I'm Back already before anyone reading this story completely loses interest.
I do not own Harvest Moon
The bell on the door chimed as Vaughn walked into the store. Julia turned to him in surprise, and, seeing who it was she grinned smugly. "How was it last night? Vaughny~?"
Vaughn glared and Elliot, who was sitting next to Julia, sunk into his chair. It was obvious that between the two was the last place he wanted to be.
"Awful." He said. "You gave the girl some killer nightmares. I thought she was dying." He didn't sleep well at all. He had noticed shortly after when he woke up a second time that Chelsea had disappeared. She must have only slept an hour last night, unless she really did go to sleep in the barn. He shook his head. No, she wouldn't have. If she really was having nightmares about the movie, she'd stay clear of the barn. This meant that she must have been up on the roof all night.
He did not want to cross paths with her today. Especially if she was anything like Julia,he shuddered at the memories of a sleep-deprived Julia.
"Goooood morning, you beautiful people!" Chelsea greeted in a sing-song voice as she entered the shop. Vaughn glanced up in surprise before returning to his work. Unfortunately, he could not tune out their voices, try as he might.
"Chelsea!" Called Julia. "What a surprise! Didn't you just buy feed a day ago?"
"Yep!" She replied, "but I'm showing a new villager 'round the town."
There was silence. "Well where are they?" Asked Julia.
"Wah!" Cried Chelsea in surprise, Vaughn glanced back up.
"She was just with me a second ago!" She slapped her face in annoyance and stepped out of the shop before returning, dragging a girl by the arm. Behind her glasses, the girl's eyes were wide in shock and fear.
"This is Sabrina, she's a shy one I tell ya'!" Chelsea grinned "Honestly, she does this at every stop!"
Vaughn could feel his heart go out in pity to this poor mistreated girl. If he was as shy as her, the last thing he'd want was to become Chelsea's new play toy. The girl stepped forward a little bit and held her hand to her chest.
"I-I'm Sabrina, It's a pleasure to meet you." She said with a small bow.
"Woah! She's so polite!" Exclaimed Julia, "Like a lady!"
"She is a lady!" Said Chelsea, "I met her this morning when I was scavenging in the east part of the island. Imagine my surprise when there was this huge mansion there erected almost overnight!"
"Wow! I need to check that out sometime!" Said Julia. She turned to Sabrina, "I'm Julia, I help my mom at this ranch."
"Pleasure." Said the girl.
"This is Vaughn, my cousin and the animal dealer." She said gesturing to the cowboy.
Vaughn looked her in the eye and she turned pink like her dress. Chelsea giggled to herself, Sabrina was really timid she must have been terrified by Vaughn's glare. Then her eyes widened, he wasn't glaring.
"Nice to meet you." He said. The girl turned even pinker and Chelsea realized that if she didn't get her out of there, Sabrina might faint. As it turned out, Sabrina must have known that too because she quickly thanked Chelsea for the tour and then excused herself.
As she left, both girls wheeled on Vaughn.
"What was that?!" Exclaimed Julia.
"What was what?" Growled Vaughn.
"You were, dare I say it, pleasant!" Chelsea said as if she were still trying to take it all in.
"No I wasn't." Said Vaughn in annoyance.
"Yes you were!" Both girls said in unison.
"I just thought that she looked a lot like a spooked animal." He admitted.
Julia gasped, "You like her!"
Vaughn scoffed, "Why would you think that?"
"Because you love animals and she reminded you of one!" Grinned Julia.
"You're taking what I said completely out of context!" Yelled Vaughn.
Julia flipped her hair, "You saw it to, right Chelsea?"
Silence. "Chelsea?" She said again unsure. The truth was Chelsea had left half way through their argument. She didn't feel like hearing it for some reason and she suddenly thought of several more productive things that she could do. Like go to the mines. Yes she'd go to the mines and take whatever these nasty emotions were out on the rocks.
Unfortunately, that wasn't what the world had in mind. The mountain was a bustle of activity. Up ahead there were several miners looking over blueprints and eating their lunches. She tried to walk into the mine but one stopped her. "Woah, woah, woah!" He said. Where do you think you're going?"
Chelsea was annoyed, she had half a mind to grab the man's outstretched arm and flip him. She really needed more sleep, she just felt like fighting everyone today.
She smiled brightly. "Just going to the mines!"
The men all laughed and she clenched her fists, still grinning like an idiot.
"A little thing like you?" He said. "You'll hurt yourself hunny."
Another man with a more business-like demour came around. "More importantly than that, this mine now belongs to the Regis mining company. Outsiders can't use it."
"Unfair!" she exclaimed, "They only moved in today! I've been using these mines weeks before!"
"Sorry," said the man, "but he owns the deed to the mine, this is private property."
"Fine." She said in anger, "I guess I'll just talk to him."
The men laughed, "You do that." Said the first man. "Just don't cry when the vampire turns you down."
She stalked out. Marching straight to the mansion she knocked on the door.
The door opened a fraction and a meek voice answered from the other side. "Hello?"
Great. Sabrina. She didn't feel like talking to Sabrina, though she couldn't think of why.
"Hey, It's Chelsea!" She said.
The door opened fully. "Hello Chelsea." Sabrina said.
"Is your dad home?" She asked.
"No, he's out at a meeting in the city." She said, "Is something the matter."
"I can't use the mines." The farmer whined.
"I'm very sorry." Said Sabrina with an apologetic dip of the head, "I cannot help you with that. You will have to wait for him to return."
"Alright." She Chelsea. "Later."
She left the mansion and paced around the island in annoyance. When he returned, she was going to give him a piece of her mind.
