I AM ALIVE!
Wow, I was gone for a week. Hm... school work is hard to catch up on in the middle of a 'let's dump tons of pop quizzes on the innocent students!' phase...
...Anyway. Thankies for the review!!!
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El: R&R people!
Oh, to make up for the long wait, I made this chapter slightly longer ^^
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After the phone call with Jill
Claire walked aimlessly outside, not knowing what to do. Ann was busy with new costumers, Popuri was feeding her chickens and Elli was working too. The blonde sighed, she didn't even have to water her plants, the weather girl had forecast rain at the end of the afternoon. She didn't have to buy groceries, that was taken care of yesterday. Maybe I should buy chickens or something... Claire mused.
Still thinking about her might-be chickens, Claire noticed that her feet had taken her right up to the Clinic. She shifted her weight from one foot to the other, I don't think Elli would mind if I came in for a couple minutes... And I am so bored...
Claire slowly opened the door and peeked towards Elli's desk. The petite nurse was nowhere to be seen. Frowning slightly, Claire entered without making a sound, afraid to disturb a patient. She stepped up to the desk, it was filled with paperwork, medical files and all that jazz. On top of all those was a little card. Claire picked it up. 'Back in 5 minutes, making more medicine.'
Oh. Claire shrugged and took a few blank sheets of paper, and a red marker from Elli's desk before sitting down in a chair. Absentmindedly, she started doodling. She was so adsorbed by her little doodles that she didn't hear the conversation in the room next to her right away.
"Wow Elli, I'm impressed, you made those quickly!"
Claire perked up at the familiar voice. Who...? Ah. Trent.
Claire heard another voice, Elli "Whew, thank you."
"Tired?"
At the question, Claire sat upright, eyes wide. Why was this conversation strangely familiar?
"No, I'm fine..."
Claire put a hand over her mouth, Heart event! Quickly, the blonde started scribbling on her piece of paper, she had to stop Trent from saying something he would regret!
"...Don't push yourself too much now." There, the expected sentence came. Claire stood up and went over to the door to the room in which stood Elli and the doctor. Luckily, Elli wasn't facing towards the door and only Trent could see the blond. Claire put a finger over her lips. Trent got the message and didn't ask about her presence. Meanwhile, Elli had been blushing a lot and she finally worked up the courage to say the next sentence.
"Thank you Doctor, I'm touched you're worried about me!" She smiled sweetly, still blushing. Claire immediately reacted and lifted her sheet of paper, the words on it quite clear to Trent.
"I... uh, why wouldn't I be?" Trent asked, reading off the paper in the blonde's grasp, "After all, you're a enormous part of my life, it's completely normal to be worried. And of course, the clinic would be nothing without you." Wow, Trent thought, wasn't that a bit much?
Elli stood there, mouth wide open.
"I... Thank you so much Trent!" the little nurse exclaimed, her cheeks flushed, "You have no idea how touched I am!" and with a sudden streak of courage, Elli stretched forward on her tip-toes and kissed Trent softly on the cheek. Claire quickly leaped into her chair, hiding the piece of paper. There was a bright smile on her face and she felt... giggle-y. Elli immediately appeared next to her, leaving behind a dazzled and confused Trent. He had no idea what had just happened but he knew he was going to thank the Harvest Goddess for it. After a few more moments, Trent shrugged and turned around to go back to work.
Meanwhile Elli and Claire chatted, Elli telling her about what a romantic moment she had just lived. The little nurse's cheeks were still slightly flushed and her eyes sparkled brightly.
"I can feel it Claire!" she whispered, "I think it's not wrong to hope for something on the 14th this year!"
Claire laughed, "Of course it's not wrong, he has it bad for you!"
An hour later than the 'few minutes' she had expected to talk with Elli, Claire exited the Clinic. She was positively glowing. It was awesome to help friends get together. Well, they weren't together, but they were one step closer...
As her stomach grumbled, Claire laughed, she hadn't even realized it was lunch time. Her stomach was not amused and protested louder, Okay! Let's go to the Inn to eat some lunch!
As Claire started to walk to the Inn, she saw Ann enter the church, Claire's eyes widened. Could it be...Again?
Grinning, she started running to the church.
5 minutes later
Claire covered her mouth with her hand, trying to smother her giggles. The blonde was hiding behind a bench and had just helped another relationship with her 'psychic' powers. Right now, Ann was smothering Cliff in a hug and although the brunette seemed uncomfortable from lack of air, he didn't seem to mind the attention much. Claire almost gave herself away as she smothered another giggle. I can't help it! She thought, the look on Carter's face when Ann jumped on Cliff!
Still giggling, Claire packed her faithful sheets of paper and red marker before sneaking out the door. A few seconds later, Ann came out of the church and smiled brightly at Claire, happily surprised to see her before dragging her off to the Inn for lunch because something awesome had just happened.
A few hours later, Claire decided to enjoy the last rays of sunshine by taking a walk in next to the springs. As the blonde strolled through the grass next to Gotz's house, she noticed Rick and Karen walking bye without noticing her. No way...Again??
Wow, Claire thought, this is officially freaky. One, two, okay. But three heart events in one day?? … Oh well, all the more fun for me! Claire took out her tools as she hid behind the carpenter's house, peaking occasionally at Karen and Rick to see when she would need to jump in. Right now they were talking about... Karen's new outfit. Claire rolled her eyes but stayed put.
A few seconds later though, she heard footsteps on the path behind her and she managed to spot Gray out of the corner of her eye. When he noticed her, he stopped for a second, looking uncertain. Come here! Claire thought, don't be afraid! But with a sigh, Gray looked down at his feet and slowly started walking again, his back facing her.
