Squall pulled Rinoa over to him. Rinoa giggled and rolled over in their bed.
"What time is it?" she asked putting her chin on his bare chest. Squall raised his right arm and looked at the watch
"Five to" he said
"Five to what?" asked Rinoa
"Nine" said Squall. Rinoa smiled and put her head against his chest. Squall ran his fingers through her hair but then Rinoa rolled over and looked over the side of the bed.
"Where'd I put my clothes?" she queried. Squall and Rinoa giggled
"Try the bathroom" said Squall. Rinoa got up, completely bare, and crossed the room before slipping into the bathroom silently. Minutes later she reappeared fully dressed.
"You should get up too" she said
"Argh" said Squall pulling up his blanket to cover his face "Don't want to" he added from beneath the blanket. Rinoa grabbed the bottom of the blanket and tried yanking it away from her uncommunicative boyfriend. Squall managed to hold the blanket in place.
"Oh fine" said Rinoa walking into the bathroom. Squall rolled up under the blanket and laughed victoriously. A second or so later he was hit by an ice cold wave of water. He cursed in surprise and fell off the edge of the bed.
"Get up" said Rinoa brandishing the now empty jug
"Fine" said Squall and got changed quickly.
The two lovers left Squall's room and then exited the dormitory in search of their friends. Irvine had finally been lucky when he had snapped up Selphie as his girlfriend; it only took him four years. Zell on the other hand had remained alone but was quite happy about it. Quistis was still under constant admiration by the students of the garden but unlike Zell she was looking for a partner but had never mentioned it to anyone.
"Anything on my rota today?" asked Squall to Xu who had com to meet them
"Nothing much at the beginning" she said with a sigh as she flipped over the piece of paper "But" she said putting a lot of emphasis upon the word "Later you, finally, get to welcome some older students from another Garden who want to continue studying and become SeeD's"
"Older students?" queried Quistis who had come down from her class.
"Yes" said Xu "Apparently they stopped learning when Squall, being gung-ho as always, attacked Galbadia Garden"
"I was not gung-ho!" shouted Squall. Xu laughed, she often joked and said that Squall attack the Galbadian's first which always annoyed him. Quistis and Rinoa laughed at the angry Squall.
"We all know that the Galbadian's attacked first" laughed Quistis. Squall did not say anything but instead continued to walk away from Xu and the others who quickly caught up.
"Squall!" said Zell. Squall dodged aside as Zell jumped off the ledge and across the pool before landing where Squall had been standing moments before.
"So what we up to today?" asked Zell punching Squall playfully in the shoulder.
"Don't you have a class?" asked Squall
"Given them the day off, they were too worn out after the last class" said Zell
"What did you do to them?" asked Squall squinting at Zell
"Made them sprint to Balamb and had to dodge Irvine shooting at them with rock-salt" said Zell. Squall groaned
"If they leave I'll kick your ass" said Squall prodding Zell in the chest.
"Where is Irvine?" questioned Zell.
"Do we really want to know?" asked Squall.
"Probably not" said Quistis.
"There they are" said Xu. Selphie and her cowboy boyfriend were walking over to them.
"Mornin'" said Irvine tipping his hat to them.
"Good morning" said Selphie
"Likewise" said Zell.
"What we up to today?" asked Selphie reaching over to take Squall's clipboard. Squall snapped it close to his chest.
"My roster" said Squall "You lot are either teaching or doing something that doesn't involve me"
"You're welcoming three new students" said Xu. Squall rolled his eyes, so much for privacy.
"Where are they from?" asked Irvine
"Galbadia" said Squall reading his sheet
"Galbadian soldiers, eh?" said Irvine "Bizarre choice for new students"
"They're not soldiers" said Squall "They're just three friends who are transferring from Galbadia to Balamb"
"What are their names?" asked Selphie taking a long drink from a drinks bottle.
"Loz, Kadaj and Yazoo" said Xu reading the names off the list. Selphie coughed then spluttered spraying Squall with drink. Squall wiped it from his eyes
"Judging from that, you know them" said Squall.
"They're no Galbadian's" said Selphie
"How do you know them?" asked Irvine looking at Selphie
"They're like legends" said Selphie "Wherever they come from it's a shame they don't make more, they're absolutely gorgeous!" Irvine looked a bit saddened by this.
"But I'm your girlfriend" said Selphie holding Irvine's hands then jumping slightly to kiss him.
"So how old are they?" asked Quistis. Selphie thought about it aloud
"They joined Trabia garden when they were sixteen, left when they were nineteen and joined Galbadia, so I'd say they were about twenty-four or twenty-five" said Selphie
"Were they any good?" asked Squall
"Understatement" said Selphie "They wiped the floor with all the bullies who tried picking on them"
"They sound aggressive" said Squall
"Reap what you sow" said Selphie hugging Irvine.
"So what time are they due to arrive?" asked Quistis
"Not till much later" said Squall "Get into your uniforms and meet back here at five"