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The winner for last chapter was: No one! (No guessed it was 'Rip Her to Shreds by Blondie')

Chapter Three: 30 Minutes

Suddenly Rick dropped Squall out of his headlock. "You weren't interrupting anything..." Rick answered in a sly tone.

Rinoa blushed slightly. "Is Squall here? I have his math book..."

Squall jumped up and said, "I'm here. Thanks Rinoa." He took the book from Her, and after a few seconds of awkward silence, Rick elbowed him in
the side.
"Oh yeah, Rinoa, this is my older step-brother Rick. Rick this is
Rinoa."
Rinoa shook his hand and said, "Nice to meet you. Well, I should
probably get going now...C'ya guys later."
"Wait! Don't you need someone to walk you home? It's kind of late."
Rick finally asked. Rinoa smiled and said, "Oh, no thanks. I just live
across the street, and I've walked by myself later than this before.
Thanks for the offer though. Bye you guys." She told them as she
walked towards the apartments on the other side of the street. "
Damn!" Rick shouted, "I can't believe she's a friend of yours. She's
hot. How do the hell do you guys know each other?"
Squall gave him a cold look. "She's new to our school and Selphie
befriended her, she happens to be in some of my classes," He answered
matter-of-factly.
"I see..." Rick commented as he walked into their room.

Rinoa un-locked the door to her apartment, and was greeted by a large
group of people talking and laughing. "Hey Faye!" she shouted over the
noise.
"You guys gotta gig tonight or something?"
Suddenly, a slender woman with short dark hair got up. "Yeah, I forgot
to tell you. It's at 'The Riot Room'. You wanna come? I can get you a
fake ID, and there will be plenty of cute guys. Whadd ya say?"
Rinoa thought for a second. "Sure. I got nothing better to do anyway.
Wait how'd you guys get a job at 'The Riot Room', that place is pretty
prestigious." She asked.
"Hey, are you saying that 'Graceful Kill' isn't good enough to get a
gig there?"
she joked, "Roko is friends with the owner, so he said he'd let us
play when we weren't busy. You should invite some of your friends
tomorrow."
"Awesome when is it?"
Faye thought for a moment and yelled across the room, "Hey Fiona! When
does it start?"
"11:00PM to 3:30AM" the young woman yelled back.
"Yeah, that's when." She said as she looked towards Rinoa.
"Well I do have school...but tomorrows Friday and won't be too hard.
Hey! If we don't get going you guys are going to be late." Rinoa said.
Faye looked at her watch, "Shit! You're right! Come on you guys!"
Faye yelled to her band.

They arrived at the club a few minutes later and were greeted by a
tall, skinny guy with a lime green Mohawk. "Hey I'm Seth, but everyone
calls me Spike. You guys can set up over there." He said as he pointed
to a large stage, "This place will be packed by 11:00, so you guys
might wanna hurry."
They stepped into the dark club, and Rinoa sat down at the bar. Soon
enough the band began to play and Faye began to sing. Rinoa noticed
Spike gazing vacantly at her 'aunt'. Rinoa felt a smile across her
face. 'He's cute' she thought, 'They would make a good couple...'
She was interrupted from her thoughts when someone asked her "So what
would you like?" she looked up "uh, just give me a margarita please."
She answered. "Coming right up." The bar tender said. Rinoa looked
towards the band 'Time to try-out these new anti-hangover pills...' She
thought as the man handed her the drink.

