Where You Want To Be
Chapter Three: Word's Cannot Describe
By: Black Demon567
"If love is blind,
Then give me a seeing eye dog, sunglasses, and goodbye vision!"
Author's Note: I love that quote. :Smiles: I can't believe such the wonderful reviews I'm getting for this story! I'm honored... who knows, this might become my highest priority... now to find a plot...
Summary: A trip to the mall did some good for the group. Rinoa has just invited Squall to a practice... fun, right? Other people think otherwise...
Status On Story: According to all, everyone loves it. Sweet. But... still no plot! Freaky, huh?
Author's Status On Story: ...whoever said I had to like it?
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters other then those that sound relatively non-related to Square-Enix. That and the story are mine. The rest Square-Enix owns.
A set of pale blue eyes stared on the raven haired girl with the brunette commander. He gritted his teeth as he saw the girl smile at the man that was sitting across from her. Then as his eyes were settled on her, she saw her get up and get a napkin as she walked to the commander's side. Apparently he had gotten ice cream on his jacket and she began to wipe it off ignoring that gunblader's refusals and such.
"I'll kill him..." He murmured to himself as his eyes narrowed.
Noises came from the outside of Squall's door that continued to piss him off. It was only seven thirty in the morning and Seifer and Quistis were already at it.
"What do you mean he's back?" Quistis said quickly, "Who is he anyways?"
"He was Rinoa's boyfriend..." Seifer mumbled angrily.
"...alright, and why is that so bad?" Quistis inquired.
"He hasn't always been the kindest person to men around Rinoa."
"And your point?" Quistis asked.
"Remember that black eye your boyfriend got?" Another voice asked. Irvine closed his and Selphie's door where a loud snore could be heard.
"How you sleep through that monster's snores I'd love to know..." Seifer whispered. Irvine only half smirked.
"He isn't my boyfriend, and yes I do remember that black eye..." Her eyes grew wider, "No... he did that to you?"
Seifer nodded slightly.
"But you said that was from a fight with some monster!" Quistis said loudly. Irvine quickly covered her mouth with his hand.
"So I lie sometimes... jeez, sue me." Seifer replied.
"I think we should stop talking and continue some other time, alright?" Irvine asked. The other two nodded and Irvine walked off into the distance and exited down the steps.
Quistis turned back to her door and opened it.
"Going to invite me in?" Seifer asked.
Quistis looked at him and smirked, "You wish." She then walked into her room.
"Hey... you forgot to close your..." Seifer paused for a second, "Oh you sly girl..." And with a chuckle, he walked into her room and closed the door quietly.
Even though Squall's eyes were closed, he rolled his eyes.
"Good morning Squall!" Selphie chirped happily.
"Not now Selphie..." Squall murmured in annoyed tone as he ate his toast.
"Aww, is Squall not a morning person?" Selphie said in a cooed voice.
"I actually think Squall isn't a person sometimes," Zell answered with a grin on his face. Squall looked up and glared at him. "Right, going back to food..."
"By the way, Rinoa said she was sorry but she left already for the Ice Balls Center for her practice but she says once you're ready the limo outside will take you," Quistis said, diverting her eyes for a few seconds away from the newspaper.
Seifer sipped his coffee, "So, goin' for Galbadia's Angel?"
"No," Squall replied calmly, "She invited me."
"Sounds like a date..." Zell mumbled through his chewed food in his mouth. Squall gave him another cold glare making Zell look down at his food, "Right... food."
Leah rolled her eyes and smiled, "I think you guys would make a cute couple."
'Uh-huh... and she has a boyfriend. Wait, since when did I care?'
"Whatever."
"Here you are, Sir," Cid said opening the door for Squall, "The Ice Ball Center." Squall looked at the gigantic building. Its walls were filled with beautiful glass windows and the walls were streaked with a stunning color of royal blue paint.
Cid closed the door and smirked, "Just call when you want me to pick you up." He put a cigarette in his mouth and lit it, then patted Squall on the shoulder and got into the limo's driver's seat and drove off.
