Again, thanks for all the reviews guys. I've had a couple comments about how there's no plot... well, let's see, have you read the story all the way through yet? Nope, this is only chapter 8 right here, and the next three have already been written. This is one of those fics that doesn't throw its plot at you in the first chapter. It develops so slowly, it almost drags to a point. Don't worry guys, this chap along with the next two will make things a little more apparent. thanx guys

Geddy

Chapter 8

Zelda lay on her bed staring up at the ceiling. She had begun to notice that it seemed as though she spent most of her in depth thinking while staring at the ceiling. Strange, eh?

Link was an ok guy after all. She began to feel worse every time she thought about him now. She knew that she had been so selfish; Link had true horrors in his past and moved on, while Zelda moped and cried about her having to change her life a little. Link's life took a much, much more drastic change than hers had after all.

Snapping from her thoughts, she looked off to the clock in the far corner of her room. It was already past midnight, yet Zelda was not at all tired. Sighing heavily, she knew that it would be stupid to stay up any later; she had to be up in six hours as it was, and she needed all the sleep she could get. Turning off the light, she rolled over and fell into a restless sleep.

Zelda's body jerked upright as a loud rap sounded from the door. She shook her head a bit, attempting to shake off her headache. She realized then that her alarm was going on.

"I don't see how you manage to do that," Serj shouted through the door.

Rolling her eyes, Zelda slammed the snooze button on her alarm clock. Though she knew she shouldn't, she threw the blankets back over her and shut her eyes. She couldn't care less right now about getting up.

"Get up! We need to be there in a half hour," Serj ordered before turning and leaving her door.

A half hour. Yeah right. There was no way in the world she would be ready in a half hour. It would take her a half hour just to get out of the shower, not to mention the fact she had to dry her hair, straighten it, put on her make up… the list just went on. Caring less whether or not she was late to school, she rolled herself out of bed and trudged into the bathroom.

"Hey, Link… Link!"

Link couldn't hear Mido. He was far too busy staring at the desk in front of him and nibbling on the end of his pen. Their teacher was sick that day, so the substitute just gave them a free class period.

"Link!"

"Yeah!" Link returned as he jolted in his seat, banging his knees against the desktop.

"Dude, do you where Serj is?" Mido inquired with a scrupulous look on his face.

"Oh, no…" Link trailed.

"What's with you man? You high or something?" Mido joshed.

"Fuck you Mido, you know I don't do drugs anymore," Link retorted with a glare.

"Then what's up dude? You're all zoned out and shit."

Link didn't reply. He was too busy thinking about Zelda. She was a sweetheart… and also one of his best friend's sister. He hadn't known Serj very long, but they had gotten to be such good friends that he felt as though he had known him for his entire life.

Pondering his situation, he knew it was only a matter of time before he popped… He had to tell someone. Mido was his closest friend, surely he could tell Mido, right?

"Look man, there's something you need to know…" he began.

"Oh, oh god. You didn't turn gay on me did you?" Mido said as he rolled his eyes.

"Cut the crap Mido, I'm serious. I think… I think I have a thing for Zelda," he said in a low tone.

"What the hell! You've wanna pork your best friend's sister?" Mido exasperated a little too loudly.

"Keep it down dickwad!" Link growled in a hushed voice as a few people looked over at them.

"Sorry… but really dude, you're just screwing with me, right?"

"Hate to say it, but no," Link replied truthfully with a look of guilt.

"Man, that's some crazy stuff. Well you know what I say."

"And I don't want to screw her man," Link recovered.

"Whatever you say. Face it, you're Mr. Stud. Kind of hard to keep it in your pants when you have just about any girl at your beck and call, eh?" Mido contorted.

"I wouldn't go that far… I'll just let it ride; I'm sure it will pass eventually," Link assured, more for himself than Mido.

"If you say so."

"Mido, you can't tell anyone, no matter what. Especially not Serj," Link demanded in a worried voice.

"Well, when you said not to tell anyone, Serj is included in anyone, isn't he?" Mido smarted off.

"Screw you man. I told you trusting you would help me out. You got my back on this one or not?" Link asked in an almost furious tone.

"Yes, yes, yes, I got your back. But don't think this means I'm going to burn bridges with my friends just because you have a little problem. I'll help you with it, but I'm not taking care of it for you," Mido informed.

Link nodded in agreement. He didn't really need help after all though. It was a crush. Just a little crush that would go away after a while.

But what about lunch? Things between him and Zelda were going to be awkward now. God, it was only Thursday, the first week of school, and he was already having some shit going on. This was bound to be a looong year.

