Hey everyone!! I'm so sorry I dropped this fic- Really, I am. But I had no inspiration... Until now. ;D But anyways, that's more personal. I am now picking up the fic to continue.. On with Chapter 3! Well, right after responding to reviews, that is. :).
.xXRuthieCutieXx. - Gray, huh? I don't know, but you can vote for him by looking at the bottom of this chapter! I've decided that's how I want to decide the father. :)
Lazy Kitsune – Thank you! I know that it's a little dissapointing that Trent isn't one of the possible fathers, but he's kinda important to other parts of the story line and that would make things a little... Akward. You'll see what I mean when we get into later parts of the story.
Mehee – Thanks! Haha, Mayor Thomas. Reminds me of all the stalker rumors on my old forum of harvest-moooners I used to hang out did have their valid points, though!
Teehee – That's an original thought! I never thought about the valley, but that would make a pretty funny outcome!
Selbe – You're awesome. Haha that sounds so creepy. But really, thanks for reading! Everyone who read it is awesome! :D
Disclaimer: I do not own Harvest Moon, or any of the Characters in this story. It all belongs to Marvelous Interactive.
And now... To Chapter 3!
"I really, really have to pee Karen."
"Uh yeeeaaaah. Go to tha bathfroom den."
I rolled my eyes. It's not uncommon for Karen to be drunk before a festival, but this might be a record. It was only 11:40, and the fireworks don't start 'till 6.
"We're at the beach. They don't have porta-potties in Mineral Town."
"Port-a-whatties?"
"Nevermind," I said, sighing. This was hopeless. I should have known better than to have a lunch picnic with Karen. She had brought, like, 7 bottles of wine. 6 of them were empty when she got here. I, on the other hand, brought tea. Tea + Pregnacy = Urinetown. And I'm not talking about the musical.
"Karen, I really got to go."
"Go where?!" She said, bewildered. I smacked my hands onto my face. My patience was seriously wearing thin.
"GO TO THE BATHROOM. PEE."
"Well you don't have to yellll." She said, seriously. I wanted to punch her in the face.
"Whatever. Where can I pee at?"
"Well," She started, her hazy eyes looking at me like I was the wasted one. "You normally would do that in a bathroom, right?" She then burst into a giggling fit and collapsed onto the sandy ground.
"I meant, where is the closest bathroom." I was going to strangle her. Just push me more, Karen. I dared. Just try.
She finally looked up from her giggle fit. "You go thereeeee." She said in a sing-song voice. I looked to where she had pointed.
"I can't go there!" I said, miserably looking at Kai's little food shack. I blinked a few times, thinking of what had happened merely a few days ago, the last time I saw Kai..
"Sure you can!" Karen said, breaking my thoughts. She grabbed me by the hand and began to drag me towards the white building.
"OW KAREN." I said as little bits of sand scraped my skin. I wonder if there's such a thing as sand burn? I thought to myself as she finally dropped my hand to open the door.
I saw Kai look up from behind the counter.
"Hi ladies!" He said with a cheesy grin. "What can I do ya for?"
"A bathroom.." I mumbled, getting up off the floor and looking down at my flipflops I had especially saved from the city especially for this festival. My toes were painted green, but chipped. I made a mental note to myself to redo them. Y'know, when I wasn't peing, barfing, sleeping and eating. Which is basically what my day consists of.
"I need to take her to the toilet." Karen hiccuped. "She pee's a lot since she got kn-"
I clamped my hand over Karen's mouth. "GOT TO GO NOW." I said loudly, ushering her and I into the bathroom.
"Whatchoo doin'?" She asked me, her head resting against the tiled wall of the ladies bathroom.
"I'm going to the bathroom, obviously." I said, annoyed, as I sat down on the stool.
"Not that I mean when you was all "WE GOTS TO GO NOW." All of a sudden like that."
"I was stopping you from saying what you know you're not supposed to say!" I said, walking over to the sink to wash my hands.
"Why can't I say anything?"
"Because I don't want people to know!"
"They're gonna notice when you get fat."
I sighed, turning the faucet off and wiping my hands off with a paper towel.
"I know, I know... But.. I really don't want people to know before then." I looked at Karen as I was throwing the paper towel into a white trashbin.
"Wha'ver." She said, giving me a very dirty look. I wondered why she was suddenly so mad.
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The sun was finally starting set, and it seemed like forever since Karen had almost spilled the beans to Kai. I took away her wine, but I have a feeling that Karen was asking Kai for drinks everytime I went to the bathroom.
"Look, there's Popuri!" Karen said, her eyes unfocused. I turned towards the stone path that lead towards the beach.
Popuri was standing at the very start of the sand, staring at us. When she saw me turn towards her, she ran over and collapsed, her pink hair, matching eyes and all.
"Hi!" She said excitedly. "I just love this festival – It's so fun! Don't you agree?" She scanned the beach quickly, and before either of us could answer, she stood back up.
"Have you guys seen Kai today?" She said suddenly. I started to shake my head, but Karen piped up.
"Yeah, I saw him earlier when we went into the bathroom. Like, five times." Karen started giggling again.
I looked over towards Kai's shack. There were people starting to come around to get places on the beach. I checked my watch. 5:40.
"Why did you go to the bathroom so many times?" Popuri asked, bewildered.
"Because Claire's pregnant."
"WHAT?!" I shot straight up, whipping sand everywhich way. I stared at Karen. How could she betray me like that?
I switched my gaze from Karen to Popuri. Her mouth was open, hanging so far open she could shove her whole fist in it. Her eyes were wide, and shifted from my face to my stomach. She seemed uncapable of saying anything.
Karen stood up, too, suddenly realizing what she had just said. Her hand was clamped over her mouth. I took my eyes off Popuri, who was still to shocked for words, and turned to glare and Karen. She knew what she had done.
"I.." Karen stared at me. "It was.. Not.. Slip of the tongue.. Claire.." She struggled for words.
"Don't." I said through clenched teeth. "Don't. Say. Another. Word." She could have told anyone – anyone – Except Popuri. Why me?
"Th-" Popuri stammered, finally recovering. "THERE'S A BABY IN THERE?!" She shouted, pointing an accusing finger right towards my stomach. All eyes turned towards us. I wrapped my arms around my stomach, my face burning. I fell back towards the sand, and covered my face with my hands.
"Claire.. I'm so sorry.." Karen said, looking sick.
Could this day get any worse?
So... What did you all think? Personally, I thought the beginning was good, but the end I'm not too fond of. But either way, what's done is done! Besides, I don't really want to have to re-write it on my birthday. :) 14 today!
Oh, and now, to decide what bachelor is the daddy.. Let's have a vote! E-mail me at cherryeverlasting(at)hotmail(dot)com and I'll tally up the votes. The voting will be up for a while, at the least probably 3-4 chapters, (Probably more) so vote away! Thanks for reading, remember to review! I love constructive critiscm, it helps me write better stories!
EDIT: I just realized a HUGE mistake in the first chapter. There's no way they would've been able to tell that she had twins so early! Well.. I can't really fix it now.. But it's fiction anyways.. So that doesn't matter, right? Haha, please overlook that error.
