Chapter 3- Young and Stupid.
Dinner that evening was good, if not filling. Bowser and Donkey Kong practically ate everything but there was still enough to go around. Link had had a little too much to drink and was chatting up Zelda using the worst pick-up lines known to man and was rambling on about nothing in particular. Zelda was getting annoyed. She had tried to take it in and ignore him as much as she could but he was getting on her nerves.
She quickly and quietly finishes her dinner and got up and excused herself from the large table. She felt dirty for some reason No, not dirty. She reminded herself. What was the word for where you feel disgraced even when you didn't do anything, disturbed? No. Oh to hell with it. She couldn't describe it, all she knew is that she felt very uncomfortable.
When she got up from the table Link didn't even bat an eyelash. He just kept on laughing and rambling on with Roy. Both of them in a drunken stupor. She attempted to comfort herself in the perdeciment with the idea that in the morning he would be sober again and everything would be alright, except that he would be complaining about a major hangover, but that was another story. For a moment she almost forgot about her undescribeable woe that she felt and smiled at the thought of Link whining about a terrible headache, but however the happiness lasted for about half a second. She quietly walked up the stairs into the dorms. She opened the door. Silently as not to wake anyone up that may be sleeping. She was surprised to see that she was the only person up there. The room was quiet except for the chatter downstairs and somewhat peaceful.
She knew what she would do to get her mind off of Link. She would slip in under he covers and pick up a good book and gently fall asleep. It all seemed wonderful. She was in fact a little too enthusiastic about it that when she crawled up the ladder to her bunk, she went a little too fast and her foot slipped on the fifth step. She fell down with a loud "thunk". "Smooth Zelda, real smooth, graceful perfect princess of Hyrule, my ass!" She said sprawled on her back trying to withstand the growing pain in her neck. She rubbed it and tried again, this time slower. She was extra careful on the fifth step." I bet they could hear that from downstairs." She mumbled grimly to herself and slid under the covers. The soft mattress soothed her aching muscles from all the fights she had gone through that day. She picked up her book which she had a stack of beside her pillow.
She absolutely adored reading. Whenever she read a book it was like she was taken into her own little world. Link never seemed to understand that. With that she found her bookmark and started reading. Right now she was in the middle of "Romeo and Julliet", traditional, but still a wonderful reading experience. In her words. That was what she had said to Samus when she had scoffed at her for reading something so sappy. Within a minute she was in that world again. A trance, put under by every word written down. Sometimes she couldn't understand the Old English they used but it still seemed to have this amazing appeal to it. It got her intrest right away. She was just at the part where Romeo was serenading Julliet from the window. Zelda was a romantic and deeply wished that someone would give her a magical experience like that.
Suddenly she heard something. A singing like sound. At first she thought it was maybe her imagination and perhaps she was getting a little too into the book. But she kept on hearing it. She finally decided to check it out. She followed it and it seemed to be coming from outside. At first she saw nothing. She looked closer and saw a figure in blue, sitting on the roof, humming. At first she was dumbfounded and just stared and didn't bother to identify him. Then her brain kicked in and things came into focus. She saw that the figure was Marth, sitting on the roof. Immediately she started to climb out the window, just out of curiosity. She quietly crept up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder. Perhaps too quietly. He almost had a heart attack. He screamed and almost fell off the roof. Zelda had to grab his arm to keep him from slipping. ''Oh, its you.'' He said, obviously relieved. ''Don't do that again!'' Zelda giggled and sat down beside him. The cool summer air flew onto her skin as soon as she settled. She looked at Marth, he was wearing a tight gray muscle shirt and dusty jeans and he was lying on his cape for comfort. His dark blue hair was partially in his face. He looked increasingly sexier everytime she looked at him. It was a clear night so there were many stars out. It was beautiful.
''There's Orian!'' Pointed out Marth. ''Huh?'' Zelda looked surprised.
" It's the constellation Orian!" He explained.
"Where?" She looked around eagerly.
"Right there." He pointed to three bright stars all in a line. " Those three are his belt and then the stars above him and under him are the rest of him." She was speechless. She had never seen the sky like this. She felt as if she was seeing the stars for the first time. The moon was aglow with a whitish-yellow light. She crept up closer to him to see better because she was currently behind a tree.
"Its so pretty." She managed to murmur. He took a lock of her silky blonde hair gently and twirled it around his finger.
"Just like you." He whispered. She looked up at him with her sparkling blue eyes, as if she had misheard. Actually she had heard perfectly well but she just wanted to see if he meant it. He was still staring at her, smiling sheepishly. She moved even closer to him so that her head was on his stomach. She listened to his breathing and the slow steady beat of his heart. She had come there to forget about Link and she had. Marth stroked her hair, creating a pleasant tingling feeling. She slowly lifted up her arms and put them around his neck and pulled him towards her so that he was almost in an upright position. He looked so innocent with those large blue childish eyes and shy smile. She lifted her head up and kissed him. She half expected him to pull away but he didn't, he returned to kiss with great enthusiasm. His lips were soft and his whole body gave off this gentle aura. He wrapped his strong arms around her waist and pulled her closer. He fell over backwards. She stopped and looked at him and brushed some hair out of his face. He took the cape they had been lying on and put it over them. It was soft and made of silk. They started again and Zelda was now putting her hands on his sides and was pulling up his shirt over his head. He kissed her neck and she rested her whole body up against his chest. She trembled as he ran his hands over the curves of her body.
Suddenly in the midst of the trance a sound peirced the night.
"Zelda! Marth! Where are you?!" The others were back upstairs!!!
To be continued..