Felicity disrupts the sexual tension.

You look at Alice with her knowing smirk, and some of the earlier anger at the situation melts away. You start to feel good and hopeful, like things are going to be alright actually. You may not have Sarah, but that doesn’t mean life is bad. There are other girls who are interested in you, and two of them are sitting next to you. They may not set your heart aflutter like Sarah does, but they also don’t make you feel heart-sinking pain and agony like Sarah does. Swings and roundabouts.

Though the extreme passion isn’t there, you do think Alice is extremely attractive, and you love her dearly. You feel a closeness to her that no one else in your life comes close to. You can truly be yourself with her, and she will never think less of you for it. Nor will you think less of her for being a weirdo or a dick sometimes. The intimacy that you two have is something truly beautiful, and it now warms your heart to even think of it.

And the fact that you can have sex once in a while without it being a problem is a huge plus of course,

Felicity on the other hand is someone you never really got along with because she always takes care to play the boss and keep a tough exterior. You hated that about her sometimes, especially because you feel like all your friends and colleagues put their best foot forward when it comes to Hyrule Castle. You realize very well what a special place you have here, and Felicity doesn’t need to crack the whip as often as she does. In fact, she isn’t even really the boss, she just claimed that role for herself and no one really dares to challenge her on it.

But now, finally, you can see the cracks starting to show in that exterior. For the first time ever you’re having an actual conversation with her. And it’s fun! This revelation shocks you, because you’ve always found her attractive and she has truly mesmerizing curves, but you never thought about hitting on her due to her attitude. Now that you see that there’s a different Felicity underneath all that, a floodgate opens, rushing the blood right to your crotch. Could something happen with these girls tonight? You’ve been rejected and missed out on all the other girls tonight, including your crush. But there’s still Alice and Felicity.

Alice seems to have the same idea, you can tell by the knowing look she is giving you. It feels like she’s undressing you with her eyes. You smirk at her knowingly, and take off your “Curb Your Enthusiasm” bald cap and throw it on the bar. Where you’re going, you don’t need to be bald anymore.

Then you turn to look at Felicity who has been looking at you, but quickly turns away as your eyes fall on her. She coughs awkwardly and looks at the floor.

‘Well, this has been fun, but we should close up,’ she mumbles. ‘Before it gets too late.’

‘What do you mean?’ Alice protests. ‘We are just getting into it!’

‘It’s late and… well I’m drunk…’ Felicity says uncomfortably. ‘I feel like I’ve been saying too much… stuff. This is not me. I should go.’

You suddenly realize something as she says this. Is she… a virgin? If she is… well, you will have to play this very carefully.

‘Felicity… you begin, trying to look into her downturned eyes. ‘You are always very hard on yourself, aren’t you?’

She looks up at you, a slight surprise visible on her face. Her mouth is slightly open, like she want’s to say something. But she just stays silent.

‘You know, I think it’s good to let go sometimes,’ you continue. ‘You don’t always have to be perfect. You don’t have to be the responsible one all the time. I see that you do a lot for this place, and we all love you for it, but…’ you pause, hoping that you reached some warmer part of her heart. ‘I would love to see the Felicity who lets her hair down sometimes. Tonight I’ve seen she is actually a really fun girl, even if she tries to hide it.’

From the corner of your eye you see Alice looking at you in pure amazement, probably wondering where the hell you pulled all this sappy stuff from, but you keep your eyes on Felicity.

Her mouth opens again to speak. This time words do come out. ‘I guess you’re right… I know you all think I’m a hard ass. A fun sponge. A Debbie downer…’

‘No! Not at all!’ both you and Alice protest in chorus, both lying a little.

‘We love you, we really do!’ Alice says. ‘You’re like our… mom. Our hot, sexy mama.’

A reluctant smile appears on Felicity’s face. ‘Well, the truth is… I have created a hard exterior because I… well, I’m insecure with all you beautiful girls… and the guys… I mean I’ve always been insecure, and I never… um… I’ve never -’

‘It’s okay, you don’t have to say it,’ you tell her, grabbing her hand.

From the corner of your eye you can tell that Alice’s mouth has fallen open in shock, her eyes wide and staring at Felicity as she realizes she truly is a virgin, but once the penny has dropped she quickly pulls herself together again.

‘You don’t have to worry about that,’ she says. ‘It’s just sex. People often make it out to be this big thing, you know, but really it’s very simple. You like someone, you can fuck them, or not. It’s just a nice thing to share. It can be amazing, and it can be totally shit. But it’s just sex. We don’t need to have so many hang-ups about it.’

‘ Well, I guess I made a big thing over nothing then,’ Felicity says, looking down again. ‘I wish I wasn’t so scared over it. I mean, I know it’s just sex…. But I just… I always wanted my first time to be perfect and everything…’