After thier meal together, Jackson was able to convince Emily that while it was just the first day of class, it was way too nice to spend it in the Garden all day. Emily was easily the more studious of the two and not because of a lack of knowledge on the part of Jackson, but definetly because of a lack of effort when the semester was just starting up. Even during the last term at the Garden, even when it would be pouring outside, he would try and convince Emily that thier time could be better spent somewhere else. She would usually win the argument and he would head to class but it was always on her mind, she couldn't stop wondering why he didn't like being in class so much, even when he would be earning the top marks in those classes.

The two of them spent a couple hours in the town and while there wasn't much to do by the normal standards of students from the Garden, Jackson and Emily always had a good time in Balamb. They stopped by Emily's house, as her parents had died two years ago and she now lived alone in the town. It was a brief stop but Jackson always liked to make sure that she had enough food in the house and to see if there was anything he could do for her while he was around, he knew very well how awful living alone could be sometimes. After they spent a little while at Emily's shoreside home, they headed out to the plains in order to throw the frisbee around for a little bit.

"You know, I'm going to have to come up with a decent excuse for skipping out on the rest of the classes I had today, it doesn't set a good tone," she spoke a couple seconds after she sent the frisbee flying, making Jackson run for it.

He grabbed it and spinned it back to her, faster than she had towards him, "Oh I'm sure you'll think of something. It's only the first day, it's not like anything too important went on."

"And you're not worried about your classes? I'm sure your Instructors won't be too pleased on a SeeD candidate skipping out on class, especially when you're getting so close to the exams for it."

Jackson watched as Emily had to jump for the frisbee and then launched it his way before she even got back to the ground, "Don't worry so much about it. If they're upset, I'll make sure my performance in classes makes them forget all about the fact that I wasn't there."

He was able to keep her calm about the classes for a little while longer, as the two of them spent hours out on the plains, just throwing the frisbee around and laughing like children. Classes had been out for a long while now and before Jackson realised it, the sun was starting to set, which meant that it would be time for him to head back to the Garden. The sun usually started to go down around six, which meant Jackson had some time to hit the training center before dinner would be served at seven.

"You heading back?", Emily held the frisbee in hand as she walked up to Jackson, closing the distance between them.

"Yup, if I head back now then I can fight some Grats, shower up and make it to dinner maybe right on time, if not a little late", he gave her a tight hug and then a little kiss on the cheek, "I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Of course, no skipping class tomorrow though!"

"Yeah...we'll see", he smirked and waved to her as he started on his walk back to the Garden, deciding to leave the bike that they had brought down with them at Emily's house.

Once he returned to the Garden, Jackson only stopped off at his room to drop off his hat and grab his twin daggers, along with some throwing knives. He had about forty-five minutes till dinner, so he figured some time in the training center really wouldn't be that big of a deal, plus the dinner crowd usually wasn't too bad on the first day anyways. Though he should have done it before, Jackson decided that he would check his email when he got back from the training center, any cables waiting for him couldn't be all that important.