Disclaimer: I don't own Zelda. [sigh] You know, this gets tiring after a
while.........
Chapter 17: Will You Marry Me?
"Mom, Dad......... I need your advice!" The queen and king stopped eating and looked at their son. They were all in the kitchen, trying some new versions of wedding cakes.
"Advice??" the queen asked. "What advice?"
"Well, it's more of my dad's advice, since he's probably had experience doing it........."
"Doing what?"
"Okay, maybe you don't have the same experience, but you have to help me!"
"Do what?"
"Okay........." Link took a deep breath and started his story, "let's say there are two girls."
"Rosemarie and Zelda," the king interrupted.
"DAD!"
"Alright, I'll keep quiet."
"Who both like this guy........."
"You," the queen said.
"What did I say?"
"Oh fine."
"But he only loves one of them........."
"Zelda."
"Rosemarie."
"Dad, it's actually Zelda."
"What?"
"Anyway, and the guy wants to ask Zelda to marry him." The king and queen dropped the forks they were eating the cake with.
"WHAT!?"
"Um.........yeah.........but the thing is, the guy is afraid that the other girl will be devastated."
"You're going to ask Zelda to marry you?? Oh, my son, I am so proud of you!"
"Yeah, yeah, but I need your advice........."
"Well, Son, I must say you've got quite a predicament on your hands. I don't know what to do." Link sighed. He reached into his pocket and took out a half-closed box. Opening it, he gazed at the diamond ring inside. It had been the ring the Hero of Time had given Princess Zelda of the past. It had been past down from generation to generation, and it had been a tradition for all the boys in the royal line to present this ring when asking for hand in marriage.
"It's the ring," the queen gasped. "I remember when your dad gave that to me........."
"I do too."
"Close the box tightly, Link, for you don't want to lose it."
"I can't. First of all, it's very hard to open if you close it all the way. Plus, this way, I can take it out and pop it open like all the men do." The king sighed.
"I must say, you like being very dramatic. So your going to take out the ring with a huge whoosh and it's going to magically open?"
"Kinda like that."
"Link!"
"What is it, Mom?"
"That wasn't me........." Link looked up.
"You didn't say that? Then who did?" The three royals turned around.
"Link!"
"There it is again! Do you think it's a ghost?"
"Oh, Dad! It's probably some servant."
"What servant would call you by your first name?"
"Good point, Mom." Link closed his eyes. He thought for a moment on where he had heard the voice before. Sweet, melodious, like singing.........singing! Zelda!
"Mom! Dad! It's Zelda!"
"Hide the ring!" Link clapped the box shut, way too hard, and tried slip it into his pocket. Unfortunately, it wouldn't go in very easily. He quickly closed the box in his fist and held it behind his back just in time. Zelda came around the corner, her dress soaking wet.
"What happened to you?" the queen exclaimed. Zelda raked a hand through her wet hair.
"It's a storm out there........." The king looked around. No windows were available to show him a view of the rain.
"Oh, we didn't notice." The king said.
"Anyway," Zelda continued, "I came to tell Link something."
"What is it?"
"I talked to Rosemarie this morning. She told me she didn't really care, as long as we're all friends. She said she'd try to forget the whole thing. I just think she was too tired yesterday night." Link sighed with relief.
"In that case," the king said. "My son wants to ask something........." Link's eyes widened.
"No!" he muttered out of the corner of his mouth. "Not here."
"Why?" the king questioned into his ear.
"Cause you're here."
"We can fix that."
"Still no."
"Why?"
"How romantic is a kitchen?" Zelda stared expectantly at him. Link turned his attention back on her.
"I wanted to.........I wanted to.........ask you the same thing you told me. Well, yeah, it's just you told me first." Zelda nodded.
"Alright. I better go then." She turned and left. The three royals sighed with relief. Link turned around.
"I've already decided to ask her at the huge Maple tree. She loves that place."
"Are you going to ask her today?"
"Yes! One the way to her house, she has to pass that tree. I'm going to catch her there." Link raced off.
"Good luck!" Link hurried to grab a cloak. He pushed the wooden door that led to the stables open.
