Copyright:The usual. Do not own Ff8 or the characters. Do not own the lyrics either they are from the songs what happened to us and if only. Both written by Hoobastank.

Note:Ok well this is chapter 2. I really tried to improve with Spelling etc in this, so hope it is better. Thanks to Wolfdog girl and jayliah85 for reading and reveiwing. Well hope everyone likes this chapter. more chapters soon! enjoy!

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What happened to us. We could have made it work, we should have found a way, we should have done our best to see another day. But we kept it all inside, 'till it was to late. Now we're both alone….

Rinoa Heartilly looked wistfully around the hotel room that had been her home for the past 3 weeks. It had been 3 weeks since she had seen her friends. 3 weeks since she had seen Squall, but not 3 seconds went by in which she didn't think of him. She lay down on bed, and stared at the blank walls. Brushing a strand of her ebony hair from her face she contemplated ringing Squall, just to see how he was, just to hear his voice. She hadn't seen him since that morning. She'd left as soon as he said that one word 'no'. She thought some time away would heal the pain, but it was still as fresh as ever. Tears sprung to her eyes every time she thought of him, the sound of his voice, the touch of his hand, his beautiful blue eyes. The thoughts that had once comforted her and warmed her soul now caused her to feel pain and regret.

I Finally understand, how it could all could go so wrong,

will this pain ever end cause I don't think I can carry on

'How did we mess it up so much' she thought to herself 'we had it so good, and we threw it all away. How could we dismiss love so easily and let it all fall apart?'

Eventually all the thoughts began to get too much and her tears were choking her so she decided to get up and take a walk. She walked back and forth through the streets of Timber trying to clear her mind. But her thoughts kept wandering back to Squall, back to what was said, back to the year they had spent together. She had become so absorbed in her thoughts that she hadn't noticed how quick time had passed. It was dark, the streets were practically deserted. She decided to make her way back to the hotel, but as she walked there she could swear she heard footsteps behind her. She glanced around, but there was nobody. But every few seconds she could hear the sound of footsteps again. Unnerved she stopped dead in her tracks. Suddenly she was struck by a heavy blow to the back of her head. She fell to the ground clutching her head, only half conscious. The pain was blurring her vision and she could feel herself slipping into unconsciousness. She felt someone grab one of her hands and drag her roughly along the pavement. Then everything went black.

I felt it all along, but it hurt to much for me to share. If I only I had been less blind, I'd have someone to hold on to. If only I could have spoke my mind, if only it were true. I know I'd make it through, if only I had you.

For Squall Leonhart the past few weeks had been hell, and they had not been to great for the people around him either. Squall was generally pissed off with life, and was not the most pleasant of people to be around. He was snappy and rude, that was his way of dealing with the anger he was feeling. And his way of dealing with the pain he was feeling was to try and ignore it. For the first week he had buried himself in work, not allowing himself a spare moment to think. But for the past two weeks there had been little work to do, Garden was the quietest it had ever been, so Squall had nothing to do but think. Think about what he had done, what he had said that morning when he last saw Rinoa. 'why did I end it. Why couldn't I just have given it another try. I don't even know how I'm going on without her. Why? Maybe I was scared. If I let her go, if I knew it was ending then I couldn't have her taken away from me later. Was that why I did it? Maybe I haven't changed at all. Why couldn't I just say that I wanted to try again. Even if it wasn't that morning I said it. I've had over 3 weeks.'

Squall had known exactly were Rinoa had been for the past 3 weeks. But he couldn't bring himself to go and see her. The door to squall's office swung opened interrupting his thoughts.

"hey-hey" Irvine said walking into the room, Zell following behind "how you doing"

"fine"

"Yeh, you sound fine" Irvine said sarcastically "Anyway, me Zell and Selph have decided you need to get out more. You cant just sit in this office. It's weird."

"Hey were is Selphie. I haven't seen her today" Zell said.

"oh she went to timber to surprise Rin-oh sorry Squall" Irvine said his eyes dropping to the floor.

"it's fine" Squall said "you are allowed to mention her"

"ok. So the point is. Selph should be back soon, so us four are going to go out and party"

"PAHHH-TAY!" Zell repeated.

Squall rolled his eyes. He appreciated what his friends were trying to do 'but partying is the last thing I feel like doing'

"Look you guys I really don't…"

The door swung open and Selphie dashed into the room a look of panic masking her pretty features. "oh my God you guys! you guys!" she yelled

"what is it selph? what's up?" Irvine asked

"it's Rinoa! She's…Missing!"

"What?" Squall asked immediately "missing? What do you mean?"

"She was staying at the Hotel, in Timber. And I went to see her. And she wasn't there! And the woman, she said that Rinoa had gone out 2 days ago and hadn't come back!"

A million thoughts raced through Squall's mind. 'What does this mean. Is it for real? What if she's just gone out. It might not be anything. But what if she's in danger"

"Ok" Squall said trying to remain calm. Did you try ringing her mobile phone?"

"N-no" Selphie admitted "I guess I kind of panicked. We should try that now."

Squall picked up the office phone and dialled Rinoa's number.

Ring ring. 'Oh god. What if she answers? What do I say? I Haven't heard her voice in so long'

Ring ring. 'But if she doesn't is she in danger? What do I do then?'

The ringing stopped, someone had picked up the phone. Squall's heart started beating a mile a minute he was about to hear Rinoa's voice. Her sweet angelic voice.

But that wasn't what he heard. It wasn't Rinoa who had answered the phone! A male voice spoke into the phone. "Hello. Squall, I assume". Panic rose so high within Squall he was almost drowning in it. "Who the hell is this? Were the hell's Rinoa?"

"what's going on?" Zell demanded seeing the panic on squalls face. Irvine shushed him trying to hear the phonecall.

"Now now. Calm down" teased the male voice on the end of the phone.

"Listen" Squall said angrily into the phone "tell me what the hell is going on, or I swear to Hyne I'll…"

"You'll what? Kill me.? You might want to consider being a little nicer to me. At least If you ever want to see your girlfriend again…."

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Note: Ok. kind of cliffhanger ending, but 3 will pick up right were this leaves up, so watch this space. Please review!