Farmer's Daughter
Chapter 4 - Approved
(Gilbert's POV)
I sat in the living room, clicking through the channels on T.V. like I had been doing for the past thirty minutes. I occasionally found something good on, but it ended up being about some couple who argued and, in the end, got back together. I laid my head back against the couch, wanting to kill myself. This wasn't what I wanted at all. I couldn't help but talk to a pretty girl when I saw one! That...that was one of the reasons I talked to Carly in the first place! Now she was pissed at me...and I didn't know why.
Everyone had found out too. Carly's parents, brother, the brunette Carly, Ludwig, Katja, Berwald...everyone. I wanted to make everything right again, but didn't know how. Why'd she have to be so sensitive? Or was it that I was a fool for hugging her and leading her on...then flirting with someone else? I was just so confused by this feeling I had.
I shut the T.V. off and leaned forward, my face in my hands. I just...had no idea what I was going to do today without spending time with that girl. She was what made my day complete, what made my day fun, what made me happy...and now she was mad at me.
"Gilbert?"
I looked up, smiling. "Carly?!"
"A bit off," the girl said, who I had now seen was Katja. She walked over to me and handed me a small mug, which I gladly took and held to my face. It was warm and smelt like rich chocolate. Just what I needed right now.
"Vhy are you even talking to me und giving me drinks? I zhought you vere mad at me like everyone else?"
She shrugged, then frowned. "I am pretty fucking pissed at you Gilbert, so I came to ask you why you did it."
I bit my lip and set the hot chocolate down, shaking my head. "I don't knov...I vas so lost in her appearance und...zhen I sav anozher pretty girl. Carly alvays...pushes me avay und doesn't like to be shovn love or affection. She never accepts my compliments, und she's only hugged me back once! I've tried to hug her at least tvice! I mean...I try to be nice..."
"She's sensitive you know. You can't just pretend you like her, then go off with some pretty girl...and you know that too!"
"I-I...n-no I didn't knov! I-I didn't knov she vas sensitive about zhat stuff!"
"Shut up, Gilbert! Come on! Who wouldn't get upset?! Hell, if Ludwig ever flirted with another girl in front of me, I would break down in tears! I would do what she did, tell him he was a selfish bitch and not give a fuck when he came home!" She yelled at me, standing up and getting in my face.
I shook my head, my eyes getting wide. Before I could speak, she was going off on me once more.
"And you will go apologize to her! She's out in the back feeding the chickens! Get your damn lazy ass up and go!" She yelled, picking me up and handing me my hot chocolate, then shoved me out of the living room.
I sighed and didn't bother getting my shoes. I walked outside in my bare feet, feeling the dry grass rub against the bottom. I walked around for a little while, drinking out of the cup and looking for her beautiful face. It was the only thing I needed to see today, just something to make me smile.
"Gilbert?"
My eyes got wide and I froze in my path. I slowly turned around and waved at the girl I met yesterday, who I'd forgotten I invited over to watch a movie and hang out.
"Oh that is you! It's me! I came right on time like you said to!"
I frowned at first, thinking about how she totally just messed up what I was going to do. I then smiled, trying to hide back the guilt I now felt for inviting this girl over. I held my hand out, signaling for her to come over. "Come here, frau. I vill shov you around zhe farm today instead. I...uhm, zhere vere no good movies I could find to vatch. So ve can hang out around zhe farm instead, ja?"
She nodded at me, swaying her hips as she walked over. For the first time, I didn't smile or find it sexy, mainly because she wasn't who I wanted to be shaking her hips. She stood in front of me and looked down, then back up at my face. "Why are you barefoot, now?"
"I-I...uhm my shoes are in zhe house, und I vas lazy. Ve valk around barefoot all zhe time anyvay. Is zhat a problem?" I accidently said with a bit of harshness in my voice.
She shook her head, frowning. "I never said it was! I'm sorry! Uh, should we go now?"
