Chapter 7.
After a short walk back to the car park situated at the center of Deling city, Irvine dropped off his large compliment of weaponry and the team decided to walk into the more urban area of Deling to try and find somewhere quiet and pleasant to eat, with moderate pricing, not that it mattered due to the budget they were all carrying. After browsing around at least twelve different restaurants they found one that suited their fancy. It was a two floor building with a large outdoor dining area situated on the second floor looking straight at the arc and car park, the fact that Selphie could actually see the Garden Car and Squalls GT500 greatly amused her and threw her into a hyper fit for around 2 minutes.
"WOW, its so cool, we can like, watch our cars while we eat, I mean how cool is that, if anybody tries to steal anything from them we can just call up magic and boom, they turn into a nice pile of ash, I mean seriously…how cool would that me, Mr.Thief thinking to himself 'Wow, this looks like a nice car, and like, oh my god, there's like…a massive armament of weapons inside-Score' then we just call magic and he fizzes into a pile of ash, right there, just after he's broken the window…but if we did that we'd probably be into a whole lot of trouble with the Galbadian government…" she ranted.
"Selphie, sit down and tell me what you want to eat" called Squall.
"I don't wanna do time in" she was cut off by Irvine
"Sit down Selphie"
"Hmph…k" she said while walking over to the table that the rest of the team was sitting at.
It was around five o'clock and it was still as bright as it was at midday, Squall couldn't really believe how much Deling had changed since the last time he visited…and that was a memory he would quite happily forget, but nonetheless he remembered it.
"So, who wants something to drink, its on me" called Zell.
"Ill take a coke" said Irvine,
"Me too" replied Selphie
"Diet Coke" replied Quistis
"Fanta" came Squalls one-word answer.
"Gotcha, be back in a sec" said Zell, walking up to the bar on the second floor.
"Why you drinking diet Quis?" enquired Selphie
"Well you know…gotta keep the figure" Squall looked up at Quistis following the comment before realising what he had just done and resumed looking at the menu.
"Know how ya feel" crooned Selphie, causing a reaction in Irvine
"You two are seriously kidding me right?" They both craned their necks at him before nodding simultaneously. Zell arrived back carrying a tray with five glasses on it, one clearly noticeable as it was separated from the rest, Quistis diet coke.
"Three cokes, one diet coke and a Fanta" said Zell as he handed out the drinks.
"Cheers" came each mark of gratitude from everybody sitting at the table. Everybody took a sip of their drink and then looked at the menus.
"Food is on me, just tell me what you all want" said Squall, getting up and putting his hand in his back pocket. "And I don't care how expensive" this invoked smiles from the rest of the party as they looked back at their menus. They gave their orders to Squall and he went over to the ordering counter to order their expensive meals.
"What do you think is with his generous streak?" Asked Selphie when he was out of earshot.
"I've no idea, but I quite like him like this" replied Zell"
"Me too" piped in both Irvine and Quistis simultaneously.
"Just doesn't seem right if you ask me" quizzed Selphie, her hand resting in her hair as a gesture of thought.
"Hey, just don't dig it, enjoy it" chirped Zell.
"I guess you're right, but I'm with Selphie on this one, it doesn't seem all-squall" finished Quistis as the conversation faded once more. Selphie still had her hand in her hair thinking, Zell flicked around with his energy gloves before getting bored and taking them off as the team discovered the gloves' solid form. Quistis was experimenting with the materials her new whips were made from, most of the tests involved scraping her nails down them. Irvine was playing with his ponytail and had his hat pulled down over his eyes when Squall came back from ordering.
"Well, there ya go, grub is ordered, now we wait"
"Indeed" came Quistis' response
"Huh, wha?" replied Irvine, pulling his hat up from over his eyes and flicking his ponytail back behind his head. "Oh, I get it"
"All that sniping made you leave your brain behind eh?" joked Selphie who grinned at him. He grinned back, sarcastically.
"Alright kids, leave it at home eh?" punned Zell. Squall waited for the 'kids' to finish playing before choosing to speak.
"I saw Rinoa earlier" all eyes were then focused on him. He was focussed on the salt shaker in the middle of the table. "She kinda invited us out for a drink at a club later or something, I wanna know who's in for it" The party looked at each other, unsure of what to think. Quistis was the first to speak.
"Well, are you going Squall?"
"I'll go only if everybody sitting at this table goes" The party again exchanged confused glances.
"Well, I wouldn't mind going par-taying, seeing Rinoa is a bonus, I'm game" squealed Selphie.
"If she's going, I'm going" came Irvine's response. Quistis and Zell exchanged one more chance and Zell spoke up.
"Well, I think you know what me and Quis are going to say" Squall nodded in acknowledgement,
"Well, in that case, we go then" he confirmed, looking around the table at each member of his ex-SeeD team. "I've told Rinoa I'd call her when we're ready"
A waitress arrived carrying a tray with the different meals placed on it, she called out each of the orders and the corresponding person made some kind of signal to say the meal was theirs. Once that was done, the party ate the food and made some random chat in between mouthfuls until they had finished, at which point they all got up, and walked back out into the busy streets of Deling city, where Squall took his mobile phone out of his pocket and put in the number Rinoa had given him earlier.
A/N: A kinda short chapter but I wanted to keep this one short as I can probably imagine the next one or two being quite long, R&R always appreciated, Ciao for now.