Hey,
Since you will be having company tonight I
will be home when you get home. Have a
good day.
Dad
'Great, could things get any worse?' Squall had his hands over his eyes by now from stress. If crap like this kept happening he wasn't going to live much longer. Oh well, he couldn't change anything now...so off to school he went.
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"Hey Squall! I got my dad to ask yours if it was ok and he said yes! Isn't that great?" Rinoa cried as she came running up to him before class started. "Ya..." he lied. "Wow, that's not cool! I've tried to get girls to come up to my house and my parents never let me!" Irvine said, letting himself into the conversation. "So it's true then? You all are..." Selfie started to ask. "No no no no! It's nothing like that! We are friends, right Squall?" Rinoa looked over at him with wide, puppy dog eyes. "Er..." "See, what did I tell you!" She smiled in victory at Selfie.
"So the little boy has a date huh? Aw, Squall are ya gonna get her some flowers too?" Seifer teased. "Hey, you don't have to be mean." Rinoa had her finger up in his face in a flash, shaking it wildly. "Hahaha, Seifer is whipped!" Zell giggled. Seifer swatted the digit out of his face and made an angry move towards the little boy.
"Ok class, get in your seats." Mrs. Edea said, stepping in just in time, "Open your books to page 73...."
'Why am I here? Why do bad things always have to happen to me? Sis...why did you go off to college and leave me? You would know what to do...' Squall just stared down at the same picture he had been looking at for half and hour at least. 'This sucks...'
"Squall, can you tell the class what happened in 10 AD?" The boy looked up from his picture and gazed at the expectant teacher like a deer in the headlights. "I'm sorry Mrs. Edea, I didn't catch the question." "It's on page 82...and could you please see me when the bell rings?" Head hung low, Squall nodded, "Yes Ma'am..."
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There he sat at lunch for the second day in a row, nearly alone. "Sorry about this morning. It seemed like you were mad at me..." Rinoa apologized as she sat down next to him...again. "No." "Good, wow is it lucky that your dad works for mine! Otherwise we might have had to wait till next week!" she smiled. This sparked a little attention for Squall. "How did you know?"
The ebony haired girl frowned, "Well, it's a long story...it would have been a lot easier if your dad's last name was the same as yours. Why is that by the way? Oh well, I just told dad about you and he said he knew your dad. Push come to shove, here we are!" Being so proud that she had just done such a good job summarizing the event, Rinoa grinned like a fool.
"Oh..."
The girl giggled, "You don't talk much...why is that?" Squall just shrugged. Why was he being criticized all of a sudden? Everything was so much easier when he was alone...
RING RING RING
"Oh good, you know, a lot of kids think bells are bad but me, I think it's just one step closer to being able to go home! Doesn't it sound better like that?" The two kids looked at each other for a minute until Rinoa gasped. "Oh wait, I drew this for you since you gave me the drawing yesterday!" She handed over a folded piece of paper and ran off to class.
Once everyone was safely in their seats and away from him, Squall carefully opened the paper. He stared at it for a moment and then smiled, but not enough for anyone to see. It was a little picture of a lion on a cloud and little flowers placed neatly here and there for effect. Just as carefully, he folded it back up and put it safely in his pocket.
As he finished this procedure, Mrs. Edea walked into class to start right up on math.
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"Whew, bout time that bell rang!" Irvine cheered as everyone walked out of the prison like structure into the fresh air. "Yea, so Irvie, you wanna come to my karate class with me? I think they are teaching numb chucks today!" Selfie offered and grabbed his hand, forcing the boy to follow. Seifer walked by, ignoring everyone all together except for a quick flick in the ear to Zell, who decided it was bad enough to cry over. Before he could be tattled on, he headed straight to his best friends Fujin and Raijin.
"Hey! Thanks for waiting on me! I can't believe they have the nerve to fail me and split us up! You all are he only ones worth anything in this stupid school! I swear, one day I will join the military and get to kill lots of people!" "That sounds fun, ya know?" Raijin agreed. "DESTROY" Fujin voiced and the posse walked off to the bus.
"Well aren't they lively today," Quistis mumbled to Squall. She then turned to him with a serious expression spread across her face. "Squall, did you really want that girl to come with you today? Cuz you know I can tell her off if you want...I promised your sister I would look after you." The boy looked at her with mixed emotions. "No, she can come I guess...besides..."
Before he could finish what he was saying Rinoa ran up from behind them. "Hey Squall, so are we gonna ride the bus?" He nodded and started off in the direction of his bus, being closely followed by a certain, very annoying little girl. "Hmm, that's interesting..." Quistis sighed and walked off to the car where her aunt was waiting on her.
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After a noisy half an hour and lots of stares from lots of students, the two kids got off the bus at Squall's trailer. Rinoa decided to be quiet for one of the only moments after school had let out once they were off. "Wow, this is where you live?" she asked with an odd look about her.
The normal quiet and placid Squall couldn't help but let the remark get to him. He turned to face the girl angrily, "Yes! I am poor! Are you happy now?" He figured that once he said it and the mildly hurt face came to her he might feel better but to see the hurt face just made him feel like a fool. "I was just going to say it looks cozy..." she meeped out, "Is that why you wouldn't let anyone over? Cuz you thought they would make fun of you?"
'Squall, you've done it again. You've stuck yourself in a corner, dug yourself a hole....now what?'
"Hello! Oh so you are Rinoa! It's so good to have you over! You know, we don't have Squall's friends over much. I was beginning to worry he didn't have any!" Laguna greeted happily, opening the door wide open to let the new guest in. 'Oh great, he must have had a few beers and loosened up...he is talking way too much.' Squall contemplated and fearfully followed Rinoa inside. God only knows what his dad had waiting for them...
