The Delinquent

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Rinoa's thoughts kept circling and circling around inside her head, the same thing over and over again. 'Get out of here… get out of here…' but she simply couldn't. Her head was telling her to leave but everyone was assuring her of how much fun this was going to be.

Everyone just kept telling her everything was going to be fine, and she believed them. What reason did she have to doubt what they said? As the music got closer she could finally recognize it, it was rap, she doubted that Squall and co. listened to too much rap.

She noticed all the people outside were staring at them, she probably would've been to. There was a fair few of them and they stood out. Rinoa could tell even by the clothes that her new friends wore that they were outcasts. She was starting to think that she needed to change her wardrobe. She was a little used to pastel colors and this didn't appear to even be a feature here.

Her feeling of trepidation increased even more when she noticed a boy in a letterman's jacket run inside, she knew just what he'd be doing as well. He'd be telling all the other jocks about this new occurrence, as well as all they're friends.

They were at the front of the crowd as well so any confrontation that would occur would have to start with them. They weren't just going to be part of the pack; they were going to be dead center of it.

Once again, against Rinoa's better judgment, she continued on inside. She saw the looks immediately, the abhorrence in everyone's eyes while they didn't have the guts to voice they're antipathy.

They'd been there barely five minutes before a crowd surrounded them. Leading they're pack was a flurry of letterman jackets. The most hated of the popular people, jocks.

"What do you losers think you're doing here?" one of them snarled.

"Enjoying the party, yourself?" Squall said, the confidence in his voice was commendable considering how badly they were outnumbered.

"Don't act cute with me dickhead!" the boy yelled.

Zell laughed loudly, obviously finding something terribly funny. Rinoa didn't think the situation was that great, she could already see the preppy girls zeroing in. their inch long nails glistening in the light.

"Squall, he thinks you're cute." Zell finally let out.

"Looks like you got yourself a girlfriend Squall." Seifer added.

Squall smirked, he liked the position he was in. His friends insulting and laughing at them, he knew that a lot of other people here would like it as well and it felt good to give someone else pleasure for once. For once other people were getting something out of what he was doing.

Rinoa felt someone grab her wrist from behind and before she knew it she'd been pulled back a couple of meters. She turned to see Quistis who shook her head seriously at Rinoa.

"You don't want to be up there, this is going to get violent and its ganna be quite bad up there. Stay here." Quistis warned before she boldly walked back to the front of the crew.

Rinoa pierced her eyebrows together, wondering why it was alright for Quistis but not for her. It didn't seem fair but she wasn't going to go ask why.

"I'm giving you all one chance to get out of here. Now fuck off!" another boy from the other side yelled.

"Go get fucked." Seifer laughed.

The boy glared menacingly at Seifer, daring him with his eyes to fuck with him. Seifer just smirked, an arrogant smirk that would set any anger alight.

"When I tell you to do something, you do it!"

That was when it all really started, at least from Rinoa's point of view. That's when everything changed for her. Her life was about to go through a roller coaster ride that would leave her different from the person she used to know. It would change her in ways that she had no idea she could change, her life was about to transform from being normal…to being much more.

Seifer's smirk grew into a look of unadulterated anger. The face of a madman emerged and to anyone on the planet it would've been frightening. There was no doubt in anyone's mind that Seifer threw the first punch. It was a bone cracking blow that made a lot of people in the room cringe. After that an all out brawl began… the first of many.

All around Rinoa chaos ensued, she didn't know what to do. She could see Selphie, Selphie was, without a doubt, mental.

She had some blonde girls' hair in one hand while she pounded down on her head with her other fist. The blonde was screaming and it was apparent that there was no way out of this for her.

Before Rinoa had time to decide what she was going to do with herself she felt a crack from behind. It sent her stumbling forward and Rinoa felt quite dazed by the experience. She'd never been hit before, this was her first fight.

She turned around, puzzlement quickly turning to fury. Without a thought Rinoa turned to the girl and dived on her, open slaps sailing through the air like crazy. While all this was happening Rinoa felt a clarity that she hadn't felt before, it was as if nothing in the world mattered and the only thing that did hold any importance was hurting the girl below her.

Rinoa heard Seifer yell loudly "When I tell you to go get fucked you go get fucked!" this woke her up from her trance and she looked down at the girl below her.

