Chapter Six: In The Middle Of My Little Mess
Karane stood in front of the mirror in her room and ran a comb through her shoulder length, fiery red hair for the one-hundredth time.
"Kay…" Zelda complained from the bed where she was sprawled. "When will you be done?" The other girl had opted to pull her yellow hair back with one ribbon and throw on a simple black tunic with a fitted waist and white leggings.
"I'm almost done!" Karane exclaimed as she tugged down on the purple dress she wearing.
"You look fine! Let's go!" Zelda pushed her friend into the hallway where the boys were waiting for their dates.
"Helloooooo, Karane!" Pipit looked his girlfriend up and down before giving her a smoldering look.
"Stop it!" She flirtatiously giggled as this had been exactly the response she had been looking for. She leaned in to give Pipit a hug and within seconds a full on makeout session had ensued.
Link rolled his eyes at the pair. "You look really nice, Zel." He offered her a kind smile.
"Thanks!" She trilled before switching her attention. "Kay! Pip! Are we gonna go or not?"
The pair split instantly as a result of their friend's mildly annoyed tone.
"Yeah! Yeah! Sorry about that…" Pipit's voice trailed in mock embarrassment as he hid a smile.
Karane softly smacked his leg. "Don't apologize. Zelda isn't always this tempermental." She shot her friend a cagey look. "Let's just get out of here."
The rest of the gang nodded in agreement and the four teenagers left the building.
"OH! Visitors! Glorious visitors!" Dodoh nearly squealed with happiness the group of four landed on his island.
"We're here to do some skydiving! Woo!" Pipit jabbed his fist into the air and jogged in place.
"What is wrong with you?!" Zelda asked the still jogging boy.
"I'm getting pumped up! Woo!" Karane, finding her boyfriend's antics hilarious, let out her signature high pitched cackle. Link gave only a wry smile.
"He is right to get pumped up! After all, he is about to play the super wacky, ultra fun Dodoh's High Dive!" The clown exclaimed as he collected Karane and Pipit's money. He stopped when he reached Zelda. "Where's your rupees?"
"Oh, I won't be playing today, sir. Seeing those two get shot out of cannon is enough fun for me." A polite smile stayed plastered on her face.
Dodoh frowned, but quickly perked up and moved on to Link. "And you, old friend?"
"Sorry. I'm gonna sit this one out with Zel." He slipped his arm around her waist pulling her closer to his body and gave Dodoh the same polite smile she had.
"You two are no fun!" Dodoh stomped off!
"Yeah! No fun!", yelled Karane as she climbed into the field gun.
Zelda sighed and looked up at Link. "Why aren't you doing it? I know you want to."
"Nah. There's nothing that I want to do more than be with you."
"Oh.", Zelda said awkwardly, then relaxed. "This double date thing is not really for me."
"Who says we have to say?" Link examined his girlfriend's face, noticing the slight anger deep in her eyes.
"Really? Link, you'd leave… for me? We just got here!"
"I know, but if you're not happy there's no way for me to really have fun."
"Are you sure?" Zelda felt bad for letting her emotions show so much.
"Yeah. Let's just go hang back at the Academy. I'm not really feeling it either."
"Thanks Link." Zelda sadly smiled. She was glad to go back, but she felt like she'd ruined the evening over a series of small things. She'd been acting like a little child.
"Not a problem, Zel." Link shook his head then leapt off the island and promptly called his Lotwing. He had no idea what was troubling Zelda, but he was determined to figure it out.
Sorry for the short, sucky chapter, but I won't update again for about a week, so I felt like I needed to get something out. I promise it'll be better next time. This chapter's title came from the song This Is The Stuff by Francesca Battistelli. I literally looked up songs about being annoyed because I really didn't know what to name this chapter…