A/N: Well, this is the next to last chapter. I know some of you are...disappointed in me, to say the least...about the last couple of chapters. I would like to make this clear: in the summary, it says SquallQuistisIrvine. I have tried to been fair about switching it from Quirvine to Quall and vise versa. I am a huge fan of both of those couples and I hate deciding on which way to end it, since I want to see the girl end up with both. But that can't happen. If you have read the story and picked up the tiny bit of details I have sprawled out here and there about how this is going to end, then congratulations! Cookies for you! Other than that, please...have patience until I finish this story before you start throwing tomatoes at me.
We clear? Oh, and I want to thank EVERYONE who has reviewed so far!
Chapter Nineteen
She sighed as she watched Irvine set her three bags down onto the bed. "Irvine, I can do this myself..."
He merely shrugged and walked back outside where a Moomba was holding two other bags for him. "Yea. I know you can. But you're supposed to be relaxing."
She rolled her eyes and walked over to her suitcases, examining each one. She opened one, noting that the clothes were all packed. "I still wish you would've told me sooner that it got transferred to Shumi Village..."
He shrugged his shoulders again, patting the Moomba on the head and handing him a small treat. The Moomba purred loudly and ran away, its treat in its mouth. "It was kind of last minute...Squall wanted to go to Winhill..."
She turned and looked at him, her eyes saddening greatly. "Please...don't mention his name..."
"And that is why we got transferred to Winhill." He walked over to her, placing a delicate hand on her shoulder. She quickly walked into her room, closing the door and leaned gently on it. Irvine sighed and spun around to his own room. He turned back around, looking at the ground and back at her door. "I'll make dinner, ok?"
Quistis, on the other side of the door, blinked. She shook her head and walked over to her opened suitcase, slowly moving one shirt and then another, pulling out the chain with his ring on it. "Squall..."
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Squall sighed and looked around the room. Pink. He had come to realize that he detested the color pink. The door opened, a security guard stepping in first, followed by Rinoa. She smiled politely at the security guard. "Thanks, Jim!" she called out. The security guard smiled back and patted her on her shoulder. She turned back to Squall, placing a petite hand on her waist.
"What's with that?" Squall immediately asked.
"Well...I am on house arrest seeing as how Laguna decided not to press charges..." She immediately pointed to her ankle, a large box hanging from a chain.
"House arrest?" he asked, his voice a bit confused.
She laughed a nervous laugh. "Yea..."
"For what?"
She blinked, her brown eyes sparkling with interest. "You...don't remember?"
"I'm sorry, Rin...I don't remember."
She blinked again, her heart pounding. "Oh...well, I...tried to get attention from you and I did something stupid." Now he blinked. "I sent out a fake assassin note to your father. It just happened a month ago, about. It was you, Irvine, and Quistis."
"Everyone keeps bringing up Quistis. Who is she?"
Rinoa took a step back. "Who is she? She was your instructor!" He rolled his eyes. "Ok, listen...tell me everything that happened and why you forget Quistis."
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Zell looked around, his face worried. "Selphie!" he called out as he saw the girl in the yellow dress hugging Nida. She turned and looked at him, smiling brightly. "Hey...where's Squall?"
"Well, if you stayed away from that hotdog line, then you would know!" she said while sticking out her tongue. Nida smiled and shook his head.
"No, seriously...where is he?" he asked.
Selphie sighed and rolled her eyes. "He's with Rinoa."
"No! Why did you let him go!" Zell shouted. He immediately ran in the other direction.
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Irvine smiled as he placed the plate of spaghetti in front of her. "I know its not much but...didn't really get the chance to do much food shopping before we left," he said in a friendly voice.
She nodded her head, poking at the food. She lifted some up to her mouth, eating the spaghetti. Despite the fact it was only spaghetti, it did taste rather good. She heard Irvine slurp, and her eyes lifted up, seeing a large red line from his nose to his chin. She smiled, holding a hand up to her face. He gave her the same goofy grin he had used on every other girl.
Irvine's head turned as the phone began to rang. Quistis stood up to pick it up, but Irvine immediately held her shoulder's down. "I got it."
