XVIII. Love, Shopping, and Credit Cards

"But Zelda. I can't just give you one of my dresses! These are specially tailored to my exquisite figure. Not to mention they cost millions!"

"Well, then I don't have a dress for the dinner!" Zelda said sadly.

"Hey, here's and idea! Let's go shopping!"

"I don't have enough rupees for a dress!"

"We'll put it on my MasterCard!"

"Well… Sure! Why not? Let's invite the guys too! They need suits."

"Sure! Oh, wait…."

"What?"

"Zel, let's not invite the guys."

"Why not? It'll be fun!"

"But, it's just that… well…"

"Well what?"

"…Mario found out about me and Roy."

"Found out? YOU DIDN'T TELL HIM?" Zelda was speechless "PEACH TOADSTOOL!"

"Oh don't 'Peach Toadstool' me!"

"Why didn't you tell him?"

"Well… I don't know…"

"Peachy." Zelda said, exasperated, "You can't do this!"

"Do what Zellie?"

"GO OFF AND DATE OTHER GUYS WITHOUT EVEN TELLING MARIO! It's wrong!"

"I know… I just sorta forgot about him."

"What? How could you forget him? He's only saved you from Bowser a million times! Including once right here in the Tournament."

"But Zellie! I don't love him! He's just not my type! I'm a princess. I should be dating handsome princes! Not overweight plumbers!"

"Well, I think you at least owe him an apology for what you did. You may not love him, but he loved you!" There was a long silence before Peach spoke.

"…I suppose you're right. I'll go do that right now."

"Good. Now, on to other matters. Are we inviting the guys?"

"What?"

"SHOPPING!"

"Oh, right. Sure."

"Good. Good."

"…and so, Peach ran away and Mario flipped out on me."

"Well Roy," Said Link, "That's on hell of a story. What are you gonna do?"

"I don't know. Am I supposed to do something?"

"Nah. If there's one thing I've learned, it's never do ANYTHING in a situation like this. Chances are, you'll screw it up even more. Everything will work out eventually."

"I hope you right…" Just then, there was a knock at the door. "Link can you get that?"

"No. It's your room. You do it."

"Lazy ass." Roy muttered. He opened the door. It was Zelda. "Hello Princess."

"Hello Roy. Peach and I had an idea. Why don't we all go shopping for outfits for dinner!" Both Roy and Link gave a great groan.

"Dress shopping? Sounds like hell." Link said.

"Oh Link. You guys can shop on your own, but DON'T BUY ANYTHING UNTIL YOU SHOW US!"

"Yeah yeah yeah, okay fine. Are Marth and Samus coming too?"

"What?"

"Marth and Samus."

"Oh um…" Zelda was reminded of what happened earlier on. "Well, I guess so." Zelda said reluctantly.

"Good."

"Zelda, can I ask you a question?" Roy said.

"Sure."

"Has Peach said anything about Mario?"

"Well… Yes. She's going to apologize to him now."

"Oh, that's good. Mario seemed pretty upset."

"I thought Mario was gay…" Link said

"LINK!" Zelda smacked his arm, "Honestly, sometimes I wonder why I love you."

"You love me cuz I'm so damn sexy." And Link flexed his muscles. Zelda sighed and rolled her eyes.

"Yes Link. Whatever you say."

"How the hell are we gonna pay for suits? I haven't any rupees." Link said.

"Oh Peach is putting it on her credit card." Roy and Link had confused faces.

"A what now?" Roy said.

"Hmm… how do I explain this? It's a little piece of plastic that people use for money."

"You mean I could just pick a piece of plastic off the ground and buy things with it?"

"Not just any piece of plastic. It's special."

"You mean like magical?" Roy asked.

"Did the goddesses give it great powers?" Link asked, wide-eyed. "Ooh ooh! I must get one of these." Zelda sighed.

"Well, not exactly, but it's not important. Meet us in the lobby at five o'clock. I'm going to find Peach. Can you two tell Marth and… Samus about shopping?"

"Yeah, sure." Link said.

"Thanks. Well, I'm off." Zelda left the room and headed downstairs. In the lounge, She saw Captain Falcon. "Oh, Captain Falcon! Can you help me?"

"Sure baby. What's on your mind?"

"Do you know where Peach is?"

"Well, let me think… what will I get for providing you with this information?"

"Absolutely nothing. Now tell me."

"Playing hard-to-get now are we. That's fine."

"You sick pig. I'll get help elsewhere." Zelda stomped off.

"She's in the courtyard if you really wanna know!" Captain Falcon called after her.

"Right. Thanks." Hmm, courtyard… that would be… Aha! By the gym. Right. Zelda quickly made her way over. On the way, she bumped into Samus, who had just finished a heavy workout in the gym.

"Oh, sorry princess. Wasn't watching where I was going."

"That's all right. Oh, Samus, while we're here, can I talk to you?"

"Uh, sure! What's up?"

"Well… it's about you and Marth."

"What about us?"

"Are you two like, getting together?"

"What? Not at all…"

"Samus. Don't lie."

"I'm serious! I have no idea what you're talking about."

"I'm talking about that conversation you had with Marth after the fight."

"What? OH THAT! Oh, you needn't worry princess. We weren't talking about getting together or anything. We were talking about my new move. You see, he's been helping with my training, that's all."

"Ooh. So that's why he was waiting for that fight. He was going to see your new move. It all makes sense now. Sorry for eavesdropping and jumping to wrong conclusions."

"That's okay. I understand. One thing though: aren't you and Link together?"

"Yes. So?"

"So then why do you care so much about Marth?"

Hmm… good question… why do I care about him so much? Do I love him? NO! No, that's nonsense. I love Link. Yes. Link. "I don't know. We're just good friends and I worry a lot about him."

"Oh. I see. Cool."

"Hey, that reminds me. A few of us are going out soon to go shopping for dinner clothes. Want to come? Peach is paying for it all."

"Oh thank goodness! I really need a dress!"

"Great. Meet us in the lobby at five o'clock."

"Will do. Bye princess!"

"Zelda is fine."

"Oh really? Well then, bye Zelda!" Samus skipped off, which was very unusual for Samus.

Someone's happy…

you nutty ppl. with all ur comments on the marth zelda link thing, im not sure what to do. one thing's for sure, ill leave you ALL surprised :P hope you enjoyed these chapters, and remember to review.