Chapter 3

" Well?" Zelda continued to impatiently tap her foot. " I'm waiting…"

The room sat in complete silence. Marth and Link both stood quietly, their faces blushed in total embarrassment. Zelda crossed her arms, getting tired of waiting for them to reply. She had to admit, that part of her enjoyed seeing them argue over her. Yet the other half was annoyed by it. They both had full confidence that she was going to pick them, when she was clueless herself. She didn't think that something so small would end up being a really huge problem.

Roy, who stood over by Fox, was getting tired as well waiting in dead silence. He believed that Link would at least say something, but when the elf continued to refuse eye contact with the princess, Roy knew that nothing was going to be said.

Being the type of person he is, Roy had gladly stepped up and decided to speak for both of them.

" Zelda, I will gladly speak for both of them, by saying what you just saw, was exactly what happened. Enough said."

Zelda sighed deeply and rolled her eyes quickly turning and walking back to her dorm. The ends of her wet hair flung out behind her, spraying a couple of water droplets onto the boys. Peach still holding a wide excited grin, turned and followed her friend.

Link groaned aggravated, and back down the hallway toward his dorm. He quickly left, without saying a single word to Marth and Roy. He just couldn't believe that Zelda had caught them both about to get into a fight. Usually he can stand up and talk to her, but he didn't understand why he had choked back there. He felt dumb, and made himself look like a fool.

Fox quickly hurried after Link, sprinting down the hallway after noticing how far Link had wondered off. Fox walked aside Link, staying quiet letting the Hylian gather his thoughts. He noticed the troubled look upon Link's face, still a little confused at why Link had stayed so silent when Zelda confronted them.

" What happened?" Fox finally asked after following Link to the dinning hall.

Link shrugged. " Don't really want to talk about it."

" Come on Link, Zelda's your friend. I don't understand why you couldn't just tell her what was wrong—" Fox trailed off when he saw that Link was looking around the dinning hall for someone. "—Who are you looking for?"

" Falco…"

" Oh, umm…" Fox turned his attention to the clock that was on the far wall. He studied the clock briefly before turning back to his friend. " Falco is battling right now. He's battling last today against Ganondorf."

" Great…" Link sighed crossing his arms as he heading out of the dinning hall.

Fox quickly followed. " What did you want him for?"

" I need some help." Link confessed.

" On what?" Fox was quite surprised by Link's answer, never thinking that a hero like him would need help on anything.

" If Zelda ends up taking Marth, you know how bad that'll make me look?" Link questioned the young fox, hearing the nervousness in his voice.

" Calm down Link," Fox replied steadily. " I think you're taking this a little too seriously, I mean it's just a dance."

Link took a deep breath and nodded. Fox was right. He was taking this entire situation a little too seriously. Zelda was his friend, even if she didn't take him; their friendship wasn't going to change. Still, he couldn't imagine Zelda going off with another guy to the dance. It was bad enough; the other guy might be Marth.

" The best way to solve this is just let her choose. Give her some space, try to forget about it." Fox explained, trying to help the hero out.

" You're right," Link continued to nod. " I'll just have to wait…"

It sounded a lot easier than it really was.

" Marth! Where are you going?" Roy frantically waved his hands in the air when seeing the blue-haired prince walking over toward the dinning hall.

" It's almost 8:30." Marth replied over his shoulder. " I have to meet Zelda."

Roy chuckled, grabbing Marth's arm, pulling him to a halt. " You think she's going to show after what she witnessed?"

Marth pulled away from Roy and shrugged crossing his arms. He didn't think Zelda as the type of person who wouldn't show when invited to something. There would be no way for her to not see the letter. She had to have read it, so there was no excuse for her not knowing. He still wanted to talk to her and hopefully she will understand what he has to say.

" I have an idea, it might work." Roy grinned excitingly.

" Might work?" Marth repeated steadily, unsure if agreeing with Roy's plans were a good idea.

Roy crossed his arms, astonished. " What? You have no confidence in me."

Marth sighed; anything would help at the moment. " Alright, hit me."

" Great!" Roy grabbed Marth's arm pulling him in the opposite direction of the dinning room, heading back to their dorm. " I won't let you down!"

Marth couldn't believe he had agreed to listen.

" Zelda, you okay?"

Peach laid on her stomach as she continued to flip through the pages of the magazine spread out on her bed. Her eyes switched glances from her magazine to Zelda who brushed through her long damp hair. Zelda had changed into her white tank top with her pink sleep pants. She wore her pink slippers, and had a towel wrapped around her shoulders, to keep her shirt from getting wet.

