Well, here I am. I do not own Harvest Moon or any of the totally awesome characters…unfortunately. I wanted to add some drama.
Chapter 6
Getting Closer
I was currently sitting across from Danny, who was staring into my eyes.
"What is the big secret?" I said.
"That necklace isn't from Regina. It's from Molly." He said. I widened my eyes and touched the necklace.
"What do you mean?" I said.
"You know how Molly was always struggling with money? Well, she was saving up that necklace for you. She wanted to give you something special for your thirteenth birthday. Do you know how she died?" Danny asked. I hung my head down and swallowed.
"Yes, I remember."
"Well, remember how your birthday was the next day? Well, Regina didn't have a present for you and our dad told her to get one for you. Even though the gift was from Molly, she took the gift that was meant for you." I gasped and took off the necklace.
"How do you know that?" Danny scratched the back of his head.
"Isaac and I were playing tag in the house and we saw her taking the necklace out of Molly's room." I felt like a spear went through my heart. My own brother's kept that secret from me for years.
"Why didn't you tell me this before?" I said.
"We didn't want you to be angry with Regina." He said.
"Ya, I'm not angry with Regina. I'm angry with both of you." I said. I stood up and walked over to the door.
"Come on Chelsea. We aren't finished talking." He said. I turned and looked at him.
"Really, Well I am." I said walking out the door and slamming it shut. I probably woke up my little puppy sleeping, but I was too angry to care. I stormed out of my farm.
"Hey Chelsea!" Someone yelled. I turned and saw Julia and Eliza by Chen's place. I breezed right past them.
"Chelsea, what's wrong?" Julia said. I stopped walking and glared at her.
"Leave me alone before I cut all that blonde hair off your head." I snarled. Julia widened her eyes and stepped back. I walked into the forest and walked over to the mine. It started getting darker. I walked up to the top and sat down. I brought my knees up to my chest. The sun was starting to set on the hot summer day. I closed my eyes and breathed in the summer air.
Flashback
"Chelsea, turn this way and smile!" A peppy voice said. I turned around and smiled. A girl who was probably eleven was holding a camera.
"Did you get a good one, sissy?" I said. She lowered the camera and her golden eyes sparkled.
"Yes, Chelsea! You have a beautiful smile for a five year old." She said. I ran over to my sister and hugged her.
"I love you, sissy." She wrapped her arms around me.
"I love you too, Chelsea. Hey, why don't we go wake up Ian? It is already nine o'clock." She said. I giggled and ran to Ian's room. I opened the door. Ian was sleep in bed with his hair messed up. I giggled again. I ran over to his bed and hopped on his bed.
"Wakey wakey, Ian!" I said. I was so happy to see him. I didn't account on him rolling over and hugging me. I started laughing really hard. Molly walked into the room and started laughing. Ian was laughing too and sat up still holding me.
"You mean you were awake?" Molly said and Ian nodded.
"Well, I did think you guys were going to wake me up, so I got prepared. You know, like brush my teeth and all that stuff." Ian said. Ian let go of me and I kissed him on the cheek.
"Aw, isn't that so cute!" Molly said. Ian wiped his cheek.
"Ah, I've been infected by my little sister!" Ian said. I laughed and hugged onto his torso. Molly was standing by the door. She suddenly left the room. I looked at the door with big blue eyes. She popped her head back in the door.
"Danny's crying. Since dad had to go on a business trip and mom didn't send somebody over to watch over us, I have to hold down the house. I'll be right back." Molly said. I got off of Ian and sat down next to him.
"I'm going to go play with Charlie!" I said before running out of his room. Ian threw off the covers. I thought he was going to chase me, so I looked back at him.
"Chelsea, look out!" Ian said. I didn't stop in time. I lost my footing and fell down the stairs.
I think that was the first time I've ever hurt myself that badly. A broken arm and leg didn't seem that bad compared to the things I did when I got older. I sighed. Being with Molly was the best thing in the world to me. I got up and walked down the hill and into the mine. I brought out my hammer and started hammering away. I found some stairs and took them. This floor looked unfamiliar. I looked around and saw some ores that were already broken. Gold, Moonstone, and a whole bunch more were all around me. I made my way over to the gold. I think I should have been paying attention more. I didn't see the pitfall. I stepped on it and feel through the floor.
"Oh Goddess, that hurt!" I said. I clutched my head. I moved my hand back and saw a crimson color on it. "Oh, great, just freaking great." I wobbly stood up to my feet. The room was very dark. I grabbed a flashlight out of my rucksack. Hey, you should always be prepared. I turned on the light. There were absolutely no ores on this floor.
