A/N: Now this one is a short one. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own SquareEnix.

Her side of the night

--Chapter 4--

Aunt Cecile prepared a scrumptious meal for them to eat that night. She made spinach soup, roast beef and mashed potatoes, and for dessert she made them both a strawberry cheesecake. She made everything seem perfect for the arrival of her niece, which as of the moment, was busy chewing down the beef and some mashed potatoes.

"You know Auntie," Rinoa said, after swallowing a whole lot of beef and outcrops, "you shouldn't have bothered cooking a lot of food, I'm used to just eating anything that I could stick in the microwave."

Okay, lied again Rin, you never ate anything that could be cooked in the microwave, you always eat gourmet food. But no joke this is good.

"Hahaha what are you saying Rin, this is just something I threw up together to feed you." her aunt replied jokingly as she scraped the last remaining potatoes from the bowl. "Besides, it's not everyday I get to feed my niece."

"Hahaha well, if this is what you throw," the raven haired girl replied, " then I wonder how good it'll taste, I mean the food, if you actually cooked it." she added as she finished up her meal with a glass of water.

"Well, now that is funny maybe you should sell it, and we'll earn millions." her aunt sarcastically replied, with a smile, while cleaning up the leftovers. "I think you better go to your room now, remember that it is the one on the right side of the hallway."

Rinoa nodded as she went to clean up the plates. "No, no, this is your first night here, so I clean up, now go to your room I am pretty sure you still have jetlag. " her aunt told her, as she cleaned up the table and shooed Rinoa upstairs.

"Okay, okay! Hahaha, this is the first time I went to a hotel that shooed their customers to their rooms!" Rinoa cried as her aunt started tickling her crazy just to get her moving.

"Hey auntie, can you send up Angelo after she's done eating?" Rinoa asked after finally overcoming the fit of giggles she had from her sudden tickle attack. "Sure thing, just get your butt on your bed Noa."

Rinoa laughed and decided that she should really go up now, because she was really, really coming down with a big headache.

Oh damn, why now... ugh. Maybe a hot shower might fix it. Then I'll call mom.

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"That was great! It somehow lifted my headache." Rinoa said as she stepped out of the shower still dripping wet, "Oh, I have voice mails,"

3 new voice messages

"Oh, it's from Helga!" she exclaimed as she pressed the play button to hear her best buddy rant about the party and how it sucked. Rinoa laughed a couple of times, and suddenly felt sad having not been there to laugh it out with her best friend. As she wiped away the tears that escaped, she pressed play for the next message.

"Oh mom called, oops, I seem to have forgotten!" She suddenly remembered that she needed to call her mom when she landed, but she was busy with other things.

"Hey Rinny hunny! It's your mom! I told you to call me after you get there but it seems, you have forgotten again, as usual. Well don't worry because I called your aunt a while ago and she said you were doing great... anyway do not forget..."

ugh here come the rules...

"Bye mom! Love yah!" and she pressed the stop button. Her mom was about to rain words on her about the "guy" that she was with and Rinoa was in no mood to hear them out as of that moment.

Well come to think of it he still hasn't called. Oh wait! I still have another message!

"Oh hey Rin, it's me Squall, I was just calling to check up on you, well I myself got to where I needed to be, just in the nick of time. Well anyway, since you are not able to answer can you call me back when you do? It'd be great if you did, well anyways, goodnight. Bye."

"Oh my Hyne! I just missed it!" Rinoa gasped as she realized that the call was made not an hour ago, but only a couple minutes before she went to shower. She slapped her head a couple of times and dialed up Squall's number.

"Hey you have reached me Squall Leonhart, I'm not able to answer for some important reason, so just leave a message after the beep and I'll get back to you."

wow, he really is serious, woo. Hey! Since when was I this crazy?! Oh crap the voicemail!

"Hey Squall, sorry. I was in the shower so I wasn't able to answer, well I see that you yourself is not available too... hmm maybe we could talk some more tomorrow I know we are both tired from the travel... so I guess I should bid you goodnight now. Well anyway I'll call again tomorrow morning... hope you're awake then... kidding... well anyway... goodnight"

oh hyne I hope that sounded normal. I don't want him to think I'm retarded or anything! Crap, i'm THE Capt. of the cheerleading squad and I'm like this over a boy?? IMPOSSIBLE!

"Oh well," she sighed as Angelo went to her bedside with her clothes. "Oh thanks girl, what would I do without you? MUAH!"

"Well, I guess we better turn in now girl, we have to give a Squall a call tomorrow morning," she said as she changed into her shorts and tee. "And we better not sound groggy."

And with that Rinoa lied on her bed awaiting sleep to overcome her, which this time, was surprisingly fast. She soon dozed off to dream world.