girls said.
Zell's eyes turned into thin slits. Could be???? He could feel Selphie giggling as he tightened his grip around her waist so she wouldn't fall. The blond glared at her, which immediately stopped Selphie's silent laughs. He sighed and they continued to listen.
"Maybe that girl's a tomboy and she seems to be sitting awkwardly on the toilet…What a weirdo!" Finally, they could hear the fading of the footsteps and the echoes of the girls' laughter as it disappeared behind the closed door. Sighing, Selphie stood up and began laughing.
"Crap! I have to go to the bathroom!" Zell suddenly said. "Can you quickly leave the stall so I can go?"
"I can't! What if another girl shows up and sees me with you?" Selphie was suddenly blushing.
"Just turn around then!" Zell was getting tired of this. Why he agreed to this in the first place, he may never know. He waited until Selphie turned around to unzip his pants, while reaching down with his other hand to lift up the seat.
Then…The door opened again. "Oh no!" Selphie quickly turned and placed a hand on Zell's shoulder. Zell didn't have time to go at all so he swiftly zipped up his pants and, before Selphie could warn him, decided to stand up on top of the toilet seat. Forgetting that he lifted up the seat, his right leg immediately went straight through the shoot. Zell swore underneath his breath, while Selphie looked at him helplessly.
The single footsteps were just turning the corner now. Now, she was passing the second stall, just before the one they were on. Selphie had to think of something quick, before they were found out. "Selphie!" Out of nowhere, Zell's voice grew louder. Selphie looked down at the feet fearfully and was hoping the girl didn't hear that, but unfortunately, she noticed the girl had stopped right in front of their stall, but her back towards them. "Selphie it's stuck!"
It was too late now. There was no point in hiding it any longer. Selphie sighed and looked down at Zell's leg. "Can't you get it out?"
"I can't! It's REALLY stuck in there!"
Meanwhile, the girl listening felt her face grow hot, obviously thinking of something else when she heard these words coming out from the two. She felt her face go even hotter when she realized that the other person talking IN the girls' bathroom stall was indeed a guy.
"How can it be stuck in there?" the girl's voice said. "It's pretty small!"
The girl gulped nervously. How on earth can they talk like that in here of all places!?
"It's not small! Look at it!"
There was silence, which confirmed the girl that whoever was forced to look was looking at 'it' now. Nervous beads of sweat fell around her face. "How can it be small when a lot of bigger things go in there!?"
Another nervous sweat fell from her face. Damn, these people were gross! Can't they talk dirty some place else? She can't concentrate on fixing her hair if they were going to talk like that….them kissing silently in the stall would have been much better.
"Here just hold on and I'll pull it out," the girl said.
The girl listening with long red hair gulped again. She tried to look at herself in the mirror to focus on something else, but even then, she could see two pairs of feet reflecting back at her, moving around. Why wasn't she saying something? She had the right to tell them to stop whatever they were doing…. But all she ended up doing was stand there and freeze in her spot.
"No good, we need someone's help," the girl finally said.
The red head closed her eyes. 'Oh God I hope they don't come out asking for MY help!' she thought. 'Please not me! Please not me!'
"Hey! We don't need anyone's help!" She could hear the guy's voice pleading. Selphie! Come on! We can do this together!"
Then, the bathroom stall opened. Selphie glanced around and noticed the red head standing there, frozen. She didn't seem to realize that all this time, the girl standing by the mirror was listening to their conversation. "Hey…Excuse me?"
The girl buried her head in shame and turned around slowly. She looked up in surprise when what she expected wasn't what she expected at all. The girl came out of the bathroom stall. She was two years older than her (though by her height and stature, didn't seem like she was), with bouncy brown hair and deep green eyes. She went by the name of Selphie, as mentioned by the guy and was looking at her with a pleading look while hanging on to a leg which belonged to the guy with spiky blond hair and blue eyes. He was kneeling on floor on one knee while his leg was stuck inside the toilet.
Selphie grinned nervously. "Um…could you help us out? My boyfriend's leg is stuck in the toilet…" Zell sighed, his own nervous beads of sweat falling around his face.
The girl nodded absent-mindedly, though part of her wanted to kick herself for thinking of such nasty thoughts.
