i do not own harvest moon, or its characters.

Chelsea's pov.

I walk out my door and look at my crops. I've been babying my turnips. The crop festival is coming soon and I think I have a pretty good chance at winning or at least coming in second. I water my plants and think back to dinner the other night. After we got the horse calmed down we all sat around the table to eat but no one talked. The air was so thick with vaughns dark aura. I wonder if he was really upset that I am the one who calmed the horse down. I should ask him when he gets back to the island. Why am I worrying about him anyways. Hes a jerk.

I begin pulling out the weeds from around my plants. I should have enough money to buy a cow and fodder soon. I should really plant some grass seeds so I can start collecting fodder now, before I buy my cow. With that thought in mind I pick out a great spot for animal grazing. I start tilling the soil. After that I start building a fence around the area. I stand back to look at it. Ha! When Vaughn sees this he'll have to take back that he thought I was weak! When I'm done I realize that I've skipped lunch and it's now already dinner time. I wonder if Felicia will feed me.

I head down from my farm to Natalie's house. I walk in and see Natalie setting the table and Felicia stirring something on the stove. I walk up to her,

"hey Felicia, can I eat dinner with you guys?"

"well of course darling, you are family." She replies. I smile at that. Ya we are like family. And this place is almost like home... Almost. I wonder what vaughns family is like, I mean I know Mirabelle is his aunt and Julia is his cousin. But what about his mom and dad. I go over to help Natalie finish setting the table.

" hey loser, how are you?" Natalie says as I begin setting silverware out.

"good. I built the startings of a grazing area for my animals" we finish and sit ourselves down to continue talking. "my turnips are doing great, I'm sure I'll do well in the festival coming up. What about you?"

"nothing just the normal work stuff and reading. There is this mini pasta pie recipe I want to try." She says twirling her hair, "my stupid brother spends all his free time with Jules, and I'm getting bored without someone to pick on." I pat her on the back.

"you won't be able to torture your brother forever, soon you'll have to find someone else to torture for the rest of your lives. Apparently that's called marriage," she rolls her eyes at me and I laugh. Taro comes in and sits with us,not too long after Felicia comes over as well.

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Vaughn's pov

I walk into the business building of my work, to turn in my time card. As I pass my bosses office he calls me in.

" hey Vaughnie boy, hows that troublesome stallion doing over on sunny island?" He asks. Man I hate that nickname. If this guy didn't sign my paychecks I would have yelled at him about it long ago.

"he's doing fine. He was a lot calmer on the days I was at the island. And I haven't got any calls about him, so I assume all has been fine." I say. Kind of irritated.

"oh good. I knew you were the man for that job. If anyone can tame a wild stallion it would be you vaughnie boy." He says with a giant smile. Psh except it wasn't me, it was that stupidly clever girl. Ugh, just thinking about it pisses me off.

"yea, whatever." I reply.

"that's it Vaughnie, just know that evaluations for promotions are due soon and you are one of my top candidates." He says. Now that made my day better a promotion means a pay raise. I tip my stetson and walk out of his office in a better mood then I've been in all week. I've even forgotten about that annoying girl. Kind of.

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Chelsea's pov

Wednesday

I walk down the path to go see Julia. I walk in the animal shop as the bell chimes. Mirabelle is standing behind the counter like normal.

" hey dearie, what can I do for you?" She asked.

"julia?" I question.

"she's in the supply shed out back" Mirabelle answered.

"thanks" I say with a smile and a wave. I head out to the back and see the supply shed door open. I walk in and instead of blue I see black... Vaughn.

"where's julia?" I ask him.

"don't know," he replied. Well that was helpful.

"Mirabelle said she was out here," I retorted. He just turns a glare my way, "okay I get it, stop messing with the man's work." I smirk. "i'll just be goi-" *BANG* "AHHHH" there was a loud bang as the door got pushed shut. I'm ashamed that I screamed out of shock. "well then, now I'll be going ." I go towards the door and try to push it open. It won't budge. Maybe it's a pull... I try to pull it. Nothing. "um Vaughn." I say a little nervous.

"what! I thought you were leaving!" He snipped at me.

"Well excuse me! I was trying to leave from your Damn grumpy attitude! But the stupid door won't open!" I reply.

"what do you mean it won't open?" He says crossing the space of the shed in two strides.

"I mean exactly what I said, it won't open," i said. He gets to push it open. Then he pulls.

