On the second to last day of vacation, I woke up and made a decision. I liked Zelda. I really did. After that, I opened up my group chat and told Sheik, Pit and Robin.

"Yes, you do like her," Pit answered me back. Zelda and I had been texting separately pretty consistently these days.

"Was it really that obvious?" I asked.

"Umm… Yes it was."

"Well, good luck," Robin said.

"What do you mean?" I responded.

"Some blue haired guy who fights in a tiara is gonna try and steal your girl," Sheik finished.

"You guys are great. Really appreciate it," I typed. That received three "lol's." But how was I supposed to be able to hang out with her, if I liked her? That just makes things awkward. But I had kind of been hanging out with her every day in school, and that was fine. Though, I hadn't acknowledged that I'd liked her then, so it was different. Oh well.

"Um, earth to Link?" Sheik messaged me. "I said Marth is coming for you."

"Oh right. Forgot about that." I typed back. And I had. The Tournament was on the last Thursday of the school year, which was the second to last day of school. On Friday, we had a half day, and the school hosted a party later that night.

But there were obviously more pressing matters, because Robin messaged us, "You should ask her out on Valentine's Day."

This is how I responded. "**** *** ****."

"No one does that anymore. It's so stereotypical," I said after my rage.

"Well, then, I guess I'll have to cancel the dance for that day," Sheik said. "Just kidding, I'm not getting rid of that."

"Are teachers allowed?" I asked. "If so, Pit you should go with Lady Palutena," I joked.

"**** **." Now it was the rest of us laughing at Pit.

"It's not my fault a frigging teacher likes me!" He complained.

"Yeah, well, too bad for you," Robin messaged. "On the other hand, Viridi isn't so bad, right?"

"True…" Pit responded.

"What about you and Lucina, Robin?" I asked.

"..."

"Robin?"

"..."

"Robin seriously."

"..."

"JUST TELL US ALREADY!" We all begged in caps lock.

"Fine! Me and Lucina got permission from our parents to start dating."

"You need permission from your parents? Dang," Sheik said. "My Dad would have been like, 'Hell no,' so I'd just start dating in secret and see how it plays out."

"What? You like someone?" I asked. "You should tell that to your fan club sometime."

"Let's just quest before this turns into one of those weird crush conversations other people would have in third grade," Pit jumped in.

"Why not? I mean, I enjoyed third grade," Robin said. He and Sheik had gone to the same elementary school, while me and Pit had gone to another. We'd all met during the summer at camp in Middle school, and became instant friends.

"Don't even remind me," Pit groaned.

"Why? What happened in third grade?" Sheik pried.

"That remains a secret," Pit answered.

"Then I'm sorry, but I can't be in this friendship anymore if we aren't sharing," I said.

"Well in 6th grade Pit told everyone that I wasn't as smart as him," Robin said. "So I kicked his ass in Anagrams. When that was over, we became friends."

"I TOLD YOU NOT TO TELL ANYONE!" Pit protested. We all sent laughter in reply, then set out on a quest.