GoodGurl: Gahahahahaha wasn't that an interesting ending for the chapter? It went from serious to total comedy! ^^ Well, stay tuned and see what happens to Zell's brush with death at the toilet! LOL! And I scared you guys from the beginning too! HEE HEE! ME EVIL!!!!!!!!! MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Chapter 29 – Thank You…
They were kissing and touching. She was going crazy over his kisses-- his touches. He was going crazy on how soft she was under him. Nothing mattered anymore as long as they were together. He could hear her moan his name, her soft, gentle tone which was making him drive even mad with passion. He felt her hands on his chest. He began sliding the straps of her tank off her shoulders and then… His body flew backwards.
"What the-?" He blinked and looked up. The blond was now sitting on the floor, his eyes curiously glancing up at the brunette now moving to look at him from her bed.
She rubbed her neck nervously and mumbled an apology. "Sorry! I guess I pushed you too hard…" Selphie got off of her bed and looked at him with a gaze that was now driving him off the wall. He loved that gaze. In their early teens, when she looked at him with those piercing green eyes, Zell wanted nothing more than to kiss her all over.
The blond helped himself up from the floor and dusted off invisible dust off of his pants and grinned, shaking his head. "No don't be sorry… It's my fault. I guess I got carried away."
Selphie giggled. She walked up to him and took his hands in hers. "I guess we BOTH got carried away." Suddenly, she looked down, as if ashamed to look at him and then she lifted up her head to stare into his eyes. "Zell, I think it's too early for this."
Zell stared back…totally clueless. "Too early for what?"
Selphie's face turned a deep shade of crimson red. "You know… sex." The last word, she had to mumble, because she was still too uncomfortable to say it, even if she was old enough to.
Zell's face turned redder than Selphie's. He looked away, still feeling the heat in his face. "You're…you're right." The blond looked back and grinned, squeezing Selphie's hands. He lifted them up to his lips and kissed them lightly.
The brunette's heart pounded. The way he kissed her hands, was making her melt. Now she wanted him even more but… She has to control herself. She has to stop thinking of Zell THAT way and focus more on their growing relationship. It WAS a bit early for them to be doing what her parents taught her will not be doing until they were old enough. "Selphie?" She looked up at the sound of Zell's soft voice.
Zell smiled and put her hands back down. He took her right hand and began pulling her out of their room. "How about we go out for a little walk? It's a nice day outside and it'll give us a chance to see people…What do you think?" He stopped just at the top of the stairs to look at her.
Selphie nodded. "Sure! But…" She thought of an idea to keep her mind off of THAT and decided to pull her hand from her boyfriend's grasp. "Tag!" A little playful tag couldn't hurt. It would help her recover from the passion she knew she had to stop herself from. She ran passed him, down the stairs and out the door she went.
It took a moment for Zell to realize that she was serious. "Tag!?" he yelled. He ran after her out the door. "Tag is for kids!" He scoffed, when he saw her standing by the tree of their front yard. "Why did you suddenly decide to play that game?" Selphie didn't answer instead she gave him a smirk that Zell found rather cute, but sometimes annoying. Whenever she did that, Zell knew Selphie had something 'evil' planned. "Oh, so you have something planned? What's the catch?"
Selphie grinned. "I don't know. Maybe if you don't catch me, I'll have to make you WEAR a tie to the dance!" She turned and began running away, down the street. The brunette turned just in time to see Zell running after her in full speed. She let out a tiny squeak and decided to raise the steaks a little and ran for the nearest park.
"A tie!?" Zell KNEW there was a catch involved somewhere in this little game of tag of theirs. "You are NOT making me wear a tie! Come back here Tilmitt!"
Selphie giggled as she stepped over the sandbox that was probably full of cat droppings, careful not to touch anything that may end up stuck in under her shoes. She ran pass the swings and into the open area of the park. There was nothing but silence. It was such a beautiful day and it was a good thing Zell suggested a little walk in the park. She slowed down and watched some birds making sweet songs to one another, chirping as if calling for their mate. She was unaware that Zell was closing in on her. Selphie was too engulfed in the beautiful sounds the robins were making up in the tree that she didn't realize the long arms that went around her waist and the force that forced her down on the green grass. She yelped and found herself trapped in between Zell and the ground.
"Got you!" Zell said, grinning.
Selphie laughed, lifting up a hand to remove a leaf that got stuck on his hair and threw it at the side. "I guess you did!"
