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The Best Of Me:
Tell me what you thought about when you were gone
And so alone
The worst is over
You can have the best of me
We got older
But we're still young
We never grew out of this feeling that we won't give up
"…Thanks for the ring again Squall." Rinoa purred down the phone to Squall. He smiled inwardly but didn't let her know it.
I love you.
Every night I'll ring you, don't tell me I don't have to, don't tell me your boring, don't tell me what you think you are to me…
"Don't worry." Squall simply replied, the briefest and most natural reply he felt come out first.
"No really, everyone's jealous."
Jealous? Why would they be jealous? Who's jealous? Suppose it's cute…
He laughed lightly. "Why?"
"What do you mean 'why'?"
What does SHE mean why? She knows I'm not good at this…
"Just…why?"
"Cuz it's amazing."
Whatever…
"Hmm…" Squall paused uncomfortably for a while, unable to say anything, what was he exactly suppose to say to that? Did he felt awkward? Or had he just frozen over? Was he experienced enough socially to reply? How many witnessing to scenes like this would it take for him to be able to reply like what he thought she deep down wanted her too.
"What ya thinking about?" Through it seemed random to him, he figured she probably had her reasons but decided to let his slight surprise show.
"Huh? …Nothing."
Here we lay again
On two separate beds
Riding phone lines
You hear a familiar voice
And pictures drawn from memory
We reflect on miscommunications
And misunderstandings
And missing each other too
Much to vow to let go
"Yeah right." She replied, sounding deflated.
"Whatever."
"Squall, …" She sighed. "…hey why don't you play something on guitar for me?"
Why would you want me to do that?
"Dunno."
"Squall, damn it, come on!"
It's funny winding her up, she gets so angry. Just like sometimes when I…maybe I shouldn't think about that right now.
"No, only if you actually touch it when you come over next."
"But the guitar doesn't like me! And it wants to eat me and…"
"Rinoa?"
"Yes?"
"Shh."
Sometimes Rinoa, you can be silly…
"Fine! I'll be quiet! What am I your wife?"
…
Turn our music down
And we whisper
"Say what you're thinking right now"
There was a long silence, or what seemed like a while…
"No but it's not going to eat you, your just being silly."
Well I guess I saved her from feeling awkward and all.
But the sentence lingered there in his own silence for a long time, as in her own.
"Fine, if I'm being silly than I'll just go then!"
Rinoa, you can't play that game with me.
"Fine."
Heh heh…
"SQUALL!"
"Yes?"
Tell me what you though about when you were gone
And so alone
The worst is over
You can have the best of me
We got older
But we're still young
We never grew out of this feeling that we won't give up
"What ya listening to?"
"Hoobastank."
Do you listen to this? Listen carefully, it's everything I wish I could say, there are so many songs I wish I could give you that find the words I want to give you, to show you…I'm sorry there's no other way…
"Hey do you remember when we started going out again?" Rinoa questioned pretty innocently.
"If it was that time we went swimming, then yes." Squall stated a little puzzled at the memory.
That time we went swimming with…erm…Vicky was it? And she liked me or something and you felt bad afterwards because we started dating?
"Are you serious? You don't even remember? Why the hell would I go swimming on my birthday! I HATE swimming." Rinoa sounded hurt.
Oh great, I'm such an idiot…
"I just remember that." Squall replied.
"Well the way I remember it was you came
Rinoa: I called you in the morning, remember that?
Squall: Sorta
Rinoa: What do you mean sorta?
Squall: Well I can't remember what your exact words were or how you said hello!
Squall: Are you SURE this was your birthday?
Rinoa: Yes, god damn it Squall, are you not listening to the bit about me being SO disappointed about my friends not coming out with me for my birthday?
Squall: Yes but…
Rinoa: Can I ask you a question?
Squall: Sure…
Rinoa: Why'd you come in with me?
Squall: Take a guess…
Rinoa: Hmmm…
Squall: I liked you Rinny…
Rinoa: …Just funny because not even my mates could be bothered with me. Suppose I thought I'd dragged you out…still had a nice calm day with you though…
Squall: But in a way…you might want to thank them. If they had all gone in would I have gone there with you? And if I hadn't would we be going out?
Rinoa: Weird thought
Squall: In some hating way, you could thank them…
Rinoa: Yeah…
Jumping to conclusions
Made me fall away from you
I'm so glad that the truth has brought back together me and you
We're sitting on the ground and we whisper
"Say what you're thinking out loud"
Rinoa: How about that time when Kara got in between us and said you'd sent her a lot of…erm…sexual messages…and stuff. You remember that?
Squall: Yeah, I do.
Rinoa: I'm really sorry I believed her ya know, I'm REALLY sorry. I really didn't trust you after that.
Squall: Yeah well, she's a liar. …So have you got any further arrangements for Esther?
Rinoa: No dates yet, just signed the contract and all, but that's it. Let's not talk about that though…
Tell me what you thought when you were gone
And so alone
The worst is over
You can have the best of me
We got older
But we're still young
We never grew out of this feeling that we won't give up
Rinoa: You can't come…
Squall: What?
Rinoa: Part of the agreement was that you weren't to accompany me, no one is allowed to. Remember the sorceress memorial last time I got taken away, and you came after me?
Squall: Yeah……
Rinoa: So they added into the contract that my knight and 'companions' were not to accompany me, and there'd be strict and doubtful ruling over the offer of visiting me too…I'm sorry, I had to agree and Cid was pushing his hardest.
Squall: Whatever…
Rinoa: Squall, can you just hold on for like two minutes, I'm just getting another call, I'll be back in just seconds! I swear!
Squall: Sure…
Moments later…
Rinoa: Hey Squall, erm, more bad news…
Squall: …like what?
Rinoa: I have to spend 2 months in Galbadia with my father, the…remaining two months…
Squall: Bloody hell!
Turn out music down
And we whisper
We're sitting on the ground
And we whisper
We turn out music down
We're sitting on the ground
We will kiss girl
We will kiss girl
Rinoa: I know, I know…
Tell me what you thought about when you were gone
And so alone
The worst is over
You can have the best of me
We got older
But we're still young
We never grew out of this feeling that we won't
Feeling that we can't
That were not ready to give up
We got older, but we're still young
We never grew out of this feeling that we won't give up
Squall: Why?
Rinoa: Complicated…
Author's Note: Another short and stupid chapter I know, I know, I'm really sorry. I'll put on a really good chapter next time, I promise, and it'll be like 12 pages too! I know not many people, maybe one person is reading this but still, I'm sorry to you and Ill get a better chapter on next Friday.