"Well, I'm going to bed! You all be good and Miss Rinoa, if this young man gives you any trouble you just come get me and I'll whoop his butt!" Laguna said, winking at the young girl and then patting his son on the bottom, making him prickle with rage. "You just invited her to stay the night and now you're going to bed?" Laguna smiled and nodded at his angry son's question.

Once Laguna was shut up in his room and safe from the two children, he flipped on his TV.

"So Squall, where do I sleep?" Rinoa asked innocently. "Uh, I don't know...I guess the couch..." he replied simply, totally unaware that this was so obviously the wrong answer. "What?! I'm a lady! You should offer me your bed!" "Well then...you can have my bed..." the boy corrected himself before he could get another earful. He really didn't care where he slept.

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So there Squall lay at midnight, on the couch, watching late night infomercials with one small pillow and a throw blanket that could only cover one half of his body because of a stupid girl. 'What am I thinking? I am being pushed around by a girl! I'm just going to kill dad. That's all there is to it. At least she is asleep...'

"Squall...I can't sleep...I had a nightmare..." a small feminine voice said from the hallway. The boy looked in that direction with pure horror to see Rinoa shivering from the doorway of his room, wearing one of his long sit down..." he finally said after a moment of staring at the pathetic sight of pure fear. The girl crept slowly to the couch and sat down next to the now upright and very uncomfortable looking Squall. "Uhh...you're not wearing any pants..." he squeaked out. Rinoa giggled, "Well, you're not wearing a shirt so we are even!" Squall welded his hand to his face in embarrassment.

"Well you don't seem very scared anymore...you better go back to bed..." he mumbled after a minute. 'You might get in trouble...' The ebony hair rustled slightly against the fair complexion of the girl's skin. "Well you did make me feel better...but...can I stay in here and watch TV with you?"

'Don't look at her. She will just be making those puppy dog eyes. Don't look, don't look, don't look...Christ, what am I saying? I'm 10 years old! Don't look!' Slowly, a pair of dark eyes trailed over to the face of a girl with the most irresistible puppy dog eyes ever, at least in Squall's point of view. "...Ok..." he huffed heavily.

A quick giggle and a fit of girly excitement later they were both sitting under a blanket from his room watching infomercials. It wasn't long before Squall had a certain little girl's sleepy head on his shoulder. "Thanks Squall...Today has been really fun...good...night..." and with the last word cut off ever so subtly by exhaustion, the girl was asleep.

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"Oh-ho this one is for the fridge!" Laguna quietly giggled, "Ellone will eat this up!" He quietly and skillfully snapped his camera several times, the last one with a bright flash, waking the children from their dreams.

Squall was the first to gain full consciousness, realizing he had slid over in the night to a laying position with Rinoa snuggling close to him. He also noticed the figure standing in front of him and the object he was holding. "No!" He jumped up from the old couch, making Rinoa's head snap down to the cushion and waking her. Still in a daze, she looked around for meaning of this situation.

"What's going on...?" she yawned and threw off the blanket to get up; not realizing that sleeping with a boy with no pants on was bad, intentional or unintentional. "Oh my god! Squall Leonhart, I am so disappointed in you! And with my boss's daughter no less!" Laguna gasped, only half joking. Squall looked at him like he was stupid. "Dad, I haven't even hit puberty yet, what am I supposed to do that was so bad, idiot?" "Oh good point! Whew, it's good you got the brains from my side of the family or you would be in some big trouble young man..." Laguna laughed, but soon fell over in pain, "God, my leg is acting up again..."

Squall rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Come on, let's get you some clothes..." He took Rinoa's hand and led her from the area. "Shouldn't we help him?" Rinoa asked as they disappeared into the boy's room. "Nope...he can suffer for a while..."

Once everyone was fully dressed and free from pain, they sat down to enjoy breakfast.

"You have got to be kidding..." Squall growled, looking up at his dad in irritation. "What? Pizza is good for all occasions!" Laguna insisted. "No dad, it's not..."

Pizza as it was, Squall ate it and the kids were quickly outside once again. "Your family sure is strange..." Rinoa giggled once they were safely away from the trailer. "Yea, I hate it..." At this Rinoa gasped, "Squall, are you opening up to me? Yes, I think you are!" The boy rapidly twisted around and gazed at her severely but said nothing and decided to just keep walking.

They didn't have to walk for very long before the one and only posse arrived out of nowhere. "Hey loser, what do you think you're do..." Seifer stopped once he noticed Rinoa was with Squall. "Hey, I thought she was with you yesterday..." "Yep, but I spent the night!" Rinoa cheered proudly.

"Oh that's just so wrong!" Seifer said just before he clasped his hands to his mouth. "That is kinda weird, ya know!" Raijin agreed. "SICK." Fujin worded.

"Hey, just what are you accusing us of? Like Squall said earlier, we haven't even hit puberty yet!" Rinoa scolded, unaware that she was ruining Squall's life, let alone rep. "Is that what he said?" Seifer smirked and looked at his friends to confirm his plans. "Puberty boy, Puberty boy! Squall is Puberty boy!" The three of them cheered and ran off before the enraged shaggy haired boy had a chance to catch them and kill them.

"Oh, I'm sorry Squall..." Rinoa apologized as soon as he was back at her side, panting. "I didn't know that would happen..." "Don't...worry...I'll get...them..." Squall huffed, still trying to catch his breath. The girl smiled and grabbed his hand t lead him on. "Come on, let's find a cool place to walk!"

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"Ok, Truth or dare?" "Truth..." Rinoa looked thoughtfully at her victim as they walked, "Why do you eat pizza all the time?" Squall looked at her with a sign of loathing at the very word, "Cuz dad burns everything else...the only one who could cook was Sis and she is gone..."

'Why am I playing this? This is a stupid girly game...who actually tells the truth anyways...oh...I just did. Oh well, guess I'll just give her what she wants...stupid girls...'

"Ok, now my turn, I choose dare!" Rinoa said, distracting Squall from his thoughts. "Uh...I dare you to...." He looked around for ideas and spotted the perfect thing, "...climb up that tree." He pointed to an old maple. "Fine, I will!" Rinoa guaranteed, pulling off her arm warmers and handing them to him.

She climbed up to the first branch and stood up to look at her tiny looking friend. "Haha everything is so different from up here!" she called down but only got a look of sarcasm. "You're three feet off the ground..." Squall muttered.

"Well if I'm not so high up I guess you'll just let me fall when I jump huh?" Rinoa teased and automatically leaped from the branch. Without thinking, the boy ran to her landed right under her before she hit the ground giggling. "I knew it!"

"What were you thinking? You could have gotten hurt! Then you'd never get to come over again!" Squall yelled, practically in hysterics as they brushed him off. "Oh so you DO want me to come back over!" Rinoa inquired. "No...I mean...er..." The girl looked at him smiled sweetly. "Ok, Truth or dare?"

"Dare." Rinoa glared evilly at her victim once again but with a more menacing expression than he had ever seen before. "Ok, I dare you...to kiss me!" Squall jumped back in horror, face turning whiter then hers. "What?!" "Oh, so you're too much of a chicken?" she giggled. "No..." Squall stuttered, trying to act tough and manly. "Then do it!"

Out of options, the boy shut his eyes tightly and puckered his lips tensely. "Aha, just kidding! Wow, and you were really going to do it!" Rinoa laughed. Squall opened his eyes and saw her walking back down the road towards his house.