Yeah, I didn't really expect for Chelsea to confess to Vaughn. It just happened.

Chapter 25

Beautiful

My hair fell in my face as I cleaned up my house. Tears trickled down my face and my dog looked at me.

"I'm fine Lily," I said forcing a smile. Lily look unconvinced. On her neck were a leash and her collar, next to her, a bag jam-packed with her items. I had two suitcases packed.

I made up my bed and opened some windows. After that was done, my house was clean. I moved to one of my notebooks and looked at some of the sketches. Some were of Vaughn, some of Shea, and some of the scenery with some of my friends in the back ground. I laid the pictures on the table and tore out a fresh piece of paper and started writing a note.

Satisfied, I picked up the suitcases, Lily's bag, her leash, and the note. As I closed the door, I made sure to stick the note in it. I turned and took a good look at me ranch. My animals were grazing and my crops were ready to harvest. I sighed and started walking towards the dock.

The sun was extremely bright as I neared towards the beach. The captain moved towards me and helped me with my luggage.

"Moving miss?" He asked. I shook my head.

"Nope, just taking a little vacation." The captain nodded and I got on board. The boat was smaller than the last boat I went on.

"All aboard!" I set my luggage on deck and watched as the ship started pulling off.

"Chelsea! What are you doing?" I looked and saw Denny, Julia, Natalie, and Mark, eyes wide. I turned away.

"Chelsea?!"

"Chelsea!"

"What are you doing?" I whipped my head towards the beach. Vaughn stood there, breathing hard. I turned away from them and walked towards the back of the ship. Something I noticed about the ship seemed obvious to a lot of people:

It was fast

"Ma'am?" I turned to see a woman. She was wearing the same uniform the captain was wearing.

"Yes?" She smiled.

"You look upset. Is anything the matter?" I shook my head.

"No nothing is wrong. Sorry for worrying you." She bowed and walked away. I turned back to the island and sighed.

Why does this happen to me?

Julia's POV

It doesn't make any sense. Why would Chelsea leave? After we saw the boat disappear in the horizon, we quickly ran back to Chelsea's farm.

"Why do you thing she left?" Natalie asked. I slowly shook my head and looked at her farm. Her animals must have noticed their owner's disappearance.

"Let's see if she left anything in her house," Mark said; he looked confused. I opened Chelsea's door and a note fell out. I picked it up and read it out loud:

Dear Friends,

I'm sorry for leaving the island so suddenly. I have to be on my own for a while .I'm leaving my farm in control of Mark. If he can't do this, then I leave it to Julia. I'm sorry for leaving the burden of my farm on you guys.

"It doesn't say why she left?" Natalie said, snatching the letter from my hands.

"It said she needed to be alone," Julia said.

"Wait! There's a PS at the bottom." I snatched the letter back and read it out loud.

P.S

Vaughn I hope we can still be friends even though I did wrong and you did wrong. Just forget about what I said and move on. We won't see each other for a while, right? I know that you probably don't like me in general, but please accept my apology. Okay?

Sincerely,

Chelsea

I turned to my cousin to see him calmly standing there looking bored. What did he do? Mark ran up the Vaughn and pulled him closer by his collar.

"What did you say to Chelsea?" Vaughn glared at Mark and attempted to push him off of him.

"I didn't say anything. Let go of me before I hurt you," Vaughn said, edge in his voice.

"She wouldn't have left the damn island if nothing was wrong! Now what did you say too her?" Vaughn slammed his palms against Mark's chest, knocking him back. Mark looked stunned and then punched Vaughn in the face. Vaughn's hat was knocked off, and he looked angry. He threw a punch at Mark, but Mark dodged and slammed his foot into Vaughn's stomach. Vaughn's eyes widened and he put a hand to his ribs. He swung and nailed Mark in the face. Denny tried to hold Vaughn back, but Vaughn broke free form his grasp.

"Stop it!" Natalie yelled. The boys kept punching and kicking each other. I widened my eyes as Mark went down. Vaughn got on him and repeated punching him.

"Vaughn, stop it! This isn't going to bring Chelsea back!" He kept punching. "You're acting like your dad!" Vaughn froze mid-punch. He whipped his head towards me, his eyes more intense. He got up off of Mark. Mark spit on the ground and stood up. Vaughn was walking past me, but stopped when he go to my side.

"She left because I made fun of her. She confessed to me too," he said. I widened my head and nodded as he continued to walk past me. Mark stood by my side and glared.

"Damn cowboy." He spat on the ground again.