The next morning Squall woke up drowsily. He looked over to Rick's bed
noticing he was still asleep. He got up and walked around, remembering
what happened the previous morning involving the alarm clock. He
glanced at his watch, which read "9:34". "Fuck! Rick wake up! Were
late!" Squall shouted at his stepbrother. Rick looked at him half
awake. "What are you talking about? The alarm clock hasn't gone off
yet...let me sleep." He said groggily. Squall just shook his head "The
alarm is broken! My watch says 9:35!" Squall yelled at him. Rick shot
up and yelled, "WHAT?! We can't be late again Why didn't Ellone or
someone wake us up?!" He started to run around the room looking for
clothes, while Squall did the same. "They probably think we're
ditching again. I'm already on garden probation..." Squall told him
"Tell me about it." Rick agreed, "If we get another on,
lets get going."
They hurried down the street towards the school. As they entered
through the front gate, they waited in line for a tardy excuse. Squall
recognized the girl in front of him.
"Where's your note?" the elderly man at the front gate asked her.
"Here." The girl said as she handed him the thin piece of paper. He
read the note carefully. "Alright Ms. Heartilly, your excused." He
told her in a disappointed tone.
Squall and Rick stepped up to the window as Rinoa waited patiently for
them.
"And where is your excuse this time young men?" The man questioned in
a contented pitch.
The two boys looked at each other. "Are alarm clock is broken." They
answered in unison.
The old man smiled. "You don't have a written excuse. Too bad, you
know what this means. DETENTION!" He said with delight. He handed them
two slips of paper marked 'Detention'.
They walked as Rinoa joined them, "Man that guy is sadistic." Rinoa
stated.
They wandered around a bit when Rick finally spoke. "Well, here's my
class. Later." He said.
Rinoa glanced at Squalls watch and said, "Well, first period is almost
over, why don't we just skip the next thirteen minutes until second
period?"
Squall looked at her. "Sure, we got second period together anyway." He
said.
She smiled and said, "Yeah with perverted Mr. Hook. He's such a
creep!" She laughed.
"Well at least you'll know you'll get an A." He told her.
"Yeah which is good because English isn't my best subject." She
agreed.
They sat down on a ledge. Squall gazed at the ocean. "So, why were you
late today" he asked.
She looked down towards her shoes and said, "Well, my aunt and I
stayed out a little late last night and I stayed in bed to long."
He opened his eyes in surprise. "Your aunt lets you out at night with
her?" He asked.
She looked at him and answered, "Yeah, she has a band and they play at
'The Riot Room', and one of the guys in her band makes fake ID's.
She's really cool and pretty much lets me do anything I want. Hey! You
and some other people should come tonight with me tonight! It's Friday
and it'll be loads of fun!" He thought for a second. "I don't know.
I'm not really the club type..." He said.
She looked at him with puppy eyes. "Please?" she begged, "You like
music right? My aunt's band is really good, and I can get you a really
good ID. Do you drink?"
Squall looked towards her. "Yeah." He answered.
She smiled, "Perfect! They have every type of alcohol imaginable, and
since I know the manager I can get some free drinks. Come on, there's
no excuse to why not..." She said.
Squall finally gave up "Fine." He asked, "Who else are you gonna
invite?
"I don't know. Do Zell and Irvine drink?" Rinoa questioned.
"Yeah." Squall told her.
"Great. Now, I know Selphie and Mae don't, but they can still come to
see the band. She said.
The bell rang suddenly, and they got up and left.

Squall and Rinoa waked into their second period class together,
getting quiet a few weird looks from their fellow classmates.
Rinoa sat down and Selphie asked "Where were you guys in first period?
Were you guys ditching?"
Rinoa sighed. "Not really. We both came to school late and when we got
our excuses there was only 13 minutes left, so we just didn't come. Is
that why everyone was looking at us weird?" She asked
Selphie looked around a little then said, "Well, sort of. You see,
when Ms. Hendrix noticed you were both missing she said, 'Gee, I
wonder what those two are doing?' in a very sarcastic tone, and all
the guys started shouted and making cat calls and stuff like that."
Rinoa shook her head. "Oh well, I couldn't care what they say, but I
don't know about Squall..." She said.
Selphie giggled, "Well, I don't think Squall is going to have much of
a problem. Apparently a lot of guys have been asking about you, and
everyone's like 'No, I heard Squall's into her' and vise versa, so
it's kind of an 'honor' for him"
"I see" Rinoa said. "Wait, a lot of guys have been asking about me?
That's weird."
Their conversation was interrupted when Mr. Hook asked, "Ladies, is
there something you'd like to share with the class?" He said evilly.
Rinoa smirked "No...well, except that, your fly is down. She said.
The room exploded with laughter.
The instructor quickly zipped his pants and said "Alright class, calm
down."
After things had settled, they turned on the panels and began to work.
"Hey Selphie." Rinoa whispered.
Selphie looked up at her friend. "What?" she asked.
"Do you wanna come to a club with Me, Squall, and whoever else wants
to come tonight?" I can get you a fake ID, and you don't have to
drink. Faye's band plays there and we can get in free. What do you
say?"
Selphie looked at her. "I don't know. What would my mom say?" She
asked.
"Just tell her your spending the night at my house, which you will
afterwards, and that we're going to show with a big group of people.
That's not a lie, right?" Rinoa suggested.
Selphie looked down nervously. "Fine. I guess I can go." She told her.
Rinoa smiled "Great!" she yelled, while everyone turned to look her
way. "Go back to your business kids!"

