Storyline – When I hear my favourite song, I know that we belong. You are the music in me. [Rinoa x Squall [College
A/N: Well as you all know broken is going nowhere for a long time and the same applies for the Sorceress I suppose. I was talking to my best mate Adam and he somehow convinced me that I needed to write some new stuff, he's right I know, I didn't want him to be though lol.
Broken was a good story for the first 2 chapters but after that it just got boring and repetitive like my others, Young Love and Come From the Heart. Both very childish and repetitive and just more boring as you read on. I think its probably the whole High School setting so I thought maybe I'd have a change and go for a College.
Adam goes to this college called Guitar X and from what I understand he learns nothing but guitar all day, which I think is really awesome so I kinda created this college, based on his one and just came up with a music college so that's my little tribute to him for this story seeing as he…inspired me the other day. Theres gonna be quite a few songs along the way although it isn't gonna be a musical like Rinnyheartillyizawesome's one, which is really great and I strongly recommend you read lol and I probably wont include You are the music in me from HSM cause it'll just turn into a complete Troyella scene which I don't want. I want to try and make this fic as mature as I can and I don't want it to become predictable, too fluffy and boring in anyway.
Right enough rambling and I'll just get on with it. Pleaseee leave reviews and tell your friends to read and review too if you like it
Chapter 1 –Rinoa's POV
I wanted to be so angry with him today, I wanted to be able to ignore him and turn my nose at him all day and let him suffer with my silence for forgetting yesterday but It was so hard to stay mad at him. When he looked at me with those stormy grey eyes and then put on his puppy face it was out of the question to be furious, a little after that just looking at him I couldn't help but not smile at him.
"Rinoa! Wait up!" He called as he chased after me when I'd walked past him hastily and avoided his smile "Rinoa!"
"What?" I said as he caught up with me and stood in front of me, blocking my escape.
"What'd I do?"
"How'd you forget something you forgot!?" I said as I threw my hands up in the air.
"What did I forge… oh… oh yeah" I looked at him with an evil glare "crap"
"Yeah, crap might cover it! You promised you'd come shopping with me for Selphie's birthday present!"
"I know I did but it just slipped my mind"
"A lot of things slip your mind, Squall"
"Yeah I know but listen" he put his two hand on my shoulders "I promise, straight from college today, we'll go shopping for her present. Sound okay to you?"
I looked at him for a bit. His grey eyes, they were always the most gorgeous I'd seen. Grey with some blue and green somehow mixed in there. They were pleading puppy dog eyes this time and I couldn't stand it, every time he looked at me with those eyes I couldn't stay mad at him and all I could do was sigh, smile and agree. Meaning he would be off of the hook in his mind and pretty soon in mine too.
"Great! I'm forgiven!" I groaned and nodded in agreement "Yes!" He said as he chuckled a little.
"Come on, you got music performance with me next" we both nodded and set off in the direction of our class. If we were late I'm almost sure our teacher, Mr Krammer would have killed us this time. The amount of times we'd been late for his lesson.
We both sat in the back of the music class together; as usual we'd paired up for our performance. So there we sat, both with our acoustic guitars on our laps. Squall as usual was playing around and showing off with some little guitar solos which left me to come up with a good song to perform otherwise, well, I didn't really fancy an F for our coursework.
"What about… uh… Billy S by Skye Sweetnam?" I asked for him to pull his little cocked up eyebrow face, which always made me laugh
"Who the heck?"
"Skye…Sweetnam!"
"Who's she meant to be while she's at home?"
"She's an awesome singer and she plays guitars in her songs"
"Well whats the song sound like?"
"I think I've got it on my phone" I pulled out my mobile and started flicking through all the songs on it until I finally came to Billy S. I pressed the play button and the guitars and drums of the song started pumping out of the little speaker on the back, loud enough for myself and Squall to hear.
"Its okay, we can give it a shot I think," He said as he started to try and pick up which chords she was using which of course, he did in under at least 5 minutes.
"Wake up tired, Monday mornings suck. It's way too early to catch a bus. Why conform without a fuss? Daddy, Daddy no! I don't wanna go to school!"
Squall started to get a hang of the song and play it a little more fluently
"I don't need to read Billy Shakespeare, meet Juliet or Benvolio. Feel for once what it's like to rebel now. I wanna break out, lets go!"
"Teachers treat us all like clones. 'Sit up straight; take off your headphones'. I don't blame them, they get paid. Money, money, woo! Lotsa money, money woo!"
"I don't need to read Billy Shakespeare, meet Juliet or Benvolio. Feel for once what it's like to rebel now. I wanna break out lets go!"
"get out, get out, get out, get out woo! Get out, get out, get out, get out woo! To skip or not to skip? That is the question!"
