anime26angel: Hey everyone! I should be doing my homework! /_/...^_^ 15
reviews! I'm sooo happy!! ^_^ here's chapter 7, elli's p.o.v. *ahem* I do
not own harvest moon, natsume does. (searches for zombie lawyers) ok! On
with the fic!
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Chapter 7
Around 4 a.m., Popuri was in the last stages of labor.
"Push Popuri!" Doc ordered, as she put all of her strength into bringing her child into this world. "Again, push!"
"Errrrragh! I can't! I'm so tired."
"You're doing well, just push!"
"Ah! So tired!"
"Popuri, don't you want to see your son or daughter?" I asked calmly, holding her hand.
"Yes." Filled with new determination, Popuri gave another push, draining whatever energy she had left.
"I can see the head!" Doc proclaimed.
Popuri winced with pain, but cried with joy.
"Just one more push, and you'll be able to see your new child!" Lilia exclaimed, tighten her grasp on her daughter's hand.
Popuri gathered her strength once more, she pushed and the room was filled with the cries of a newborn child. Placing the child in his arms, Doc looked at the other 4 women in the room and breathed heavily. "It's a boy." Doc cut and tied the umbilical cord, while I washed the blood off of Popuri's baby boy. Mary handed me one of clean sheets, and I wrapped the white sheet around his little pink body. He looked exactly like Kai, brown eyes and black hair, except his skin wasn't as tan. I placed him in Popuri's arms, and watched her cradle him in her arms.
Her hair was a giant tangle of pink strands that framed her flushed face. Her eyes were glowing with joy at the sight of her little boy. She looked up and asked for Kai to come see his new son. I ran out the bedroom to grab Kai, and tell him of his newborn son.
"Kai, Kai! It's a-" I was cut off by the snoring of the 4 men that lay at my feet. They looked so angelic, letting sleep overtake them as they waited for the baby to be born. But where's Rick? And Karen? She had left the room, at the first sight of blood while Popuri was in labor. I guess I was so wrapped up in witnessing Popuri give birth to her first child, I didn't ask where she went. I looked at my watch. 4:20 a.m. She probably went home. But Rick should still be here to see his nephew!
Suddenly, I heard the creak of the front door, and the rustling of the men awakening at my feet. A very dazed Rick came through the door, with a mile wide smile. He ran towards me, obviously wanting to know about the baby.
"Good morning, Rick. It's a boy." His face grew brighter than the Christmas lights on the Christmas tree in the corner of the room, as he gave a shout that filled the entire room, startling the half-awake men. Kai looked up at me, wondering what just happened, when Rick ran to him and told him the news. Kai gave a shout of joy, and nearly jumped through the ceiling. When he came down, he ran into the bedroom rushing to see his son.
It was a lovely sight, Kai, Rick, and Lilia crowded around Popuri gazing at the newest member of their family.
"David. I want to name him David." Popuri looked at her beaming husband. "Is that alright? Do you want to name him David?"
Kai gazed at his wife and kissed her forehead. He kissed his son's cheek and sighed contently. "David Sanchez. Yeah, that sounds great." He wrapped his arm around Popuri, and caressed his son's cheek.
I turned around, my eyes turning moist at the sight of the happy family. As everyone else gave their congratulations to the Kai and Popuri, I felt a tap on my shoulder. "Are you okay?"
"I'm perfectly fine. I just got something in my eye." I wipe a tear from my eye.
"Let me check." The voice sounded professional, tough as nails and cool as ice. I immediately knew who it was as I turned to face the one who spoke to me. Doc.
He was tall and quite handsome. He had ebony hair, and eyes the color of midnight. Eyes that could pierce your heart and send shivers up your spine. It was that chill that attracted me to him, and it was that chill that drove me away. He was always kind to my family, and to me. Each time I looked at him, he could send shivers up my spine, and I liked that. But I hated that chill for driving people away. He was so cold and serious around others, and he could never relax. He could never make me laugh like Jack does. They were very different from each other. One was cool and regal. The other was warm and carefree. I admit I was attracted to Doc well, Alex, for a while. But when Jack came along, my little crush on him melted away, as I felt the warmth from Jack's heart.
