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Italic words – Thinking

Italic and bold words – Flashback

Meet me by the Fountain

Chapter 2

In the Rain

"Tifa, it's not what it appears."

"Huh?"

"Just be careful tonight."

"Um, okay."

What did he mean? It's not what it appears. What's not? And be careful? Careful of what? Tifa thought to herself as she stepped out of the bathroom. She wrapped a towel around her slender body and began to dry her long dark brown hair.

Who does he think he is? What would give him the right to come up to me and just blurt that out? What a jerk! Tifa walked over to the closet and began to search her clothes for something sexy to wear for tonight.

Still, he is very handsome. Tifa giggled. And those eyes of his are just gorgeous. Tifa stepped out of the two beautiful dresses. One was a black strapless silk dress that stopped just above her knees and the other was a maroon gown that had a strap on the right shoulder. She stood in front of the full length mirror to see how each dress would look on her. After thirty minutes of dress flipping she decided on the maroon gown and a pair of black open toe shoes with a seven inch heel. Tonight she was going to look her best.

"Tifa you look beautiful!" Julia exclaimed as Tifa walked down the stairs. "Just like an angel."

Laguna nodded, "I agree, just like your mother."

Upon hearing Laguna, Julia began to cry and it made Tifa want to cry too. "Please don't do that mom. If you cry I'll start to cry and I just did my make-up."

Julia wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and smiled, "I'm sorry sweetie." She walked over to Tifa and held out her hands. "I want you to have this. It was your mother's." Julia held a silver chain with a heart shape pendent with wings at the end. "She was crazy about wings. She would always say that one day should was going to fly away from here." She whimpered a little, "Who's to say she isn't up there now flying overhead watching us."

"Thank you so much." She hugged Julia. "I will treasure it always." Tifa waited as her aunt put the necklace on for her.

"Well now that the water works are done," Laguna stated as he got up from the sofa, "Do you need a ride?"

"No, thank you." Tifa said as she made her way to the front door. "It's not far."

"Okay but make sure you get home quick, they said on the news that it may rain tonight." He added, while returning to his seat and continued watching the blitz ball game on television.

"I will." Tifa said, but she knew that he didn't hear her. Once his mind is on the game it's like nothing else in the world matters.

"Be careful." Julia said as Tifa left the house and made her way to the fountain, which was located on the center of town.

The sun was just beginning to set behind Mount Nibel and there was a chill in the air. In the distance Tifa could see the storm clouds approaching the town. She hoped that it would not rain before she met up with Cloud.

Just one more corner and she would reach the fountain. She stopped as the fountain came into view. There she could see Cloud standing in front of it, wearing a white suit. He looks so handsome. Tifa smiled as she stood there watching him. He then got down on one knee.

"Will you marry me?" He said.

How sweet, his practicing. Tifa's body began to shake, she was getting very nervous. She was just a few steps away from being Mrs. Cloud Strife. Okay not becoming Mrs. Cloud Strife just yet, but well on her way.

Okay it's now or never. She began to walk toward the man of her dreams. The man that she had loved ever since she first laid eyes on him. The man that she vowed to make happy for the rest of her life. She would die if he did not love her-

"Yes." A familiar female voice answered. "Yes I will!"

Tifa stopped in her tracks. There was a flash of lightning and she could see who it was talking, but she knew who it was.

"Aeris?" There was a crash of thunder as Tifa's eyes began to swell up. She covered her mouth with her hand and ran behind the building that she was standing in front of. She rested her back against the wall and began to slide down until she was on the ground. "It's not true." She hugged her knees and began to cry. "It's not true."

The rain began to fall hard on her but Tifa did not care. Cloud and Aeris ran by, not noticing her, holding hands and laughing. "It can't be true." She said again. "Cloud would never-"

'It's not what it appears 'Vincent's voice rang out in her head. 'It's not what it appears.'

Tifa covered her ears, trying to block out his voice. "Stop it! Leave me alone!"

She did not hear the footsteps that made their way to her or notice the black boots that stopped in front of her. She didn't even notice the rain had stopped falling on her.

"Miss Lockhart?"

Tifa stopped moving.

"Tifa?"

Tifa knew that voice. She stood up quickly and without thinking she slapped Vincent on his left cheek. "This is all your fault."

"My fault? How pray tell is this my fault?" Vincent asked sounding angry. His cheek was becoming red.

Tifa was pissed now and was going to slap him again when he grabbed her arm and slammed her back against the wall, dropping the umbrella that he was holding. She cried out in pain but he did not loosen his grip.

"You knew this was going to happen, didn't you?" She shouted as she tried to wiggle her way out of his strong grip.

"I did warn you, didn't I?" He was so close to her that she could feel his warm breath on her cool face. It gave her goose bumps and it almost turned her on.

"Warn me? All you said was it's not what it appears. How the fuck is that warning me?" Tifa tried to kick Vincent but he put his leg in between hers so that she could not move. "Let me go you bastard!"

"Now that's not very lady like." Vincent smirked. "But then again you are not very much of a lady to begin with."

"Shut the fuck up!" She screamed. "Get the fuck away from-"Before she could finish that sentence Vincent pressed his warm lips to hers, catching Tifa completely off guard.

He pulled away from her and smirked, "Well that's one way to shut you up." He released her and stepped back. "Now let's get you home before you catch a cold."

Tifa did not move she just stood there touching her lips and staring at him. He kissed me. He just kissed me.

"Tifa?"

Tifa grabbed him by the front of his black shirt and pulled him closer to her. This time it was she who caught him off guard. She kissed him and placed her arms around his neck bring him closer to her, as his arms found their way around her petite waist holding her tightly against his body. Their tongues entered the other's mouth as they intensified the kiss. Tifa felt her breast being crushed by his strong chest and she loved it. She knew he was enjoying it as well because she felt his manhood grow hard against her stomach. The feeling made Tifa shiver.

Cloud never made me feel like this, Cloud never kissed me like this. Cloud!

Tifa pushed away from Vincent as they both were gasping for air. "I'm sorry; I should not have done that." She turned away from him and began to walk in the direction of her home.

"Wait." Vincent grabbed her hand, but this time he was gentle. "I'm the one who should apologize. I should have told you about them."

Tifa didn't say a word. Even if she did; what would she say?

Vincent opened the umbrella and held it over their heads. "Allow me to walk you home." He offered her his arm.

Tifa nodded. The pair was silent as they made their way down the quiet and wet streets of Nibelheim.

Well that's chapter two! I hope you liked it.