"I don't need to read Billy Shakespeare, meet Juliet or Benvolio. Feel for once what it's like to rebel now. I wanna break out lets go! I don't need to read Billy Shakespeare, meet Juliet or Benvolio. Feel for once what it's like to rebel now. I wanna break out lets go!"
"Get out, get out, get out, get out woo! Get out, get out, get out, get out woo! Feel for once what its like to rebel now, I wanna break out lets go! Get out, get out, get out woo!"
"So what exactly do you plan on getting her?" Squall asked me as we pulled into the car park of the shopping centre.
"I was thinking maybe I just get her some CDs and maybe Fall Out Boy's concert DVD" I looked over at him and raised a questioning eye brow "and what're you going to get her?"
"Uhhh…" I giggled at him; the look on his face of pure confusion was so adorable.
"Want me to help you?"
"Please"
We walked into the shopping centre and went straight into the CD store for me to buy her CDs and DVD. I eventually got her 3 CDs, You Me At Six, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and The Pigeon Detectives along with her Fall Out Boy DVD. After we paid it was time for Squall to decide what to get her and he was truly clueless. He always was when it came to buying things for people. He asked me one year to buy his mum's mother's day present and sent me off shopping with £20. In the end I got her some really nice earrings, which of course Squall takes the credit of buying. It's his loss though because now she expects really nice presents each year from him.
"Earrings?" he asked as we passed the jewellery store
"Too pricey"
"Chocolates?"
"They'll go in five seconds"
"Flowers?"
"They die"
"Well I don't know!" he said as he threw his hands up in defeat. I smiled at him; he really didn't know what to get her.
As we passed the music store I noticed Squall had disappeared from my side and was now marvelling at one of the guitars in the windows. I walked back over to him to find him looking at a black electric Fender guitar. The look of wonder and excitement was dancing in his eyes… until he saw the price tag.
"£350!? I could buy two Encore guitars with that!"
"No you couldn't"
"Well… no I couldn't but still!" I laughed at him until something came to mind.
"Hey Selphie plays guitar"
"I am NOT buying her that!" He said darting his finger to the Fender
"No I didn't mean that! Buy her something little for it like a strap or mini amp"
"Can I tell the store owner off for not letting my budget buy the Fender"
"No Squall"
"Oh come on!"
"Don't be so stupid!" I laughed as I pushed him into the store and away from the guitar
We walked over to the guitar accessories and eventually picked her out 5 yellow sparkly plectrums and a yellow guitar strap. Squall scowled at the shop assistant the entire time which I'm sure scared her because if looks could kill she'd of been dead. He really wanted that guitar but there was no way he would ever be able to afford it.
After we'd brought all we needed we headed over to Starbucks before getting back into the car. I ordered my Frappechino whilst Squall waited for his Latte.
My eyes darted from putting Vanilla onto the whipped cream and over to the shop window where two familiar faces were walking past. My eyes narrowed as I realised who it was. Walking hand in hand was mine and Squall's ex's. Seifer and Quistis.
About 3 months ago I was still with Seifer and Squall was with Quistis. We all got along really well and often we all went out together but at some point Squall and myself started getting suspicious. Every time we all arranged to meet up it'd be me and Squall meeting up with them two. They'd always make excuses so they'd have to meet first and then meet us. Eventually Squall found out from Quistis, which meant I then found out.
For about a month Quistis and Seifer had been having an affair behind our backs. It was really horrible on us both. I wasn't in love with Seifer but I did really like him and having my trust betrayed like that really cut me deep but Squall had been in love with Quistis. It's been really hard for him. Only the mention of her name gets him down.
He turned around and smiled at me before his head too was drawn to the couple walking past. "Squall don't!" I said as his head turned. The pain was searing through his eyes. Seeing her walking hand in hand with the one she betrayed him with cut him deeply. I could see him falling apart in front of me and it hurt so much. Seeing the bitch that broke my best friend's heart walk past with my ex made me so angry. She had no consideration for his feelings at all. At college she would make out with Seifer in the halls knowing that Squall and myself would be walking past to get to our classes. When he saw her he turned into someone that wasn't Squall. He was quiet and cold. His vocabulary narrowed down to a "Whatever" or nothing at all.
"Come on Squall, lets just go home"
"Whatever" he said as he walked in the direction of the car park. I growled as I chased after him.
We both sat in my car on our way home; I was going to drop Squall straight off home so he could be alone with his thoughts for a while. I'd make sure he was okay later on; I'd phone him or something. He just needed to think to himself. There was no point trying to talk to him while he was like this, he wouldn't even talk.
"You just wanna go home?" he nodded "You wanna talk?" he shook his head at me. The reaction I expected.
