There will be something of an epilogue after this.

The dance wouldn't start until seven, so Kafei, Sheik, and I hung out at Kafei's just to kill time. We were all incredibly hungry, so Kafei through in a pizza. We could eat it in a half hour.

While it wasn't a formal, I didn't want to look too un-presentable. I had gotten my plain green t-shirt out of the laundry with a clean pair of jeans. Kafei and Sheik didn't seem too worried about what they wore. They really didn't seem too nervous about tonight in general. I was just nervous about being with Zelda. I mean, I can talk to her no problem. But I've never been with Zelda before. Chances are I'll screw it up. I think Kafei might be a tad more nervous if he knew who he would see there. Sheik, on the other hand, had no real reason to get worried.

I looked over at him. "Hey Sheik."

He turned to me. "How come you didn't accept any invites to the dance from those girls?" I asked him.

"I believe I already answered that."

"Yeah, but why wouldn't you want to try to advance further than friendship?" I clarified.

"I don't really know any of them. I've never really talked to any of them."

Kafei laughed and went to get the pizza. On his way up the stairs he yelled down, "Sheik, you barely talk to us!"

He shrugged and went back to playing Halo Reach. I watched him play online until Kafei came back down.

"Pizza!" he called out with a smile.

When we first got to the school, there was a line in front of the gym. Kafei and Sheik got into it right away, but I hung back and just waited for Zelda. I knew she wouldn't be here for about 5 more minutes. I was looking around for Midna and her friends. I couldn't find them, but they might have already been inside.

I looked out the door and saw a familiar car pull up to the school. Out came a girl wearing a pink shirt and beige pants. She looked amazing. I saw her wave to the driver as she closed the door. She came inside and saw me waiting for her.

"Hey there Zel. You look great." I told her.

She smiled, with a slight blush, and said, "Thanks Link, you look nice too."

I led her towards the start of the line.

When we got into the gym, there people all over the floor dancing their hearts out. Some were stopping for a breather or to get a drink.

I turned to Zelda. "Care to dance?"

She grabbed my hand and said, "Let's go!" And we went out and started dancing. The song was already half over, so the songs quickly changed. With impeccable timing, it became a slow song. Zelda immediately put her arms around my neck, and I grabbed around her waist. We didn't talk at all. Just looked into each others eyes and got lost in the music, our dancing becoming totally fluent.

Suddenly, I was ripped away from her and thrown down on the gym floor. I looked up and saw Ganondorf and Vaati, laughing at me. Can't say I'm too surprised there.

I got up and looked at them, Zelda coming up behind me. Once they finished laughing I said, "You guys have my vote for cutest couple."

Ganondorf just glared and said, "Eat me. Hey Zel, wanna dance with someone who's not a total loser?"

I spoke up. "How could you be offering?"

"You know what, you little jag off?" He yelled, picking me up. We were beginning to get the attention of people dancing around us.

"OK, hot shot, put me down." I said, trying to loosen his hands.

He gave me a toothy grin. "No, I'm gonna h-"

"HEY!" A shout came from behind Ganondorf. We both looked in that direction and saw Darunia and all of his football buddies looking straight at us. "Put him down Ganon." Darunia ordered.

Ganondorf just smiled. "Or what?"

Darunia glared and they all began walking over towards us. Ganondorf dropped me and faced them. "This should be easy Vaati." He said to his right hand man. Ganondorf turned to see Vaati, but he was nowhere to be found. He began frantically searching for the only person that would side with him, but I had seen Vaati head for the doors. Once Ganondorf realized he wouldn't have any help for the fight, he began walking for the doors himself. "It wouldn't be worth winning a fight during a stupid dance."

To be honest, I was surprised Ganondorf had chickened out. I figured he had some kind of dignity in him. I turned to Zelda. She looked up at me and said, "That was weird. I'm going to go get something to drink."

"I'll be there in a sec. I want to go talk to Darunia."

"Okay." She said with a small smile.

I walked over to the football group. "Hey Darunia, what happened back there, thanks."

He was about 6' 5" and had a lot of muscle, so it seemed like his was a big boulder next to me. He smiled. "Hey, don't worry about it."

"Why did you help me out?" I asked him.

"That's why." He pointed out to the dance floor. I followed his finger and saw Shad and Malon slowly dancing, looking like they were having the time of their lives.

"What do you mean?"

"I don't do to good in Algebra II, so Shad tutors me. After school today, he came into the library and said that you had told him to ask Malon to the dance. I saw a lot of joy on the little dude's face. Since it's obvious you weren't messing with him, you earned a lot of respect from me for being able to make him that happy."

I smiled. "Thanks."

He looked over at the table with the sodas and juices. "Go on, you've got somebody waiting for you."

"Right."

I walked over to see Zelda talking to Midna and some of her friends. When I arrived, Midna said, "Oh! Link! I want you to meet Anju!" A girl to her side smiled at me. She looked a little shorter than what Kafei would be. She had brown hair that curved forward when it got passed her ears and a white headband. She was wearing a blue skirt and a brown vest with a white undershirt.

"Hey there Anju." I said. "Oh, wait! Be right back!" And I ran off to find Kafei. I went out into the commons and saw him buying something from the vending machine with Sheik. It was much more quiet in here. They must not have seen me, because as I was walking over I heard Sheik say, "When?" and Kafei answered "Sunday." Both had a dead serious tone in their voices.

"Have you told Link yet?" Sheik asked.

"Nah, I will after the dance. Let him have his time with Zelda for now."

I would've popped up and asked what was going on, but it seemed pretty important, so I'd just let Kafei tell me when he wanted to. I backed up to the doors and ran towards them, making sure they'd notice me. "Hey Kafei!"

He turned and smiled. "What's up?"

"Come on, there's somebody in the gym you should see." I told him.

"Okay, sure."

When the three of us got to the table, Kafei stopped dead in his tracks. "ANJU?" He said, flabbergasted.

She turned and saw him. "KAFEI!" She ran up and hugged him. He was still shocked and didn't quite know what to do. "Wha-, how-, uh…" and he finally managed to hug her back.

When they let go, he asked her, "What are you doing here?"

She smiled at him. "Midna invited me!"

"No way!" He started laughing.

"Yeah, nice hair by the way. I mean it, it looks good on you!"

"Oh, uh… yeah, thanks." He said, blushing a little. That made me laugh.

As they continued talking, I turned to Zelda, "Want to dance again."

She smiled that beautiful smile at me. "Absolutely!" And we went back and began dancing to the beat of the techno song. She began talking over the music.

"You have no idea how much I wanted you to ask me to this dance." She told me.

I stared at her for a couple of seconds. "Really?" I asked her. The song suddenly changed to a slower one. We began slowly dancing holding, onto each other and never wanting to let go.

She nodded. "Link, to be honest, I've liked you for a while now. I'm a bit surprised I hadn't let myself accidentally slip." She tried to hide her face.

I simply looked at her and said, "The feeling was mutual."

She looked back up at me and I pulled her in and kissed her. She put her hands on the back of my head and gladly returned it.

So much passion went into the kiss that it almost seemed to be radiating off of us.

We danced in each others arms long after people had cleared out of the gym.