Is it time for Chapter three already? Yes, yes it is. Hopefully the wait wasn't too long or bad, and this chapter doesn't suck. I'm pretty sure Zelda's anger and Link's antics will be explained. Another thing, thanks everybody for the nice reviews and such! It makes my heart happy.

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It wasn't that Zelda hated Thanksgiving, or that she hated being with her family. It was the awkward situations they imposed when they asked Zelda about her life. For example, last year they asked Zelda why she was so content working in a library when her friends were out "pursuing careers". She then had to explain to them that it was what she enjoyed doing and working in an office would bore her to tears. They simply didn't understand.

Thankfully for Zelda, most of her extended family happened to be visiting the Caribbean and couldn't make it this year, so it was just going to be her, her father, her cousin, Tetra, and Impa. Zelda could handle the four of them, or so she thought.

Zelda pulled up to the large house she used to call home. To the average person it was breathtaking, to Zelda it was an over-extravagant waste of money. She had come to hate the large, gray-stone mansion and the labels associated with it. Just because Zelda's father was rich, people expected her to be some air-headed bimbo with no purpose in life but to spend her father's money. When people found out she was actually intelligent they seemed fairly surprised. It was those kinds of things that infuriated Zelda. Almost as much as people who thought she was easy or something.

Once Zelda had found her old spot in the 7-car garage, she parked and removed both of her bags from the trunk. With a sigh she breathed in the cool autumn air, locked her car, and headed towards the house. When she was almost at the door, her cousin Tetra came bursting outside shouting,

"Is that my favorite cousin Zelda being all kinds of slow out there? You'd think she want to give me a hug or something!" Zelda started laughing. That was one of the good things about coming home, Tetra's liveliness. She was always the funny one, even when she wasn't trying to be. She was just as tall as Zelda and had the same blonde hair, but while Zelda was pale as a ghost, Tetra was naturally a gorgeous tan color. She also had more of an athletic build and a breezy, beachy look to her. Tetra walked up to her fair-skinned cousin and grabbed a bag from her.

When the two girls got inside the house and put Zelda's stuff down Tetra immediately put her arms out for a big hug. After the two were done embracing, Tetra asked,

"So what's this I hear about your BFF Malon getting married?"

"Oh yeah she's getting married to Sheik in May or sometime around then. I'm supposed to be the maid of honor but,"

"But what? Are you getting cold feet at somebody else's wedding?" Tetra took some time to laugh at her joke before finishing. "Oh yeah, and tell her I send her my congratulations and if it's possible I'd like to be invited." Tetra knew Malon from back when she'd visit Zelda and Malon would happen to come over. The girls liked each other well enough, but had never been able to become great friends due to Tetra living far away.

"No, it's not that Tetra. It's this stupid boy who keeps,"

"Tell me about it later Zelda." Zelda seemed a little thrown off at Tetra's remark but was appreciative for her tactfulness when she heard her father's deep booming voice say,

"Tell her about what Zelda." Mr. Nohansen was a large man, many people found him incredibly intimidating. Not only was he very tall with dark gray hair and a moustache, he was fairly wide, not in a fat way, but more like a linebacker. He was also the second reason Zelda hated coming home. He was somebody who believed it was ridiculous that Zelda didn't have a steady boyfriend whenever she came to visit. And he made a point to tell her so every time. The few times she had a boyfriend and was talking about him, her father would look on disapprovingly, as though her choice of men was just as disappointing as not having one. Whatever his reaction was, Zelda always felt horrible afterwards.

"Oh hey Poppa N! Zelda was just getting ready to tell me all about Malon's wedding, every excruciating detail about it, but then we smelled Impa's cooking and decided that we'd finish this conversation at another time." Zelda was thankful for Tetra's quick recovery of the situation. The last thing she ever wanted to do was talk about stupid boys around her dad; that could quite possibly be worse than having to deal with Link believe it or not. When her dad looked at her, seemingly asking 'Is this true', Zelda simply nodded and said,

"I sure can't wait to eat!"

"Good because dinner is ready!" Impa kindly called from down the hall. Zelda didn't exactly know why Impa lived with her and her father, but she was grateful for it. Discussing feminine problems with her father could have ruined her whole teenage years. Impa had become the mother Zelda never had, since Zelda's biological mother died when she was young.

"Wanna go break the wishbone Zelda?!" Zelda laughed at Tetra's childish antics but chased after her into the dining room.

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The dinner Impa prepared was delicious. Another good thing about home, the amazing food Impa cooked for everyone. Tetra said she always liked it because you could taste the love in every bite. Zelda had to agree, even though they had maids and chefs to help with the cooking and cleaning, Impa always assisted because she honestly enjoyed doing both of those things. When Zelda was little, she once asked Impa why she liked doing boring things like that; Impa said it was the only time she could sing spontaneously and other people would join in. Zelda then tested this to see if it was true, it was.

