Getting Away

Disclaimer- I do not own Final Fantasy VIII. It belongs to Square NOT me!

What if he's still coming? Selphie thought worriedly as she stumbled along in the hallway that led to the dorms. She had to get to Rinoa's dorm before that guy came back. Getting away the first time had been hard enough, she didn't think that she could do it again. Finally! Thought Selphie when she had finally arrived at Rinoa's dorm. She reached up and knocked on the door. Please be in! Selphie prayed to God as she held her breath waiting for someone to answer the door. She knocked again. Still no answer. Selphie fell to her knees in front of Rinoa's door and started to cry. That's when Rinoa opened the door. "Sorry I took so long to answer. I was in the shower and-" Rinoa finally noticed that Selphie was on the floor crying in a very ripped dress. "Selphie! Are you ok? Come inside." Rinoa reached down to help Selphie up but Selphie flinched away from her hand and got up herself.

"Please don't touch me." Selphie whispered in a broken voice. Rinoa nodded and opened the door for Selphie to come in. Once inside Selphie sat down on Rinoa's couch and dropped her head into her hands.

"Selphie what happened?" Rinoa asked.

"I was walking down by the stage in the quad when someone grabbed me and-" Selphie couldn't finish her sentence.

"Someone raped you?" Riona cried out.

"NO!" Selphie yelled. "Sorry. He didn't rape me. He tried to. I just got away."

"Oh. Do you know who it was?"

"If I knew who it was I would be out there with you guys kicking his ass. God!" Selphie yelled again. "Sorry again. I'm just a little...touchy now."

"It's ok." Rinoa reassured her. "That's natural. Is it ok if I call Squall and Zell. They can search around and see if can find out anything."

"Ya, whatever." Selphie said as she layed down and then curled up into a ball. Rinoa walked over to her phone and dialed Squall's number first.

"Hello." Squall answered sleepily. He was asleep! It was only 10:30. Thought Rinoa.

"Hey, I need your help." Rinoa said.

"Sure, anything." Squall replied sounding more awake now.

"I have a problem-"

"I'll be there in three secs. Don't move an inch." Squall said hurriedly and hung up the phone. Ok thought Rinoa. That was odd. Next she called Zell.

"Yello?" Zell answered.

"Hey. We have a problem." Rinoa then told him the whole story and Zell said he would be over right away. Rinoa then hung up the phone and walked towards Selphie. "How are you feeling?" She asked Selphie. Not wanting to talk about, Selphie avoided the question with another.

"Are they coming?" That's when they heard knocking on the door.

"Does that answer your question?" Rinoa asked as she walked to the door and opened it. Squall stood there looking at her.

"Are you ok? What's wrong?" He asked really fast.

"I'm fine it's Selphie. She was almost-" Rinoa was cut off by Zell's barging into the room.

"Selphie? Are you ok?" He ran to her and tried to touch her but she shrieked and moved away from his hand as quickly as possible.

"She's not ready to be touched yet." Rinoa told Zell gently. "Anyway, we thought that you two may be able to find something out. You know, go looking around."

"Does she know who her attacker was?" Squall asked. Rinoa shook her head as Selphie just cowered on the corner of the couch. "Then I'm afraid that there is nothing much that we can do." Squall said sadly. "We'll just have to watch her." Rinoa nodded.

"You can stay at my place if you want." Zell offered her. He could tell that she was about to say no so he added, "I'll keep watch for you. I want to protect you." Selphie sat quietly for a minute and then finally nodded. "Good. Come on." Zell said as he waited for her to walk out the door and then he followed.

"Oh Squall." Rinoa said worriedly. "Do you think she'll be ok?" Squall took Rinoa into his arms and put his chin on top of her head.

"Zell will help her get through it."

"I know but she's really traumatized and Squall..." Squall looked down at Rinoa eyes and realized the truth that she hadn't said yet. "I'm scared." She whispered. Squal gently stroked her hair.

"Don't be. Everyone knows what I would do to them if they ever even looked at you in a wrong way." Squall said trying to be reassuring. He could tell she was still scared though because she began trembling in his arms. "Come stay with me tonight."

"But Selphie-"

"Will be fine. She's with Zell. Come on." Squall said as he picked her up and walked out her door. "Where's your key?"

"In my pocket." Rinoa whispered and pulled it out. She then gave Squall the key who in turn locked her dorm room door. He then carried her off to his own room.

