Our Family Part Four
By GreatAngemon
"What's for dinner?" Link asked, closing the door behind him. "Zel, Zel, where are you?"
"In here," Zelda called from the kitchen.
Link walked over to her, and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "What's cooking?" he asked. "It smells good."
"Superb soup," Zelda replied, "And it's almost done, so will you get the kids?"
"Sure," Link said, kissing her again. As he walked up the stairs, he called, "Where are Sheik and Tetra?"
"They said to wake them up when supper was ready," Zelda shouted back.
Link groaned audibly. "If they're in the same bed again..."
"Be nice to them," Zelda shouted. When he didn't say anything, she said, "Link."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," he said. He walked into Aryll's room, and said, "Aryll, supper's ready."
She was sitting in the middle of the floor with her dollhouse, and had dolls strewn all around the floor. "Daddy play dolls?" she asked, handing him one, but he shook his head.
"Not right now," he said. "Maybe after supper." She shrugged and stood up. "Mommy's in the kitchen, Link said, and Aryll started walking down the stairs.
Opening the twins' room, he picked them up out of their cribs. "You guys ready for supper?" he asked. They were giggling, and Link smiled. Walking down the hallway, he opened the door to Tetra and Sheik's room.
"Do you always have to be doing something that makes me gag whenever I walk into a room?" Link asked. He had just seen them kissing.
"Maybe you should learn to knock," Tetra suggested.
"It's my house," Link said, "I shouldn't have to knock."
Sheik interrupted, saying, "I take it dinner's ready?"
Link nodded. "Can I talk to my sister alone for a minute?"
"Yeah," Sheik muttered. He took the twins from Link's arms and walked out the door.
"Why are you torturing me?" Link asked. "Did I do something to offend you?"
"I'm not doing this to torture you," Tetra said. "I'm doing this because I like Sheik."
"No, you don't," Link said. "You can't, because you and him are related."
"First, it's you and he, not you and him," Tetra said, "And second, we're only related by marriage."
"Just…" Link sighed, "Would you stop doing it in my house?"
They walked out of the bedroom, and down the stairs. "That must have been uncomfortable," Zelda said, seeing Link.
Link nodded. "You have no idea," he muttered. He pulled out a bowl, and ladled some Superb Soup into it. "Aryll, do you want some soup?" he asked his daughter.
"No soup," she said. "Banana."
"We're out of bananas," Zelda said. "Do you want an apple?"
"Banana."
"We don't have any bananas," Link said. "Why don't you try a bowl of soup, and then if you don't like it, we'll find you something else."
Link put a bowl of soup in front of her, but she crossed her arms. "Just try it," Link said. He dipped the spoon in the soup, and blew on it to cool it down. "Open your mouth, Aryll."
Aryll reluctantly did what she was told. Link stuck the spoon into her mouth, and she swallowed the soup. "Yummy," she said after a moment. Everyone let out a sigh of relief. Taking the spoon from Link, she started eating the soup.
Link ruffled her hair. "So, Zelda," he said, "I think you can call this recipe a success."
Everyone laughed, except Aryll, who was too busy eating. They finished the meal in relative silence, until Aryll said, "What for desert?"
Link smiled, and said, "I think we have ice cream."
"Yep," Zelda said, picking up all the bowls and putting them in the sink. "I'll get that ready. Link, get some bowls out."
Link stood up, and grabbed some bowls out of the cupboard. "So, Aryll," Tetra said, "Did you have fun in school today?"
"We played games," Aryll said. "Tag and red rover."
"That sounds fun," Sheik said. "Maybe we should play that tomorrow when you get home."
"Yay!" Aryll said, clapping her hands. Link set down a bowl of ice cream in front of her, and she giggled.
When they had all finished, Aryll took Tetra upstairs to her room. "Play dollies with me?" she asked.
"Sure," Tetra said.
Downstairs, Link was helping Zelda do the dishes, while Sheik sat there, talking to them.
"So, what do you think?" he asked.
"I'm not that hot on the idea," Link said. "She's my baby sister. I know you like her, but I don't know if you two should be together."
"I know you're protective of her," Sheik said, "But you have to get used to it."
"I'm not just going to get used to the idea of you and my sister liking each other," Link said, "Or of you and her dating."