"I must be on floor fifty." I said holding my head. I ripped my bandana off my head and tied it around the cut on my head. Hope this last long. I started walking around the mine. Fate has finally shinnied on me. Right in front of me were stairs, which most likely led to the top. I hurried over to the stairs and started climbing. I started to feel light headed. I finally got back on a floor with ores on it. I'm guessing this was the tenth floor. I collapsed onto it. If I wasn't a farmer I would have passed out by now.
"Goddess, please help me." I said. My vision started getting fuzzy. I closed my eyes and lay on my back.
"You have a knack for getting into trouble" Someone said. Through my fuzzy vision, I saw black.
"Vaughn? What are you doing here?" I said.
"Julia said that you were in a bad mood and you basically growled at her. So I came looking for you." He said walking over to me. He kneeled down next to me.
"Well, that's what friends are for." I said.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you lying down?"
"I fell down a pitfall and I cut my head. I'm feeling way too dizzy to move." I said.
"This is what you get for being an idiot."
"Why'd you come looking for me anyway? Don't you hate me or something?" Vaughn sighed.
"Mirabelle made me come find you. I was so close to finishing that book too. Thanks a lot you worthless hobo." He said. I rolled my eyes, which brought pain to my head. Vaughn picked me up and started walking up the steps.
"Put me down you stupid cowboy" I said. Vaughn totally ignored me. I decided to just enjoy not walking. I have to admit, the cowboy was pretty comfortable. I slowly started falling asleep.
I was pretty comfortable until I met the hard ground.
"Owww! What the hell?" I said. Vaughn was sitting on his bed with a first aid kit on his nightstand.
"Thanks to you, I had to burn my favorite sheets. Since I carried you all the way from the mines, I wasn't going to let you get a free-be." He said. I stood up and walked over to him.
"Thanks for your sympathy" I said sitting down on his bed.
"I'm no doctor, but I can patch up a wound." He said. He took out the alcohol and put some on a cotton ball. I removed the bandana from my head. He started wiping the wound.
"So why did the hobo run away from home?" He said. I immediately tensed up. Vaughn must have noticed because he stopped cleaning my wound.
"That's none of your damn business" I said. Vaughn continued to clean out the wound.
"Fine, you don't have to" I sighed.
"My mom died when I was two. A couple years after that, my dad remarried because of financial reasons. My dad soon made it to be successful. He was a very fun guy to be around. My dad died from a sickness when I turned eleven. Molly took care of my brothers and I because my stepmother never really paid attention to us. She only paid attention to Molly because she was really smart and very pretty. Whenever my mother had a party, Molly would impress all the guests. Ian had no problem either because he charmed the adults with his looks and his smarts. I was the odd ball because I was a tomboy and refused to wear my dress. One day, Daniel and I were playing in the mud outside and we came in tracking mud. Daniel was smaller and cuter, so all the adults couldn't care less about him. They thought it was cute. I, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky because I was older than him. The adults glared at me and scolded me. They called me nasty things. My mother went along with them." I said. Vaughn was patching up my head now. He still was listening.
"Go on" He said. I sighed and continued.
"When I was turning thirteen, I thought I was the queen. Molly was supposed to come home early since she was already done with college and all. Ian was about to go to college. It was six o'clock and Molly hadn't arrived at the house yet. Everyone thought that she was just going to be late. When eleven o' clock came, we got a phone call. Ian was the closest one so he answered it. He gave the phone to our mother. I don't know what happened, but my mom dropped the phone and started weeping. Ian picked up the phone and asked for the police to explain again. He said goodbye to the cops. After the phone was hung up, Ian started crying. I was already dreading the worse. I started feeling tears come to my eyes. Apparently, she was on her way here. She was mugged. A witness saw the whole thing a happily agreed to tell where they ran off to. I quote what one of them said, "That little bitch didn't want to go out with us, and so we taught her a lesson. My buddy went a little overboard. He touched her and beat her up more than I did. We just wanted to have her to go out with us." The cops told them that she had a thirteen year old younger sister, a eighteen year old younger brother, and how she had a nine year old little bother. The more sensible robber shed a few tears, while the other showed a hint of sympathy. After Molly died, mom took her anger out me. She hit me occasionally, but not often. She did make me do more work than the others. I feel sorry for poor Danny though, I became a farmer and Ian became a doctor, so the burden of mom's business was placed on Danny. He still lives with her. He just visits us whenever he can to get away from her. "I started getting choked up. "Funny thing is, Danny held in all his suffering in when we were younger." Vaughn was sitting down on the bed looking into my eyes. I tried forcing a smile, but tears streamed down my face. Vaughn stayed emotionless. I threw myself on Vaughn and started weeping. Vaughn put his arm around me. I sat there, crying into his arms.