They stared at each other. And just before they both had a chance to stop themselves, Zell and Selphie's lips locked once again in a passion that seems to last forever. Zell pulled away first, giving himself and Selphie room to breathe. "I thought we weren't ready yet?" He removed himself from on top of Selphie and helped her up on her feet.
Selphie brushed dirt off of her clothes and smiled, nodding her head in agreement. "Yeah…I've never felt this way about a guy before…" She paused and swallowed nervously. Even if she grew up with Zell and was now her boyfriend, this was her first time actually expressing her feelings about sex.
"Neither have I…" Selphie must have misunderstood what he said, because she looked up at him, wide-eyed. "No! No! I mean not a guy! Of course a girl! Geez, Selph you should know what I mean!" Zell's face turned a crimson red as he turned his face away from her.
Selphie giggled. Having to go on tip toes, she gave Zell a kiss on the cheek. "I was just joking, Zell! You're so cute when you're nervous."
The blond sighed and grabbed her hand. "How about we just sit down on the ground and take a little breather?" The brown haired girl knew what Zell was talking about and when Selphie nodded, he sat down on the ground with his back resting against the tree and pulled her with him. He crossed his legs together so that Selphie could sit on his lap and wrapped his arms around her waist. Selphie felt his warm breath tickling his neck as she allowed her head to rest on his shoulder.
"How long do you think we will last?" Selphie asked suddenly.
It took a moment for Zell to realize what her question meant, when he felt his heart pounding as if it was going to jump right through his skin. "Um… I don't know." He didn't know how to answer that type of question. Zell took a deep breath and said, "To be honest I can't wait, but I will if you want to. Selphie if you want to wait, we can. I don't want to force you to do something you don't want to do."
Selphie sighed, looked down and curled her fingers in his. "I'm glad…I want to do it after the dance…" His fingers were so warm against hers and sitting on his lap felt a lot more wonderful. She wanted to do it with him…and no one else. "I want you to show me the world through you…" She began kissing the tips of his fingers.
The blonde's eyes widened, his heart pounding and his skin crawling with a feeling he has never felt before. "What?" He couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Are you serious?" He was shocked to hear those words from Selphie…his best friend…his girlfriend.
The brown haired girl looked up, her eyes piercing through his. She didn't care. She wanted to be with him. Doing it would tie them together. She almost lost him and maybe…maybe making love to him will give her comfort and the confirmation that he will never disappear from her sight. "I don't want to lose you again, Zell…" There were tears in her eyes now. She grasped her hands tightly around his.
Zell removed his hands from hers and gently put his arms around her waist and pulled her closer. "What are you talking about? You NEVER lost me…" he whispered in her ear. Then he heard her whimper. "Selphie? Oh geez…" He moved away from her so that he could look at her. "Come on don't cry!"
Selphie wiped the tears from her eyes with her hands hastily. "Sorry…I can't help it. I just…" She looked up, her eyes now red from crying. "I thought you DIED…even if that was a month ago, I can't help but think about that time when you were shot and-!" She was interrupted when Zell placed a soft kiss on her lips.
No words were said that time. His kisses felt wonderful against her lips and Selphie immediately forgot what she was talking about. She moved closer so that they were now locked in an embrace while they sat on the ground. Zell moved nearer, closing the gap between them until he felt Selphie's heaving chest against his. "Selphie…" Zell moaned. He pulled away from her and locked gaze with her, giving Selphie a reassuring stare. "I want to respect our love, so I think we should wait. Even if we decide not to do it in any night, you should know that I won't ever leave your side."
Selphie smiled and moved to kiss him again. She couldn't get enough of it. "No…Let's do it." She moved closer so that Zell was forced to lie down on his back on the cold grass with Selphie hovering on top of him. "I want you take me here…right now… Please just take me here." She loved him. She was willing to do whatever it takes to prove to him that she did. They were going to graduate soon, maybe in the point of their relationship there was going to be a big fight that would involve breakup and she couldn't have that! NO!
Zell kissed her back, wrapping his arms around her. He pulled her against him so her weight was now on him. He could feel her heaving chest as their kisses grew more intense. It was really wrong to be making love in the middle of the day in the park, but the blonde couldn't take it anymore. She was willing. He wanted it, but… It suddenly dawned on him… They didn't have anything for protection. The blond opened his eyes and gently sat up, pushing Selphie away from him. "We can't Selphie…" He shook his head. He couldn't believe what he was doing! Any man would be willing to give up to any woman's needs, but this…This was really wrong. They were both too young to be doing something that could ruin both their lives. That meant pregnancy if they weren't careful. Another thing was that if she got pregnant with him…who knows what Garrett would do. He shuddered at the thought. "We don't have any protection right now. If we're not careful, you could get pregnant."
