Here's chapter six and I'm going to start using point of views (POV) to help explain things a little more. Enjoy and please review!
-harvestgrl
Kate POV (Summer 1)
I stood in shock to see Skye standing there looking at me and Kai. My mind was buzzing with thoughts how much of that did he see? What was he thinking? What am I going to say? Luckily Kai was the first one to speak.
"Hello" He said formally.
"Hello, sorry for disturbing you" Skye replied
"It's fine but who are you?" Kai asked probably wondering why Skye cared so much that I was with him.
"You can just call me Skye" he responded.
I decided I had to say something to clear things up. "Um Kai, Skye's my boyfriend" I said staring into his dark brown eyes.
"Well then, I'll just leave you two alone then" Kai said and walked off the beach. I couldn't tell if he was mad or not but I hoped he wasn't.
"Skye, I'm sorry" I started.
"What were you doing with him?" Skye said seriously
"Just playing a little swimming" I responded
"Why?" he asked starting to show his anger. I never would have thought that Skye was the jealous type until now
"He's been my friend forever and I hadn't seen him for a year I swear" I said and gave him pleading eyes "Please forgive me"
"I don't know" he said turning around
"Why'd you want me down here anyways?" I asked
"To watch the sunset" He said pointing to the sun that was just starting to set.
"Oh" I said and he dragged me over to the towels and umbrella where we sat and watched the sunset.
As romantic as it was I wasn't wooed. We both kept our distances and he didn't give me the compliments I loved to hear. When the sun full settled he didn't even offer to walk me home. And as I walked home for alone thoughts swirled around my head. Will Skye ever forgive me? Or did I mess thing up for good? I got home and crawled into bed It was only ten but I didn't fall asleep till one.
Lucy's POV (Summer 2)
I woke up at seven and of course Kate was still asleep. I knew she wouldn't wake up till much later so I decided to get all the farm work done now for her, and left her a note. I walked out side to see a stuffed puppy in a basket with a ribbon tied around it's neck. There was a note:
I forgive you,
Skye
It was from Kate's boyfriend I looked at it in aw and brought it inside and put it on the table for Kate to see when she woke up. Once again I walked out and took care of all the cows, sheep, and chickens. I walked into the stables to see both Big Ben and Scarlet. It looked as though Big Ben didn't mind the box and he could live in captivity, but he still scared me a little. I walked up to Scarlet and realized she was starting to get fat, witch reminded me that Tess was getting fatter and fatter by the day. I fed the horses and went to feed Tess. The dog was at her fattest and I wondered when she would have her puppies.
I was finished taking care of everyone and thought I did a pretty good job. It was ten when I walked back in the house and saw Kate was awake.
Kate's POV (Summer 2)
I woke up three hours late then I should have and saw Lucy had already left. She left a note saying:
Don't worry Kate I'll take care of the animals today!
Lucy
I smiled at the note then saw her walk in.
"Good Morning" She said cheerfully
"Good morning" I mumbled
"Did you see the gift from your boyfriend?" She asked.
"What?" I asked suddenly waking up.
"He left you a gift at sometime this morning or last night." She said pointing to a basket on the table. I got out of bed and went over to look at it. There was an adorable little stuffed puppy with a ribbon around its neck with I note reading
I forgive you,
Skye
Seeing the little puppy reminded me that Tess's ultrasound was today and Dr. Hunter was going to be here any minute!
"Oh my goddess I got to get dressed!" I nearly screamed and rushed over to my dresser and grabbed the first decent outfit I saw.
"What is it?!" Lucy questioned nervously
"Dr. Hunters going to be here any minute to do Tess's ultrasound!" I said inside the bathroom trying to change at the speed of light.
"Don't worry I could have covered for you" Lucy said as I walked out. Perfect timing too, because when I did there was a knock at the door. I walked to the door and opened it to see Dr. Hunter right there in front of me.
"Oh, hi Dr. Hunter, glad you could come." I said inviting her in.
"No problem, so where is our special little girl?" She asked looking around for Tess.
"Hanging out in her dog house I'll go get her for you." I offered and walked out to get Tess.
I walked back in carrying Tess in my arms. "Here she is" I said gently putting Tess down on the carpet.
"Alright if you don't mind I'm going to get my stuff" Dr. Hunter said and walked out, and was back in a flash setting up all of this portable equipment. Before I knew it you could pass my house as a vet's office.
"So, while all this stuff warms up, I'm going to take Tess to my van for her X-ray" Dr. Hunter said and carefully lead Tess out of the house and into her van.
"Wow, this house looks like a vet's office" Lucy said some what disgusted.