"Hey," he thought as he saw the sky. "It stopped raining. I don't need a horse then." He hurried out the entrance of the stables. Indeed, the sun was now shining brightly on Hyrule Field. Link spotted Zelda in the distance. He ran as fast as he could. He caught up to her a few paces next to the Maple tree.
"Zel!" Zelda turned around and almost bumped into Link.
"Oh, hey!" she said.
"I lied."
"Huh?" Link took a deep breath and walked over so he was right under the tree. Zelda followed him.
"You see, I really did want to ask you something else........."
"Well, what is it then?" Link took a very deep breath. He tried to notice the trees and the grass.........anything to keep him from stuttering. He was sure he would. He patted his pocket for the ring. For a second, he panicked when he realized it wasn't there. Then, he remembered it was in his other hand.
"Well???" Zelda's voice was impatient. That made him more nervous. /Look at the tree. It's a very big tree. It has a very wide trunk, and pretty leaves. Don't be nervous./
"It's something very important," he finally said. Getting his hand ready to open the box, he got down one knee. In one brisk movement, he revealed the box
"Will you marry-," he stopped when he realized the box wasn't open. "Damn it! I messed up!" He got up and tried to open the box. Zelda gasped when she first heard what he said. But, she decided to humor him.
"What did you say?" she queried. "I didn't quite get that." Link struggled to pry open the box.
"Good, cause I needed to ask you again........." He moaned as he tried to open the stubborn box.
"Hey Link!" Link turned around. Rosemarie appeared from behind the tree. "What do you have there?"
"Can you help me open it?" he asked. Rosemarie took the box. In a second, she had pried it open.
"Wow it's such a pretty ring! What are you going to........." she trailed off. She knew what he was going to do. Link was still nervous about asking the question and embarrassed at his mistake. He turned around to Zelda.
"I'm going to ask Zelda to marry me........." He froze. Zelda had both hands over her mouth, looking past him. The realization of whom he had been talking to just struck home.
"Rosemarie!" He whirled around. Rosemarie just stood there, the wind slightly blowing the shawl draped over her head. Her eyes were brimming with tears.
"Oh Goddesses........."
Chapter 17: Will You Marry Me?
"Mom, Dad......... I need your advice!" The queen and king stopped eating and looked at their son. They were all in the kitchen, trying some new versions of wedding cakes.
"Advice??" the queen asked. "What advice?"
"Well, it's more of my dad's advice, since he's probably had experience doing it........."
"Doing what?"
"Okay, maybe you don't have the same experience, but you have to help me!"
"Do what?"
"Okay........." Link took a deep breath and started his story, "let's say there are two girls."
"Rosemarie and Zelda," the king interrupted.
"DAD!"
"Alright, I'll keep quiet."
"Who both like this guy........."
"You," the queen said.
"What did I say?"
"Oh fine."
"But he only loves one of them........."
"Zelda."
"Rosemarie."
"Dad, it's actually Zelda."
"What?"
"Anyway, and the guy wants to ask Zelda to marry him." The king and queen dropped the forks they were eating the cake with.
"WHAT!?"
"Um.........yeah.........but the thing is, the guy is afraid that the other girl will be devastated."
"You're going to ask Zelda to marry you?? Oh, my son, I am so proud of you!"
"Yeah, yeah, but I need your advice........."
"Well, Son, I must say you've got quite a predicament on your hands. I don't know what to do." Link sighed. He reached into his pocket and took out a half-closed box. Opening it, he gazed at the diamond ring inside. It had been the ring the Hero of Time had given Princess Zelda of the past. It had been past down from generation to generation, and it had been a tradition for all the boys in the royal line to present this ring when asking for hand in marriage.
"It's the ring," the queen gasped. "I remember when your dad gave that to me........."
"I do too."
"Close the box tightly, Link, for you don't want to lose it."
"I can't. First of all, it's very hard to open if you close it all the way. Plus, this way, I can take it out and pop it open like all the men do." The king sighed.
"I must say, you like being very dramatic. So your going to take out the ring with a huge whoosh and it's going to magically open?"
"Kinda like that."
"Link!"
"What is it, Mom?"
