Disclaimer: I don't own FF8 as much as I want to.

Chapter 2:

"Hey babe! How are you?" Seifer greeted. "Not fine!"

"Why that look on your face my love?"

"Nothing! I was just thinking of something more sensible to do than to date you."

"Oh! Come on! I know you are dying to have a date with me, you just want to hide it."

"Bah! As if!" she whispered to herself full of disgust.

"Come, let's go! Let's have fun all day."

"Fun? Really? Well, I guess I have to come with him I don't have a choice." she

whispered to herself.

Later in Balamb town.....

Rinoa is really getting bored as time pass by. She has to think of a way to escape this

miserable date with Seifer. "Hey! What if? Right! Good idea!" finally she thought of an

excuse to get away from Seifer. "Ouch! Oh, my head is really hurting!" she said. "Hey,

are you alright?" Seifer asked full of concern. "Aww! I can't take this anymore! Please,

let's go back to the garden. I need to rest." she said full of feelings and determination.

"If that's the case then let's go back immediately". "Oh, thank you so much!" she replied

then she flashed a fake smile. "Haha! I win!" she whispered to herself.

On the other side of the story....

It's already five' o clock in the afternoon and tonight is the night Squall have been

waiting for. Tonight at exactly midnight, he will escape and run away from their

kingdom to have freedom and experience to live his life freely. "Tonight, I shall be free

to live a normal life without taking orders from my parents and without servants taking

orders from me." He had been planning for this big day and he won't let anything block

his escape. He planned every little detail and he even practiced once when everyone in

the palace was busy. "I'll make sure my escape will be a success." But what about her

mother? She surely would be very sad. "Hey, I've already decided. I'll just leave a letter

so she wont have to worry that much." He said to himself to oppose his emotional side.

While waiting for midnight, Squall had finished writing a letter for his mother. "I just

hope she'll understand me and she'll not be sad while I'm gone." Once again he read the

letter that said:

Dear Mother,

Maybe by now you're reading my letter I'm very far away from our kingdom.

I hope you'll understand why I did this. I want some space and freedom. Please don't be sad and lonely while I'm gone. And also tell Father that. And please take care of yourself; I will not be there to look after you. I love you so much. I promise I'll come back. Until then, goodbye.

Love,

Squall

It's already ten thirty according to his clock. He already packed everything he thinks he

need, some clothes, money and his gunblade that was given to him by his father as

birthday present except that, he didn't bring any other royal stuffs. "Only one and a half

hour then I'll have my freedom." he said.

After 1 ½ hour......

He glanced one last time in his room and left the letter on top of his table. He quietly left

his room then he made his way through the hallway without even a noise. He knew there

were guards near the entrance door so he chose to leave through the secret passage that

leads exactly in the town. After some minutes of walking he's already on his way to the

train station. He'll take a train to Timber Town then another to Balamb Town. There he'll

enroll to Balamb Garden. While waiting for the midnight train to arrive he noticed four

girls looking at him. He was wearing a hat so how on earth will they recognize him. He

didn't realized that one of the four girls was already in front of him. "Are you Prince

Squall? If I may ask." the lady asked him. "No, maybe I just look like him." He noticed

that the train arrived already. "Now if you will excuse me, I have to go" he replied

shortly then he ran quickly to the train.