The Delinquent
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They stood around the car, once the excitement had worn off, contemplating what they were to do next. It was only 9:30 at night so they couldn't just go home, it was a Friday night and going home at 9:30 on a Friday night just wasn't a done thing.
Quistis eyed Rinoa up and down; she really hated the statement Rinoa made with her clothes. Rinoa had a pair of faded light blue flared jeans on with a white sleeveless top and a light blue jacket. It screamed prep and was actually starting to bother Quistis to no end. It was obvious by what Rinoa dressed like that she wasn't exactly a menace to society in her old town.
'We'll soon change that.' Quistis thought with a smirk.
She coughed loudly, earning herself the attention of everyone.
"Well Selphie Rinoa and I are going to be having a girl's night. You boys can do what you want." She announced.
"Ow Quisty, that sounds like fun!" Selphie exclaimed.
"We can have it at my house." Rinoa added.
Rinoa cringed after she said the words, never in her life had she had a party at her house when her father had gone away. It was quite unusual for her to offer her house for anything.
'It's not a party,' Rinoa corrected herself; 'it's just drinks.'
"Sold!" Selphie proclaimed.
Quistis smirked at Seifer, noticing his disdain for her idea immediately. She knew that he was about to start on her, he didn't really like Quistis drinking without him there. Because of Quistis's beauty she often had guys come onto her… and she was a rampant flirt.
"So your ganna be at Rinoa's." Seifer said casually.
"Looks that way, but we may have to go on a mission into town." Quistis replied coolly.
"And go flirting with every guy you lay eyes on!" Seifer burst out.
"Better than you with your little hoe list! I'll do what I want!" Quistis shouted.
Seifer shrugged his shoulders and adjusted the collar on his shirt. He knew he was fighting a losing battle and if Quistis wanted to go out with the girls then she'd go out with the girls. Throughout their entire relationship Quistis had made it dauntingly clear that Seifer wasn't the boss of her and she'd do what she wanted.
"Fine, then we're ganna have a boys night at Squall's." Seifer declared.
Squall merely rolled his eyes; he could see that one coming a mile away. Plus he didn't mind the fact of getting liquored next to Rinoa. It just meant that when Irvine and Seifer went to meet Quistis and Selphie, as he knew they would, he'd get to hang out with Rinoa.
"Fine!" Quistis retorted.
Quistis stormed towards her car and signalled Selphie and Rinoa to follow her. Selphie hopped off the car and Rinoa waved before she too left the vehicle.
Quistis waited till Selphie and Rinoa were safely seated inside the car before she did quite a vicious burn out and left the boys in the dust.
Rinoa glanced over her shoulder as they took off; she grinned and flopped back into her seat. It wasn't long until the questions started though.
Two hours later
Rinoa made a grab for the Jack Daniels that sat perched on the coffee table in the lounge. She and the other two girls had gotten themselves quite inebriated on the alcohol they found in Rinoa's father's alcohol cupboard. And Caraway did not drink bottom shelf liquor.
Quistis rolled her blue eyes as she noticed her phone light up again. Seifer had txt her about ten times since they left him. Abuse at the start for just leaving him like that and after awhile you could tell that he'd been drinking.
The latest one read as follows; cum ova 2 Squalls & drink wif us.
"Nah!" Quistis declared into the phone, not bothering to txt Seifer back.
"How do you manage going out with that!" Selphie said incredulously.
"He has his good side. He's just an asshole!" Quistis laughed.
"Speaking of relationships!" Selphie exploded "Whats the deal with you and Squall!"
Rinoa felt the red rising up into her cheeks and she mentally tried to make it go away. The last thing she wanted was them to starting some half-assed scheme to get those two together. Once again Rinoa reminded herself that she had a boyfriend and wasn't going to jeopardize two years on a guy that she'd known for about two days!
"There is no me and Squall, he's my neighbour!" Rinoa defended.
Selphie giggled but tried to hide it. Quistis had gotten up and left the room once her cellphone started ringing. It was Seifer, obviously.
"He is so damn protective!" Selphie laughed.
It was apparent to Rinoa so far that when Selphie had a couple she became even more high-spirited, this was quite a feat for Rinoa to imagine possible. She was just always laughing.
Rinoa heard the loud thumping music coming from next door, she was a little nervous about going over to see them, as she knew would happen. She may have had a bit to drink and she was a little hazy on her feet but she still had some thinking power left in her. One side of her brain told her to go with it while the other, more logical side, told her that it was a bad idea and she should sit this one out.