I sighed and nodded, turning around and starting to walk to the back of the field.
We walked around the fields and into some of the barns, me telling her what either grew in certain places or what animals stayed where. She tried to make a move on me several times, but I ignored it every single time. She sometimes seemed frustrated at me, but I could care less right now.
We finally made our way to the very back of the farmland, where the horses were. I whistled and all four horses came running out of the large barn. They all came galloping together, huffing and shaking their heads.
"Did you teach them that?"
I shook my head. "No, I vork for a family. Zheir daughter has taught zhem...zheir daughter..."
"What about her?" She quickly asked.
"Vhat about her? Oh vhere do I start..." I sighed, leaning against Black Mist, which made me think of Carly even more. "Her long blonde hair...usually put up, never dovn! Vhen ve talked a few days ago, she told me she hates vearing her hair dovn because it apparently doesn't look good, but she looks great in anyzhing! Like vhen she vears zhose cut off shorts...und her tank tops...und zhen vhen she vears-"
"I get it, Gilbert!"
I covered my mouth realizing what I just did. "Er, sorry frau. She's not interested in me anyvay. Vhich means you get me all to yourself..."
She smirked and pet one of the horses, this one completely white. "What's it's name?"
"Zhat one is a female, und her name is Magic! Because it reminds Carly of a unicorn!"
The girl glared at me, which caused me to fake a cough. "I mean, zhe ovner's said it vas like a unicorn..."
"Thought so. Now...I was meaning to ask you!" She started, turning towards me and grabbing my hands. The horses galloped away and back into the barn as she spun me around, looking up and smiling at me.
"Vhat is it, frau?"
"There's a party going on at a barn right down the road Friday night. I wanted to know if you wanted to go hang out there, then maybe head back to my place where there aren't as many people...and you know, have some fun together?"
I blanked out suddenly, staring past the girl's face.
"...Gilbert? So what do you say? Wanna come party with me?"
"Hot damn..."
She raised an eyebrow, "Hot damn what?"
I blinked a few times, quietly whispering, "She looks so sexy..."
The girl turned around to look at what I was. Carly.
She was kneeling down, smiling and laughing. She had her hand held out to one of the chickens, giggling every time it would peck her hand and take food from it. She had on the cut off shorts I said I loved so much on her, and a pair of bright red cowgirl boots.
Best of all, she was wearing my sweatshirt.
I threw the girl off of me and started to run towards her, looking back once and yelling, "Aussteigen meine bauernhof, schlampe!"
I threw my arms in the air and ran up to Carly, throwing them around her and picking her up. I swung her around in a small circle, then set her on the ground in front of me. She looked at me with big eyes. I saw her raise her arms to push me away, so I squeezed her against my chest and kissed her.
She was shocked at first, like she didn't want it. The longer I left my lips on hers though, the more comfortable she got to it. Soon, her hand was nicely placed on my jawline, kissing me back. I smirked and started to deepen the kiss, pushing her backwards and onto the fence of the chicken coop. She played along, pressing my body against hers more.
That's when I knew I wanted a whole lot more.
I licked her lips, but before she could let me in, I shoved my tongue inside her mouth. She squeaked and parted from me, looking up at me with a questioning gaze. I smirked and moved my head down, starting to kiss her neck. I heard her let out a small moan, then she pushed me off.
She was shaking her head, her face completely red. I laughed and asked her what was wrong.
"Y-You...just...Gilbert d-don't do this..."
I smirked and hugged her again, resting my forehead on hers. "But vhy, liebe? I need you so badly..."
"A-And I don't need you! Get off me!" She yelled, pushing me back again, but further this time. "Go back to that girl...I see her waiting for you over there..."
I looked over at the horses to see the girl standing over there, her arms crossed and her foot tapping on the ground. I was shocked she was still even there. I then remembered...she doesn't speak German. She didn't know what I said earlier!
Carly turned away from me, yanking out of my grasp on her arm. "Go back to your country slut, since you like them so much..."
