A/N: Kirby, Kirby, Kirby, he's the one! Kirby, Kirby, Kirby, he's the star of the show!
The Only Day Worth Going
Link woke up early the next day. The sun was just starting to rise as he quickly showered and dressed. Yawning, he crept out of his room to find a light on in Zelda's room. Curious, he neared the door and placed his ear to it. Link heard nothing and softly rapped on the door.
There was some rustling and Zelda opened the door a crack to see who it was. Link smiled, "Hey Zelda, didn't know you were up."
"I didn't know you were up either," Zelda retorted. She opened the door some more, "How often do you get up this early?"
"It's a first for me. Guess I couldn't sleep any more knowing that today is the first day of school. I mean, none of us has ever attended a school."
"Yeah, I know what you mean," Zelda said. "Wonder how we'll fit in. I'm sure we will, even Vincent to some extent. It's going to be radically different then being home-schooled. Well, a good plus for you is being able to see Marin again right?"
Link shook his head, "We sort of broke up yesterday. We came to this mutual agreement that we should explore more before we really do become involved. Her words anyways but I guess I do agree with her."
"Oh, sorry?" Zelda said.
Link chuckled, "Don't worry about it. I rather be a free agent during the beginning of school."
"So, you don't really have anyone in mind. Well, you cant since you haven't even met anybody else-"
"Zelda, relax. I have more important things to worry about than girls right now."
Zelda eyed him, "You aren't Link. What have you done with the real one? Answer now imposter!"
Vincent's bedroom door opened. The male redhead kept one eye shut as he looked at the two blonds, "You know, it's really early in the morning. I can hear you chit-chat through my door." He sighed, "Might as well get ready… I'm not going to go back to sleep with you two here."
Vincent walked back into his room and later came out with his towel. Link softly laughed, "Let's go downstairs Zel, we don't want to wake up the Velocity Girl."
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Vincent sat on top of the kitchen counter. He had his left hand covering his face while his right held a cup of coffee. He yawned and combed back his hair. Vincent sipped his coffee grudgingly. He looked over to the table which Link and Zelda sat. Link was merrily eating a bowl of Lucky Charms while Zelda only had toast.
Vincent glanced down at his silver watch. It was steadily approaching seven. He groaned as he got off the counter, "I swear, if she isn't down here in the next five minutes, I'm leaving without her."
"You don't mean that Vincent," Zelda said. "Right Link?"
"Lucky Charms, Lucky Charms," Link sang. He took his spoon and dug into the white milk, "I sure do love Lucky Charms."
Zelda turned back to Vincent, "All that caffeine mustn't be good for you."
Vincent scoffed, "Excuse me because I love drinking soda and coffee. For your information, princess Wannanoke, this is decaf."
Malon finally came down the stairs, albeit slowly. She walked into the kitchen, "Hey guys, ready to go to school?"
Vincent closed his eyes, "Ma-"
"Sure Malon," Zelda interrupted. "We just had to eat our breakfast first."
"Alright," Malon said. "Are we going to go now or what?"
"You kn-," Vincent started.
"Sure, let's go," Zelda intervened. "Before Vincent explodes."
The doorbell rang. Everybody looked at each other. Vincent sighed and left the kitchen to go answer it. He opened the front door to find Darunia and Sheik outside.
"What do you guys want?" Vincent asked. "Wait, let me guess. A ride right?"
"You're going to need us," Sheik said. "Do you honestly think you'll be able to find your way to class?"
"Or even where to find out where your homerooms are at?" Darunia added. "Judging by that gas guzzler you drive, with the GPS navigation system, you cant find your way out of a paper bag."
Link, Zelda, and Malon came out of the house. Vincent sighed and locked the door behind him, "…fine."
Darunia and Sheik gave each other a high five.
"One of these days, I'll have to blow this entire block up," Vincent muttered.
"Ooh, Vincent, could I drive?" Malon asked.
Vincent stared at her for a few minutes, "I now know, without a doubt, that I am not the only person crazy living in that house."