"I know, but she's a great vet and is one of the only vets around that don't mind making house calls" I said staring at everything around me.
"Alright it looks like Tess is going to be having five puppies and we can now do the ultrasound to look at them all" Dr. Hunter said walking back into the house with Tess at her side.
"Sounds good" I replied.
"Let's get started then" Dr. Hunter said kneeling down to get Tess to lie down so she could sedate her. Dr Hunter shaved a part of Tess's belly and squeezed out some jelly like cream and showed us the monitor where all of Tess's little puppies layed.
"Aww, they're so cute" Lucy said.
"Can we please get a picture of this Dr. Hunter?" I asked politely
"Please call me Paige, but of course you can" She said and walked over to a small computer and later came back with a picture of all the little puppies.
"Thanks so much Dr- er I mean Paige" I said with a smile
"No problem, if you don't mind can I look at Scarlet real quick?" She asked
"Sure, Lucy can you stay here and wait till Tess wakes up?" I asked turning to Lucy.
"Sure" Lucy replied and I took Paige out to the stables.
"Wow, she's getting big" Paige said surprised.
"Really?" I said not really thinking the same
"Yeah I think she'll be due… Winter 18" She said turning to leave.
"What about Tess?" I asked
"She's going to be due within four days" She said exiting the stables.
"FOUR DAYS? THAT'S SOO CLOSE!" I screamed startling the horses, but Paige was gone she was already in her van. She probably guessed that would be my reaction and thought it would be best if she left before I could get out of the stables.
I walked back inside and saw it was twelve, the perfect time to have lunch.
"So, how's Scarlet?" Asked Lucy
"Fine, she should be due Winter 18" I replied walking over to the calendar to mark it down.
"Cool, and did you ask about Tess?" She asked
"Yeah… She's going to have her puppies with in four days" I said softly
"FOUR DAYS?" She said with a tad bit of anger in her tone.
"Yeah… Do you want to come get lunch with me?" I asked to change the subject.
"I don't know… Where would we go?" She asked but I just wanted to get her off the farm.
"Great! Let's go" I said and dragged her off the farm to Kai's shack. I wondered how he felt towards me after what happened last night. I brought two pineapples to help.
Kai's POV (Summer 2)
I had just finished cleaning my shack when I heard Kate coming with Lucy, but Lucy didn't sound too happy she was screaming: Where are you taking me? Let go… I don't like seafood, especially when you're cooking it. Suddenly her mood changed: oh, we're going to Kai's Shack…, let's go slow poke I got a chuckle out of her but didn't know what to do with Kate. I didn't know how she felt towards me after last night, I still wanted to be her best friend, but didn't know if she felt the same.
"Hey Kai, um, I'd like a pineapple smoothie and a cheeseburger" She said then pushed Kate towards the counter and walk away as if Kate told her she wanted alone time with me.
"So, what would you like Kate?" I asked and turned to start on Lucy's order.
"I'll have what Lucy had" She responded but didn't walk away.
"Anything else?" I asked trying to find out why she was still here
"You're not mad at me right?" She asked
"Kate, I could never be mad at you, you're my friend" I replied glad she wasn't mad at me.
"Oh, then I guess I could just take these pineapples home then." She said and turned around.
"Wait, I'm furious!" I joked. She laughed and handed me the pineapples, then turned to go get Lucy.
Kate's POV(Summer 2)
"Come on Lucy, It doesn't take Kai that long to cook two cheeseburgers and two smoothies" I said pulling Lucy to her feet.
"I know, you just seemed like you needed some alone time with Kai" She said walking back to the stand.
"Why's that?" I asked curiously.
"Well, I know how Kai loves pineapples and I don't know why else you would want to bring them." She responded simply.
"What if he asked me too or did you ever think I was just being a good friend giving him a little gift?" I questioned.
She thought for a moment "No" she finally replied.
"Ok ladies, lunch is served" he said handing over our meal.
"Thanks Kai" Lucy and I responded in unison, and sat down to eat it right there.
"How is it?" He asked
"Delicious" Lucy responded immediately
"Great as usual" I said laughing at Lucy.
"Good to hear. How's the farm?" He asked trying to make small talk
"Good, Scarlet is going to be due on Winter 18, Tess, a little bit earlier then expected" I replied taking another bite into my cheeseburger.
"Wait, your horse and dog are pregnant?" He asked confused.
"yep, sorry but it's kind of hard talking to a guy who's only here for a quarter of the year and does know half of the gossip going around town" I joked
"Ha, ha, very funny" He replied and started to wipe the counter of the stand.
Me and Lucy finished our lunch around one.
