Author's Note: Hello again, I know i updated very soon. I had a few chapters already written by time I was able to post them! I just had to get the time to go over them and fix some mistakes I seen! Enough of my rabble! On with the story!

I forgot this last time...

Disclaimer: I do not own FFVIII in any way, shape or form. All I own is the plot.

Chapter Two

Rinoa walked down a dark alley. She couldn't see anything in front of her. She could hear screams in the distance, yet she was not afraid. She heard a soft voice calling her name. She kept walking toward the voice. After a few moments, she noticed a light. She walked towards it. Before she could reach it she heard someone walking behind her. She spun around to find him there behind her. He was just a few inches away from her.

"Are you not scared?" He questioned.

She shook her head. "No. Why should I be?"

"It late, dark, your in an alley alone. You never know what kind of things could come out on a night like tonight." He stepped closer to her.

"You're here." she whispered.

"That I am." he said, as he lowering his head. She closed her eyes and waited for their lips to meet.

Rinoa's eyes fluttered open. She stared at the ceiling. It was a dream. She stretched, and noticed a black rose sitting in a case on her bedside table. What in the hell, she thought to herself as she leaned over and sniffed in the erotic sent. She rolled herself out of the bed. After quickly making it up, she pulled some clothes out of the closet and headed into the shower. After she was showered and dressed she went downstairs to get some breakfast. She was just pouring the milk on her cereal when her doorbell rang. She glanced over at the clock. It was only seven forty-five. "Who could that be?" She said aloud to herself and walked to the door. She looked thought the peephole, and saw that whoever it was had their finger over it. Selphie was the only one that did that, claiming she looked fat through them. She unlocked the door and pulled it open.

"Good morning."

To her surprise, it wasn't Selphie. But Quistis standing on the other side. "Morning..." Rinoa replied hisitently.

"May I come in?"

Rinoa held the door open, and let her in. She shut the door behind her.

"Look, I just came to apolize. I was rude to you last night. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have acted that way. Can we start over?"

"Sure."

"Great! Well, I have to get to work before I get fired for being late. See you later." She walked out the door, and closed it behind her. A smile spread across her lips. She whispered a few words that couldn't be heard and walked away.

Rinoa looked at the clock and realized it was almost eight. she had to hustle to get to work on time. Completely forgetting about her cereal, she grabbed her purse and keys and headed out the door. As soon as she opened the door, a gust of wind blew hard against her, knocking her back. The wind carried a whisper of words she didn't understand. She tried to sit up, but as soon as she did, everything started spinning, and pain shot though her body. Just like last night, only worse. She tried to move, but couldn't. She laid there crying for a few minutes until her body knocked her out from the pain.

Selphie sat at her desk watching the clock. It was almost eleven and Rinoa still wasn't here. She had called her every ten minutes, but got no answer. She was really starting to get worried. Especially after last night. She picked up the phone and dialed her number again. If she don't pick up, i'm going over there.

"Hello?"

"Rinoa! Oh, thank Hyne your alright. Where have you been? I've been calling every ten minutes! It's eleven o'clock!"

"I fell, I must have knocked myself out. I'll be there in a few minutes."

"No, Rin go to the ho..." She was cut off as Rinoa hung up the phone.

Five minutes later she walked into the office. After winking at Selphie, she went into her bosses office.

"Oh, Ms. Heartilly I see you finally decided to make an appearance."

"I'm so sorry Mr. Kramer. I was leaving, somehow I slipped on the tile in front of my door. I must have knocked myself out."

"I'll let it slide. This time, only because you've never been late or missed a day since you've been here. Don't let it happen again. Now, you have a new client coming in about, fifteen minutes. here is his file. I suggest you read it quick."

Rinoa whispered thanks and left the office. She seen selphie looking at her with a worried look on her face. She smiled and gave her a thumbs up, causing selphie to laugh. She then went into her own office. She sat down, and opened the file.

It said "Squall Leonhart" in big letters on the top of the page.

She read over it quickly. Mesmerizing his name so she wouldn't get it wrong. A few minutes later there was a knock on the door. She got up and answered it.

