Chapter 1
"Last day of school! Last day of school!" Zelda sat up groggily. She Heard a voice talking faster than the a normal person could talk. Her mother must have already made coffee, she thought.
Sleepily she looked at her alarm clock. It had been turned off, so she looked out the window, well… she tried to look out the window. Someone had taken a big piece of paper and drawn (very badly I might add) what she would see out her window if the paper hadn't been blocking her view. The only difference from the paper, and what was really there, was the big, golden sun that was drawn on the paper.
Zelda sighed as her mom opened the door and said, "Come on! Only one more day before I have you all to myself!" Zelda got up and grabbed the book she had on her dresser and went to the kitchen to get something to eat.
She looked at the clock. It said 3:30 AM. "Some how I'm not surprised." She said as her mom came into the kitchen carrying Zelda's backpack.
"Its about time you woke up." Zelda's mom said handing Zelda her backpack and a cup of coffee.
"Its 3 in the morning mom!" Zelda said taking a sip of her coffee, and then she gestured at the coffee cup that her mother had and added "How many cups of that have you had?"
"This is only my third cup. I couldn't sleep, I'm to excited!" Zelda's mom said, going on and on about all the things that they would do together that summer.
Zelda and her mother had a special relationship. They were more of friends than mother and daughter. Very rarely did her mom handle things in a 'mom' way. She was Zelda's very best friend. She insisted that all of Zelda's friends call her Amy, instead of Ms. Zelda.
Sometimes Zelda wondered if she had a father, or at least one that lived them, then things would be different, and they wouldn't be as close. Amy had just started collage when she got pregnant with Zelda. Her parents weren't very approving of it, and Zelda's father didn't think he was ready to have a child yet. Amy panicked and got scared. Everything was happening so fast! She ran away to a small town called Hyrule and opened a small store there.
"When I told you we would hang out today, I meant after school, not before." Zelda said finishing her coffee off, and pouring herself another cup.
"I know, but we need to start the summer off the right way." Amy said.
"Well, could we at least wait until Mr. sun comes up?" Zelda said.
"Hey, its five o'clock somewhere." Amy replied sitting down at the table.
"Well, if it was five o'clock I would be late for school, and late for meeting you at the Diner." Zelda replied joining her mother at the table. The Diner was the place they always ate at. If you ever wanted to find Zelda or Amy, the first place you would look is the Diner.
"Is that homework?" Amy asked gesturing toward the book Zelda still had in her hands.
"No, I'm reading it for fun." Zelda said handing her mom the book. Zelda was always reading.
"Oh, because if they gave you homework for the last day of school I'd have to go over there and explain to them the concept of the last day of school. Everyone knows that there's no point to the last day of school, except for signing peoples yearbooks with compliments and saying things like 'I hope you have a nice summer', but nobody really means it. If I really wanted them to have a nice summer I would hang out with them during the summer. That way it would guarantee them having a nice summer because I would be in their presence." Amy said.
"Its by Dirk Johnson." Zelda said, "its really good. You should read it."
"I've never read anything by Dirk Johnson before. Sometimes I get the strong urge to say 'Well, as Dirk Johnson would say…' But of course I have no idea what Dirk Johnson would say, because I've never read any of his books." Amy said handing the book back to Zelda.
"You've officially had to much coffee." Zelda said smiling.
"Oh come on now, its only my fourth cup." Amy said. She looked at the clock. It was 4:00 A.M. "Quick get dressed, and ready for school. Meet me here in the kitchen in 10 minutes."
"Why?" Zelda said following her mom to the stairs.
Amy turned around to look at Zelda and said, "Because we have to start the summer out right."
"You do know that summer vacation doesn't start until tomorrow right?" Zelda asked picking up some laundry that had made it to the couch to be sorted but never got any farther than that.
"Zelda, my love, did you not just here the rant about the true meaning of the last day of school?" Amy asked.
"Say no more!" Zelda said hurrying to her room.