She shrugged her shoulders and continued to eat her dinner. Irvine picked up the phone on the fourth ring. "Irvine! Selphie took Squall to Rinoa!" It was Zell's voice on the other end.
"Oh, hey Zell. You don't say?"
"Well...yea I do say! Dude...what do you want me to do?"
"Um...it's a little late to do anything," Irvine responded with a touch of bitterness.
"Well, what's the big deal about him going to Rinoa's anyway?" Zell asked.
"Nothing...just his own well-being. Gotta go. Later dude."
He immediately hung up the phone and walked back and sat down. Quistis blinked and stared at him. "What did Zell want?" she asked, mild curiousity rising in her.
He smiled and shook his head. "Nothing important."
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"And that's when I walked in."
"After I kissed her."
"Yea..."
Squall grabbed at his hair, leaning back in the chair he sat on. "So...I do like Quistis then?"
Rinoa fidgeted with her hands and looked at him, her eyes slowly meeting with his own. "Listen...go back to Garden, go back to your dorm, and sit there...staring at a picture of her."
Squall raised an eyebrow at her. "Why are you being so helpful?" he decided to ask.
She smiled and stood up, stretching. "Well! Considering that I did send a threat to your father, I guess you can say I'm trying to make up for it!" Squall nodded his head, standing up as well. He slowly pulled her into a hug, kissing her on the cheek softly. She smiled, her brown eyes twinkling with delight.
"Thanks for being honest with me..."
She laughed and gently waved her hand at him. "Think nothing of it!"
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Quistis picked up the phone, dialing a number quickly. It rang once, and immediately the phone was picked up. "This is Selphie! Speak!"
"Hey Selphie!" Quistis said, smiling happily. It had been a week without any of them, and she was feeling depressed and alone. "How are you?"
"I'm good," she responded. "So, what's up?"
"I have a favor to ask you. Can...you bring me some feminine supplies?"
Selphie laughed, loudly. "Why not go to the store there?" she asked.
"Well...I would, if they sold any here."
Selphie blinked, a little confused. "Oh. Sure. I'll be there in a few hours, ok?"
"Sure...thanks Selphie!"
"No problem."
"How's Squall doing?" She decided to get it done and over with.
Selphie was silent for a bit. "Better...although...he's been holed up in his room all week. He said he wanted to be left alone to think. He just got done seeing Rinoa the other day."
"I gotta go," Quistis said, her voice barely more than a hoarse whisper and she immediately hung up the phone. Her mind started to scream at her. Left alone to think...and he had just got done seeing Rinoa. He wanted nothing to do with her.
Irvine walked into the hut and smiled brightly at Quistis. "Got supplies!"
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The metal door buzzed, and Squall walked out, his eyes bright blue. He shoved something in his pocket and he immediately ran down the dorm hall. He pounded on one door, memories flooding his head. There was no answer so he decided to run to the quad. Knowing Selphie, she was probably planning another dance or concert. He skidded to a halt, seeing Selphie standing there, waving her smal larms around as Nida hung from the rafters hanging up decorations. "SELPHIE!" he called out, his face red from the lack of air.
Selphie spun around, eyeing Squall. She let him run to her and let him lift her into a hug. "What has gotten into you!" she asked after pushing him away and brushing off her skirt.
"I love her! I do love her! I remember everything now! I am dating Quistis!"
A/N: I know...short, tons of dialogue, makes no sense...ah...wait until the next chapter! The fun begi...actually, the fun ends next chapter...but...yea, here's a spoiler!
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His heart began to throb as he held her closer to her, her blonde hair tumbling in his own hands. Her voice was shakey as she began to mumble incoherently. "Just relax," he said, stroking her hair. "I'm not going anywhere." She stopped mumbling, her face inches away from his.
"Kiss me..." It wasn't a request, or a question...it was a demand. And he did so. He kissed her, right there. His lips gently danced with hers.
Ciao bella, peeps! Be prepared for a LENGTHY last chapter!
And by lengthy...I mean pages of text...this won't be updated tomorrow, I can tell you that much. So, keep a look out for THE LAST CHAPTER OF OBLIVIOUS!