I do not own final fantasy 8 and never will own the rights to this great game it kicks 7 by far but yeah as I have said about...Uh …52 times he I added up how many no-claimer I have written random uh.

I would like to make a huge thanks to Kreg who has made me happy by giving such a nice review and bothering too.

And to Thee Slushee as I have told you at school the last chapter made me sad so I have decided to make a nice one as the last 6 chapters have been very serious. Okay well this may have a bit of seriousness but its going to be more just them having fun because from now on Zek, James and co's life's are about to get very complicated.

Also it takes place a few months after the last chapter

Chapter 19: Hanging out

It had been a few months since the battle with Galibadia Garden had ended and Ultimecia was now confirmed as dead and hopefully would never bother the world again, despite this Galibadia had made no contact what so ever. And after 3 months Tash had become member of their little group as Nida was usually driving Garden and Zell he had not seen for ages, Speaking of Tash he, Julia and Tash had actually recently been talking about their pasts and Jason in the end they had all seemingly resolved their past differences and become good friends.

Tash also had ended up sharing a Dorm with Julia as many students had gone back to their family's since it was a very dangerous time, so you could only imagine the chaos that happened when no was around!

Zek Loire was now almost eighteen his hair was as messy as usual but it was now slightly longer And reached his shoulders he wore a black short sleeved shirt since his other tops were blood stained and black denim jeans, his scar was still there and now wore a red army style bandana across his head.

One morning there was a knock on the door, Zek was awake and staring blankly at random TV program he soon sighed as the knocking grew louder. When he opened the door minutes later Tash stood there looking at him impatiently "hey Zek you took your time" she remarked, Zek shrugged and replied "sorry I was just thinking".

Tash laughed "ha I thought I could smell burning you know your friend Zells back he wants to talk to you ,oh and he's in the infirmatry apparently Dr Kawdawaki insists on doing medicals on everyone since that battle" she said before running off.

Zek blinked as she had said it very fast and left in a hurry afterwards, he soon sighed and turned off the TV in his Dorm to leave his room heading for the main lobby.

"Hey Zek" Nida greeted as he was walking bye Zek smiled and stopped "hi Nida did Cid give you a break from driving garden today".

Nida nodded and ran off towards the dorms again ,Zek soon reached the infirmatry to find he was the first here apparently there were several people there and Quistius was helping out "hey Quistius how tough was that sorceress Ulti something" he asked. She looked at him and shook her head "Zek its Ultimecia you should know that by now so how were classes while we were away" she commented knowing Zek hated that topic.

Zek shrugged "boring as usual" he replied ,Quistius chuckled to herself before being interrupted by Cid came in with a woman he assumed to his wife after all rumours had spread rather rapidly about him having a wife.

Cid looked at him and smiled "hello Zek I assume you're here to see Zell oh have you met my wife Edea" he asked, Zek looked at the woman and waved Edea just looked at him sympathetically "nice to meet you Zek Cid told me a lot about you" she said happily causing Zek to wince slightly at what he might have said.

Edea chuckled at the teenage boys response "do you have a guilty conscience Zek Loire" she inquired Zek was taken back by what she said "how ...how did you my name" he stammered causing Quistius to chuckle to herself, Zek glared at her.

Cid laughed then bluntly pointed out "Zek she was a Sorceress for many years she can read your mind you should know that" Zek just shrugged and said "whatever I better go I have class soon" sounding slightly shocked at this revelation.

As he turned and left he heard Hectors muffled laughter "don't you know that all classes were cancelled today" he pointed out causing Zek to reply "oh yeah that's right I better see Zell then".

He then muttered something in centrian under his breath, Cid looked at him sternly but Zek ignored it and entered Zells Infirmary room to see his friend after months "Zek what's up man!" Zell said glad to see a friendly face apart from the others.

Zek smirked "not much so was Ultimecias domain creepy" Zek inquired he had always imagined an evil Sorceress to live in dark scary castles like the ones he had heard about in his childhood.

Zell laughed "yeah it kinda was but man was it freaky seeing white Seeds sprawled around the place dead hey did you know that seed is still around hundred of years into the future" Zell told him matter of factly.

Zek looked at him fascinated "Really that's so awesome we have a legacy but personally I would hate to be one of the Seeds in Ultimecias time" Zek said seriously, Zell chuckled "yeah I know what you mean but its over now so uh…Zek look I know I've been sticking around the others recently but you, Hector, Julia and James are still my friends okay" Zell apologized.

Zek smiled "sure but I hate to tell you but you know that girl Julia and me helped" Zek said, Zell looked at him interested "yeah man what about her" Zek soon continued "she's actually a childhood friend of me and Julia's so she's kinda a member of our group now" Zek told him.

Zell smiled "ha good on you Zek" Zell commented "oh and she also happens to be very good at martial arts" Zek added slyly. Zell smirked "really I must challenge her sometime" Zell commented at the thought of another martial artist.

Zek laughed at Zells comment ,however soon stopped suddenly as James burst into the room rather excited "hey Zek you beat me here" James remarked annoyed ,Zek gave James a look ,Zell smiled at the two other boys ,they hadn't changed a bit "oh Zell guess what I'm going to do" James questioned rhetorically.

