As me and Irvine made our way outside, I kept thinking about my potential plan.

It might make Selphie fall out with me, or something, but if she was my real friend, she'd still like me, right?

Right. So at break, I'd find Quistis…I'm sure Irvine wouldn't mind too much, either.

"So, Rin, where are we going to go?"

"Oh, you can go wherever," I told Irvine as we exited the building. "I got something to do,"

"Oh, find Selphie?"

I paused. "Sure, why not," I nodded.

He nodded too, and waved as he walked away.

Ok. So Quistis. I needed to find her…I couldn't help but feel a bit excited about this. I mean, I was going to be popular, properly popular, and I could get any guy I want without even trying! I could even make Quistis even more jealous by being more popular than her. This was going to be so cool…

Of course, I was still getting the usual thing as I walked along.

"Rinoa! Hey!"

And all that. I decided I didn't want any trouble so I kept quiet this time, and merely smiled back at them.

Then I saw her.

She was leaning against a wall, chatting up some guy, with her two counterparts beside her.

I smiled to myself and rushed over there. Well, I didn't want to make myself too obvious, so as I neared her I casually walked.

"Quistis," I said quietly.

She gave a nasty laugh. "What do you want, princess?" She said in a sickly sweet voice.

"Um…" I hadn't really planned my exact wording for this… "Listen, I was thinking, how about we put everything behind us and be friends?"

Her and her friends laughed. "Yeah right."

"No, I'm serious. I've changed. I'm not like I was before. I'm more like you now. I think you're cool," I lied. Well, the changing part wasn't a total lie.

She looked at me for a second. "Really," she said, more of a statement than a question.

I nodded as casually as I could. "Yeah, I was thinking that I could maybe hang round with you. You say I'm popular? Well, think how popular we'd be if we teamed up."

I wasn't sure if she was completely convinced, but a few seconds later she gave a slow nod.

"We'll try it out. As long as you do everything I say."

It was a risk I'd have to take. I nodded.

"Great!" She smiled at me, probably falsely but I didn't care! This was great, I was practically friends with Quistis. Now I could get anything, right?

But I couldn't let Selphie or anyone know yet. I had to make out we'd just become friends by chance.

"So, Rin, can you like, get me a drink or something?"

"Sure," I said without thinking. I rushed off to the canteen. On the way, I saw Selphie and Irvine out of the corner of my eye. I hid behind a wall so I could hear what they were saying.

"Honestly, Selphie, she told me she was coming to meet you," Irvine said angrily.

"Do you see her?" Selphie squeaked with a hint of annoyance, but she was blushing furiously.

"Well, I dunno. Don't ask me, Selphie. I have no idea where you precious friend is."

"Irvine…I didn't mean it," she was practically crying. What was she doing? Why is she like, apologising to him?

Usually I wouldn't let my friend be walked all over by some guy, but it was different now. I had Quistis as my new best friend. And Quistis needed a drink. I couldn't let her down.

I sneaked off, but as Irvine was walking away he caught sight of me.

"Rinoa?" He half shouted.

I turned around. "Oh hello, Irvine," I said with faked surprise. "And Selphie."

"Rinny, where have you been?" She hugged me quickly, I didn't have time to move away.

"Oh, nowhere. But I can't stay."

"You gotta! I haven't spoke to you since this morning. Please, Rin!" She grabbed me.

"Get off me, Selphie!" I snapped angrily and stormed off. I didn't really care how Selphie reacted to this, since I didn't turn back round and no one tried to stop me.

I got a few drinks for Quistis, since she didn't specify what kind she wanted. I rushed back to her quickly.

I noticed Selphie sitting on a wall with her head in her hands, but since no one else had comforted her, I didn't feel the need to either.

I got back to where Quistis was before but she wasn't there. I began frantically searching the area and calling her name.

She emerged from the other side with a slightly annoyed expression on her face.

"What do you want?"

"Your drinks!" I smiled.

She gave a quick smile, then her face dropped back to her normal expression. "Bit late for that, he just got me one," she flashed a smile to the guy she'd been chatting up earlier.

"Oh, that's fine, don't worry about it then," I understood.

"Believe me, I'm not worrying about it…"

"So, what do you wanna do now?" I asked.

"I got an idea," she smirked. "Go and ask him out for me. He'll say yes, for sure."

"Oh, alright," Quistis sure did ask a lot of me, but it was the least I could do, since soon guys would be falling at my feet, too.

Nothing seemed to be happening yet, though. When would people start to notice that I'm hanging around with the most popular girl in school? All I wanted was to get Squall. He seemed great and I just wanted to know him. I could easily ditch Quistis after he'd started to notice me…but when was it going to happen? I guess I needed to work on my confidence. I suppose I'd have to ask Quistis to help me, since she was so confident.

I cautiously stepped up to the guy. He looked at me. "Aren't you that princess girl?"

"Yeah," I blushed.

He smiled. "Cool."

"Um…Quistis wants to know if you'll go out with her."

"Nah, much rather you, you're a princess, how cool is that?"

I didn't know what to say. Usually I would have wanted to shout at him, or be upset that he was judging me on my princessness again…but now, I really didn't know.

"Um…I'll go tell her, then…" So I returned to her and told her.

"What? You bitch!"

"I'm sorry…"

She stared at me blankly. "Omigod Rin. You're nothing like me! You're never supposed to aplogise."

Cool, she was giving me advice without realising. I'd have to keep this up.

"I'm not?"

"No! You're supposed to bitch about people, you know? I'm not gonna be seen dead with you unless you spice up yourself a little."

"Ok, tell me how," I said excitedly.

"Be mean. Be nasty. Be a bitch. It's so much fun," she said, eyes lighting up. "Bully people. Flirt with every guy you meet. Shout-"

"Give me flirting tips," I asked awkwardly, since that's what I needed most.

"Now you're talking," She grinned.

So she kinda gave me a little step by step flirting tutorial. I smiled afterwards, thinking I could totally do this now.

Well that'll do for chapter 7! Tell me what you think. I guess it's a little longer..! Well yeah, I'll update soon!