Shattered. Chapter 2.
Music: DJ Sammy - Heaven (Candlelight Mix)
"How long has he been sitting there?" Zell asked after standing in silence for a good minute. Quistis looked over at him from the window where she looked into Squall's infirmary room. She looked back at Squall and didn't respond at first.
"He hasn't moved for six hours."
"Six hours? How do you know?
"Because......I've been standing here watching him for 6 hours." she told him, and quickly glanced his way from the corner of her eye. She hoped she hadn't given anything away when she had said that...but she let the tension flow out of her shoulders and realized that if Squall could open up to her the way he had, she should stop trying to hide her feelings from her closest friends.
Quistis and Zell had gotten to be rather close in the past year. He had started off as a bit of a party animal and an all around jerk on top of that. Not so much of an insulting person, but an irritating 'get-under-your- skin' type. When they had all been faced with the possible end of everything, Zell woke up and matured a lot. He was still a bit of a clown, but where his friends were concerned, he stopped acting so tough and let them into his life. Quistis has at one time hated to be in the same room together, and now they had lunch on a daily basis and had become best friends. They had dated briefly but both agreed that it felt strange and would much rather stay friends. It was rare that a relationship like their's could end in a mutual break up and still remain so close.
"I'll be back to check on him in an hour. I have a class in a few minutes and we're starting to work with the bo-staff today. You take care, ok?" he said to her and put his hand on her shoulder. She barely nodded, but did so just enough to signal that she was listening. His bare hand slid off her Seed uniform and patted her on the back once before he headed out the door. He looked back into the room at her watching Squall. A gentle grin touched his lips before he put his hands behind his head in a stretching motion and continued out the door.
Squall turned his head from the window that looked out over the Ocean and his eyes met with her's. He smiled ever so softly to her and she returned his smile with one of her own. She pushed the door of the room open and walked over to his side. Sitting next to him on the edge of the bed she asked him, "How are you feeling?"
"A little better. I'm sorry for worrying you." He looked down suddenly, rather embarressed about what had happened, but the emotion of embarressment flooded his face, like a bright color, rather than the shades of grey he had shown before this all happened.
"Sorry...for what? Opening up?"
"For being a burden to you... I know the last thing that you-"
"Squall...you're not a burden. You've never been one. You don't have to apologize. You have friends that love you very much and even though you may not believe it, you can come to any number of us and you don't have to worry about what you say or do. I hope you'll understand that one day.
He made an expression that she wasn't sure was a smile or a smirk. Either way, she rested her head on his shoulder and told him that everything was ok now and that he didn't have to fear getting hurt again.
"Quistis...How much do you remember of your childhood?" he asked her suddenly.
"Just bits and pieces here and there... just as much as you I suppose."
He was quiet for a moment, as if trying to form his next thought into a sentence. "I don't know...if...that's entirely true."
She crinkled her brow as if confused and looked back at him without saying a word. On cue, he began again saying, "When we fought Ultimecia, she took something from me. It was like a presence...something very old, but very powerful. Something that I feel had been with me a long time. When we defeated her, whatever she had taken from me was shoved back into me, but this time, it brought back my childhood...my sister, you, Seifer, Zell...everyone. As clear as a bell. Not instantly, but it took a while before I started to get everything back. But I remember everything.
"How is that possible? Our guardian forces cause memory loss...which is for the most part irreversible I thought..."
He sounded confident when he answered her, "Yeah...but the memories go somewhere..." He subconsciously held onto the pendant that hung around his neck and continued, "And I think that whatever she stole from me had those memories in it and when we defeated it, I think it may have felt so bad for turning against me that all the emotions that it had used to gain strengh over the years suddenly rushed back into me almost like it was apologizing... And...now whatever it was she had taken from me is dormant now, but a lot has been revealed to me and I discovered something. I know what happened now.
End Chapter 2.
Music: DJ Sammy - Heaven (Candlelight Mix)
"How long has he been sitting there?" Zell asked after standing in silence for a good minute. Quistis looked over at him from the window where she looked into Squall's infirmary room. She looked back at Squall and didn't respond at first.
"He hasn't moved for six hours."
"Six hours? How do you know?
"Because......I've been standing here watching him for 6 hours." she told him, and quickly glanced his way from the corner of her eye. She hoped she hadn't given anything away when she had said that...but she let the tension flow out of her shoulders and realized that if Squall could open up to her the way he had, she should stop trying to hide her feelings from her closest friends.
Quistis and Zell had gotten to be rather close in the past year. He had started off as a bit of a party animal and an all around jerk on top of that. Not so much of an insulting person, but an irritating 'get-under-your- skin' type. When they had all been faced with the possible end of everything, Zell woke up and matured a lot. He was still a bit of a clown, but where his friends were concerned, he stopped acting so tough and let them into his life. Quistis has at one time hated to be in the same room together, and now they had lunch on a daily basis and had become best friends. They had dated briefly but both agreed that it felt strange and would much rather stay friends. It was rare that a relationship like their's could end in a mutual break up and still remain so close.
"I'll be back to check on him in an hour. I have a class in a few minutes and we're starting to work with the bo-staff today. You take care, ok?" he said to her and put his hand on her shoulder. She barely nodded, but did so just enough to signal that she was listening. His bare hand slid off her Seed uniform and patted her on the back once before he headed out the door. He looked back into the room at her watching Squall. A gentle grin touched his lips before he put his hands behind his head in a stretching motion and continued out the door.
Squall turned his head from the window that looked out over the Ocean and his eyes met with her's. He smiled ever so softly to her and she returned his smile with one of her own. She pushed the door of the room open and walked over to his side. Sitting next to him on the edge of the bed she asked him, "How are you feeling?"
"A little better. I'm sorry for worrying you." He looked down suddenly, rather embarressed about what had happened, but the emotion of embarressment flooded his face, like a bright color, rather than the shades of grey he had shown before this all happened.
"Sorry...for what? Opening up?"
"For being a burden to you... I know the last thing that you-"
"Squall...you're not a burden. You've never been one. You don't have to apologize. You have friends that love you very much and even though you may not believe it, you can come to any number of us and you don't have to worry about what you say or do. I hope you'll understand that one day.
He made an expression that she wasn't sure was a smile or a smirk. Either way, she rested her head on his shoulder and told him that everything was ok now and that he didn't have to fear getting hurt again.
"Quistis...How much do you remember of your childhood?" he asked her suddenly.
"Just bits and pieces here and there... just as much as you I suppose."
He was quiet for a moment, as if trying to form his next thought into a sentence. "I don't know...if...that's entirely true."
She crinkled her brow as if confused and looked back at him without saying a word. On cue, he began again saying, "When we fought Ultimecia, she took something from me. It was like a presence...something very old, but very powerful. Something that I feel had been with me a long time. When we defeated her, whatever she had taken from me was shoved back into me, but this time, it brought back my childhood...my sister, you, Seifer, Zell...everyone. As clear as a bell. Not instantly, but it took a while before I started to get everything back. But I remember everything.
"How is that possible? Our guardian forces cause memory loss...which is for the most part irreversible I thought..."
He sounded confident when he answered her, "Yeah...but the memories go somewhere..." He subconsciously held onto the pendant that hung around his neck and continued, "And I think that whatever she stole from me had those memories in it and when we defeated it, I think it may have felt so bad for turning against me that all the emotions that it had used to gain strengh over the years suddenly rushed back into me almost like it was apologizing... And...now whatever it was she had taken from me is dormant now, but a lot has been revealed to me and I discovered something. I know what happened now.
End Chapter 2.