Meeting Once Again and Interesting Questions

Disclaimer: No, I don't own them Square does.

Rinoa walked down the hallway with Selphie heading towards her next class, when she noticed Squall leaning up against his locker; he had a depressed look on his face. Rinoa whispered to Selphie,

"Hey, what's up with Squall? Is he always that emotionless?" Rinoa asked in a whisper.

"Yeah, ever since the break-up between him and Quisitis, he's been very moody and quiet" Selphie replied.

"Break up?" Rinoa asked curiously.

"Well, Squall isn't one to date because well he's always been very negative towards the whole dating situation because he used to think that you shouldn't get too close to someone because you're going to end up losing them anyway. One day, Quisitis, or Miss. Trepe as you know her by, before she became a teacher, caught Squall's eye. She was smart, beautiful, and very kind. Well Squall had some difficulties asking her out because he really liked her. So Irvine and Zell talked him into asking her out. He asked her out, they dated for a year and she broke up with him a year ago and he has sworn off dating anyone since then." Selphie replied with a hint of sadness.

"Oh, how terrible" Rinoa said with a saddened face.

"Two days later, she's going out with Squall's number one enemy, Seifer Almasy" Selphie added in.

"D…Did you just say Seifer Almasy?" Rinoa replied with a shaky voice.

"Yeah… why? Do you know him?" Selphie asked curious to hear the answer.

"We used to date and he broke up with me because I wouldn't get into bed with him" Rinoa stated with a look of disgust.

"Really? Have you talked to him since then?" Selphie asked.

"No, and I really don't intend on talking with him at all" Rinoa said with hatred in her voice. "Well, I am going to try and talk with Squall, maybe I can help him so I will talk to you later ok Selph?" Rinoa said sweetly.

"Sure and good luck, you're going to need it since Squall doesn't really like to talk that much anyway" Selphie stated and waved her friend goodbye.

Rinoa walked towards Squall, a little nervous on what to say to him. As she got closer, she noticed that his face had softened since the last time she looked at him.

"Hey" she said.

"Yes? What would you like Mrs. Heartilly?" Squall said in a monotone voice.

'Mrs. Heartilly? Why is he calling me that?' "The name's Rinoa if you don't mind Mr. Leonhart" Rinoa said with her hands on her hips.

"And that's Commander Leonhart to you young lady" Squall said with a hint of anger in his voice.

"Commander… You're commander?" Rinoa said. 'Oh no, what if I piss him off, he could expel me and I would never hear the end of it from Caraway' Rinoa thought to herself.

"Yes I am, now what would you like Mrs. Heartilly? I don't have all day you know" Squall stated with annoyance in his voice.

"Well…umm… I noticed that you were looking a little depressed and I thought that maybe you would want to talk about it, friend to friend" Rinoa said hoping that she didn't piss him off at all.

"No thanks, this is my own problem that I need to deal with, on my own" Squall stated and started to walk away.

"Wait! Can we at least talk? I want to get to know you better… please?" Rinoa said with a pleading look in her eyes.

'Oh man, why won't she go away? She doesn't need to hear my life story. I don't need sympathy' Squall thought to himself. Before he could answer, Rinoa beat him to it.

"I heard about what happened between you and Quisitis from Selphie and I am very sorry to hear that. I hope that maybe sometime we could get together, as friends, and grab some coffee or something, that is if you want to" Rinoa said with a slight blush.

"I'll get back to you on that" Squall said and walked down the hallway to his next class.

'I want to help you Squall, why won't you let me?' Rinoa thought to herself. She turned around and walked to her next class thinking of a way to break the wall of Commander Squall Leonhart.

The day had gone by very slowly for Squall and he was waiting in anticipation for the bell to ring so he could get out of this hellhole that was called school. The bell finally rang and Squall was the first one out the door. He packed his books into his locker and headed out towards his car. He was almost there when the last person he wanted to see came running up to him and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Squall, I want to talk to you" the young woman asked.

"What do you want Quisitis? I thought my ignoring you would give you some kind of hint" Squall said with anger in his voice. This was the last person he wanted to see today. He started to walk away but Quisitis grabbed his arm.

"Squall please?" Quisitis pleaded.

"Fine, what do you want?" Squall said annoyed that she wouldn't leave him alone.

"I want you back" was all Quisitis said.

"WHAT?" Squall asked with a surprised face.

"You heard me, I want you back" Quisitis said with a look of confidence on her face.

"Don't get your hopes up there Quisty, sorry to break your heart, but it's over. We are never going to be a couple again" Squall stated and started to walk away.

Quisitis was left in the school parking lot to think about what Squall had just said. 'But I love you and I made a horrible mistake, I hope you can forgive me' Quisitis thought to herself as a lone tear escaped her eye. She walked to her car and went home.

Squall walked in the front door of his house and was greeted by an energetic Laguna Loire, his father. Now Squall would talk to his father, it's not like he ignored him or anything, Squall just didn't like his energetic attitude 24/7.