"Well, if this isn't a pleasant surprise."

Squall stood there, with a smile on his face. He looked her up and down. It noticed it all, just like he had last night. She was definitely a sight. In her black with blue pinstripes power suit, with a blue dress shirt under the jacket. The was she had the jacket's buttons buttoned, appeared to make her breasts look even larger. The fabric looked to be stretched over them. He looked up at her face. Her hair was pulled back in a french braid. Gone was the white makeup that made her appear to be more pale then she already was, along with the dark eye make up and lipstick. In it's place a light pink lipstick and some blush on her cheeks. Both looks worked for her.

"It's you..." she whispered.

"Yes, it is me." he chuckled. "Allow me to formerly introduce myself. The name is Squall Leonhart." He said, giving a slight bow.

She smiled "Rinoa Heartilly." She held out her hand, intending to shake his. Instead he took her hand in his, and softly kissed it. "Please, come in." She said,moving out of the way so he could pass.

He walked into her office, and sat down in a large chair. He watched as she came around the desk and sat on the other side. She had a folder in front of her. She opened it and was looking over it.

"So what brings you here?"

"There is an estate that i would like to purchase. I have all the details of the property here." He stated, as he handed her a folder.

Rinoa took the folder and opened it. She scanned over the pages inside quickly. "Mr. Leonhart, have you already made an offer to the current owners?"

"As of yet, I have not. I have however, spoken to them on numerous occasions. They are aware of my intentions."

Boy, did he have a way of talking, she thought to herself. "Alright, I don't foresee any major issues here." She reached into her desk and pulled out a few papers. "This is just a general lawyer client contract. It states my fee's, and it also has a confidentially agreement, and this last one is...the wrong paper."

Squall looked at her. She had her brows furrowed together. He couldn't help but laugh. she looked up at him, with her big brown eyes. She had amazing eyes, they reminded him of chocolate traced with a bit of honey.

She smiled at him. "Please read over these and if you agree with everything then sign them."

He scanned over the papers. Her fee was fifty gil less then his current lawyer. If he was satisfied with her work, he might start thinking about a change. She was much softer on the eyes then Mr. Hackney. He started to remembered what her skin felt like, as he ran his hands down her arms while the danced. The way her body moved against his, the way her eyes seemed to darken when he he pulled her against him for that slow dance. He could feel himself getting aroused and pushed his current thoughts out of his mind. He picked up a pen and signed the papers in front of him. He pushed them back towards her.

She picked them up and looked over them. "Alright, I'll contact the current owners later today. I'll call you sometime tomorrow to let you know what I find out."

"Wonderful. Well, it's been a pleasure Ms. Heartilly. I have another meeting I must get to. Until tomorrow then." He stood up and left.

He had to get out of there. the pressure in his pants was getting too uncomfortable for him. Hyne, I hope I didn't just make a mistake in retaining her.

It was six o'clock before Rinoa let her office. She had spent most of the afternoon on the phone with the owners of the property that her new client wanted to buy. Then she ended up calling about when the next zoning committee meeting was. It was in three weeks. She would have to put this account on priority to get everything done before then. Otherwise it was going to be at least another month before they would meet again. She walked out to her car and climbed in. The heat inside the car was stifling, she put the key in the ignition and turned it. She pressed the AC button on her console and was blasted with hot air. After a few minutes it became to turn cold. She put the car into drive, and pulled out of the parking lot.

Quistis walked up to the house and looked at it. She knew who was inside, and the thought made her want to be sick. This woman made her physically ill. She couldn't explain why but she hated this Rinoa. She seemed nice and sweet, but for some reason she found herself treating her like her worst enemy. So she was lying to herself. She knew why, Seifer. This girl had crumbled him to a pathtic heap of uselessness. He used to be strong, vital, and powerful. Now all he did was mope around. He had lost all interest in feeding. He just staggered though one day to the next. At first she had been curious to see the one who did this. She had thought that whoever it was had to of had a great deal of power and control over it. Boy, was she wrong. She would have never thought a weak little, human could have done this to her Seifer. The word human left a bad taste in her mouth. It's not that she had anything against humans, no more then the next one of them. But to think one of them weakling creatures could have brought one of their most powerful to his knees. She shook her head. No, this human would pay for what she did. Quistis smiled at herself. None of them knew her little secret. It had been four months since the old mystic had told her. They would never suspect that it was her that was causing all of Rinoa's little fits.