"Thanks for lunch Kai" I said paying the bill
"Anytime" He replied waving good bye as I ran to catch up with Lucy.
"So what are we going to do for the rest of the day?" She asked
"I thought we could prepare a spot for Tess inside for her to have her puppies" I answered.
"Ok then what?" she asked as if that was only going to take a few minutes.
"Luce, it's going to take longer then you think" I said giving her a look
"Yeah, sure" She said sarcastically.
We went inside and I went inside to try and find the biggest cardboard box I could find. I decided the one that my new T.V. came in was the biggest. I carried it up stairs and grabbed the scissors and began to cut it in the form of a bed.
"Hey Luce, can you find some old blankets in the closet?" I asked continuing my diligent work.
"Sure, I'll try…" she responded knowing how much of a mess my closet was.
It took her twenty minutes before she threw three old blankets on top of me.
"Thanks" I said pulling off the blankets for on top of me. "Can you find six different colored ribbon from the basement please" I asked finishing the bed and starting to position the blankets in a comfortable way.
"So why do we need ribbon?" She said handing my six different strands of ribbon.
"To mark the puppies" I said carefully placing the ribbon on the table next to me.
"but I thought Paige said she was only having five puppies" She said confused.
"Yes, that's true but I want to be prepared just in case there is a bonus puppy" I said getting a notebook to place next to the ribbon and made a chart:
Puppy (Color) Sex Time
"There now were good till the puppies are born." I said proudly.
"So now what do we do?" Lucy asked sounding bored already.
"Whatever you want, I'm going to go and play with the horses." I said grabbing a jacket and stuffed them with carrots.
"Kay, I think I'm going to watch T.V. and relax" She said as I walked out.
I had to find a new favorite horse since Big Ben was now living with me. I walked into the field and the horses started to approach me wanting a carrot. There was a white mare, a black stallion and a grey stallion; I gave each of them a carrot and attempted to pet them all but only the grey one backed away. It was obviously a shy horse that was going to be a challenge, so I spent all my time out in the field on her till she let me pet her. When I finally did I felt great and decided it was time to go back and check on Lucy.
I walked back inside to see Lucy cuddled up with Tess on the floor still watching T.V. I took a look at the clock and saw that it was four thirty. It was time to start dinner.
"Luce, I'm going to start dinner anything in mind?" I asked walking into the kitchen.
"Um, how about some Mountain Stew?" She asked.
"Mountain Stew it is" I said opening my fridge and pulling out some mushrooms and veggies. I pour water into a pot and placed it on a burner to start to heat up the water while I chopped up the mushrooms and veggies. When the water reached a boil I tossed in the mushrooms and the veggies along with some seasoning. I set a timer for thirty minutes then sat down on the couch with Lucy and watch T.V
When the timer ran I pulled out two bowls and evenly filled the two bowls of soup.
"Dinner's ready Luce" I called.
"Coming" She called back and turned off the TV.
"Dinner at your requested" I said picking up my spoon to take the first bite.
"Hey, I heard a rumor that you were going to get an extra room just for me. Is that true?" She asked.
"Where did you hear that?" I questioned
"Just answer the question" She said taking another sip of soup.
"I was thinking about it" I answered.
"Why do that all for me If it cost a lot and I'm not even going to live here for that long? I am looking for a job around this town" She asked
"Well, the couch bed isn't the nicest place to have my baby sister sleep-" I started but was cut off.
"I don't mind sleeping on the couch" She stated.
"You didn't let me finish" I started "It's a better place for you to sleep and I'm going to need it one day"
"What do you mean?" She asked confused.
"One day I'm going to get married and want to have a baby. The baby can't sleep like you on the couch like you" I replied not believing I was having this talk so soon with my little sister.
"Oh, that would be smart, I guess" she said probably feeling awkward.
"Are you done with your soup?" I asked getting up to clean my dish
"Yeah" She said getting up to help me out.
"So, you're looking for a job?" I asked.
"Yeah" She responded.
"Where are you trying out" I asked
"I've tried the bar as a waitress but I later changed my mind, so tomorrow I'm going to see if Vesta wants any help" She said cleaning her bowl as I was drying mine.
"Oh, that might be nice. Vesta would probably want to run her shop more then take care of her crops." I said putting my dish away.
"Good to know" She responded drying off her bowl as I went to pullout the bed again for her.
"Do you want a cookie?" I asked.
"Depends who made them?" she asked giving a smirk.
"Zack" I replied
"Yes then" She replied with a laugh
"Don't like my cookies?" I asked getting her a cookie.
"No" I heard her mumble.
I finished making out her bed and laid on it with her to watch TV with her till eight when I headed out to meet up with Skye.
