Chapter 3

Football Practice

Link rushed around the school looking for Malon. He walked swiftly between classes keeping a look-out for her, and after a whole week of searching he was beginning to despair.

"Damn-it" he yelled as he punched a nearby locker with his fist. It was the eighth day of his search and he didn't see her anywhere.

Uni came up to him and placed his hand on his shoulder, "Don't worry dude, you'll find her."

Link shook his head, "but it's been like a whole week, and I haven't even seen her.

"I'm really sorry, just don't give up. Now come on we've got football."

Link's eyes widened, "We have practice?"

Uni nodded, "yep!"

Link took off running towards the field With Uni following closely behind. On the way they ran into Zelda,

"Hey." Link greeted breathlessly

Zelda grinned, "Hey link, late for practice again?"

he nodded and then opened the gym doors.

Once in the locker room, he went over to Roy and sat down next to him.

Roy slapped him on the shoulder playfully, "Hey buddy, rough day?"

Link shrugged, "Yeah kinda."

but Roy noticed the far-off look in his friend's eyes, "Is it that girl?"

Link nodded, "yep, I haven't been able to find her anywhere."

Roy shrugged, "ever think that maybe she's avoiding you on purpose?"

Link looked up at him, as he realized that Roy was probably right, "you think?"

Roy patted him on the back, "well I could be wrong, but if it is what the deal is, then you should try extra hard to find her!"

Link smiled, "thanks Roy."

"No problem." he grinned

After getting dressed into his uniform, he went outside and made his way over to the coach.

"So sorry I'm late."

he nodded and then blew his whistle, "Positions!"

Everyone lined up and the coach began to check for absences.

Meanwhile Link's eyes wandered over to the stadium and caught a glimpse of, "Malon!" he breathed. She was doing her homework on one of the benches, allowing the wind to blow her hair wildly. He smirked and realized he couldn't take his eyes off her., "beautiful!"

"LINK, PAY ATTENTION!" the coach screamed. Link darted his eyes away and back at the coach, "sorry."

It was a very hot day, and the sweat poured from link's head as he tried to keep up with everything the coach instructed him to do. He felt like passing out, but he knew that he would be kicked off the team, so he strived to keep his conciousness.

After a long hard day of practice, Link looked back at the stadium and saw that Malon was , "GONE" he cursed beneath his breath. He felt ready to strangle the coach for making them practice longer today. Uni came up behind him and shook his head, "sorry."

but Link turned around and grinned, "well at least now I know where she is after school, and tomorrow I don't have football practice!"

Uni nodded, "true."

Link smirked, "do you think she'll fall for me?"

Uni grinned, and placed his hand on his friends shoulder, "She'd be crazy not to."

Link's smile faded and he cocked his head to the side, "you sure?"

Uni nodded, "Positive, no girl has been able to resist you."

Link flipped his hair, "I know but..."

Uni huffed,"come on Link, just like the other girls, she's sure to fall for you to!"

Link shook his head,"no but she's not like those other girls, she's...different." then he looked over at the spot where she was earlier, "which is why I like her."

"don't worry it'll be cool."

"thanks Uni!" then he turned to walk away, "see you tomorrow!"

Uni nodded, "sure thing!"

Link ran across the field all the way to the parking lot, hopped into his car and sped off down the road.

He enjoyed the ride home. He was listening to his favorite band, and there was a cool breeze flowing across his face. He smiled, "I hope that she'll fall for me!"

He drove into his driveway, hopped out the car and greeted his mother, "hey mom!"

she smiled, "hey sweetie how was school?"

he shrugged, "I dunno, okay I guess."

"okay well why don't you go get your homework done then."

Link winced and gave her his famous puppydog stare. His mom only laughed and slapped him on the shoulder, "oh don't give me that, just go!"

he grinned and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, "see you at dinner!"

then he ran upstairs, and threw his backpack down on his bedroom floor. "tomorrow I have to talk to her."he said to himself, as he collapsed onto his bed, "what am I going to say?"

he ran his fingers through his golden hair, "hmmm, hairs good! now what will I wear?"

he jumped up and began searching through his closet, "no, no...no...hmm NO!"

by the time he was done there was a huge pile of clothes on his floor. He ran his hand through his hair in frustration, "this is ridiculous." he cursed as he began searching through his dresser drawers. He picked up a white t-shirt, "not good enough!" he shook his head and threw it in the pile of clothes behind him. Then he came across a black button-up shirt, and he eyed it and smiled, "perfect."

He threw the shirt on his bed, and then began putting away all the clothes that he had taken out.

When he was done he sat in a nearby chair with a triumphant grin on his face, "okay now all I have to do is try to figure out what to say." he placed his head in his hands, "why is everything so complicated."

He heard his door open, and spun around to find his mother standing there. "Hey mom!"

she smiled and pattted his shoulder, "dinners ready." he nodded, "I'll be down in a minute."

"did you get your homework done?" Link's eyes widened, oops!, "uh...yeah!"

she nodded, "good."

then as he heard her walking away he suddenly thought of something, "oh wait, mom"

she turned , "yes?"

he smiled, "can I ask you something?"

she nodded, "sure." and then came over and sat down on the bed in front of him, "what is it?"

he took a deep breath, "Okay" then he met her eyes, "What would you say to a girl?"

she smiled and looked very confused, "what do you mean?"

he grinned, "I mean what do you think I should say to a girl?"

"is there a girl Link?"

he nodded, "yeah! and I wanna talk to her but I don't know what to say."

she nodded knowingly, "figures."

he cocked his head to the side, "what'd you mean?"

she smiled,"I was wondering what has been bothering you."

"oh well that's it."

his mom looked up at the ceiling, as if thinking about something, "well...you might start with a hello."

Link nodded, "go on."

"well then you can ask her name or what she's been doing lately."

Link thought about this a moment, "good idea, what else?"

his mother shook her head, "all girls are different Link, I can't really tell you what to say. If you just let it come natuarally it'll turn out better, because you never know what she's going to say."

Link smiled, "but..."

his mother got up, "Link the best thing is to be confident and charming!"

he nodded, "I guess your right mom, but I've never been so nervous to talk to a girl."

his mom shrugged, "Maybe it's just somethng about 'this' girl."

"your right." then he grinned, "she's definately singled out!"

he then got up and followed his mom downstairs.