"Love you to, babe." Quistis concluded as she entered the room, snapping her phone shut immediately after.
Quistis dropped her phone in her bag before bending down and picking up her drink.
"I told Seifer we'd see them in about three quarters of an hour, because before hand we are going to be giving Rinoa a bad girl makeover!"
Selphie squealed in delight and leapt up from her chair, spilling half her glass on the expensive seat she had been sitting upon. Rinoa cringed and the logical side of her brain started to gain more power.
"I'll run over to Squall's and get some of my stuff!" Selphie exclaimed as she ran out the door.
Rinoa took a large gulp of her drink, trying to forget the stain that Selphie's alcohol would undoubtedly leave. Selphie's sentence and struck a cord inside Rinoa and usually she wouldn't ask about it but she wasn't thinking clearly at the moment.
"Why are Selphie's clothes at Squall's? I thought she was with Irvine."
"Everyone always stays at everyone's house here. It's not like they're having a bit on the side! She'd probably have clothes at Seifer's as well." Quistis replied nonchalantly.
"But aren't you worried that something would happen between them?" Rinoa countered, shock ringing clearly through her voice.
Quistis turned to Rinoa, a serious face covering her features, something Rinoa hadn't seen on her in about an hour and a half.
"Rin, I believe that a relationship is all about trust. If you don't trust your friends then why are you friends with them? If you don't trust your boyfriend then why are you with him?"
The words echoed through Rinoa's head, she had no intention of refuting the fact that she had worried about Lucas cheating on her and she could quite confidently say that she wouldn't want Marcia staying at his house. Going by this opinion she didn't trust her best friend with her boyfriend which made her think about her relationship with them both.
Then a good comeback came to her.
"But Seifer's txt you about a million times in the last two hours! How can you make a statement like that with a straight face?" Rinoa laughed.
Quistis chuckled to herself; she had to think quickly about this one. Her good advice had blown up in her face.
"It' not that he doesn't trust me, it's that he doesn't trust every other male on earth."
At that second Selphie burst through the door. Her arms were filled up with clothes and she had the cord of a hair straightener hanging out from under her elbow. In her mouth was a toilet bag and skilfully held between her fingers was a hairbrush and blow-dryer.
Selphie dropped the stuff on the ground and grinned widely.
"Girl," Selphie sang, "you'll be a woman soon."
Selphie and Quistis were surprised by the amount of "saveable" clothes. There weren't too many but there were some to comment on. A couple of Rinoa's jeans were alright but most of her tops just HAD to go. Everything was bright colours, which just would not do. It seemed that Quistis too had some of her accessories left at Squall's house so jewellery wasn't going to be a problem.
Rinoa glanced up at herself in the bathroom mirror, she pulled at the top they had chosen for her and took a deep breath as she prepared herself for jewellery and makeup.
She was already wearing makeup but apparently it too was too "innocent" as they so eloquently put it.
Rinoa walked out of the bathroom wearing a pair of faded light blue flared hip hugger jeans which would be the only piece of clothing that she could safely saw was here's from there on up. Accessorizing these was a blue wrap around tie up belt with silver buckles all over it.
Rinoa had a dark crimson v-neck sleeveless top that was tied together at the front with gold cord. It showed a fair bit of chest, which Rinoa was used to and it had a V at the bottom that revealed her stomach up to her bellybutton. Around her stomach she had a silver belly chain that was personally Rinoa's favourite part of the outfit.
Rinoa stepped uneasily out of the bathroom. She was feeling a little out of her element at the moment wearing these clothes but she didn't want to say anything. All she wanted was to fit in.
"Now that's sexy." Quistis said with approval.
"Rinny, I didn't realize what a rack you had!" Selphie laughed.
"Come here." Quistis commanded.
Rinoa followed obediently and stood before Quistis and she instructed her to kneel down. With an eyeliner and mascara in hand Quistis began her tiresome endeavour to recreate Rinoa into the stunner that Quistis knew was there. Rinoa was beautiful as it was, her soft features and natural splendour made her that but Quistis knew from experience that there was always room for improvement.
Roughly about fourteen minutes and twenty eight seconds later
Rinoa looked at herself in the mirror and gasped; if she was a guy then she was in trouble! Any and all blemishes she had on her face were now a thing of the past; her cherry red lips were covered in sparkling lip gloss that Rinoa absolutely loved.
