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Chapter 4: Oversleeping Is A Bad Idea
Xu hurried through the halls looking for the Commander, Captain, Leader and or whatever they call Squall these days. She stopped and looked at Selphie who was skipping happily through the halls with a stack of papers. "Ms. Tilmitt!"
Selphie stopped and looked in the direction of Xu. "Eh? What?" She quickly made her way over to Xu.
"Have you seen Squall by any chance?" Xu was full with hope; he hanged around with her so maybe just maybe she had seen him today.
"Squall? Nope." Her green-eyed gaze flicked to a guy with strange hair parading down the hall. "Zell!" The man kept on walking. "CHICKEN- WUSS!!"
The blond froze in his tracks and slowly pivoted on his left foot, facing Selphie and Xu. "WHAT did you CALL ME?!" Zell shook is fist while his left eye twitched slightly.
"Dintch, control yourself." Xu ordered impatiently.
"But she called me—" Zell started to complain before Xu gave him that shut up or die look. "…Yes Ma'am."
"GOOD! Now have you seen Squall today at all?"
He stood there thinking for a second or two then shrugged. "Nah I haven't seen him since yesterday."
"……." Xu sighed heavily. "Zell. I want you to go look for Squall. Selphie what are those papers for?"
Zell stood there blank not wanting to go find Squall he had better things to do like….well something. Selphie pepped up at that moment. " They're sign up sheets."
Xu blinked. "Sign up sheets? What in the world for?"
"Um…For a field trip to Deiling. See they have this museum thing there." Selphie stated happily.
"I see…and who approved this?" Xu shifted her gaze slightly to Zell still standing there. "GO FIND SQUALL!"
Zell jumped up about three feet off the ground with his eyes widened in horror as they locked on Xu. "Y-yes. FINE. Jeez don't' need to get all huffy about it."
Zell walked passed the library not even stopping there because who in their right mind would go and read, well besides Quistis. "Why do I have to go look for him?" Zell pouted to himself. His shoes make a squeak as he walked on toward the dorms. Maybe he isn't up yet…or maybe he went to the Cafeteria to get HOTDOGS!? Zell stomach rumbled while turning his head to the left looking down the hall wishing he were in the Cafeteria right now eating one of those juicy hotdogs.
A lady bumped into Zell as he walked dreamily toward Squall's dorm room. "Hey WATCH IT!" He quickly snapped out of it and stared at her dumbfounded.
"Say wha? You ran into me." He protested while inching around her.
"I did not! You ran right into me." She shoved a finger into his chest and narrowed her eyes.
He stopped and looked at the girl noticing she was just a trainee. "YOU can't talk to me like that I'm a SeeD and you are still training. HA HA!" He chuckled and scampered quickly so the girl wouldn't come chasing after him to beat his brains in.
Passing each number on the doors he tried to remember which number was Squall's. He stopped at a door, which he thought Squall owned. He knocked on the door and the door opened slowly. "'Ello? Squall?" He pushed the door open the rest of the way and walked in not even bothering to knock again. Shutting the door softly he made his way toward the sleeping area. He stopped and stared and stared some more.
Rinoa shifted a bit in bed and opened her eyes to see Zell standing there looking at them. She screamed loud enough for the whole dorm to hear it. Squall jumped up looking around rubbing his eyes. "ZELL?!!!!"
"RINOA!!! WHAT ARE YOU---" He went silent and grinned widely. "OH! Squall, I never knew!"
Squall eyes widened and blinked a few times, "….I don't know what you are thinking Zell but I'm sure it isn't whatever your sick twisted mind has came up with."
"RINOA and SQUALL in BED what do you think I'm going to think of?" He smirked again and leaned against the doorway. "Wait until I tell everyone."
"…What is there to tell Zell we both have clothes on." Rinoa stated while climbing out of the bed standing there in Squall's shirt.
"You are wearing his clothing too?" Zell pointed at Rinoa. Rinoa sighed and walked into the bathroom.
Squall started at Zell and Zell stared back with a huge grin on his face. "…How'd you get in here?"
"Door was open."
"Open?" Squall swore he locked it…maybe he was just too careless last night.
"Yea' I said open. Oooh this is so going to make Q--" Zell suddenly starts coughing and heads out of the room plopping down on a chair. Squall shook his head and slipped into his usual outfit. "Yo' Squall I forgot! Xu was lookin' for ya."