Below her the girl only faltered for a second before she rolled on top of Rinoa and started giving her the same treatment she'd been receiving no less than two seconds before.

It didn't last long before she was hauled off Rinoa and thrown away, it was Squall. He's saved her… kinda… He smiled at her and helped her up.

All around them pandemonium proceeded to go on but for just a brief second Rinoa felt more safe than she had in her entire life. As if as long as Squall was smiling everything was alright.

He winked at her before diving on some boy who had foolishly been near him. Rinoa grinned and was about to do the same but she heard an unfamiliar sound that seemed to make the entire party stop what they were doing. Everyone looked at each other for a second before it was realized that that sound was a siren… a police siren.

Before Rinoa knew what was happening Squall had grabbed her hand and they were running.

"Whats going on?" Rinoa yelled above the commotion.

"PIGS! We have to get out of here!" Squall replied.

They'd headed the opposite way that they'd come in, obviously going for the backdoor. Once outside Rinoa was helped over a large fence that surrounded the property by Squall and then he too jumped over it. They sprinted through some random's property before Squall's car came into view.

Squall slid over the bonnet then tripped and fell on the way down. Rinoa would've laughed if she wasn't so busy climbing into the car herself. Once both of them were seated inside Squall revved his engine and took off at break neck speed.

Rinoa found herself wondering how often he had done this, he was fairly skilled at escaping and she was quite glad that he had taken the time to grab her. The car began to slow down a bit and Rinoa was going to ask what he was doing until Seifer suddenly dived headfirst into the backseat.

After that there were no pit stops. Squall glanced absentmindedly over at Rinoa, he was unsure of whether she would be really into him and his friends after tonight. It hadn't quite gone to plan, he knew that he'd inevitably gotten into a fight tonight but he hadn't expected an all out brawl like what happened.

Squall noticed a small cut on Rinoa's bottom lip which he also noticed was curved up in a small smile. He could feel a bruise coming up around his eye and blood trickling down his noise, but it wasn't bleeding too badly so he wasn't too fussed about it.

"What a piece of shit!" Seifer snarled as he wiped a bit of blood from his own nose.

"Who got ya?" Squall enquired.

"Fucking Zell! He reckons it was an accident. I know damn well what that pussy did, he lined me up and fucking kicked me in the head!"

Squall chuckled lightly to himself; he didn't want Seifer to see him laughing at him. it was just such a Zell thing to do, Zell had a bit of a grudge against Seifer… lets just sat that Seifer wasn't always they're friend.

Squall started to zone out, thinking about things other than Seifer's urge to "smash" Zell Dincht. He glanced at Rinoa to make sure she was alright and was surprised to see her with her head facing up to the sky with her eyes closed.

She had a small smile spread across her lips and one arm extended straight out her side of the car. The wind blew through her hair lengthening her hair so that it seemed about twice as long as normal. She looked so at peace, and Squall slowly found it harder and harder to keep his eyes on the road. She was like Aphrodite… his Aphrodite.

Squall managed to snap himself out of his trance by turning the radio on, a familiar song was on and Squall tapped his fingers lightly on the steering wheel. By this point Seifer was in a trance of his own, staring with dull eyes at the scenery that flew past.

Squall knew that he'd be more than worried about Quistis, but she was intelligent… more intelligent than anyone Squall knew so she'd be fine. They'd all be fine, they were crafty.

Soon Rinoa was out of her own dream and realizing that she had no idea where they were or where they were going. She imagined that had she been living here for a little more than she might have some idea but it was a handicap that she was sure she'd remedy.

"Where 'bouts are we going?" Rinoa enquired.

"We always go here if we get separated. If we just txt each other or something it might be a waste of time cause when the cops lock ya up they take all your belongings." Squall explained.

It sounded pretty feasible so Rinoa didn't doubt that. She didn't exactly know for sure though cause being locked up wasn't something she had on her list of things she'd done.

Seifer sighed in the backseat and Rinoa realized for the first time in awhile that he was still here.

"Do you know how the others got out?" Rinoa asked.

She knew that Squall wouldn't because he was with her the whole time, if he knew she'd know.

