A/N: Hey you guys! So I got a couple of reviews for chapter one already, so I thought I'd try and update sooner! Anywho~I don't own Zelda, enjoy!
Chapter 2: Lab Partners
The loud ring of the bell surrounded the high school. As the students in the literature class begin to scrape their chairs against the floors, gather their things and run out of the room, the teacher stood in front of the class and bid them farewell. Or at least he tried, but no one paid any heed to him anyway.
"Have a good day, students!" he called. "And would someone help Link to his next class? I'm sure he'll get lost!"
Link blushed at the professor's words. He was annoyed, but he knew what the teacher said was true. He had already gotten lost once until the headmaster showed him to the class.
Link then slowly walked out of the door. He held his books to his chest and looked at his schedule. Next was History.
He sighed, slumped his shoulders and began to walk from the lit classroom before his slumped shoulder was grabbed.
"Hey, new kid." A girl's voice said. She was tall, had ginger hair tied into short pigtails and vibrant azure eyes. "You need help?"
Link blushed and smiled. "Well, uh…"
She giggled. "Of course you do." She took his schedule from him. "I'm Karane, by the way."
He smiled. "Link." Then blushed. "But you probably already knew that…"
She laughed. "Yup. Alright…history. Well, isn't that convenient. That's my next class." She then began walking, not before taking Link's hand. "Come on kid, or we'll be late."
Link sighed. "Why does everyone call me kid? I'm only a year younger than the rest of you…"
Karane laughed again, pushing a strand that went astray from her pigtails out of her face. "It's our last chance to call someone that, I guess."
The blonde sighed again, but nodded, following Karane into a classroom. "I hope you paid attention while we were walking here, Link. I'm not showing you again."
The younger laughed and nodded. "Yeah, I'm good. Thanks."
The ginger nodded and smiled. "No prob. Just tell me if you need more help."
Link nodded, before looking around the classroom and seeing Fledge sitting at a table in the back. He sat with one of the guys from the posse, who was very short with curled hair.
He walked in on an awkward conversation.
"I don't know Cawlin, if he walked in on you doing that maybe just don't bring it up." Fledge said, with a smirk on his face.
Cawlin groaned. "Knowing Strich, he's gonna bring it up. I won't have to! And wipe that damn smirk off your face before I punch it off!"
Fledge just laughed, before noticing Link standing near their table with a blush and a confused look on his face. "Ah, Link! Come on, sit down!"
The blonde complied and as he did Cawlin frowned. "Fledge stop inviting people to sit with us! Zelda and Karane already do, thanks to your obnoxious kindness."
Link and Fledge exchanged glances, chuckling, before two girls came and sat at their table with them. One was Karane, and the other was a beautiful girl with long blonde hair, the first two sections tied with ribbons, lively royal blue eyes, and a wide smile, shining with pink lip gloss.
"Hi guys!" she smiled, before noticing Link. "And new guy, I've never seen before…"
Fledge chuckled. "Zelda, this is Link. He's new."
Zelda laughed. "Well, yeah Fledge, I think I could've figure that out." She walked over and sat by Link. "Well, it's good to meet you, Link."
The blonde only blushed and forced himself not to stare. She was very beautiful, and Link wanted to know her secret to having a blemish free face.
The usual members of the table talked on, as if picking up from a conversation they started the day before. Karane talked to Zelda, Fledge and Cawlin chatted and Link listened in to their conversations. Whether they were personal or not.
They soon heard their teacher clap their hands at the front of the class. "Alright, alright settle down. Now, everyone, let's start our lesson." She sighed, looking over her roll. "But first, did Link make it to the classroom?"
Link shyly raised his hand and blushed, as everyone looked back at him.
"Alright, good. Now we can start the lesson."
Link sighed, looking over at Fledge who was chuckling at Cawlin.
"Damn it, Fledge. I told you it's not funny!"
"I can't help it, and it's your fault anyway. He always comes over to your place. You should've expected he would've walked in."
"Whatever…" Cawlin just crossed his arms and frowned. "It's not like he told me he was coming over…"
He turned away from Fledge, as said teen looked to Link. "So, are you having trouble finding your way around, yet?"
Link blushed. "Uh, well. It took me a while to find my first class, then Karane showed me to this one, so…I'm finding my way." He chuckled, as Fledge frowned.
"Ah, I'm sorry. I should've shown you to your first class. I didn't think about it."
Link shook his head and smiled. "You don't need to apologize, I'm fine."
Fledge shrugged. "I guess. But I'll find help for you to your next class, if you'd like. Let me see your schedule."
Link nodded, handing his schedule over to the other, who scrolled down the classes. "Hm…you've got Spanish next…I think Karane should show you there, too. She's got the class across from it. Then Science, Math and Art. Well, how convenient. We have all of those classes together!"
Link smiled. Good, I'll have someone to sit with…
They then laughed, before Fledge handed Karane the schedule. "Hey, Karane. You think you can show Link to his Spanish class? It's across from Chinese, anyway."
Karane smirked, before handing the schedule back to the blonde. "Yup, no problem!"
It felt like Link hadn't even blinked by the time the class ended. He hadn't even taken any notes. The group at his table talked every moment they could, so he couldn't pay attention.
The bell rang, signaling the students to calmly leave each class. Though, the class did just the opposite and ran in a riot out of the crowded room.
