Chapter Eight: Everytime I Look At You

The next morning, Zelda's eyes fluttered open to sound of pounding on the door.

"Zelda! I know you're in there! Zelda Harkinian! Just come out here before your dad finds out!" Karane was obnoxiously loud.

"Link! Link!" She used her hands to shake his bare chest in a frantic effort to wake him up.

"Oh. Good morning, Zelda." The boy groggily smiled, wrapping his arm around his petite girlfriend's naked body. He leaned in to kiss her, completely obliviously to the intense knocking.

"No, Link!" Zelda jerked away causing Link's lips to land squarely on his mattress. "Kay is at the door and she knows everything."

"No, she doesn't." Link yawned, still half asleep and rose from his bed. He bent down and reluctantly stepped into the pants he'd worn the day before. "Just get under the blanket and I'll handle her."

Zelda nodded nervously and ducked under the cover as she'd been instructed. Link lumbered to the door and pulled it open to see Karane still in her nightgown.

"What're you doing here?" He scratched his head.

"Cut the crap, Link. I know you and Zelda left the date last night to come in here and... get freaky. Where is she?"

"What time is it anyway? You woke me up!" Link lazily took a seat in his wooden chair.

"That doesn't matter!", Karane stomped her foot in impatience, but located her friend. "Zelda! Get off that bed and come upstairs with me before your dad finds out about this!"

Zelda peeked her head out. "I-i can't..." The look on Karane's face wasn't as disapproving as she'd expected. It was more of a helpful fear.

"Bitch, I know that you're naked. I'm not THAT stupid!" The redhead tossed the silk nightgown in her hand across the room where Zelda caught it and practically leapt into it.

"You're a lifesaver, Kay!" Zelda walked around the room picking up the articles of clothing that had been thrown in her intimacy with Link.

Karane chuckled. "You guys really went nuts tonight."

"Too far." Zelda replied as she slipped out the door behind her friend. She hesitated for a moment then stuck her head back into the room and addressed Link. "I've never really umm... done this kind of thing before. You were my first. Um. Thank you, Link." She let out a short breathy laugh and realized the awkwardness of what she'd just said.

"You don't have to thank me," Link grinned. "I enjoyed it."

Zelda giggled and went back into the corridor. "See you in a few!" She yelled as she walked down the hallway.

Link shook his head and fondly reminisced on what had happened. Zelda was his best friend and he'd just lost his virginity and taken away hers. It was so flawlessly screwed-up, it was almost unbelievable. He peeked at his watch. It was 7:26 am.

Four minutes of sleep, he thought as he climbed back into bed, I have so much to dream about and so little time to do it.

The next time Link and Zelda met was in Sacred Geometry that afternoon. The boy chatted with Strich close to the back of the classroom. Zelda slipped into class at the last moment before truancy and sat in front of Link.

"The Golden Ratio can be seen all over the Goddess Statue..." Horwell launched into one of his usual, boring lectures.

Zelda discreetly ripped a piece of paper from her notebook, quickly writing something on it, then passing it backward to Link.

So where do we go from here? it read in the girl's neat, yet loopy handwriting.

I'm not sure, but if you want to tonight we could always relive it... Link scrawled back before tossing it up to her. Zelda turned to look at Link and gave him a look of faux. He replied with a flirty wink. Zelda handed the folded paper back to him.

Funny,but I'm still kind of sore from last night.

Is it my fault? Link suddenly felt bad.

No. I think your first time is supposed to hurt.

Okay. Well, I'm kinda sore too. I think Horwell is onto us.

I think so too. I'll catch you after class.

Link nodded his response to Zelda and shoved the note in his pocket. For some reason, he never wanted to throw it away. He loved her so unfathomably much. No matter how long he'd known her, he still hung on every word that she said and she still found ways to amaze him. Link leaned back in his chair and wondered what the future held for his relationship.

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This chapter's title came from Mine by Taylor Swift. I know the words Everytime I Look At You are probably in half a million songs, but Mine is the song I was thinking about when I wrote this. The lyric I was referring to was Everytime I look at you, it's like the first time. Super sweet, right?! I never listen to Taylor Swift's version, though. Look up Alex Goot or gootmusic on YouTube and listen to his cover. Your mind WILL be blow. (Not to mention he's super freakin' cute!) Anyway, I'm rambling...