A/N: Hey guys! Hope you guys had a great Thanksgiving and Black Friday! Anywho~sorry I haven't updated lately, I've been busy. Though now I've found time, therefore: I don't own Zelda, enjoy!
Chapter 4: What's One More?
Karane growled angrily. "So, this is your idea of welcoming Link, huh?"
Pipit and Groose both chuckled sheepishly, dropping their holds on the blonde.
The freckled teen then began to stutter. "Uh, y-you see Karane, w-we were…uh…trying to…"
"Save him!" Groose chuckled. "He uh, fell into the toilet and started to drown and we were trying to save him!"
Link, who still gasped for breath and coughed up water, narrowed his eyes at them.
The female ginger then rolled her eyes and scoffed. "Yeah right! Ugh, I told you guys to be nice to him!"
Zelda scoffed as well and stomped her foot in anger, before she rushed down to Link's side. "I'm so disappointed in you two! I thought you were better than this…"
Strich chuckled behind them. "You obviously don't know them very well then."
No one even noticed how red Fledge's face was. He was beyond angry. He ran to Link's side and helped the soaking blonde up. He walked Link out of the stall and him and Karane began to gently tear the duct tape off of him.
All the while, Zelda continued to glare at both of them. "I still can't believe you guys! That was so mean! You almost drowned the poor thing!"
"And on his first day, at that!" Karane chimed in. "Fledge? You wanna say something? You look like you're gonna bust."
Fledge opened his mouth to say something, but as soon as he did the bathroom door flew open. Cawlin came in laughing maniacally.
"Did I miss-oh…" seeing all of his friends and Link in the room, the short teen began to walk backwards before Strich grabbed his wrist and pulled him back.
"Nah, you're not leaving. I think the Cool Kids have something to discuss." The tall blonde stated, pushing Cawlin back into the room.
"What?" Groose said, as he and Pipit both exited the stall. "What do we have to discuss?"
Zelda scoffed loudly, and crossed her arms. "Well, first I think you should apologize to Link!"
Groose and Pipit both sarcastically laughed, as the freckled teen said, "Why should we?"
Karane's face turned pink. "Because you almost drowned him, you bastard!"
Pipit blushed, and shrunk back against the stall doors.
Groose then chimed in. "Look, we don't want him to be part of our group. It's simple, and pretty obvious."
Fledge finally burst. "Well, why not?" his yell echoed in the bathroom.
"Because we were just fine, maybe better, without him!" Cawlin chimed in.
"What's one more?" Zelda wondered aloud, still angrier than the cool headed teen had ever been.
"That's exactly what you said when you pushed Fledge into our group!" Groose stated, growing angry himself.
"And what's that supposed to mean?" Fledge yelled, as he ripped the last bit of tape off of Link.
"I mean, you're enough to handle! We don't need another goody two shoes faggot like you around!" the red head shouted, his deep voice echoing in the tiled stalls.
Fledge only let his bottom lip tremble before he stormed out of the bathrooms.
"Fledge!" Karane ran after him, as Zelda turned to Groose.
"Groose, how stupid are you? He's touchy about that subject and you know it, you jerk!" she shook her head and sighed, in an attempt to release some anger. "Why do we have to be a 'group' in the first place?"
"Because we're the Cool Kids!" Pipit stated firmly. "We run the halls and we fit in. Face it, you're just not a Cool Kid, Link."
The blonde's face then grew angry and pink. "Who said I wanted to be one?"
Groose and Pipit both turned to him. "What?"
Link scoffed. "I never wanted to be a 'Cool Kid'. Why would I want to be? In the first place, you're not cool kids, you're just jerks. And in the second place, the only reason I was around was because Fledge was actually nice to me and told me to sit with you guys."
Groose rolled his golden eyes. "Then why do we have Fledge in the group in the first place?"
"Because he didn't have any friends when he first came here!" Strich finally got a word in. "And Zelda, being the kind soul she is, invited him to sit with us!"
Pipit scoffed. "Then why is she in the group?"
At those words, Groose stepped on Pipit's foot with extreme force. "Shut up!"
Zelda's face grew angry. "Well, if you don't want me in the group-"
But neither of them were paying attention. They were both lost in anger at each other.
"Well, why is Karane in the group?" Groose yelled at Pipit, making his freckles disappear in red anger.
"Because she is a Cool Kid. She never tried to let anyone join without an approval from all of us!"
"She's not cool and you know it. Karane is just a hyper active bitch!"
At that moment, the pigtailed ginger walked back into the bathroom. "Yeah, I can't find Fledge. And, heh, what was it you said about me?"
