Hey everyone! I just posted another FF8 story. It's a 1 chap story called Squall's Remedy, but it's pretty long, like 7500 some words. You could say it's "serious", there's very little humor in it. Check it out sometime if you're interested. Also, although this was originally supposed to be entitled Depression, I decided to change some things. Now this chapter is called Selphie, because it shows the next day in Selphie's point of view. The next chapter will show it in Zell's. So anyway, enjoy!

Chapter 6: Selphie

Squall looked at himself in the mirror. "You... are the best. Yeah, the best of the best. You make the best look like the worst. You-" The phone rang. "Commander Leonhart."

"Squall, it's Dr. Kadowaki. Irvine's awake now if you want to talk to him."

"Okay, thanks." He hung up. As Squall called all his team to tell them of Irvine, he pondered to himself, why she felt that she had to tell him about Irvine's condition, because out of the five, he was the one who least gave a damn.

(at the Infirmary)

"So how is he, doctor?"

"He took what would've been substantial head trauma."

"Would've been?"

"Uh, normally his brain would've been severely damaged but we found very little traces of any brain tissue at all."

"...doesn't surprise me."

"Mr. Kinneas will be all right."

"So he's okay?"

"Not exactly... the left side of his body is now completely paralyzed. He will now literally be 'all right'."

"That's not very good news..."

"Haha! You're so funny! Funny, funny, funny! You guys are so gullible!" She fell on the floor, clutching her stomach. "Ahahaha... ahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAH!" She got up, brushing herself off. In a professional manner, she said quietly, "Mr. Kinneas is in very stable condition."

"Anyway, I'm just glad he's up!" Selphie said, bending down and gave him a tight hug.

Irvine felt light-headed. "How come I don't have any bandages?"

"You do," Doctor Kadowaki said. "Covering your cranium."

Irvine touched his scalp and felt a tinge of stinging pain. "Ow!"

Zell cleared his throat. "Irvine, I was thinking, I guess you and Selphie should... spend some time together, before she decides who she wants to..." He didn't finish the sentence, because some people in the room were too dumb to even realize that this story has been going on and that this love triangle has even existed.

Yes, Quistis, I'm talking about you!

"Really?" Selphie said. She beamed. "You're willing to do that?"

"I just want you to be happy."

"Oh, thank you so much, Zell. I won't forget this."

Oh yeah, he thought to himself. Bonus points.

"But the dance is tomorrow," Irvine said.

"Who cares about that silly little dance?" Zell snapped. "We're talking about the long run."

There was a moments' silence. Selphie's mind was racing with suspicion. Why is he doing this? Is he really giving Irvine a fair chance or is he up to something else?

"Well, it's about lunchtime," Squall said. "Let's go. It's pizza day."

"I'll bring you something, Irvy!" Selphie said.

Selphie followed her squad to the cafeteria. She decided to eat lunch with Squall, Rinoa, and Quistis because of what had happened to Irvine. When she got to the counter, she looked over the menu. "How about hot-dogs?" The cafeteria lady shook her head. "Zell had breakfast today."

"Oh, then you're out. I'll have a Ceasar salad and a cheeseburger, then."

Rinoa was next. "Um, I'll have a cheeseburger too."

They sat down at a table and dug in their food. After dessert, when they were discussing Angelo and her flea problems, Zell came in to the cafteria.

"Zell, where've you been?" Squall said.

"Oh, just practicing some math from DCU."

That's Deling City University in case you didn't know. I made it up. I own it.

Holy crap... I own it! I own something! I own something! (prances around the room) Touch and I'll tazer you! (letter drops into his lap) Oh... apparently someone's already come up with the idea of Deling City University. Pfft... whatever... what? Oh, the story... sorry.

"I'm surprised you're even taking college courses, Zell," Rinoa said, her voice muffled by a cheeseburger. She gasped and dropped her food. Choking madly and flailing around, she made gestures that she was choking on the cheeseburger. Nobody noticed.

"What's wrong with you, Rinoa?" Squall said quizzically. He had no reply except for her choking sputters and her gasping breath. "Fine, be that way," Squall said in irritation.

"Hey, can you get something for Irvine if you're leaving after lunch?" Selphie said. "He should eat something besides that Infirmary banana bread that tastes like paper."

Rinoa's face was now a shade of emerald-green. She took in all the breath she could, then Heimliched herself so hard that not only did the cheeseburger come up but also so did breakfast and the remainders of last night's dinner. She stood up and slapped Squall. "What the hell is your problem?" She turned to the rest. "Are you too stupid to realize that I was choking on my food and you people were just all la-de-da?"

She ran away to get her pinwheel. There was a moment's pause as Squall rubbed the reddening hand mark on his face.

"She's not coming back," Quistis said quietly.

"I'd bet my 2-sided club on it, ya know?" Raijin said.

"2-sided club?" Squall asked. "Is that the giant Q-tip you use in battle?"

"Don't push it, Squall."

"I'll get Irvine something to eat," Zell volunteered. "I've gotta do some more homework anyway."