I shook my head wildly, looking at her again. I felt my face heat up as I saw her take off her hat to reveal her beautiful blonde hair under it. Her face now shined in the heat of the day, her eyes bright and now looking at me. I softly smiled at her, sighing and staring into those blue-gray eyes I love. She blushed hard and set her hat on the ground for a minute, standing up. "What's your problem?"
"I have no problem, frau...but if I did have one, it vould be zhat you are alvays on my mind...und you just von't leave it!"
She bit her lip and pushed me again, this time turning me around first. "Go away, bitch!"
I smirked and did as she told me, walking away and back to the other girl. When I got up to her, she raised her hand, and right before it hit my face and I grabbed her wrist and shook my head. "I vouldn't do zhat. See zhat girl over zhere? Zhat's Carly. She see's you have slapped me und you are going to be up against a girl who can haul about ten pounds of hay und push a tractor if she had to."
The girl's hand started shaking as she lowered it. "Well then why the hell did you just try to get it on with her?!"
"Because she's zhe one I vant, frau! I just bring zhese girls home to satisfy my need for her!" I proudly told her, grinning as I did.
"S-So I was just used?"
"When's zhat party again, frau?"
"Friday night, why?"
"Ja, I used you. Bye!" I waved, walking off again and back to Carly.
By now, she had her hat filled with bird food and had it sitting in front of her on the ground. All the chickens had gathered around her and were eating out of it, fighting over who would get what piece. She was frowning and watching them, which caused me to frown too. I still didn't get why I felt like this for someone, but a part of me liked it. The other part told me that this was going to be a huge mistake, but the part that liked it was also the part that didn't care about the part that said it was a mistake. It was all too confusing for me, really, but right now, all that was on my head, was I want.
I walked up behind her and bent down, wrapping my arms around her stomach again. I sat down on the ground like she was, but spread my legs and pulled her between them and against my chest. I rested my head on hers and rubbed her stomach. "Oh liebe...vhy are you so beautiful...?"
She seemed calm at the moment for some reason. I loved how she could be angry at me one minute, and then happy with me the next. It was another thing that made me want her.
She lightly shrugged, "I don't know...I didn't know I was...really..."
I chuckled and pulled her tighter against my chest, resting my head on her shoulder now, turning it so my face was in her neck.
"Gilbert...what are you doing...?"
"Trying to prove to you zhat I'm not vhat you zhink I am...zhat I make mistakes, but I still vant to be your man..."
She sighed and blushed, leaning back against me. She brought her legs to her chest and turned to the side, bringing finger up to my chest and drawing a heart on it. I smiled and thought of something she might like me to say to her, then I remembered something.
"Hey liebe...you like country music, ja?"
She nodded silently.
"You like Jason Aldean und Darius Rucker...jaaa?"
She gave me a strange look, "Who the hell did you find that out from?"
I grinned at her, "I like to listen to you sing in your room, liebe. You have such a beautiful voice it amazes me!"
She blushed and hid her face into my chest, not replying to what I said. I took the chance to lean down after a good chuckle, purring and singing in her ear, "I don't think of you everyday and night...I got things to do, yeah I'm doin' alright. So I can't explain why in times like these...I nearly go insane when you're not here with me..."
She gasped and sat up, blushing hard. "G-Gilbert! H-How...how do you even?!"
"I like to find zhe vays to impress you, my dear. Zhis seems to be one, ja?"
She nodded fast and giggled, but then looked up at me and frowned.
"Vh-Vhat's wrong again, frau?"
"Gilbert...I can be totally honest with you and...tell you I like you."
I smiled at her. Those were the three words I wanted to hear from her beautiful lips. I like you. "Und vhy is zhat so bad?"
"Because if you want to date me, you better go through my dad first."
Now I wasn't so happy. She just told me she liked me, and I had the feeling that...I really liked her too, or had some sort of weird feelings for this girl. Now I had to go through her parents? I had already screwed up once and tried to flirt with her mother! Now I had to go talk to her dad and get an approval to date her?
