I've had this in my document manager for a while but it wasn't finished. I finally finished today and I wasn't sure whether or not I should save it for Halloween but I decided it would be cruel to make you wait any longer!
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This chap is longer than the first two. Like, a lot longer o.O
Oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god... Tifa stared at Vincent in disbelief. All common sense long since gone.
Vincent watched her with growing concern. Not another one. PLEASE tell me it's not another one of those damn fangirls.... He tugged on his hand but failed to pull it out of her vice-like grip, I'm gonna be here forever... He shifted the lollipop to the other side of his mouth and sighed. "Um... are you...alright miss?"
Tifa's eyes grew wide, He asked if I was alright! Oh my god he's so thoughtful! "Yeah," She responded dreamily.
The tone didn't go unnoticed, "...Good. Uh... you can let go of my hand now..."
Tifa blinked and looked down at their hands, "Oh! I'm sorry! I...uh...kinda... um, sorry." She blushed horribly and took her hand back, fiddling with her fingers nervously. She was SO embarrassed, "Thanks "
Vincent smiled. At least she wasn't one of THOSE kind of fangirls. "Hey, no problem. I'm sorry for running into you... in the literal way. I'm happy I got to meet you Miss...?"
"Tifa! I mean, Lockheart! Tifa Lockheart. Um...please, just call me Tifa."
"Well, nice to meet you Tifa." He brought her hand to his lips and kissed it lightly, "I'm Vincent Valentine as you probably already know."
Tifa flushed, "U-uh...y-yeah..." He just-Ohmygod!
Vincent let go of her hand and nodded, ignoring her inability to talk, "So why are you here?"
"I-I'm trying to get into your movie." Deep breaths Tifa, deep breaths.
"Ah, yes. Every girls' dream, right? Become a star. Fame and fortune." He didn't really know why he was talking to a complete stranger. She was probably just a sad lonely little girl with nothing better to do but stalk celebrities, but he felt bad for running into her and she didn't seem that bad. His mother had always told him to be nice to girls.
"That's not all! There's also love and friends. Fame isn't everything."
He arched an eyebrow, Maybe underestimated her... "You really think that?" She nodded. "Smart... There aren't many people who realize that. Being a celebrity sucks most of the time. You know that rumor going around about me and Lucrecia? The one about how we're going out? That's not true. People will come up with anything nowadays to get popularity."
"Your not together?!" YESSS!!! "Your not getting married or anything like that?"
"Married? Haven't heard that one yet." Vincent smiled as he watched Tifa grin, Sweet girl. "Hey, how about I show you around?"
"Okay."
They started walking in the direction Tifa had been going in, Vincent pointing random things and people he felt were important.
"-And that guy over there's Reno. He's our main cameraman... and that blonde lady standing next to him is Elena. She's my love interest in this film and ONLY in the film. We're not going out or anything like that so no matter what you hear remember that. It's like all that crap about me and Lucrecia... I am SINGLE. Not dating or anything. All the women after me are just after the money... If I ever get in relationship it has o be serious, you know what I mean?"
"Yeah," Tifa still couldn't believe she was talking to Vincent Valentine. And not just TALKING, they were having a CONVERSATION, like they were old pals or something... "I understand completely. I used to like this guy... but it didn't work out and he ended up with this other girl."
Vincent watched her curiously, "You really liked this guy?"
"Yeah... His name was Cloud. We were really good friends when we were growing up..." She sighed, her eyes reflecting the pain and sadness deep in her heart.
He stopped walking and continued to study her face, She hides her pain so well... "It's not good to dwell in the past. I would know."
Tifa looked up. She was curious but didn't want to pry, "I guess not, but sometimes it's hard-" She shook her head, "Nevermind. This is getting kinda depressing."
"We could talk about it if you'd like."
"No, it's okay. I want to learn more about you anyways. Like, why are you taking the time to talk to me? I'm just... average. There's nothing special about me."
"Don't say that! There's something special about everyone," Vincent smiled, "And your averageness is one of the reasons why I like talking to you! I can actually TALK to you, I mean, I barely even know you, yet, we've had some of the most interesting conversations I've had in a while. Sure, all we talked about was rumors and your love life but you know what the 'special' people around here talk about? How much money they spent in the last hour. How many autographs they signed at their movie premiere. How great their low carb diet is going. We can never talk about anything normal."
Tifa blinked in surprise, "You've got be kidding me!"
"I'm not. Just the other day Elena was talking about how she hadn't had chocolate OR pizza for six months. I don't know about you, but I for me... that would be impossible. I can't live without chocolate for a week, much less half a year."
"How does she live?! What does she eat?"
"She lives off yogurt and salads."
"Really?" She said in absolute awe.
He laughed, "No, I just made that up. I really have no idea what she eats but I know it's healthy."
Tifa smiled, "You sure lead an interesting life."
"Interesting to you maybe."
"You don't seem to like being famous."
"It's okay sometimes, you get used to it. But sometimes you just want to go out and see the world, you know? Like a normal person. No fans, no paparazzi, no appointments or schedules...
"Maybe I'll become a star and understand what your talking about one day. This movie is my big chance. I've never really acted before...Drama wasn't really my thing in high school...."
He arched an eyebrow, "Really? Well I'm sure I you'll make it. If not..." He grinned, "I'm sure I could pull a few strings."
Her head shot up, "You'd do that?"
Vincent thought about how well she hid her pain, For someone who claims she doesn't know how to act you're pretty good, "Yeah. I believe you have potential. Just call it my... movie star intuition or something. I could talk to the director Sephiroth, have you met him?"
Potential...Me? He's probably just trying to make me feel better... "Yeah I've met him, nice guy. I don't really know him but would he really do that if you asked? Stars must have some insane power."
"Some power, not too much. It also helps to be his brother." (I know you people are like WTF?! But I couldn't resist! I've seen it done before! And for me calling him Sephiroth Valentine is a lot easier than Sephiroth Hojo. Besides, Vincent, Sephiroth, and Lucrecia all being around the same age doesn't go with the whole family thing o.o and Jenova and Hojo... I don't even know if they're gonna show up yet)
"His BROTHER? You're kidding!"
"I'm not, Seph's my older brother. The whole family is kinda in the movie business."
"That's so cool!"
"Hey! What are you doing back here?!"
They turned and saw Cid. Tifa blinked, "Are you talking to me?"
"Yeah, you."
"It's alright Cid, she's with me." Ooh, that sounded wrong...
"Vin?! 'The hell you doin' here?! You're s'possed to be in your dressing room hiding from rabid fangirls!"
Vincent shrugged, "I got bored."
"Well, whatever. We're all about to go anyways. Lockheart was it? You can go home now. We'll call you once we've sorted all this shit out."
Tifa nodded, "Okay."
"Alright. Come on Vin. We've gotta go find Seph."
Vincent started to walk with Cid but stopped and turned back to Tifa, "It was nice talking to you Tifa. I hope we get to talk some more sometime. Maybe have lunch or something if I can get away from the paparazzi," He smiled, "Bye. See you later, I guess." He walked away and waved over his shoulder.
Tifa grinned, "Bye!"
Lunch with Vincent! That would be great! I can't WAIT to tell Yuffie!
Vincent is so talkative! But in this fic Vincent talks to people he feels comfortable with and gets all distant and stuff when he doesn't like someone.
As for the Sephiroth being Vincent's brother thing... I think I've only seen it done once before so if you guys complain I won't be surprised. But I think it works, so....yeah.
Please review. This chapter took a long time to write x.x