Here we are in chapter 7! Can you believe it? I can't. I hope you all enjoyed that last chapter. Now you all know what the Doctor's problem is. Now we must find out what he's gonna do! Also what's going to happen when Claire see's Jack? I hope you all enjoy this chapter! Keep reviewing!!!

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Disclaimer- I do not own Harvest Moon or any of its characters

Chapter 7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Claire's POV

"I can't stop thinking about that day a week ago when me and Gray were eating pancakes. When the Doctor came into the Inn I thought Gray was literally going to kill him. But then, the Doctor was returning the looks. I wonder why they dislike each other?" I thought as I procrastinated getting out of bed. "Today is going to be a long one." I thought. "Today was the day Gray had to go back to work for his grandpa Saibara. I still had another two weeks until I got out of the wheel chair and both of my cast. Because Gray taking it upon himself to do all my farm work, I now have a lot of crops to water and harvest." I thought as I pulled myself out of bed and into my prison, my wheel chair.

I rolled up to the window and looked out at my field. "Gray did a good job." I thought. "My field was all cleared out except for a few huge boulders and tree stumps. And now I have many, and I mean a lot of crops growing. I'm happy my farm is looking successful, I just don't know how I'm going to get everything done. I don't think I have the stamina yet to take care of my farm." I thought. "Stupid Gray." I mumbled feeling a little mad. "If he only let me do a little work, like watering some of my crops, I know I would feel better taking care of my farm. But no, he thought I was going to get hurt." I thought as I made my breakfast.

As I ate my cereal I thought, "At least I get to do some farm work today. It took me almost all day yesterday to get Gray calm at the thought of me doing my farm work, even though I'm still in a wheel chair. But I had to agree to him stopping by before and after work to make sure I'm still ok." I rolled away from the table and put the bowl and spoon into the sink. I looked at the clock, it was 7:00am, "I should get dressed. Gray should be here soon." I thought. I rolled over to my bureau and pulled out my clothes for today. I didn't feel like going into the bathroom to change, so pulled myself onto my bed and started changing. As I pulled my pj shirt off I heard a knocking at the door.

"Claire! Hello?" yelled Gray at the door.

"Hold on!" I yelled trying to change faster. But I could only go so fast with a cast on my arm.

"Claire!" he yelled. I heard the doorknob moving.

"Please be locked." I thought. "If you open that door I will seriously kill you!" I yelled.

"What?!" he yelled still outside.

"You heard me! Just give me a damn minute ok?" I yelled back.

After a good ten minutes I was finally changed into my work clothes for the day. I got back into my wheel chair and rolled to the door. He was sitting on the ground looking out at my field.

He looked up at me and said, "What the hell was that about?"

"I was changing when you came to the door."

Gray's face just got red. "You could have said that instead of, I'll kill you if you open that door." he said mimicking me.

"Well it was either that or you were gong to walk into my house when I didn't have a shirt on!" I yelled at him.

His face just got even redder. Gray stood up and said, "I…um, uh … I'll see you at one." And he just left my property almost running, and was clearly embarrassed.

"Stupid boy." I mumbled. I turned around and looked at my field. "I got a lot of work to do." I thought as I pulled out my watering can.

I filled it with water and started watering my many crops. I took a quick glance at the rest when I finished the first small section. "Crap! I ton of them have to be harvested!" I thought panicking now. "There is no way I could carry the harvested vegetables to the shipment bin. I guess I'll just water everything then start harvesting, and later I'll have Gray's help." I thought.

Doctor's POV

Today was a really slow day at the clinic. There was nothing to do. "I know its good that no one is getting hurt, I'm just bored." I thought as I stared at the ceiling. I looked at the doorway when Elli entered the room.

"Doctor?" she said quietly.

"Yes."

"Since there isn't any one here or has come in all day can I go home? Stu came by a second ago and says my Grandma needs me at home." she said looking at the floor.

"Of course. Go have the day off." I said quickly. "It means I can go do something." I thought.

"Thank you Doctor." Elli said smiling. "I'll see you tomorrow." she said leaving the room.

"Now what will I do?" I thought. "Claire may need some help with her farm." I thought. I went upstairs into my room and changed into a white t-shirt and jeans. I looked at the clock it was 12:30 in the afternoon. "I should be there in ten minutes." I thought as I left the clinic. "This will be a good chance to get to know her." I thought. "I wonder how her farm is doing. Everyone said it was a wreck when she bought it. I doubt its any better, because of her injuries." I thought as I got closer to her farm.

"Wow." I thought as I looked at her mostly cleared field with a lot of crops planted everywhere. "How on earth could she get all this work done?" I wondered. I walked up near her house and looked out at her field to see her in her wheel chair harvesting crops.

