Here's the second chapter I wrote today :) This one gets somewhat romantic at the end :3
Disclaimer: I've been forgetting to do the disclaimer... What. Is. Wrong. With. Me! Anyways, I don't own Harvest Moon or any of its characters.
Room 806
Vaughn's old apartment was right in the middle of down-town in a huge building that was at least twenty floors high. When we walked in, Vaughn led us straight to the elevators.
Once we were inside the elevator, he began studying the twenty-two buttons.
"It's on floor eight," Vaughn said, pressing the button with the number 8 above it. A little red light appeared in the middle of the button.
The elevator started moving up, and each time it passed a floor, a bell chimed once. When it reached floor eight, the bell rang twice and the doors opened. We all stepped into the hallway, and Vaughn looked down each way.
"I think it was this way," he pointed to the left.
"You think?" Jill questioned. "You better know! I don't want to be led on some wild goose chase through an apartment building!"
Vaughn glared at her, and started walking to the left. I shrugged at Jill, and followed him. Elliot did the same, and Jill eventually did too.
"Do you remember which number it was?" I asked Vaughn.
"Something like 806 or 807…" he mumbled, studying the numbers nailed to the doors.
We continued walking, past apartments 800, 801, 802, 803, 804…
When we got to 806, Vaughn stopped. He studied the door for a moment, and then studied the potted plant beside it. He then started digging through the dirt in the plant, until he uncovered a key chain.
"Is that it?" I asked.
Vaughn didn't answer; instead he grabbed the key chain and pulled. A small silver key covered in specks of dirt popped out.
"So you were going the right way?" Jill said.
Vaughn nodded, and cleaned off the key. He stuck it in the keyhole, and turned. A click emitted from the door, and Vaughn grabbed the handle and turned it. The door squeaked open, pushing something along the floor.
Vaughn stepped into his old apartment, and the rest of us followed. Looking around, it seemed like the place hadn't been touched in two years, which it probably hadn't.
Once everyone was inside, I checked behind the door and saw a pile of mail, most likely bills that had yet to be paid. Leaving the wad of letters there, I started walking around the dusty apartment.
When you walked inside, to you left was a small shoe closet, and to your right was an open doorway that led into the skinny kitchen. If you kept going straight, there was another door on the left which led into a laundry room. Even further on, there was a bathroom to the left, and in front of you was a room with two beds. If you turned right, you'd pass the master bedroom, and further on was a towel closet, and then the living room. There was a TV, a small coffee table, a couch, a desk, and an armchair. There was also a glass door which led out onto a small deck that overlooked the city. Beside the living room was a small table with four chairs encircling it, and then another doorway into the kitchen.
It wasn't very big, and there was no power since the electricity had been shut off due to unpaid bills, but four people could live in it for one night.
As expected, there was no edible food in the fridge or cupboards, and everything was filthy. Jill and I immediately set to work getting out all the cleaning supplied and cleaning the apartment.
It didn't take too long, considering the size of it, but the rags were brown with dirt and the water was nearly black when we were finished. The blankets are the bed weren't too dirty since no one's used them over two years, so we skipped washing those.
"So," I said after we were all sitting in the living room. "Who's sleeping where?"
"I'm not sharing a room with him," Jill said, right off the bat, pointing to Elliot. "No way!"
"Well then it's your lucky day," Vaughn said. "The couch folds out into a bed."
"Then have fun out here, Elliot!" Jill said, nodding, and taking her suitcase into the double bedroom.
Elliot shrugged, and went to retrieve his suitcase from the shoe closet.
Vaughn and I ended up sharing the bed in the master bedroom, because Jill said she had a chance to sleep alone again and was going to take it, which I didn't really mind…
That night I was standing in the bathroom brushing my teeth when Vaughn leaned in to grab his toothbrush. It scared the heck out of me because I was watching the water rush from the tap, and when his hand moved in front of my face I jumped ten feet in the air and screamed.
Vaughn stared at me for a minute with his eyebrows raised, then wet his toothbrush and put toothpaste on it. As he left the bathroom I heard him mutter, "Crazy…" under his breath.
I glared after him and called, "I am not crazy!"
"Are too,"
I narrowed my eyes at the bedroom where he had disappeared, and rinsed out my mouth.
When I left the bathroom I poked my head into Jill's room and found her already sound asleep, sprawled out on one of the beds.
"Good night," I said softly to her.
"Mmm…" Jill murmured, turning over and burying her face in a pillow.
I smiled lightly, and closed the door. Elliot was already asleep too; I could hear him snoring in the living room. When I stepped into the master bedroom, I didn't see Vaughn anywhere. Guessing he had gone back to the bathroom, I shrugged it off and climbed into bed.
I must have had my eyes closed for two minutes before the door creaked open. Opening my eyes, I saw Vaughn walking into the bedroom. I closed my eyes again, and felt him crawling into bed beside me.
Turning around, I opened my eyes again and saw his light violet eyes staring at me. I smiled and grabbed his hand under the covers.
"I can't wait to find them," I whispered.
Whenever we said "them" or "they", everyone knew we were talking about the missing islanders now. It had become part of our regular conversations.
"I know," Vaughn whispered back, moving a strand of hair from my face.
"When we find them, the first thing I'll do is get the Witch Princess to turn back time," I sighed. "Back to the night Jonathon stole the jewels from Regis, but before he left."
Vaughn nodded.
"Do you think if the Witch Princess can turn back time, that we'll remember what happened? Because it would suck if she did turn back time but none of us remembered and we ended up doing this over, and over, and over…"
"I'm sure we'll remember," Vaughn said, smirking.
"When the Witch Princess does turn back time, I'm going to take Julia shopping in the city," I said softly, tracing the design of the sheets.
"Hmm," Vaughn muttered, closing his eyes.
I smiled at him again, and kissed his forehead.
"I don't know what I'd do without you," I said.
Vaughn smiled slightly, and we fell asleep.
Me: Hmm... I just realized I've been forgetting to do this for the past chapters as well ^^; Well, here I am! I'll be on and updating A LOT until September, because I'm moving in on Monday, and I won't have school again until September :D Yayyy!