I could tell tonight was going to be a long night.
I took a deep breath in my room, trying to relax. It was around ten o'clock at night and everyone, but me, had gone to bed. Everyone but me and Carly's father of course. Carly had told me that he stays up watching the road till around half past ten. It took me forever to finally get the courage, but I wanted to get this over with and talk to him about dating his daughter.
I started to head downstairs in some jeans and loose button up shirt, hoping that I looked nice enough to him. I creeped through the hallways and down the last flight of stairs, opening the front door once I snuck through the kitchen. I hopped out, shutting the door tightly and quietly. I then turned around and looked about for her dad.
I spotted him sitting in a lawn chair under an apple tree, relaxing and drinking some water.
I slowly walked over, playing with the bottom of my shirt, trying to figure out what I would say. What if he said I couldn't? What if he started getting mad at me for even wanting to?! Oh now I was terrified!
"Gilbert?"
I squeaked and looked up at her father, who was right in front of me, sipping his water bottle. He had a serious look on his face, still sitting in his lawn chair. When I didn't say anything, he chuckled and patted down in the seat I saw was beside him. "Sit with me, son."
I smiled nervously and quickly did as he said. He held out an unopened water bottle to me, but I shook my head. "I'm not zhat zhirsty, sir. Nein danke."
He smiled and put the bottle back down on the ground beside him, then looked out at the road again as a car passed by. "So, what are you doing up this late?"
"I could ask you zhe same zhing, sir. Zhough I am glad you are up actually! I...I, uhm, needed to talk to you about some zhings..."
He looked over, his face straight. I was starting to think that Berwald dressed up as her father. He had long hair for a farmer, that was a strawberry blonde and reached his shoulders. He was dressed in some lazy shorts, with a t-shirt on and his sweatshirt over it. He had on a baseball cap backwards, and his legs crossed, feet bare like mine. "What do you need?"
"I...vell I vanted ask you about your daughter..."
He smirked and looked forward again, "What about her?"
"I vant to take her und let her be mine! I vould like her to be mein girlfriend!" I told him with confidence, smiling proudly.
"No."
I gasped and frowned, biting my lip. "V-Vhat? Vhy not?"
"Don't think I don't know what you did. We all do, including my wife. She doesn't think you're right for her. I don't either...but then again..." He sighed and looked down at the ground, "what kind of man comes to the girls father if they don't want her?"
"Vell she told me to come to you if I vanted to be viz you, so I decided to take up zhe offer...b-because I didn't vant to date her und zhen have her parents make us break up, leaving her upset. I don't like seeing her upset! It makes me upset!" I admitted to him, clasping my hands together.
"I don't want to hear it."
"I-I can tell you about her too! Uhm...vhere do I start? Her favorite color is orange, she loves frogs too! She told me vhen she vas younger she asked for one, but you und her mutti said nein because zhere vas no vhere to keep a frog! Und...und she loves basketball! She's alvays vatching it viz her mutti, because she loves it too! She told me zhat before she got out of school und you all moved, zhey used to go to games all zhe time! Hmm...und zhen she told me zhat she loves stuffed animals! So for her birzday, vhich is zhe tventy sevenz of October, I vas going to get her an orange frog! Do you zhink she'd like zhat? Und maybe, I'd take her out to dinner and pop in some Darius Rucker or Jason Aldean, because zhey are her favorite country music singers, und maybe...uhm, vell give her a kiss or somezhing?" I finally finished, with a slight blush on my cheeks. I looked at him with hopeful eyes. Right now, all I wanted was to be with her. She was something I finally realized I just needed to have in my everyday life...and not just to talk to and see, but told hold and kiss. To make me feel better and to make smile because I'm who she wants to be with.
I just prayed he'd change his mind.
"Well...you're sounding a bit too determined for Carly...you really want to date her? Could I really trust you?"