That little information made Selphie realize that Zell was right. "Oh…What if I get protection? Will that be okay?" She jumped up and down excitedly, as if a little child excited to be getting presents for her birthday.
Was Zell hearing right? Was Selphie…the innocent and carefree Selphie saying these things from her own mouth? "Uh…Selphie…I don't think…" He stopped when Selphie suddenly looked up at him with a serious look in her eyes. The most serious look he has ever seen on her.
"I thought you were a guy, Zell? I thought you would take any girl who would be willing to give herself away for you?" She gave a pout that drove Zell insane just looking at her lips and gave him the urge to want to kiss the bottom of it. When Selphie didn't hear any protests coming from him, she moved closer to him once again.
Still, Zell pushed her away. "Selphie, I thought you knew me better than that? I may be a guy, but I'm not the type of guy who would just jump at the chance to sleep with you… I want it to be special for us. I want to do it in a special place where only we can do it… I don't want to just do it all over the place…"
Selphie frowned and folded her arms across her chest. "You're sounding like a woman…"
The blond lifted up an eyebrow, copying Selphie the way she was folding her arms across her chest. "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?"
The brown haired girls sighed and shook her head, smiling. "No, you're right. I got carried away and you're right…it should be in a special place for our first time. And it should be at the right moment…I can wait." She moved closer again but instead of kissing him like she was doing earlier, she wrapped her arms around him and rested her head in his chest.
"Good," he whispered. Zell wrapped his arms around her and rested his head against hers. Suddenly, the sun disappeared from the sky, replacing it now with dark clouds. The blond knew it was time to leave. "You want to go? It's about to rain."
Selphie nodded. She waited until Zell stood up first before she lend out a hand for him to take so he could help her up. Zell clasped his hand around hers and they both walked out of the park and back to the direction of the Tilmitt home. As soon as they reached the end of the road towards the next street, the rain began to pour madly. "Come on! We're going to be soaking wet if we don't hurry!" Zell yelled through the thick fog that formed around them. He tugged at Selphie's hand to make her run faster and she immediately obeyed.
They ran through the thick set of rain that fell heavily upon them. Zell could hear Selphie laughing behind him. They were just turning another street, when he felt his girlfriend's hand loose against his. Curious, he turned and noticed her standing there, stifling a giggle. "What?" Zell asked, quite annoyed.
Selphie pointed to something above him. "Your hair!"
Zell lifted up his hand to feel something smooth on top of his head. It took him a while to realize that Selphie hasn't seen him with his hair slicked down so of course she would find it funny. The blonde's hair was usually up in a spiky do to compliment the tattoo on his face. "Oh come on, it's not THAT funny!" He folded his arms across his chest and frowned.
"Well I haven't seen your hair like that ever since we were six!" She walked up to him and ran a hand through his blond hair. "It's really cute! Why don't you have your hair like that at the dance?"
The blond thought for a moment. Come to think of it, she was right. He was six when his hair was short and slick, but as he grew up he allowed his hair to grow so that he could spike his hair up just like his favorite rock singer, Strife. "I don't think so," Zell finally said, commenting on what Selphie said about wearing his hair back at the dance. "I'd kill myself before you force me to wear my hair like this at the dance…" he mumbled.
Those last words touched a nerve in Selphie. Zell didn't realize it until she walked passed him and headed back on her own to her house. She was just about to open the door when she felt Zell's hand on her shoulder. "Selphie?" he sighed. "What did I say now?"
Selphie turned to face him. Zell couldn't tell whether her face was wet with tears or the rain, but even then, the blond didn't have time to think about it. He decided to think of them as tears. However to his surprise, she just smiled and wrapped her arms around him. Startled, Zell placed his right foot behind him to keep him and her balanced at the top of the stairs. "Thank you…" she whispered in her ear. She loved him very much and she didn't need to explain to him why she said it, because Zell already understood with the way he embraced her in return.
Zell closed his eyes and smiled, knowing what she meant with those words. "You welcome," he murmured back. He was the first one to pull away from their embrace. Zell backed away, taking her hands in his and caressed it for a while. They stood silently, staring at their intertwined fingers. The blond looked up and made a move to kiss her, but a banging sound startled the two of them from their trance.
