Author's Note- Thanks to the guest reviewer, you made me very happy! :) Hope whoever's reading enjoys! :)
"Thanks Peach! See you again tomorrow?" Ike asked, standing in the open front door of his house, his tutor beside him.
"Of course you will silly!" Peach said giggling at Ike's comment while giving the boy a warm hug.
"Oh, um, okay!" Ike said looking shocked at the unexpected action of Peach's, but still Ike hugged her back not wanting to hurt her feelings.
"And Ike if you feel maybe awkward hugging me just say so." Peach said to Ike while tilting her head and smiling.
"And why would you say that." Ike said while starting to sweat a bit.
"Because you were really tight while hugging me. And I'm not saying that your just doing it for the fun of it! Because it's not suppose to sound like that!" Now Peach started to sweat thinking that she just made Ike sound stupid.
"Whoa it's okay Peach you didn't hurt my feelings, really I'm okay." Ike said trying to calm Peach down.
"No it's not, I've been trying to be the happy little prissy girl I am all week but I can't anymore, I just can't!" Peach said while putting her hands over her face to wipe off all the tears and also collapsing onto the ground to cry there.
"Don't cry Peach, just slow down and tell me what happened that's making you cry." Ike said sitting down next to Peach while rubbing her back.
"No I don't want to get you involved." Peach said looking at Ike with her big blue eyes that were staring deeply into Ike's eyes.
"But-" Ike got cut off by Peach standing up and wiping off her pink skirt and top.
"No I'm not dragging you into this." Peach said firmly then smiling a little. "Well see you tomorrow Ike. Peach turned around and left all within one minute.
"Hey Ike!" Roy yelled while running up to Ike through the school halls.
"I don't want to talk." Ike said with a sad face on.
"Hey did you know Link got sick and can't do the test." Roy stated, he was trying to get Ike to say something that wouldn't be 'I don't want to talk'.
"Just go away." Ike said while pushing Roy aside to open up the door that lead to Math class.
"Hey! Even though you're mad about who knows what doesn't mean you have to take it out on me!" Roy yelled, shoving Ike back at the wall in the school halls.
"Don't ever do that again!" Ike said pushing Roy to the opposite wall while grinding his teeth together. "I'm sorry I...I just want to be alone," Ike said letting go of Roy and then walking into the classroom, leaving Roy in shock at how violent he could be.
"How was school today?" Ike's dad looked over at Ike while looking up from the newspaper that he was just reading.
"Fine." Ike said while walking up the stares that lead to the upper floor of Ike's dads house that Ike still lived in.
"You okay champ?" Ike's dad now set down the paper to make sure that Ike was okay.
"Just dandy." Ike basically ignored his fathers comments while still heading upstairs.
"Ike." Ike's father stopped Ike while standing up. "Is this about what happened with the girl yesterday?"
"Hey! How did you know about that!" Ike yelled while stopping his clime for his room.
"Don't you dare yell back young man! And you two happened to be very loud outside!" Ike's dad yelled while throwing his hands out in frustration.
"She was sad and I don't know how to make sad girls happy! Ike yelled back while coming back down the stairs, a couple seconds later Ike and his dad started to laugh so hard that Ike and his father fell on the ground laughing hysterically.
"'How to make sad girls happy'! That should be a book!" Ike's dad said through his laughing, trying to stand up but falling over a second later.
"Stop mocking me!" Ike said, embarrassed, plopping down onto the plush carpet with his dad, though he was laughing all the same.
"I'm sorry! But really that should be a book for readers like you." Ike's dad wiped a tear from his eye, calming down from his bout of laughter.
"Fine, but really, I didn't know how to calm her down." Ike said while standing up from the floor before sitting down on the big, comfy couch.
"I had some of the same troubles when I was your age." The older man said as he sat down with Ike on the couch.
"Really?" Ike said contently wanting to hear more.
"Yes, with your mother." Ike's dad put his head down sadly, the mention of his wife bringing his mood down.
"No dad I know you don't like to talk about her. So just don't." Ike said patting his father's back to comfort him.
"It's okay Ike." Ike's dad pushed his son's hand away. "I'm fine talking about her." Ike's father let a tear roll down his cheek, looking at Ike.
"I hate to see you cry, dad. And you help me so much, it really does hurt me when you're upset." Ike said looking at his father who was now crying a little more then before.
"Ike, there are times in your life when you just have to cry, you just got to let it all out." Ike's father sighed. "And this is one of those times for me. We've been through so much together, and I'm so proud of you." Ike's dad stood up and patted Ike's head.
"Thanks dad, this talk really helped." Ike said while standing up and hugging his father. Even if the talk was a good one, it didn't really clear up Ike's helplessness at cheering Peach up when she got sad. Ike didn't want to say that to his dad and upset him even further though, so he just told a little white lie. "I'll be in my room if you need me." Ike walked away and up the stairs, leaving his father standing behind him, smiling.