Chapter 6

A few days had gone by, with the 'couple' slowly adjusting to their new life. Although the two had only been sleeping together in the same bed a couple times, Chelsea felt weird waking up on Monday and Tuesday without Vaughn by her side. Because his second new job required him to leave the island, Vaughn had to wake up and leave, even before the birds began their songs in the earliest of hours. However, she became happy when the clock would strike 1:30, for at that time, Chelsea would walk down to the Animal Shop and wait for her loving 'husband.'

Wednesday and Thursday consisted of the couple working hard clearing the fields and tending to their crops. They had decided not to plant anything else, seeing as how the days of Spring were coming to an end, with Summer yearning to begin. After finishing their own work, Vaughn and Chelsea would have an unpeaceful lunch with each other before Vaughn had to report to the Animal Shop to work for his aunt.

It was finally Friday, a week from the day of their arrival. Chelsea woke up before the alarm clock sounded, to three soft raps against the door. After looking over at Vaughn, who was still deep in sleep, mouth slightly agape and silver hair a mess, she reached over to turn off the approaching alarm, and made sure she was decent enough to answer her visitor.

Chelsea was surprised to see the pink haired town gossip, Felicia, standing in the doorway, as cheery and loving as ever.

"Good Morning, Chelsea. I'm not interrupting anything, am I?" She spoke with her gentlest of tones.

Chelsea looked back at Vaughn, all sprawled out on the bed, and let out a soft laugh.

"Nah, our alarm was just about to ring to wake us up. Would you like to come in?"

In a way, Chelsea hoped she would decline, for the sole reason of knowing that Vaughn wouldn't want anyone to see him in his current state of unconsciousness.

Felicia gave a warm smile and lightly shook her hear no.

"Thank You, but I just wanted to inform you of our crop festival tomorrow. It starts at 10 on Meadow Island. Just tell Kirk that you want to go to the festival. Oh, and our theme this year is Turnips!" She exclaimed at the end, knowing that the couple could participate because they were growing the theme crop.

"I hope you enter the crops you and your husband grew. Even if you don't win, it is always fun to come and socialize."

Chelsea gave a small smile and laugh.

"Oh, don't tell that last part to Vaughn. Once he hears the word 'socializing' or anything to do with human contact, he'll immediately shut down and refuse to go. But...I guess I can drag him."
The two laughed together and continued to talk for a bit before bidding each other farewell.

Chelsea looked over at the alarm clock, which read 6:33.

"Vaughn. Wake up."

She gently shook him, causing the young cowboy to lazily stir.

"Chels? What's wrong?"

Vaughn yawned as he sat up in their tiny bed.

Chelsea gave him a warm smile.

"It's time to get up. I turned off the alarm before it went off, giving you an extra half hour of sleep."

Before she knew it, Chelsea was pulled back into bed by her silver haired lover, and found herself millimeters from his handsome face. His amethyst orbs stared into her sapphire ones, as he became lost in his restless thoughts. A simple, chaste kiss from Chelsea brought him back to reality after a few moments. He gave her one of his half smiles as she played with his bangs.

"I'll have to give you a haircut later, so you can at least see what you're doing." Chelsea teased him.

Vaughn rolled his eyes and proceeded to get out of bed.

"Well, let's git a move on, then."

The turnips were ready to be harvested, however, the two decided to leave them in the dirt for another day. They knew that crop quality went up the longer the plants go unharvested. Because they had very little to do, seeing as how Vaughn had finished clearing the field, with the exception of giant boulders and thick tree stumps, the young couple decided to waste their remaining time before lunch at the beach.

Before walking onto the sandy beach, Chelsea elegantly slipped out of her socks and shoes, while Vaughn kicked his boots off, sticking his black socks inside them. Chelsea ran down to the shore line, letting out a small shriek when the cold water hit her feet.

Vaughn slowly made his way towards her, hands deep within his pants pockets. He let out a relaxed sigh as the ocean water caressed his feet. He would never admit it, but stress was starting to overwhelm him. The work, the money, the secrets; who would have thought that a baby could cause so much trouble?

Vaughn let out another sigh, trying for just a moment to take a break from the inner struggles of his mind. He took his hands out of his pockets, and took out his sliver flask. After taking a swig of it, he placed the flask back into his vest pocket and grabbed Chelsea's hand, loosely lacing his fingers with hers.