Groose's face didn't lose anger. "Oh, don't act like it's not true!"
Karane then rolled her eyes and took Link and Zelda by their wrists. "Come on. We don't need to be near these idiots. You coming, Strich?"
The tall blonde looked to the girls and Link, and back to Groose and Pipit, before he responded. "You bet."
The red head only growled. "Don't be so dramatic!"
But they were already gone, leaving Groose, Pipit and Cawlin standing quiet and angry in the bathrooms.
"Nice going, Groose." Pipit scoffed, crossing his arms.
"Me?" Groose questioned, angry coursing through his veins.
"Yeah, thanks to you Karane hates me!"
"Yeah, and Zelda hates me! Big deal…"
"Oh, shut up! You know it's a big deal. I really like Karane, you really like Zelda." The freckled teen sighed. "You know what we have to do."
The red head crossed his arms, but nodded. "Yeah, I know."
As both of them exited the bathrooms, Cawlin escaped behind them and ran back to the gym. He didn't want to be mixed up in all this any longer.
Both Groose and Pipit took a deep breath, before they both walked into the art room. Only to see the class was deserted.
"Ah, damn it!" Groose grumped, as Pipit picked up his things and Groose got his from the gym.
"Did the bell ring?" the freckled teen wondered aloud, as he followed Groose out the front entrance of the school. Groups of teens were outside. They were running, talking, waiting or just sitting around eating.
Groose sighed. "Guess we didn't notice."
"I'll say," Cawlin said, walking out behind them. "You two were at each other's throats."
The taller pair rolled their eyes, as Pipit looked down at the midget. "You're not mad at us, right Cawlin?"
He chuckled. "A 'course not! That was pretty awesome if you ask me. But you might wanna patch things up with Strich."
Groose and Pipit both nodded, as they walked around together. Cawlin followed behind them.
Soon spotting the tall blonde, they walked up behind Strich.
"Hey!" Pipit called, startling the tallest.
He sharply turned away from Karane and Zelda. "Goddesses, don't scare me like that!"
"What do you guys want?" Karane grumped, her skinny arms crossed over her chest.
Groose sheepishly scratched the back of his head. "Look, we're sorry about what we did."
Pipit chimed in. "Yeah, we were being stupid…and kinda jealous we weren't in the spotlight anymore."
Zelda rolled her eyes, but laughed. "Geez, you guys. You know you two are practically the leaders of this high school, and the 'Cool Kids' as well. You'll always be in the spotlight!"
Karane rolled her eyes as well. "Yeah, well you really shouldn't be apologizing to us, but to Link. And Fledge, too!"
Groose and Pipit nodded, faking ashamed looks.
"Yeah, we know." The freckled teen sighed. "Where are they?"
Karane sighed. "Well, Fledge left without a word so I don't know where he is."
"And Link said he had to get home early, so he already left." Zelda frowned slightly.
Groose sighed. "I guess it'll have to wait 'til tomorrow then."
Zelda and Strich nodded, as Karane cleared her throat. "And you two better start being nice to him! For real nice!"
Groose and Pipit nodded, as Karane shot a death glare at the both of them with her cunning azure eyes.
"Of course we will, Karane!" Pipit chuckled.
"Yeah, no problem!" the Groose laughed.
"Good." The ginger turned. "Come on Zelda, we gotta get to your house before your dad gets upset."
"Yeah, no kidding." The blonde walked with her, waving goodbye to the four boys behind them.
They waved back before Strich glared at the taller two. "I still can't believe you two would do that…"
Groose chuckled. "Really? I'm surprised, we've done worse."
Strich crossed his arms. "That wasn't my point, you ass."
Pipit rolled his eyes. "Look, we'll be nicer to him. Alright?"
Strich rolled his beady, golden eyes. "You'd better. Come on, Cawlin."
Cawlin smirked, following behind his closest friend. "Have fun apologizing, you two." He shot back at them, earning a flick at the back of his big head.
As they left, Pipit rolled his eyes along with Groose.
They then began to walk together to their own homes. They slumped their shoulders and kicked the stones and dirt beneath them. They soon both sighed.
"You know, I still hate him." Pipit sighed, kicking a rock into a nearby pond.
"Me too." Groose chuckled. "You do realize we're not going to start being nice to him, right?"
Pipit laughed with him. "Like I didn't know that."
They then obnoxiously laughed, high-fived and walked through a line of a waddling duck family.
A/N: Whoo, finally finished :) So, yeah. I don't really have anything else to say down here ;) Just please review and follow if you liked and want more! Love you guys!
