Okay, sorry I haven't uploaded in a while, and since this chapter is pretty short there's no excuse for it, but I've been really sick so I couldn't even get out of bed. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter! And please, please, please review! I only have like 3 reviews even though I have like 150 hits. I swear I'll upload faster if you review! Okay, now that that's out…ENJOY!

Kate :)

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Link's POV

I sighed as I walked towards Castle Town. I really, really, really did not want to go to this date with Marissa. Honestly, I could not stand her. She had flirted with me ever since I had come back from my journey, and as much as I turned her down, she kept on trying. She's persistent; I'll give her that. Just not…in a good way. I don't know what's up with Ilia though. Even though she's pretty evil, I didn't expect her to be so earnest with this date thing. I think she's up to something…

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Ilia's POV

Since there was still a couple of hours before the show started, I decided to walk around outside for a while. It was weird; yesterday was like 40 degrees and today was around 80…oh well. Today was fun. While I was thinking this I didn't notice where I was going and I ran into Beth, knocking her and a binder she was holding over.

"Oh! I'm so sorry!" I apologized, and I helped her up. While I was doing so, I couldn't help but notice a picture that was stuck in the binder.

"What's this?" I asked suspiciously, frowning. She tried to grab it, but I snatched it away from her. When I saw it, my mouth literally dropped. It was a picture of me and Link from the day before at the spring. It looked like…we were a thing or something. Seriously. I was on his back and he had his arms wrapped behind my knees so I wouldn't fall off, while we were laughing and he was looking up at me. It looked like something you would use on an Abercrombie and Fitch store bag. It probably didn't help considering I had been wearing an Abercrombie hoodie and jeans. I was still gaping at it when Beth said, "I know. Great picture, huh?" her voice snapped me out of my reverie.

"No! How the heck did you get this?" I demanded. She shrugged. "I needed some extra cash and I was looking for a little job in Castle Town when I met the manager of Hylian Wonders. She told me they needed a good romantic picture for their menus. And she asked that I get one that was real, and not a fake set-up picture. It was just luck that I came across you and Link at the spring. So I snapped a picture and it came out perfectly. I mean, look at the light on his abs! Can they get any more perfect?" she sighed dreamily. I curled my lip in disgust, even though it was a little hypocritical considering I had been thinking the same thing yesterday.

"Well you're not giving it to her! I don't want people thinking me and Link are going out!" I protested, fuming. This was not good. But Beth just smirked.

"Whatever. You can keep that. I already gave it to her, and I think she's putting out the new menus tonight. Oh well!" she said cheerfully before skipping off. My face was flaming red in embarrassment. Oh no…Link and Marissa were going to Hylian Wonders tonight. That meant…I pulled my cell phone out of my pocket and looked at the clock. In ten minutes Link and Marissa would arrive at the café. Oh crap. I ran back as quickly as I could to my house and switched on my computer that had the footage of the café. As I got comfortable I saw that Marissa was already there, and Link was just now arriving. Let's see how this turns out…

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Link's POV

I cringed as I saw Marissa already sitting there at the café. She was wearing an extremely short and low cut red dress, with a pair of matching high heels. Her face looked like the goddess of cosmetics had pooped on it or something. I know that's not a very lovely comparison, but she was wearing so much make-up it wasn't even funny. And her hair…well, I don't know how to describe that. It was like a giant curly bush. I don't want to know how long she spent getting ready and I really hope she didn't expect too much. She was already assuming too much if she thought that I'd come. But I didn't want to be rude so…yeah. I took a deep breath and walked towards my doom.

Marissa smiled and waved when she saw me. I had to take another breath to stop myself from running away right then and there. I forced a smile out (though it looked painfully twisted) and walked towards her. I slid into my seat and folded my hands on the table.

"Hey," she said seductively, causing me to involuntarily shudder in disgust. She cocked her head when I did so. "What's wrong?" she asked. I forced out an expression of innocence.

"Oh, nothing, it's just kind of cold." I lied. Obviously, she was as dumb as she looked because she just shrugged and agreed. Come on, it was 80 degrees out! I had thought I was screwed when I said that, but I guess not. Just then the waitress arrived. She gave Marissa a look of disgust and turned towards me. When she saw me, she brightened considerably. It took all of my willpower not to shiver. What was up with females and liking me? I'd been told I looked handsome, but I didn't know I looked that good. I guess being around Ilia and her immunity to my charm had worn off on me. Thanks gods for Ilia. I don't know how I'd survive without having one sane girl in my life. Then the waitress's voice broke my train of thought.

"What would you like tonight, handsome?" she asked, fluttering her eyelashes at me. I coughed nervously and my face turned bright red. I really didn't like it when people flirted with me.