Dinner was also going fairly well conversationally. Zelda's father had yet to ask her about her love life and had actually laughed a couple of times over the course of the meal. They talked about all kinds of things, such as Tetra's journalism career, Impa's confusion with facebook, childhood memories, and how Mr. Nohansen was secretly glad some of the other family members weren't there, which shocked Zelda and Tetra that he would admit to it. The conversation took a turn though when Impa asked,

"Oh Zelda, is anything new in your life?"

Zelda pondered the best way to answer this. She decided there wasn't one.

"Well, Malon is getting married for one thing."

"Is she now?! Tell the girl I'm happy for her. Is she getting married to that Shake fellow?" Zelda was a little confused until she realized what Impa was trying to say.

"Okay I will. And Impa, his name's Sheik, not Shake."

"Well how would I know, I've only heard it once or twice, but I'm glad you corrected me. Wouldn't that be embarrassing if I went around saying the wrong name forever, especially if I was invited to the wedding!" Zelda, Tetra, and Impa all laughed at the thought. Zelda's dad however, didn't seem too jovial.

"Tell Malon that I'm also happy for her. But Zelda this reminds me, are there any men of particular interest in your life?"

"No father. I fear there are no interesting men left in the world." Zelda sighed as she rolled her eyes. Tetra sent her a glance that had 'Oh really' written all over it in reference to their unfinished conversation earlier. Zelda made a squinty-eyed angry face in response.

"Well that's a shame Zelda. I remember when I was your age there were plenty of interesting men out and about in the world, but I suppose times have changed." Impa said understandingly. Tetra shot up a response too,

"I can't find any interesting men either Zelda! Maybe it's just the guys around here."

Zelda made a face that said 'I suppose' then looked at her father. His response was to excuse himself and go watch football. Zelda, Impa, and Tetra stayed to help clean up the dishes. When the maids assured the three of them that it was fine and they had no reason to stay, Zelda said she needed to take her stuff to her room. Tetra said she'd help carry stuff, when Impa assured them that it had already been taken care of she also added,

"I know the two of you were lying at dinner and now you're trying to ditch me and talk about boys." Impa winked. "If you girls want some older advice, you know where to find it." Impa seemed to always know whenever the girls, specifically Zelda, were up to anything. With that suggestion made however, the two went to Zelda's old bedroom.

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Zelda's room was very large compared to any normal child's bedroom. Not only did she have a queen sized bed, but she also had a computer, three bookshelves with a sitting area, and a chess table placed around her room. This was one room in the house she didn't absolutely abhor however. It was so pleasant, between the memories and the smell of home, she actually loved it. Zelda ran across the room and flew onto the bed. Tetra plopped down in one of the lounge chairs.

"So, what's wrong with this 'Stupid boy' Zelda?" Tetra said complete with air quotes around Stupid boy. Zelda made an agitated noise and replied,

"What's not wrong with him is the better question Tetra. He's rude, insensitive, and perverted. And what really sucks is that since I'm the maid of honor and he's the best man I have to deal with him from now until this dumb wedding is over."

"Mhmmm. Is he a total hottie?" Tetra said in an inquisitive tone while making some kind of weird seductive face.

"Tetra! I don't see what that has to do with anything."

"I'm just trying to get a visual here! What does he look like?"

"Well he's not unattractive. Let's see, he's got some blonde hair that looks like it needs a haircut, and he has some crystal blue eyes that sometimes sparkle if the light is right, and,"

"Does he have a hot body?"

"Tetra, will you stop being all weird on me? But yeah, I guess he does. Oh and he's always smirking at me, except I think I saw him smile once or twice and he kind of looks like a movie star when he smiles." Tetra started giggling. "What is so funny Tetra?!"

"Zelda you're blushing." Zelda promptly put her hands on her cheeks and upon feeling the warmth shouted,

"Tetra I hate you!" Zelda proceeded to hide her head underneath her pillow and not look at her cousin.

"Alright fine, so clearly his appearance isn't the problem. So what is?" Zelda unburied her face to glare at Tetra. Finally she said,

"I already told you. He's mean, and perverted, and doesn't care about anybody but himself."

"Why do you say that Zelda?" Tetra asked. She felt like some kind of psychiatrist questioning a patient.

"Because he always implies that he wants to sleep with me and doesn't care what it does to the people around him!" Tetra started cleaning under her nails, something she did when she was thinking and right now she was thinking Zelda had some problems that needed to be resolved.

"Oh Zelda," Tetra let out a sigh now. "I'm sure you're misreading him. Maybe he just doesn't know how to talk to beautiful women." Tetra said with a reassuring smile.