"What are you doing here?"

Quistis spun around. "Seifer! It's good to see you out."

He glared at her. "I said, what are you doing here!"

She looked at him. "I am merely paying a visit to little miss..." her word were cut off as Seifer's hand slapped her across the face.

"You listen to me, Quistis. I do not want you to go anywhere near her. You do not know everything about her. None of you know the whole truth. None of you is ready to know. I want to make sure you understand this perfectly. You leave Rinoa alone."

"What if I don't?" Quistis asked, as she tilted her head to the side, hands on her hips and lips snarling up, the corners slightly twitching.

Seifer picked her up by her throat and held her up in the air. He squeezed his hand around her throat cutting off her air. His eyes turned black, his teeth grew into long fangs. "It will be the last thing you will ever regret." He toss her aside, and returned to normal. He faded away.

"Seifer you've gone soft! After all these years, you've let a human break you. A meek little excuse for even a human, for Hyne's sake." Quistis whispered aloud to no one. Quistis took one last look at the house behind her. My plans will have to wait, for now. She thought as she faded away.

"You're late. I've been waiting for you."

"I'm sorry, I know I'm late." She whispered in response.

"All that matters is that your here now."

She was pulled into his arms. She looked up at his face. She stared into his eyes. She felt her body heat raise as his hands rand down her back, and grabbed her butt. He pushed her against him hard. She could feel his arousal pressing against her. She quickly became wet.

"I've been waiting all day to do this..." he whispered as he lowered his head.

"Oh, Hyne! i am so sorry, Rin!"

Rinoa's eyes jerked open, and she looked over at the door to see Zell turning around. What's his problem? She looked down and realized she was still in the tub, naked.

"I'm so sorry. Selphie told me what happened and I wanted to make sure you was alright. When you didn't answer the door I got worried."

"Don't worry about it. But do you think you could go downstairs so I can get out and get some clothes on?"

She watched him walk away laughing. She heard his footsteps on the stairs, and she got out and quickly dried off. As she pulled on her clothes, she thought about the dream she just had. That was the second one of him since they met. Both times she had awoken right before they kissed. She pushed the dreams out of her mind, and went downstairs. She didn't even glance twice at the single black rose that lay soaked on the bottom of the tub.

"Rinoa, are you sure that your okay?"

"I'm fine." She lied. In truth she didn't know if she was or not. "Hey Zell. Do you know who Squall Leonhart is?" Rinoa could of swore that his eyes went wide for a second. But when she looked again they was normal. When he didn't answer her, she looked up at him. "Zell?"

"Yes?"

"Did you hear what I said?"

He took a deep breath. "Look, Rin. I gotta go. I just wanted to make sure that you was alright. I'll talk to you later." He got up and quickly left.

Rinoa stared after him confused. Well what was that about?

"We have a slight problem."

Everyone in the room turned and looked at Zell.

"I was just over at Rinoa's and she asked me if I knew who Squall Leonhart was."

"Your kidding?" Selphie asked.

"I wish I was." Zell said, as he sat down next to Selphie.

"But it doesn't nessacerilly mean..."

"It doesn't matter. We can't take the chance. If she finds out the truth about us..." Zell stopped.

"So what do we do?" Selphie asked quietly, afraid to know the answer.

Irvine stood up. "The way i see it we have limited options. First, we can kill Rinoa. Second, we can act as if nothing has changed. Third, we can try to warn her about him. And last, we can forget all about her, pack up and leave."

Selpie's eyes watered up. "I love Rin to much to be able to hurt her. I can't just leave her either. But, how could we warn her about him without explaining everything to her? Maybe we could ch..."

"No! That is not an option Selphie."

Everyone turned and looked at Seifer.

"When did you get here?" Zell asked.

"There is something about Rinoa that you don't know. I think it is time I told you."