Authors Note: Sorry, another short chapter FORGIVE ME cries

Chapter 8

The Tears and The Blood

Link walked into the club, taking a deep breath as he stomped to the back room. He was confronting his fear. There was a reason why there were so many ex girlfriends in Links past. He never wanted to compromise, never ran after them…tried to fight for them. Link would wait to find something wrong with his girlfriend of the month. There was always something wrong with girls. Too clingy, too distant, too fat, too skinny. The list goes on and on. However, he wanted them to hurt him, he was going to end up being broken hearted. Did he like the pain? The pity? Was Dave right? He loved the pity.

It being true or not did not matter here. For once Link was being out of character. He was fighting for this girl, someone who he barely even knows. Was it love? Link is falling in love with someone other than the pain? Pain his friend since he was a boy. His depression his greatest partner. Their three-way every night for years was a dangerous pleasure, a pleasure he wanted. Then it go out of hand. It slipped? Right, wasn't that the excuse? It slipped, I didn't mean to. But he did, he knew exactly what he was doing. End the suffering with death.

Time for a change.

"Zelda," Link managed to spit out after laying his soft blue eyes on the mark Charles left. He had half a mind to go and strangle Charles until he felt his soul leave his body. Something's were more important than killing your greatest rival. Like rescuing the princess.

"Why are you here?" Zelda asked in disbelief, "Why now? When it is too late."

"But it isn't," Link pleaded, walking to her, "I can't lose you."

"Why?"

"What I did was wrong…so wrong. I have looked for a reason…I have search in my soul and in my heart and I can honestly say…I have no idea why I left with her. There is no excuse. I am sorry Zelda, I am so sorry…"

Zelda stared on him, her eyes threatening to cascade with salty tears. She wanted so badly to throw her arms around him and tell him how much she loved him and how much she wanted to be with him.

"Don't go back to someone who is going to hurt you," Link choked, "You are smarter than that. I know you are. I won't ever hurt you again. I won't ever do something so stupid and so insulting again. I love you Zelda."

Before Zelda could speak…the click of a gun echoed loudly in the small back room. Link felted the cold nozzle of the gun press against his head…knowing full well who the was standing behind him holding his life in his hands. "Charles…"he gasped.

"Zelda," Charles said calmly, "get in the car."

"Put the gun down Charles," Zelda cried, "What are you doing?" The tears fell without resistance…the thought of Link dieing in front of her…because of her was enough to kill her… "Please stop this."

"Listen to me pretty boy," Charles spat, "what makes you think you could just walk into Zelda's life and turn it upside down? Huh? We were fine before you came in." He pressed the nozzle into Link head, "So if you were out of her life…everything would be fine right?"

"Really?" Link said blankly, "Blowing my brains out in front of Zelda…that would make everything okay?"

"You will be out of the picture…"

"What about her?"

Silence…a loud silence. Link tried moving away from the gun, only to have it press harder as a warning.

"She will…have to get over it."

He slowly began to press on the trigger, Links life slowly drifted away…second after second after…

"Wait," Zelda's soft voice called out to Charles, "Let him go…"

"And what if I don't."

"Then Goddess's forgive me."

Metal connected with bone like a sword through an arm in the middle of war. She had grabbed her lock and swung it with all her love, her hate, her passion and her will to survive. The lock connected with his jaw. His body connected with the floor…and everything became silent again.

"He will survive," the cop said, "you were lucky the gun wasn't loaded."

He walked away, leaving Zelda and Link in front of the club…alone.

'I almost killed someone," Zelda wept, "And the gun was not even loaded."

"What if it was?" Link said still trying to catch his breath.

"I don't know."

"The cops seem to be done with us," Link sighed, running his fingers through his soft black hair, "I'll drive you home." He took her hand into his, flashing her a reassuring smile.

"I don't want to be alone." She laid her head on his arm, relaxing into him…like she had wanted to from the first time they met.

"How about you spend the night at my place?"

Zelda looked up at him, a small smile gracing her soft feature, "That would be nice."