Disclaimer: I do not own Harvest Moon in any way shape or form!
A/N: Hi guys I'm Eighttails and this is my first story and I'm totally open for any critique you have, just no flames please! I hope you enjoy this! This is in SI just so you know, because I like that game better. I like Velsea and other pairings too!
Chelsea had been on Sunshine Islands for almost one season, and she was doing pretty well. She had some turnips growing in her fields and had some extra gold from her other shipments of turnips. She really wanted to build a barn and chicken house so that she could start raising animals. Plus, she had made friends with most of the archipelago's inhabitants. She was going to finish watering her turnips and go and see her new friend Julia, who was the daughter of the animal shop's owner, Mirabelle.
Chelsea had grown up in Forget-Me-Not Valley and her parents were farmers too. Chelsea sighed. Her parents had passed a while ago, trying to save the farm during a typhoon, but to no avail. She was only thirteen when it happened. She smiled at the memory of her family and went on with her work.
Chelsea left Ranch Island and went into the main part of the small community that had been there when she washed up on the shores of the Sunshine Islands. She spotted another one of her friends, Natalie.
"Hey, Chelsea!" Natalie greeted as she was doing her work.
"Morning, Nat!" Chelsea waved as she went on her way, hearing Natalie yell at her brother for messing up again.
Chelsea went into the animal shop and Julia was there to meet her.
"Thank the Goddess you're here! I need your help with something!" Julia tugged Chelsea to the kitchen, revealing the mess all over.
Chelsea giggled; Julia must have made another attempt at cooking. "Julia, you know that food isn't the only way to a man's heart, especially Elliot's."
Julia sighed, tucking a blonde lock behind her ear. "I know, but I don't know what else to give him for his birthday! It's tomorrow- you know that, right? I need to get these stir-fried veggies right!" she groaned.
"Jules, you don't have to do anything to impress Elliot – he fawns over you every time you walk by. Taro thinks you're the reason he's such a klutz." Chelsea grinned.
Julia smiled. "I guess I could just take him out to the Diner or something…"
"There's an idea!"
"Well, since I have that all figured out, there's this mess to clean up and you just so happen to be here…" Julia looked at Chelsea hopefully.
"Jules…"
"Please?"
"Fine, but you totally owe me one."
"Yay!"
It took minutes to put the leftover ingredients away, but it took almost an hour to get the burnt bits off the frying pans.
"Jules, what did you use to fry these?"
"Um, oil? I left the room for a few minutes because my mom was out and the phone rang and…"
"Jules!" Chelsea groaned, but she wanted to laugh at the other girl for being so forgetful.
"I'm sorry! It's just that the call took a while because my cousin is coming to the Islands to do business and that we had to set up a schedule for him to come here and go back to the city every week." Julia sighed.
"You don't sound too excited about him coming." Chelsea wondered what kind of guy Julia's cousin was for Julia not to like him.
"He's kind of a downer, I mean, he never went to any school parties or dances, and he would just sit in a corner at my birthday parties!" Julia frowned.
Chelsea laughed. "You're holding a grudge over a bunch of parties? How old are you again?"
"It's not funny, Chels!" Julia pouted.
"Alright, I get it. There, I'm done cleaning. I gotta go now, I think I have just enough money for a chicken coop."
"That's great, Chels! 'Cause my cousin's gonna be the animal dealer here. Come by tomorrow morning an I'll introduce you." Julia said.
Chelsea was very happy at the moment – she was going to get her very own chick shortly! "Sounds good! I'll see you tomorrow!" and with that, Chelsea went out the door to finish the day's work, excited to meet Julia's cousin, even if he was a downer.
