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A barely audible moan emitted from Chelsea's lips as she gradually regained consciousness. She heard a distant chatter above her and listened closely.
"… All I'm saying Will, is that she is totally Denny-worthy dating material" said a voice, she assumed belonged to Denny.
"First of all Denny, she isn't even awake yet and you're planning to hit on her… that's just pathetic. Second of all, I don't think that Lanna would approve?" a regal, but not pompous voice said.
"What Lanna doesn't know won't hurt her" Denny said.
"Lanna doesn't know what?" a cheerful voice said.
Chelsea decided to help the poor guy out and started to stir over dramatically.
"W-W-Where am I?" Chelsea said in a fake-quavering voice that was completely Oscar worthy.
"My dear maiden, I am William Terry Louis Andrew Carrick Jonathan Dredge Hams Reading Roger Southwark Alwick Plymouth Junior Regison III, but you can call me Will.
"Thank you for that lovely introduction, but I do believe that you nary answered my question" Chelsea said in her best mock British accent.
Will blushed a deep scarlet and Denny sniggered loudly, obviously enjoying Will's discomfort.
"Don't mind Will, he's not as good with the ladies as I am. You, my precious stranded chick, are on the Sunshine Islands. You probably are wondering who this" he gestured to himself, "amazingly handsome man is. The name is Denny, but you… can call me anything you like."
"Don't mind him, he's such a joker. I'm Lanna by the way, I used to be a former pop star you know" Lanna gushed.
Chelsea nodded and acted like she knew exactly who Lanna, the ex-signer was. Will cleared his throat dramatically.
"I believe that your name is still a mystery to us. And I would much appreciate to hear your real voice rather than your sad attempt to mock my sexy accent" Will joked playfully.
Chelsea chuckled, or she tried to. It came out more like a manly choke, due to the salt water that had entered her lungs when she almost drowned. Wow that's attractive Chelsea; I bet all the guys will love your sexy chain smoker giggle!
"I'm Chelsea, ummm I'm from the city and left for personal reasons… and that's about it I guess" Chelsea said in a, as predicted, chain smoker-like voice.
"What is Chelsea supposed to do now! Where is she even going to live!" Lanna wined and pouted childishly.
"You could always live with me Chelsea! I'll show you a good time on these islands" Denny said with a suggestive wink and wiggled his eyebrows.
"OR… we could accompany her to Taro's abode and inquire if she can take over the abandoned farm" Will suggested.
"Sounds like a plan Will" Chelsea said enthusiastically.
"You guys go ahead, Denny and I will stay back and ummm errrrrr…" Lanna scrambled to think of a good excuse to stay behind.
"Errr, okay. We'll just be going now…" Will said awkwardly and stood there with Chelsea.
Lanna and Denny turned around to walked away, but not before Denny cast a helpless glance back at Will and Chelsea and mouthed HELP ME.
Chelsea giggled and Will chuckled as well.
"Well, my fair maiden" Will said in an overly valiant voice, "Let us go onward."
She raised a curious eyebrow in his direction, but walked with him anyway. After an awkward silence, Chelsea felt the need to break it with the first thing that came to mind.
"Are you rich? Because you kind of sound like it" she blurted out.
"That is an odd question Chelsea" he glanced and saw her shrug nonchalantly but also noted the faint color that had risen to her cheeks, "But yes, my father is wealthy, therefore I too am wealthy, even if I don't want to be."
"You sound a bit resentful of him, am I right?" She pressed.
"You are quite perceptive Chelsea. You are correct; he is partly the reason why I fled to these beautiful islands. But I also fled my home because I did not want to take over the family business."
"Why wouldn't you want to take over? Doesn't money mean success?" Chelsea asked, furrowing her brows in confusion.
"Success means nothing without someone to share it with" Will said in a dream like voice.
Chelsea was about to press him for more details, but they had arrived at their destination, Taro's house.
"Thanks for showing me around Will…" Chelsea said gratefully, reaching for the doorknob with trembling hands.
"Nervous?" Will questioned.
Chelsea stood up straighter, rolled her shoulders back, and looked at him with a new fierce confidence in her eyes.
"Me, pssssh, never!" Chelsea exclaimed.
And with that, Chelsea boldly strode into the elderly farmer's abode to see what the Sunshine Islands had to offer her.
