Chapter 3:

Feeling Better

"Hey Rin!" Selphie yelled as Seifer sat down.

"What?" Seifer said back politely and cheerfully.

"Squally, you, Irvine, and I, are going to double date tonight!" Selphie said nearly bouncing out of her seat.

"That's great!" Seifer said as he began to blabber about what they should do.

"Hey Rin, how bout you and the little lady, go get ready." Irvine said as Selphie stole his hat. Selphie giggled and ran off, while Irvine got up and ran after her. Seifer got up and walked away, telling Squall he would be ready by 7.

'What am I going to wear?' Seifer wondered as he noticed in Rinoa's purse, was a gold credit card.

"It's shopping time." Seifer said as he grabbed Rinoa's purse and headed out the door.

Seifer spotted Selphie who was getting a piggy back from Irvine and took her with him to get a new outfit.

Seifer picked out something that was him, and Rinoa at the same time. He got a blue tank top with a silver cross in the middle of the shirt. He also picked out some black pants, that he found very uncomfy, but he bought them any way, because it would be something Rinoa would wear.

Selphie picked out a cute yellow halter top that had a cute baby chocobo on the front, and a cute jean skirt, that went just below her butt, with a yellow sparkly belt. Selphie also got herself a new yellow purse that said, "See-D 29" on it. Seifer decided that Rinoa didn't need a new purse, he liked the one she already had.

They went back to garden, and put on their clothes and got done up for their dates. Seifer couldn't believe that he was going out on a date with Squall, but he was Rinoa so he thought that it didn't seem all that bad.

At seven o'clock sharp Squall and Irvine showed up at Rinoa's door.

"Hey butterfly." Irvine said with as much smoothness in his voice as possible.

"Hey Rin." Squall said with much anticipation in his voice. Seifer guessed that meant he wanted to go.

"Just let me grab my purse and we can be on our way." Seifer said as he ran inside and got Rinoa's purse and came back out.

"Okay lets go." Selphie said jumping up and down again.

"So where we going?" Seifer asked Squall. Squall mumbled something that none of them could hear, and Seifer just stared at Squall.

"Where are we going Squally?" Seifer said with a little bit harsher tone. Squall looked up at her as if he wanted to punch her face in.

"I already told you." Squall said in a low rumble.

"I couldn't hear you, Squally." Seifer said as he punched him in the arm playfully.

"We are going to… oh forget it, I have so much work to do, I don't even know why I asked you out on a date." Squall said as he turned around and walked the other way.

"But I asked you out." Seifer said as he began to turn and go back to Rinoa's room, when Selphie grabbed his arm.

"Hey Rin, you can still go with us!" Selphie said as Seifer realized that he didn't really want to go out on a date with Squall anyway. That would have just killed him.

"Ya sure." Seifer said as he caught up with Selphie and Irvine.

They went to a small dining place called La Petite, and it was a fancy resturaunt. They all ordered the rack of lamb, and shared it among the three of them. Seifer had the hardest time eating like Rinoa. He was used to scarfing down food, like Zell ate hotdogs, except a little less dramatic. But Rinoa, she was a careful eater. She didn't want to inhale food, she liked to savor it, or at least that's how Seifer thought she would eat.

"Hey Rin, after this lets go dancing." Selphie said as she almost made her mashed potatoes and gravy go flying.

"Okay selph, but who am I going to dance with?" Seifer said as Selphie thought about the answer very intently.

"Well, what you could do is find someone who's all alone and take them out dancing." Selphie said as she grabbed Irvine's hat and put it on her head.

"Hey butterfly, why don't we just go bowling?" Irvine asked as he stole his hat back and put it on his head ever so carefully.

"THAT'S A GREAT IDEA!" Selphie said as she jumped up and knocked over her glass of water, all over the table.

"Selph, watch where you're jumping okay?" Seifer said as Selphie nodded and ran off to get some napkins.

"Hey Rin, are you sure you're okay? I mean about Squall leaving you, because you seem to be not touching your food." Irvine said as Selphie ran over to a waiter, and told them about the accident she had.

"Yeah, I'm completely okay about it. I mean it's only one date, and besides, I know how much his work means to him." Seifer said as Selphie came running back with a waiter caught on her arm.

The waiter was Seifer. Seifer could hardly believe his eyes, when he saw Rinoa. 'What the heck was she thinking? Getting me a job when I'm not even in my own body!' Seifer began to boil over.

"Look who I found!" Selphie said as she jumped up and down, pointing at Seifer. Irvine tipped his hat, and Seifer just about was ready to kill Rinoa.

"Hey Ri, I mean Seifer, can I talk to you for a second?" Seifer said he pulled Rinoa away from the table.

"Rinoa sure must be desperate." Irvine said as Selphie slapped him upside the head.

"What's up?" Rinoa said as Seifer just about slapped her across the face.

"How come you got me a job, without even asking me?" Seifer said as his face began to turn red from the anger that was building up.

"Well, I was gonna get you something a little more fashionable to wear, but then I noticed that you didn't have a credit card, and so I got you a job to buy you a new outfit."

Rinoa said as Seifer literally had to hold his hands together to keep from slapping her.

"How come you don't like what I wear?" Seifer said as Rinoa shrugged, and Seifer grabbed her shoulders, and squeezed tightly.

"Well, if we are supposed to act like each other, dressing like each other should be under that title too." Seifer said as he pushed Rinoa away from him, and walked back to the table.

"Hey Rin, where's Seifer?" Irvine said as he started to laugh, and Selphie smacked him on the back of his head. Obviously, Irvine had been cracking jokes about Rinoa and himself while he was gone.

"What's your problem Irvine? Just because Seifer and I have problems doesn't mean you have the right to pick on us." Seifer said as he was relieved for not saying Rinoa.

"Fine Miss Prissy." Irvine said as Selphie tried desperately to cheer up the mood.

"LETS GO BOWLING!" Selphie yelled as they left the resturaunt. The car ride to the bowling alley was completely silent except for Selphie messing with the radio switches and humming to the tunes she knew.

"Selphie, I'm going to go get balls, what size do you want?" Seifer said as Selphie began to crack up.

"What?" Seifer said as he realized what he had just said.

"What's so funny little lady?" Irvine said as he walked up with three pairs of shoes. Two of the shoes were slightly large, and the other pair was tiny.

"Rinoa… going….to…get…balls….what…size…" Selphie said in between breaths of laughter.

Irvine began to chuckle, and Seifer stomped off, and got his bowling ball, and got one for Irvine and Selphie. He met them at the lane they were playing on.

Seifer couldn't use his regular weight because Rinoa mustn't have been as strong as he thought she had been. She was really weak compared to his muscular body.

"You go first Irvine." Selphie said as Irvine grabbed a ball, and bowled his first frame. He got one pin down, and Seifer began to laugh.

"What are you laughing at Rinoa?" Irvine said as he noticed how many he pins he knocked down.

"Watch the master." Seifer said as he grabbed a ball, and bowled. He knocked down more than Irvine, but not as much as he'd liked. He only knocked down four.

"You call that master?" Irvine said as he began to laugh.