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Two weeks later, Zelda skipped into the empty kitchen. Well, today was the day. Her first time on the job. Feeling very pleased with herself, Zelda buttered some pieces of bread and threw them into the toaster oven.
Waiting for the toast to toast, Zelda (who was feeling quite hyper) danced around the room singing.
"Meet me in St. Louis, Louis, meet me at the fair--" she twirled around in the air "--don't tell me the lights are shining any place but there!!"
Suddenly, Nicole leapt into the room and started to dance around and sing with her Aunt.
"We will dance the hoochie-coochie--" (they had no idea what the 'hoochie coochie' was, but it was in the song) "--I will be your tootsie- wOOtsie, if you will meet me in St. Louis, Louuuuuuuuuuuuuuuis, meet me aaaaaaaaaaat the faaaaaaaaaaaair!!!!!!"
At that precise moment, the toaster dinged. Zelda, a little hot from all that jumping around, went over and got out her bread.
"What perfect timing," Nicole commented, getting off the couch (which she had been bouncing on) and walking towards her Aunt. "EW!! Why is your toast all soggy like that?! It looks gross!!"
"I buttered it before I toasted it," Zelda answered. "And it's not 'soggy.' I like it a lot better this way."
"So what time am I going to Eliza's house?" Nicole asked, getting out some Frosted Flakes.
"As soon as we both eat," Zelda answered. "I should be getting picked up in a little while."
"Who's picking you up?"
"Just a friend of mine. You don't know him."
"A-HA!!" Nicole yelled, causing Zelda to spill the milk she'd been pouring for herself. "Soooooooo.......it's a guy, huh?"
"He's just one of my co-workers," Zelda insisted, turning a bit pink. "I hardly even know the guy!"
She turned slowly to face her neice. Nicole's eyelids lowered slightly, giving Zelda a very sarcastic look. "Whatever. I don't understand adults." She stressed the last word slightly.
"Hey, I'm not an adult yet," Zelda said jokingly. "I'm still young at heart."
"Yeah, I know. But every time I hear mother speaking all lovey-dovey on the telephone to that guy, I have to--"
"What're you talking about?" Zelda asked, sitting down to face Nicole. "Who's your mother been calling?"
"The wall between our rooms must be really thin," Nicole started, "because I can always hear her really late at night."
'She's been telling me that those are buisiness calls!' Zelda thought to herself. "Nicole, when did you start--"
At that moment, the doorbell rang. Zelda stood up and answered it. "Oh, hi Link!" She yawned. "Is it time to go?"
"Yep, just about," Link answered, grinning. "We don't want to be late for work."
"Here, come on inside for a sec," Zelda said. "I need to get something from my room really quick."
"Okay."
Smiling impishly, Nicole walked up to Link and shook his hand vigorously. He looked down at her. "Hi! I'm Nicole. You must be Zelda's co- irker."
Link glanced up and saw Zelda come out of her room. Nicole was still enthusiastically shaking his hand. "I didn't know you had a kid," he said dumbly, his cheeks subtly turning red.
"Oh, I see you've meet," Zelda laughed. "This is Nicole, my neice."
"Ohhhh," Link said. Zelda, blushing a bit herself, gently nudged Nicole, who quickly dropped Link's hand. "So ready to go?"
"Yeah, go on out, I'll be there in just a second."
"Kay." Link walked out the door and stepped inside his car. He banged his head on the dashboard. "Man, I sounded like such an idiot!"
Zelda squatted down to Nicole's level. "I'm not sure how long I'll be gone, but I won't be too late. Mrs. Schreiber's going to drive past the house in a minute to pick you up, so look out the window for her and don't leave the house, okay?"
Nicole nodded. "Got it."
"Okay, bye sweetie." She leaned forward and kissed Nicole's forehead, then stood up and headed towards the door.
"By the way Aunt Zelda," Nicole called after her. "He's really cute!"
