"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!" Link yelled. Lance backed away, cowed.

"Whoa… okay, I'll tell you, but if I do, will you stop yelling?" he asked. Link nodded, a rather annoyed expression on his face.

"Okay, I was working on the roof of the Happy Mask Shop and I heard a girl screaming. There was some guy trying to… yeah, and I went over there and grabbed his arm and told him to stop," Lance explained.

"And?" Link asked impatiently. "Link, calm down!" Zelda said, grabbing his arm.

Link sat down, still rather angry.

"So anyway, I grabbed his arm and told him to stop and he tried to punch me. Well, things got out of hand and I ended up unconscious and I woke up at the girl's house. I was in too much pain to move so I was forced to stay the night," Lance finished.

Link still looked annoyed. "And you didn't bother telling us by letter or anything!" he asked after a while.

"Well, I woke up at quarter to eleven that night!" Lance shouted. Link still looked annoyed, but didn't say anything.

"Look, Lance, we were worried sick about you when you didn't come home last night. We understand the circumstances and we're sorry. Right, Link?" Zelda said. Link nodded.

Lance relaxed. "Okay, thank you. Now, I'm exhausted, and I'd like to go to bed," he said. And he left for his bedchamber without another word.

Lance was anxious for his hot date that night. He woke up at about 6:00 pm, and the date wasn't until 8:00. He just forced himself to calm down, although he did feel guilty about not telling his parents. But it was the only way that he could ever see Marin again.

Marin… just the thought of her name almost put him in a coma. He almost felt like he loved her, but he hadn't even known her for twenty-four hours. He shook that out of his head. You don't love her, he thought. You just barely met her.

He looked at the clock…. It was time. He gulped and exited his room.

"Hey Mom, Dad, I'm going for a minute. Be back later tonight," he said. His dad was about to object, but his mom stopped him by mouthing the words, "It's okay."

A/N: Sorry that was so short. I'm a little preoccupied with a novel I just started and plan on publishing. I would send you updates, but then you wouldn't wanna buy it when it comes out. ;) Just know that if you hear about a book written by Zac Watts, it's mine.

I decided to do the one thing that BabyGurl278 is doing where she thanks her reviewers in her story… I've only got two, but oh well, things might change.

BabyGurl278: Thank you for your continuous reviews, they help me keep writing. Although more reviewers would help ;).

Fire Wolf86: Thank you for your review, and as soon as I'm done with this story, the sequel (which is already written and posted) focused more on Lance than anyone else so enjoy!