Her eyes had been made dark and dramatic, emphasizing the dark chocolate brown that they were coloured. Rinoa had always thought that her eyes had more of a puppy dog affect but after this little transformation Rinoa found herself staring into the eyes of a sultry, sexy maiden.
"Oh my…" Rinoa said, bringing her hand up to her mouth.
She finally noticed that her finger nails had been painted a dark purple, Selphie had been doing that while Quistis was doing her face.
Rinoa wasn't sure if it was the alcohol in her system that was making her think she looked attractive or the fact that she was.
"Squall's ganna go out of his mind." Selphie whispered to Quistis who nodded in agreement.
Rinoa turned to the two females sitting on her bed. She grabbed her drink of the side of her vanity and raised it to them both.
"Cheers." She said regally.
Fifteen minutes and about three shots each later
"I spose we better go see them." Selphie sighed.
It was more than obvious that she wasn't as let down as she was letting on. They were actually surprised that she hadn't said anything earlier.
"Yeah, c'mon Rin." Quistis said, extending her hand out to Rinoa.
"Uhhh…" Rinoa was having second thoughts about whether she should go or not, it wasn't that she didn't want to go, quite the contrary, it was just that she didn't know if she should. Lucas wouldn't like it; she knew that for a fact, especially if he saw her dressed like this. He wouldn't want her to go anywhere dressed like this. Not to mention the fact that if he had any idea that it was a certain attractive male that she would be going for. "I think I might just sit this one out."
Selphie gasped and covered her mouth sharply with one of her hands. Her eyes were wide and she looked scared. Quistis's mouth parted slightly and she had a quick intake of breath.
"Rinny, you have to come. It's a Friday!" Selphie exclaimed.
"No I can't, I'm not settled in properly yet and I should probably get around to that…" Rinoa made up.
Her mind was doing a triumphant dance inside her head while her heart was beating against her chest in protest. Usually she was one to just go with her heart, it hadn't steered her wrong so far but she couldn't. If she went with it this time she jeopardized her entire relationship.
Quistis raised her eyebrows and glanced around the room, they looked pretty settled in but she didn't want to come out and call Rinoa a liar. That's insulting and Rinoa hadn't done anything to receive such a thing.
"Alright Hun, but you know where we are." Quistis concluded.
She gracefully grabbed Selphie's hand as she made her way towards the door. Selphie stared at Rinoa downheartedly as she went, meagrely waving goodbye as she went.
Nearly immediately as they exited the house Rinoa heard her oh so familiar phone beeping. It was a message from Lucas telling her that he was going to ring her.
The phone's piercing ring could be heard throughout the entire house and Rinoa cringed at its shrillness.
"Hey." Rinoa said as she picked the object up.
She heard the thumping music coming from Squall's house and suddenly wished that she had gone.
Hey baby, hows things? Lucas said on the other side of the phone.
"Fine, I've made some friends and stuff."
I miss you.
Rinoa paused; she didn't really know how to respond to that. She could lie and say that her entire world was crumbling beneath her without him, but it wasn't. She was having more fun without him than she ever had with him.
Rinoa?
Rinoa heard her door open and slam loudly. She looked over towards the hallway and squinted her eyes against the darkness, trying to work out who was walking towards her.
She could make out two figures. Then they started running towards her.
Rinoa?
Lucas's voice was starting to sound more and more worried but Rinoa was too busy trying to work out who was in her house. She didn't feel threatened in any way but was still a little afraid.
Then Zell popped out of the darkness and threw Rinoa over his shoulder in the fireman's hold. Rinoa screamed loudly before noticing that Zell was accompanied by Squall. She laughed and let herself be carried out of the house.
RINOA!
Squall looked down at the phone that had been carelessly thrown to the floor. He heard someone on the other end screaming and smirked. It was obviously a male voice and the only male that Squall knew of from Rinoa's past was her boyfriend.
"Sorry mate but it's a competitive world we live in these days." Squall said into the phone before he hung it up.
Squall left Rinoa's house, turning off all the lights as he went and grabbing the bottle of Jack Daniels off the coffee table. He closed the door softly and grinned when he saw Zell running into his own home with Rinoa still over his shoulder.
His grin turned to a smirk as he adjusted the collar of his shirt and walked confidently towards his house.
Squall seemed a bit too cocky in this chapter but it's a bit late now. I didn't really like this chapter and the next chapter will probably focus more on everyone's relationships with each other. Y'know they're friendship and stuff.
Well that's what I thought… what about you?