Hi there again to those who bother to review seriously I do not bite!
I just wanna dedicate this chapter my friend Kimberly who is currently in hospital for 6 weeks because of a bus accident well actually she got hit by a bus and s recovering in hospital so here's to you Kimberly.
I do not own ff8 as square does and that's all my OCs are mine.
Chapter 9: The calm before the storm
Beep beep beep went Zeks alarm clock strangely enough "who the hell set that cursed alarm clock to 5 am in the morning" Zek cursed loudly while his hand slipped out from under his thick blue blankets to turn the very battered clock off.
Zek couldn't reach it however and was getting very frustrated with its constant beeping noise "Zek turn that thing off I can hear it from my room" James yelled out from the other side of the wall.
Zek finally gave in and emerched from the warm blankets cursing Hectors choice of gift immensely "damm Hector he got that thing on purpose just to piss me off" he muttered as he searched his mess of a bedroom for the hidden alarm clock. When he found it he turned it off and threw it out of the room missing James by a mere few millimetres "ahh what are you trying to kill me Zek" James yelped as the clock seemed to make a shattering noise when it hit the wall.
Zek looked at James obviously annoyed "James you set that thing to 5 am" he accused, James replied "heck no why in hynes name would I do that it would wake me up too".
Zek agreed and thought for a moment "now who do we know who would wake us up at this hour in the morning" Zek thought loudly to himself then it hit him "James what's today's date" he asked. James looked at the calendar then winced "the field exam argh!" James replied back causing to two to exchange glances "Hector" they said in unison.
Zek sighed "well there's not much point going back to sleep now guess I'll just take a shower and plan how to get Hector back" Zek muttered to himself ,James had heard him "correction how we will get him you mean" he corrected Zek shrugged and entered his dorm to find his clothes .
When he came out James had already beaten him to the shower "James you cheap I claimed the shower first", James was laughing and Zek frowned "fine then I'll just watch TV I hope here's something decent on at this infernal hour of the morning", "you do that" he heard James yell out.
Zek was busy staring blankly At a game of tekken 5 (A/N I don't own that either that is owned by Namco) "die Jinpachi die you evil flame shooting monster" Zek yelled out loud causing a now fully dressed in cadet uniform James to fall into a fit of laughter "what I do" Zek blurted out "Zek are you high on fizzy drink again" a voice remarked from the direction of the doorway.
"Hector I hate to tell you this but remember last holidays and a certain gaming night we all had remember how I recorded that excruciatingly embarrassing moment on camera"
Hector looked at him shocked "you still have it damm you give me it I must destroy the evidence" he commented causing the two boys to snigger "hey Zek is that when he was hypo on sugar and he kicked your butt at tekken" James asked.
Zek glared at his friend "no and you will never mention that again he just forgot you didn't have to remind him" James grinned sheepishly "sorry I forgot you hated that" Hector smirked "oh yeah that damm GFs make me forget that but still you suck ...you suck" he teased a now very pissed off Zek.
After about five minutes of this endless mocking Zeks patience ran he grabbed Hector by his top "hey my Mom brought me that ...hey what you doing" he blurted out Zek just looked at him evilly before yelling "get out!"
James stepped away from the very annoyed Zek "I'm going to take a shower you finish off my game of tekken for me" he commanded at James bluntly, he playfully saluted and eagerly began button bashing on the controller.
Zek and James left their dorm an hour later after spending their valuable time playing ps2 and yelling insults at the tv (A/N ha ha that's most gamers would have done that at least once).
"Man I can't believe that ending was sad "James said going on about his favourite characters ending "yeah it was but yeah I kicked your butt 10 times with Hwoarang" (A/N my fav tekken character enough talk of that now).
"hey I beat you 8 times" James retorted ,Zek smirked then slyly remarked "almost James almost" suddenly a girl with shoulder length brown hair and a green shawl around her waist came up to them looking very lost "hey do you know where the Infirmatry is" the girl asked .
