(Disclaimer: Sorry the last chapter was so boring, but I'm going to have one more like that a little bit later to show you how the other characters have changed. One of my reviewers (Yuffish) suggested something good. Well, actually she was stating something, but she gave me a good idea for later. Read on)
Left Out
Rinoa and Selphie left Balamb Garden for the pier. At the pier, they met up with Zell. It appeared that Selphie already had slipped her bathing suit under her typical yellow denim sundress. Zell just wore his polyester shorts that he wore from school to swim in at the pier waters. Rinoa hadn't brought anything, so she just sat at the dock.
Selphie was, of course, wearing a yellow bikini. She quickly jumped into the waters by the dock, and Zell followed, now dressed only in his shorts. They wrestled a bit in the water, and Rinoa enjoyed watching them..to an extent, but then she was beginning to miss Squall. She wished she at least had a bathing suit, but she was only wearing a light-blue tank top and dark short shorts.
She was kicking her feet around in the water, and didn't expect the tug. Selphie had grabbed her foot that was trailing around in the water, and before Rinoa knew it, she was pulled into the cold dock waters. She gasped when she came up to the surface, but then quickly started laughing. When Selphie rose to the surface, she laughed as well. Selphie was one to quickly judge if someone was in a bad mood or not, and she would quickly fix it.
"Thanks, Selphie," Rinoa said. "You always know how to cheer me up."
Selphie smiled. "Just doing my job."
Before Rinoa could even see it coming, Zell had come up from behind her, and pressed her back underwater. When she came back up to the surface, Selphie took one arm, and Rinoa took his other, and they threw him slightly above the surface, then pulled him back under. They all laughed. Zell scratched is head.
"Only trying to help," he said.
"Well, it's my job to make her smile," Selphie joked.
Rinoa smiled, but was in her guilty mood again. She felt like everyone was trying to make her smile and cheery, but she tried to shake out of it. She was an optimistic, not a pessimistic.
After an hour of swimming, they all pulled up onto the docks, and sat with their legs hanging over the edge and their feet in the water. There was an awkward silence, then Selphie stood and left them for a second.
"Be right back!" She shouted, and ran into Balamb town.
Zell was trying to dry out his hair a little. "Where is she going?"
Rinoa shrugged. Zell began to notice that she was frowning again.
"Hey, Rin, you okay?"
She wasn't even aware that he asked the question until he put a hand on her shoulder and began shaking her. She looked to him, and shook her head, then smiled.
"I'm fine. I just..haven't seen Squall in a while, so I'm a bit worried."
Zell returned the smile. "As long as he doesn't get posessed like you did."
Rinoa wasn't thinking about that, and didn't need to worry about something like that. She knew Squall could well defend himself, and then she almost wanted to laugh. She found it funny that if Squall did get posessed, and hit Quistis with another pie. She also found it funny that Zell and Selphie said about the same things.
Selphie returned, with both hands behind her back. "Choose one," she said in a singsong voice.
Zell looked back and forth, trying to see through her, but failed. "I'll take the one on the right."
Selphie brought both hands to the front, and revealed two hotdogs. Zell's face perked up.
"In that case," he said excited, "I'll take both of them."
Selphie walked over to both of them, and handed Rinoa the less complicated hotdog. She handed Zell the one piled with ketchup, mustard, relish, onions, chili, and probably a hammer and nails if you looked close enough.
Selphie sat by them at the dock, and admired Zell as he ate his hotdog. He would glance at her once in a while, and give a sheepish smile, and she would laugh, because his face would have food all over it. They both giggled, but Rinoa couldn't help but feel left out. She stood from the dock, leaving her hotdog behind, and began to walk from them. Selphie noticed her.
"Rinny, what's wrong?"
Like she didn't even hear Selphie, Rinoa ignored her, and fled from the docks. She walked fast at first, and then ran. She heard the pounding of small, quick steps behind her, but they eventually ceased. She returned to the Garden, and to her dorm room. She shut the door behind her, and locked it, then escaped to her bed, and finally cried. Within a few minutes, she had cried herself to sleep.
