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"Shiek!" I squealed running towards my brother.
I wrapped my arms around him. Almost immediately, I noticed how much taller than me he was now. He'd gotten a lot bigger since I'd seen him last; he might have even surpassed the 6'2" mark. My brother looked down at me fondly with his blood eyes and he kissed my forehead.
"Zel! I've missed you!" he said. "How long has it been?"
"Several years," I told him. "The last time we really saw each other was when mom dropped you off here, remember?"
Sheik grinned. "Oh yeah!" As we spoke, I realized his voice had gotten a lot deeper. Along with the length of his blonde hair, his muscle structure had also increased tremendously. I could almost understand why my friends liked my brother. Almost.
"Oh, Mom called me a while ago. She told me that she'd dropped you off," he stated. "I was hoping I would run into you sometime soon."
"Yeah, I arrived earlier today," I responded.
"H-hey Shiek," Midna stuttered. I noticed that she was blushing.
Sheik smiled and flipped his overgrown bangs off to the side. "Oh, hey Midna. Looks like you befriended my little sis, huh? Cool. Just don't forget to bug her every once in a while for me, okay?" He smirked at me. I frowned at him in response, but inside I was smiling. I had missed my brother's annoying tease. Sheik looked back to Midna. "Mind if I sit here?"
"S-sure," she stuttered again. I grinned.
"Hey!" Pipit jumped in. "Has anyone seen Link?"
"He was getting ready when I left," Shiek answered.
"What about Saria?" Ilia asked.
"It's Friday," Pipit responded. "She has to work at The Lumpy Pumpkin."
"So, do you guys want to head over to the lake?" Midna asked.
"Sure," I answered and threw my paper cup in the trash.
We exited the café and passed by Malon. She was walking with another girl that appeared to be almost exactly identical to her. The idea of evil twins had briefly flashed through my mind when Malon gave me an evil stare, and then continued on into the café. I sighed and continued down to the lake with my friends. We walked over to the lantern-lit lake and sat down at an unoccupied picnic table beside the water. Above us, the pearly white moon shone down onto the smooth water, creating an unchanged, perfect reflection.
"Hey, there's Link," Sheik identified. My brother pointed to the bridge.
"Link! Over here!" Pipit called.
Link walked over to our ever-growing group. He was wearing an orange v-neck shirt with a golden triforce in the center.
"Hey guys," Link greeted. He sat down next to me and I could feel my cheeks turning slightly red. He was so cute, I just couldn't help it.
We all began to talk. I caught my brother up to the situation at home, which wasn't very interesting. Sheik brought me up to base on what was going on with him. Midna began to update everyone on the latest school gossip, which didn't mean much to me since I didn't know many other students, but it was still fun. Time flew by. I remember checking my phone at one point and it reading 2:00 a.m. After that everything kind of became a sleepy blur.
The next thing I know, someone was poking me.
"Wakey-wakey!" I heard a voice from above me. A finger poked me in the ribs. I ignored it hoping the person would leave me alone. Eventually, they stopped. I was just about to drift back into sleep when-. "GET UP!"
I shot straight up in surprise. The sudden shout had literally scared me out of my mind. Midna stood over me, an obvious grin on her face.
"Midna!" I exclaimed. "Don't do that to me!"
"Sorry sleeping beauty," the twili girl smirked. "But it's 1:00 p.m. I figured I should wake you up." I glanced around and realized I was in my bedroom. I quickly checked my phone and noticed a couple messages from my friends back home. The time certainly did say 1:00 p.m.
"What happened last night?" I asked.
"Well, you fell asleep on Link. He brought you up to you room," Midna explained.
"He carried me?" I smiled subconsciously. "That's sweet," I murmured. I glanced up at Midna. She had a knowing smile plastered on her face, and I realized that she'd heard. I covered my mouth, my cheeks flushing cherry red.
"Aw!" I heard someone squeal come from the other room. "Does little Zellie have a crush!"
"Ilia shush!" Midna called back, smirking at me.
"No, it's not a crush!" I shouted to the other room, my face still red.
"So it's love?!" she shouted back.
"It's nothing, you moron!" Midna interrupted, saving me from embarrassing myself any further.
"So, where's Malon?" I asked curiously.
"She probably stayed at Romani's dorm," Ilia replied.
"Romani?" I asked.
"Yes," Midna said. "She and Malon are best friends. They look so much like twins, it's creepy." The twili girl shuttered.
I thought back to last night. So that's who the girl with Malon had been.
"Do you want to see if Saria wants to go get something to eat?" Ilia interrupted. "I know I'm starving!"
"Sure, why not?" Midna replied.
"Could we go shopping after?" I asked.
