A/N: Hehhe, summer vacation is awesome! I am quite enjoying my time, thank you all for asking! *winks* I even have my hair dyed purple! I think it looks amazing! Well, I have been writing a lot, and I have another update for you all while I sit here at the library. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks again, to everyone who follows my stories! I love you all!

Return to Sunshine Island

"P-p-pregnant?" My jaw dropped as the alien word seems to swim around my mind.

"Yeah. Dr. Hardy checked three times." Chelsea beams up at me, her face practically glowing.

Wow. I mean, I knew that Chelsea and I had been trying to do this for years...but now that it's happening; I feel really surprised and unready for it.

"Come on Vaughn." Chelsea tugs on my arm. "We should go back to Sunshine Island."

She leads me out of Dr. Hardy's house, and I feel dazed; as if I'm walking around in a dream. Chelsea was pregnant? How did that happen?

Oh yeah.

"Pony! Skye!" Chelsea calls out to her cousin with a smile of pure happiness on her face.

The couple come running from the barn. Jill's eyes are wide as she reaches us. "What happened?"

"I'm pregnant!" Chelsea gleefully announces. Jill squeals in delight and the two go into the house, talking fast and giggling nonstop.

I feel someone slap my back. "Congrats bro! You're going to be a dad!"

I see Skye grinning smugly at me, clearly laughing at the idea of me being a parent.

I finally manage an emotion; I smirk back at my brother. "Wait until it happens to you."

That wipes the smug look off of his face. I chuckle under my breath.

"Seriously though," Skye begins, actually looking serious for once. "You're going to be a dad in a few seasons. Are you going to be alright?"

I raise an eyebrow at him. "You're being awfully thoughtful today. What's going on with you?"

He simply grins at me. "I'm a married man Vaughn. I've changed."

I roll my eyes. "You've been married less than twenty-four hours." I pause. "But that reminds me, if you do anything to hurt Jill, I will personably make sure the rest of your life is a living hell."

His face almost goes pale, but then he glances towards the house where both our wives are. He smiles and then slightly shakes his head. "I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I ever hurt her."

I nod back at him. "Maybe you have changed."

Skye smirks at me. "You sure haven't." He glances down at me. "Still wandering around in your boxers, eh Vaughn?"

I glance down an my face instantly flushes a dark red, even as I remember the time I woke from a semi-coma on the Island and ran to Chelsea's farm in my boxers.

I hurry inside, leaving Skye there to laugh at me.

The girls are sitting on the edge of the bed when I come inside. Jill glances back at me and giggles to Chelsea as I stride over to them to fetch my clothes from the foot of the bed.

"Forget something Vaughn?" She giggles at me as I get my pants on.

"Oh hush." I growl at her. "No one cared during breakfast."

"No one noticed during breakfast!" She laughs as I get my shirt on.

"Ha, ha, ha." I grumble under my breath. I didn't like being seen as forgetful.

"Oh, Vaughn!" Chelsea perks up. "We should get packing! That way we can leave for Sunshine Island today!"

I shake my head. "No can do Chels." She looks confused, so I explain. "The boat broke down yesterday. I found out when I was buying supplies from Ruby. It won't be fixed for another week at least."

"Oh." Chelsea looks disappointed. "I hope Julia won't mind."

I smile at my darling wife and sit down on the bed beside her. I wrap my arm around her waist and gently kiss her forehead. "I'm sure she doesn't mind. Besides, little Calvin and Ashlyn love that farm of ours."

Chelsea smiles. "Our farm." She leans her head on my shoulder. "I love our farm too."

Jill smiles. "Speaking of farms, I'd better go and make sure Skye isn't disturbing any of my chickens! For whatever reason, he doesn't like them."

She leaves us alone and I pull Chelsea onto my lap, and hold her close to me. I take a deep breath in, and her scent seems to surround me. Goddess, I could never get enough of her.

Chelsea sighs in content and leans back against me. Her eyes close and her lips turn up in a smile. "I love you Vaughn."

"I love you too Chelsea."

The boat isn't fixed for two weeks, instead of one. And by the time it is fixed, both Chelsea and I are itching to get back home.

"Promise you'll write!" Jill tearfully hugs her cousin goodbye.

Chelsea giggles. "Pony, I'm going home! I'm not going off to war!"

Jill smiles at her. "I know, I know. I've just loved having you here so much. You're free to come visit anytime."

"As you are at my farm." Chelsea hugs her cousin again. "I'll try and buy a phone soon, so then I can call you!"

"By all means, do!" Jill smiles and takes her husband's hand. "And we'll come and visit sometime too."

"Don't rush." I mumble under my breath, and Chelsea elbows me and then smiles, knowing that I'm joking.

"Seriously though," I smile at them. "You guys are both welcome to come and visit."

Skye grins. "Well, don't miss us too much! Or you won't get on that boat!"

Almost as if the captain had heard Skye's words, the boat horn blasts out.

"Alright, alright! Get going!" Jill grins and pushes Chelsea towards the boat. I grab our suitcases and bid farewell to our family members.

Hours later, we dock on the familiar sandy beach of Sunshine Islands. Second time in my life where I'd been happy to return home.

Chelsea has a suitcase in one hand and my hand in her other. I'm carrying the other suitcase and I have her shoes slung around my neck. The laces were tied together so they wouldn't fall.

She laughs at some bad joke I made as we enter the town. I look around, and I'm vaguely surprised that I don't see anyone around. But I shrug it off as nothing.

We enter our farm and drop off our luggage in the house before we go outside to inspect the field.

"Yikes." Chelsea grimaces as we scan the field. It was full of branches and stones and a plethora of weeds. "Guess Julia didn't have time to fix the field."

"Well, you can hardly blame her either." I glance at my wife. "She does have two kids to take care of."

I see her hand go to her flat stomach. "Well, let's go check on the animals before we go to town."

We stroll hand in hand to the barn as we talk about what crops we should grow this season. It felt nice to talk about life with her.

I open the barn and I hear Chelsea gasp. I turn to look inside, and I frown in puzzlement. The barn was completely empty!

"Where...where are my animals?" Chelsea asks me, her eyes wide as she turns to me.

"I don't know..." I pause and something pops into my head. "Wait here a sec..." And I dash off to the chicken coop.

I yank the door open, but the same sight greets my eyes. Empty space. I slam the door shut and turn around to call for Chelsea's dog.

"Stark! Stark!"

I pause for a moment as I wait for a response. When nothing happens, I call out the name again.

I feel something grab my arm. I stop calling, and look down to see Chelsea. Her face is worry stricken as she speaks. "We should see Julia."

I nod. She was right. Good of her to be calm when I'm freaking out. I can't help but smile at her as we head to Mirabelle's. She was just so amazing.

I knock on the door. "Julia?"

As we wait, I grip Chelsea's hand tightly. I wanted to know what was going on, but I was scared of the answer at the same time.

Slowly, the door opens. Julia's face pops out, and she smiles at us before turning away to cough roughly into the crook of her arm.

"Vaughn, Chelsea." She smiles weakly at us. "I was wondering when you two were coming home."

"Julia, are you sick? You should be in bed." I frown at her.

She smiles weakly. "I'm the healthiest out of everybody on the Island right now."

"What do you mean?" Chelsea asks. "What happened to my animals?"

Julia sighs wearily, suddenly looking as if she's aged fifteen years since we saw her two weeks ago. "Come inside, you two. It's a long story."

She disappears into the house without another word. Chelsea and I glance at each other uneasily, and then we go inside the house.