Chuckling a bit, Zelda walked outside of the house and shut the front door behind her. She hopped down the steps and got into Link's car. "All right, let's go!" After a few minutes of driving, she said, "Boy, it's hot. Mind if I open a window?"
"Feel free," Link said smoothly.
Grinning, Zelda rolled the window all the way down and stuck her head outside of it. "That feels much better. Ooh, that's a tall skyscraper."
As they came to a light, Zelda twisted her head to see exactly how tall the building went. Link quickly took the opportunity to stare at her.
Both of them were already in their Cart House "uniforms," a white top and a black bottom. Zelda was donning a button-down collared white shirt, which showed a little cleavage (but not too much). She wore a short black skirt, and her hair was loosely pulled back in a pony tail.
'How does she make such a preppy outift look so. . .sexy?' he thought.
Then Link noticed that the light was green, and he sped on. Zelda brought her head back inside the car. "I notice that your little beard is gone," she remarked after a long and embarressed silence.
"Yeah," Link said flatly. "The manager of the Cart House said he didn't believe in men having facial hair of any sort."
"Well, I'm surpised then that he didn't make you shave off your eyebrows," Zelda joked, making Link chuckle a bit. 'Ooh!' she thought. 'Score!' "Well, if it makes you feel any better at all, I think that y--er. . .you look just as good beardless as you did with the little one you had before." 'Oh! Bad! Weird sentance that didn't even make sense!'
"Erm thanks," Link said grinning.
While he kept his eyes on the road, Zelda took the chance to stare hungrily at him. His black pants were a bit baggy, but that looked rather appealing on him (or so she thought). Link's collared shirt was tucked into a black leather belt that barely held up his pants. His eyes were a piercing shade of blue, and his hair feel softly over his shoulders.
A small sigh escaped Zelda. 'Nicole was right,' she thougt. 'He IS cute! Hot!'
A few minutes later, they arrived at the Cart house. They both got out of the car and paused in front of the door.
"Well, here we go," Link said. "First day. Nervous?"
"Nervous/excited," Zelda answered as they walked inside. They found the manager, who dragged them into her office, delivered a speech, then sent them off.
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After a long day, Link drove Zelda home. She got of his car and smiled at him. "Thanks for the ride. "I really appreciate it!"
"No problem," he said, grinning.
As soon as Zelda walked inside, she collapsed onto the couch. "Now I know how Mildred Pierce must feel," she muttered.
Nicole bounded into the room. "Hi, Aunt Zellie!"
"Hey!" Zelda said, sitting up and smiling. "How long have you been home all by yourself?"
"Who said she was alone?" asked Peach, walking in. "I was able to come off work early. How was your first day?"
"Oh boy, don't get me started," Zelda sighed, leaning back down on the couch. "First there was a party of eleven, with nine kids who all kept on changing their orders. Then there was this old guy who didn't know that our Spaghetti Marinara actually had pasta in it, and he was allergic to it and got all mad at me for it....then Link told me that he had two people with--"
"Who's Link?" Peach asked.
"Oh," Zelda said, blushing lightly. "He's just this guy who works at the Cart house too. Y'know, just a co-worker that I'm kinda sorta half- friends with."
"He drove her to work!" Nicole added.
"He made the offer, and I didn't want to seem rude," Zelda insisted, looking at Peach. "Don't get that look in your eye!"
"What look?" Peach asked innocently, smiling broadly.
"I have an excellent idea," Zelda said. She promptly picked up a newspaper and whacked Peach on the head with it. "Let's change the subject."
"Why don't we.......hit the mall?" Peach suggested, rubbing her head. "We can eat at the foodcourt."
"Sure," Zelda agreed. "I can go to Hot Topic!"
"That okay with you, Nicole?" Peach asked.
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY------"
"Guess so," Zelda said, as they started to walk out the door.
"--AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY----"
"Haven't been to the mall in a while," Peach commented. "This'll be fun! Oh for heaven's sakes, Nicole! Stop that screaming!"
"-------AAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY--yoooookay."
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a/n:
okaaaaaaaaay..............review, plz.
