Chapter Six
I pressed my lips against the glass while I sat in the bottom of the bar since I had managed to send Professor Kinneas on an adventure to go find a store that only exists in Timber. All I know is that I had managed to find the bar that was downstairs from the main level of the hotel we were staying in. Ironically, it was Galbadian Hotel. Sure, I had already went shopping on the credit card that Squall had given us since I needed some new outfits and so here I sat, drinking my depression away along with already feeling light headed because of the pills that I had received from Dr. Kadowaki for my cuts.
Finally, I let out a sigh and looked down at my white dress that fit tightly against my body, the straps almost non-existent, and the bottom in lays of see-through triangles pointing towards the ground. At least I did my hair, carefully putting it into tight ringlets while I made sure my bangs were nice and puffy. I turned towards the stairs where I heard a group of men coming down the stairs. They were dressed nicely but there was something about the mark on all of their shoulders that made it to where it seemed as if…they were the men I was looking for.
Wow, this seemed too easy. Who knew what was going to happen but I knew that I was going to flirt with them so that I could get some free drinks. Casually, I caught the eye of what seemed to look like that leader of the group. I smiled, a cute smile and then shyly turned away from him only to take another drink of my whiskey on the rocks. I could hear the footsteps coming toward me and crossed my legs casually.
"Could I buy you another drink?" asked the deep voice from behind me. I turned around to see the tall man with his short black hair combed back in a fashionable style, lightly tanned skin, deep green eyes, tall height, and dressed in a nice business suit. Quickly, I produced a smile while my fingers nimbly wanted to reach out and touch that beautiful cashmere suit of his.
"That would be lovely," I responded as he took a seat next to me. He ordered two of the same drink I had just finished off and then smiled towards me.
"What is a beautiful woman like yourself doing a place like this? Don't you know it's dangerous to be out past two in the morning since there are a lot of dangerous men that like to meet here?" he asked, seeming a bit suspicious as well. I just smiled.
"I wouldn't know since this is my first time visiting Dollet. Perhaps you might want to show around to some places that only the locals know?" I asked and he seemed to steadily get the hint while we continued drinking.
"My name is Preston Ticatta," he said while he took a drink. I looked over at him from the rim of my glass and extended my hand to shake his casually.
"Adora Leminuto," I replied. Gently, his large hand took mine and kissed the knuckles gently.
"Do you go to Balamb Garden?" he asked curiously while I continued to take a drink. I giggled; the whiskey was starting to get to me and it was going straight to my since I could feel my cheeks becoming warm.
"I used to," I replied, catching onto where he was going. I should have did something else or at lease used a different name so he wouldn't have asked these questions but I didn't really care. I just wanted him to keep the drinks coming since I didn't want to pay for them. If they showed up on Squall's credit card, he would know that I had spent the money mostly on drinks rather than what it was needed for.
"What did you do?" he asked questionably. I just sighed and leaned forward on the bar only to feel a hand on my shoulder.
"I was kicked out because I put ex-lax in Headmaster Leonheart's coffee BUT it was meant for Professor Dincht but Leonheart took it. Then, I ask got drunk yesterday night with one of the Professors because this guy I was seeing decided to dump me so he could go get some booty call," I replied, letting out a long sigh.
"Then what are you doing in a place like this?" he asked, still suspicious.
"This is the fashion central! I am spending as much as I can on Leonheart's credit card before I get caught. Might as well have some fun since there are no returns on sales," I said with a grin. Preston smiled.
"True…would you like to go for a walk?" he asked. I nodded and followed him up the stairs while his friends hollered at us while we left the hotel. Gently, he made sure my arm was wrapped around his while we walked the night streets and down the cobble roads. My heels started to hurt but I didn't mind since I just continued to walk with him in complete silence. He put his hand into his pocket for a moment and then walked towards the park. I took a seat on the bench beside him and leaned my head back.
"Is there anyone else here with you?" asked Preston. I inwardly grinned.
"There shouldn't be. I don't belong to the garden unless Squall sent someone to come and rescue his credit card from my spending frenzy," I replied and lazily leaned back. Just as I said that, I heard the scuffing of boots on the side walk along with the rustling of his trench coat and him adjusting his hat.
"Adora, I couldn't find that store you sent me to look for. How were you going to buy it anyway?" he paused. "Don't tell me you have Squall's credit card…you know he is going to be pissed off if you spend a lot. Have you maxed it out yet? What is with women and spending a lot of money?"
I let out a long sigh.
"You idiot! I sent you to a store that only exists in Timber so I could pick up some guy and have a little fun okay? Are you that stupid that you don't get it when a girl sends you away for a reason? I don't even know what you're even doing here. Go make yourself useful and look up an old lady's skirt." Preston seemed to catch onto something that I wasn't catching onto myself.
"If you were kicked out of the garden, then what is Irvine doing here with you?" he asked, his brow raising. I shrugged.
"Well, I guess we found the person that came to get Squall's credit card," I replied. I pulled the card out of my bra and extended it out towards Irvine. "Alright. You caught me. Go ahead and take it back to him. You're ruining my groove here!"
Irvine looked at me as if I was crazy.
"What groove?" he asked. I groaned and clumsily straddled Preston's lap.
"This groove! Now go away and take the damn card! Am I not allowed to have any fun or something? I can't drink, I can't swim in the water surrounding the elevator, I can't go to the beach, I can't drink coffee to stay away, I can't sleep in late, and I can't fall in love with a professor!" I let out a breath and hugged Preston around the neck. For some reason I felt tired…really tired. "Can't I at least have a one night stand?"
Irvine seemed quiet.
