Hello, Everyone! I've gotten positive reviews and I'd like to personally thank all of my reviewers. Thank you! You guys are great! Now, I know that so many of you are impatient and have started to think that I'll never finish, but do not give up hope! I swear on all of the trees on earth that this story will be finished!
The Inn was intirely decorated for New Year's. The whole place was covered in bright strings of lights and bells on the windows. Now, the regular crowd of the Inn was begining to come back, forcing our heros to keep to themselves, rather than use the entire Inn, as the have been doing.
Raine and Regal had volunteered to go and buy some supplies, to prepare for their departure, and the remaning six had divided themselves into girls in Colette and Presea's room and boys in Lloyd and Zelos' room. They were, coincedentally, all talking about their New Year's resolutions.
"Zelos! New Year's Resolutions are to improve yourself, not your social status!"
"Ok, ok! I just just kidding! I'll come up with a real one!" Zelos said. A few moments passed. "I've got nothing. I'm just to perfect to need to improve myself!"
"Mabye if you wern't so stupid, this would be easier." Genis teased in his know-it-all voice.
"Shut up, you little brat!"
"Let's just skip Zelos. How about you, Genis?" Lloyd said, to keep the conversation moving.
"Me? Um, well. . .I, uh"
"Ha! New it! You don't have one!" Zelos spat.
"I have one!" Genis said truthfully "I just can't. . ."
"Yeah?" Lloyd asked.
"I-I can't tell you!"
"Looks like somebody's scared" Zelos teased.
"I am not scared!" Genis defended
"Then tell us!"
Genis was starting to vibrate. Just a bit, but still vibrating. He knew he needed to move, and fast.
"Alright! I'll tell you! It's to tell Presea my feelings about her! Okay? happy?" He yelled as he ran out of the room.
"Well, a New Year's resolution should be easy for me, because I'm such a coward." Sheena laughed.
"Well, can you come up with something, Sheena?" Colette asked.
"Um, sure! If I just think for um...a, uh...long time" Sheena admitted.
"Mabye you can help, Presea. Did you come up with a New Year's resolution?" Colette turned to Presea.
"I would like to, but I am too confused to make up my mind."
"Oh? What about?" Shena asked, slightly suprised.
"It is about Genis" Presea said, with no note of fear in her voice.
"Genis? What about him?" Colette asked. She had been friends with Genis for so long that she strongly believed whatever Presea's problem was, Colette could help with it.
"Well, everytime he does something childish, it ammuses me and I have this erge to tell him...something, but I do not know what.
"Do you enjoy it when he does something childish?" Sheena asked.
"Yes, It is an interesting feeling."
"Do you like being around him?" Colette asked.
"Yes."
Colette and Sheena looked at each other and nodded.
"Well, Presea, as it stands," Sheena began.
"We think that you," Colette continued.
"Are in love with Genis," they finished together.
"WHAT?" Presea cried in disbelief "No, it- it does not make any sense!"
"Based on what you told us, there's no other explanation," Sheena explained.
"NO! It can not be true! It does not make any sense!" tears began to form in Presea's eyes as she stared at her two friends.
"I am sorry," she said, solomnly "but I can not believe you." Presea turned and ran out the door.
"Presea!" Colette yelled after her.
"What do we do now?" Sheena asked, ashamed of making Presea run away.
"I didn't mean to make Genis run away," Zelos said, as an apology.
"Of course you didn't, but you did."
"I was just mad at him for callin' me stupid!"
"Well," Lloyd said, thoughtfully "mabye he's right about that."
"What! How can you say that!" Zelos yelled in shock.
"It didn't take him that long to come up with a New Year's Resolution, and you have yet to come up with one."
"Well, Mr. Smarty Pants, what do you suggest I use for my New Year's Resolution?"
Lloyd pondered for a moment. "What if you told Sheena your feelings for her?"
Zelos stared at Lloyd, not sure if he was joking or being serious. Time to find out.
"Only if you tell Colette your feelings for her."
"Alright." Lloyd was not joking.
"But not just anytime this year..."
"What...what do you mean?" Lloyd asked, a bit nervous.
"You have to tell Colette by the end of the Valentine's day party!"
"Only if you'll tell Sheena by the end of the Valentine's party."
"Alright." Zelos said, mimicing Lloyd.
"We should have a bet."
"What are the stakes?"
"The person who dosen't tell their feeling by the end of the party will..." Zelos trailed off a moment then whispered something in Lloyd's ear. Lloyd's eyes grew wide as he gasped and stared at Zelos in horror.
"Agreed?" Zelos asked, ignoring Lloyd's horrified look. Zelos put out his hand. Lloyd hesitated a moment before shaking Zelos' hand with his own.
"Agreed."
"Shall we let Genis in on it?"
"Sure."
"Poor Presea. She sounds so in love, but she dosen't even know it." Colette sighed.
"It's worse than that," Sheena remarked "she denied that she's in love. It's like she dosen't trust herself to like him!"
"We should help her. Once she realizes that she's in love, then she can have her Resolution be to tell Genis her feelings." Colette decided. Sheena nodded for a moment before something in her brain clicked.
"That's it! For my New Year's Resolution, I'll..." Sheena stopped mid-sentance. She realized what she was about to say.
"What? What is it, Sheena? What's your idea?"
"No, it's nothing."
"It's ok. You can tell me. I won't laugh, Sheena! I'm your friend!" Sheena almost laughed at the irony, which made it all the more ironic.
"Well, I, um, was thinking that..."
"Go on," Colette urged.
"That I would...um...TELL ZELOS MY FEELINGS FOR HIM!" She forced the last bit out of herself ferosiously. Colette simply smiled.
"What a good idea. I shall tell Lloyd my feelings for him as my New Year's resolution. Good thinking, Sheena!" Sheena sighed heavely, in relief.
"Before the end of the Valentine's party, though."
"Yeah." Colette agreed.
"Well!" Sheena laughed. "That wasn't so hard! All we have to do now is to convice Presea of the truth and tell them our feelings before the party ends!"
Colette laughed, too. In hopes that things would turn out as planned. She would, however, end up being proven incorrect.
Hey, what'd I tell ya? Didn't take as long as the last chapter, did it? Unfortunatly, because of school, I'm only able to work on this during the weekends. I've also had urges to do other small little one-shots, but I'm pretty sure most of you will disagree. If any of you guys have suggestions or ideas, please, feel free to share!
SPOILER: In Altimira (which the group willl head to in the next chapter) Lloyd and Sheena will find themselves face-to-face with some serious competition.