"All right, here we are." Zell said as he quickly unlocked his dorm door. He looked at Selphie and realized that she was hesitating. Why? He would never hurt. Didn't she know that? Zell gently pressed his hand to her back trying to urge her inside but she just screamed and dropped to the floor. What the hell was he going to do? "I'm sorry Selphie. I'm just trying to help. You need to go inside." Zell whispered to her from a good distance. She suddenly got up and walked inside his room.

"I know...I'm just...I can't..." Selphie said and she began to cry. She sat down on his bed and let her tears fall and Zell wished that he could comfort her.

"You need some clothes. I'll go to your room and-"

"NO! Please don't leave me..." Selphie whimpered. Zell nodded and looked through his drawers to see if he had anything that was clean. He came up with a long white t-shirt he used to wear to bed.

"I won't leave you. Now put this on." He said throwing the white shirt to her.

"Thanks." She whispered but she didn't move.

"What are you waiting for?" Zell asked, clearly confused as to why she wasn't putting the shirt on right away.

"For you to turn around."

"Oh. Sorry." Zell said and quickly turned. He had forgotten that she would actually have to get semi-naked. He heard her rustling around behind him and he was really tempted to turn. He couldn't do that though and he was disgusted with himself for even thinking it.

"I'm done." Selphie said and Zell turned around. She nearly took his breath away when he turned. The white shirt hugged her curves sweetly and her hair was all mussed up from pulling the shirt on over her head. She had never looked more beautiful to him. "Zell...Earth to Zell." Selphie said and suddenly he snapped back to attention.

"Uh yea?" That was embarassing thought Zell.

"I just realized I need to take a shower." Selphie said quietly. Why was God making this so hard for him wondered Zell.

"Uh sure. The shower is through that door." Zell said relatively calmly. He walked around his room looking for a clean towel. YES! He thought. Found one. He opened the door to the bathroom for her and handed her the towel. "There's soap and shampoo there but that's about all I have. If you want your stuff I can go and get it for you tommorow."

"You mean I can stay?" Selphie asked, her eyes wide.

"For as long as you like." Zell answered with a gentle smile.

"Thanks Zell. I don't know what I would do without you."

"No prob." He said and walked to his couch to watch tv.

"Are you sure she'll be ok?" Rinoa asked for the zillionth time.

"I'm positive." Squall replied as he had all zillion times before. "Now what do you want to eat. I have half a cold pizza me and Zell ate. One can of flat pop. A half eaten sandwich and some left over stroganoff." Rinoa grimaced at what he offered.

"Don't you have some cold cuts and bread?" She asked. Squall just shook his head no. "Then I think we should skip eating. I would suggest going to the caf but it closes at 9:30."

"Who needs food. We'll be fine for now. I'll take you to the caf tommorow morning and buy you the biggest stack of pancakes ever." Squall said and Rinoa smiled. He knew that would help her get her mind of Selphie. "Come here." He said and she got up off the couch and walked over to him. He grabbed her waist and heaved her closer until they were against each other. "Kiss me." He said. He leaned down and she rose up until their lips met. He pressed her against him harder knowing that she could feel that he was aroused but not really caring. He opened her lips with his tongue and then plunged in to enjoy the warmth of her mouth.

"Squall...Should we be doing this?" She whispered against his mouth.

"I'm going to take your words and throw them back at you. Stop thinking!" He whispered back and then went back to kissing her. He then lowered his head and started kissing her throat.

"Squall..."

"All right. I'll control myself. Come on and get into bed." Rinoa gave him a funny look. "I'll just hold you, I promise." Rinoa believed him and quickly grabbed stripped out of her clothes and pulled on one of his white shirts. She then climbed into his bed. He stripped off everything but his boxers and climbed in beside her, gently wrapping his arm around her waist. "Good night." He whispered into her hair.

"G'night."

Selphie stood in the shower letting the water hit her. Why was she so afraid of Zell's touch? It's not like he was the one who tried to rape her. Suddenly a flashing image went by and she seen the man grabbing at her dress. Selphie opened her eyes wide and prayed to God that she would never have to go through that again. She quickly got out of teh shower and dried off. She then pulled on a pair of Zell's boxers that he had given her and her shirt. The boxers were really loose so she took the hair tie that she kept around her wrist and tied them in a big pony tail on the side until they were tight enough. She then pulled Zell's brush through her hair and finger brushed her teeth. She opened the door and found that Zell had fallen asleep in front of the tv. She smiled and then turned to climb into his bed. "Good night Zell." She whispered before falling asleep.