Vaughn and I have been getting closer. We hang out sometimes. Denny and I pulled pranks on him. He would just get angry and storm off, but it was sure a hell of a lot of fun to see him angry. Danny left after a couple days. Denny and him got to be pretty good friends. The two literally broke into tears when Danny left. I seriously wish I had this on camera. Mark and Danny were good friends too. Both loved to prank Denny too. They did exchange cell phone numbers and all that stuff. Sabrina and I have been doing well. Though her personality completely changes when I'm alone with her. She acts snobby, but when Vaughn's around, she acts like a timid little girl who can't even eat her own food without someone's help. Now since you know that, you might not be confused at where I am now.
"Ya and my cousin, Will, always takes care of me. I don't mind it, but jeez, can't that guy learn, PS?" She said taking a bite out of her sundae. I stopped eating my sundae and looked at her.
"PS? IS that like a code or something?" I said. Sabrina looked at me as if I were crazy.
"PS stands for personal space. Wow, Chelsea you are so out of it!" Sabrina said. That little rich girl voice is getting on my nerves. Vaughn walked through the Diner doors. Sabrina immediately started blushing and she sank down into her chair. Vaughn walked over to our table.
"Hello Sabrina, hey Hobo." He said. Sabrina widened her eyes.
"Hey Cowboy" I greeted him cheerfully. He grunted, which meant that he was saying hello again.
"Um, h-hi V-Vaughn" She stuttered. Wow, she's good. "Um, do you g-guys have n-nicknames for e-each other?" Vaughn looked at Sabrina.
"No, Chelsea is a lazy slacker." Vaughn said. I stood up and threw a arm around Vaughn. I had to stand on my tippy toes.
"And Vaughn is a damn cowboy!" I said, Vaughn rolled his eyes and walked over to the counter. Sabrina went back to being her usual self.
"Vaughn is so hot! I think he likes me." She said, I almost choked on my ice cream, which I highly think that is irrelevant. Sabrina stood up and patted my back.
"You thin Vaughn likes you? That ant-social cowboy likes only animals. Like I said before, good luck getting that cowboy to like you." I said standing up. I put some money on the table. I took a huge bite of my hot fudge sundae before leaving the Diner. Now who could I go bug? Lanna is probably out with Denny fishing. Elliot is working with Natalie and Julia. Pierre is most likely working on a new recipe, and he'll shoo me out. The little kids will tackle me. That leaves Mark. I walked to the hotel. The hotel owners greeted me. I walked to Marks room. I did the classiest thing in the world. I banged on the door like a deranged person.
"Mark open this door! You have to help me quickly!" I said. Mark's door flew open and he looked me up and down wildly. His eyes rested when he saw I was okay.
"Chelsea, what do you need? Are you hurt or something?" He said. I gave me best puppy dog eyes.
"No, it's even worse!" Mark grabbed onto my shoulders.
"What is it?" I looked at him with pleading eyes.
"I'm bored." Mark took his hands off my shoulders and rolled his eyes.
"You are such a little kid." He said. He walked back into his room. I followed him and closed the door. Mark sat down on a chair and I sat down on his lap.
"Yo Chelsea, you do know that there is a bed over there." Mark said. I looked at the bed and back at Mark.
"Yep, but it's too far away now." I said. Mark picked me up and dropped me on his bed.
"There now you're not too far away." I scoffed and lay down on his bed. It smelled like the ocean just like Denny.
"Mark, why does your bed smell like the ocean?" I said.
"I went fishing with Denny." He said. I nodded my head. Mark's little puppy came running over to Mark. Being the nice guy he is, Mark picked up the little puppy. A brilliant idea emerged in my head.
"Mark have you ever ridden on a horse before?" I said. Mark put a finger in his chin.
"Can't say I have. Why?" He said eyeing my suspiciously. I hopped off the bed.
"How would you like to get an all expense free lesson from the lovely Chelsea?" I said. Mark's eyes widened.
"You'd really do that for me? Thank you Chelsea!" Mark said. This may not be fun for Mark because Alex isn't really comfortable when people ride him. It took me awhile for him to get used to me. Oops, sorry Mark, I may have made your life end early. Oh well, more fun for me!
This chapter had some drama I guess you could say that. Anyway, I'll update soon!