"I think you should let her drive, Vincent," Link said. "You seem a little grouchy this morning. Maybe you should lay off all the soda. And coffee. And midnight snacks. And maybe the Grand Theft Auto."
Vincent tossed his keys to Malon, "Go ahead."
Malon caught them and smiled triumphantly. She opened the doors and everyone climbed in. Malon made sure all the boys got into the back and she and Zelda were in the front.
The school itself wasn't far from their home. Easy a fifteen-minute walk, or three minute drive. Malon took the Escalade into the student parking lot. She put it in park and turned it off, "You guys needed a ride here?"
"Yes," Darunia answered. "Yes, we did."
All of them got out of the truck. The four roommates looked up at the three-storied schoolhouse that they were about to enter. Vincent let out a long whistle and Link shielded his eyes from the sun as he looked skyward.
"You guys over exaggerate," Zelda said. She turned to Sheik, "Where do we go now?"
"We have to find out your homeroom," Sheik said. "I'll take you to the bulletin board." Sheik took the lead and led them into the school. The school was already filled with many students already engrossed in conversation. Some leaded against lockers, others on the walls.
Sheik finally brought them to an open hallway. It splits into two other while also leading to the stairs. On the wall was a board covered with every student's name and which homeroom they were assigned to. "There you go guys. Just find your name and then look to see which class you got. Hurry before the stampede here begins."
Vincent, Zelda, Malon, and Link did what they were instructed to do and began to search for their names. They scanned the papers that listed their names. Zelda found hers first, then Malon, and third was Link.
"214," Zelda said.
"Cool, I'm 214," Link said.
"I'm 214 as well," Malon said.
Vincent kept searching and finally looked at them, "I can't find mine."
"Really?" Zelda asked.
Vincent smirked, "Nah, I got room 214 too."
Sheik sighed, "You all have the same homeroom, how coincidental. Darunia and I are in 362. Here's a hint, the first number is which floor your class is on."
"Oh, so room 214 would be on the second floor then?" Link asked.
"On the dot Link," Sheik answered. "Listen I have to go. You can find your class by yourselves right? Coming Darunia?"
"Yeah," Darunia said. "Ready for the new year man."
"With two great minds like Zelda and mine, it'll be no problem," Vincent responded. "Of course we have those two but…that's like deducting minds."
"You know what Vincent?" Malon asked. She stuck her middle finger at him and then her tongue.
"Is that an invitation?" Vincent asked.
"Stop you two," Zelda said. "Let's go find our class shall we?"
The group went up the stairs together. At the top, they looked at the room numbers on the top of the doors. They were close to their classroom. Vincent looked at the other numbers on the doors next to first one they found, "Let's go right. The numbers are decreasing that way."
The bell rang as they entered their classroom. They all took a seat near the back. Vincent sat behind Malon and Link behind Zelda. Vincent and Link sat next to each other, this all adds to big problems for their teacher. Vincent laid his head on the desk; "Think I'll get some sleep now."
"What if the teacher comes in?" Zelda asked.
"What if I wasn't so lazy? The world will never know," Vincent replied.
"Heads up!" said the teacher as she walked into the classroom. She wore a champagne business suit with a short skirt. All the boys picked up their heads at her sight, even Vincent. Her high heels clicked on the floor as she walked to her desk, "Good morning seniors. As you all know, this is your final year of school…"
"Whoa, she's hot," Link whispered to Vincent as the teacher went on.
"Totally," Vincent agreed.
"Mr. Knightly, Mr. Aegis, do you two have something to say?" she asked.
"No miss…"
"This is what happens when you don't want to pay attention. I am Ms. Din," she brushed back her fiery red hair. "You should really have your eyes and ears on me at all times. Especially you, Mr. Aegis, unless you want to fail English 4."
Vincent slid back in his chair, "You got to be kidding me…"
Ms. Din handed out their class schedules and ran the basics of the school with them. She told everyone that she was the AP English 4 teacher, which both Vincent and Zelda decided to take. After it was over, the foursome compared at their schedules. Except…
"Vincent, come on," Malon begged. "Show us your schedule. What's so bad about it?"