Two weeks later, Zelda skipped into the empty kitchen. Well, today was the day. Her first time on the job. Feeling very pleased with herself, Zelda buttered some pieces of bread and threw them into the toaster oven.
Waiting for the toast to toast, Zelda (who was feeling quite hyper) danced around the room singing.
"Meet me in St. Louis, Louis, meet me at the fair--" she twirled around in the air "--don't tell me the lights are shining any place but there!!"
Suddenly, Nicole leapt into the room and started to dance around and sing with her Aunt.
"We will dance the hoochie-coochie--" (they had no idea what the 'hoochie coochie' was, but it was in the song) "--I will be your tootsie- wOOtsie, if you will meet me in St. Louis, Louuuuuuuuuuuuuuuis, meet me aaaaaaaaaaat the faaaaaaaaaaaair!!!!!!"
At that precise moment, the toaster dinged. Zelda, a little hot from all that jumping around, went over and got out her bread.
"What perfect timing," Nicole commented, getting off the couch (which she had been bouncing on) and walking towards her Aunt. "EW!! Why is your toast all soggy like that?! It looks gross!!"
"I buttered it before I toasted it," Zelda answered. "And it's not 'soggy.' I like it a lot better this way."
"So what time am I going to Eliza's house?" Nicole asked, getting out some Frosted Flakes.
"As soon as we both eat," Zelda answered. "I should be getting picked up in a little while."
"Who's picking you up?"
"Just a friend of mine. You don't know him."
"A-HA!!" Nicole yelled, causing Zelda to spill the milk she'd been pouring for herself. "Soooooooo.......it's a guy, huh?"
"He's just one of my co-workers," Zelda insisted, turning a bit pink. "I hardly even know the guy!"
She turned slowly to face her neice. Nicole's eyelids lowered slightly, giving Zelda a very sarcastic look. "Whatever. I don't understand adults." She stressed the last word slightly.
"Hey, I'm not an adult yet," Zelda said jokingly. "I'm still young at heart."
"Yeah, I know. But every time I hear mother speaking all lovey-dovey on the telephone to that guy, I have to--"
"What're you talking about?" Zelda asked, sitting down to face Nicole. "Who's your mother been calling?"
"The wall between our rooms must be really thin," Nicole started, "because I can always hear her really late at night."
'She's been telling me that those are buisiness calls!' Zelda thought to herself. "Nicole, when did you start--"
At that moment, the doorbell rang. Zelda stood up and answered it. "Oh, hi Link!" She yawned. "Is it time to go?"
"Yep, just about," Link answered, grinning. "We don't want to be late for work."
"Here, come on inside for a sec," Zelda said. "I need to get something from my room really quick."
"Okay."
Smiling impishly, Nicole walked up to Link and shook his hand vigorously. He looked down at her. "Hi! I'm Nicole. You must be Zelda's co- irker."
Link glanced up and saw Zelda come out of her room. Nicole was still enthusiastically shaking his hand. "I didn't know you had a kid," he said dumbly, his cheeks subtly turning red.
"Oh, I see you've meet," Zelda laughed. "This is Nicole, my neice."
"Ohhhh," Link said. Zelda, blushing a bit herself, gently nudged Nicole, who quickly dropped Link's hand. "So ready to go?"
"Yeah, go on out, I'll be there in just a second."
"Kay." Link walked out the door and stepped inside his car. He banged his head on the dashboard. "Man, I sounded like such an idiot!"
Zelda squatted down to Nicole's level. "I'm not sure how long I'll be gone, but I won't be too late. Mrs. Schreiber's going to drive past the house in a minute to pick you up, so look out the window for her and don't leave the house, okay?"
Nicole nodded. "Got it."
"Okay, bye sweetie." She leaned forward and kissed Nicole's forehead, then stood up and headed towards the door.
"By the way Aunt Zelda," Nicole called after her. "He's really cute!"