Zek and James stopped discussing videogames to look at her "are you new around here" Zek asked, the girl replied "kind of I'm just staying here for awhile can you tell me where it is" Zek smiled then answered her question "sure its over there past the main directory which is that big computer looking thing" James looked at him quirely "Zek that's the worst definition I've ever heard" Zek glared at him "shut up like you could do any better James".
The girl chuckled to herself and ran off in the direction Zek had pointed out "seriously Zek computer looking thing you're a computer genius and can hack into Balamb garden network and yet you don't even know the correct term for it" James remarked Zek shrugged and went off towards the Cafeteria".
When they entered it all they could see was a few Instructors and some students idiotic enough to enjoy studying early.
Zek and James joined the very short line of mostly Instructor "so this is when the teachers wake up scary" he commented James nodded "your right it is scary".
As they moved up in the line he felt someone pinch him he swiftly looked up "oh hi Instructor Aki how are you this err…fine morning" he stammered out receiving a stern look from the Instructor.
"Can I ask why you two are up at such an early hour cause usually you two aren't up before at least 8 am and its 6:30"he asked the two cadets in front of him.
Zek and James exchanged glances "oh yeah Hector kinda set my alarm clock to 5 am and woke us both up anyway how are you sir" he said very innocently the Instructor shook his head "fine well this gives you two perfect time to finish that essay before study hall doesn't it".
Zek shook his head "no it doesn't we er...have other stuff to do "he Instructor eyed him "like what Cadet Loire and Seagill".
Zek smirked and went ahead of the line "thanks for letting us though sir you really shouldn't have bye" Zek and James both said scurrying off with their breakfast to escape further interrogation "its official never again do we come here at 6:30 am again" Zek stated receiving a nod of agreement from James.
2 hours later
Zek and James were sitting in class very bored "its being early sucks" James stated while Zek was eagerly playing around with his latest Sims 2 game character "heh heh take that cute fluffy bunny". He remarked receiving an odd look from one of the girls in his homeroom. James himself looked at Zek "hey Zek you can hack into computers right can you tap into mine its Estharian technology so yeah I wanna prove Odine wrong" James stated hatefully.
Zek smiled "of course I'll try I like a challenge but who's this Odine guy" he asked James whispered something in his ear "gee he sounds really weird I'll love to try" he said as he began his hacking process .
After about 5 minutes later he was in and Instructor Aki began his usual morning lecture ,Zek was still staring at the screen full of figures after homerooms bell had rang "Cadet Loire class finished five minutes ago and did you pay any attention at all" Instructor Aki scolded him .
Zek looked at him still carrying the open laptop in hands "err no I would be lying if I said yes and honesty is a good thing isn't it seriously sir I was early and Cid says I should practice my skills as it would a useful skill when I'm a Seed" he said matter of factly.
The Instructor was confused and absorbing the statement "um okay ...just go you have study hall you missed out by one percent by the way" he told him as the two Cadets left.
When he was out the room "guess what I did it you can mock that Odine guy now but damm by one fuckin percent that's so evil damm you Hyne!" he said a loud receiving weird looks from students passing them..
James sniggered then pattered his friend on the shoulder "wow you know you a common garden student just hacked into one of the most advanced protection systems in all Esthar you know that mind you I've had it for two years" Zek grinned then said "awesome".
Study hall was on the second floor so the two teens had to take the elevator down once they were in the two boys leant on the bars on the sides of the small elevator .It soon stopped on the second floor and chimed to signal its arrival Zek and James strolled out slowly taking their time to the next 2 and a half hours of mindlessly boring lectures about what they did wrong and hundred reasons to study more.
As they entered they noticed Zell wasn't there "damm that must mean he passed this totally sucks Zell beat me"Zek whined James patted him on the back in commiseration "I know but at least you got 98 I only got like 70 if my dad finds out I'm toast" he stated worried about what his father would say.
