Just How I Like You...
Chelsea's POV
I poked my fork around in my lasagne, I was pretty depressed to say I was going to be moving to a remote island (supposedly filled with hunks) to farm, yet the depression seemed to fill me, almost every corner of me. I had wanted to go into farming to get away from the city; it was just too much for me. Having to push through a swarm of rude people each day just to get to the car was too overwhelming.
My mom sat across from me her hands linked with my father who had his brows creased in thought. My sister was shovelling the food into her mouth as usual not sensing the linger of sadness in the air. My friends: Elli, Trent and Luke sat either side of me, the sadness evident on their faces.
"So... uh, the last supper I guess..." I practically whispered. Luke fumbled underneath the table and grasped my hand, squeezing it comfortingly.
He had promised to accompany me, yet most of the time I think he'll be trying to pull the girls with his 'charm'.
He had tried to 'charm' me and Elli when we first met, by telling us some corny chat up lines. Me and Elli just giggled and we were best friends ever since. I smiled at the fond memories.
Elli and Trent had met later that night and hooked up after I approached Trent at the bar. I idolised them, they were the perfect couple, a nurse in training and a doctor in training-both good looking and smart. They were what I inspired to have in a relationship. I had scored a couple of boyfriends none were really serious though, I was just looking for 'the one'.
"I guess..." My mom replied, her eyes tearing up.
I forced another forkful of lasagne in my mouth then pushed the plate away. Luke gave my hand another reassuring squeeze before letting go then standing up and clearing his and my sister's plate away. I sighed then slapped my head at them flirting with each other- Jamie was only fifteen yet Luke was pushing seventeen and yet they still had the nerve to flirt every time they saw each other. They found it hilarious whereas I just found it disgusting.
"Hey Luke, let me get them for you," My mom shouted to Luke who had disappeared into the kitchen. She stumbled after him, nearly tripping over things scattered about the room due to the misty tears that had formed in her cerulean eyes.
I grabbed the rest of the plates and dumped them in the sink, gesturing for Elli, Trent and Luke to follow me up to my room.
"Leave the door open," My father warned.
I shot him a dirty look, I know Elli and Trent were together but my father thinks 'Trent is a very sensible boy' (pfffttttt) and nothing's going on between me and Luke-much to Luke's disappointment.
We bounced up the stairs and headed into my room, I think my rooms pretty tidy for a normal 17 year old girl but Elli glanced at it in disgust. Picking our way through the clothes strewn randomly over the baby pink carpet, I plonked down on my bed. Elli reached underneath it and grabbed my collection of magazines, flicking through the worn pages that had been turned too many times. She grabbed one of the pieces of paper sticking out of it and flipped it onto the page that had a collection of pretty outfits that I longed to have yet I was too busy saving up for my own place. Elli traced her elegant, slender finger along one of the beautiful dresses that was one of my favourites.
Her mouth dropped in awe. "Do you think it'd suit my figure?" Elli questioned, her head tilting to the side cutely.
Trent gazed her up and down lovingly, "Sure it would and it would look perfect on you."
Elli blushed then pounced on Trent, hugging him and smothering him with kisses. They were just too damn cute.
"Uh, get a room you two..." Luke's face almost turned green from the sweet scene we had just witnessed.
Elli, thoroughly satisfied with embarrassing Trent, jumped back onto the bed then lay down with her hair splayed around her.
I picked a lock of her hair up then tugged it slightly, "Don't cut your hair again; you look like a dork with short hair."
Her lips formed a pout and her eyes squinted at me, "You looked worse than me!"
I threw a cushion at her head, giggling, "Don't even remind me of that!"
It was a fashion thing... Embarrassing I know...
She wacked me over the head with the cherry cushion then laughed.
"I'm gonna miss this." Trent stared at the floor, his smile replaced with a thoughtful frown.
Elli looked away her sparkling orbs filling with tears; I reached forward and grasped her arm pulling her in for a bear hug. She sobbed into my shoulder so I pushed her head up gently.
"Hey," I said softly. "Don't snot on my shoulder,"
Elli giggled, and then continued to sob into my soaking shoulder.
...
I woke up in the morning, my legs cuddled close to Elli, who was on her phone, whilst Trent was finishing some of his course work from uni at my desk. Luke was still sock on, snoring loudly in his makeshift bed-the floor. He seemed happy enough though.
I sighed, "Morning,"
"Morning!" Trent and Ellie chirped energetically.