Chuckling a bit, Zelda walked outside of the house and shut the front door behind her. She hopped down the steps and got into Link's car. "All right, let's go!" After a few minutes of driving, she said, "Boy, it's hot. Mind if I open a window?"
"Feel free," Link said smoothly.
Grinning, Zelda rolled the window all the way down and stuck her head outside of it. "That feels much better. Ooh, that's a tall skyscraper."
As they came to a light, Zelda twisted her head to see exactly how tall the building went. Link quickly took the opportunity to stare at her.
Both of them were already in their Cart House "uniforms," a white top and a black bottom. Zelda was donning a button-down collared white shirt, which showed a little cleavage (but not too much). She wore a short black skirt, and her hair was loosely pulled back in a pony tail.
'How does she make such a preppy outift look so. . .sexy?' he thought.
Then Link noticed that the light was green, and he sped on. Zelda brought her head back inside the car. "I notice that your little beard is gone," she remarked after a long and embarressed silence.
"Yeah," Link said flatly. "The manager of the Cart House said he didn't believe in men having facial hair of any sort."
"Well, I'm surpised then that he didn't make you shave off your eyebrows," Zelda joked, making Link chuckle a bit. 'Ooh!' she thought. 'Score!' "Well, if it makes you feel any better at all, I think that y--er. . .you look just as good beardless as you did with the little one you had before." 'Oh! Bad! Weird sentance that didn't even make sense!'
"Erm thanks," Link said grinning.
While he kept his eyes on the road, Zelda took the chance to stare hungrily at him. His black pants were a bit baggy, but that looked rather appealing on him (or so she thought). Link's collared shirt was tucked into a black leather belt that barely held up his pants. His eyes were a piercing shade of blue, and his hair feel softly over his shoulders.
A small sigh escaped Zelda. 'Nicole was right,' she thougt. 'He IS cute! Hot!'
A few minutes later, they arrived at the Cart house. They both got out of the car and paused in front of the door.
"Well, here we go," Link said. "First day. Nervous?"
"Nervous/excited," Zelda answered as they walked inside. They found the manager, who dragged them into her office, delivered a speech, then sent them off.
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After a long day, Link drove Zelda home. She got of his car and smiled at him. "Thanks for the ride. "I really appreciate it!"
"No problem," he said, grinning.
As soon as Zelda walked inside, she collapsed onto the couch. "Now I know how Mildred Pierce must feel," she muttered.
Nicole bounded into the room. "Hi, Aunt Zellie!"
"Hey!" Zelda said, sitting up and smiling. "How long have you been home all by yourself?"
"Who said she was alone?" asked Peach, walking in. "I was able to come off work early. How was your first day?"
"Oh boy, don't get me started," Zelda sighed, leaning back down on the couch. "First there was a party of eleven, with nine kids who all kept on changing their orders. Then there was this old guy who didn't know that our Spaghetti Marinara actually had pasta in it, and he was allergic to it and got all mad at me for it....then Link told me that he had two people with--"
"Who's Link?" Peach asked.
"Oh," Zelda said, blushing lightly. "He's just this guy who works at the Cart house too. Y'know, just a co-worker that I'm kinda sorta half- friends with."
"He drove her to work!" Nicole added.
"He made the offer, and I didn't want to seem rude," Zelda insisted, looking at Peach. "Don't get that look in your eye!"
"What look?" Peach asked innocently, smiling broadly.
"I have an excellent idea," Zelda said. She promptly picked up a newspaper and whacked Peach on the head with it. "Let's change the subject."
"Why don't we.......hit the mall?" Peach suggested, rubbing her head. "We can eat at the foodcourt."
"Sure," Zelda agreed. "I can go to Hot Topic!"
"That okay with you, Nicole?" Peach asked.
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY------"
"Guess so," Zelda said, as they started to walk out the door.
"--AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY----"
"Haven't been to the mall in a while," Peach commented. "This'll be fun! Oh for heaven's sakes, Nicole! Stop that screaming!"
"-------AAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY--yoooookay."
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a/n:
okaaaaaaaaay..............review, plz.