"HEY!" Garrett appeared from behind Selphie, tall and lean. He rested his elbow on the doorway and stared at the two suspiciously. "Where have you two been?"
They just ignored him and smiled at each other. "So I guess I'll see you at school?" Zell said, letting go of her hands. When Selphie nodded, he leaned over and gave her a quick kiss on the lips, before giving Garrett a look of sarcastic disgust. "I won't be seeing you!" he joked.
Selphie laughed as she watched him leave. Zell stopped, turned and winked at her before he made his way to his house right next door.
"Good! Like I want to…" Garrett replied with the same sarcastic tone, followed by a full hearted laughter. Selphie turned and sighed, punching her older brother playfully in the arm and then closed the door behind her.
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There were moments where large, expensive presents excited ANYONE, but as soon as they were opened, it wasn't expensive or large at all and these were one of them…
Selphie and Zell stood outside of Balamb High quite excited to be back to school but quite nervous about what people would say when they see them. From what Quistis told Selphie, rumors began to spread about Zell's brush with death because he was dealing drugs. Selphie wasn't sure what the outcome of the rumor is now, but they knew they had to be brave about it if they were to catch up with school work. "Are you ready?" she asked, turning her head towards the blond. Zell turned with a grin, but Selphie could tell he was as nervous as her and just thinking about that created a lump in Selphie's throat.
Together, as the bell rang, they marched into the building. To their surprise, no one seemed to notice that they had come back after almost a month of absence. But it was better for the both of them as not to cause any commotion, especially from those who knew Kent and who were big fans of him. Beside her, Selphie could hear Zell let out a sigh of relief. She found it rather cute so she took his hand in hers and smiled at him. "Are you okay?" she asked.
Zell smiled. "Yeah, I'm fine…"
"Zell! Selphie!" Before Selphie had a chance to turn around and find out who it was, someone's long arms had wrapped itself around her shoulders, pulling her in for an embrace. "I've missed you guys!" The same arms let go and then went around Zell. It was then, that Selphie was able to see who it was.
"Quisty!" She giggled when the blond turned and gave her the 'don't call me Quisty' look. "You don't need to be overdramatic! We talk on the phone a lot of times!" Selphie let out another giggle. Zell wished he could just take her in his arms and hear those giggles in his own ears while he kissed her neck.
The blond girl nodded. "Yeah, I know! But that was just the phone. I haven't seen you guys in person…"
Selphie never thought about that.
"Hey you two!" Zell and Selphie both turned around to see who was talking to them now. Ms. Fisher, now sporting a new long brown coloured hair look approached them, two thick math text books clutched in her hands. From what Selphie could see, they seemed to be what the seniors use for their math class. The brown haired girl was a lot more surprised with the fact that those books were what they were going to be using next year, than the fact that Ms. Fisher had loads and loads of math homework for them to do.
"Hi Ms. Fisher!" Zell and Selphie replied in unison.
Ms. Fisher gave them a smile. "It's been a long time… How are you guys holding up?" She knew the whole story about Zell almost dying in Selphie's arms when he was shot and how Zell was suspended after that, while Selphie INSISTED that she be suspended with him. She didn't need to spell it out for them about what she meant.
Zell was the one who answered. "Fine, Ms. Fisher." He couldn't wait to play football again, but he knew that he would have to start all over again to prove to the coach that he was capable enough to throw a football around and that he was cured of his addicting habit. It was all thanks to Selphie.
"Could you two stop by after school today so I can give you your homework?" the young teacher asked, adjusting the books in her arms. Quistis offered to help her with them, but Ms. Fisher just shook her head and rejected the offer with a smile. The blond nodded, but she seemed disappointed. "I know I should give you your homework after class today, but I have a lot of catching up to do with the senior classes so…"
"Sure!" Selphie replied rather enthusiastically. Well, they shouldn't blame her. She didn't like doing homework, but it would help her get rid of the lusty thoughts that were beginning to form in her mind about Zell.
The blond man gave a grin and just nodded absent-mindedly.
"Great! See you in class!" Once again, she adjusted the books in her arms and left for class. Zell, Selphie and Quistis watched her disappear, before turning to each other to continue their conversation that Ms. Fisher interrupted, but even then, the thought of having homework from the young teacher was brought up in the conversation they never thought possible.