I walked up to Goddess Pond and sure enough he was there.
"Hey" I said
"Hey Kate" he said. Darn still no beautiful.
"I loved the stuffed dog" I said trying to make small talk.
"Really?" he said king of surprised.
"Yeah it reminded me of my dog Tess, her puppies will be coming soon" I said wanting him to talk to me more then he was.
"Cool" He said staring at the pond instead of me like usual. I really messed up, he seemed like he was only a friend again, not my boyfriend. I felt like I was on a date with only a friend and it felt really awkward. Hours passed and I knew I was going to have to go home soon.
"I got to go soon," he started "would you like me to walk you home?"
My heart skipped a beat happy to know there was still hope. "Yes" I replied starting to blush. He walked me home to my door.
"Skye, I really am sorry" I said.
"And I really forgive you" he said and leaned in to give me a peck on the cheek.
"Good night Skye" I said happy as ever knowing he still liked me.
"Night Kate" He said then walked into the darkness.
I walked in happy and saw it was one in the morning and Lucy was sound asleep on the couch. I got my pajamas on then hopped into bed and fell asleep only to dream about Skye.
Kate's POV three day's later (Summer 5)
I woke up surprised that Tess still hadn't had her puppies but today I knew she had to have them so I wasn't going to leave her side today I had Lucy take care of the animals and let her go do her chores for Vesta. She was happy that she got a job and I was glad that Skye was starting to like me again. She came back at noon with Lunch from Kai's Shack her treat.
"Thanks Luce, did you give him the pineapples?" I asked as she gave me my lunch.
"Yep, he said thanks, any contractions yet?"
"No not yet, but I hope they come soon" I said eagerly and ate a little more of my lunch.
"Me too" Lucy said stroking Tess a little.
By one she started to have her first and by one thirty we saw the first puppy.
"Lucy, puppy! Get me a towel and fill out the chart. Male Green One thirty two" I rubbed the little puppy for a while till he was breathing clearly that's when I grabbed ribbon and tied it around his neck tight enough to stay on but not tight enough to choke him. I put him down to see another puppy coming out.
"Lucy, there's another get me a towel" She handed me a towel "Female Pink two o four" I continued to rub the pup like I had done for her brother. Then put her down. Another Puppy was on its way.
I grabbed another towel and pick up the little puppy and called out "Female Blue two fifty eight" and continued my routine.
"One more" I said when the fourth puppy came out. "Female Purple three twenty three" By now I had my routine down and the puppy was no problem it was the last one I worried about. Then I saw him
"Last one" I said picking him up "Male Red four o one" I said knowing he needed to be a fighter if he was going to live. I myself wasn't going to give up one him. He wasn't fighting as hard as I hoped but I didn't want him to die in my hands just like that. I fought hard and soon he was breathing more clearly, I sighed in relief
"That it?" Lucy asked looking at Tess and her new puppies.
"Yep, Let me see the chart" I said and Lucy handed me the chart.
Color Sex Time
Green Male 1:30 PM
Pink Bitch 2:04 PM
Blue Bitch 2:58 PM
Purple Bitch 3:23 PM
Red Male 4:01 PM
I gave her a look a little upset that she wrote down bitch instead of female like I said but I wasn't going to change it.
"Well now what?" She asked.
"We need to name them" I said looking at all of them.
"Ok, Green should be… Max" Lucy suggested.
"Ok," adding Max next to Green on the chart
"Pink should be um… Rose" she said
"Ok…" I said adding Rose next to pink.
"And Blue should-" I cut her off
"Wait a minute you named the last two it's my turn" I said staring her right in the eye.
"Ok what are you going to name her?" She asked
I sat there and thought for a moment. "Stella" I said writing it next down to blue.
"And that purple should be Luna" She said.
"Ok" doing the same as I had done for the others. "What about Red?"
"Fred" She and right off the bat.
"Great, the puppies" I said happily. Then the phone rang and I got up to get it.
"Hello?" I said when I picked up the phone.
"Kate?" I heard Dina her voice weak
"Dina What is it?" I knew something was up.
"Mom's, Mom's," Dina sobbed
"Dina what is it? What's wrong with Mom?" I pleaded
"Mom's dead" She said then bursting into tears. I dropped the phone not knowing how to react but soon tears started to roll down my checks.
"What's wrong with Mom?" Lucy asked very concerned.
"She's dead" I said as both me and Lucy hugged each other tight tears pouring down both of our faces.
I tried to make it a happy sad chapter but I hope you aren't crying like I started to do while writing the end of the chapter. I just can get emotional like that at times. Anyway please, please, please review good or bad I want to hear what you think.
harvestgrl