"Why?" Squall mumbled lowly while finding another chair and sat down running his fingers though his hair. His eyes moved slowly over to the clock as it blinked 12:01 P.M. Wow that is the longest I've ever slept he turned his attention to Zell who was now raiding his cabinets for food.
"Uh…dunno. She didn't say. She seemed," Zell paused for a moment staring at nothing and thinking, "anxious or something." He turned around with a bag of chips in his hand.
Rinoa emerged out of the bathroom wearing her black shorts with the zipper going down the legs and her black spaghetti-strapped shirt. She threw Squall's shirt on the bed as she walked into the room that the guys where visiting in. "What's going on?"
"….Nothing." Squall replied after watching Zell gobble up the whole bag of chips that where never opened until then. Zell grabbed a glass and filled it with water washing down the bits of chips stuck between his teeth.
"Zell do you know where Selphie is so I can get Angelo?" She leaned against the table crossing her arms while watching him half-amused.
Zell stood there for a second and walked to the door ignoring Rinoa. Rinoa stood up straight and glared at him. "Huh? Oh… the mutt. Selphie is um…was with Xu."
Mutt? Why did everyone call Angelo a mutt…? The dog didn't do anything to them that she knew of. "…Xu?" Her gaze turned to Squall who was already out the door waiting for them. She scuttled out the door after him leaving Zell to shut the door. The two SeeDs and the Sorceress made their way down the hall looking for Angelo and Xu.
After awhile Squall decided just go to the office and wait for Xu, knowing her that is most likely place where the woman would show up at. Zell stood in a corner practicing his martial arts…with his invisible partner. Rinoa stood in silence staring out at the window while Squall watched her, also in silence. Finally Xu stepped into the office and let out a deep sigh. "I have been looking all OVER for you Squall! Where have you been!?"
Scolding him and not been in the room less than two minutes. "In my dorm room. It is not that hard to find me." Squall snapped at her. The Forest Owl turned her attention to Xu and Squall wondering if she should leave the room because the stability of the room was starting to crumble.
Xu stood there staring at the three occupants of former Head Master Cid's office. "Well we received some information, it seems that someone has taking a few reports from Dr. Odine's lab." She cleared her throat while shuffling some papers around.
"That has what to do with SeeD?" Squall looked at Xu as if she was stupid. Zell glanced at Squall noticing he is talking back. What happened to following orders and that crap?
"They want a few SeeDs to poke around and see what they can find. Squall, what has gotten into you?"
"…Whatever. Do you have anything else I have to deal with?" He sounded cold and annoyed this time.
"…Yeah. But I rather not speak of it now. But I would rather you pick…some people close to you to send to Ethsar."
"Quistis…is an instructor she can't go they need someone to be in charge."
"She can go. We'll have someone else take her place for a few days. They can't be gone all that long." Xu stated while looking towards Rinoa.
"Quistis, Irvine and Selphie." Squall listed without thinking, maybe he should shove Zell into the party instead of Selphie. Knowing Irvine and all. Oh well Quistis would keep him in line. "What else did you want to tell me?"
"Its private matters. Those two shouldn't be in here if I tell you."
"….Why not?" Squall glanced at Zell who was making his way to the door.
"Because." She snapped back at him slightly.
"Go get Angelo. I'll meet up with you in a bit, ok? And Zell go stick close to the Garden…may need you later."
"Yeah, yeah." Zell muttered and opened the door following Rinoa out into the elevator.
"Squall, on of the Garden's faculty members seen Rinoa last night wondering the halls." Xu said flat out now that Rinoa had left.
"She couldn't have. She was with me last—" Uh-oh…just blew it. Squall shook his head going silent not exactly knowing how to cover it up.
"With you last night? How was she with you last night?" Xu question while leaning on the desk.
"None of you business is how." Squall snickered and stood up.
"Well, you could be right. It may have been someone else it was dark who knew what he could have saw. Although I can't help but to say maybe we should keep a close eye on Ms. Heartilly."
"Do you seriously think that Rinoa would do something bad? She isn't the type Xu now drop it." Squall walked out leaving Xu there stunned and clueless as in what to do now.
**Author's Note: This chapter could have been better… But Squall isn't the easiest person to work with. And I promise things will start getting better in the next chapter. ^_~! And I probably didn't spell Dr. Odine correctly because it's been awhile since I played the game due to the fact my friend had it.