Zell stuffed his hands in his jean pockets. "Great…" he mumbled. "How many pages of homework do we have, Quis?" Selphie looked at the blond woman as well.
"Three pages, fifty-eight questions altogether," was Quistis' sudden reply.
Both Zell and Selphie were surprised. "You counted?" Selphie asked, her eyes widening in shock. "I didn't think ANYONE, even as smart as you would count something…like…" She stopped when Quistis gave her a glare that could melt a hundred kilometers of snow. "That…" Selphie grinned. "Well, we were just surprised…" Maybe it was the time to change the subject. "So you excited about the dance?" Next week was the big dance and the big sign on the wall in front of her confirmed it.
Quistis just shrugged. "I guess…" She didn't seem to be too enthusiastic with the idea of the dance as Zell and Selphie both noted.
"How can you not be excited? You're going with Seifer aren't you?" Selphie suddenly asked, feeling like she was invading Quistis' privacy, but she was her friend. She had every right to ask her about it…right? She watched as the tall blond girl turned away, frowning. Selphie stared at her curiously and before she had to a chance to ask anymore, someone's deep unfamiliar voice with a heavy French accent boomed in the hallway.
"Quistis, Mon chere!" Selphie and Zell both looked up to see a tall stranger, about six foot one, a little shorter than Seifer wrap his arms around the blond girl. The two stared at each other, and then back at Quistis, giving the blond a questioning gaze.
The blond grinned nervously. "Hah hah…Hi, Jacque, I didn't see you…come…"
"Ah! Who is zis?" The man named Jacque stepped in front of Selphie and suddenly grabbed her hand. He made to kiss the back of it, when another hand yanked Selphie's back gently as if careful not to harm the girl. Zell's eyes were ready to pop out of its sockets, while his fists were clenched, its veins ready to pop out as well.
"MY name is Zell!" The blond man spoke, protectively stepping in between the tall man and Selphie. "This is Selphie…my girlfriend! And you are?" He glared at the tall man and despite his height, Zell's look of intimidation was there and Jacque knew him as the football player whom Brandy explained to him about and he knew better than to mess with him, he took a step back and grinned.
"I apologize for being rude. I did not know…" Jacque took a step back and wrapped his arm back around Quistis.
Selphie looked at Zell, bewildered. She was too shocked to see Zell jealous so much of another guy that she was unable to utter a word. The brown haired girl turned her attention back towards Quistis and gave her a questioning gaze. Quistis just shrugged and mouthed, 'Later' to her. The younger girl nodded and took her boyfriend's hand to calm him down. Eventually, he did when he felt her soft hand and his veins went back to normal. Zell had a temper, Selphie knew and she was the only one who could bring him back to normal.
There was awkward silence between the four of them and Jacque knew from what Selphie could see that he was uninvited in this conversation. He cleared his throat and affectionately ruffled Quistis' hair before leaving with a little nod towards the other two. "I cannot wait for ze dance, my Quistis!" he said in his usual thick French accent.
"I don't like him," Zell mumbled, folding his arms across his chest.
Selphie ignored him and considered the tall blond girl instead. "What's going on? You're going to the dance with…him? Who was that? I haven't seen him around…" She glanced ahead to the hallway where he disappeared as if afraid that he was going to appear again- no one could blame her, he did it just minutes ago as if he was a magician. "And what happened to Seifer? I thought you were going with him?" That question must have touched a nerve to the blond because Selphie noticed the way Quistis' shoulders tensed.
However, Quistis answered her question anyway. "You heard him…"
Selphie and Zell looked at each other. "You mean you're going to the dance with that….guy?" Zell asked, starting to feel irritated again after mentioning the guy's name. "I don't like him…"
"Zell, you already said that," the brown haired girl said. "Quistis, I don't get it…I thought you and Seifer were doing fine? I thought you two already planned on going together?"
The blond sighed. "Even if I go with Jacque you already know that I am not too excited to go. I WAS going with him, but something came up. I would have been more than excited to go with…Seifer…" Quistis said the last sentence rather quietly, followed by a blush.
"Then why did you agree to go with this guy?" was Zell's question, unaware of Quistis' blush. He was looking around, watching out for that Jacque guy again in case he pops out of nowhere.
