A Little More Us
Disclaimer: I do not own harvest moon or any of its characters, but I do own Jenifer.
ChelseaxVaughn
This story is not about how Chelsea came to be on the island. It starts in the summer of year one, with a back track to when Vaughn was five. Then the story skips to Spring 16, Year 1. And it goes from there.
Ages of characters:
Will, Lily: 25
Vaughn, Pierre, Jenifer: 24
Chelsea, Elliot: 23
Julia, Denny: 22
Mark: 21
Natalie, Lanna: 20
Chapter 1: The Crash
Vaughn's life had been torn apart. That Saturday it all changed for him. Hanging out at Jenifer's house, like he always did on the weekends. He remembered it like it was yesterday...
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Jenifer Trima was Vaughn's best friend in the entire world, and he didn't care if she was a girl. He knew that she wouldn't hurt him, or give him the 'cooties' his friends kept telling him about.
"Jen! I'm gonna find you!" yelled the 5 year-old boy. Usually this worked, and she would pipe up and say 'No you can't!' from wherever she was hiding. But not this time. She was getting smarter, he thought as he opened the dryer door with a big yank.
No Jenifer.
He had checked all the hiding spots he knew of. "Okay, I give up!" he shouted. Suddenly a girl with light purple hair, the exact color of his eyes, appeared from the bathroom.
"Bathroom closet," she told him before he could ask.
It was so much fun for him to play at her house, when her dad wasn't home, but that is a different story. "Hide and seek is fun, but I'm hungry," said Jen.
And just like magic, her mom appeared with a pizza box. "Here you are kids. Dig in, but it's hot so be careful," greeted Mrs. Trima, setting down the box and racing to get the phone, which had started ringing.
"Vaughn, how can you eat so fast? I have only eaten two bites!" questioned Jen. But before he could answer, her mom quickly told them get their shoes on and get in the car.
They did so without questioning. They did this a lot, going places that were a surprise, so Vaughn didn't think to much of it until Jen said, "Why didn't she let us finish our pizza? The park isn't closing so what is the rush?"
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Mrs. Trima pulled into the hospital parking lot, unable to believe why she was here. She would have to tell him before they went in. Jen would comfort him, she knew. She and the kids got out of the car. She stood there wondering how to tell him...
"Mrs. Trima, why are we here?" Vaughn asked, scared to death of the answer.
"Vaughn, honey," she replied coming down to his level, "your parents have been in a crash."
Now he understood. Why she had looked so worried, was now no mystery. He started crying. What would happen to him, his family? Where would he go? His sister wouldn't want him. She had run away when he was born, and already hating her parents, she hated him. His mom would never tell him that, but she didn't need to.
He started walking towards the hospital, tears rolling down his face. Jenifer quickly ran to catch up with him. Walking by his side, she grabbed his and held it. He didn't mind it. He knew it was her silent reminder that she would always be there for him. Mrs. Trima walked silently behind them until they got to the waiting room.
The hospital wouldn't let Vaughn go in to see his parents, and Mrs. Trima wouldn't let him either and therefore could not go inside herself.
After the longest 15 minutes of their lives (so far), the doctor came out, bearing bad news by the look on his face.
"I'm sorry. We did our best. There was too much damage to the spinal cord from the crash. We couldn't save her," the doctor said. "The man died upon impact."
This caused Vaughn to burst into a fit of tears and denial. Jenifer pulled him to her and comforted him the best she knew how. Mrs. Trima started to cry silently so her daughter wouldn't see or hear her. She just lost her best friend of 24 years. She couldn't help it. She couldn't think about that right now.
Vaughn had no place to go. His family lived on the other side of the country. She was not about to separate him and Jenifer, and knew what she had to do. She was his godmother. Exposing him to her husband was a downfall, but Jenifer could show him where to hide. It had to be done, no matter what it took.
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Being an animal trader had its perks but it also had its downfalls. A downfall he found very annoying was the constant interaction with people. Now that he thought about it, the only perk was being around animals.
He had been on this shipwreck island for about 15 minutes and he had already talked to everyone besides one girl, who he was now being forced to go see. The total of about 10 people had greeted him around the one-horse town.
Mirabelle had insisted he go meet the new farmer no matter how much he protested. Her daughter Julia kept telling her mom that this Chelsea girl would stop by later to see her and pick up some feed. But Mirabelle wouldn't listen, and sent him off. Knowing he would never win, he slugged off cursing his aunt.
Going up the steep hill, he started to see stalks of turnips. Looking to his left he saw a barn and a supply shed. At his right was a small house.
He walked up to the door, and listened to see if the girl was awake. There was a faint sound of scuffling so he knocked.
From inside came more scuffling and then a loud thud.
"Ow!" yelled the farmer. By the time door opened, Vaughn was very annoyed. What he was not expecting was the beautiful disaster of a woman that waited on the other side of the door. He was truly appalled.