Chapter 1

Zell lay on the bed in his dorm, staring at the ceiling. He was thinking about the night before. He sighed, wondering how much gossip had gone around about Amy and himself since the night before, thanks to Selphie and Seifer. He sighed again and rolled over onto his stomach, burying his face in the pillow. He rested there until he heard a knock at the door.

"Zell! Zell! You in there?"

Zell bolted straight up in bed, and stared wide-eyed at the door. Could it really be her? There was another knock at the door.

"...Zell?..." Amy sighed. "I guess he's not here..."

Coming to his senses, Zell flew to the door and opened it, reaching out to grab Amy's arm.

Amy felt someone touch her arm, and, surprised, turned around. She was now facing Zell, who was smiling tenderly at her. She relaxed and smiled.

"I didn't think you were here," she said.

"I'm...sorry...I was...ummm...busy," Zell replied.

"Oh...okay," Amy said in a quiet voice.

"Would you like to come in and sit down?" Zell asked nervously.

"Sure," Amy said shyly.

Zell led her inside his dorm. He sat down on his bed, and she sat in the chair across from him. Zell rested his arms on his knees and stared at the floor. Amy sat quietly in the chair with her hands in her lap, looking across the room at Zell.

Zell sighed and continued looking at the floor. Amy looked tenderly over at him. She silently got up and sat beside him on the bed. She touched his shoulder softly.

Zell looked up quickly from his daze. Then he looked softly at Amy and gave her a small smile.

"What's wrong?" she asked him, a worried tone in her voice.

Zell sighed and shook his head slowly, his head down once again. "Nothing," he said, looking up to smile at Amy. "It's just that – –..." He looked back down, stopping in mid-sentence.

Amy gently touched his arm. "What?" she asked him lovingly.

"I just – –..." he sighed, looking up. "I just don't know..."

"You just don't know what, Zell?" Amy asked, a worried look spreading across her face.

All of a sudden, Zell grabbed Amy's hands in his and turned sideways on the bed to face her. "Tell me," he said. "What happened last night?"

"Wha – What?!" Amy said, surprised.

"I have to know," he replied, and then added, "I must know if what I remember was just a dream or not."

Amy quietly retold everything that had happened the night before from the time when Zell had walked into the Secret Area to when they had said 'goodnight' in the hall outside their dorms. Zell listened intently the whole time.

When she finished, he slowly dropped Amy's hands and turned again to look at the floor, his arms resting on his knees. He sighed deeply, closing his eyes while doing so. He opened his eyes again when he was finished and said, "So...it wasn't just a dream..."

"No," Amy said. "It was better. She slowly put her arms around him and held him tightly. Zell sat up and hugged her back. Then he stood up.

"C'mon," he said smiling, "let's go get something to eat. I'm starving!"

Amy laughed, glad that Zell was acting normal again. He grabbed her hand, and the two walked out of the dorm to the Cafeteria.


To my reviewers: I'm soooo sorry about the short chapter and the long wait. I'm taking it really slowly and I'm also having a lot of 'writer's blocks'....so....just be patient with me please! ;;; Oh! And thanks to all of my reviewers! You really help me along! I just loooove the encouragement! Thanks! .