Chapter 7

Amy and Zell walked into the Parking Area of Balamb Garden on Friday to find that everyone else was already there. Everyone, that is, but Irvine. Suddenly, the sound of an engine was heard and a limo was driven into the Parking Area with Irvine behind the wheel. "You like it?" he asked, coming to a stop, "I rented it for two days so that we could use it tonight! There are four rows of two seats each in this thing!" After a pause, everyone began to get into the limo. Quistis sat beside Irvine, and Amy and Zell took the back row of seats. Rinoa and Squall took the second row, leaving Seifer and Selphie with the third row. Soon, they were all on their way to the city of Balamb.


Everyone was having a great time at the bar so far. Irvine had joined in Squall and Seifer's fight to see who could drink the most of the strongest beer that the bar had. Quistis and Rinoa, who had had drinks with a medium portion of alcohol, were dancing in the wooden-floored section of the bar. Zell, Amy, and Selphie were sitting together at a table. Zell, even though he had no tolerance to alcohol at all, was sipping his fifth strawberry daiquiri. Amy was drinking a pina colada, and Selphie was sticking to water.

"Amy," Selphie said, "I think we should go before Seifer and Squall get worse…"

"Yes…" Amy replied, "and before Irvine gets drunk too." They nodded and then forced everyone back into the limo.

On the way back, Selphie drove with Amy beside her. Zell and Seifer were in the seats behind them, and Rinoa, Squall, Irvine, and Quistis sat in the other rows of seats.

When they returned to Garden, Irvine, Quistis, Zell, Squall, and Seifer went to their dorms. Selphie stayed with Seifer because of his drunken condition. Likewise, for the same reason, Rinoa stayed with Squall and Amy with Zell.


The next morning, everyone awoke to the sound of Seifer's fist hitting the wall. "Damnit!" he said, "Why are all of the fucking lights so damn bright!" Despite Selphie's attempts to make Seifer lie back down, he stormed off to the cafeteria, claiming that all he needed was food, and Selphie followed him the entire way.

Everyone had come out into the hallway, wondering what was going on. Squall saw Irvine's ponytail, and yelled, "BANANA!" He grabbed Irvine's hair and tugged on it. Irvine yelped in pain and pulled his hair from Squall's grasp. Rinoa pushed Squall back into his dorm forcibly and locked the door behind them.

Zell turned around and ran back into his dorm. There, he vomited on the floor. Amy pat him on the back and whispered, "Poor thing…" She cleaned the mess up and made Zell lie down. She also set a trash bin beside his bed in case he needed to vomit again. Amy watched over him the rest of the day from the chair across the room.


Later, that night, just when Zell had gotten back to normal and was talking to Amy, there was a knock at the door. When Amy opened the door, Seifer stood smirking at her. "You missed training," he told her. There had not been a session scheduled that day, and Seifer appeared to be drunk again.

"Seifer…" Amy sighed, "go back to be–e—gah––!" Seifer had grabbed her and picked her up by the throat.

"Stop it!" Zell screamed, running at Seifer and punching him in the stomache. Seifer dropped Amy, who hit the floor limply with a sickening thud. Seifer fell forward, unconscious. Selphie ran up, panting. "I'm sorry," she breathed, "He ran away." Zell nodded and Selphie dragged Seifer off to his dorm.

Zell ran over to Amy and knelt down beside her. He was crying. "Amy…Amy…please say you're okay…" he said through tears. Amy was crying too, but in pain. She was coughing terribly, but managed to say, "Yes…yes, Zell. I'm alright now…" The two embraced. They fell asleep like that, staying in that position for the remainder of the night.


Author's Note: Don't worry! This is NOT the end! Much more to come! Please Review.