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Chapter 6 - Old Friends and a Proposition

What a deal. . .

Finally, I saw Selphie wake up, and in an instant she was her bouncy, hyper self, exclaiming how cool it was of me to stand up to my father. I just yawned and nodded. Like normal people, I was still tired. I brushed my hair, one handedly, and with Selphie's help, sat up in the bed. God, was I a burden. Then I remembered, the idea I had earlier. Would Selphie agree with it? I looked across my room and saw her brushing her teeth, and decided to ask.

"Hey, Selph, I have an idea." She kept on brushing, but I heard a "Hm?" somewhere within that minty, muffling foam. She rinsed and came over to me on the bed.

"I was thinking. . .what are we going to do now? Where are we going to live?" She put on her best think face, and shrugged her shoulders.

"I dunno."

"Right. . .we were living at Balamb before, with Squall and everyone, but now we have nowhere to go, and I can't go living alone, because Squall won't remember letting us live in Balamb obviously. So I thought about, what if you and me rented a place together? We could split the costs and be roomates!" Selphie clapped her hands and bounced up and down.

"Roomates! Yay! That's a WONDERFUL idea, I can't wait, this will be so awesome! What do you want to do today? Shopping?" I laughed and nodded. That was tons easier then I thought. So after dessing (You can imagine how hard that is.) I was lucky that in around five weeks, my arm would be healed, and around 11 weeks, so would my leg. So Selphie and I walked around Deling, finding places to shop in the big city. We bought new clothes, and Selphie insisted on buying a pink marker to sign my cast. As stupid as I looked with a four inch SELPHIE on my arm, I had a good time.

So she pushed my wheel chair into the hotel lobby, where the secretary saw me and smiled.

"Are you Ms. Rinoa?" I nodded my head. "Well, you have a visitor waiting in your room. He said you'd be happy to see him, so I let him up." I tried to smile. Who in the world came all the way to Deling to visit me? Or maybe it was dad, coming to apologize, but that was just me thinking of the impossible. Selphie too, was curious, and quickly wheeled me into the elevator, and pushed "2" on the buttons.

Within moments, we were in the hall, and searching for our room number.

"169, 170, 171, 172, aha, 173." Selphie counted before putting the card key into the slot. She turned the handle, and I saw Seifer sitting on my bed.

"Seifer? What are you doing here?" He looked up at the door opening and grinned.

"Just paying a visit," He stood up and sat on a lounge chair. "I see you went shopping. . ." Selphie set the bags down on her bed, and I wheeled myself out of the door and closed it.

"So, did you hear what happened?" Seifer laughed.

"Squall in the hospital, again? Yeah, I heard about it. Lost his memory too, haha." I rolled my eyes. The least thing I'd ever expect from Seifer was sympathy for Squall or me. "I see you've also been there yourself, haven't you. Broken leg and arm?" He asked. I nodded.

"So what're you doing in Deling, really, it's kind of far away from Balamb, and seeing you here is kind of unexpected."

"Seeing if you're alright and all. Believe it or not, I'm a caring guy." I scoffed. Was this before or after he tried to murder everyone in SeeD? "Why aren't you staying with your dear father?"

"Because she cussed him out yesterday." Selphie blurted out. I knew she would start talking sometime, she could never be left out of a conversation.

"Oh wow, Rinoa used naughty words? I'm surprised in you." I was surprised in me too, afterall, rarely does 'helpless Rinoa' use words other then damn or hell.

"Well, Rinoa, to put it plainly, I've come to save you, as your knight in shining armor."

"What are you talking about?" Seifer had said that a long, long time ago, before I even met Squall. Seifer and I . . .were going out at a time, and I was always grounded, thanks to my dad, and he tried to save me, by climbing up to my window. It's really quite silly now if you think about it, but back then it was. . .well romantic.

"I've come to take you away from Deling, back to Balamb. You don't belong here. Come back home with me, I'll find a place for you and Selphie to stay."

"What do you want in return." Seifer grinned. Ugh, I hope not money.

"A date." What!

"But what about Squall!" Seifer rolled his eyes.

"Don't you get it? He doesn't even remember you!"

"But he will!" Seifer laughed.

"It's just a date Rinoa, and I doubt he'll remember you now that Quistis is by his side every damn day." I knew it, I needed to get to Balamb now before anything else happened.

". . .Fine." Seifer laughed.

"Good, now pack all your things. You two will be staying in my house." In Seifer's house! This was getting wierder and wierder by the second, but what other choice did I have? I didn't have enough money for a train ticket, let alone two, and apparently Seifer did.

Selphie grabbed her suitcase and started throwing clothes in there. I knew she had been going out with Irvine, and living at Seifer's will be painful for her and Irivne's relationship.

"Selphie. . .You don't have to live with me if you don't want to. . .I mean, you have a boyfriend, and a place to go, but this is what I have to do. You don't need to help me, Seifer can help if he wants to go out with me so much." I laughed, and she smiled, still packing her things.

"But. . .You need me! I can't leave you alone."

"Don't worry about me." She started packing my clothes too, and zipped up her bag.

"Alright. . .But I'm visiting you everyday!" I nodded and laughed. I'd miss her a lot, but I'd be a horrible friend if I kept holding her back. So we were packed and ready to leave, so Selphie ran downstairs to check out, leaving me in my stupid wheelchair alone with Seifer.

"You ready to go?" He asked.

"Yup. . .when does the train leave?"

"Mhm. . .fifteen minutes." He said, starting to push my wheelchair out of the room.

"Fifteen minutes! You better start pushing faster then that!" So we sped down the hall, only to be slowed by the elevator. Selphie saw us bolting to the door and started running after us. We saw a bus about to leave so Seifer lifted me up, picking up the chair and ran. We were all on the bus, just in time. Then, eleven excruciating slow minutes later, we were at the train station with three minutes to spare.

We all got on the train, and the other two exhaustedly collapsed, I laughed. Having a broken leg had it's benefits. I didn't have to run anymore.

"Phew. . ." Seifer said. I laughed. I guess this wouldn't be so bad afterall.

I wanted Seifer to be nice in this chapter

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