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Chapter 19
Bachelorette Party!
…."Navi!", yelled a man's voice. "I am irritable at the slow pace we are making." He slammed his fist against a table.
"Don't fret. The day is nigh that we strike. Your patients, though has not been so kind, has paid off well.", she said. "You will have that intolerable princess and I will have Link."
"How many times do I have to hear that it will be soon any longer!", he growled. "It is becoming risky now. Especially after they get married. He will keep a close watch on her."
"Don't worry. All will go well if we stick to the plan.", she hissed. "For now, we must not make ourselves known."…
Zelda raced around town trying to prepare for her big day. She had asked Cremia to come with her to find a dress. Luckily, she found one. Romani was also there. She was going to the wedding too.Anju and Kafei, the innkeepers that had been so kind to them, were invited. Then there was Toby. They needed one more guy to even it out. Cremia was smart enough not to ask if Mark could come.
And it turned out that she had actually listened to Zelda's warning. She had not seen Mark since that day Zelda came to her, but she was definitely not happy about it.
"Honestly", complained Romani, who was trying to keep up to Cremia and Zelda's pace. "He could have at least given you a week."
Zelda sighed. They turned into a dress shop. She immediately started looking for bride's mate dresses. "Yeah, but we want to leave here as soon as possible."
Cremia stopped shuffling through dresses and stared at her friend. "What?"
Oops. "Well, yeah, we can't live in the inn forever.", said Zelda. "This was only temporary." She could see the obvious hurt in Cremia's eyes.
"You can't just leave. You have nowhere to go! You can stay at our place. Maybe we could make you a house. The ranch is large enough." Cremia was trying all her might not to cry. "Please don't leave."
To Zelda's relief, Romani cut in. "Listen Cree, she's going to be married. They need to find a place with a lot of room. Don't take it personal. Things change, and you just have to deal with it."
Cremia glared at her sister. "She's my only friend. How am I supposed to feel. This stupid town has no one my age. It's hard for me to deal with!"
Romani just shrugged and went to another rack to shift through. Zelda felt so lucky to be an only child. "Cremia, I was thinking. Why don't you travel with us?", asked Zelda. "You know, you can get a job, and live near us so that you won't have to be left behind." Now, Zelda hadn't done this on account for her to feel better. It had been because she wanted her away from this Mark guy.
Cremia brightened. "Really?….Oh, but I would be in the way of you two. I'd feel like a tag along."
"No not at all.", explained Zelda. "This is a chance for you to see other places and have your own life. Don't you want that?"
Cremia glanced over at Romani, who was occupied in the search of a perfect dress. "I don't know, Zel. I mean, leaving Romani all alone to tend to the ranch? She would hate me for that."
"She's not all alone.", Zelda pointed out. "She's got the scary cocco dude, and the dog woman. Plus, she does have a boyfriend. Maybe they'll get married."
Cremia considered this. "Yeah, I guess your right!", she said, giving her friend a hug. "Oh can you just imagine? We could be neighbors!"
Zelda laughed lightly. "Yeah, that would be cool."
Cremia gave another glance to her sister to make sure she wasn't listening. "And what about that memory potion? When are we going to get that?"
Zelda shrugged. "I've decided that it really doesn't matter what happened. I mean, what's the use of holding onto the past? And even better, I haven't black out for like a week."
Cremia smiled. "Good for you." , she said. "But wait, don't you think you should at least tell him the story? Marriage is based on trust."
"Yeah, I guess I will….just not today.", said Zelda. "Oh! Look at this one!" She pulled out a sparkling blue dress. Even better there was three of them.
Cremia inspected it. "It looks really nice.", she said. "Let's get it."
Romani, who heard girls' enthusiasm, came over to see. Her eyes lit up at the dresses, since blue was her favorite color, she had no problem with Zelda's choice.
After buying the dresses, the girls went out to lunch.
"So, who is going to marry you two?", asked Romani.
"Link arranged that. I don't know the man's name.", replied Zelda.
Cremia grinned widely. "So, Zel, looking forward to the wedding night?", she teased.
Zelda blushed intensely. Of course she was looking forward to it. Who wouldn't.
Cremia and Romani both broke out laughing. "I'm sure you'll have bunches of fun!", joked Romani.
"Duh, who wouldn't?!", agreed Cremia, making Zelda turn even a brighter shade of red. To top things off, in the corner of her eye, who did she see, Toby. And he had heard the whole thing, due to the fact that he was sitting at the table next them.
She tried not to look his way.