"Hey Alex." I'm the only one who knows or actually calls Doc by his real name.
"Hi Elli." He smiled. He smiled??? "Um.....can I talk to you for a second?"
"Sure." A second with my old crush couldn't kill me.
He took me by the hand, and pulled me towards the window. The stars glimmered through the frosted glass. "Um....doyouwanttogooutwithme?"
"Huh?" I said, unable to understand what he just said at 10 words per second.
He cleared his throat and began to say very slowly, his face slowly turning red, "Do you want to go out with me? For dinner, tonight perhaps?"
Oh my God.
He's asking me out on a date.
If he asked me this question a year ago, I would have said yes.
Oh God, please tell me he didn't ask me out one a date. Please tell me this is a dream and that I will wake up. Please.
Yes, I could say no and say that I have something to do tonight, which won't work since I suck at lying and I don't have anything to do tonight. But I can't say, " No I don't want to go out with you." That would be mean. And I don't want to be mean to Alex. He's really good guy if you get to know him better. But do I want him to kiss me, in front of everyone? In front of Jack?
No.
Maybe it won't be so bad.
WHY AM I SAYING???? I don't love him, I love Jack! JACK!!
What am I supposed to say? "No I don't want to go out with you because I'm in love with my best friend, Jack, who has a girlfriend."
I can't say that.
Jack probably doesn't feel the same way towards me. He's with Karen. It's not like they just broke up or something. And why would he ever pick me over Karen? I'm his best friend! I'm like a sister to him, and he would never think of me as his girlfriend. Us being together will probably never happen in a million years.
"Sure. Dinner sounds great." Alex kissed me on the cheek and prepared to leave for the clinic.
I stared at the window, as a water drop slid down the icy windowpane, and a tear down my warm cheek.
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anime26angel: what's gonna happen next? How does Jack feel about this?.....hmmm...you guys better review if you want to see chapter 8! ; )
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Chapter 7
Around 4 a.m., Popuri was in the last stages of labor.
"Push Popuri!" Doc ordered, as she put all of her strength into bringing her child into this world. "Again, push!"
"Errrrragh! I can't! I'm so tired."
"You're doing well, just push!"
"Ah! So tired!"
"Popuri, don't you want to see your son or daughter?" I asked calmly, holding her hand.
"Yes." Filled with new determination, Popuri gave another push, draining whatever energy she had left.
"I can see the head!" Doc proclaimed.
Popuri winced with pain, but cried with joy.
"Just one more push, and you'll be able to see your new child!" Lilia exclaimed, tighten her grasp on her daughter's hand.
Popuri gathered her strength once more, she pushed and the room was filled with the cries of a newborn child. Placing the child in his arms, Doc looked at the other 4 women in the room and breathed heavily. "It's a boy." Doc cut and tied the umbilical cord, while I washed the blood off of Popuri's baby boy. Mary handed me one of clean sheets, and I wrapped the white sheet around his little pink body. He looked exactly like Kai, brown eyes and black hair, except his skin wasn't as tan. I placed him in Popuri's arms, and watched her cradle him in her arms.
Her hair was a giant tangle of pink strands that framed her flushed face. Her eyes were glowing with joy at the sight of her little boy. She looked up and asked for Kai to come see his new son. I ran out the bedroom to grab Kai, and tell him of his newborn son.
"Kai, Kai! It's a-" I was cut off by the snoring of the 4 men that lay at my feet. They looked so angelic, letting sleep overtake them as they waited for the baby to be born. But where's Rick? And Karen? She had left the room, at the first sight of blood while Popuri was in labor. I guess I was so wrapped up in witnessing Popuri give birth to her first child, I didn't ask where she went. I looked at my watch. 4:20 a.m. She probably went home. But Rick should still be here to see his nephew!