" I'm fine…" Zelda replied after a moment of silence.

" I was quite amused by their performance." Peach grinned, looking back at her magazine.

Zelda stayed silent, as she sat the comb down on her dresser. She grabbed an elastic and pulled her hair back into a ponytail. Removing the towel from around her shoulders she tossed it onto the dresser, and walked over to her bed, lying down on her back. The letter laid on her pillow, where Peach had left it. She had almost forgot that Marth had wanted to meet her at the dinning hall. She wasn't so sure if she wanted to go.

" You going to meet him?" Peach questioned, her eyes never leaving the magazine.

Zelda abruptly sat up looking over at Peach. " Were you reading my mind?"

Peach laughed, and shook her head. " Are you going to go?" She repeated the question.

" I don't know…" Zelda nervously bit her lip as she began to rub her arm.

" Listen, while you were in the shower, I had thought of some ideas that might help you." Peach closed the magazine, and sat up crossing her legs. " Plan A, you pick one and I'll take the other."

" It's not that simple," Zelda commented.

" Plan B, go with both."

" How would I do that?" Zelda eye's widen astonished by Peach's mind set.

" Just throwing some ideas out." Peach replied. She was really excited by this. " Fine, plan C…" She paused for a moment. "…Have them fight, and whoever wins you go with."

" Did you just now think of that?"

" Hey, it sounds good, right?"

Zelda sighed deeply, desperately wanting to scream. She lied back on her bed reminiscing everything through in her mind. " Anymore?"

Peach paused for a moment. " Well…there's plan X."

" Plan X?" Zelda repeated raising an eyebrow. " Why X?"

" X is for if the others fail or if you don't like them." Peach answered. " Plan X is if you don't go with any of them and find someone else."

" Forget it…" Zelda sat up looking over at the clock. 8:15. It was almost time to meet Marth in the dinning hall, if she plans to go.

" Well, you better pick one," Peach smiled. " Go and meet Marth."

" Why?"

" Talk to him, see what he wants to talk to you about. It might help your decision."

Silence…

" I guess your right…" Zelda forced herself to her feet. She grabbed the letter holding it firmly in her hands and quickly left the room.

" Zelda, you're still here?"

Zelda lifted her head from reading the letter for the sixth time. She couldn't believe that she had listened to Peach and decided to come to meet Marth. She had been sitting here for over an hour and still no sign of him. She was sitting by herself, looking like a retard dressed in her Pajamas.

Samus finally walked over to the table she sat at, after being with Captain Falcon the entire time. It was almost ten o'clock. She was tired of waiting, and wanted to go to bed. If Peach had found out she left before Marth showed up, Peach would never let her live it down.

" I'm waiting for Marth," Zelda replied. She forced her eyes to stay open.

" Why don't you head back to the dorm? I'm heading there now."

Zelda shook her head. " No…I'll give him ten more minutes."

Samus nodded, " Okay girl, see you later then."

Zelda smiled as she watched Samus walk back over to Captain Falcon. Captain Falcon waved as they both left the dinning hall.

Zelda couldn't believe that she had decided to wait ten more minutes. Pretty soon, the ten minutes became another hour. She sat watching Mario and Luigi goof around at the other end of the dinning hall.

She was alone. Marth never showed.

A/N:

Hmmm…why didn't he show up? Well you'll find out in the next chapter. Haha. Sry, it took me a while before updating with another chapter. I wanted to complete my other story before continuing with this one. It's a little difficult writing diverse two stories at once, along with writing your own to be published. Cut me some slack people!

Razzkat: Yes I do agree those were some harsh words. I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter. I am personally in love with Marth he's one of my favorite characters so I can relate to when you say if Zelda doesn't go with him, then I will. Cause I would surely go with Marth anytime.

The Mad Joker: I'm glad you like the story, I was a little afraid that it was going to be too original so not many ppl would take time to read it. I'm glad tho it has caught a couple of ppls attention. Thanks!

RoyalFanatic: Yes, I agree I made Link a little "different", but hey what do you except in a love triangle? And even tho Link is one of my favorite characters, I personally am in love with Marth more. Thanks for the review!

Moonbeam: Thanks for the rather long review. I understand what you mean when writers take a long time to review, again sry, if this took a while I wanted to finish up one of my other stories. I'll keep in mind your request.

Mullenium Master: Thanks for your review! Here was your update.

FinalSerenity: Thanks for the review, I believe that I might have over done it a little with Link, but o well. It's a little difficult to write about someone who doesn't really speak and has no kind of personality. Thanks anyway. I'm glad you are enjoying it.