Author's Blurb: Well, howdy ya'll. Nano here. This is my first Fanfic, so I guess I should go through with the whole disclaimer. I don't own Chelsea, Vaughn, or anything having to do with HM: IOH. End of story. I just own the fanficcy and a copy of the game! Wheee!

Another day, another duty to fulfill. Same old stuff on Sunny Island. It seemed not much had changed in the years since Chelsea, Taro, and rest had come to the island. Well. Except for the fact that she was very, very pregnant. She was nearing the last ten days of her pregnancy, and she felt as big as a house.

Vaughn watched his wife with a grin as she got out of bed. Despite her complaints of being unattractive now, he couldn't help but disagree. In his eyes, she was all the more beautiful, being heavy with his child. He chuckled, breaking the silence in their room, and making her stop in her tracks. "Going somewhere, Chels?" He asked.

Chelsea sighed. She had been trying to sneak out. Once they discovered she was pregnant, Vaughn had been hard set against her going out to work the farm, lest she hurt herself or the baby. He'd gone so far as to have Mark take the reigns on the farm, despite rather disliking the easily excitable ex-rival. Mark had agreed, but only for Chelsea's sake.

"Hehe, just going out to check the cows, love." Chelsea said, rubbing the back of her head. Vaughn rolled his eyes, and got out of bed. He walked over to her, and took her hand. "How about no..." he said. "I'd rather not risk your health or the baby's. Let Mark handle all of that, okay?" He said, as he pulled her into his arms.

Chelsea looked up at him. "But... Pleaaaaase?" She pleaded. She missed being able to work. Vaughn shook his head. "Chelsea, absolutely not." He said, giving her a stern look. She pouted.

"But."

"No."

"But Vaaaaaaaaaaaaughhn..."

"Not happening..."

"But I looooooove you..."

"And I love you to, but no."

"Pleeeeeeeeeease, a thousand times over?"

"No. One million times over. No."

"Meany..."

Vaughn frowned. "I'm not mean... Well... Not to you... I'm just... protective. I'd be miserable if something happened to you or the baby because you pushed yourself out there. Not to mention the animals." He explained. Chelsea frowned.

"The animals?" She asked. She couldn't picture any of them hurting her. Most of those animals, she had owned since she had her barn built by Gannon. She couldn't imagine a single one of them harming her, just as she couldn't picture harming a single hair on one of them.

Vaughn sighed. "Chelsea, take it from me. I know all too well from my career... Even the most docile animals can strike out with no warning." He said. They had discussed this once a day everyday since they had found out she was pregnant.

Chelsea pouted some more, but finally sighed. "Alright..." She said. Vaughn smiled. He only smiled for her. In truth, his attitudes towards people hadn't changed much. But she was different. Something about Chelsea had always drawn him to her. Even when at first he pretended to be disinterested.

Admittedly, there had been ups and downs (a lot of downs), since they had met, and she wasn't exactly good for his heart-health, because of her sometimes clumsy nature. But he loved her.

He just wished she knew how to practice common sense. He nearly had a heart attack each time he found out she overworked herself in the mines and collapsed. Or overworked herself on the farm and collapsed. Or ran around too much and collapsed. Or fished too much and collapsed. Or, well... did anything too much and collapsed.

But her determination was also part of what so thoroughly charmed him about her. She wasn't like the other girls on the island. Sure Chelsea lacked common sense, unlike Sabrina, but he didn't care.

Suddenly Vaughn was pulled from his thoughts by a sigh from Chelsea. He looked down her, in his arms. She looked tired. "Go lay down." He ordered. She sighed. "But I don't wanna..." She said, ever the contrary one.

Vaughn sighed. "I didn't want to do this, but..." He picked her up, and walked her to the bed. He placed her down. "Rest." He said. She hated when he carried her off like that, but sometimes it was just necessary to get her to cooperate. She was so ornery.

She glared at him. "You're no fun!" She said, sticking her tongue out at him. She could be quite childish at times.

Vaughn just chuckled. "Am too. Just kind of hard to be fun when you're pregnant love." He said, making an innuendo out of that. It had long since been revealed to Chelsea that Vaughn did have a sense of humor (albeit, a rather adult one).

Chelsea blushed. She threw a pillow at him. "Dirty old man!" She called, with a smirk. She often called him that when he made comments like that.

Vaughn caught the pillow and blinked. "Old man? I'm only two years older than you..." He said. "And by no means am I dirty. I took a bath last night." He added. "Now, get some sleep, and when you wake up, I'll be here." He said.

Chelsea sighed. "Fine... You'd better be..." She said. Since she had gotten pregnant, she had become quite opposed to being alone for any length of time. And with that, she pulled the covers over herself, and drifted off.

Vaughn sat down and watched over her as she slept, afraid that if he blinked just even for a second, that girl that had been the best thing to ever happen to him would disappear, like almost every other good thing in his life had.

He was no stranger to loss, having lost his parents at a tender age, but on the day that he had married her, he had vowed to her that he would protect her so long as he lived. But that vow had been made to himself months before, when he realized he had fallen for her. He would not lose her. Not her. He could bear to lose anything else, but just not the girl... Or his and her child. He would extend his vow to their child as well.

Author's Blurb: Well, there ya go. That's the first chapter. Review if you like it, because I typically don't keep going past one or two chapters if it's not well received. I'd like to think I didn't do so bad for my first time writing in canon, outside of roleplays. But I guess ya'll can be the judge of that one, huh? Well, happy readings, and don't forget to review! XP