Finally lunch had come. Rinoa, Squall, and Selphie sat down and
patiently awaited the others arrival. Zell and Mae sat down next to
them.
"Where's that Irvine guy?" Squall asked.
Zell and Mae looked at each other.
"You'll never believe this" he said, "but Irvine made the football
team and decided he's 'too cool' for us. He hangs out with the jocks
now."
"What a traitor!" Mae said angrily.
Rinoa decided to change the subject. "Hey Zell, Mae, are you guys busy
tonight?" She asked.
"Yeah, I have to go visit and stuff this weekend" Mae answered.
"Oh, that's too bad. What about you Zell" Rinoa asked.
Zell thought for a moment. "No. Why?"
Rinoa said "Well, Squall, Selphie and I are going to the club where my
aunts play because I can get in free, and get free fake ID's and
drinks."
He answered "Sure!" at the sound of the word free.
"Great!" Rinoa exclaimed. "Everyone meet at Squalls house at 10:00.
Is that cool with your parents?" She asked Squall.
He nodded and said, "They won't be home. Just watch out for my dog."
Rinoa smiled "You have a dog? What kind is it? Is he cute?"
"Heh, he's a Rottweiler. He doesn't like strangers." He said.
"I'll remember that." She said as the lunch bell rang.

School was over, and while Squall was in detention, Rinoa, Selphie and
Zell walked home.
"So Zell, you live around here too?" Rinoa questioned.
"Yeah" He said nodding his head.
Rinoa stopped suddenly and said, "Well Selphie, here's my apartment.
Catch ya later Zell!" He waved back as they headed up the stairs.

Rinoa unlocked the door as the two stepped inside. They dropped their
bags as they took off their shoes.
Selphie looked around the living room while Rinoa went to go find her
aunt.
"Faye!" Rinoa shouted, "We have company!"
All of a sudden Faye came out of the kitchen. "Cool." She answered
simply.
"Yeah, and two more guys are coming with us tonight. Is that cool?"
Rinoa asked
as she sat down on the couch.
Faye shrugged "Fine with me, but you guys are gonna have to find a
ride." She told them.
Rinoa looked up and said, "I totally forgot about that! Let me call
Squall..."
"Hey, Rinoa I have to call my mom." Selphie asked.
"Here you go." She said handing it to her.
"Thanks." She said. "Hello? Put mom on the phone. Hi mom, I'm staying
at Rinoa's tonight. Yeah, we are going to a show with a few other
people. Yes, I have my cell-phone. Love you too, bye."
"Hey, Selphie do you have Squall's number?" Rinoa asked her.
"Yeah." She said taking out a yellow address book.
"Thanks. Lets go to my room Do you think Squall's out of detention
yet?" Rinoa asked.
Selphie looked at her watch and answered, "Yeah, it's 4:15."
Rinoa nodded as they closed the door to the room she and Faye shared.
She glanced at the number and started to dial, as Selphie looked
around the room. She looked at the stereo, with tons of CD's packed on
it next to an electric guitar. Selphie turned to notice a vanity
filled with cosmetics and hair-care products., and next to it was
another shelf. It was decorated with flowers and candles and had
several pictures, awards, and sheets of piano music.
"Hello is Squall there?" Rinoa asked.
"Hold on a second. May I ask who is calling?" The woman on the other
line asked.
"Rinoa..." She answered.
"Hello?" Squall asked.
"Hi Squall it's me, umm, do you know anyone who can give us a ride?"
She asked innocently.
"Well, I have a truck and a Harley, but I think we're going to have to
take the truck..." He told her.
Suddenly her eyes got wide. "You have a Harley? That is so cool...uh,
anyway I guess we're taking your truck. Well see you at 10:00. Bye
Squall..." She said the last part as seductive as possible.
"See ya." He answered shyly.
Rinoa hung up the phone and sighed. "He sounds even cuter on the
phone..." She said as she daydreamed.
She was interrupted from her fantasy when Selphie asked, "Hey Rinoa,
who is this in the photo with Julia Heartilly?"
Rinoa shot up. "Oh...that's me when I was four..." She answered.
Selphie looked confused, "How did you know her when you were so
young?" She asked.
Rinoa looked at her and said, "She was my mother..."

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