Chapter Nine: We're Not Broken, Just Bent

A few weeks passed. Zelda and Link's relationship became the talk of the Academy and eventually the talk of the island. Everything seemed to be going perfectly.

"Do you know where Zelda is?" Link asked one morning as he set his tray down at a table in the canteen. All of his friends were at the table except Zelda. Zelda was usually the first one up in the morning.

Strich shrugged with his mouth full of porridge. Pipit shook his head as he bit into an apple.

"She's up in her room. She's not feeling well," Karane said with a slightly worried expression as she sipped water. "I think you should go see her. She wouldn't tell me anything."

"Oh. Okay." Link stood up and left the room, oblivious to the fact that his food remained on the table.

Zelda was known for her pain tolerance. When she broke her leg in the third grade, she only cried because of the blood that had stained her favorite dress. When she had the flu last year, she still went to all her classes. She infected the whole academy, but never missed a day. It must have been something really bad to keep Zelda cooped up. Link was worried.

"Who is it?" Zelda weakly whispered after hearing the knock on her door.

"It's me, Link. Can I come in, baby?"

"Yeah. Sure."

Link pushed opened the heavy oak door. As always, Zelda's room was spic-and-span. Her chair was pushed squarely under her desk and no clothes were on the floor. The only thing even slightly messy about the room was the disheveled pink sheets that Zelda lay under.

"What's wrong? Is everything okay?" Link asked as he took a seat on the edge of the bed. He gently ran his fingers through hid girlfriend's bright yellow hair.

"I'm just not feeling well," she grumbled into the pillow.

"Do you need me to bring you anything?"

"No. I'm fine," she said as she sat up. Link noticed that her eyes were puffy and red.

"Zel, have you been crying?"

"No. I just…. didn't get a lot of sleep. You can go now. I'll see you in Geometry."

Link left the room with an expression of confusion on his face and a question in his mind. He knew something wasn't right, but he couldn't figure out what.

Later that afternoon in their math class, Link tapped his pencil against his desk as he eagerly awaited Zelda's arrival. Five minutes into the class, she had still not arrived. Halfway through the class, there was still no sign of her. Horwell droned on about triangles and squares as Link kept his eyes fixed on the door. When Sacred Geometry was over, Link bolted out of the classroom to find Zelda. As soon as he entered the hallway, He found himself face-to-face with her.

"Zel! What are doing?", he drew back in surprise.

"Going to class. What are you doing?"

"Honey, class is over."

"Oh. I must've…. lost track of time." Link noticed that Zelda was looking down and using one of her feet to draw circles in the dust. This was a far cry from Zelda's usual confident demeanor.

"Zelda, if there's something wrong , you know you can tell me."

"Link, I'm fine."

"Zelda, I promi-"

"Link. I said I'm fine."

"Zelda, look," Link wrapped one of his arms around her waist and used his other hand to lift her face. "If I did something to upset you, I will do everything in my power to make it up to you and I will try my hardest to never do it again. If what I did was unforgivable and breaking up with me will make you happy, go ahead, but I love you with everything that I am and I want you to know that. I'm sorry, Zelda."

For the first time all day, her expression softened.

"It's not you."

"What is it then?" The boy was puzzled.

Tears quickly filled Zelda's pale blue eyes and began to gush out, sliding down her pale face. She bit her lip, then breathed in deeply.

"Link," her voice was shaking, "I think I might be pregnant."

Hey guys! I know I haven't written in forever, but it was a really busy school year. Now that it's summer, you can expect more frequent updates. Review, follow, favorite, PM, you know the drill :)

This chapter's title came from Just Give me A Reason by P!nk.