Selphie Kinneas
"Journey To The Past"
Chapter Two- A Fortunate Accident
Squall opened his eyes. He turned onto his side. On the next bed, his friend Irvine snored as he snoozed. Squall shook his head as he sat straight. The hotel room was dim in light. He slowly scrambled to his feet. The bare marble floor was cold under him. He tiredly trudged towards the bathroom. Immediately after he closed the door he heard the phone ring. He ignored the ringing as he undressed and took a shower.
Half an hour later
Squall exited the bathroom wearing a fresh and warm pair of clothing. Irvine sat awake on the bed with the phone glued to his ear.
"Yeah Selphie, it's freezing over here…oh hey Squall." The funny blue-eyed male waved with a wink.
"Morning Irvine." Squall mumbled with a yawn. Irvine continued to chat with Selphie dear.
Squall checked the time. 9:30, just enough time to grab a drink and get to the train station, Squall thought. He stepped closer to Irvine and slapped the back of his head. Irvine clutched it quickly in surprise.
"WHOA! What the hell was that for?" Irvine exclaimed nearly dropping the receiver.
"Get ready we have to get to our train." Squall replied in a hollow voice. Irvine shrugged.
"I'll talk to you later Selph." He sighed as he closed the phone. He threw a dirty look at Squall. "Man, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." Squall ignored Irvine's useless nagging and pulled out his suitcase.
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Rin opened her teddy brown eyes. She was lying on a flat mat and was clutching a thin blanket around herself. She sat straight as she laid her eyes on the embers of an old fire. She slowly stood as she gazed around. The small house had only one room with a small icebox filled with snow in one corner, a fire place in another, in the opposite corner form that there was a bathtub, and in the last corner there was her, Rin, lying on a mat covering the rough floor with a ragged sheet over that.
Rin started towards the icebox. Inside, there was carton of milk, a raw chocobo egg, and meat. She reached for the milk as a bell rung in the far distance. Oh no! Again I'll be late for work! Nida is going to kill me! She hastily changed her outfit and ran out of her cabin. Her cabin resided on the outskirts of Naryal. The bell continued to toll as the bustling streets shoved and pushed to get along their way. Cars were few in the morning but it took only half an hour for the roads to overlap with cars and drivers honking and speeding to get on with their day.
The glass café door of "Nida's Naryal Drinks" was foggy and dark. Rin quietly pushed it open and entered soundly praying that Nida didn't realize she was nearly fifteen minutes late. Luckily, the café was too busy for him to see her slipping in.
Two men fumbled in. Rin quickly turned her direction to them. They were oddly familiar. It then struck her; they were customers from yesterday. She gathered her notepad as she greeted them.
"Can I take your orders?" She asked kindly. Squall quickly replied.
"Two coffees to go please!" Rin nodded as she disappeared. Squall pulled out ten gil as Rin reappeared with two paper cups of steamy coffee. The two took it gratefully as they paid and ran out. Rin walked over to a table as she laid down a small tray.
"Your check sir." She said quietly as she walked away. The customer looked at the check, signed it and started out. Rin returned to the table realizing no gil was paid. Her eyes darted the café as she spotted the customer walking out of the entrance.
"WAIT SIR! YOU DIDN'T PAY ME!" Rin exclaimed as she raced out the doors.
Squall started the car as Irvine sat himself in the passenger seat. The motor revved and hummed as it backed out of the parking slot.
"We might miss the train!" Irvine complained.
"You're not helping very much!" Squall hissed back. He stepped on the gas and speeded out. The car gave a small jolt. Irvine and Squall both turned their heads, Irvine faced forwards quickly.
"SQUALL! WATCH OUT!" He shouted on the top of his lungs. Squall turned his view back to the road. A waitress ran across the street waving her arms wildly over her head. "SQUALL STOP THE CAR!" Irvine continued to yell. Squall shoved his foot on the brakes.
"SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!" The car stopped with a large jerk, a moment too late. The waitress lay unconscious on the road. Squall jumped out of the car along with Irvine as the checked the lady.
"Hey…it's that waitress who waited us." Irvine pointed out. Squall scratched his head, and Irvine was right, Rin was on the ground. He knelt carefully and raised her slightly.
"She's hurt real bad. Go tell the owner we're taking her to the hospital."
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