'Nice ass' Claire's eyes almost popped out of her head as she heard the comment that Devil (who was sitting on her shoulder by the way) had let out. You're so vulgar! Claire thought, slightly disgusted by the perverted thoughts.
'Not perverted, just pointing out a fact' Devil grumbled 'Anyway, I'm not a devil for nothing...'
'Umm, Claire?' Angel asked, looking slightly worried. She was sitting on Claire's other shoulder, 'Gray is going to the mines. That means Karen and Rick will see him.'
'Ah, touché dear colleague.' Devil stated before they both poof-ed away.
Oh no! Claire thought, I have to stop him from ruining an important moment of their lives! (1)The blonde quickly leaped to catch up with the sulking redhead. A second later, she grabbed his arm and dragged him back to her hiding place. As Gray looked at her with an confused look, Claire grinned and put a finger to her lips.
"Don't make a sound," she whispered and she turned back around to peek around the corner of the house.
"What do you mean-" Claire's eyes widened at the no-so-quiet voice Gray was using and she quickly clamped a hand over his mouth, stopping any further noises. Annoyed, she looked at Gray with an arched eyebrow. Didn't I just tell him to be quiet?
"I told you to not make a sound!" she mumbled quietly, "if they hear us, we're dead!"
Gray arched an eyebrow before putting on a pouty face. Claire almost rolled her eyes at the childlike behavior but she got the message and removed her hand.
"You can look too, but try to be discreet and do not get in my way, understood?" She said as softly as possible.
"But I..." Gray motioned towards the mines, his voice a barely audible whisper.
"They'll see you," Claire said as she shook her head, she was about to add more when Rick said the sentence she had been waiting for. Without another word she quickly turned around.
"We used to play here all the time!" Perfect.
"We played games like tag, kick the can, hide and seek... everything" Karen replied. Claire felt Gray lean in next to her, trying to see what was happening. The blonde gathered her paper and marker and started scribbling. Quickly, I don't have much time...
"We also wrestled, although I could never beat you..." Rick said with a laugh, failing to notice Karen's suddenly murderous gaze.
"I don't remember that." She said through her teeth. Claire raised her piece of paper. Rick noticed and narrowed his eyes, trying to read. As he got the sentence and the chance to redeem himself he immediately turned to Karen.
"I'm sorry Karen, I didn't mean it..." Rick started, Karen's eyes widened slightly in surprise, "It's just we've both grown and changed so much... You've especially become really beautiful..."
Karen's mouth hung open for a second or two before she regained her wits and jumped on the blond boy, kissing him ferociously.
Claire's smile disappeared in a second and she quickly turned around, not interested in watching the newly-founded couple make out. Gray sat down next to her, leaning his back against the house.
"So..." he started, looking at Claire who was trying to drown out the slightly disturbing noises Karen and Rick were making, "Are you telling me you go around helping people start making out?"
"No!" Claire said, slightly louder than she had meant, her cheeks becoming red, "I... just, I help my friends spark and when I saw those two, I wanted to help them too."
"Hm. Seems like that spark transformed into fire quickly." Gray muttered, trying to concentrate on anything but Karen and Rick. With a sigh, Gray looked up at the sky, only to have a smirk settle on his lips. If only...
Meanwhile, Claire stood up and held her hand out to Gray.
"Let's go. I don't think they'll notice." she said with a smile as she pulled the redhead up.
As the pair started walking, Claire saw the smirk that appeared on Gray's face every time he looked up to the sky.
"What's so funny?" the blonde asked, cocking her head.
Gray looked down at her, his eyes twinkling, "You know what would be funny?" he asked, "They said it was going to rain today, what if...?"
It started pouring. A blood-curling shriek was immediately heard from Karen. Gray and Claire, who had started running towards the farm, exchanged a glance and started laughing. The timing couldn't have been better.
As they arrived at the farm, Claire quickly started unlocking her door.
Gray smiled, still replaying the scream in his head over and over again. When Claire started speaking, he quickly shifted his attention to her.
"That was fun. Thanks Gray, it would have been quite embarrassing on my own..."
"Hm," Gray looked away, "Welcome. Anyway, you helped me too, it made me forget...something."
Claire nodded understandingly, she had heard Gray and his grandfather quarreling as she passed the
Forge. The blonde started opening her door.
"Oh, Claire?" Gray asked, looking unsure as he avoided eye contact with the young woman.
"Yeah?"
"You know... It's the Thanksgiving festival in a couple of days and..." The redhead hesitated for a second, "I was wondering if you could help me... Cliff asked me to help him make cookies for Ann but we don't have a kitchen... And I don't know anything about cooking... I mean, if it bothers you ok but... I understand, we barely know each other..." Gray didn't notice he was rambling. Or that this was the most he had said at one time in a year. He was just nervous. Really nervous. And he didn't even know why.
Claire laughed, "It's no problem at all Gray. Just don't forget to tell Cliff."
"...Ah," Gray stood there, mouth opening and closing, "Uh...Thanks."
Claire smiled "No problem! See you on the 14th at 7!"
Gray nodded his goodbye and started walking away. Claire smiled and closed the door.
As night fell to the soothing sound of the falling rain, Gray and Claire were both replaying the events of the day slowly in their head, especially the end of the afternoon. To the surprise of both young people, neither of them had a single dark thought lingering in their minds and sleep was blissfully nightmare-less. Or memories-less, depends how you want to call it.
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(1)All the thinking with Devil, Claire and Angel happened really quickly, a second or two actually. Just to make things clear XD
Wow, that was hard to write! I'm not especially proud of this chapter but eh, it's my update...
Please review! Please please! (Who said I was too proud to beg?)