When Squall entered the house, Laguna came up to him and asked him how his day was.

"It was alright I guess. I think I made a new friend" Squall replied, hoping to get away and finish his homework upstairs in the privacy of his own room.

"Really, what's he or she like? Nice? Mean?" Laguna replied hoping to talk with his son for a little while.

"She seems nice enough, she invited me out for coffee" Squall said.

"So it's a she; what's her name?" Laguna asked curiously.

"Rinoa Heartilly" Squall answered.

"The Rinoa Heartilly! She goes to that school now?" Laguna said with a look of shock on his face.

"Yeah, why? Do you know her or something?" Squall asked.

"Well, her father and I have never really gotten along; her father is General Caraway" Laguna said.

"Really, well that makes this more interesting" Squall said.

"Why is that?" Laguna asked curious to hear what his son was planning.

"Oh nothing, just going to ask her a few questions that's all" Squall said.

"Ok whatever you say Squall" Laguna said and walked off.

'Finally, he's out of my hair. Now I can go and work on my homework' Squall thought to himself. He walked up the stairs, closed his door, and sat down at his desk to do his homework. He spent the rest of the night there pondering what to ask Rinoa the next day.

The next day arrived too quickly for Rinoa's liking. She was not used to waking up this early and getting ready for class. She pushed her legs over the side of the bed and like a zombie walked over to the shower to get ready. 15 minutes later, she was dressed and ready to go to her first class. Maybe she could meet Selphie in the cafeteria for lunch this afternoon. 'I just hope that no one finds out that I am Caraway's daughter and I will be thankful' Rinoa thought to herself. 'What happened in the past is gone and I must work to build a better future for myself' Rinoa thought to herself. She exited her room and headed downstairs for her first class, Junctioning.

Rinoa descended down the stairs and walked over to her locker to get her books. Squall saw her coming and decided now was the time to talk to her about the information he received last night from his father.

He walked over to her with a grin on his face. "So Mrs. Caraway, why did you lie about your last name?" Squall asked with a grin curious as to hear her answer.

'Oh no, He knows! What do I do? What do I tell him? The truth? Wait! How did he find out? He must know someone who knows Caraway' Rinoa thought to herself with a look of pure horror on her face.

"Well Mrs. Caraway? Anytime soon would be nice to hear an answer" Squall said.

"Well..." 'Tell him the truth; it's good to be honest with your friend's right? I don't even know if he is my friend, so how do I know that I can trust him?' Rinoa thought to herself while trying to give him an answer.

"Well, you see it was my mother's name and I didn't want to change it to Caraway when she died; I wanted to honor her name" Rinoa said with tears in her eyes.

'Oh no what did I do? I didn't mean to make her cry' Squall thought to himself.

"Well are you happy now Commander Leonhart?" Rinoa said with anger emphasizing the Commander with tears in her eyes. "I have to go" with that, Rinoa slammed her locker door and ran down the hall to her class.

'Oh man, I feel really bad' Squall said to himself. He closed his locker door and headed in the opposite direction that the girl he was just talking to.

The day dragged on and Squall wanted nothing more than to walk out that door in hopes of finding Rinoa and apologizing to her.

Rinoa dashed for the front door hoping to avoid Squall and wouldn't have to talk to him. That was too much to ask for. She saw Squall running after her down the hallway. She gasped and started running for it to her car. He was too fast for her.

"Rinoa... Please Rinoa listen to me, I didn't mean to bring up Caraway I didn't know it would have affected you that much" Squall said with pleading eyes hoping to get forgiveness.

Rinoa thought hard about what he just said. Then her lips turned from a sad depressed look, to a grin.

"Alright, I'll forgive you if, and I do mean a big if, we can go and get some coffee together right now" Rinoa replied with a grin on her face.

Squall sighed, 'but in order for her to forgive me, all I have to do is take her out to get coffee right?' Squall contemplated his answer before he sighed and said... "Alright, let's go."

Rinoa got into his car and they drove off to a little cafe in Balamb. Finally, Rinoa decided it was time to break the silence.

"You know I would have forgiven you even if you didn't take me out for coffee right?" She said while giggling.

"What? You mean to tell me, I just made an ass out of myself, even though you would have forgiven me anyway?" Squall was shocked to hear this.

"Yes, I would have. I like you Squall. I just hope we can be good friends" Rinoa said with a big bright smile on her face.

Squall sighed and pulled into the cafe parking lot and turned off the ignition. "Ok, so let me get this straight, you want to be my friend?"

"Yes, why, is that a bad thing?" She asked curious to hear his answer.

"Well, no not at all it's just I need to get to know you better, so I can trust you" Squall stated while looking at her beautiful brown eyes.

"Alright, well what do you want to know?" Rinoa asked.

"Well..." Squall replied.

A/N: Alright cliffy! Yay! You guys probably hate me now right? Anyway, he's chapter three of my new story. Please R&R, it will keep me going. Don't forget to check out my other story "The New Kid" and IY/KAG fanfic. Peace out

Kat