I envied how they could be so happy and awake in the morning; normally I'm super groggy and lazy. But I suppose I would have to learn to be like that if I was going to work on a farm for the rest of my life.
I grabbed my phone from my bedside table then smiled sadly at the text messages that popped up on my lock screen from a few friends at uni saying bye. The lock screen picture that I had chosen brought back so many pleasant memories, it was of us at the student bar that time we met Luke and Trent.
"This is so bittersweet," I sighed to the couple. "While I'm excited at the prospect of meeting new friends and lads," I smirked at Elli- who giggled. "I also hate leaving you guys,"
"You make it sound as if, we're dying we can still visit you." Trent laughed.
"I suppose. Still when will that be, it could be ages? You know what Elli's like she's always forgetting stuff."
"I am still here, you know!" Elli shouted, kicking me in the shin.
We continued with talking until Luke woke up and Trent decided it was time to leave.
I trudged down the stairs and said my goodbyes to my family, my mom crying and my dad comforting her. My sister kept on telling me 'love ya bitch' earning a few disapproving looks from my mom.
We crept into the car, hesitant to go. Trent drove us to the docks in silence apart from an adorable sniffle from Elli every so often. When we arrived she grabbed my hand not wanting to let go. Her grip was so tight I failed at trying to release her hand.
"Give me a hug, Elli!"
We clasped each other not wanting to let go whilst Trent and Luke did a special handshake, boys... Then, after Elli finally released me from her death grip I hugged Trent. I and Luke then boarded the ferry, waving to our friends until they disappeared. I turned to Luke he gave me a quick hug to comfort me.
"Thanks, let's go find our rooms," I smiled at Luke, as he draped his arm around me and led me to our rooms, 103 and 104.
I then wriggled my shoulders shrugging off his arms as I unlocked my room. I tottered into the classy to dump my backpacks- filled with my special possessions. I wasn't bothering to unpack as it would only take a few hours to get to the islands.
...
The boat suddenly let out a blaring horn, signalling Sunshine Islands was in sight. I pulled myself out of my bed, removed my earphones and headed towards the deck. I saw Luke out there chatting up some cute girl; she seemed to be leaning in towards him, whispering in his ear.
"Hi," I interrupted, feeling a little awkward.
"Hey, I'm Lanna," She flicked her hair out of her face, confidently.
Luke's eyes didn't seem to leave her smirking face.
Lanna, the name seemed familiar. Where had I heard that name before? MY face seemed to be creased into a thoughtful frown, my eyebrows knitted together as Lanna helped me along.
"I used to do a couple of songs." She smirked at Luke, again.
Of course, Lanna the one with the very suggestive music video, boys had been drooling over it at uni, well Trent was more dedicated to Elli then the rest of the guys at uni so he had been a 'good little boy'- yeah, he got pretty pissed at me for saying that. Someone actually got dumped because of how he had been obsessing over it, replaying it again and again. Pfffttttt...
"I remember." I smiled at her but she just seemed to be making eyes for Luke. "Pfffttttt..."
Gradually the ferry stopped and we departed onto the sandy beach, there was two girls waiting on the beach. The blonde one smiled and waved as she bounded over but the other one seemed hesitant.
"Hi, I'm Julia! Nice to meet you all!" She greeted the three of us energetically, her curls bouncing along with her movements. "And this is Natalie!" She chirped as the shy girl carefully walked over to us, her eyes fixed on the sand.
Julia was the typical pretty girl all the guys liked; bright, big, blue eyes, naturally pouted lips and a head of blonde curls. She also seemed pretty nice, bubbly and was happy to see us even though we had never met.
Natalie was probably the typical cute girl most guys liked; big, chestnut eyes, a frown of concentration and some startlingly red hair that was cut into a pixie like bob. She was shy and basically adorable.
"Hi, I'm Chelsea, this is my friend Luke and this is..." I began, smiling at the two girls.
"I'm Lanna, no doubt you will have heard of me," She said vainly, swishing her blonde hair about.
At first I thought Lanna was pretty but to be honest she was quite plain without makeup caked on her face, but she had confidence that made all the guys stare at her in awe.
"Uh, no actually." Natalie snapped, that was unexpected... I thought a cute girl like her would be nice and polite, but I guess that just shows you can't judge a book by its cover.