At lunch, Link noticed that Serj had finally shown up. As he was walking over to them, Link could see a look of utter fury on his face. Did… did he already know about the whole thing with Zelda? Wait, no way he could. Zelda didn't even like him like that.

"Where the hell were you at?" Kafei demanded with a slight frown.

"Zelda decided to take her sweet little fucking time with her shower," Serj growled.

Link felt a relief wash over him. This was getting ridiculous, really. However, he couldn't help but notice that his eyes wandered over to the table that she sat at as he stood in line for lunch. She looked very pretty today, he thought.

Even though it was still raining outside, she wore a tight, light blue shirt and a high cut jean skirt. Link rolled his eyes and felt like poking his eyes out. If he kept this shit up, Serj would notice eventually.

"Did I miss anything of interest in our classes?" Serj asked as he paid for his food.

"Not really. We had a free day in first period, and I didn't really even pay attention in Physics anyways," Kafei answered in a cool tone.

"I think you've got bigger problems then that," Mido announced as he pointed off into the cafeteria.

The other three looked out to where Mido had his gaze fixed. Sure enough, there would be trouble coming soon. Ganon had found his way to Zelda's table along with a couple of other football buddies of his. Serj rolled his eyes and fixed an angry glare on Ganon.

"Guy doesn't take a hint, does he?" Serj sighed and began to walk over to Ganon.

Mido and Kafei looked at each other before following him. They knew Serj would need a little more help this time. Link didn't know whether to follow or do his own thing.

He simply shook his head and headed over to the table they always sat at. None of them were stupid enough to start an a huge brawl in the middle of the school. He knew this for a fact; if the parents got wind of it, there wouldn't be anymore band for a while.

"You deaf?" Serj snarled as he walked up to Ganon.

Ganon glared at him and turned to face him.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know she had to be at your beck and call," Ganon shot back as his brute squad crossed their arms in a tough fashion.

"She sure as hell isn't at yours," Serj retorted in a menacing tone.

"Just trying to give your sister a good time," Ganon smirked with a very evil grin.

"Look man, I told you once, and it won't be much longer before I take action. Stay away from my sister. She doesn't like you, and neither do I. If I have to talk to you about this again, you'll regret it," Serj threatened.

"Alright then tough guy," Ganon laughed and shoved his way past Serj and his two pals.

Ganon and his two other companions laughed as they left the cafeteria. Serj glared at the three of them the whole way. He hated that guy with an absolute passion…

"Zelda, what exactly did he say to you?" Serj asked.

Zelda was staring across the cafeteria. She hadn't even realized just how fixed her eyes were on Link's back. Luckily, her brother didn't even notice she was looking at him

"Zelda?"

"Sorry, what were you saying?" she asked and whipped her eyes up to her brother.

"Um, he wasn't bugging you too much, was he?" Serj asked with a frown.

"The usual, just trying to get with me after school," she replied shortly.

Serj simply nodded and headed over to the table that Link sat at. Zelda began to feel like a total idiot. She was making this whole thing so obvious. There was no way in hell she could have Link. That much was obvious. She just had to forget about it and move on. Find some other guy, yes, that would do fine.

"Where were you cool guy?" Mido inquired as they took their seats around Link.

"Eh, you looked like you guys had it under control," Link joked.

"Yeah, no thanks to you," Serj shot at him as he bit down on his rock-hard biscuit.

"What are you all worked up about?" Link contorted with a frown.

"Look guys, I'm going to need your help. This Ganon guy isn't going to let up, he's made that obvious. I have the feeling this won't be the last time I have to put up with his shit," Serj stated.

They all knew he was right. Link had known Ganon a while. He never really had much to do with him, but growing up with the guy since junior high school, well, they'd met. The few times he had crossed with Ganon were not at all pleasant, though Link didn't like to think about it.

Link would never tell anyone save Mido this, but he didn't help them out cause he didn't want to make it at all obvious he had a crush on Zelda. This was stupid middle school shit! Link hated himself for this. "Grow the hell up," he thought to himself.

After school, Link headed home with thoughts spinning in his head. Football season was starting very early for some reason this year. The first game was tomorrow night. Ah, yes, Friday night. Link was no football player, but he loved to go to the high school games.

It was just the great feeling. Tossing back a few Dr. Peppers, the blasting sounds of the band, smells of hot dogs fluttering through the air, and just kicking back and chilling with his friends. Zelda was sure to go with Serj or Malon.

Though Link didn't normally pay much attention to these certain things, he had gathered from Serj that Zelda was going to a party after the game at Malon's place. Man! What was it going to take to get over this! Of all things to add on top of it, Ganon was the quarterback. There was sure to be trouble Friday night.