A/N: Hey another chapter! sorry for the delay been having lots and lots going on lately but hopefully can get this back to a good update speed and hope y'all will enjoy it. lots of thanks to anyone reading so far and hope you are liking it. also want to thank rinnyheartillyizawesome, shes really been keeping me motivated with this story and lots of other stoo. so enjoy

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What?! Had Rinoa just heard what she had thought she heard? She couldn't have….it was ridiculous, it was completely unbelievable!

"W-what?" Rinoa echoed….this had to be a joke.

"I want you back Rinoa"

"You're crazy" she said slowly. He was crazy, absolutely insane. She could not believe any of this. "you have got to be kidding."

"I'm not, Rinoa, I want you back.."

"Is this why you came here?"

"No, I came because you invited me."

"No, I mean why you came to Timber?"

"No, I really was here on work. I didn't even know you were here. But I saw you and I started thinking back, thinking about you and about us and I realised I want you back."

"Why are you telling me this?" Rinoa said, putting her head in her hands.

"because you deserve to know why I'm here. I'm going to get you back Rinoa I'll do whatever it takes."

"I'm engaged Squall"

"I know, its complicated. But, still, I know what I want."

"you should know you don't even have a chance. We broke up 3 years ago Squall, we are in the past."

"If that's what you believe then fine, but you should know I'm not going to give up yet."

Rinoa shook her head "You have no right to tell me any of this, I don't want to know."

"I have the right to do whatever I want. I'm not doing anything wrong."

"yes, you are. What do you think gives you the right to come here and try and interfere with my life, and try and mess up what I have with Jay. Why would you do that? Cant you accept that I'm happy?"

"I'm glad your happy but I think you would be happier with me, and I think deep down you know that."

"you're wrong"

"Am I? Really? If you can honestly tell me you never think about me at all and you havent ever thought of me since you've been with this Jay guy, if you can honestly tell me you feel absolutely nothing at all for me then I'll go back to Balamb and you'll never see me again."

Rinoa knew that was exactly what she needed to tell Squall, and exactly what she should have told him. But she couldn't, she wasn't able to, the words just wouldn't come out. It was like she was holding her self back from saying it because deep down she knew it wasn't true. She did think about him. She didn't want to, but she did.

"Look…" Squall said in that same calm and cool tone he had always had "I get it, you're going to need time. And this all may seem strange to you, but I'm serious. All I'm asking you to do is think about it. Think about what you really want."…

And later that night it was all Rinoa could think about. She had managed to explain to Jay the whole incident with Squall and Tanya and Seifer, it had been awkward but eventually he had understood, just as Rinoa had known he would. She knew it was better that she told him, and yet she couldn't tell him about what had happened with Squall at the end of the evening. Because, what did it matter? It was not like she had any intention of even thinking about considering going back to Squall. She knew she loved Jay and with him was exactly where she wanted to be and it was were she had every intention of staying no matter what. So why even mention any of it to Jay? Why upset him, why cause trouble? Rinoa didn't want to do anything to lose him, he was everything to her, he was more than she could ever have dreamt of. He truly did make her happy.

But it seemed to her that night, and as the following days went on, that she was almost fighting herself. Every time she thought of how happy Jay made her a little voice in her head kept telling her 'Squall made you happy too'. And as much as she tried, she couldn't shake that thought form her head. She just tried to ignore it, after all she had a wedding to plan. There was so much to be done, especially considering her and Jay had now set the date. May 30th, 4 months away. At first 4 months seemed like plenty of time to Rinoa, but that was until she learned exactly how much there was to do. She had only just begun planning the wedding last time…when it all went wrong. And it was all so long ago that all of this planning seemed new to her. But she was excited. She was planning what was going to be the best day of her life, the most special day. She wanted it to be perfect. There were so many little details to think about, like flowers and music as well as bigger details such as locations, bridesmaids, guests, and most importantly, choosing the dress. It was going to be a lot of work, but she knew she would enjoy it. She enjoyed everything about being with Jay and most of all she enjoyed knowing she would be with him for the rest of her life.

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Squall lay back on the bed in his hotel room and stared at the ceiling above him. Things had not exactly gone according to plan in the past few weeks of his life. He hadn't wanted to come to Timber on this damn mission anyway, and he had certainly not planned to run into Rinoa. He had honestly not known she was in Timber, but when he did see her…it was like something happened. Like everything he had forgotten ignored and pushed to the back of his mind in the past 3 years was back. Everything he felt for her, everything he had ever felt for her suddenly reappeared. It was everything he had fought against in 3 years. Because all thought he had moved on in most aspects of his life, he had never found anyone he loved as much as he loved her. And no matter what happened, he had loved her.

It had obviously faded over the years, but in some way, it was still completely there. And seeing her made it all too real. The first thing that came back to him was all the painful memories, the end of it all. Because while everyone at the time had been feeling incredibly sorry for Rinoa, people seemed to forget that he was hurt too, it was hard for him as well, he lost just as much when they split.

But during the time since he had first seen her and the party, the better memories came back and there were way more of those than there were bad. They had so many good times in the years they were together, both before and after they got engaged. They had been so young, they had met so strangely. It hadn't been young love or superficial love. It was true love…at least back then…

He only recently realised that he still loved her now. And he finally realised the thing he had felt had been missing in his life for the past few years was her, it was Rinoa. He knew he needed to do something to try and get her back, and he had decided he had to tell her at the party. Of course it hadn't gone as he'd expected, although truthfully he hadn't known what to expect. He knew it would sound strange to her, especially since she now had found herself someone else, who was an annoyingly nice guy. But he had told her anyway, even though it wasn't like him atall.

But it had been a week since the party. And he heard nothing, he had given Rinoa a number but he hadn't heard from her. He had to wonder if he had any impact at all on her? Did she ever really think about him?

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