Zek looked at him "hey James ain't your father in Esthar so if he's there he'll be far too busy to notice and its not like he'll come here and get you will he after all your only fifteen most cadets take the exam at 16 or 17"James smiled.
"I guess your right I kinda miss him you know its been 2 years since I last saw him but you wouldn't understand" James said quietly to himself.
Zek understood and looked at him "hey I guess I don't really know much about parents since I'm an orphan but I always think that no matter what my parents are always watching me I guess I sound silly but a man named Jason told me about that once when I was really little I miss him".
James smiled "wow Zek your eyes were so childlike just then it was kinda cute in a weird sort of way but thanks you really are my best friend Hector would just tell me to suck it up" James said bluntly.
Zek looked at him "no he wouldn't he once caught me staring at the stars crying one night he actually helped me get over it, I was only twelve then "Zek commented remembering that moment.
James looked at him weirdly "I never thought you to be the sad and lonely type Zek and plus Hector was probably just being nice since you're an orphan and all" Zek looked at him shocked but soon calmed down.
"I'm not and Hectors got family problems of his own he told me that his father really ill right now and seriously study hall started fifthteen minutes ago"Zek said changing the topic.
Zek and James ran as fast as they could past other students towards the classroom "we're so dead there gos our afternoon" James pointed out while still running ,Zek nodded silently as the two took a breather before entering the classroom to be lectured .
That afternoon around four o clock pm
Zek and James had just come back from detention with one of Zeks former Instructors they had called him Blake as they had always done, as it happened the instructor quite often turned a blind eye to Zek so had got to leave early.
The two boys were sitting just outside the entrance out of Garden waiting for Zell and Nida to come back from the field exam they had seen not yet seen Julia that day, they instead assumed she was sick and with Dr Kawdawaski.
"Hey isn't that Zell and who's that girl ahead of him" Zek stated confused he had not seen that girl here before ,James looked away from Zeks laptop he had become fascinated with it since last year when Zek had tutored him for a computer exam last year.
"I don't know she must be some new transfer student from Trabia or something and hey doesn't Zell look funny in uniform" James remarked looking away from the screen for a second. Zek looked at him "yeah I guess your right where's hector anyway studying probably seriously he's a seed and he still study's those boring text books he's crazy"Zek remarked causing James to snigger slightly.
Zek looked at him "what's so funny " he asked ,James showed him the screen and the two burst out laughing "hey there I'm Selphie tee hee hee I'm from Trabia wanna join the garden committee girl in seed cadet uniform asked suddenly asked from behind them
Zek and James looked at her surprised "woah why does everyone sneak up n us when we're staring at my laptop" Zek commented obviously annoyed.
"Err no sorry but I know there's a guy called Hector Jacobs he'd love to" James answered back to the girl who giggled and ran off "okay that was weird".
"Hey Zek look at this" James said rather shocked, Zek looked at the computer screen "woah the Galibadians wanting peace that has to be a rumour where you hear that anyway"Zek asked intrigued after all in these times most people who let information slip from the G army were shoot or imprisoned he had witnessed it once when he was little.
Zell pulled a snake on them and looked the two intrigued "hey guys if you quit staring at that screen and look at me" Zell stated sceptically causing the two to look at him.
The two boys looked behind them to see Zell "woah Zell you didn't have to do a SNAKE on us like that "Zek yelled at him while James glared at him "what he said never do that again".
(A/N okay a SNAKE is when you sneak up behind someone and scare them you know like metal gear solid Snake).
"I'm going to find out my result wanna come"Zell spoke again, Zek shrugged and James just said "sure why not so was Seifer his usual sour puss self" Zek laughed "damm it James quit stealing my lines" and with that a conversation about the exam started.
Well that's chapter nine written review me please…. If you do I'll review your story's promise if I don't get past 15 reviews I'll go back to focusing on my tekken fic soon.