"That wasn't me........." Link looked up.
"You didn't say that? Then who did?" The three royals turned around.
"Link!"
"There it is again! Do you think it's a ghost?"
"Oh, Dad! It's probably some servant."
"What servant would call you by your first name?"
"Good point, Mom." Link closed his eyes. He thought for a moment on where he had heard the voice before. Sweet, melodious, like singing.........singing! Zelda!
"Mom! Dad! It's Zelda!"
"Hide the ring!" Link clapped the box shut, way too hard, and tried slip it into his pocket. Unfortunately, it wouldn't go in very easily. He quickly closed the box in his fist and held it behind his back just in time. Zelda came around the corner, her dress soaking wet.
"What happened to you?" the queen exclaimed. Zelda raked a hand through her wet hair.
"It's a storm out there........." The king looked around. No windows were available to show him a view of the rain.
"Oh, we didn't notice." The king said.
"Anyway," Zelda continued, "I came to tell Link something."
"What is it?"
"I talked to Rosemarie this morning. She told me she didn't really care, as long as we're all friends. She said she'd try to forget the whole thing. I just think she was too tired yesterday night." Link sighed with relief.
"In that case," the king said. "My son wants to ask something........." Link's eyes widened.
"No!" he muttered out of the corner of his mouth. "Not here."
"Why?" the king questioned into his ear.
"Cause you're here."
"We can fix that."
"Still no."
"Why?"
"How romantic is a kitchen?" Zelda stared expectantly at him. Link turned his attention back on her.
"I wanted to.........I wanted to.........ask you the same thing you told me. Well, yeah, it's just you told me first." Zelda nodded.
"Alright. I better go then." She turned and left. The three royals sighed with relief. Link turned around.
"I've already decided to ask her at the huge Maple tree. She loves that place."
"Are you going to ask her today?"
"Yes! One the way to her house, she has to pass that tree. I'm going to catch her there." Link raced off.
"Good luck!" Link hurried to grab a cloak. He pushed the wooden door that led to the stables open.
"Hey," he thought as he saw the sky. "It stopped raining. I don't need a horse then." He hurried out the entrance of the stables. Indeed, the sun was now shining brightly on Hyrule Field. Link spotted Zelda in the distance. He ran as fast as he could. He caught up to her a few paces next to the Maple tree.
"Zel!" Zelda turned around and almost bumped into Link.
"Oh, hey!" she said.
"I lied."
"Huh?" Link took a deep breath and walked over so he was right under the tree. Zelda followed him.
"You see, I really did want to ask you something else........."
"Well, what is it then?" Link took a very deep breath. He tried to notice the trees and the grass.........anything to keep him from stuttering. He was sure he would. He patted his pocket for the ring. For a second, he panicked when he realized it wasn't there. Then, he remembered it was in his other hand.
"Well???" Zelda's voice was impatient. That made him more nervous. /Look at the tree. It's a very big tree. It has a very wide trunk, and pretty leaves. Don't be nervous./
"It's something very important," he finally said. Getting his hand ready to open the box, he got down one knee. In one brisk movement, he revealed the box
"Will you marry-," he stopped when he realized the box wasn't open. "Damn it! I messed up!" He got up and tried to open the box. Zelda gasped when she first heard what he said. But, she decided to humor him.
"What did you say?" she queried. "I didn't quite get that." Link struggled to pry open the box.
"Good, cause I needed to ask you again........." He moaned as he tried to open the stubborn box.
"Hey Link!" Link turned around. Rosemarie appeared from behind the tree. "What do you have there?"
"Can you help me open it?" he asked. Rosemarie took the box. In a second, she had pried it open.
"Wow it's such a pretty ring! What are you going to........." she trailed off. She knew what he was going to do. Link was still nervous about asking the question and embarrassed at his mistake. He turned around to Zelda.
"I'm going to ask Zelda to marry me........." He froze. Zelda had both hands over her mouth, looking past him. The realization of whom he had been talking to just struck home.
"Rosemarie!" He whirled around. Rosemarie just stood there, the wind slightly blowing the shawl draped over her head. Her eyes were brimming with tears.
"Oh Goddesses........."