"You can after the mission is done. We still have to find those guys and report back to the Garden. If we don't, you can't come back and then Squall will be even pissed especially after you hit him in the nards," said Irvine. Just as he had spoken men seemed to appear from who knew where. They could have appeared from the sewers for all that I could have cared about. Preston held me tightly and then I felt him stand up.
"Are you going to be silent?" he asked in my ear. I nodded and just kept holding on while my eyes were surrounded by darkness. Irvine had ruined the entire thing. We were now going to be trapped in this…forsaken place. How could a man like him be…so stupid? It's worse than me on a bad day. Come one, I'm not the brightest crayon in the box but at least I'm not the dullest.
Seifer's PoV
Training the students over the past few days had been especially hard due to the fact that there was drama and Squall had a large stick shoved up his ass. Sure, he could be nice at times but this wasn't the week. A few nights ago, Adora and I had met in a bar. Sure it was an exciting night and I never thought a women so young knew just how to touch a man to where it would effect him for days. I'm still not over it.
She was gone on a mission with Irvine and I was wondering if she was even going to survive being stuck with that man. With her out of my classroom is seemed dull since I didn't get to see her smiling face or glace up to see her making a sketch of me. Plenty of times, I had heard from Quistis about one of her students seeming to be artistically interested with my physical form. But then again, when I looked at all the works I noticed it was both of the girls that were the best of friends.
I needed a drink and wanted one bad but I knew I would have to stay away from the bar for a while. That was why I was glad that I had my own mini-bar in my room so that I was able to access what I needed when I needed it. With Nevar gone as well, it was dead teaching to the class. Both of the spirited young women were gone from my life at the moment and one of them, I wasn't sure if I was going to get back.
Why had I kissed her all of a sudden? I couldn't help it. She was attractive but I couldn't help the fact of last night as well. Still it was coursing through my veins, and I wanted to feel her touch against my skin. She had kissed me back and it held that same passion as mine. The excitement must have been too much for her since she fainted. I didn't mean for that to happen.
"Professor Almasy, you have a letter," came the meek voice of the mail carrier boy. He was only about five years old and yet his mother escorted him around the building so that he would have fun delivering mail.
"Thank-you," I replied to the small boy and handed him a piece of candy before he skipped out the door. The letter was sent from Dollet and I recognized the writing on the front. Quickly, I opened it and felt the weight of there being four pages but only one was written on:
Dear Professor Almasy,
This trip really sucks. I can't believe I'm stuck with Irvine for the trip since he's…well…not all there. I don't know how many times I've stated the plans for him to just go away and let me seduce the guys but I have this feeling he's going to ruin in. Well, good news though! I managed to swipe Squall's credit card so I'm going to be buying everyone a little something…alright, little is an understatement. I don't know exactly how much I'm going to buy but I know I'm going to buy a lot.
I didn't mean to hit him with the pillow or kick him there but he pissed me off. Just because I got drunk and then fainted the next day isn't enough evidence to suspend a student from the classroom.
I smiled while pausing from the letter. She had done a lot to get suspended from the classrooms. Especially with all those pranks she pulled. Ex-lax, baby oil on the floor to the teacher's lounge, changing all the locks in the teacher's quarters, bubbles is the water fountain, setting off the emergency alarms, switching grade books, putting salt instead of sugar in pies, changing the clocks back by six hours, putting a model T-Rexaur in the cafeteria freezer, changing cheese to tofu, and the list continues to go on.
I was surprised that she was not booted a long time ago but Squall seemed to keep on letting her stay since the types of pranks were decreasing in size.
Also, I would like to apologize once again for the trouble I have caused. I am sorry that I didn't just got back to the Garden and just eat chocolates so I could get fat but instead drank. But I did have an enjoyable evening with you…Perhaps, who knows where it may go from there.
Irvine is starting to spy so I'm going to kick him out of the room and go down to the bar after sending him on a goose chase to go find a book store that is only in Timber. I promise to write everyday. Good night.
Adora
The letter was touching. Did that mean that she wanted something else to happen between the two of us? I know I definitely wanted something to happen but I wasn't sure if she would be willing to date a Professor in secrecy. It would completely depend on her but when she got back, I was going to take her out to dinner. I wanted to let her know how I felt…this was the first time I had ever felt like this towards anyone of the opposite gender before.
Nevar must have been far away since it had been two days since she had been gone which makes it three for Adora. With a sigh, I moved to out of my class room and quickly towards my dorm. I looked at my gunblade that sat in the corner and thought about going to the training room to take on a fight. Why not take on a fight? It would make my mind rest from this useless wondering.
With that decided, I moved down the hall only to be stopped by Squall.
"Why were you defending her?" he asked, I could tell that his brows were scrunched together even though it was starting to get dark.
"Why not? She was not in the wrong."
He just looked at me with that cynical stare and I seemed to just shrug it off while I started to continue towards the training room.
"Be careful that you don't get in too deep," he said after me. I shrugged it off and continued towards the training room. The robotic T-Rexaur was moving back into the charging station and I knew someone must have placed it outside of Adora's room. She was smart enough to know that she could not get past it even if she tried so hard or no matter how much magic she used. Carefully I walked into the training center while I remembered when I had first met her…it was here.
She had been trying out her gunblade and thought she was able to use it. Somehow, she had managed to get through the training center and was then trapped on the outer balcony where couples usually went during the middle of the night. Something seemed to bring me there and that was when I found her. Adora was standing on the balcony, her gunblade in hand while blood was squirted over her soft and beautiful complexion.
There, she looked at me the way a man would check out a woman passing by and then smiled.
"Thank-you," she had said and then hugged me. I felt her arms wrap around me like she never wanted to let me go. Quickly, I lead her out of the training center and moved her into the infirmary where Dr. Kadowaki had to pry the frightened girl from my side. Since then, the both of us had never been apart…until now.
