Here's chapter. 2!!

I made my way to gym for fifth hour, feeling good.
P.E. is the one thing where my clumsy ass does well.
I smiled as I opened the door and stepped through. Scarlet and Elena were on the bleachers, soaking up the free time until Mr. Banning arrived. Then I noticed Cloud Strife over against the wall. I put my bravest smile on and walked over to him.

"Hi, I'm Tifa Lockhart." I said in a friendly tone. Cloud glanced up. "Cloud Strife." he mumbled. My heart fluttered. His voice sent goosebumps up and down my arms. "Great! Maybe we'll be good fri-"

"I don't need any friends." he said, moving past me in a fluid motion.

God, can you say rude??!!! I was just being friendly!

"What a dick." I mumbled, and I heard Scarlet laugh behind me. I jumped. I hadn't noticed her there. "Yep, but he's hot, so it doesn't matter." she grinned, walking away from me.

I mumbled a few nasty words in her direction.

Cloud's POV----------------------------

I shouldn't have been so rude.

Tifa had been friendly, and that was more than I deserved.

But I guess it still wasn't her fault. She obviously didn't know about my past, and the reason why I'd moved to Midgar.

My past was too dark. And I couldn't get close to Tifa.

I might end up hurting her. Or doing what I had done to Aer...

I shouldn't think about her. She isn't my problem. She's in Nibelheim. I'm in Midgar. No need to think about her, or my mistake.

And now that I thought about Tifa, and when our eyes had met across the courtyard, I couldn't deny the chemistry, even though I hadn't even met her yet.

Fuck. This was bad. Very bad. I could NOT get attached to anyone here.

Tifa's POV---------------------------

By the time gym was over, I'd almost gotten over the Cloud incident.

Almost.

So when Tseng questioned me, I said nothing.
I was pissed at Cloud. What had I done? Sorry, blondie.

"I think you two could be a good couple." Elena said.

"How can we be, when we can't even stand each other?!" I snapped.
"What do you mean, Ti?" Elena asked worriedly.
"He hates me, and I have no fucking clue why!" I exclaimed. "Wow..that sucks, Ti." Elena said sympathetically.

I yanked my bag out of my locker at four fifteen, when school was finally over.
Unfortunately, Cloud's locker was to my right, and he was there. I didn't say anything. I just slammed my locker, set the combination, and started to walk away.

But, my attempt at walking away in a sexy but angry way ended up with me tripping a-fucking-gain. An arm wrapped around my waist, pulling me up. My eyes met bright blue ones, and blonde hair was with those blue eyes.

Shit. Why'd he even bother?

Cloud's eyes seemed to freeze, and I realized I was practically in his arms.
I attempted to push away, but he thought I was falling, and tightened his grip on my waist.

Which positioned our lips about a quarter inch away from the other's.

Cloud's POV------------------

I'm such a dumbass.

She probably trips often. Why'd I fucking grab her? Because I was worried, actually worried she'd hurt herself?

And now we're stuck in this awkward position, where it probably looks like we're about to kiss.

Her breath is warm, and smells like peppermint.
Damnit Cloud, stop thinking about that!
I set her on her feet, picked my keys off the floor, and walked away.

But I'd remember her big brown eyes, her warm body, the warm peppermint breath. The way I could've kissed her, really kissed her, and found out if her breath tasted as good as it smelled.

Damnit, I need to quit thinking.

Tifa's POV----------------

I slammed my bedroom door, although I don't know why.

No one was home to hear me anyways, or mess with my privacy. Of course Dad would still be at work. And since there was no Mom......

I couldn't get Cloud out of my head. Why hadn't he just let me fall and hit my head?

I always do anyways. But, I was glad he'd picked me up.

That we could have kissed.

In fact, I was overjoyed. And I really shouldn't have been.