Zell was taken back by James enthusiasm right now it could rival Selphies and that was scary, he was about to say something when another person came in "what's got you so excited" Dr Kawdawaki asked .

James shivered at the medication in her hands but soon recovered knowing it was for Zell not him "oh yeah Tash beat Zek 12 times at tekken and I'm going to defeat the CC Club" he replied to the Doctors question.

Doctor Kawdawaki sighed then looked at the two visitors "uh that's nice well uh good luck and right now Zell needs rest so you and Cadet Loire need to go cause trouble somewhere else" Zek understood and grabbed the over energetic James with him.

When they were in the hallway Zek turned serious "you serious about beating all the CC Club members or are you just all hyperactive from drinking too much fizzy drink" Zek commented. James soon calmed down to look at Zek worried "yes Zek I mean it, I really wanna get in that group and plus I've already beat one member called Jack" James responded.

Zeks frown soon turned into a confident smirk "well James good luck cause your gonna need it" James smiled back "okay Zek I'll tell you guys when I do it okay" James replied to Zeks encouragement.

Two days later

Zek and Co were all bumming around in Zeks dorm with, Ultimecia having been defeated everyone seemed to be celebrating ,it seemed as if all of garden was speaking of it apart from the occasional trepie who was speaking about their dreams of Quistius fighting alongside them.

"Man those trepies are weird" Tash remarked before taking a chip from the bowl that was conveniently placed on Zeks desk which was for once tidy.

"Zek did you actually clean your desk up" Hector asked sceptically, Zek glared at him "so I cleaned my desk up what's so wrong with that" Zek demanded slightly frustrated by how his friends kept invaded his Dorm.

It wasn't that he minded it but he wished they could hang out in someone else's dorm for once like they used too.

James however had seemed to vanish into thin air since last weeks proposal, it seemed he had really meant what he had said about defeating the CC Club, Zek was getting very worried now.

"Zek guess what" James yelled out bursting into the room making Tash drop a plastic bowl full of chips all over Julia's head ,Zek and Hector laughed Julia however was not the least bit impressed and was glaring at Tash despite her apologies.

Zek soon stopped laughing to pause his game of tekken 5 with Hector, to look up at his friend "yeah what's got you so excited" he asked sure he hadn't seen James so enthusiastic before.

(A/N if you haven't guessed already Zek is the Card king and James doesn't know and I based it on the CC club in the actual game but added Zek into it and I wasn't actually sure of the actual rankings in the game so bear with me okay)

James smirked proudly showing a card to his friend proudly "so you won a card what's so great about that" Zek remarked seeing no significance in it ,James looked at him shocked "do you know who's it is" James said to him.

Zek looked at it closely and realised who's it was "oh shit you're really serious about beating the CC Club aren't you James" Zek remarked shocked by how fast James was beating the other members and what worried him was he was next.

James nodded his head "sure am now I only have to beat the card king and then the Card Master who ever that is" James told him grinning in a confident manner, Zek faked a smile.

"Good on you James I hope you beat that guy whoever he is" Zek said sounding worried, James picked it up "hey man what's wrong you sound worried about something" Zek faked a smile again.

"Nah its okay you go find him I'm sure he'll turn up" Zek told him, James looked at him smirking "your right come on Tash lets go find this King and show him who's boss" James yelled leaving the dorm again.

Tash also went as the glares Julia were giving her were beginning to scare her so she left for personal safety reasons.

Zek sighed in relief "oh shit I'm so dead if he finds out who the card king is I don't wanna lose my status" he whined once he was sure they were gone.

Zek however hadn't realised hector and Julia was still in the room, Hector had heard the whole thing while Julia had been too busy listening to her MP3 player.

"Zek are you just going to just send James on a wild goose chase to find this non existent card king or are you going to tell him the truth" Hector scolded, Zek glared at him "I'll tell him eventually and anyway if I verse him under that status I can't go easy on him and he'll be crushed if I defeat him"Zek remarked back.

Julia looked at them blankly as she still had her MP3 player going very loudly "so Julia what you listening to" Zek asked desperate to change the subject, Hector looked at Zek sternly "what you going to do when he figures out who the card king really is" Zek looked away from Julia who muttered a answer to the previous question "HIM killing loneliness" Hector scoffed "it figures" Julia glared at him "shut up hector at least I don't sing high school musical songs to myself in my dorm" she snapped back at him.

Making Hector turn a bright red colour and causing Zek and Julia to both fall on the floor laughing "that is just lame Hector hey I should post it on the message board" Zek remarked ducking away from the random piece of paper thrown at him.

(A/N okay I don't hold a grudge against those who actually like high school musical but seriously I hate that song its so annoying and Him was the song I was listening to at the time)

"Takes one to know one Zek" Hector remarked leaving in a huff ,Julia just shrugged and went back to her music ,Zek looked at her "wanna verse me in tekken" he asked ,Julia smirked "sure but I'll beat you Zeke" she teased putting her beloved MP3 away.

Zek looked at her grinning "oh yeah you think so" he remarked back confidently, she smirked back "I do think so" she answered back and with that they began to play vigorously eyes focussed on the screen.

And with that I end chapter 19 slightly serous but a bit of humour so tell if you enjoyed it.