"Zelda?... Zelda!" An irritated Abigail shouted, snapping her blonde friend back to reality.

"Hun? Sorry what did you say again?" Zelda said trying to remember what they were talking about.

Abigail just raised an eyebrow in annoyance, this wasn't the first time the blonde had lost concentration recently. The weather had chilled quite a bit so people had started to dawn coats and sweaters. The two were currently hanging out at Zelda's place. Abigail was wearing her standard purple jacket and gray t-shirt. Zelda however, was wearing a cozy red sweater.

"You keep zoning out, and this isn't the first time either." Abigail said with a sigh.

"Sorry, I just have a lot on my mind right now." Zelda said shyly.

"So what's up? Abigail asked as she sat down cross legged on the floor.

Zelda sat down across from her, but didn't look her directly in the eye. Dew to the long period of silence that followed after, Abigail new if she wanted answer she was going to have to try and dig them out of the blonde.

"Did something happen between you and Leah?" Abigail asked studying her friend's face carefully. Abigail was actually quite a good detective when she wanted to be, learning from a few mysteries books. When Abigail noticed a small twitch on Zelda's face that told her that her lucky guess paid off.

"No everything's fine, great in fact…" Zelda mumbled. "Why would you think something's wrong?"

"Well for the past few weeks you've been hanging out with Leah and you've been really down lately." Abigail said "I just want to make sure everything is ok."

"I'm fine Abigail." Zelda replied, although her face said otherwise.

"Listen, you know you can tell me stuff that's bothering you right?" Abigail said trying to be as gentle as possible, she didn't have a lot of experience when it came to comforting people.

Abigail studied the blonde's face carefully and saw that she was clearly fighting some inner turmoil.

"Zelda I'm not going to judge you or hold anything against you. You never judge me for being different."

Zelda turned slowly, worried about how she wanted to tell Abigail about her secret. Images of the purple haired girl telling her that she was disgusting ran through her head. She was terrified of telling anyone, she was scared it would be like last time.

"I… There's… Something you should know about me." Zelda said shakily. Abigail noticed with concern how worried Zelda had become.

"Tell me." Abigail said gently, grabbing the blonde's hand.

"I'm… Gay." Zelda said with a shaky breath.

There was a small pause before Abigail let out a small chuckle.

"Is that it?"

Zelda was surprised to hear Abigail being so relaxed.

"Well… Yea."

"Wait! You thought I would get upset about that? What kind of person do you think I am!" Abigail said a little annoyed. "Why were you so scared to tell me?"

"Look I don't like telling anyone ok!" Zelda said defensively.

"Why? Are you ashamed?" Abigail said worriedly.

"No, it's just... I had a really bad experience in high school when people found out." Zelda said her head hanging low. "Somehow word spread throughout school and no one ever looked at me the same. I got pushed around and bullied like you wouldn't believe."

"Was it really that bad?" Abigail asked in shock.

"It sucked, for four years I was tormented and teased. I was shoved into my locker more times than I can count."

"Really? Man if I had been there, I would've knocked their heads together. Didn't the teachers do anything?"

"No. I went to a pretty poor local school, most teachers were either underpaid or didn't care. Bullies were just something I had to learn to deal with."

"Well you shouldn't have had to deal with that crap. Man I hate bullies. Zelda you should know that although this town is pretty old fashioned sometimes, everyone is surprisingly progressive about people being gay. No one here will think differently about you, I promise." Abigail said putting her hands on Zelda's shoulders. "Besides everyone from your high school is an idiot."

"Thanks Abigail." Zelda said finally letting out a small smile."Sorry I didn't tell you sooner."

"I get why you didn't. With what you went through it must be hard to trust people. Just know that you can trust me."

The two girl's attention were briefly diverted when Dex decided to come over and join the girls, climbing into Zelda's lap and beginning to pur. It was almost like the ginger cat wanted to try and comfort the blonde as well.

"So what does this have to do with Leah?" Abigail asked still curious to why the blonde had been a little down the past few weeks. However before Zelda had the chance to answer Abigail had already put two and two together. "You have a crush on her!" She shouted pointing straight at the blonde.

"What? No!" Zelda said as a large blush appeared on her face."

"Yes you do! Look your whole face is going red." Abigail responded laughing.

"Cut it out!" The blonde said swatting her away and trying not to look too embarrassed."

"It all makes sense now. That's why you act so weird when you're around her."

"I don't act weird around her" Zelda said pouting.

"How long have you had a crush on her."

"I don't know." Zelda said blushing even harder now. "I've always thought she was really pretty… but the last few weeks…"

"Why don't you ask her out?"

"What? No way!." Zelda cried out.

"Why not?" Abigail said as if it were the obvious solution.

"She doesn't like me that way! Besides she has an ex boyfriend."

"Emphasis on ex"

"Still a boy! Which means I don't have a shot."

"Is this what's been getting you down lately?" Abigail asked.

"I don't know, it's just hard. I really like Leah, it just sometimes hurts to know she won't like me back."

"I don't know Zel, I mean she was looking at you in a funny way. Who knows? Maybe you do."

"Can we stop talking about me and Leah now? Let's just watch a movie or something." Although Zelda was largely embarrassed, it was nice to finally have someone to talk to about her love life.

"Fine. I guess I got enough out of you today, but we will be talking about this again."

"Great." Zelda said sarcastically.