Suddenly, I heard the creak of the front door, and the rustling of the men awakening at my feet. A very dazed Rick came through the door, with a mile wide smile. He ran towards me, obviously wanting to know about the baby.
"Good morning, Rick. It's a boy." His face grew brighter than the Christmas lights on the Christmas tree in the corner of the room, as he gave a shout that filled the entire room, startling the half-awake men. Kai looked up at me, wondering what just happened, when Rick ran to him and told him the news. Kai gave a shout of joy, and nearly jumped through the ceiling. When he came down, he ran into the bedroom rushing to see his son.
It was a lovely sight, Kai, Rick, and Lilia crowded around Popuri gazing at the newest member of their family.
"David. I want to name him David." Popuri looked at her beaming husband. "Is that alright? Do you want to name him David?"
Kai gazed at his wife and kissed her forehead. He kissed his son's cheek and sighed contently. "David Sanchez. Yeah, that sounds great." He wrapped his arm around Popuri, and caressed his son's cheek.
I turned around, my eyes turning moist at the sight of the happy family. As everyone else gave their congratulations to the Kai and Popuri, I felt a tap on my shoulder. "Are you okay?"
"I'm perfectly fine. I just got something in my eye." I wipe a tear from my eye.
"Let me check." The voice sounded professional, tough as nails and cool as ice. I immediately knew who it was as I turned to face the one who spoke to me. Doc.
He was tall and quite handsome. He had ebony hair, and eyes the color of midnight. Eyes that could pierce your heart and send shivers up your spine. It was that chill that attracted me to him, and it was that chill that drove me away. He was always kind to my family, and to me. Each time I looked at him, he could send shivers up my spine, and I liked that. But I hated that chill for driving people away. He was so cold and serious around others, and he could never relax. He could never make me laugh like Jack does. They were very different from each other. One was cool and regal. The other was warm and carefree. I admit I was attracted to Doc well, Alex, for a while. But when Jack came along, my little crush on him melted away, as I felt the warmth from Jack's heart.
"Hey Alex." I'm the only one who knows or actually calls Doc by his real name.
"Hi Elli." He smiled. He smiled??? "Um.....can I talk to you for a second?"
"Sure." A second with my old crush couldn't kill me.
He took me by the hand, and pulled me towards the window. The stars glimmered through the frosted glass. "Um....doyouwanttogooutwithme?"
"Huh?" I said, unable to understand what he just said at 10 words per second.
He cleared his throat and began to say very slowly, his face slowly turning red, "Do you want to go out with me? For dinner, tonight perhaps?"
Oh my God.
He's asking me out on a date.
If he asked me this question a year ago, I would have said yes.
Oh God, please tell me he didn't ask me out one a date. Please tell me this is a dream and that I will wake up. Please.
Yes, I could say no and say that I have something to do tonight, which won't work since I suck at lying and I don't have anything to do tonight. But I can't say, " No I don't want to go out with you." That would be mean. And I don't want to be mean to Alex. He's really good guy if you get to know him better. But do I want him to kiss me, in front of everyone? In front of Jack?
No.
Maybe it won't be so bad.
WHY AM I SAYING???? I don't love him, I love Jack! JACK!!
What am I supposed to say? "No I don't want to go out with you because I'm in love with my best friend, Jack, who has a girlfriend."
I can't say that.
Jack probably doesn't feel the same way towards me. He's with Karen. It's not like they just broke up or something. And why would he ever pick me over Karen? I'm his best friend! I'm like a sister to him, and he would never think of me as his girlfriend. Us being together will probably never happen in a million years.
"Sure. Dinner sounds great." Alex kissed me on the cheek and prepared to leave for the clinic.
I stared at the window, as a water drop slid down the icy windowpane, and a tear down my warm cheek.
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anime26angel: what's gonna happen next? How does Jack feel about this?.....hmmm...you guys better review if you want to see chapter 8! ; )