"it's locked." He says under his breath. Oh goddess we're locked I'm here, and it's so small. Are the walls getting closer together. I need to get out of here. I start hyperventilating.

"you're not claustrophobic are you?" Vaughn asks with a hint of what is that emotion... Concern? No its Vaughn so it must be annoyance.

" yea,... actually ...I ...am." I say in between my ragged breaths. He starts to pace, as a take a seat on a sack of chicken feed.

"DAMN IT!" Vaughn yells as he punches the wall. A bag of feed falls from the top shelf and lands with a thud.

"eeep" I say startled at the sudden loud noise, then I noticed it. A small window. I could fit. If I could get up there.

"Vaughn. Give me a boost," I say pointing to the window. He looks where I'm pointing and then back to me. "i will get out from the window and then come around to unlock the door for you."

"Yes give you a boost so you can get out and then leave me in here," he says with a growl.

"do you really think I'm that mean? I would have a guilty conscious if I left you in here." I reply. He seems to ponder this for a minute.

"fine," he goes closer to the bag of feed I'm sitting on and squats. "get on my shoulders" I stand up on the bag of feed and put one leg around his shoulder. The other still on the bag of feed. I then position my arms to hold my weight as I lift my other leg to go over his other shoulder. Once I'm on he stands up quickly, not giving me time to gain my balance he starts walking towards the window.

I lean forward and the action knocks his Stetson off.

"I'm so sorry" I say a little nervous of what he might do to me for dropping his precious hat.

"it's seen worse," he replies in a calming tone. Well that was surprising. I get the window unlocked, and opened.

"Vaughn can you please turn around?" I ask. He turns like asked. And I shift my body and climb on the shelf the feed was on. I jump out the window. And land with a soft thud on the grass. That wasn't as painful of a drop as I thought it would be. I head over to the front of the shed.

" hey Vaughn," I say ever so sweetly.

"What! Open the door!" He shouts.

"not until you promise to have a meal with me," I say and then quickly add, " a meal where you actually hold a conversation with me!" I shout into the door. He doesn't reply for a while. "okay I guess I'm leaving." I stomp my feet on the ground to make it sound as if I'm leaving.

" HEY WAIT!" He practically screams.

"oh do you have an answer?" I ask.

" fine, I'll have a meal with you." He says grudgingly.

" And..." I say.

" And I'll..." He says, "have a conversation with you" he mumbles this part. I unlock the door and open it.

" okay, tomorrow? For lunch?" I ask.

"sure" he grumbles.

I walk off,heading up to my farm. Not remembering why I came to town anyways, but fairly pleased that I did. Not because I got to see that jerk. No because he will finally have to talk to someone on this island other than for work. But I still wonder how the door locked on its own...

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Vaughn's pov

That conniving little ugh! Not only did she make me agree to a meal, she made me agree to have a conversation with her! I knew I shouldn't have trusted her! I'm going to have lunch with her tomorrow and the whole town will be gossiping about it for the next week. Man I hate this island! How did that door even lock anyways.

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Third person.

Rewind to when Chelsea entered the shed.

Two girls hid behind a cow and watched as Chelsea entered the shed.

"operation velsea is go." Whispered the blonde as she turned to her pink headed partner in crime.

"let's do this" the pinkette girl replied. The pinkette tipped-toed to the sheds door and swung it shut with a loud thud then quickly locked it, before she ran back to her blonde partner. Now all we have to do is wait.

-a few moments later-

"look, Chelsea's climbing out the window" said the pinkette.

"oh I hope that fall didn't hurt" stated the blonde.

"Hey, Vaughn" Chelsea said.

"What! Open the door!" Vaughn shouts.

"this looks good," Said the blonde.

"not until you promise to have a meal with me, a meal where you actually hold a conversation with me!" Said Chelsea.

" this looks really good" said the pinkette.

"okay I guess I'm leaving." Chelsea stomps her feet on the ground.

"oh wait for it" the blonde said.

" HEY WAIT!" Vaughn screams.

"oh do you have an answer?" Chelsea asks.

" fine, I'll have a meal with you." Vaughn said.

" And..." Chelsea inquires.

" And I'll..." Vaughn said and Chelsea opens the door.

"What was that last part?" The pinkette looks quizzically at the blonde, who just replies with a shrug.

" okay, tomorrow? For lunch?" Chelsea asks.

"sure" Vaughn says.

"boom there it is," the two girl hiding say as they slap hands.

End.