Quistis pursed her lips together, but Selphie knew what that meant… "Oooooohhhhh!" the brown haired girl said, stifling a giggle. Zell looked at her curiously, but chose not to ask. He knew it was a girl thing. He glanced at the blond for answers, but Quistis just shrugged and turned around.
"Well, we better get to class or we'll be late…"
"What are you talking about, Quisty? The bell didn't even…" Suddenly the sound of the bell interrupted her train of thought. Selphie gasped in alarm when she heard it and looked up at the blond girl walking away from them.
"Woah…she's good," Selphie could hear Zell mumble.
"Well you can stop swooning and start walking!" She grabbed Zell's hand and pulled him with her as they walked down the now noisy hall. Students weren't paying much attention to them as usual and even then, the pair was starting to get used to that idea. It was better than a hundred pairs of eyes staring at them. Zell's hand felt so warm against hers and she wished that…
"Uh…Selph? Where are we going? The class is…that way…"
"Huh?" Selphie looked up and noticed Zell pointing to somewhere to their left. She followed it and noticed that the class they were supposed to be going to was on the opposite side to where they stopped. She was thinking so much of Zell lately that all she wanted to do with him was… "Well, I was thinking…" She turned and began twirling a strand of his spiky blond hair around her finger. "We can start 'warming' ourselves up…" She couldn't help it. When he 'rescued' her from Jacque's attempts to kiss her hand and when he was suddenly jealous of the guy, it made her feel….Selphie suddenly blushed. What was wrong with her? She's never felt this way before…
Zell swallowed….as if he just swallowed a large peanut that got stuck in his throat. He felt his face go red. "What?"
Selphie shrugged and took his hands. "I guess I just don't feel like going to class right now. Besides…" She looked at her watch. "We have ten minutes before Ms. Fisher gets to class. You know how late she usually is…" She was blushing too, because she couldn't believe she was being confident about this.
The blond looked at her. Was he really looking at the real Selphie right now? 'Who cares! She's willing to give everything to you!' the voice in his head screamed. "Oh hell…" He was now caught. Was she seriously seducing him? "Fine… What do you want to do?" He already knew the answer to that, but he had to make sure first.
Selphie grabbed his hand again and began pulling him with her. She led him down the hall and just when Zell was about to ask where they were going, they suddenly stopped right in front of the girls' bathroom. Zell looked at her in disbelief. "Are you kidding me? The girls' bathroom? Why?" He looked around; making sure no one was around.
"Who cares!" Shocked, Zell found himself being pulled by Selphie at the collar of his sweatshirt, while she roughly pressed her lips together with his. Zell kissed her in return and wrapped his arms around her waist. Careful not to lose their balance, they each took a step, as if dancing and their bodies pushed the door open. Zell stopped, allowing him and Selphie to breathe from their kiss and looked around.
"Wait, we have to make sure no one's here…" He let go of her and looked around, opening each bathroom stall to make sure no one was there and to his relief, no one was there. He gave a Selphie an 'ok' sign and grinned. Zell was about to say something, when Selphie lunged herself forward in his arms. He had to hold on to her so tightly so they both wouldn't go fall off.
"Let's go in one of these stalls, in case someone might come in and sees us," Selphie murmured under his kisses. Zell nodded and led her to the direction of the first stall nearby. He opened the door with a quick push of his hand and they both stepped inside, their kisses growing intense each second. "Hang on I want to try something…" Selphie whispered. She removed her lips from his and pushed the toilet seat cover down, then proceeded to kiss Zell. "Sit down," she murmured, smiling.
Zell nodded and sat down, while at the same time kissing Selphie's soft lips. She sat down on his lap and they continued their exploration of one another with their kisses and their touches. Just then, they heard the door of the bathroom opening. Footsteps suddenly echoed around them. Zell and Selphie quickly removed their lips from one another and looked at each other. They could hear at least two or three girls in the bathroom, chatting away about the dance and about the guys they were going with.
About two minutes later, the blond's legs were starting to feel numb from Selphie's weight. He wanted so bad to make her stand up so he could stretch them, but if he made her move, then it would drop all the attention from what the girls were talking about and focus on the pairs of feet and- "What the-?" Damn! Too late, Zell thought.
"Damn! That girl's feet are huuuuuuuuge! It looks as though they could be a guy's feet!" one of the girls said.
Zell's eyes turned into thin slits. Could be???? He could feel Selphie giggling as he tightened his grip around her waist so she wouldn't fall. The blond glared at her, which immediately stopped Selphie's silent laughs. He sighed and they continued to listen.
