POV: Zelda

I was pulling out my spare key to unlock the library. I was still miserable. I had decided I might as well be miserable at work. I doubted Scott would come to the library today. I worried if he would ever come near me again.

I really wanted to talk to him, but I still didn't know what to say. So, I was in no hurry to see him either. Just in case, I needed to figure it out. I needed to apologize for my stupidity. Once again, I had made a plan behind his back. A stupid plan that he would never forgive me for.

Before I could unlock the door, it opened, and Scott was standing in the doorway. He was wearing the same clothes as yesterday. Had he spent the entire night here? He tried to walk past me, but I placed my hands on his chest to stop him. He handed me the key. "Here's your key," he said without emotion. "I won't be using the library anymore."

"Did you spend the whole night here?" I asked.

"Mostly. I didn't want to interfere with you and Cisco. I owe that to Cisco. Besides, I got a lot of writing done although very little sleep."

"Don't blame Cisco," I foolishly tried to start my apology.

"I don't blame him. I know it was all you. You've been after him from the beginning." He glared at me defiantly, then turned to walk away.

"Wait Scott. I need to explain."

"What is there to explain? I'm not sure what it was that we had so briefly, but whatever it was it is obviously not what you wanted. And I realize now it was certainly not what I wanted. End of story."

"I do want what we had, I really do. It is complicated, but what I did with Cisco was for your sake. I did it to stop the feud between our families.

"I guess I'm stupid, because that makes absolutely no sense to me. Now, I'm going to do something for your sake and I'm going to keep it simple. I'm telling you to fuck-off," he shouted the last bit in my face and tried to push past me to walk away.

I pushed back and began beating on his chest with my fists. "No, no, no! It can't be like this," I cried. I laid my face on his chest and let my tears soak into his chest and hopefully into his heart. "I love you, Scott. I made a mistake. I was trying to fix things, but to hell with our families. I don't care about them anymore." I began pounding out my words on his chest. "I just care about you. I just want to be with you." I placed my cheek back against his chest. "I will go anywhere with you. I will do anything for you."

Scott just looked at me and showed no emotion. He took my wrists in his hands and slowly moved my fists away from his chest. "Zelda, I'm tired and I need to get some rest. Let me go."

"Will I see you again?" I cried as he walked away.

"Let me go, Zelda." was all he said.

When he had shouted in my face, I could see that his eyes were bloodshot. Probably from lack of sleep from spending the night in the library. I hoped that was also the reason for his refusing to speak with me. I feared I was wrong.