Amy hurried up stairs. She had a big day planned. First she would start off by going to the Diner for a big breakfast. Than, she had a big surprise for Zelda. Her last day of Middle School had to be special.
What was supposed to be 10 minutes, turned out to be 20. Amy and Zelda both met in the kitchen. Amy tried to poor herself some more coffee, but Zelda stopped her.
"Get some at the Diner." Zelda said.
"But…but…" Amy started.
"Come on. Harry makes better coffee anyways." Harry is the owner of the Diner.
"So, I was thinking I would take you to school myself today, instead of you walking." Amy said as they were in the car on there way to the Diner.
"Well, we could walk together." Zelda said. She thought it was a little weird that they were driving to the Diner. Normally they just walked. That was one of the pluses of living in a small town. You could walk everywhere. "Plus, I'm supposed to meet Malon at the Diner. We are going to walk to school together."
"Well, I could give you both a ride." Amy said.
"Why are we driving anyways?" Zelda asked.
"I told you, we have to start the summer out right." Amy said.
"You're being very secretive." Zelda said eyeing her mother suspiciously.
"Yeah well, I'm a secretive woman." Amy said in a sarcastic voice.
When they got to the Diner Harry was just opening up. He looked at them and sighed.
"What was that for?" Amy asked Harry.
"What was what for?" Harry said turning around to face them.
"That sigh." Zelda said.
"It was nothing, its just…" Harry started, but then stopped knowing that Amy and Zelda were going to turn this into a big ordeal.
"We can be morning people!" Amy said pretending to be offended.
"Yeah! Give us about 20 gallons of coffee, and we might even make it up before the sun comes up." Zelda added.
"Just maybe." Amy said. "Now move, coffee. Inside. now."
"If I give her coffee will she use full sentences?" Harry asked Zelda.
"Coffee good, outside bad." Zelda said pushing her way past Harry toward where Amy was already seated at the counter.
"You are your mothers daughter." Harry said going in after them.
"Wow, we're the only ones here!" Amy said. "That means we get special service right?"
"Food, food, food, food!" Zelda chanted banging her fists on the table.
"And while your getting our pancakes, could you do a little dance, like those waiters at theme restaurants, that were the funny costumes. I was thinking of a James Bond theme." Amy added.
"Oh! You could wear a tuxedo, and through peoples food into the air, then quickly dive, do a roll, then jump up in just enough time to catch the food on their plate again!" Zelda said.
"If it will get you to shut up…" Harry muttered something after that as he went into the kitchen to get their food.
"I can't imagine Harry in a tux." Amy said trying to imagine him in a tux.
"Stop imagining me in a tux!" Harry yelled from the kitchen.
"mmhhmm." Zelda said digging in her purse for something.
"Watchya looking for?" Amy asked.
"My cell phone. I'm going to text Malon and tell her to meet us here early." She looked up.
Harry came out of the kitchen. "Your pancakes will be ready in a minute."
"Hey, Harry. Do you have one of those 'reserved' signs like in those fancy restaurants?" Zelda asked.
"Ummm, this is a diner." Harry said gesturing toward the rest of his diner.
"So what your saying is you'll give us free waffles?" Amy said looking hopeful.
"Why do I even bother?" He said to himself as he refilled their empty coffee cups.
Harry went into the kitchen, and after a few minutes brought out their pancakes. They heard a tapping noise, and looked around.
"Harry, I think you have rats." Amy said taking a sip of her coffee.
"I do not have rats." He replied looking annoyed.
"Then maybe really big mice." She replied.
"Hey mom, Malon wants me." Zelda said. Sure enough, Malon was standing outside knocking on the window.
"Ok, I'll catch you later than?"
"Yeah. Here later when I'm done with school." Zelda said with a mouthful of pancakes.
"Or maybe sooner." Amy said after Zelda had ran out the door.
Harry came out of the back room. "What are you scheming?"
"The most memorable last day of school she ever had." Amy replied with a sly smile on her face.