Chapter 4 Incompatible?

I went back to my farm, back in my house, to my bed. I was crying. Just crying. I couldn't help myself. I had to. My emotions just….went haywire. I was too crazy to do anything else. I just fell asleep, too twisted in my emotions.

I awoke the next day, not to my alarm but to a knock on the door. I couldn't wake my puppy since it was really early so I answered the door. There was nobody but a note. I couldn't make out whose writing it belonged to but all I knew is that it said:

Claire

I opened it. I got the shock of my life. This is what it said:

Claire,

Please meet me at the clinic after 6pm.

-Trent

I really don't want to see him. Not after what I did to him yesterday. It made me feel bad, just running away from his place like a fool. I just left the note there and did my farm work as usual. I looked in my fridge. I was running out of supplies. I took a leisurely walk to the supermarket. I got the stuff I needed and paid for it. I was about to leave when I heard something. Someone groaning in pain. I turned around. It was Jeff.

"Jeff, did you take your medication, today?" I asked hastily.

"No, I ran out. C-could you- " he said before another groan come from his mouth.

"I'll be right back" I said while leaving my groceries there to go to the clinic.

When I got to the clinic, I hesitated before opening the door. I went straight to Elli's desk.

"Elli!"

"Claire, what's wrong?"

"Jeff….Supermarket….Pain" I said loosing my voice so suddenly.

"Did he take his medication?!?" she asked hastily while she went to get the medication.

"He said he ran out" I said after a few seconds of calming myself down.

"Right, could you go get Trent?" she said.

"Uhhh….ok." I said, hesitating before I replied.

I knocked on Trent's door, rather quickly. He suddenly opened the door, with a smile on his face.

"Trent, now isn't the time to smile" I said really quickly.

"Why?" he pouted.

"Because…..JEFF IS IN PAIN!" I shouted, losing my emotions.

"Oh." That's all he said before I left.

I ran back to the supermarket. By the time I got there, Elli already has given him his medication and had given him another bottle. I took my groceries and left, towards the inn. I wasn't in a good mood so I couldn't be bothered cooking. I entered the inn and went to the counter.

"Hey, Doug, could I have a salad and a sandwich, please?"

"Sure, Claire."

"Ann!"

"Claire, what do you want?"

"Could you get someone to take care of my farm for a week?"

"Right, but why?"

"I need a holiday; I'll be back next Thursday at the latest. If anyone asks where I am, tell them I haven't left but on vacation." I said.

Ann just nodded. When Doug came back, I started to eat, rather quickly. When I finished, I went to my farm and started to pack. After that, I didn't consider talking to Trent anymore. I needed to be away from him. I also wanted to see Jill. I left during the afternoon, unseen because I didn't want too many people to know I was going away for a week.

Two days later…

"Jill! Skye! Anybody home?" I asked when I came back from my errand.

"Claire, I'm over here" I heard Jill say.

Jill was already married to Skye and they were expecting. I decided to help because she knew that Skye couldn't do anything and that Skye had forbidden her to do anything until the baby was born. They expected her to be born on Monday, so I offered to do the work on that day, missing out on the birth. I didn't mind.

"Claire, can you do me a favour and send this to Lumina?" Claire said.

"Sure" I said.

I already knew everyone's names because I used to come here when I was young. Everybody remembered me, even after all these years. I told Jill that Chelsea was already married and had a kid called Claire. She had thee same idea as I did. She thought that it would be called Cheryl. I went to Lumina's mansion, which was actually Romana's but I called it that because it was easier to remember.

"Claire, what brings you here?" Lumina asked when I knocked on her room's door.

"Jill told me to give something to you." I said while I was giving the package to her.

"Oh, this must be my scarf." Scarf, what scarf? Better not ask.

I left her room and went back to my room in the inn. This happened for the next few days until Wednesday morning.

Jill had a boy. They named him Charles. I didn't know why, but knowing my friend, it wouldn't be wise to ask. I was on my way back to Jill's since she told me to stay there since Monday so I could help until Wednesday. I was getting grasses to help with the shipping. Well, as I was saying, I was on my way back when I bumped into Elli.

"Claire!" she said.

"Elli? What brings you here?" I asked.

"It's Wednesday, dummy."

"Wednesday, damn, I lost track of time."

"Well, we've been worried about you. I had asked Trent to write you a note saying to come to the clinic at 6pm. When you didn't turn up, I was on my way to your place but I saw Ann. I asked her where you were. She said you were going on a vacation and that you had already left. You didn't say where you were going. She said you were going to be back on Thursday." She said in one of those "motherly" tones.

"We?"

"Oh, then you must be here with Trent." I continued on.

"Yes, he's busy now, but if you go to the Goddess Pond after 1pm, he'll be there." Elli said.

"If you need me, I'll be on Jill's farm, Elli" I said, waving to her and running back to Jill's farm.

"See you, Claire."

I stopped. "Oh yeah, Elli, don't tell Trent I'm here." I said with a smirk on my face.

"I'll try not to" That's all she said before leaving me.

I went back and looked after all of Jill's animals. I watered all her crops and the crops in their basement. I mean, who has crops in their basement? Well, Jill does and it's random. I went to her kitchen and made a sandwich for myself and ate it. I ran around town, doing all of Jill's errands. I looked at my watch. It said:

12:30pm

I went back to Jill's house, changed and took a shower and looked at the kid for a while. Jill was sleeping and Skye was reading a book. The boy had brown hair and emerald eyes. I walked outside. I walked out of the farm and towards the Goddess Pond. By the time I got to the hot springs, it was already 1:30pm because I walked really slowly. I walked pretty silently but my "silent" walks were like running. I saw a blob of black and a white coat. The man's hands were in his pockets and it looked like he was thinking. I walked and walked until the weather cursed me. There was a huge gust of wind and a branch fell.

"OUCH!" I shouted. He turned around.

"Uhhh…" Even though my head was in pain, I could still feel my face heat up and her heart flutter like crazy.

He stood there, shocked. I was there, trying to minimize the pain by rubbing my head.

"Trent…I'm sorry….for-" I started.