Premonitions: Uncut | By : Hippo_and_Friends_with_Benefits Category: Final Fantasy VII > General Views: 3901 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Chapter 34: The Proof
The next day, Tifa was back at school, back to being the typcial (this time lime green) tee shirt and jeans girl. Her father had sent her to school with a note saying she had overslept the previous day, though nobody would seriously believe that.
Tifa spent two hours wondering how to get herself suspended. She blocked out virtually everything that had been said to her, trying to figure out what would warrant a few days out.
Then came the typical daily encounter in between classes.
"Did I ever tell you how good your butt looks in those jeans?" called a familiar voice.
Tifa sighed as she turned to see Johnny standing there with a grin on his face. "Just about every day," she replied unenthusiastically.
"Where were you yesterday?"
"I overslept," Tifa replied.
"Bullshit," Johnny insisted. "Cloud's still suspended. You went to see him, didn't you?"
"Not your concern," Tifa snapped, and immediately regretted it.
"You like him, don't you," taunted Johnny.
"I do not!" Tifa exclaimed in a more defensive tone of voice as she turned and began walking away.
"Yeah, you do!" Johnny insisted. "You were in bed, and you mated!"
Tifa immediately stopped in her tracks and turned around. "What?!" she exclaimed.
"You heard me!" Johnny said gleefully.
A burst of anger that even she couldn't describe suddenly filled Tifa. Before she could change her mind, Tifa charged at Johnny and drove her right foot into his crotch.
Johnny grabbed where he was kicked and dropped to the ground, almost looking as if he was about to wretch.
Tifa briefly smiled as she folded her arms. Her smile faded, though, as she felt a familiar, adult hand place itself firmly on her shoulder.
"That's assault and battery, missy," shouted a familiar, authoritative voice.
A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER...
"You got sent home for doing what to Johnny?" asked Cloud in disbelief as he and Tifa rode their bikes down the sidewalk.
"I kicked his balls," Tifa repeated with a grin.
"How long are you suspended for?"
"Three days."
"Did you lose the dance?" asked Cloud.
Tifa shook her head. "But I was warned that if I didn't stop, that would be the first to go."
"Same," said Cloud.
A few minutes later, Cloud and Tifa parked their bikes next to the bushes surrounding a giant office building.
"Where's this?" Cloud asked.
"This is where my dad works," Tifa replied.
"And this is where you're going to prove he's cheating on your mom?" asked Cloud.
"You got it," she said as she flaunted her cell phone.
Cloud then directed his attention to the front enterence, with two security guards posted. "This might not be as easy as it looks," he said.
"And that might not be the only way in," replied Tifa. "Follow me."
Cloud did as he was told. To keep them out of view of the security guards, she led him around the hill to the back.
"There's no door here," Cloud said.
"Look behind those bushes," Tifa commanded.
Cloud looked to see a vent in the ground. "You're not going to go through there are you?"
"Why not?" asked Tifa. "You stay here and call me if anyone comes."
"Will do," Cloud agreed. "But are you sure you want to go through there?"
"I'll be fine," assured Tifa as she opened the vent and climbed in. "I may be a girl, but I'm not a sissy."
Cloud was then alone by the now-closed vent. He thought of what she was doing, and then something else crossed his mind. How the last couple of days didn't seem real. He also felt as if he had done this before. But this was different that usual.
"This isn't a premonition," Cloud said to himself. "The premonitions are giving us hints of the future. This is the past. This is eight years ago. Right when we proved Tifa's dad was cheating on her mom. I remember this now."
AN HOUR LATER…
Cloud suddenly heard the vent open. He looked to see Tifa returning with a grimaced look on her face.
"I think I'm going to be sick," she groaned.
"Did you see?" Cloud asked as he helped her out of the vent.
Tifa nodded. "More than I bargained for. But I recorded...everything on my phone."
"Great!" exclaimed Cloud. "We got the evidence we need!"