The two walked slowly in silence along the shoreline. They noticed Denny waving to them from his boat, which was only about thirty feet from the dock. Chelsea waved back enthusiastically, while Vaughn tipped his hat.

"Vaughn?" Chelsea broke their comfortable silence as the walked in the opposite direction.

Vaughn gave a questioning grunt, signaling that he was listening.

"You know, I'm starting to get attached to your cousin. She's a sweet girl and all and I'm starting to consider her as a good friend. But, I was wondering when we could tell her about, you know..." She trailed off at the end.

Vaughn sighed for what seemed like the millionth time since they had arrived at the beach. Tightening his grip on her hand, he proceeded to speak.

"Ya see, Chels, Julia's the biggest blabber mouth in the entire world. Why, if she were a nurse at a clinic, the whole town would find out what kinda disease you had before you even knew you were sick."

Vaughn noticed that a frown had formed on Chelsea's face, causing him to pinch the bridge of his nose with his free hand.

"Look, don't get me wrong, she's not out to get ya or anythin', it's just that...she talks too much."

Vaughn stopped walking and sat down, gently tugging Chelsea's hand for her to follow.

After sitting down and resting her head on his shoulder, she spoke.

"She's eventually gonna have to find out. The whole town too. I mean, soon I'm gonna get all fat and stuff and then one day they're gonna be like 'Where the hell did that baby come from?' and then they'll get all mad at us for not telling them...that, or Felicia will pry it out of your aunt and tell everyone."

Vaughn shook his head and gave a small smile as he looked at the bandana clad head resting on his shoulder.

"Alright. Tonight, we'll call Trent and tell 'em to give you a check up. We'll play it off as if we just found out, kay?"

He put his left arm around her and rubbed her arm gently.

"I don't know what I would do without you, Vaughn." Chelsea sighed, adjusting herself so that she was lying on her side, her head in his lap, and eyes gazing towards the ocean.

Subconsciously, he removed her red bandana and began stroking her long, brown hair.

"Well, for one, you wouldn't be in this situation. You could have also gotten married to another guy, for another." He spoke softly to her.

"But would he have loved me as much as you do?"

"Never." His voice was almost inaudible, as if he were speaking to himself.

The couple enjoyed their last moments at the beach in the same position before heading off to their daily lunch. The rest of the day went normal, until it came to their evening dinner with Mirabelle and Julia. After the four finished their meals and sat in comfortable silence, Vaughn spoke up, giving Chelsea a small nudge.

"Aunt Mira-belle, I need to use yer telephone. Chelsea ain't been feelin' too well, and I wanna get her checked out."

Mirabelle gave her nephew a questioning look, as if her eyes were saying 'What the hell 'er you talkin' 'bout, boy?'

Julia looked over at Chelsea, her motherly instincts kicking in.

"Aww, honey, you haven't been feelin' well?" She asked the young girl, taking her hands and putting them on top of Chelsea's.

"I'm sure it's nothing, Julia. It could just be my body adjusting to the drinking water and all."

Mirabelle shot a questioning look over to Chelsea as well, before it dawned on her.

"Well," she began, standing from her place, "how 'bout you go sit on the couch, and you go call that doctor." Mirabelle pointed to Vaughn. "Julia and I can manage the dishes."

Before Chelsea could object, Mirabelle gave her a small wink, and shooed to the out of the kitchen. Chelsea made her way to the couch and sat down, watching Vaughn make his way to the back, where the telephone was.

Vaughn quickly dialed the number to the clinic, waiting impatiently for someone to pick up.

"Mineral Town Clinic, this is Ell-"

"It's Vaughn." He quickly cut her off before she could finish. "Is Trent there?"

"No, he's not. He's actually on his way to the islands now. Is something wrong?" The young nurse asked at the end with a worried tone.

"No, it's just that, Chelsea wants to tell the islanders about…ya know, but I convinced her to play it off as if we just found out." He quietly said to her, making sure his nosey cousin hadn't snuck up behind him.

"Well, he should be there in the morning. He has something very important to discuss with you guys." Elli said, her voice emanating with seriousness.

"And that would be?" Vaughn demanded from the young nurse.

Elli hesitated before continuing on, her voice low and nervous.

"They're looking for you, Vaughn. And they want to arrest you for kidnapping."

Sorry for any grammar mistakes, misspellings, and made up words… It's 3:22 am…

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This one, I have to say, is one of the saddest I've come up with. And trust me; I have a whole bunch of sad, heart breaking ideas surrounding this couple.

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