Chapter 4: Oversleeping Is A Bad Idea
Xu hurried through the halls looking for the Commander, Captain, Leader and or whatever they call Squall these days. She stopped and looked at Selphie who was skipping happily through the halls with a stack of papers. "Ms. Tilmitt!"
Selphie stopped and looked in the direction of Xu. "Eh? What?" She quickly made her way over to Xu.
"Have you seen Squall by any chance?" Xu was full with hope; he hanged around with her so maybe just maybe she had seen him today.
"Squall? Nope." Her green-eyed gaze flicked to a guy with strange hair parading down the hall. "Zell!" The man kept on walking. "CHICKEN- WUSS!!"
The blond froze in his tracks and slowly pivoted on his left foot, facing Selphie and Xu. "WHAT did you CALL ME?!" Zell shook is fist while his left eye twitched slightly.
"Dintch, control yourself." Xu ordered impatiently.
"But she called me—" Zell started to complain before Xu gave him that shut up or die look. "…Yes Ma'am."
"GOOD! Now have you seen Squall today at all?"
He stood there thinking for a second or two then shrugged. "Nah I haven't seen him since yesterday."
"……." Xu sighed heavily. "Zell. I want you to go look for Squall. Selphie what are those papers for?"
Zell stood there blank not wanting to go find Squall he had better things to do like….well something. Selphie pepped up at that moment. " They're sign up sheets."
Xu blinked. "Sign up sheets? What in the world for?"
"Um…For a field trip to Deiling. See they have this museum thing there." Selphie stated happily.
"I see…and who approved this?" Xu shifted her gaze slightly to Zell still standing there. "GO FIND SQUALL!"
Zell jumped up about three feet off the ground with his eyes widened in horror as they locked on Xu. "Y-yes. FINE. Jeez don't' need to get all huffy about it."
Zell walked passed the library not even stopping there because who in their right mind would go and read, well besides Quistis. "Why do I have to go look for him?" Zell pouted to himself. His shoes make a squeak as he walked on toward the dorms. Maybe he isn't up yet…or maybe he went to the Cafeteria to get HOTDOGS!? Zell stomach rumbled while turning his head to the left looking down the hall wishing he were in the Cafeteria right now eating one of those juicy hotdogs.
A lady bumped into Zell as he walked dreamily toward Squall's dorm room. "Hey WATCH IT!" He quickly snapped out of it and stared at her dumbfounded.
"Say wha? You ran into me." He protested while inching around her.
"I did not! You ran right into me." She shoved a finger into his chest and narrowed her eyes.
He stopped and looked at the girl noticing she was just a trainee. "YOU can't talk to me like that I'm a SeeD and you are still training. HA HA!" He chuckled and scampered quickly so the girl wouldn't come chasing after him to beat his brains in.
Passing each number on the doors he tried to remember which number was Squall's. He stopped at a door, which he thought Squall owned. He knocked on the door and the door opened slowly. "'Ello? Squall?" He pushed the door open the rest of the way and walked in not even bothering to knock again. Shutting the door softly he made his way toward the sleeping area. He stopped and stared and stared some more.
Rinoa shifted a bit in bed and opened her eyes to see Zell standing there looking at them. She screamed loud enough for the whole dorm to hear it. Squall jumped up looking around rubbing his eyes. "ZELL?!!!!"
"RINOA!!! WHAT ARE YOU---" He went silent and grinned widely. "OH! Squall, I never knew!"
Squall eyes widened and blinked a few times, "….I don't know what you are thinking Zell but I'm sure it isn't whatever your sick twisted mind has came up with."
"RINOA and SQUALL in BED what do you think I'm going to think of?" He smirked again and leaned against the doorway. "Wait until I tell everyone."
"…What is there to tell Zell we both have clothes on." Rinoa stated while climbing out of the bed standing there in Squall's shirt.
"You are wearing his clothing too?" Zell pointed at Rinoa. Rinoa sighed and walked into the bathroom.
Squall started at Zell and Zell stared back with a huge grin on his face. "…How'd you get in here?"
"Door was open."
"Open?" Squall swore he locked it…maybe he was just too careless last night.
"Yea' I said open. Oooh this is so going to make Q--" Zell suddenly starts coughing and heads out of the room plopping down on a chair. Squall shook his head and slipped into his usual outfit. "Yo' Squall I forgot! Xu was lookin' for ya."
