Babysitting

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"Mom! Mom!" Moooom!" Zel pressed the phone to her ear, struggling to hear her sister over the insistent child tugging at her pant leg.

"Sure!" The voice said over the phone. "I'd love to babysit while you and Link have some time alone together." Zelda could almost feel the wide grin her sister most definitely had on.

"Thank you Sheik, so much! How about in-" Zelda was interrupted by her Sheik's voice. "I'll be over as soon as I can, so maybe 15 minutes?" Zelda smiled lightly, switching the small device from one hand to the other.

"Thanks a lot, Sheik, see you soon." Zelda tapped the 'end call' button and placed the phone in her pocket before crouching and picking up her youngest child and only daughter, Zellie. "What is it, Cupcake?" She asked, the little three year old wrapping her arms around Zelda's neck.

"Can I have a cookie?" The girl stuck out her bottom lip in a begging face.

"Yes." Zelda giggled, placing the girl on the carpet.

"Yay!" Zellie ran down the stairs waving her arms and Zelda soon heard the sound of the metal lid sliding off the Cookie Jar in the kitchen.

"One!" Zelda shouted, a loud "Okay!" In response. Zelda turned back into her room, where Link stood, finishing the knot in his tie before turning to her. Zelda reached to the green tie, straightening it and placing a quick kiss on his lips.

"Sheik said she's on her way." She murmured, their faces mere inches apart.

"Bingo." He responded, turning and sliding on a deep blue suit coat.

"Now let me get dressed." Zelda said, stepping into the large closet. It was of decent size, one side for each of them. She riffled through her clothes, eventually deciding on a white skirt and pink shirt, a gold short-sleeved jacket over it. She stepped out of the closet, walking instead to the bathroom.

Zelda exited the bathroom, a gold necklace containing three gems of green, blue, and red adorning her neck and makeup complimenting the already beautiful contours and curves of her face.

"You look lovely." Link wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her towards him in a passionate kiss.

"EWW!" The loud exclamation made Zelda jump, turning towards the door to find seven-year-old Hunter, her oldest, standing in the doorway.

"Hunter!" She cried, placing a hand over her now racing heart. "You frightened me!" She breathed heavily, the child's cry still echoing in her head. Link chuckled, Zelda shooting him a glare that only made him laugh harder.

"Anyway," Hunter piped up, bouncing around in place.

"Aunt Sheik's here!" He beamed. Hunter had always been amazed by Sheik, how fluid and graceful she did everything as well as her skill in martial arts and incredible reaction speed. Every time she did something profound, Hunter would turn to Zelda, a look of amazement dancing in his eyes and would always ask; "Mom, can you do that?!" To which Zelda's would usually answer "No." which tended to elicit a groan from Hunter before he would run up to Sheik and beg her to do whatever amazing thing she did again.

"Let her in!" Link exclaimed, jolting Zelda from her thoughts. Hunter sprinted from the room and down the stairs. Zelda heard the front door open, quickly followed by a loud "SHEIK!!" and her sister's sharp laugh echo throughout the house.

"Zelda?" Sheik called as Zelda walked down the short hallway to the stairs.

"Coming!" Zelda said in response. She walked down the stairs, Link on her heels. She saw Sheik standing in the open doorway, Hunter in her arms, clinging to her.

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