I nodded like crazy, flailing my arms. "J-Ja! Yes! A million times yes!"
He smiled at me, and after a minute, he nodded. "Then she's all yours."
I jumped up, wanting to scream of happiness. I took his hand firmly and shook it like crazy. "D-Danke sir! Zhank you so much!"
He laughed and shoved me off, "Yeah, yeah! Go now! She's probably still awake in her room anyway!"
I nodded and ran off towards the house again. I couldn't believe after saying no, he told me I could date her! I could have Carly all to myself! I couldn't wait to tell her either!
I ran into the house and slammed the door, bolting upstairs and to the third floor. I ran down the hall and then stopped quietly in front of her room. I knocked twice, calling out, "Liebe, it's Gilbert! May I come in?"
I heard her groan from inside, causing me to chuckle and then slide open her door slowly. I looked over at her, laying under her covers and snuggling something. I quietly shut the door after walking in, then snuck my way over to her bed.
She had a double bed, bigger than mine. It must have been because she lived here and it was her family who owned the farm.
I smiled and pulled the covers up, shredding my shirt and rolling my pants up, then climbed into bed beside her and pulled the covers back over. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her against my chest, causing her to wake up and jump. I chuckled slightly, then whispered in her ear, "Hallo, liebe...sleeping vell?"
She shivered in my arms, then turned her head. "I-I...guess so..."
"Vell...guess vhat?"
She was silent for a minute, and I'd thought she'd fallen back asleep. But then she turned her body around and was facing me, her blue-gray eyes big and looking up into my red ones. I felt my face heat up as she squeaked out, "What?"
"Your vati said zhat ve can be togezer."
She gasped and bit her lip, trying to hide a smile. I grinned down at her and kissed her forehead. "I vant you so badly liebe...you just struck me! I don't like feeling zhis vay!"
"Th-then why do you?" She whispered.
I frowned and laid my head on hers, causing her to look up at me and deep into my eyes. "Because I like zhis feeling...I don't vant it, but I like it so much...I vant to keep feeling zhis vay...it's...kind of complicated, but don't let it get to you."
She smiled and nodded, then closed her eyes and laid her head on my chest. I gasped and shook my head, poking her side. She jumped and looked back up at me with a mean face. "What was that for?!"
"I vasn't done yet! I can't just assume you are mine!" I told her, frowning.
She frowned back and shrugged. "Well...I mean...I wasn't lying when I said I liked you but...after what you did to me..."
"Aw liebe...I am so sorry...please believe me...zhat vas just vhat I used to do! Zhen vhen I came to zhe farm...you hit me! Like a hurricane or a snow storm! You just got to me und I drop kicked zhat girls ass once I sav you...in mein sveatshirt...oh liebe zhat vas so sexy..."
"W-What?!"
I nodded at her, smirking and lifting her arm up, revealing that she was still wearing the sweatshirt. "Zhis is mine. Didn't you knov zhat?"
She shook her head wildly, "N-No! I thought it was my brothers...uhm...I'm sorry...I-I-"
"Shh! Nein, you look beautiful in it...don't be sorry..."
She blushed and looked away, hiding her face in her shoulder. I smiled softly, placing a hand on her cheek and turning her head towards me. "Liebe, vill you be mein girlfriend?"
Her face turned completely red as she let out a small gasp. I grinned nervously at her, praying to God she'd say yes.
"I-I...of course...yes!"
I hugged her tightly, burying my face in her neck. She laughed and then hiccuped, which caused her to giggle again. I kissed her neck over and over until she pushed me off and away from her neck. She gave my lips one sweet kiss, then cuddled into my neck. I felt her beautiful breath in my neck and I knew she was tired and ready to sleep. I rubbed her back gently, resting my cheek on her forehead. "Goodnight, beautiful frau...sleep vell."
Her breath into my neck again was the last thing I heard before I fell asleep with her in my arms.