"Maybe that girl's a tomboy and she seems to be sitting awkwardly on the toilet…What a weirdo!" Finally, they could hear the fading of the footsteps and the echoes of the girls' laughter as it disappeared behind the closed door. Sighing, Selphie stood up and began laughing.
"Crap! I have to go to the bathroom!" Zell suddenly said. "Can you quickly leave the stall so I can go?"
"I can't! What if another girl shows up and sees me with you?" Selphie was suddenly blushing.
"Just turn around then!" Zell was getting tired of this. Why he agreed to this in the first place, he may never know. He waited until Selphie turned around to unzip his pants, while reaching down with his other hand to lift up the seat.
Then…The door opened again. "Oh no!" Selphie quickly turned and placed a hand on Zell's shoulder. Zell didn't have time to go at all so he swiftly zipped up his pants and, before Selphie could warn him, decided to stand up on top of the toilet seat. Forgetting that he lifted up the seat, his right leg immediately went straight through the shoot. Zell swore underneath his breath, while Selphie looked at him helplessly.
The single footsteps were just turning the corner now. Now, she was passing the second stall, just before the one they were on. Selphie had to think of something quick, before they were found out. "Selphie!" Out of nowhere, Zell's voice grew louder. Selphie looked down at the feet fearfully and was hoping the girl didn't hear that, but unfortunately, she noticed the girl had stopped right in front of their stall, but her back towards them. "Selphie it's stuck!"
It was too late now. There was no point in hiding it any longer. Selphie sighed and looked down at Zell's leg. "Can't you get it out?"
"I can't! It's REALLY stuck in there!"
Meanwhile, the girl listening felt her face grow hot, obviously thinking of something else when she heard these words coming out from the two. She felt her face go even hotter when she realized that the other person talking IN the girls' bathroom stall was indeed a guy.
"How can it be stuck in there?" the girl's voice said. "It's pretty small!"
The girl gulped nervously. How on earth can they talk like that in here of all places!?
"It's not small! Look at it!"
There was silence, which confirmed the girl that whoever was forced to look was looking at 'it' now. Nervous beads of sweat fell around her face. "How can it be small when a lot of bigger things go in there!?"
Another nervous sweat fell from her face. Damn, these people were gross! Can't they talk dirty some place else? She can't concentrate on fixing her hair if they were going to talk like that….them kissing silently in the stall would have been much better.
"Here just hold on and I'll pull it out," the girl said.
The girl listening with long red hair gulped again. She tried to look at herself in the mirror to focus on something else, but even then, she could see two pairs of feet reflecting back at her, moving around. Why wasn't she saying something? She had the right to tell them to stop whatever they were doing…. But all she ended up doing was stand there and freeze in her spot.
"No good, we need someone's help," the girl finally said.
The red head closed her eyes. 'Oh God I hope they don't come out asking for MY help!' she thought. 'Please not me! Please not me!'
"Hey! We don't need anyone's help!" She could hear the guy's voice pleading. Selphie! Come on! We can do this together!"
Then, the bathroom stall opened. Selphie glanced around and noticed the red head standing there, frozen. She didn't seem to realize that all this time, the girl standing by the mirror was listening to their conversation. "Hey…Excuse me?"
The girl buried her head in shame and turned around slowly. She looked up in surprise when what she expected wasn't what she expected at all. The girl came out of the bathroom stall. She was two years older than her (though by her height and stature, didn't seem like she was), with bouncy brown hair and deep green eyes. She went by the name of Selphie, as mentioned by the guy and was looking at her with a pleading look while hanging on to a leg which belonged to the guy with spiky blond hair and blue eyes. He was kneeling on floor on one knee while his leg was stuck inside the toilet.
Selphie grinned nervously. "Um…could you help us out? My boyfriend's leg is stuck in the toilet…" Zell sighed, his own nervous beads of sweat falling around his face.
The girl nodded absent-mindedly, though part of her wanted to kick herself for thinking of such nasty thoughts.
GoodGurl: Gahahahahaha wasn't that an interesting ending for the chapter? It went from serious to total comedy! ^^ Well, stay tuned and see what happens to Zell's brush with death at the toilet! LOL! And I scared you guys from the beginning too! HEE HEE! ME EVIL!!!!!!!!! MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!