"Link, leave him alone," Zelda said, wiping her hands on a towel. "Just let him go now. I'm sure Tetra wants to see him."
"Oh, so you had to put that picture into my head," Link whined. "Just, get out of here," he said, making a shooing motion at Sheik, who scurried away.
"Link," Zelda said, putting a couple of plates on the towel on the counter, "Just leave them alone. He really does like her."
"I don't care," Link said. "I don't want him to like her."
The two of them walked up the stairs, carrying the twins, and opened Aryll's bedroom door. "Aryll, it's time for you to go to bed," Zelda said.
"No bed," Aryll said, "Dollies."
"Bed," Zelda said firmly. "Maybe auntie Tetra will tell you a story if you ask nicely."
Aryll turned to Tetra, and said, "Story?"
"Let's get you into your pajamas and then I'll tell you a story," Tetra said.
Link and Zelda left them alone and walked into the twins' room. Changing them into their pajamas, Link said, "So, I made us reservations at Mama's Café for tomorrow night."
"For the four of us?" Zelda asked, and Link glanced at her questioningly. "You, me, Tetra and Sheik."
"I planned a nice night for you and me," Link said, "Not for you, me, Tetra and Sheik."
"Well, they can still come, and we can sneak off after we eat, and maybe see a new movie or something." Zelda put Joel in his crib and kissed Link's cheek. "Will you make sure these two go to bed? I'm tired, and I want to go to sleep."
"Sure," Link said, kissing her back. "I'll be in as soon as I can."
"Love ya'" Zelda said, walking out of the nursery.
"Now to make you two sleep," Link said in a deep, rumbling voice that made the twins giggle.
He turned on a C.D player, and put in a C.D full of kids music.
He walked out about twenty minutes later, after the twins had fallen asleep. "Daddy, kiss goodnight," Aryll said from her room. He walked in and kissed her forehead.
"Goodnight sweetie," he said, turning off the light.
He walked into his room, and pulled the covers over himself. "Were the twins okay?" Zelda asked blearily.
"Fine," Link said. "I'm really tired though, so I'm going to sleep."
"I love you," Zelda said, snuggling up against his chest.
"I love you too," Link said. He kissed her lightly on the lips. "Goodnight."
The Next Day
"What's for breakfast this morning?" Link asked, leaning over Zelda to kiss her on the cheek.
"Bacon and eggs," Zelda said. "Get the kids up, will you?"
"Yeah," Link said. He walked back up the stairs and down to the end of the hall. "Sheik, Tet," he said, knocking on the door, "Can you two get the twins up?"
"Yeah," came Tetra's reply, though she sounded breathless.
"'Kay," Link said, walking to Aryll's room. He opened her door, and saw her sitting up on the floor, playing with dolls.
"'Ryll," Link said, calling her by her pet name, "You want to come eat breakfast?"
"Want play dolls," she said, shaking her head. "Daddy play too?"
"No," Link said. "I'll play with you after breakfast."
He picked her up and carried her downstairs. Setting her in a chair, he peeled a banana and handed it to her. "Eat, and then we can play with your dollies."
She took the banana, just as Sheik and Tetra walked into the kitchen with the twins. "Do you guys want to come with us to the mall later?" Tetra asked Link and Zelda, setting Joel in his highchair. "We were planning on seeing a movie."
"Actually, we wanted to ask you if you'd like to go with us to Mama's Café," Zelda said, pointedly glaring at Link when she said, "We".
"Oh, that sounds nice," Tetra said, looking at Sheik. "Do you want to do that instead?"
"I guess so," Sheik said. "We can be mall rats later."
"Cool," Tetra said. "I'm going to go take a shower, be back in a few." She kissed Sheik on the cheek and walked out to the living room.
"What's your ulterior motive?" Link asked as soon as Tetra was up the stairs. "You don't like going to the mall for no reason, and you hate the mall movie theatre."
"Why do I have to have an ulterior motive?" Sheik asked innocently. "Maybe I just want to spend time with my girlfriend."
"I'll be watching you," Link said, picking up Aryll, who had just finished her second banana.
"Daddy play dollies?" she asked.
"Sure," he said, kissing her cheek. He glared at Sheik as he walked away.
Finally, an update. I'm sorry it took so long, but I had a lot going on, and then it slipped my mind and then I started a challenge…
I'll try and update more often if I can.