"No!" At this point a tear rolled down Zelda's cheek, something tetra had never seen before. "He's just like every other damn boy I've ever met! All they want is sex or money!" Zelda buried her face back into her pillow in an angry huff. Tetra got up and said she'd be right back, Goddesses they should have invited Impa to this heart to heart.

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"Link the food's ready!" Aryll cheerfully called out from the kitchen of their apartment. Upon getting no response Link's 19 year old sister marched into his bedroom.

"Knock knock sleepy head! I made all of this food so you know you're eating some of it right? Or are you just going to mope around because you made your best friend's fiancé cry?"

"That wasn't me! That was Zelda. And you didn't make all that food, you bought half of it." Link said has he slowly got out of bed.

"Whatever, he still punched you pretty hard. And guess who had to make the other half, so now you're going to eat it." Aryll finished her sentence then hopped back to the kitchen to start eating. Link rubbed his eyes before getting dressed. 'What time was it?' he wondered. He looked at the clock on his night stand, it read 4:14. Link assured himself that it was completely normal for somebody to sleep in that late, even though deep down he knew it wasn't. Link was in some strange mood ever since the lunch with Zelda. It wasn't just that he practically made Malon cry or that his stomach still hurt from where Sheik punched him, it was the fact that Zelda openly hated him. He could understand dislike, but hatred, what had he really done wrong? When Link was done getting dressed he walked into to kitchen.

"Finally you're here! Sit down already so we can say thanks and start eating!" Link rolled his eye and sat down at the small round table.

"Okay now Link, what are you thankful for this year?"

"I'm thankful for you and the fact you know how to cook, even though you wake me up and annoy me to no end. What about you?"

"Gee thanks Link. I'm thankful for you being my brother because without you I'd have to spend the holidays alone even though you're grumpy most of the time."

"I'm not grumpy!"

"Yes you are! Just listen to yourself." Aryll stuck her tongue out at Link and started eating. Link did exactly the same thing. The two continued eating in silence until Aryll spoke up,

"Why are you so grumpy?" Link simply shrugged. Aryll rolled her eyes and said, "What is this like 20 questions?" Link looked at his sister and replied,

"Sure. Why not?"

"Okay. Does it involve a girl?"

"Yes."

"Is she pretty?"

"Aryll, what does that have to do with anything?"

"I'm just asking! Is she though?"

"Yeah, she's really pretty." Link mumbled.

"Wow Link. I think that's the first time you've ever admitted to me you find someone attractive!" Aryll sat there grinning at her brother. Link thought she looked fairly stupid with that smile on her face.

"What, am I not allowed to think somebody is pretty?"

"Oh no you can. You've just never told me before. Okay then, do you like her?" Link's little sister added emphasis to the word 'like'. Link was getting tired of this stupid game. He made an irritated noise before saying,

"Sometimes." Aryll's expression quickly changed from a cheeky grin to a face of annoyance.

"How can you like somebody sometimes? Either you do or you don't."

"No Aryll trust me, it's a sometimes thing with this girl."

"Will you tell me her name?" Aryll asked with the grin back on her face.

"No."

"Link why not? Can I at least try to guess?"

"Because I don't want to and you can try."

Aryll proceeded to name every female she knew of in Link's life until she was racking her brain for names. Link had finished his meal long ago and was simply waiting to see if Aryll ever guessed the correct name. After a particularly long waiting process Link got to put his dishes away when Aryll suddenly said,

"That girl! The one who you said really made Malon cry even though we all know that was you. What is her name?" Link stared at his sister complacently, but said nothing. "Zany, Zazu, Zelphaba, Zelma," Finally a look of realization appeared on her face, "Zelda."

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Aryll spent the next hour trying to get Link to talk about why he wouldn't just ask Zelda out. After some prodding, he simply said that she hated him and that was never going to happen. Aryll got a confused look and asked,

"Why would she hate you? Did you say something wrong? Did you call her fat? Did you make awkward sexual jokes? Let me tell you, there is nothing worse than a guy who seems to only want to be with you for sex." Link simply glared at his little sister. She gasped and said, "Did you really Link? Hmmm, well we'll just have to make her think you're not a weirdo pervert then."

"Aryll it's really not necessary."

"Oh but see now it is. Now that I know about this," Aryll made some kind of circle motion with her hands, "I feel like it is my personal obligation as your sister to teach you how to handle women." Link grunted and buried his face in his hands.

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Holy cow that was a long chapter! I really didn't intend for it to be. Well since the chapter was long I'll make my goodbye short! Remember to R&R! Speaking of that-

ZelinkFreak- Thanks for being the first person to review my story! I'm glad you like it!

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MaroonAngel of Darkness- Thanks I'm glad you like it! And I really do try to update fast, I'm just a little lazy! xP

- Don't worry he will! And thank goodness, I was actually thinking I made a bunch of mistakes in that last chapter. It's good to hear that you like it!

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