When I saw how many reviews I got, my heart stopped for a second! Thank you! (For the reviews of course.) I can't believe my suckish story made it so far! This was my first successful story (successful? Maybe?) and it helped me become a better writer. This story and you guys made me go from amateur to....slightly better amateur. So thanks again! I don't own Harvest Moon but I do own a leather notebook that I doodle in. Vaughn's POV
I woke up to the sound of Julia's footsteps coming into the room.
"Morning, Sleepyhead! How are you feeling?" Julia asks a little bit too sweetly.
My head was plugged up and my throat felt like sandpaper.
"Like crap." I reply while beginning to sit up from my bed.
"Oh, no! You are not leaving that bed Vaughnie!" Julia says while running over to me and pushing me down. I couldn't really put up a fight due to my cold...or whatever the heck you want to call it...
"Don't call me Vaughnie..." I mutter as Julia tucks me back in tightly. Yeah, that's going to hold me..
Julia smiles and feels my head for a fever. "You are not leaving this bed, all you need to do is rest!" My blond cousin then took her hand off my head and smiles. "At least you're fever went down a little!" Julia says happily. Oh, whoopdy-dee....
"So you're really going to stay here to make sure I stay in bed?" I ask, imagining Julia staring at me like a hawk for hours.
Julia giggles and walks towards the door. "No, I have to work, Vaughn! Don't worry though, you've got company coming!" Julia says while opening the door to walk away.
"Company? As in babysitter?" I ask smartly, this cold-whatever was making me irritated.
"No! Chelsea of course! I asked her earlier and she was more than happy to! She'll be over in about thirty minutes, okay?" Julia says in a nice tone while walking away.
My hurting eyes widened slightly. Out of all the people she could have asked...
"Chelsea? Juli-" I begin to protest.
"Thirty minutes! Get well soon!" Julia interrupts. She then closes the door behind her.
Half an hour.....that's about enough time to get up and do some paperwork I missed....
I eye my work bag that's sitting on the stool near the potted plant. It looked fake but I'm not telling Julia or Mirabelle that.
I pull off the covers and put my feet down on the cold, wood floor.
As I begin to get up I hear Julia's voice-
"YOU ARE NOT LEAVING THAT BED!" I hear the woman's voice yell. I jump a little as her voice rings in my ears. How the hell could she know? She was in the other room! Julia is slowly beginning to creep me out....
I get back in the bed and take the covers up to my chin. My vision wonders to a clock nailed to the wall. It was a square wooden clock with a clear face, its pendulum was swinging back and forth with no stop.
It was about 10:15 a.m. was I really asleep that long?
About two minutes passed and my mind began to wander a little...
I remember Chelsea always asking me for the time when she wanted to talk to me...
"Vaughn, what time is it? I-I don't have a watch."
"About 8 a.m."
"Okay! Thanks! So, umm...do you like mornings?"
"....Shouldn't you be working?"
"Uh..right...bye."
Chelsea always attempted to talk to me, it was a little annoying at first. Chelsea's a nice person though..she'd open her heart to anyone...
A wave of warmth flows through my body, my eyes began to close. I'm getting tired again..sleeping was pretty much all I can do right now anyway...
50 Minutes later
I faintly hear the door open and a woman's panting.
My eyes open slightly to see a blurry Chelsea with a large red bag hanging down her shoulder. She was breathing hardly like she ran a marathon.
Her big blue eyes then meet my now open ones.
"Sorry I'm late! Mori Mori got into the chicken coop! How are you feeling, Vaughn?" Chelsea says as she smiles at her bag. She then walks towards me and sits down on the chair next to my bed.
"That's not your rucksack..." I comment as she begins to unzip the opening.
"I know, but It was too small." Chelsea then pulls out an orange bowl with a plastic covering over it and a sliver spoon. She peeled off the plastic and stirs the bowl's contents on her lap. Chelsea hands me the bowl and spoon with a gentle smile.
I sit up and take the bowl from her hands to see porridge in it, it was still pretty warm too.
"I figured you would be hungry so I made your favorite! I hope it's okay!" Chelsea says happily.
My face burned up a little, it was probably just the fever...yeah, the fever....
"Y-You didn't have to do that." I say as I slowly dip the spoon into the bowl of food.
Chelsea ignores me and goes back into her bag to pull out a wool blanket and pillow.
"I also thought you'd like an extra blanket, maybe another pillow?" Chelsea says, her face gets a little red.
Chelsea then stands up and walks even closer to the bed. She puts the pillow behind me to top the first one. Then she lays the blanket up to my knees so she wouldn't bump into me and the bowl of porridge.
"..Thanks." I say as I take a spoonful of the porridge to my mouth, then another spoonful.
Chelsea smiles and sits back down on the chair.
"I believe that everyone should take care of those who are sick or in pain. At least, that's what my mom always said." Chelsea says while looking down at her shoes. She was a little quiet for a second, like she was thinking about something.
I swallow my current spoonful while I look at Chelsea's spaced out face.
"Something on your mind?" I ask.
Chelsea snaps out of her daze and smiles even wider.
"Sorry, it was nothing. Oh! I almost forgot! I also got you some tissues, in case you get a runny nose. A cloth I can wet, in case you get a fever. A few books if you wanted something to read. A-" Chelsea kept listing the items she had.
I tug a fast smile on my face, Chelsea's eyes got brighter with every item she named off.
Maybe company wasn't so bad...
Did you like it? I hope so! I'm really sorry that I took so long! I hope I can update more frequently and still make decent chapters!
I'm also sorry if you didn't like the chapter either. It's not really good in my opinion so sorry...
Sorry for any OCC-ness, errors, etc. Please review! I re-read this chapter for errors 3 times and I stayed up until 1:44 a.m. to finish! I hope my hard work payed off!