Man, I do LOVVVVVEEEEEE summer break! Please, read the book The Fault in Our Stars. It is amazing!

Chapter 52

You've Got a Friend in Me

"Why am I here?"

"Because! You're here to make me feel better!" At that comment, I had to cross my arms and turn to glare at the woman that stood next to me. As we walked, Danny smiled sheepishly at the passerby's.

"Is that Regina Smith?"

"Regina Smith?"

"Oh my God! Regina Smith!" I stopped walking and glared at my stepmother,

"If we were going to go out, you could have been at least been incognito," I said. Regina tsked at me and handed the man his notepad and pen back. The man ran away, shouting my stepmother's name.

"Oh posh, Chelsea. I want to embrace my fans. If you would've stayed in the city, you could've basked in this glory," she said putting more-dear goddess-mascara on. I looked at Danny for help, but he shook his head and crossed his hand over his neck-the universal sign for: don't. I sighed and looked down at my clothes. Regina has refused to go outside with me in my farm clothes. To ease her protests, Danny offered my free will. Regina was all too eager to take it and her first order of using my freewill was a hair salon. I was in the chair for approximately five minutes before the lady left the store crying. I had threatened to pluck her eyebrows slowly if she touched my curls. Do you know how long it took me to get my curls to cooperate this morning? A long time. Anyways, since my hair stylist was "unavailable", we left. Regina was talking my ear off all the way to the clothing store. She somehow got me into scarlet pants, a baby blue tank top and a black jacket with yellow flats. Surprisingly, the outfit didn't totally scream "taste the rainbow".

I pulled Danny to the side when Regina was talking to one of her fans,

"Danny, if she brings up one more time about me leaving, I'm sure as hell going to be leaving," I said.

Danny scratched his chin and said, "Look I know, Chels. But she wants all her close family to be here at her time of need."

"The doctor said it wasn't that serious," I argued.

"He also said to watch her because it could turn serious quickly," he argues back and I looked at Regina. She was smiling and gesturing wildly, which seemed to entertain her fan. Regina had developed adenocarcinoma. Partly, she should have stopped drinking, but she would never listen to Danny or Ian. I've told her before to stop, but she never could get it through her thick skull. When I had found out, the first thing I felt was pity, but later, the sadist part of me began to wake and I felt slight joy. Danny had come to the island to get me and it partially freaked Vaughn out because a helicopter landed right in front of us, but after a quick phone call to him, he was relieved and told me to come back soon.

"Daniel! Chelsea!" We both looked at Regina and saw she was holding her stomach. Danny immediately freaked and threw his phone at me.

"Call 911," he said. He ran to Regina and I had the first two digits when I heard laughter full of mockery. I looked to see Regina holding her gut, but not out of pain from her disease, but out of pain from laughter. Her pale face turned bright red and I glared at her. She composed herself while wiping a tear from her eye.

"You children! You fell for it so easily!" I stomped over to a shocked Danny, stuck his phone into his pocket and got in Regina's face.

"Are you insane? Do not use your illness for a scam! Act mature for once!" Regina looked down on me and her icy eyes turned into a glare.

"Chelsea, I do not remember asking for you opinion or advice on how to dictate my life," she said crossing her arms and I looked at her stupefied.

"Regina, all of us came from great lengths to see you, and you act like a mere child!" Regina scoffed and turned her back to me.

That bitch

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Denny was on the floor, laughing his ass off. I had just told him about my experience in the city.

"I'm glad you find my relationship with my mother funny," I said rubbing Rosa's back. Rosa was sitting between my legs while Lanna was getting a well-deserved nap. Rosa loved saying "mommy" and "daddy". She couldn't quite say my name yet.

"Chelly," she said. I looked down at her and she closed her brown eye and smiled.

"Chels, your life cracks me up," he said. I snorted and shook my head.

"You know, you are the worst person to tell problems to," I said. Denny walked into the kitchen and handed me a can of Pepsi. Rosa reached up to try to grab it, but I handed her her bottle. Denny took a sip of his drink and shook his head.

"So, what are you going to do with your mom?" He said. That was a good question. For seventeen years I asked that question. Regina is Regina and my dad said I had to at least show her some respect.

That didn't happen

My dad also said when you turn eighteen then you should at least get along with her.

That sure as hell didn't happen

"I don't know, but when I turned nineteen, she cut me from the will," I said. Denny choked on his drink.

"She did? Where does it all go?" I chuckled darkly.

"She's giving it all to Ian and Danny," I said.

"Now, that's a selfish bitch," Denny said. Rosa looked at me with big brown/blue eyes. The innocence I saw in her eyes made me tear up a little. Shea had the same innocent eyes because he hasn't experienced hardship and I never want him to.

Oh shoot

Quickly, I handed Rosa back to Denny and Rosa started to cry. I kissed her on the head and she stopped crying. This kid was definitely her mother's child.

"I have to go hang out with Shea," I said to Denny, draining my can of Pepsi. Denny kissed his daughter and she hugged Denny's hand. I quickly ran into the kitchen, tossed the can in the trash, and ran back into the living room.

"Have fun," he said nervously. I ran out the door and to the jungle. When I got to the jungle, I didn't see Shea at all, but I did see black hair with white streaks.

"Wada, have you seen Shea?" Wada turned to me with an oversized basket full of mushrooms. Wada's a short guy, so the basket was the size of him.

