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A/N: .. I am truly sorry if this is a long update. I have a strict mom. Or, at least I think I do...

My Only Wish

Chapter Two: Science Parnter and the 'Mad dawg'

"No." Cloud said once again.

Yuffie whined, "BUT WHY?!"

"Because, he's too scared to admit to his girl that he likes her. And plus, why the heck would we wanna study anyway? I mean, is that even a word?" Reno said while trying to locate his dictionary from his backpack.

Yuffie had planned to have a study group. After all, Yuffie was kind of popular. Sometimes in the halls, Cloud would see her talking to Tifa and giggling with her as well. 'A study group, eh? Hm... Maybe it won't be too bad.' Cloud thought.

After hearing the bell, the three scattered to their classes. For Cloud, he had only thee classes in which he didn't have with Barret, Yuffie, and Reno. He had math with Reno, chemistry with Barret, and language with Yuffie.

Cloud had just finished having math with Reno, so it was time for chemistry. He walked in the classroom only to find the students lined up at the back. Mr. Skylar, the teacher, looked at Cloud and directed for him to go at the back.

Students were murmuring on what was going on. Cloud spotted Barret and walked towards him.

"Yo, Cloudie boy." Barret said while spitting something out from his mouth.

A disgusted Cloud moved a step back and coughed, "So, what's going on?"

"Rumor is, Mr. Skylurr there, is making us assigned seats. Ya know, like... Two people, joined desks. Next row, two people, joined desks."

Cloud's eyes widened, "And the disclaimer?"

"The person you're assigned next to, is gonna be your partner for the whole, entire, seme--" Interuppted by Mr. Skylar, everyone stopped talking.

Mr. Skylar clapped his hands once and said, "New seats. Please find your name, and sit there until your partner is here. I'll make sure to check attendance, just to make sure if their not coming at all."

Cloud decided to look at the front first. Nope. The middle. Nope. The back, yes. His desk was at the corner by the window. 'You are not a loner, You are not a loner,' Cloud repeated in his mind. He sat at his desk and put his books down on the floor. He looked to his right and spotted Barret at the other end. A blonde headed girl was seated next to Barret. She looked annoyed as if she hated being Barret's partner already.

On the other hand, Barret put a mischievous grin and held up a thumbs at Cloud. Instead of returning the thumbs up, Cloud made a frown and put his head down on the desk. 'If my partner is a guy, I will quit school and make my dog go through prostitution. If it's a girl, she better not be fat. I don't want to have to tell the teacher that I smell gas and everyone runs out of the building... instead the gas was coming from the fat hippo.'

Klunk! Cloud heard some books drop beside him. Just hearing that sent shivers through his spine. 'W-what if those weren't books?! What if... WHAT IF THOSE WERE HER HANDS?! Oh please... PLEASE! It's hopeless... It's been nice knowing Reno, Yuffie, Barret, and the random ice cream guy I used to beat up! And...and...' Cloud's thoughts were brought to an end as he felt a piece of paper thrown at his head.

Thankfully, it landed on his gravity defying hair. He didn't have to put his head up, thank you Lord. Cloud put his hand slowly to his head and took the piece of paper and put it on his lap. He carefully read it because the handwriting pretty much... sucked. This is what the awfully written paper said:

Yo Cloud.

Look at. how do you spell "yer?" but oh well.

Look at yer partner beside ya. heh heh heh.

Barret; the mad dawg.

Cloud muttered in his mind, 'Mad dawg? What the hell?'

Hearing tapping of somewhat resembled a pencil, Cloud took deep breathes.

'Okay, Cloud. In and Out. In and Out!' He decided to count to three and look up and see his partner. 'One...two...three!' Cloud jerked his head up and turned to see his partner.

Tifa looked at him with curious eyes. "Are you okay, Mister Strife?"

Cloud nervously chuckled as he tried not looking at her eyes. Instead he looked up to the front.

"Please, call me Cloud," he replied.

Tifa nodded her head and turned to talk to some other girls.

'Eh..? Tifa's my parnter?!' Cloud thought, wandering through his mind.

The way she said his name, was like music to his ears. Cloud just hoped Yuffie was still doing the study group. His mind didn't want to have one, because he would see Tifa and probably make a fool of himself, but his heart wanted to. He sighed and put his head down once more and began to think.

A few moments later, Cloud felt a slight poke on his shoulder.

"Cloud, class is already over," said Tifa giggling a tiny bit. Cloud's face turned bright red.

"U-Um, y-yeah," he replied while going under his desk and quickly trying to locate his books.

He immediately tried walking towards the door until once again, Tifa spoke and caught his attention.

"U-Uh... I w-was wondering if you could..." Tifa said, stopping to clutch her blushing face.

Cloud was curious to get an answer. Impatiently but nicely, he replied, "Could what?..."

Tifa continued while slightly looking the other way. "Could you save me... a spot beside... I don't know, you or Yuffie at lunch, maybe?... Yuffie said I should ask you... If... If it's alright..."

'Damn, stupid Yuffie,' he thought.

"Yeah, it's alright. You can sit with us," he replied coolly. 'Heck yeah, I would do more than let you sit with me... I would... Gah! Enough with the perverted mind, Cloud...' he thought, hitting his head softly.

A warm smile spread on Tifa's face. "Thanks," she said and headed out of the room to her next class.

Cloud watch the ruby eyed beauty walk out of the room. He sighed. That was the chance he could've taken to ask Tifa to the dance, but he failed. He walked out of the room and went to his next class.

He didn't realize someone was watching him from afar. A slight sigh came from the brunette. Tifa opened her locker and got a picture out that she kept to herself. It was a picture of Cloud, a friend had taken it for her and gave it to her. She sighed. For some odd reason, she talked to the picture everytime she was depressed or had a problem. "Why can't I just get you to notice Cloud? I mean, I talk to you, but I just can't find the right words..."

Unfortunatley, Cloud did notice her. More than notice actually. Cloud didn't even know that Tifa noticed him as well. But, a few days later it was all about to change when another girl comes to school with the name 'Aerith' who would change their lives forever...

A/N: Short chapter, once again, yes? Anyways, Aerith will probably go into the next chapter, or the one after that. Not sure. I'm really sorry for the mistakes, and please review! Poor Cloud, and Tifa, their practically blind for each other's feelings/love! Haha. Please review, once again!