"Sure."
"Okay! Let's not waste precious time talking when we could be eating or shopping!" Ilia jumped in. "Let's go!"
I walked over to my closet and threw on my red and mint green sweatshirt. It read 'Skyloft Loftwings'. I also grabbed my dark purple handbag, just in case I saw something I really wanted to buy. After I had what I needed, I took my key out of my handbag and locked the door behind me. We began walking down the hall toward the elevator.
"Hey guys, we didn't even asked Saria if she wanted to come," Midna realized.
"Let's go see if she wants to," I offered. "I haven't met her yet, and I really would like to."
"Why not?" Ilia answered. "She'll probably want to come with anyway."
We walked to the elevator and Midna hit the 7th floor, which was the highest floor on campus. We reached the top and turned left. A few minutes later, we reached a fancy green-wooden door. Midna rapped her fist on it.
"One second!" a girl from behind the door called.
The door opened. A girl with green hair and emerald eyes stood before us. Her forest-colored hair fell down to her shoulders and curled in a little at the bottom. She wore a deep green v-neck. If I had one chance to guess what her favorite color was, I'd guess it was green.
"Hey girls! Come on in!" the green girl exclaimed and moved back. We all stepped into her dorm.
The dorm was huge. She had a queen-sized bed and a flat screen T.V. on the wall. The walls were painted a thick earthy brown and the carpet was a dark shade of green. Also she had a mini kitchen, and another room with just a desk and a couch. I realized that she must have the room entirely to herself.
"Do you want to come shopping with us?" Ilia asked.
"Sure I'm free right now," the girl answered, taking a seat in her forest-green bed.
"But before we do, Saria, we have a new friend for you to meet!" Midna said and stepped away from me.
"Hi," I said.
"Hi, it's nice to meet you. I'm Saria," she introduced, a friendly smile growing on her face.
"I'm Zelda, but you can call me Zellie if you want." I glanced at Ilia and Midna. "That's apparently my nickname now."
"She's Sheik's sister!" Ilia informed Saria.
"No way. You mean hot Sheik?!" the forest girl squealed.
"Oh yeah," Midna replied, excitement audible in her voice.
"Uh... I'm standing right here!" I called. "He's my brother, for goodness sake!"
"Who cares?!" the feisty twili girl responded.
"Well anyway," I said, hoping to change the subject, "can we get a move on? I'm extremely hungry."
"I got an idea!" Ilia exclaimed. "Let's go to The Lumpy Pumpkin!"
"Um, how 'bout not." Saria shook her head. "I don't need to spend any more of my time in there. I worked a long shift last night and if I see another pumpkin, I may seriously flip out."
"How about we just go to the school cafeteria? Zellie needs to see where it is anyway," Midna suggested.
"Sure," Saria agreed. We entered the hallway and Saria locked the door behind her.
We continued down the blank white hallway until we reached the elevator. All of us climbed in and descended to the dorm lobby. We exited and headed to the main building. We had just entered the lobby when we bumped into Link.
"Hey guys!" Link exclaimed.
"Hi Link…" I murmured, suddenly remembering that he had carried me up to my room last night. I could feel my cheeks turning cherry red.
"Hey, Zelda," he said with a gorgeous grin widening on his face.
"Would you like to eat with us?" Midna asked.
"Sure!" Link answered. "I'm not busy."
We all walked down a hall until we came to a big, carved, old wooden door. Midna pushed it open and we continued forward into the huge dining hall. The ceiling was very open, about 20 feet high. There were long wooden tables lined up in rows, most full with other students. A buffet was at the far end of the lunchroom. We all took a plate and walked over to the big iron buffet.
"This looks delicious!" I exclaimed.
"It does look delicious," Link agreed, "but it tastes even better than it looks." He grinned. I smiled back at the terrible joke, feeling my face turning slightly red once again under his blue gaze. I was struck with the thought that I actually might like his guy. I turned back to the buffet and got some fried cucoo and some blue chu chu jelly.
"Hey, we have to split up." Midna realized. "There isn't enough space for all of us to sit together. There are only 3 open seats here."
"You guys sit there. Zelda and I will find a place to eat," Link suggested. My heartbeat shot up.
"G-good idea, Link," I answered.
"Okay," Midna said. Link began walking away and Midna whispered to me, "You two love-birds have fun."
My face turned red and I followed Link over to a corner table with only two seats. We both sat down and started to eat in silence. I glanced at the boy. Link was picking at his fried cucoo with an unreadable expression. I was unsure of what to talk to him about. I barely knew the boy. I was about to bring up something about how large the lunchroom was, when Link spoke.
"Zelda," he started, "have I ever told you how pretty I think you are?"