Squall slowly walked up the steps in awe of the building and arrived at the front door. He opened it and walked to the front desk where a woman sat at typing. Calm piano playing could be heard.
'Wow...' Squall thought, 'She plays beautifully.'
"May I help you, sir?" The woman asked.
"I'm not sure, but I was asked to meet Miss Heartily during her practice," Squall replied.
"I see. Your name please?"
"Squall Leonhart," Squall answered. The receptionist nodded and typed a few words and gave a confused look.
"That's odd, but according to this 'Squall Leonhart' already came in and is currently with Miss Heartily," The receptionist looked at Squall, "I'm sorry, sir... but this happens quite a lot."
"I see... so, what do I do?" Squall asked. He then heard two doors open and looked. Two giant men dressed in black jackets with the title 'Security' on the back of them walked out. They took him by the arms.
"I'm sorry, sir. But Rinoa has many crazed fans and not to mention a crazy ex-boyfriend who's absolutely belongs in the looney bin."
The next thing Squall knew was the feeling of the cold concrete outside of the building.
"Ow..." Squall groaned in pain. His eyes then flashed open.
"...not to mention a crazy ex-boyfriend who's absolutely belongs in the looney bin."
"Remember that black eye your boyfriend got?"
"...shit."
Rinoa tapped the last few keys on the piano of the song she was playing and jotted a few notes down in her notebook. She then heard the noise of a door open and then close. She looked up with a hand over her forehead to block the light of the spot lights placed on her.
"Squall?" She asked but there was no reply, but she still heard footsteps.
"Is that you?"
"Have you been cheating on me, my little Angel?" Was the reply, in a cold sarcastic tone.
Rinoa felt and ice cold feeling go down her spine. 'That voice...' She thought.
"Did you miss me?" The voice asked.
"...Jared, you know you're not supposed to come one hundred feet of me," Rinoa said warningly.
"You know a document can't stop my love for you, Rinny." The sadistic grin on the face of the man seemed to have a mind of its own, as it seemed to crack wider to the point of where you'd think it would fall off his face.
"Someone! Help!" Rinoa yelled, backing away slowly from the moving Jared.
"Oh, there's no one that can help you... they've been... dealt with," Jared chuckled a little bit.
'How do I get in?' Squall thought to himself as he walked to the side of the building. He noticed a door that said, 'Emergency Exit - Do Not Enter'.
"...well, even if it's an exit..." Squall trailed off, unsheathing his gunblade, "It's still an emergency."
"Jared... please, let go of me," Rinoa struggled as her arm was being held tightly by Jared's hand.
"Why did you leave me Rinny?" Jared asked in an odd way. He forced her arm behind her back and bent her over, placing her upper torso on the piano. Rinoa's eyes went wide.
"Please, Jared... don't... let go of me!" She screamed.
"Why did you le-" The sound of a gun reloading cut the ex-boyfriend off. He turned his head to see a very pissed off Squall holding his gunblade in ready position to fire.
"I, Squall Leonhart, Commander of the Balamb Garden, mercenary and owner of the license to kill, order you to let go of her," Squall gritted through his teeth.
Jared smiled and whipped Rinoa up to make her stand. He pulled a gun from his pocket and held the tip to her head, "So nice of you to join us, Leonhart..."
"Let go of her or I'll shoot you!" Squall roared.
"By the time you shoot, I'll have driven a bullet into..." Jared trailed off as his kissed Rinoa's neck gently. She turned her head in disgust. "...beautiful Rinoa's head."
Squall still didn't move.
"Squall... help me..." Rinoa whispered scared for her life.
After a long pause Squall asked, "What do you want?"
"Drop your gunblade to the side and let me go..." Jared's finger curled on the trigger gently, "...alone."
"Squall..." Rinoa said worried.
"...fine." The gunblader slowly put his gunblade on the floor and kicked it to the right of the stage.
Jared hesitantly shoved Rinoa to Squall and gave an irritated look to Squall, "He won today, my love. Be happy Mister Leonhart came to your rescue... but I promise you I will have you." And with that Jared left quickly and quietly, giving Rinoa's back a look that made Squall scowl.
