This chapter isn't as boring as the last, except when Chelsea's cooking... That's kind of boring. But I like this chapter :3
Disclaimer: I don't own Harvest Moon or any of its characters.
Starry Night
When we got home, we both went home to put our clothes away. After my dress and shoes were neatly in my closet, I walked happily over to Mirabelle's shop.
"Hel-lo!" I called cheerily as I walked through the door.
"Hello, dear," Mirabelle said from the counter. She was counting the items on the shelf behind her. "Julia's in the living room showing off her dress to Jonathon and Vaughn..."
"Kay," I said, and skipped gingerly to the living room. As I walked through the door, I saw Julia strutting around in her light blue dress and lace-up heels in front of Vaughn and Jonathon who were sitting on the couch.
Vaughn's head was tilted back, and his eyes were closed. Jonathon was covering his face with his hand, and kept sighing over and over again.
"Hey!" Julia said, clapping her hands in front of the boy's faces. "I'm not finished!"
Vaughn and Jonathon groaned, and sat up straight. Julia smiled brightly, and continued walking around the small room.
Laughing, I entered the room and sat down beside Vaughn.
"Chelsea!" Julia cried. "Don't I look wonderful in this dress? Do you think Elliot will like it?"
"Elliot?" Vaughn scoffed, leaning farther away from the couch. "You're celebrating Starry Night with that nerd?"
"He's not a nerd!" Julia said protectively.
"Since when did you like him?" I asked.
"When I got back from my coma," she said. "He helped me walk around for the first few days..."
"Fabulous," I said sarcastically. "How come I never heard of this?"
"Because I knew you would act like this," Julia said matter-of-factly.
"I would not!" I protested.
"Yes, you would," Julia said, wagging her finger at me. "You're my best friend. I know you!"
I narrowed my eyes at her, and turned to Vaughn.
"Where did you disappear to?" I asked him, trying to change the subject. I was suddenly uninterested in Julia's sob stories.
"I just needed to be alone..." Vaughn said uncomfortably.
"Oh," I said, and wrapped my arm around his. "Ok."
"I'm going to go change..." Julia said, and stalked out in her six-inch heels.
Once she was gone, both men let out a deep sigh.
"I had to go through one hour of her walking around like some supermodel," Jonathon breathed. "I need to take a nap."
Jonathon left, leaving Vaughn and I alone. I leaned my head against his shoulder, and closed my eyes.
"Are you coming over to my house tonight?" I asked quietly.
Vaughn wriggled his arm from my grasp and wrapped it around my shoulder. "Of course..." he muttered. He lifted up my chin with his free hand, and gently kissed me. It lasted only about a second, but I still loved it...
"Where'd Jonny go?" Julia said walking back into the room. She had changed into her "normal" clothes, which included an open belly shirt, Daisy Duke shorts, and tall white boots.
"Jonny?" Vaughn scoffed, rolling his eyes.
"Can I not call my cousin what I want?" Julia protested.
"I didn't say that," Vaughn retorted. "Just don't start calling me 'Vaughnie' like you did back when we were little."
"I was six, and meeting you for the first time!" Julia snapped. "It's not my fault we never met before that..."
Vaughn sighed and leaned back into the couch, taking his arm from around my shoulder.
"Well, I need to go help Mom choose the menu for tonight," Julia said. "I don't have time to argue about something that happened sixteen years ago!"
"Then why'd you start?" Vaughn asked her, raising an eyebrow.
Julia glared at him, then turned on her heel and stalked out of the room.
"I need to go too," I said, getting up off the couch when Julia was gone.
Vaughn got up too, and without saying anything, grabbed me around my waist and pulled me in for another kiss. This one was longer, and it made my legs turn into Jell-O. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and tried to stabilize my legs.
After standing there kissing for a while, Vaughn pulled away, smiled slightly at me, and then left. I walked out of the living room, calling to Mirabelle and Julia as I left.
As I pushed open the wooden door, I was greeted by a marvellous sight. Big, white, fluffy snowflakes were falling from the sky, landing on the ground all around me. They reminded me of the ones I had seen in the city, when I woke up from my coma.
Walking home, I saw Eliza and Charlie playing in the snow. They looked so cute!
When I was back on my farm, I began cooking dinner. I grabbed a big bag of uncooked rice from the fridge and a big jug of milk. I poured the rice into a big bowl full of water, and stuck it on the stove. Once the rice was cooked, I poured in about a cup and a half of milk.
