A Christmas Gone Amiss

~Told in the perspective of Quistis Trepe~

Everyone thought that this Christmas would've been the best there ever was. To be honest with you, it was, and I'd like to share my.... account with you.

I never realized how fallible we all were this year, especially our wonderful leader, Squall Leonheart. We rented a cabin that rested near one of Trabia's mountain ranges, and Squall decided to convince Rinoa that he could decorate it for us. The night he finished stringing the lights, we flicked the switch and voila, the lights came on. However, Rinoa felt something was amiss, for a breeze picked up and let one of the strings go. Well, she tugged on one, and the whole display crashed to the snowy ground. Turning to Squall, who overestimated his own abilities, he only said one thing, whatever; that's just the beginning! Zell and Irvine went into a chocobo forest to find the perfect tree. Zell's 'no-thinking-before- action' side kicked in, so he punched-he has a lot of strength-a beautiful tree to the ground. But, this only turned out to be a blunder, for a tiny chicobo pecked Zell for taking its home away! He came back a few hours later with the tree and Irvine's unending laughter. Rinoa, Selphie and I were decorating the tree early Christmas Eve morning. While Rinoa and I were hanging the ornaments, Selphie made a popcorn chain for our tree, but she miscalculated the measurement of the string. So, the string was about two feet longer than it should\rquote ve been.

Angelo, Rinoa's dog, took it upon himself and chose to cut down the excess string, but he ended up eating the whole thing instead! Before we went to sleep, Selphie laid out the traditional treats for Santa, and we proceeded to bed. During that night, I realized that something was erroneous, and I looked to the right and saw my pile of gifts next to my bed. Therefore, I carefully tiptoed out of my room and into the living room, where I saw another shadowy figure that didn't surprise me. Turning around, the figure was only Irvine! From behind the tree came Zell and Selphie, but the only ones still asleep were Squall and Rinoa. The clock struck midnight, and it was now Christmas morning. The four of us gave a group hug, and Irvine.. well; he sweetly gave me a kiss on my cheek! I was personally flustered and surprised. T hinking that Squall and Rinoa would actually wake up, we waited, but nothing happened, and we fell asleep on the floor.

A few hours later, I was bewildered by a soft object hitting my forehead, and I slowly opened my eyes to see that the treats were gone, an d that there was a pile of wrapping paper on the floor. It would appear that everyone went ahead without me with opening gifts. It wasn't that big of a deal, but I still say they should've waited for me! After the gifts'opening, I went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. I opened the cupboard for some flour, and I realized that there were more cookies in the box. I quickly realized that someone put the cookies back! With a drowned spirit, I went back into the living room, and we talked all morning long.....

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So, maybe this wasn't the perfect Christmas I imagined from the way I told this story. Even though things weren't the way I expected them to, I, for one, had a good time. I forgot to mention that Irvine misinterpreted one of my requests, and he kissed me, instead of missing my snowball raid! All I said was, "Irvine! Try and miss me!" and he came over and.... you know what happened! I have to admit, it\rquote s nice to know that someone cares about me. Anyway, we're returning to Balamb Garden right now, via Ragnarok, an d this is where I am writing my story. Things are still rocky for us SeeDs, but they aren\rquote t that bad anymore. You know, I just thought of something! Remember how I said at the beginning of how this was a great Christmas? Let's just say, that after thinking about it for a while, it.... wasn't the greatest, but at least it was the most hilarious Christmas I ever had!

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