"Hey Zel.", he said with that of voice of his. "Cremia…..and…who might this be?" He nodded towards Romani.
She smiled sweetly. "My name is Romani, you must be Toby. Your famous for your hood.", she said.
"Yeah, well can't help it can I?", he said, dismissing the comment. "So Zel, how's our bride to be?"
"Fine.", she replied quickly. One, she was still embarrassed, and two, he still hadn't fully gained her trust back.
"Oh, don't sound like you are.", he teased. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"
She glanced at her friends. They looked somewhat confused. Romani raised her eyebrow. Did Cremia tell her about their incident?
"About what?", Zelda asked suspiciously. She wasn't going to be put in that situation again.
"I need to ask you something.", he said. Zelda rolled her eyes, and followed him around a corner.
"What is it?", she asked, not wanting to hear another attempted to show her new things.
"Listen, you still sound pissed, I thought we handled it.", he said.
Zelda shook her head. "I'm fine as long as you never do it again. Now what did you have to ask me?"
"Did… Did you tell Link about that?", he asked. "I mean, is it a good idea to go to the wedding?"
Zelda smiled. Was he intimidated by Link? "Don't you think if I told him he would be after you by now?"
He relaxed instantly. "Okay, okay, just making sure he doesn't punch me out at your wedding or something like that."
…
"So… see you at the wedding…", said Zelda. That was the only thing she could think of saying.
"Yeah, see you.", he said turning around to leave, but then Zelda remembered.
"Wait.", she said. "Do you know anyone by the name of Mark?"
He shrugged his shoulders. "Nope."
It was late. She hadn't seen Link all day. The two had both been too busy making arrangements that there was no time in-between. They couldn't even go out for dinner now, because Cremia insisted that she spend the night at her house.
Romani had gone home early to prepare dinner.
Cremia and Zelda stepped up to the door. It seemed lifeless inside. She couldn't hear a sound of anything that might show someone was home. When Cremia opened the door, there were no lights.
Zelda walked in, looking for a candle to light. She almost jumped six feet when she heard a group of women yelling "Surprise!"
Then she was even more taken back when she saw, after them lighting each a candle, how many were there.
"What's this about?", Zelda asked, confused as to why a party was being thrown for her. All the women grinned.
"What would a marriage be without a bachelorette party?", stated Cremia with a wide smile. "You have to enjoy your last days of freedom."
It turns out, that the well mannered women of Hyrule can throw wild parties. Any outsider would think that their behavior was outrageous…but being outrageous, in Zelda's idea, was a ton of fun.
Zelda was introduced to all of the women. They were Romani's friends from town. There was Anju, the twin performance sisters, Amy, Tarissa, Kendal, and Candice. All of whom were close friends and very interested in the wedding of a young beautiful woman. But Zelda came to the conclusion they needed an excuse to party also. Then there was Cremia's cousin's Lily, Fay, and Shasha, who were in the same age range as Zelda.
Romani had actually served many wines and rums. At first, she was hesitant. In Hyrule it was improper for woman to drink, especially royal ones such as herself.
Thank the goddess's that there were no men around. They'd be astonished. The girls had made their own custom dresses, that ended very high on the legs, and low near the chest. They had even made Zelda one.
Romani had told Zelda not to worry about the wildness. It was a tradition of Termina that a women who is getting married have an extra extraordinary party before she is married off. No men allowed. Well except for the indigo gos'.
Zelda was so delighted to see her favorite band ever at a party thrown for her.
"It is a celebration of womanhood. On this night, we are goddess's. This party is to remind you that you are powerful and so should be treated as such.", Romani said with much enthusiasm. "But also to remember to have fun no matter what life gives you!" Then she started chugging down a large cup of rum.
Zelda laughed. She had never expected Romani to be such a party animal. Nevertheless, all the women in this room looked like the innocent type.
They danced barefoot through the house, making as much noise as possible. The band played as loud as they could as Lulu sang her heart out.
The night was an endless party. Everything around her spun with excitement as she danced the night away, barefoot and all. This had to be the best time in her life that she could recall, that she felt surrounded by friends. And that is how it should be. To finally fit in. To be equal and to feel that the part of her that had been missing all of her childhood, had filled. This was right.
Meanwhile, back at the inn, all was quiet. Link laid back on the bed and stared at the ceiling. "I wonder what Zel is doing right now?", he thought out loud.
What do ya know, they had bachelorette parties back then. : P lol… This chappie was kinda dumb. Just a fill in I guess. But ya know what's next? Ding ding ding!
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