Squall was about to go pick up his gunblade when he felt two arms wrap around his body. This took him by surprise as he looked down at the brunette that was hugging him. She was crying.
Squall looked at her head confused and lifted a hand to pat her back, but then stopped thinking it wasn't the best approach. He then slowly wrapped her arms around her own body. She hugged tighter giving Squall the idea that it was all right to embrace her. He lifted a hand and ran his gloved fingers through her hair.
After a few sniffles and hiccups Squall heard four words that made his mind spin, "Squall... don't leave me."
"What do you mean you met Jared?" Irvine yelled. The group, excluding Squall and Rinoa, were in an office room in Rinoa's mansion.
"Yeah, he..." Said Squall's voice from the loud speaker of the phone, "He came in as me and I found him trying to take advantage of her..."
The women in the room, plus Zell (for some reason) gasped and covered their mouths in shock. Seifer and Irvine both gritted their teeth and clenched their knuckles.
"Tell me you killed him," Irvine growled.
"No, I didn't... he held Rinoa hostage," Seifer groaned at the response.
"Where are you Squall?" Quistis asked.
"We're going to my condo," Rinoa's voice replied, "I don't feel safe going home."
"Fine, we'll meet you there." Seifer stated.
"No, I don't want anyone else in this... and plus, just me and Squall going won't cause as much attention as opposed to all of us," Rinoa stated.
In the car the Squall had rented, he stared at Rinoa in disbelief.
Back at the office, the others heard Rinoa yell, "Squall!" And then they heard tires screeching.
"Rinoa?" Selphie asked.
"We'll talk later, we're almost there..." Rinoa trailed off. "And Irvine and Seifer?"
"Yeah?" Both replied in unison.
"...Don't tell dad."
Rinoa closed the phone and put it in her pocket, "I'm sorry for dragging you into this Squall."
Squall just kept his eyes on the road as he had no clue how to reply. 'Say something Leonhart! Give her assurance! Tell her it's okay! Tell her that you'll protect her no matter what!' A voice in his head yelled.
"...Yeah." Squall replied. He mentally kicked himself and heard the voice say, 'Good one commander.' He rolled his eyes.
"Make a right here," Rinoa said, "It's a small little condo..."
Small... was not even a word to compare to the size of the condo. It wasn't small at all. In fact, it was as big as a normal house.
Squall had half the mind to ask if all celebrities thought that the ordinary for a normal person was really just small things.
He got out of the car and walked to the other side where he helped the pianist out of the car. She smiled as he looked at him, "You know... with the sun setting behind you... you look really cute."
Squall tried to contain a small smile, but wasn't able to control the redness of his cheeks from appearing. She giggled and pulled out a pair of keys as she walked to the door. Squall followed locking the car with the car keys.
"Sorry if it's a little bit musty... I haven't been here in months," Rinoa said, half-smiling, half-frowning.
She opened the door and walked inside. Squall followed suit and looked around in awe. It was an extravagant home furnished with beautiful furniture. Lights flicked on giving it more of a home sweet home feeling.
"Well... welcome," Rinoa said happily, smiling.
"You know, you don't seem that depressed or scared..." Squall said, looking at the book in the bookcase.
Rinoa still smiled, "Well, that's because you're here to protect me!"
Squall looked at her like a deer in front of head lights, "What?"
"Well... I just... I was kind of hoping that you'd be my body guard as of right now..." Rinoa asked, giving a cute look.
"I... guess." Was Squall's reply.
"Come on... I'll go order us some pizza or something," She then quietly skipped to the kitchen and picked up the phone and dialed the number to the local pizzeria. "What do you want on your pizza Squall?"
Squall was currently looking through the bookcase and found a particular book entitled, 'The Caraway's Album'. "Hm? Oh... plain."
He flipped the cover and looked at the first picture in shock as the picture showed Rinoa as a newborn, but under it was the name 'Rinoa Caraway' along with her birth date.
"...Caraway?" Squall asked himself, "So that's what she meant by 'don't call dad'."
