"I need you to do something."

The doctor continued to walk to her car, adjusting her bag, ignored the red-head behind her. She honestly had no interest whatsoever on what this 'something' was. Perhaps the girl would beg her to run an errand, get a recommendation in at the college she worked at. She slung her purse over to her right shoulder, fiddled with her keys.

"Lightning would you just- Wait!" The red-head pestered her further, tugging at her lab coat and such. God, she was acting like a child. She was a child. Lightning huffed, placing her hand on the roof of her car, turned to face the girl.

"What?" She asked.

The girl smiled, reached into her purse and pulled out 300 dollars. So easily, Lightning would've thought she didn't need to go to college. "I need you to go on a date with my sister."

Optics narrowed, lips thinned. "No." And with that simple answer, she slid into her car. The girl knocked on her window, and with two fingers set on her temple, she unrolled the window. "What?"

"Go on a date with my sister." She stuck the money in the car, shaking it slightly. A pause.

"And why would I do that?" It wasn't because she hadn't been looking at the woman... she was very pleasing to look at. Just not to date. Ever. She had set her as off limits, gone. Because she didn't need to date anyone. She was just fine... a 7 hour job at the college and supporting her family. Just fine without a... lover.

"Because i'm bribing you." She said, in a tone that made her seem oblivious.

"I don't do bribes." Lightning quirked a brow, shifting slightly in her seat. Although 300 dollars would help immensely right now, she didn't want to take it. Mostly because that would mean going on a date.

"Just go on a date with her! What's the problem? Is she not sexy?" She asked, smiling devilishly.

"That's none of your business." The doctor snapped. She sat up again, turned the key in the ignition. Vanille stepped back, taking the money out of the car.

"I'm not going to stop, you know." She leaned forward, head in the car. "Also, she's really lonely so if-"

"I got it, Vanille." Lightning hissed, driving forward. Vanille pulled out, pouting and crossing her arms.

"She's really lonely!" She screamed after her. Lightning drove home with one hand, because she was pinching the bridge of her nose.

The next day, she found Vanille sitting in front of the building, arms crossed. Blue optics narrowed as she got out of the car, walked towards her. "Did you seriously stay here all night?"

"I told you, didn't I? I'm not stopping." She shifted, "Besides. I did get some sleep."

For once, Lightning felt a little bad for not doing the deal. "You slept outside?" The girl nodded, hesitantly. Did she figure out how to make her take the bribe? But she rolled it off her shoulders like the woman she was, and stepped into her college to actually get things done. Sure enough, 7 hours later she... wasn't there? Honestly the woman thought she'd put up a more of a fight. It wasn't that she actually wanted her to stay.

The doctor slipped into her car, rolling her shoulders and sighing a bit.

Vanille scooted forward, just behind her... and whispered "Go on a date with my sister."

"Jesus christ!" She snapped around, rose tresses whipping around her heart-shaped face. "What- How did you even get in here!"

Vanille lifted a small, brown bobby-pin, which reflected the sunlight slightly, a huge cheeky grin on her face. Lightning huffed.

"Out! Out!" Vanille didn't need to be told twice.

"Will you go on a date with my sister!" She asked, leaning into her window just like the day before. Lightning grit her teeth, frowning at the floor-board. Obviously she wouldn't leave, wouldn't give up. She had gone so far to even break into her car just to make a point. She was lucky she wasn't going to press charges on her.

"Fine!"

Vanille laughed, "Great! You will meet her at this place... at this time..." She drug out her vowels while she wrote down something on a piece of paper, "And you will ask her out!" She chirped, handed the paper to the woman.

Lightning took it.

"Ciao!" She waved.

"Wait- What!?" She didn't think that she was going to be the one asking her on a date. No, no that's not how it went at all. "Where are you going!?" She yelled. Receiving no answer, she looked down at the piece of paper, sucked on her teeth. "Lake Bresha? Why would she...?" Lightning set down the paper on her dashboard, drove home. What she was looking forward to was a home-cooked meal by her sister, Serah... but instead she got an eye-full of her sleeping on the couch.

A very small smile graced her lips as she shut off the TV, wrapped her arms around the smaller girl. The blanket she was using fell off onto the couch as she carried her, to her bedroom. The older woman set her down on the bed, tucking her in and kissing her on the fore-head. "Goodnight, Serah." She brushed the strands of strawberry out of her face, and left.

Staring at the small piece of paper, she sighed.

"Why not...?"