"My mom will get the house now," said Tifa. And then she smiled. "And me."
"And your dad gets nothing!" Cloud added. "Which he deserves."
Tifa smiled. "Thanks for helping me out and giving me the idea, Cloud."
"No prob," Cloud assured her. "It was the right thing to do."
The two snuck back around the hill to their bikes. Tifa began to mount her bike, but stopped herself.
"Cloud," she said. "You do know you're my best friend, right?"
"Of course," Cloud replied. "And you're mine."
Tifa again felt the urge to hug him, but she knew it would just upset him. He wouldn't even let his own mother hug him. Maybe someday.
"Well," said Tifa, "I suppose we should jet from here before we get caught. Coming home?"
"Actually, to school," Cloud replied. "My mom and I have a meeting about my coming back."
"Okay," Cloud said. "See you when we're both back!"
Tifa rode off on her bike, leaving Cloud by himself once again. Suddenly, the warmth of his friend's compliement faded.
Why this rotten feeling? thought Cloud. It's a perfect plan, but it feels as if something's going to go wrong with it…
LATER THAT AFTERNOON...
Claire came downstairs to find Tifa in the kitchen. Tifa, who had wanted it to be somewhat of a special occasion, had changed out of her tee shirt and jeans, and was wearing her green dress.
"Hi, mom," Tifa greeted.
"Hey," Claire greeted silently. Part of it was about the impending divorce. The other part was about Tifa's suspension from school. "Why are you all dressed up?"
"There's something I need to tell you," Tifa began. "I got suspended on purpose."
Claire instinctively placed her head in her hands. "Why?"
"Because I found a way to make sure you get the house," Tifa replied. "And me. As well as child support and alimony."
"How?" Claire asked curiously.
Tifa could feel the spark of hope in her mother's heart. She pulled out her cell phone and began to press a few buttons.
"What are you doing?" asked Claire. "I'm not going to enforce the 'no-cell-phones-at-the-table' rule, but..." She then heard her own phone ding.
"I just texted you a video," Tifa said. "It will give you everything. Dad will get nothing."
A tear escaped Claire's eye. "Tifa..."
"It's not right for him to do this," Tifa said.
"I don't believe it," Claire said.
"Just a couple of things," Tifa continued. "I'm not grounded, am I?"
"Of course not!" Claire exclaimed as she pulled Tifa in for a hug. "Anything else?"
Tifa giggled. "Can I start wearing crop tops?" she asked.
Claire giggled back. "Sure. I'll take you shopping this weekend. I'll even get a couple for myself."
Tifa pulled back in surprise. "Really?"
Claire nodded. "And we'll both get pairs of jeans our butts will look so good in!"
Tifa smiled. Everything was going to be okay.
Then, Claire's smile vanished, and she got up out of her seat.
"Where are you going, mom?" asked Tifa.
"School," Claire replied. "I have to go to a meeting about you going back."
"I'm sorry," said Tifa.
"Just promise me one thing," Claire pleaded.
"What's that?" asked Tifa.
"Nobody but your husband," she said. "Not until you're married, and then, nobody but your husband."
"I promise, mom," Tifa replied.
Mother and daughter walked out of the house together.
"I'll play the video along the way," Claire said.
"Just please keep you're eyes on the road," Tifa said. "It is on the side of a cliff most of the time."
"I will," promised Claire as she pulled Tifa in for a hug and kissed her on the cheek.
Without further ado, Claire climbed into the sedan, started it, and pulled away from the house.
"We did it," said Tifa out loud.
The car went down the road as normal, carefully negotiating the cliff.
Suddenly, Tifa felt her stomach tighten. I didn't actually tell her Dad was cheating, Tifa thought. She's going to be shocked and devastated.
And then, suddenly, the car skidded off the road. It disappeared over the ledge, and, as the horrified Tifa watched, burst into flames as bright as the sun.
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