I went back to the fridge, and grabbed some eggs, butter, and milk. I took another bowl out of the cupboard and poured in three cups of milk, and a cup of butter. Taking a wooden spoon from the small jar by the sink, I began stirring. I then cracked two eggs on the side of the counter and emptied them in the bowl, and then began stirring again.
When that was done, I took a big handful of the dough and slabbed it on a cookie tray, forming it into the shape of a dinner roll. I did this another time, and stuck them in the oven.
I stirred the porridge a bit, and then took the pot off the stove to cool. Then, I took another trip to the fridge to get wheat flour, eggs, butter, and apples.
I mixed the wheat flour, eggs, and butter in a big bowl, then put the dough in a pie tin, filling it with apples and cinnamon. I put that in the stove, too, and went to take a quick shower while they cooked.
When I got back, I took the dinner rolls out of the stove and put them by the big pot of now-cooled porridge. The apple pie was almost done, so I ran off to get changed.
The pie was finished when I came back, so I put it beside the dinner rolls, and put the porridge back on the stove to heat up a bit.
Just as I did that, there was a knock on the door. I tore off the apron I had been wearing and ran to the door as fast as my high heels could take me.
I opened the door to find Vaughn hiding beneath the part of my roof that hung off, trying to stay out of the snow. He was wearing a black shirt, black pants, and real shoes, not cowboy boots. And as I had expected, there was a cowboy hat on his head.
Smiling at him, I opened the door wider for him to come in. He smiled lightly back at me, and stepped inside, but not before dusting himself, and his hat, off.
"Where's your coat?" I asked, realizing he had no actual winter wear on.
"I don't need one," he said plainly.
"Yes you do!" I protested. "It's freezing out there! You're going to get sick!"
Vaughn smirked and shook his head. I rolled my eyes at him and closed the door.
"You look great," Vaughn said. He walked around behind me, and I felt something cold against my neck. When I looked down, I saw he had fastened a beautiful diamond necklace around my neck.
"Oh, Vaughn," I breathed, picking up the gorgeous necklace and looking at it. "It's so beautiful!"
I turned around to face him, and saw a smile on his face. A real smile. Not some smirk or half-smile. But an actual smile.
"You look so great when you smile," I whispered to him, wrapping my arms around his neck. I leaned my forehead against his, and stared into the beautiful purple eyes of his.
We stood like that for a minute or so, in complete silence.
"I made porridge," I suddenly said with a smile. Vaughn smiled back, and we went to eat.
Once we were done eating, we walked outside to go watch the stars. Vaughn protested against my telling him to go home and get a coat, so he wore what he came in. I, however, didn't want to freeze my butt off and wore a shawl. It had stopped snowing, but was still really cold.
Since we knew most people would be going to the mountain, we went to the meadow. It wasn't as great a view, but we could see the sky clearly and weren't crowded by every other villager on the island.
The clouds had disappeared, revealing a beautiful sky full of millions of bright, twinkling stars. Vaughn grabbed me by the waist and pulled me closer to him. We stared up at the stars, marvelling at them.
After about five minutes of gaping at the stars, Vaughn leaned down and kissed me.
Even though it was the middle of winter and I was only wearing a short dress and shawl, I suddenly felt warm... But like what happened before, my legs got weak and Vaughn had to hold me up. Before I knew what was happening, Vaughn had picked me up and was holding me bridal style. I never wanted this moment to end.
But it had to. Vaughn and I pulled apart eventually, and we both just stared at each other for a while. Then Vaughn, realizing he was still holding me, but me down. His cheeks turned bright red, and I could feel my own face heating up as well.
"We should go..." I said quietly. "It's getting late..."
Vaughn nodded, and slipped his hand into mine. We walked hand-in-hand back to my farm, where we said good-bye and he went home to Mirabelle's shop.
Me: Hello and welcome to WDA Talk Show! Our guest today is Natalie!
Natalie: Awww... That was so sweet!
Me: Yeah... *smiles* It kind of reminds me of Enchanted by Taylor Swift... This night is sparkling, don't you let it go... I'm wonderstruck, dancing all the way home.
Natalie: I love that song!
Me: I do too! My favourite from her CD is Better Than Revenge.
Natalie: Me too! I also like Mean...
Me: Mhmm. Well, bye!
Natalie: Buh-bye! *walks away*
Me: Wasn't that an interesting discussion?