"I prefer that you guys wouldn't know my classes. One is enough," Vincent answered.
"I hate you," Malon said.
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Malon entered the classroom. She didn't want to take the subject but it was given to her. She went near the middle and sat down at a desk. A few seconds later, a platinum blond bombshell walked into the room. She took the seat next to Malon. Malon noticed the aquamarine eyes she possessed and the oceanic colors she wore.
"They suckered you into this class too?" she asked. "I hate this life management crap."
"Oh, yeah me too," Malon said. "I'm Malon, your?"
"I'm Lulu," she said. "Nice to meet you. My younger sister took this class already, lucky her, she told me all the dumb stuff we have to do."
"Really, like what?"
"The classic 'take a sack of flour and treat as a baby' mess. Stuff like that. Waste of time if you ask me," Lulu said.
Vincent walked into the classroom. He noticed Malon and hung his head low, "Kill me now."
"Vincent!" Malon said, waving to him. He took the seat in front of her. "Good to know that you'll suffer with me."
"Yeah, yeah."
"Is that your friend?" Lulu asked.
Malon nodded her head, "Let's call him that. It's a little deeper than that but he's…a friend I suppose."
"Glad to hear that you think so highly of me," Vincent said. He looked at Lulu, "My name is Vincent. I do know Malon, but it wasn't on purpose."
"You two are made for each other," Lulu said in a giggle.
"Why is it that all teachers aren't in class today?" Vincent said, staring at the empty desk in the front of the classroom. "It's a conspiracy."
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"So were taking Economics together," Zelda said, walking next to Link.
"Yeah, hope it goes well," Link said. "Common knowledge that this isn't going to be easy."
"Don't worry, you got me right?" Zelda asked. "So its AP, big deal. I'm sure Vincent has the same class, although maybe at another time."
Link and Zelda entered their classroom. Their teacher sat at the front desk, greeting all the students. Nearly a spitting image to their first teacher, although with forest green hair. They took a seat near the front.
"Good mornin'," the teacher said cheerfully. "I'm Ms. Farore and I'll be your teacher, if you hadn't got that much. I don't plan on making things easy, so you guys better buck up."
Link groaned, "And I thought second period was awful."
"Check it out, Sheik's in here too," Zelda said.
The blond skateboarder noticed his friends and took a seat near them as the bell sounded. "So we do have a class together. Have you seen Vincent and Malon?"
"Not since homeroom," Link said.
"Aw, it would be so cool if they were in here with us. Darunia is across the hall too," Sheik mentioned. "Not so bad, right? School I mean."
Link shrugged, "It's alright."
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The day went by. Vincent fell asleep in most of his classes. Zelda soaked up whatever the teachers told. Link just barely paid any attention. And Malon, well she was in class at least. The bell signaling the end of school finally rang and the group of six met up in front of Vincent's car.
"Hellacious day," Vincent yawned. "Can't wait to get home. At least me last period wasn't a drag though. You guys ready?"
"Homework on the first day," Link whined. "Doesn't get worse than that."
"I saw Sethtoday-"
"Alrighty then, let's get home," Vincent said. He climbed into the driver's seat and unlocked the doors. Everyone climbed in and Vincent drove back to the house. When he parked it, he immediately turned off the car and quickly went inside.
He quickly made his way upstairs to his room. He opened his door and quickly shut the door behind him. Vincent stared at the little lump under his bed sheets. "Hope you been okay Sephy."
Malon, Zelda, and Link walked into the house. Link collapsed on the couch and Zelda sat on the armrest, "Tired huh?"
"You betcha."
"What happened to Vincent?" Malon asked. "He took notes on what Ms. Nayru said. I need them. I think so anyways."
Vincent slid down the banister, "I can't put up with school for an entire year. Who wants to come with me to burn it down?"
Malon shook her head, "I would go but that's against the law."
"That's why you're not getting my notes," Vincent said.
"I want some Lucky Charms," Link said.
A/N: Guess what Vincent snuck in and get a free…something. I dunno, you pick the prize.