Link sped walked behind the ginger haired girl, following her around the school making sure to note everything they passed so he would remember where it was.
When Karane stopped, Link knew they'd arrived at the room. He doubted she would stop for a crowd of loftwings if she needed to be somewhere.
"Alright, there's your class, Link!" she pointed to a door, before she entered the one across the hall. "See ya later!"
The blonde nodded with a smile, as he entered the classroom. The class was empty, except for a seat in the back. The red head, Groose, sat there.
Link's face instantly lit up and Groose's clouded.
"Ugh, don't sit with me…" he groaned quietly, as the other made his way to the table he sat at.
The blonde smiled widely. "Hi, um…you're Groose, right?"
The pompadour sporting teen rolled his eyes. "Yeah."
Link's face grew slightly nervous, as Groose looked away. "Um…can I sit here?"
The red head snarled at him. "Uh, I don't think so."
"Oh, someone already sits here?"
Groose chuckled. "No, I just don't want you sitting with me."
Link's smile faded. "Oh, um…okay."
He blushed, before moving away from Groose and sitting at a table on the other side of the room. He was angry and somewhat hurt, but his stubborn heart wouldn't accept defeat.
He looked around and noticed the other students piling in. This class was small, so there were only up to three people at each table. Except of course, Groose's table only had one and so did Link's.
The teacher made her way up to the front of the class. She took her attendance, checking for Link, of course, and then started the class.
Link tried his hardest to pay attention, but he just couldn't. His mind was focused on Groose and wanting to know just why he couldn't sit with him.
He kept his gaze on the teen with the perfectly pointed pompadour. The one time Groose decided to look his way, Link got an eyeful of his vibrant golden eyes, which were full of annoyance and judgment. Nonetheless, the blonde's heart had already hypnotized his whole body, except maybe his common sense, into liking the red head.
After taking half a page of sloppily written notes in Spanish, the bell rang. As per usual, the class scattered to get out. Link then sighed, before he looked at his schedule. Next was science.
Link sighed again. I hope we don't need lab partners.
He met Karane outside of the classroom and she grabbed his hand and led him. "I saw you have science next, right?" The blonde nodded. "Good, let's go!"
They then walked fast across the school, until arriving in a large classroom. There many two person tables, each with a set of lab equipment.
Karane tilted her head, confused. "Hm? The class wasn't like this yesterday…"
Link groaned. No, not lab partners….
Karane chuckled. "Guess we're getting lab partners…"
Crap.
Many students, including Karane and Link, piled into the newly renovated room. Link looked around noticing familiar faces. Fledge, Zelda, Cawlin, Groose and two others he recognized from the posse, but didn't know the names of.
He soon watched as the professor walked to the front of the class. "So, you kids have probably noticed the room change."
Groose laughed. "Nah."
His posse chuckled obnoxiously, obviously just to please the red head.
"Now, Groose. No need to be smart." He cleared his throat. "Anywho, you all will be getting lab partners today! We'll draw from a hat-"
Hearing that, the whole class groaned. Link heard, "Why can't we pick our own partners?" and "I know I'll be stuck with a bitch." multiple times.
"We're going to pick from a hat, now quit complaining and half of you line up."
The professor then pushed half the class to one side, and the rest to the other side. On the opposite of Link's side, he saw Zelda, Fledge, Groose and Karane.
He pointed to Link's side and told them to line up behind him. The line began to move, and before he knew it, his hand was hovering above the hat.
"Ah, yes. You're the new student. Good thing you're in this line. Now hurry and pick."
The blonde nodded, taking a paper from the hat and reading it aloud. "Zelda."
Oh, thank the goddeses.
Zelda smiled and walked over to Link. "Works for me. I think we'll be good friends, huh Link?"
The younger smiled to her. "Yup."
When everyone had drawn, the professor clapped his hands. "Alright, everyone get to your seats. We'll have a lesson on lab safety today."
The partners all picked tables and sat their things at their tables. Link looked around to see the matches. Fledge was with the freckled guy, Karane with Cawlin and Groose with a blonde from the posse.
Link smiled to himself. I might've picked the best paper.
He then sighed, realizing if he had picked Groose's name they may had gotten to be better friends as lab partners. Oh well, at least she's sweet.
Said girl smiled at him as the teacher went on about how important washing your hands was. "I don't think he could stress the suds enough, Link." She whispered, making him chuckle.
"No kidding."
As the teacher then demonstrated how to wipe your hands after washing, the blonde felt his back prodded with a folded piece of paper. He took it from the girl behind him and gave her a confused look. She only winked back and turned away, as Link opened it.
Hey there hot stuff. Wanna go out?
Love, the hot babe with the pompadour ;)
Link's face glowed red, as Zelda peeked at the note. She laughed at his expression, before taking the note from him. "That's probably for me."
She soon crumbled the note into a ball and tossed it out an open window. "Groose is always trying to get me to go out with him…"
She spotted Groose tables behind them. He gave her a seductive face and Zelda gave him a death glare and mouthed, 'Leave me alone.'
He chuckled, mouthing back, 'Your loss, babe.'
Zelda only rolled her eyes, before she and Link chuckled together.
Link smiled. Maybe this year won't be so bad.
A/N: Yeah, so this chapter didn't take too long thankfully :) TGIF, I don't think I could take another day of school :P Anywho~please review and follow if you liked! Love you guys!