((A/N Yes updating sooner now! I have a new goal in life....to finish this story!!!))
Chapter 11: Torn
A figure sat on the dock. She wore mostly red...including her legendary red hat. Her thin tail hang over the edge of the dock. Beatrix sighed. She had watched Freya sneak out the night before. Freya sneaks out almost every night for that matter....but she never seemed this depressed about it. Beatrix walked to her carefully.
"Freya? Are you alright?" Beatrix asked in a soothing manner. Freya didn't answer. Beatrix sat down beside her. "You can tell me...."
"They've fired him!" Freya shouted. Beatrix blinked a moment.
"Fired who?"
"Fratley! They fired him...It was because I went to see him wasn't it? I insisted we get together last night....someone must have seen him..." Freya closed her eyes. Beatrix rested a hand on her shoulder.
"You had no way of knowing someone was going to be watching you....You can always find him once the summer is over...Where will he go?"
"I don't know! What if I never see him again?"
"Don't give up so easily. You're much stronger than that." Beatrix smiled to reassure her friend. Freya looks up to her.
"You're right...and when the summer ends, I won't stop until I find him."
"That's the spirit." The two friends then hugged.
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Steiner watched the two from behind the boat house. He smiled. He had always admired Beatrix. She always seemed to know how to cheer people up in the right way. He leaned his head against the side of the building.
"Heya Rusty!" Came a loud sound behind him. This caused him to jump hitting his head on the low hanging roof of the boathouse. "Eh sorry about that." Steiner turned to see Zidane standing there. Zidane leaned against against the building. "Stalking Beatrix again?"
"Stalking?! Why you insolent little...."
"Chill out Rusty. So you like her."
"Like her? I respect her as my coworker and admire her ability to help others."
"Admit it, you have the hots for her!" Zidane laughed.
"When I get my hands on you, you pesky little...!" Steiner growled.
"What was that?" Came another voice behind him. A very familiar voice. He turned slowly to see Beatrix standing behind him controlling her laughter just barely. Steiner's face burned red.
"Beatrix! I...Um....And he was...."
"You know better than to let Zidane get to you." She laughed.
"Yes well I was..uh...asserting needed authority over the little trouble-maker.." Steiner stuttered. Beatrix smiled.
"Don't let him get the best of you." Beatrix answered. Steiner felt a push foreward.
"Um...Beatrix...If you aren't....uh busy...Would you like to get...well that is if you don't mind...a um..."
"A soda? I'd love to."
"Y-you would?! I mean...Great! Let's...go?" He offered his arm to her. She took it smiling. They walked off toward the canteen. Eiko, Dagger, and Vivi step out from behind the boathouse laughing.
"You actually managed it this year!" Eiko giggled.
"And you know what that means...." Zidane watched them dissappear smiling.
"That they can now be together without having to drop one another hints of the other's affection?" Dagger asked in a dreamy tone.
"That, and Eiko owes me a box of twinkies."
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The night of the play was quickly catching up. Eiko noticed Dagger getting more and more nervous. Her orange juice splashed across the table as she took a sip of it and down the front of her shirt. Eiko raised an eyebrow.
"What's wrong?"
"Oh....nothing...It's just the play coming up in a week....." Dagger answered wiping the orange juice with a paper napkin. Eiko shrugged.
"Don't worry Dagger, you'll do great....Especially...with Zidane helping you..." Eiko felt a twinge of guilt. The deal she had made with Kuja came to mind once again. How could I have agreed to something like that? She shuddered. Dagger looked to her curiously.
"Are you okay?"
"Yea...just fine."
((I hope you like this chapter. As soon as I finish uploading this one, I'll get started on the next chapter. One note, Eika....I love you? Don't kill me?))
Chapter 11: Torn
A figure sat on the dock. She wore mostly red...including her legendary red hat. Her thin tail hang over the edge of the dock. Beatrix sighed. She had watched Freya sneak out the night before. Freya sneaks out almost every night for that matter....but she never seemed this depressed about it. Beatrix walked to her carefully.
"Freya? Are you alright?" Beatrix asked in a soothing manner. Freya didn't answer. Beatrix sat down beside her. "You can tell me...."
"They've fired him!" Freya shouted. Beatrix blinked a moment.
"Fired who?"
"Fratley! They fired him...It was because I went to see him wasn't it? I insisted we get together last night....someone must have seen him..." Freya closed her eyes. Beatrix rested a hand on her shoulder.
"You had no way of knowing someone was going to be watching you....You can always find him once the summer is over...Where will he go?"
"I don't know! What if I never see him again?"
"Don't give up so easily. You're much stronger than that." Beatrix smiled to reassure her friend. Freya looks up to her.
"You're right...and when the summer ends, I won't stop until I find him."
"That's the spirit." The two friends then hugged.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Steiner watched the two from behind the boat house. He smiled. He had always admired Beatrix. She always seemed to know how to cheer people up in the right way. He leaned his head against the side of the building.
"Heya Rusty!" Came a loud sound behind him. This caused him to jump hitting his head on the low hanging roof of the boathouse. "Eh sorry about that." Steiner turned to see Zidane standing there. Zidane leaned against against the building. "Stalking Beatrix again?"
"Stalking?! Why you insolent little...."
"Chill out Rusty. So you like her."
"Like her? I respect her as my coworker and admire her ability to help others."
"Admit it, you have the hots for her!" Zidane laughed.
"When I get my hands on you, you pesky little...!" Steiner growled.
"What was that?" Came another voice behind him. A very familiar voice. He turned slowly to see Beatrix standing behind him controlling her laughter just barely. Steiner's face burned red.
"Beatrix! I...Um....And he was...."
"You know better than to let Zidane get to you." She laughed.
"Yes well I was..uh...asserting needed authority over the little trouble-maker.." Steiner stuttered. Beatrix smiled.
"Don't let him get the best of you." Beatrix answered. Steiner felt a push foreward.
"Um...Beatrix...If you aren't....uh busy...Would you like to get...well that is if you don't mind...a um..."
"A soda? I'd love to."
"Y-you would?! I mean...Great! Let's...go?" He offered his arm to her. She took it smiling. They walked off toward the canteen. Eiko, Dagger, and Vivi step out from behind the boathouse laughing.
"You actually managed it this year!" Eiko giggled.
"And you know what that means...." Zidane watched them dissappear smiling.
"That they can now be together without having to drop one another hints of the other's affection?" Dagger asked in a dreamy tone.
"That, and Eiko owes me a box of twinkies."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The night of the play was quickly catching up. Eiko noticed Dagger getting more and more nervous. Her orange juice splashed across the table as she took a sip of it and down the front of her shirt. Eiko raised an eyebrow.
"What's wrong?"
"Oh....nothing...It's just the play coming up in a week....." Dagger answered wiping the orange juice with a paper napkin. Eiko shrugged.
"Don't worry Dagger, you'll do great....Especially...with Zidane helping you..." Eiko felt a twinge of guilt. The deal she had made with Kuja came to mind once again. How could I have agreed to something like that? She shuddered. Dagger looked to her curiously.
"Are you okay?"
"Yea...just fine."
((I hope you like this chapter. As soon as I finish uploading this one, I'll get started on the next chapter. One note, Eika....I love you? Don't kill me?))