"Claire!" I yelled to her.

Her head jerked up. Her eyes met mine but her face fell in disappointment. I wasn't the person she was waiting for I concluded. "Need any help?" I yelled coming a little closer."

"No. I'm doing fine." she called back.

"Is she serious? She still has hours worth of harvesting left." I thought looking at her field.

"Are you sure? Look at all the crops you still have left to harvest. There is no way you can do this yourself." I said.

"Her expression went from nothing to anger at my last sentence." I thought after looking at her changing expression.

"I'm doing fine. I have everything under control. I don't need any help." she said coolly at me.

"I think you do." I said still in a good mood. "Please let me help." I thought.

"She said she didn't want any help." said a deep voice behind me.

I noticed Claire give a quick sigh of relief as I turned around. Gray was standing behind me. He was looking at me like he knew his look it self would kill me.

"I was not talking to you." I said turning my back to him.

"I don't care. Claire told you she didn't need any help. Therefore you should leave." he said coolly.

"No one asked you." I said angrily. "Will you just go jump off a cliff or something!" I thought.

"Doctor. Thank you for coming over here. And thank you for offering to help. But I just can't take any fighting today. So please if you don't mind, can you leave?" Claire said a good ten feet away from me and Gray.

"What?" I thought feeling like she just kicked me.

"Ok." I said looking at her then turning around and leaving her property.

"I'll have to try harder." I thought.

Gray's POV

"I was so happy to see that creep leave Claire's farm." I thought as I watched him leave. "I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw him here. What the hell was he thinking? Especially when he one, insulted her, and second he was forcing his help when she clearly said no. What's wrong with him?" I thought.

When he was out of sight I looked back at Claire. She was watching the Doctor leave. When he was out of sight she looked up at me and said, "Thanks for trying to get him to leave."

"No problem. So is everything all set here? You clearly said you didn't need any help." I said in a teasing tone. I glanced at her field, she had a lot to harvest still.

She looked at me with big eyes then she looked down quickly.

"I need help harvesting my crops." she said looking up at me again.

"But I thought you said you had everything under control?" I said teasing her now. "She was just trying to get rid of the Doctor." I realized. This surprisingly made me feel really happy.

"Can you just help me. I'm so tired. I've been working since you left, no breaks." she said looking defeated.

This made me feel really guilty. "Um…why don't you go and get something to eat and rest. I'll take care of the rest of the crops." I said softly. "Damn she looks tired." I thought studying her face.

She just nodded. Claire started heading towards her house. "Poor girl, she worked herself too hard." I thought as I started harvesting her crops.

After a few hours I was finally done, the sun was starting to set. I decided to check on Claire. I walked over to her house and knocked on the door. I waited but there was only silence.

"Claire?" I called knocking a bit louder.

Still nothing. I opened the door, she left it unlocked. I looked around her house she was on her bed out cold asleep. "She must have crashed the moment she sat on it." I thought. I put a blanket over her and left, leaving her to sleep in peace.

Claire's POV

I opened my eyes to see bright beams of light coming through my windows. I jumped awake. "What time is it?" I thought as I looked around the room searching for the clock. "It's 10am?!" I yelled pulling myself out of bed. I pulled out fresh clothes went to start getting dressed when I realized I was in the same clothes as yesterday. Slowly the memory of yesterday flooded into my head. "Gray is too nice." I thought to myself. "He is definitely the best friend I could ever ask for." I thought.

I got dressed as fast as I could and got myself outside. I got outside and went digging through my backpack looking for my watering can.

"Looking for this?" said a deep voice.

I looked up to see Gray right in front of me with a teasing smile and holding my watering can.

"How..?" I said looking back at my house feeling confused.

"Calm down. I convinced my grandpa to let me help you with your farm until you get out of the wheel chair. So I've been watering your fields. All of your farm work is done." Gray said handing me my watering can.

"Now how did you get this?" I asked curious.

Gray looked down at the ground and said, "The door was unlocked."

"I should just leave the door open, I never remember to lock it." I said joking.

"I don't think that's a good idea." Gray said not getting my joke.

"Its ok. I'm just joking. I just don't know what you would do if I locked the door. Then you couldn't break in and steal stuff like watering cans." I said teasing.

"I don't steal stuff." Gray said scowling.

"Come on, learn to take a joke." I said.

Gray just rolled his eyes.

"Thank you for watering my crops." I said sincerely.

Gray just nodded.

"What should we do next?" I asked.

"I don't know." Gray mumbled.

"Lets go to the Inn I'm starving." I said.