"He can be like that, but I think he's more misjudged." Mark snorted, but stopped as if remembering something.

"You're probably right," he said walking off.

"Make sure you get Trent to look at your face!" Natalie called after him. He raised a hand. I took out my phone and called Chelsea; her voice message came. I sighed.

"When do you think she's coming back?" I asked. Natalie sighed and put an arm around me.

"If it's anything like last time, then all we can do is hope."

Chelsea's POV

I breathed in the ocean. By the looks and the stares of the people passing by, I probably looked a mess. I had dirt on my shirt and capris'. My hair was a mess, and my boots were muddy. I glared as Lily barked.

"Take a picture. It'll last longer," I said. I walked down the street and to a hotel. It was the same hotel the girls and I went to last time.

"Hello, welcome to-I know you." I looked up at the lady and it was the new manager. I smiled at her.

"Hi. Stacy, right?" She nodded.

"You're Chelsea, right?" Stacy looked down at Lily. "Aw! What a cute dog!"

" Thank you and yes. I was just wondering if my brother may have stopped by." She frowned.

"I don't recall Mr. Smith came in today to visit."

"It's okay. I'll just find him. Thanks." I walked out of the hotel. Next was Danny's office. I walked a good five miles and finally made it.

"Welcome to-may I help you?" She sneered at me.

"I'm here to see Mr. Smith."

"Like you can see him. Mr. Smith is too busy and too hot to deal with you." I massaged my temples.

"Look. I went through a hell of drama. Let me talk to my-,"

"Chels?" I turned and saw Danny and Ian. I ran up to them and fell into their arms. Both brothers were shocked and I started to cry.

"Miss, you can't run up to-,"

"Eve, this is our sister. She is distressed and I'm going to take off for the rest of the day." I felt my suitcase being taken from my hands and my body being lifted up. I was placed on the back of Danny. He started walking away and the next thing I knew, I had dozed off.

When I woke up, I was in an extremely comfy bed. I walked to the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror. My hair was way past my back and my eyes seemed duller. I rummaged through the drawers and brought out a pair of scissors. Next, I hacked away at my hair.

"Damn!" I cut too much off. I sighed and cut more. After I was done, I looked at myself and gasped. My hair went to my shoulders now.

"Wow, you look different. You look much younger." I turned and saw Emily. Her red velvet hair was tied on a messy bun and she was holding a mug.

"Hey Emily. Are my niece and nephew here?" She handed me the mug and it warmed my hands.

"No, you just missed them. Isaac took them out the movies and Danny is downstairs making lunch." I nodded my head and took a long sip of my tea.

"Why'd you come up? Did you need something?" She walked over to the wall and picked up a broom and started to sweep the hair in a dustpan. After she was done, she walked over and dumped the hair. Next, she got a brush and started brushing my hair.

"I wanted to make sure your feeling all right."

"I had an argument with a guy I like." She stopped brushing my hair.

"You like a boy? What's his name?"

"You may have met him. His name is Vaughn and he's an animal transporter."

"Is he nice with the animals?"

"Yes, he loves animals, though he's not that friendly with humans…he's somewhat nice when you get used to him."

"What did he say to make you leave?" I put the empty mug on the counter and sighed.

"He said something that ticked me off and I confessed to him on accident." Emily sighed.

"So it just flew out of your mouth?"

"Yes, and I think he doesn't like me." Emily suddenly dropped the brush.

"Is he that guy that was glaring at the blonde during your birthday party?" I nodded my head slowly.

"Oh, he doesn't hate you. I think he may like you." I started blushing like crazy.

"I embarrassed him by confessing. Vaughn's not the kind of guy to forgive easily and he's definitely not sensitive. I don't think he's going to forgive me for what I did."

"Oh Chelsea, your so stubborn. You are oblivious to emotions. He totally likes you. Your brother was like that too. He was so quiet about his feelings. I thought he'd never confess until one day he did. Soon after, he proposed." I looked at the mirror and sent it a look. I looked incredibly girly.

"Your saying I should talk to him?"

"I'm saying to not judge a book by its cover." She took the mug and walked out of the bathroom. I sighed and put my hair in a ponytail. I went back into the room and checked my phone; I had twenty missed calls and forty new texts. They were mostly from the islanders and some from my friends from the city and from other islands. I sighed and checked all of them. I started checking my voicemails. Finally, I reached the last one:

New Message from Vaughn

Look Chelsea, I'm sorry.

To delete this message, press 4

I ended it.