Seifer just shook his head. He was going to give her an ear full on did it look like he knew where the hell they were and how should he know etc but decided against it. Although he was an asshole he was worried and she was new. Not to mention the fact that lover boy might get all anti.

Soon they were parked outside an old abandoned go-cart racing track. Rinoa thought it was pretty random but didn't mention it. It was quite convenient because no one would go there.

Rinoa noticed relief go fleetingly over Squall face and noticed a red car parked about two meters away.

Selphie and Quistis quickly raced out of the car and came towards Squall's. Selphie looked more excited than Rinoa had ever seen her while Quistis was more refined and looked more serene.

Selphie's hair was a mess and she sported a fat lip and a scratch mark down the left side of her face.

Quistis's hair was much worse than Selphie's; it was knotted up and surrounded her face that on any other female on earth would look horrible. But as per usual somehow, someway she managed to still glow with an elegance that any other girl would kill for. She had a small graze on her chin but it wasn't too obvious and she had a cut on her forehead that seeped a little bit of blood.

"Oh my god I canned that Rachel bitches ass!" Selphie laughed loudly.

She jumped up and sat on the bonnet of Squall's car, much to his displeasure. She was laughing and a huge smile was spread across her lips. Quistis had taken to leaning against the car and being unexpectedly silent.

"Did you see B1 and B2?" Seifer sneered.

"Yeah, they got in Irvine's car way after me and Quistis were in hers. I dunno if they got out aye." Selphie said her high spirits disheartened.

"They'll be fine Selphie, you'll see." Quistis reassured.

Damn near at that very second they heard Zell screaming. They all looked over to see Zell hanging out the window of Irvine's truck and Irvine rallying around the corner.

"YEAH!" Zell yelled as he nearly fell out the car.

Squall rolled his eyes but still smirked, he was glad that everyone got out. It wasn't too much of a mission to get out of that place but there was always a risk. Everything in life was risky it was just whether you were willing to do it. Squall was proud to say that he and most of his friends were more than willing to take any risk. It was what made his life more exciting.

"That was awesome!" Zell yelled as he exited the car. "People need more of that sort of situation in their lives!"

Zell was sporting a mean black eye that was already starting to bruise. He had a bit of blood on his chin and his knuckles were actually bruised and bleeding. His lip was cut deeply and it was more than obvious that he got into quite a fight.

Irvine didn't look too bad, just a bloody nose and a bit of blood. His jacket had a nasty rip in it though and there was a gaping hole in his jeans.

For the first time Rinoa noticed the state Seifer was in as well. He had a purple bruise appearing on the right side of his face, obviously from where Zell had kicked him in the head and a deep gash on the other side of his face.

"Damn." Rinoa breathed.

"What?" Irvine enquired.

"You guys look terrible!" Rinoa laughed.

"Hey you wanna see yourself girl!" Zell chuckled.

"SPEAKING of WHICH!" Seifer suddenly snarled.

He grabbed Zell by the collar and lifted him off the ground. Zell kicked his feet a bit but wasn't really doing too much to defend himself. He grabbed his own collar so he wasn't being strangled and his face was turning a little red.

"You piece of shit!" Seifer growled.

"I told you that was an accident!" Zell defended.

"I'll show you a fucking accid-"

"Seifer chill out, he said it was a mistake." Quistis cut in.

Like magic Seifer dropped Zell and sat back down. Zell smiled weakly at Quistis who smiled back. Selphie leaned over to Rinoa, a rather large grin set upon her features.

"She's got that boy trained so well." Selphie whispered.

Rinoa nodded and grinned herself. She had noticed that throughout her time with them. Rinoa glanced at Squall who had now taken his attention away from the calamities that his friends were to stare at the stars above them.

Rinoa too started staring at the stars above. In Deling you didn't really see the stars because clouds and pollution filled air blocked them out but here you could see them as if they were a picture specifically painted for you. They spread across their blue canopy and lit it up like glow worms in a cave. Rinoa couldn't deny their beauty and before she knew it she'd seen a shooting star dart across the sky.

She looked over at Squall to see he was staring at her too. She smiled softly at him and pointed one of her slender fingers up at the heavens.

I don't really like the ending of this chapter but I didn't really want to put anything after that. Hope you enjoyed the chapter nonetheless.

So… how'd I do?