Summer 1st

(Note- still Claire's POV)

The rest of the days up to today, Gray would come to my house by 7:00am to help with my crops. This time though Gray let me do some of the work. I found that this helped, because everyday I could do more before I became tired. Yesterday was different, since it was the last day of spring I had to get rid of my growing crops so I could be ready to plant my summer crops tomorrow. It was fun work. All I had to do was swing my sickle and I was done. Except I almost slashed Gray's leg the first time. "He got to close." I thought laughing at the memory.

Today is going to be a fun day, or at least that is what Gray kept telling me when he, Ann, and Cliff came to my house this morning. Today is the big summer festival, with a swimming race.

"It's going to be fun." Gray said as he pushed my wheel chair outside.

Ann had just had fun forcing Gray and Cliff to stay outside while she forced me to put on my bathing suit. "At least I get to wear my pretty white tank top and some shorts. But I'm stuck in a wheel chair today. And that still sucks At least I got only a week left in it, and that is good." I thought.

"Well of course it's going to be fun, but not for me." I said a bit annoyed.

"Why is it not going to be fun for you?" he said.

"Are you kidding me?" I thought. I heard Ann whack herself in the forehead. I know her and Cliff were walking behind me and Gray, but I didn't need to see them to see the looks on their faces to know they were thinking the same thing I was. "Are you serious?" I asked Gray.

"Yes."

"What?" I thought.

"How can I have fun if I'm in a wheel chair!" I yelled up at Gray's still smiling face.

"So. Doesn't mean you still can't have fun." he said still smiling.

"I could almost see Ann rolling her eyes, but I guess nothing is going to kill his good mood today. That's different. I don't want to kill it, it's just its weird for him to be that happy." I thought.

I just sulked as we came to the beach. My mood changed from bad to great when we got too the beach. Everyone was there at the beach.

"Who is this?" asked a boy with a purple bandanna that was now in front of me.

"My name is Claire." I said smiling. "goddess he is so cute!" I thought. "What's yours?" I asked.

"I'm Kai." he said smiling back. "I own the snack shack here at the beach during the summer." he continued.

"I just bought the old farm on the other side of Chicken Lil' back in the spring." I said.

"You're rebuilding that old farm?" he said looking at me in surprise.

It didn't click at first but it did click after a second. "Oh, I'm only in the wheel chair, because I broke my arm and my ankle." I said quickly.

"Oh." he said looking at my arm. "So…how did you break your arm and ankle?" he asked.

"Shoot! I wasn't expecting that." I thought. "Oh, well I fell down some stairs trying to save Gray from falling and…." I thought. I quickly glanced up at Gray who was standing next to me now. He was looking back at me, his face turning red. "I had a few problems with stairs." I said with a small laugh.

"Are you sure that's the story?" Kai asked staring at me.

"What he doesn't believe me? Crap, did he see me look up at Gray?" I thought panicking now. "What do you mean?" I asked confused.

"By the way you glanced up at my good friend Gray here, and by how red his face is I say he had something to do with it." he said putting his arm over Gray's shoulders.

I could feel my face getting red.

Gray pushed Kai away with one arm, "Personal bubble." he mumbled.

"Same old Gray." Kai laughed. "But not exactly." he added.

"What do you mean?" Gray asked looking annoyed.

"I'm meaning that you never have any friends besides Cliff. I never would have expected you to have a girlfriend." Kai said bluntly.

"What did he just say?" I thought feeling my face turn a vivid red. My thoughts were interrupted then by laughter. I turned my head to see Ann on the ground laughing a good ten feet away. Cliff looked like he was trying to get her to stop, because he could see me watching.

"Kai. Gray is not my boyfriend." I said looking back at Kai. Gray was a vivid red and looked very angry but surprisingly he was speechless.

"I bet he wishes though." Kai said laughing.

"Does he have a death wish?" I thought.

"One more word and you will be dead." Gray said angrily.

"Oh, look Kai killed Gray's good mood, I guess it can be killed today." I thought knowing I was smiling.

Gray was still just staring at Kai angrily, and Kai looked well, just stunned by Gray's words. Gray just then suddenly turned around and walked away towards the ocean, sulking.

I looked back at Kai and said, "Great you killed his good mood."

"He has a good mood?" Kai asked seriously.

"Yes." I said.

"Sorry." he said.

"It's ok." I said smiling.

"So…If you're not dating him, why are you here with him?"

"Because he's my best friend and Ann also forced me to come." I said laughing a bit at the end.

"Why didn't you want to come?"

"I love the beach, I just don't see how I can really enjoy myself when I'm trapped in this wheel chair."

"Oh, but I bet you can still have fun. Like how I'm going to beat Gray at the swimming race." Kai said smiling.

"Yeah." I mumbled.

"Kai!" yelled Popuri running over. "I've been looking for you everywhere." Popuri said dragging him away.

(I have decided to make this chapter a 2parter. Expect the next part soon!!!)