"Pizza'll be here in twenty minutes or it's free," Rinoa said tying her hair into a pony-tail. Squall quickly shut the album book and put it under the chair.
"Great."
"Would you like some more wine, Miss?" The waiter asked Quistis.
Quistis, dressed in a beautiful red dress that complimented with the color of her lips replied, "I really don't think I should..."
"Go on Quisty... have some more," Seifer said, smirking. She hesitated and then nodded. The waiter smiled and poured a little amount.
"I'm not sure if you're actually trying to get a romantic mood going on or if you are trying to get me so wasted that you'll be able to knock me up," Quistis said slyly.
"Quisty, you wound me... such words..."
"Trying to get me drunk."
"And it's not working." Was Seifer's reply, the two looked at each other until they both bursted into laughter.
"Still... you look very handsome in a suit jacket," Quistis said with a smile. She held up her wine glass.
"Thank you, and may I say you look beautiful tonight," Seifer held up his and clinked his glass with hers.
"Remind me why we're here when your best friend was assaulted today?" Quistis asked.
"Because we don't want to attract any attention and we need to keep a low profile as it is and if we're running around in panic we're screwed," Seifer replied.
"Why?"
"Oh my... are you the model Seifer Almasy?" A woman asked, amazed at the sight of the man, "Could you sign this napkin for me?"
"I've kind of been wondering this," Rinoa said putting her plate down.
"Alright," Squall answered. "What?"
"Why didn't Jared kill you and me when he had the gun and you didn't have a weapon on you?" Rinoa asked.
Squall took out a small dagger with a trigger under it, "Besides having honor since he was once one of Galbadia's top soldiers, I think he knew I had this."
"What is it?"
"Gundagger. It's a new part of the gunblade series and I'm on of the first users. It's not out in store yet."
"Then how did he kn-"
"He was using one at the time," Squall said, cutting her off.
"Oh..."
"I think it's time we go to bed, it's eleven," Squall said, getting up and starting to clear the table. Rinoa put on her glasses and shut off the tv.
"Yes, dad..."
'...that's General Caraway... ask her about why she's Rinoa Heartily instead.'
"Don't call me that..." Squall groaned.
"Fine, Squally-poo." Squall rolled his eyes and groaned once more.
He finished washing the dishes and walked up the stairs to see a hall of doors, but only two were open. One room had its lights on while the other didn't. He walked to the one with the light on to see Rinoa getting changed into her baby blue pajamas but was in only a bra and her pajama bottoms. She turned to see him watching her and she blushed a little.
"Oh, hi," Rinoa said shyly.
"Yeah... um... goodnight," Squall said, diverting his eyes from her. He then began to walk off towards his room until he heard Rinoa say.
"Wait!" Rinoa walked out of her room now fully clothed, "I um..."
"Yes?" Squall asked impatiently.
"I was wondering if... you could... I mean... I don't exactly feel safe," Rinoa trailed off, "...could you sleep with me?"
"Sleep with you?"
"I mean, uh... sleep in the same bed as me... I'd feel safer." Rinoa looked at the floor, blushing rather crazily.
"...Whatever."
"Good night!" Rinoa said rather cheerly. She then turned around to see Squall staring at her as if annoying little children were screaming bloody murder and it was all Rinoa's fault.
"Do you do this with every bodyguard you have?" Squall asked.
Rinoa smiled happily and turned around and whispered to herself, "Only the cute ones... and there's only been one so far."
Author's Notes: I was going to add a little more to that last scene... and I was going to have the others in this chapter a lot more but I'm really tired and I've come to the conclusion that I'm not the best author anyways. Haha, it's 2 o'clock in the morning and I'm on my way home from Thanksgiving with the family and I'm keeping my dad company, along with doing work for work and homework for school. I'm multi-tasking! Go me! Haha.
Who knew rap would get me into a writing mood too? If ya liked the updation, thank Eminem and his song "Like Toy Soldiers"...
I hope you guys enjoyed it, and look forward to the maybe next chapter! Review please!