After lunch, Selphie went back to her room to read her book, Saving the World For Dummies. There was a knock at the door. Quistis entered. "We already saved the world. Why are you reading that?"

"I don't know. For fun. But it sucks."

"Oh, it does?" Quistis seemed somewhat offended for some reason, but she shrugged it off. "Do you want to go on a walk with me?"

"Why?"

"As friends, Selph. You mind if I call you Selph?"

"Yes, it's very creepy."

They took a walk around the central room. Quistis started talking. "You know, I've noticed that you've been digging on Zell lately."

"Well, kinda. Why?"

"I know it's none of my business, but here's my advice on men: Don't bother."

Selphie was about to ask why when she figured it out. She was still sad about Squall and Rinoa. "I know you're sad because Squall loves Rinoa, but that was because he didn't love you as much as you loved him. Zell, he's kinda crazy about me."

Quistis nodded. "You're right. But I'm just saying that men are unpredictable. Love is like a fated circle; your lover may just continue on to the next girl."

"Hmm... really?"

"Yes, I know, but I'm just saying, at any moment Zell may dump you, divorce you, maybe even hurt you at times. What if you can't talk to him because you were too hurt? And because you'd hurt him? And then you'll be divided, ironically, by your own love. It's a love divide."

"That's not necessarily true!"

"But it's dangerous, you know? You could get hurt any time. Like a... like a..."

"Blasting zone?"

"Yeah, how'd you know?"

"Besides, I have a great relationship with both Zell and Irvine... if anything happens, it can be fixed by a simple full cure."

"But if they dump you, it'll hit you like a full blown shockwave phaser!"

"Then we'll just sit down and talk and rapture our problem."

"But what if it's the end?"

"Then we'll, uh... Angelo strike?"

"Huh?"

"I couldn't remember any more Limit Breaks."

"I didn't know we were using Limit Breaks as metaphors."

There was a moment of silence, where they heard Xu stomping off towards the dorms with a paper in her hand, muttering to herself things like, "Why's he dragging us into this?" or "15 gil? Having to do something this heartless is worth at least 15 million gil!"

Later that night, Selphie went back to her room and watched TV until Zell came in and said that Irvine got his lunch and that he was fast asleep. When Selphie visited, she found he was right. She shook him carefully. "Wake up, Irvy."

"What time is it?" he asked, bleary-eyed.

"Around 8:45."

"What!"

"Zell said you fell asleep right after lunch."

"Oh-I must have."

"Anyway, I was thinking we could take a walk outside," she said.

"With this thing on my head?"

"I can take it off," said Doctor Kadowaki, experimenting with mixtures of remedies and X-potions in the back. "Just hold on a sec."

The two green and purple substances, after mixing together, turned an orange-red. Kadowaki poured the red substance into a flagon, sealed it, and put in a cabinet. She turned around. "Instant Elixer."

She began taking off the long bandage wound around his head. "This may hurt." She chuckled. "Why am I saying 'may'?"

Selphie looked at the big, purple blotch on his head. "Ooh." She lifted her hand.

"Don't touch it!" Irvine yelled. "You can put it back on, but give me my hat, at least."

Outside, they took a walk in the plains the Garden was parked on. They just talked about things like school and stuff, but Irvine suddenly said, "I want to do it with you."

Selphie turned around.

"Hey! That wasn't me talking! I swear! Something's wrong with my mouth!"

Selphie smiled a bit. Then she giggled. "Irvine, I didn't know you felt that way about me."

"I wanna hump you all night long. I didn't say that! Really!"

"Ths is like coming out of nowhere... I like it."

"Huh?"

She wrapped her arms around his body and pressed her lips onto his. They heard somebody yelling in the distance about money and a quarter wane moon which, incidentally, was the kind of moon in the night sky, but they ignored it.

Later that night, she heard someone at her dorm room. She opened it. "Oh, Zell. Hi."

"Hi..." He looked sort of disheartened. "I'm not... interrupting anything, am I?"

"Like what?"

"Nothing."

"Oh, well would you like to-"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Silence.

"So you wouldn't like to come in."

"No. I'm mean, no, I don't not want to come in. Yes, I would like to."

"Okay." She opened the door, gesturing him to come in.

"Sorry if it's kind of messy..."

"That's okay, my room's messy too. I don't even remember if I have a carpet or not."

"So, um, what brings you by here?"

"Well, Selphie, I know you're probably tired of Irvine and me bothering you, but I know that you're going to pick which one of us you really do love. And I just want to know that, if you pick Irvine, there's... there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. If that's what you want... I just want you to be happy."

"Really?"

"Yeah. I mean I know how you two have had a crush on each other since we were like, 2 years old, and... look, I just want to apologize for all the bad things I've done and if you would forgive me, that'd be enough for me to be satisfied. Well, it's getting late. I gotta go.

The next day

Selphie now knew it was time. She had done a lot of thinking, and knew he it was that she loved. She phoned Zell and Irvine. "You guys... I love you both very much, but I can only be serious with one of you. So, I pick..."

Oops, well, look's like time's up. Review please :)