"Why?" Squall mumbled lowly while finding another chair and sat down running his fingers though his hair. His eyes moved slowly over to the clock as it blinked 12:01 P.M. Wow that is the longest I've ever slept he turned his attention to Zell who was now raiding his cabinets for food.
"Uh…dunno. She didn't say. She seemed," Zell paused for a moment staring at nothing and thinking, "anxious or something." He turned around with a bag of chips in his hand.
Rinoa emerged out of the bathroom wearing her black shorts with the zipper going down the legs and her black spaghetti-strapped shirt. She threw Squall's shirt on the bed as she walked into the room that the guys where visiting in. "What's going on?"
"….Nothing." Squall replied after watching Zell gobble up the whole bag of chips that where never opened until then. Zell grabbed a glass and filled it with water washing down the bits of chips stuck between his teeth.
"Zell do you know where Selphie is so I can get Angelo?" She leaned against the table crossing her arms while watching him half-amused.
Zell stood there for a second and walked to the door ignoring Rinoa. Rinoa stood up straight and glared at him. "Huh? Oh… the mutt. Selphie is um…was with Xu."
Mutt? Why did everyone call Angelo a mutt…? The dog didn't do anything to them that she knew of. "…Xu?" Her gaze turned to Squall who was already out the door waiting for them. She scuttled out the door after him leaving Zell to shut the door. The two SeeDs and the Sorceress made their way down the hall looking for Angelo and Xu.
After awhile Squall decided just go to the office and wait for Xu, knowing her that is most likely place where the woman would show up at. Zell stood in a corner practicing his martial arts…with his invisible partner. Rinoa stood in silence staring out at the window while Squall watched her, also in silence. Finally Xu stepped into the office and let out a deep sigh. "I have been looking all OVER for you Squall! Where have you been!?"
Scolding him and not been in the room less than two minutes. "In my dorm room. It is not that hard to find me." Squall snapped at her. The Forest Owl turned her attention to Xu and Squall wondering if she should leave the room because the stability of the room was starting to crumble.
Xu stood there staring at the three occupants of former Head Master Cid's office. "Well we received some information, it seems that someone has taking a few reports from Dr. Odine's lab." She cleared her throat while shuffling some papers around.
"That has what to do with SeeD?" Squall looked at Xu as if she was stupid. Zell glanced at Squall noticing he is talking back. What happened to following orders and that crap?
"They want a few SeeDs to poke around and see what they can find. Squall, what has gotten into you?"
"…Whatever. Do you have anything else I have to deal with?" He sounded cold and annoyed this time.
"…Yeah. But I rather not speak of it now. But I would rather you pick…some people close to you to send to Ethsar."
"Quistis…is an instructor she can't go they need someone to be in charge."
"She can go. We'll have someone else take her place for a few days. They can't be gone all that long." Xu stated while looking towards Rinoa.
"Quistis, Irvine and Selphie." Squall listed without thinking, maybe he should shove Zell into the party instead of Selphie. Knowing Irvine and all. Oh well Quistis would keep him in line. "What else did you want to tell me?"
"Its private matters. Those two shouldn't be in here if I tell you."
"….Why not?" Squall glanced at Zell who was making his way to the door.
"Because." She snapped back at him slightly.
"Go get Angelo. I'll meet up with you in a bit, ok? And Zell go stick close to the Garden…may need you later."
"Yeah, yeah." Zell muttered and opened the door following Rinoa out into the elevator.
"Squall, on of the Garden's faculty members seen Rinoa last night wondering the halls." Xu said flat out now that Rinoa had left.
"She couldn't have. She was with me last—" Uh-oh…just blew it. Squall shook his head going silent not exactly knowing how to cover it up.
"With you last night? How was she with you last night?" Xu question while leaning on the desk.
"None of you business is how." Squall snickered and stood up.
"Well, you could be right. It may have been someone else it was dark who knew what he could have saw. Although I can't help but to say maybe we should keep a close eye on Ms. Heartilly."
"Do you seriously think that Rinoa would do something bad? She isn't the type Xu now drop it." Squall walked out leaving Xu there stunned and clueless as in what to do now.
**Author's Note: This chapter could have been better… But Squall isn't the easiest person to work with. And I promise things will start getting better in the next chapter. ^_~! And I probably didn't spell Dr. Odine correctly because it's been awhile since I played the game due to the fact my friend had it.