I pulled up outside his house and looked at him before I released the lock on the doors. I was safe conscious about my car. "Squall" I said softly as I reached over and locked my hand with his. "You're not on your own in this, I feel it too but I…"
"I know" he squeezed my hand back as the sides of his lips twitched up into a little smile
"I'm here for you. You're my best friend and I'll still love you even if that bitch doesn't"
"Yeah I know, Rin" he looked into my eyes and smiled again before getting out of the car "Thanks" I nodded and smiled before pulling out of his drive way and back onto the main road. I watched him go into his house through the rear view mirrors before hitting the gas into the direction of my house.
I sat on my windowsill and stared out at the dark sky. The stars littered the sky all around the moon, which hid, behind the clouds. I took a breath in and closed my eyes. I couldn't shake the look in Squall's eyes earlier from my mind. I should have just left the shopping alone and gone with Yui or something, shopping isn't a guy's thing. I should've known that. I felt like such an idiot for dragging him through the shopping centre. If I hadn't of he would have still been the Squall that I knew, he wouldn't be down. I knew him. He'd been down for about a week now.
I just wanted to tell him I was sorry. He was my best friend and I loved him dearly, I never wanted him to be upset at all. If I could find a way to make him happy constantly then I'd do whatever it took. I walked over to where my mobile phone rested and hit speed dial for Squall's number. It rang before the other end answered and a male voice was heard down the other end. "Hello?"
"Hey you…"
"Hey Rinny. You okay?"
"Well yeah I was just checking in on you. How are you is the bigger question?"
"I'm okay I guess. It hurt"
"I know… I wanted to say…I'm so sorry"
"For what?"
"For dragging you along to go shopping today, I should have just gone with Yui or my sister at the weekend"
"Rin I like going shopping with you, we always have fun. You weren't to know that Seifer and Quistis would be there"
"I know but I feel so responsible"
"Don't feel like that. It really isn't your fault at all"
"You sure?"
"Yeah I'm deadly sure. Don't worry about it"
"I do worry though"
"I know you do, you're like my Gran" I heard him chuckle
"I am not like you're Gran!"
"Are too!" I laughed as he chuckled down the other end. I loved talking with him while he was like this.
He always made laugh no matter what. I could be feeling like the dirt of the earth and as soon as he spoke to me he always knew how to cheer me up no matter what. I could be crying my eyes out for some reason or another and he'd come along and say something funny and I'd been in giggling fits.
"I'm gonna go then okay?" I said as I finished my laughing
"Okay then. I'll see you tomorrow"
"Okay, bye"
"Oh Rin…"
"Yeah?"
"Could you errmm…"
"Give you a lift tomorrow?"
"Yeah" I laughed, as he really didn't have to ask me, I gave him a ride to college every day
"Yeah I can. I'll see you in the morning. Bye"
"Night"
I put my phone back down onto my bedside chest of draws and smiled before returning to my windowsill to watch the stars before I fell asleep. I always wanted to see a shooting star fly across the sky just so I could make a wish on it. It'd been a dream of mine ever since I was little. Most little girls would of dreamt of pony's and princess castles but I always dreamt of music. Ever since I was a kid I wanted to be something in music. Squeezing emotions into words and then singing them out to people always seemed like the best way to express yourself to me. It was scary knowing that people would hear what you had on your mind but it always felt nice to let them out.
As the hour hit around 11:30pm I decided it would be best for me to slip into bed and drift off, as I'd have to be up early tomorrow to pick Squall up. Another day of seeing the sadness in his eyes. It didn't seem fair that he was going through all of this while Quistis walked around with her lips latched to Seifer's.
I was never really angry with Seifer. It would of ended anyways, we weren't a great couple. Better off as friends and if he ever wanted to be friends again I would but I suppose it'd be minus Quistis in his life if we were ever to be friends again. I wish it were minus Quistis in everyone's life. Especially Squall's.
A/N: So what do you all think? Please let me know, hit that little review button for me, pleaaaseee: D I'd really appreciate it. Tell your friends from fanfic about the story too please, me is in need of the readers lol.
Anyways so that was the first chapter, a little short I know but still gets the point across. Theres no need to worry about blockages and waits on the chapters either cause I have them all planned out on this lovely piece of paper sitting next to me, yes that's right I used a pen and paper. How cool am I? Lol Joking.
I really wanna say thanks though (oh god that sounded like a really cheesy actor accepting an award… I'd like to thank my mum and dad sniff sniff lol). I wanted to thank Adam Marler, one of my best friends cause he was the one who told me that I should write and now he's told me there's no stopping me lol I have it all planned and now you can't get rid of me lol. Blame him: D Adam expect lots of angry readers knocking on your door telling you off for making me write another crappy story lol. Also Megan and Robyn have inspired me, their love is so epic and true and it almost makes me cry sometimes. I'm so happy for the both of them and they're also such awesome writers it's unbelievable: D
Anyways, I should be updating really soon
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