"Uh…I haven't got a menu yet…so uh…" I started, scratching the back of my neck sheepishly. She giggled at my nervous attitude, then her eyes widened when she realized what I had said.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, dear, I'll go get you and your…partner some menus." She winked at me then left, but not before glaring at Marissa. I could have sworn I heard her saying something about 'hookers' and 'he's mine' when she left. Melissa gave her a dirty look then turned around and looked at me; a grin now plastered on her face. Goddesses, chicks could be so…bipolar. They'll be furious one second and then they'll turn around all happy and peppy. It really creeps me out. That's yet another reason I'm thankful for Ilia. She doesn't have crazy mood swings all the time.

"So…" I said, trying to start a conversation. I didn't want to be rude.

"Yes?" she answered leaning towards me, and unfortunately giving me a better view of her chest. Holy crap on a cracker…I shook my head and looked back up at her face. She must have noticed, because she was smirking. "You like what you see?" she asked in a seductive tone, making me shudder.

"Uh…no, not really." Were the words that came out of my mouth before I could stop them. As soon as I said that, though, I clamped my hands over my mouth. I had NOT meant to say that. "Did I just say that out loud?" I sort of whimpered. She was glaring at me.

"Uh, yeah. That was extremely rude." She snapped at me. Just then the waitress arrived. I think she had heard the whole ordeal because she was giving Marissa a smug look.

"Your menus, sir. I hope you find something delectable, not only from the menus." She licked her lips and winked at me. If I didn't know better, I'd think it was cold outside from all the shivering I was doing.

"Thanks…" I was saying when I heard Marissa shriek.

"Link! What is this?" she cried in outrage. I slowly turned towards her with a bored expression on my face.

"Yes?" I asked tiredly. Her face was purple as she pointed to the menu. I raised my eyebrow but still looked where she was pointing. When I saw it, my eyes widened and I scrambled to get up, falling over in the process. Everyone at the café turned towards me when they heard the clatter of my chair on the stone pavement. "I'm good!" I yelled, giving them a thumbs up. Then I turned back towards the menu. On the front page of it was a picture of me and Ilia at the spring. And it looked like…we were dating or something.

"What is this?" Marissa repeated, her face steadily gaining color. I was still gaping at it. I opened and closed my mouth a few times before I said anything.

"I have no idea." I answered truthfully. She glared at me.

"You mean to tell me that that's not you and Ilia in that picture?"

"No! I mean, there's ton of people who look like me in Hyrule. It could've been anyone!" I protested weakly. She crossed her arms and gave me an irritated look.

"No one looks like you, Link." She said plainly.

"Yes there—"

"No, there isn't."

"Yea—"

"No." I closed my mouth. It was true. Almost nobody looked anything like me. Gods…I don't know how I'll survive after this. I didn't want to embarrass myself any more so I stood up abruptly.

"I'm going to go now, kay?" I started to walk off but Marissa stood in front of me.

"Wait." She said, then closed her eyes and leaned towards me, her lips puckered. I backed away in disgust and tried to find a way to escape. Aha! I grabbed somebody's mashed potatoes and shoved them on her face, then ran off. I heard her murmur, "Link, you're a weird kisser…" before she realized I wasn't really kissing her and ran after me.

"Oh shiznaz!" I looked behind me and what I saw was comical. Marissa was running after me in her high heels, eyes filled with fury and her face smeared with mashed potatoes. Suddenly one of her heels broke and she went smashing into the ground. I couldn't help but laugh as I sprinted out of there as fast as I could. If only Ilia could've seen this…

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Ilia's POV

I was already close to dying before the whole kissing ordeal so when that came on, I think I about burst my lungs. I was still laughing when Link ran up to my room about an hour or so later.

"That" pant, "was" pant, "so" pant, "hilarious!" he wheezed out when he got to my room.

"I know!" I exclaimed. His expression turned suspicious, then incredulous.

"How could you…" he trailed off as he saw the screen with Hylian Wonders on it. Right now it showed Marissa angrily stabbing a piece of cheesecake on her plate, her face and clothes a mess. "You were spying on me?" he asked, irritated. I couldn't help but smirk.

"Yep, me and Telma both. She was gracious enough to set up a video camera last night after Marissa asked you out. We both thought it'd be quite a laugh, and we weren't disappointed." His face was now covered in shock. He pointed a finger accusingly at me.

"Uh…y-you…sp-spied…o-on…" he stuttered. He was obviously confused. My grin widened.

"Come on, Link! I even recorded it!" I told him. He brightened immediately.

"You did? Let's watch it!" He plopped down next to me on the couch and I hit the replay button. The rest of the night we stayed up watching and laughing at it until we could keep our eyes open no more. We finally dozed off, our dreams filled with mashed potatoes and sleazy waitresses.

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Hope you enjoyed that! Sorry it was so short, but I haven't had much time to write. I'm trying to keep my cursing down to a minimum, but there may be a few words slips here and there.

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