(Poor Rinnish, I know ;.; and short, too, I know ;.;)
Left Out
Rinoa and Selphie left Balamb Garden for the pier. At the pier, they met up with Zell. It appeared that Selphie already had slipped her bathing suit under her typical yellow denim sundress. Zell just wore his polyester shorts that he wore from school to swim in at the pier waters. Rinoa hadn't brought anything, so she just sat at the dock.
Selphie was, of course, wearing a yellow bikini. She quickly jumped into the waters by the dock, and Zell followed, now dressed only in his shorts. They wrestled a bit in the water, and Rinoa enjoyed watching them..to an extent, but then she was beginning to miss Squall. She wished she at least had a bathing suit, but she was only wearing a light-blue tank top and dark short shorts.
She was kicking her feet around in the water, and didn't expect the tug. Selphie had grabbed her foot that was trailing around in the water, and before Rinoa knew it, she was pulled into the cold dock waters. She gasped when she came up to the surface, but then quickly started laughing. When Selphie rose to the surface, she laughed as well. Selphie was one to quickly judge if someone was in a bad mood or not, and she would quickly fix it.
"Thanks, Selphie," Rinoa said. "You always know how to cheer me up."
Selphie smiled. "Just doing my job."
Before Rinoa could even see it coming, Zell had come up from behind her, and pressed her back underwater. When she came back up to the surface, Selphie took one arm, and Rinoa took his other, and they threw him slightly above the surface, then pulled him back under. They all laughed. Zell scratched is head.
"Only trying to help," he said.
"Well, it's my job to make her smile," Selphie joked.
Rinoa smiled, but was in her guilty mood again. She felt like everyone was trying to make her smile and cheery, but she tried to shake out of it. She was an optimistic, not a pessimistic.
After an hour of swimming, they all pulled up onto the docks, and sat with their legs hanging over the edge and their feet in the water. There was an awkward silence, then Selphie stood and left them for a second.
"Be right back!" She shouted, and ran into Balamb town.
Zell was trying to dry out his hair a little. "Where is she going?"
Rinoa shrugged. Zell began to notice that she was frowning again.
"Hey, Rin, you okay?"
She wasn't even aware that he asked the question until he put a hand on her shoulder and began shaking her. She looked to him, and shook her head, then smiled.
"I'm fine. I just..haven't seen Squall in a while, so I'm a bit worried."
Zell returned the smile. "As long as he doesn't get posessed like you did."
Rinoa wasn't thinking about that, and didn't need to worry about something like that. She knew Squall could well defend himself, and then she almost wanted to laugh. She found it funny that if Squall did get posessed, and hit Quistis with another pie. She also found it funny that Zell and Selphie said about the same things.
Selphie returned, with both hands behind her back. "Choose one," she said in a singsong voice.
Zell looked back and forth, trying to see through her, but failed. "I'll take the one on the right."
Selphie brought both hands to the front, and revealed two hotdogs. Zell's face perked up.
"In that case," he said excited, "I'll take both of them."
Selphie walked over to both of them, and handed Rinoa the less complicated hotdog. She handed Zell the one piled with ketchup, mustard, relish, onions, chili, and probably a hammer and nails if you looked close enough.
Selphie sat by them at the dock, and admired Zell as he ate his hotdog. He would glance at her once in a while, and give a sheepish smile, and she would laugh, because his face would have food all over it. They both giggled, but Rinoa couldn't help but feel left out. She stood from the dock, leaving her hotdog behind, and began to walk from them. Selphie noticed her.
"Rinny, what's wrong?"
Like she didn't even hear Selphie, Rinoa ignored her, and fled from the docks. She walked fast at first, and then ran. She heard the pounding of small, quick steps behind her, but they eventually ceased. She returned to the Garden, and to her dorm room. She shut the door behind her, and locked it, then escaped to her bed, and finally cried. Within a few minutes, she had cried herself to sleep.
(Poor Rinnish, I know ;.; and short, too, I know ;.;)