On My Own
by Mariye
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K, let me start this by saying I own nothing. Nothing here at all.
Zip, zilch, nada. I do own a jar of peanut butter though... wait...
no, my friend came over and ate that... nevermind.

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"Do I have to do this?" Quistis glared at Selphie from the stage.

"Yup yup yup! We need a a singer for the Garden talent show!"

"Well why can't you do it?"

Zell peeked out from his hiding place behind a bush in the Quad. "Yeah,
like we need to here the Train song again."

Selphie ran over and grabbed him by the ear. "SO THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE!
Irvine needs to rehearse his knife throwing act with you."

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Zell broke free and started to run. Selphie
pulled out her nunchuks. (writers note: If does anyone know how to 
spell that? My spell checker is demented.) She then proceded to bonk 
him over the head. She pulled out her cell phone. 

"Hey Irvine. I caught the victim. He tried to run. Yeah, better hurry
before he regains conciousness." 

Of course Quistis, being the super intelligent one, used this time to
make a break for it. As she raced through the halls, she ran into Xu.
Literally.

"Ouch, hey Quis, wassup?"

"::pant:: Trying ::wheeze:: escape wrath ::pant:: of Selphie."

"She talked you into performing in the talent show?"

"No, she drugged me. Put sleeping pills in my cappucino. When I woke 
up, I was on stage and she was commanding me to sing a song she wrote."

"Well, how bad was it?"

"Here, look at the lyrics." Quistis pulled a sheet out of her mystery
pocket. It being a mystery, considering that the SeeD women's uniforms
consist of a top and miniskirt.

-- On My Own

Instructor's all alone again
Nowhere to turn, only Trepies to go to.
Without a Seifer, without a Irvine
Without a Squall to stay close to.
But now the night is near
And I can make believe he's here.
Sometimes I walk alone at night when everybody else is sleeping.
I think of him and then I'm happy with the company I'm keeping.
The Garden goes to bed 
Now I can live inside my head.

On my own
Pretending Squall's beside me
All alone, I drool over him till morning
Without him 
I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes and he has found me...--

Xu stopped reading. "She's still mad about you failing her on her last 
SeeD exam, isn't she."

Quistis nodded.

"Well, at least she didn't put Zell in there."

"Yeah," Quistis said. "She said even I didn't deserve that." The two 
smiled.

"Quistis! Oh, and Xu too? Great! We can have a singing duo!" Selphie
yelled.

"NOOOOOOOOO!" The three ran off screaming.

[The End]

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

Irvine peeks his head out the door of the Quad. "Um, can somebody go
get Dr. Kadowaki and a lot of paper towels real quick?" His head 
disappears back inside the doorway. "Great. Now I got the Quad patio
all messy Squall's gonna kill me. Hey Zell, just lie still."