"Shea…fishing," he said. I thanked him and pulled out a grilled fish from my rucksack.

"I knew I was coming over so I made this for you," I said. Wads's smile grew big and grabbed the fish slowly.

"Thank…you…Chelsea. I really…love…this," he said. I smiled and walked to the river. Wada's English is perfect, but he just pauses between every few words. I walked to the river and I saw Shea's boots, his spear, and his knife. Never in my life have I've seen an object taller than me. Shea's spear was about 5'8. I picked up the spear and mimicked Shea's hunting techniques as best as I could.

"Nimisenh?" I stopped dead in my tracks and turned around to look at Shea, water dripping from his hair and body. He looked really cute when he was confused.

"Yes?"

"Why have tool?" Here's the problem. I can't exactly hide the spear behind me and Shea knew that.

"Well, I wanted to mimic you," I said. Shea came up to me and smiled. Embarrassed, I hot blush spread across my face. He grabbed the spear from behind me and walked back to the river. He laid the spear back where I had previously found it and jumped back in the water and resumed fishing. I sat on the ground and watched as he fished barehanded.

"Shea, why don't you use your spear?" Shea didn't respond, but he leaped into the water and pulled out a fish. He walked over to the basket and threw the fish into it.

"Shea use spear when right," he said. He walked over to me and grabbed the spear.

"Why do you use the spear now?" He didn't say anything again and he grabbed my hand. I immediately moved back. I wasn't as freaked out of the water anymore, but I still wouldn't like to just jump in.

"Chelsea not like water? Shea help," he said. Before I knew it, Shea hoisted me up and swung me on his back. He placed his spear back near his boots and quickly pocketed his knife.

"Shea?" He dove under the water and I freaked. I shut my eyes immediately and Shea began to swim underneath the water. I opened my eyes slowly and saw how clear the water was. I saw the fish swimming around and the plants growing underneath. I noticed that the river seemed to spread out instead of flow in a line. Shea rose from beneath the surface and he smiled. The current picked up quickly and Shea didn't seem to care.

"Chelsea like?"

"Shea, the current is picking up," I said my eyes focused on the water spilling over the edge.

"Shea knows. Shea like," he said. Shea continued to let the current carry him and soon, the river disappeared and the water soothed. I looked around me and saw the boats in the distance.

"I didn't know you were this close to the ocean," I said. Shea swam to shore with me still clinging to him. He pulled his body out of the ocean. I was dripping wet and Shea shook his body with me flying around.

"Shea like this. Shea take Chelsea home. Shea take Chelsea back to jungle later," he said. I nodded and Shea walked into town.

Here's the problem with a small town. When one person sees something, it spreads like wildfire. So when Shea was walking through town with me on his back, the townspeople already assumed something bad happened to me. With me on Shea's back, it was the complete opposite. Even though Shea had just swum in the cool water, he still radiated heat. I'm not trying to be cold.

Shea got to my house and I had dried off a little, but I still wanted to change clothes.

"Shea wait," he said. I nodded and went to change my clothes.

"Shea?"

"Yes?"

"I'm going to take a shower, so it might take a while," I said.

"Ok, Shea wait," he said. I stripped and stepped into the shower.

"Shea?" No answer. I checked my phone to find it was four. I got into the shower at half past three. I dressed in sweats and a sweatshirt. Comfy, I snuggled into my couch and played a movie; I decided to watch Legally Blonde.

"Chelsea?" Confused, I walked to my door and opened it to see Shea. He was wearing his boots and his fall outfit

"Shea, you came back," I said. He nodded and walked into my house. He took off his boots and sat on the couch and smiled,

"Shea warm!" I caught my breath and smiled. I walked over to Shea and hugged him.

"Shea, you are so cute!" He smiled sheepishly. After I hugged him, I laid down on the couch. Shea sat posture completely straight.

"What this?"

"It's a movie about a girl who went to law school for a guy at first, and then she learns to do it for herself," I said. He looked confused, but nodded and sat and watched the movie. Towards the end of the movie, I fell asleep.

Vaughn's POV

"Thanks for the ride Matt. Tell your bro to feel better," I said.

"You got it boss!" I waved as he sped his boat away. I made my way to Chelsea's house. I wanted to spend time with her and I had to drop something. I pulled my hat over my eyes and smiled.

"Hey Vaughn!" I saw Julia walk towards me. My smile dropped and I gave her an icy look. Julia rolled her eyes and punched me in my chest.

"Drop the attitude Vaughn!"

I smirked and said, "What'd need?"

"Glad your back. I guess your giving Chelsea-," she started before I slapped my hands over her mouth.

"Julia!" She smiled and skipped away.

Annoying cousins

I walked over to Chelsea's house and used my key to open the door. I saw Chelsea sleeping on the couch and when I took one step inside the house, Shea woke up and looked at me with a cool glare. When he realized it was me, he smiled and waved. I put my fingers over my lips and he nodded and went back to sleep. I placed the box on the table and walked away.

She's going to love this

I made it long cuz I didn't know how long it was since I didn't updated. Anyways, on Monday, I'm going to Cedar Point and I'll probably update that same day cuz were driving to Philly once we leave the park. So, yeah, quick update!

Finished:

June 22, 2013 at 7:33 pm (while eating a popsicle).