"Um, hey Chelsea let's take you up to your farm." Julia quickly said, obviously trying to solve the situation and stop there from possibly being a fight. "Uh, hey Denny!" Julia gazed around then shouted this guy over.
He was unexplainable. Drop-dead gorgeous would be an understatement. He had tanned skin, brown eyes and a mess of chestnut curly hair that fell into his face charmingly. I had to concentrate so hard on not letting my mouth fall open at the mere sight of him. And his voice, it was deep and sexy and I think I'm gonna faint. Lanna obviously felt the same as she was ogling him.
"Who are these two babes then?" Denny raised his eyebrows, smirking.
"I'm Luke!" Luke decided to finally speak, earning a weird look from Denny where he raised one of his eyebrows.
"I'm Chelsea," I sighed, feeling light and clumsy.
"I'm Lanna, you must have seen my music video," Lanna smirked, flicking her blonde locks over her shoulder.
Denny smirked knowingly. I guess he was just like all the other pervs at uni.
"Denny will you please take Lanna to her house, I'm gonna show Chelsea and Luke to her farm." Julia grabbed my hand and led us up the stone path through the village.
It actually looked pretty cosy here; the houses were all clustered close by so basically everyone was neighbours. I saw people chatting together, children picking flowers, and families enjoying the beach. The town looked relatively clean with the leaves raked into a neat pile in the corner, black street lights and various flowers arranged into shapes dotted about everywhere.
I felt pretty excited to see my farm judging by the way the town looked; I had pretty high hopes for the appearance. How I was so wrong...
It was cluttered with debris and weeds, the buildings were derelict and the whole thing seemed to be in ruins.
My mouth must have dropped because Julia hung her arm around my shoulders, "I know it looks bad but we'll help fix it up for you."
Natalie gave a timid nod looking at the floor bashfully.
"Good morning, youngsters," A croaky voice called out. I spun around on the heel of my flats to see an old man leant on his walking stick, squinting at me.
"Hi Taro!" Julia beamed whilst Natalie sighed. "This is our new resident farmer, Chelsea! Chelsea, this is Taro, he's kinda like the village elder and he's Nat's grampa!" Julia responded quickly.
"Ah yes, I've heard about you. The farm needs a bit of work, but it should turn out well with some hard work. I hope you are determined and won't leave us like the last one." I shifted under Taro's firm gaze, he was obviously judging me and I know I'm not that fit but hopefully I will bulk up a bit with all the work involved. I'm babbling again...
"I'm quite strong-minded and don't give up very easily." I smiled at Taro.
"Good, I brought some tools for you so you can start the clearing process." He handed me a hoe, watering can, hammer, axe and sickle.
"Thanks," I nodded slowly, processing the information in how I would need to clear my field out.
"We're gonna take Chelsea on a tour of the islands tomorrow!" Julia chirped, bouncing up and down excitedly.
This was news to me; I guess I didn't mind my day being planned.
"Good, make sure you go to Ganon's first. We need him to fix up your barn and coop." Taro's gaze drifted towards the neglected barn and coop.
I nodded, my face creasing in thought.
"Ok, I'll see you youngsters later, Chelsea make sure you get an early night, you need to be up early tomorrow. Natalie come on, it's late." Taro gestured to Natalie, who had begun traipsing after him.
"I'd better head back to my ma; I'll see you tomorrow, Chelsea!" Julia sang, throwing her arms around me in a tight embrace.
I couldn't believe how Julia was so friendly when we had only just met earlier, what kind of a place was this? We wandered towards my farmhouse where we said our goodbyes again then I headed in.
To be honest I was pretty impressed with the interior although the exterior wasn't too promising, the inside looked pretty cosy. There was a drawer, bookshelf, tool box, beauty box, couch-where Luke had already made himself comfortable and was snoring pretty loudly- and a small kitchen all stuffed into the first room. I trailed over to the door supposedly leading to the bedroom then headed inside. My new bedroom was an en-suite with a double bed, closet and a small bedside table.
I flopped down onto my bed, exhausted from the long day of travelling, not to mention all the new information I had to remember. My mind flicked over the events of the day, over analysing each event that had happened before I drifted off in a deep sleep.
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Authors Note:
I'm really happy with the way this first chapter turned out. It feels so much better than my other story and I can't wait to carry on. The next chapter should be out fairly quickly. Please rate and review as it inspires me to continue writing and helps me with ideas although I pretty much have half the story planned out not sure on how its gonna end though.
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