STORY OF A GIRL
Nayru: This chapter took so long because I was waiting for just one more vote...
Ran-Ran: But she got it, and it was for BATTLE OF THE SEXES!
Xiao: Enjoy, and remember to vote for the next chapter!
Chapter 13: Cliff and Rae in a Fight?! No Need For A Contest!
"Cliff, quit leaving these in the kitchen!" An irritable Rae glared at Cliff over a pile of monster toys. (1)
"I swear to god, I didn't put them there!" Cliff was innocently brushing Dix on the couch. The sun was setting. Rae had, as usual, had a long day, but as the prediction was rain tomorrow, Rae had to push Koibito in. Unfortunately, Koibito was both pregnant, fat, and stubborn. It was obvious she had no intention on being lenient with Cliff. Dix jumped off Cliff's lap and hid.
"Clifford Hawk, this is the third time. If you want to play with these in the sink, you dry them off and put them back to wherever they go."
"But they go in the sink!" He wailed.
"No, they DON'T... Ugh, I give up. This makes my head hurt... Did you get to fixing that leak?" Rae sunk down at the table, head in hands.
"I was busy! I had no time or energy!" Cliff knew he was in trouble now.
"ARGH! AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO RAIN TOMORROW!" Rae glared at him. "Honestly! You should have more passion for work!"
"I have plenty passion for work!" Cliff cried angrily. "You get tired pushing one cow around!"
"I'll have you know that cows weigh 600 pounds!"
"And you don't?" Cliff retorted. A second later, as Rae stared at him in horror, Cliff realized he'd done WRONG. "I didn't mean that, I-"
"THAT'S IT!" Rae screamed. She gave him a look to break stone. "I DO NOT want to see HIDE nor HAIR of you in this house right now."
"Sorry dear, I'm so so sorr-"
"Get out." Rae's eyes were teary, Cliff could see. He reached towards her. "OUT." Cliff hung his head, and walked out quietly.
"How dare that man!" Cliff heard Karen cry from his house, about 50 yards away. Popuri, Karen, Ann, Maria, and Elli had all rushed over to her house a minute after Cliff got into Kai's house.
"Cliff, how could you be that stupid?" Kai stared at Cliff, eyebrow raised.
"She got on my nerves." Cliff folded his arms. "I apologized."
"Cliff, you know how those six act." Andrew frowned. "They're Dominoes."
Cliff thought a moment, as Gray set up six Dominoes. He nudged the first one slightly. "If you tip one off..."
The whole stack fell, and every male in the room groaned.
"Nice going, Cliff."
"You are SO stupid."
"Elli's not going to talk to me for WEEKS!"
"Ugggh..."
"She called me lazy!" Cliff cried angrily. All men jumped up with fire in their eyes.
"We're not lazy!" They all yelled at once.
"We do as much as they do!"
"She's begging for a challenge!"
"That's a good idea..." Rick smirked. "I've got an idea to prove Cliff right." The six men leaned down and got to work.
Karen answered a knock on the door. It was a very frightened looking Stu. "Yes?" Karen smiled sweetly.
"Message from Mr. Kai." He tremblingly offered her a letter. "Don't kill me!" He hid.
"Oh, wonderful." Karen rolled her eyes. She snatched the letter.
"To the Girls;
This is a declaration of war for the following offenses:
Calling our comrade lazy. Kicking same comrade out of his house. Automatically getting mad at our union.
Meet us on the field tomorrow to arrange war plans.
The Guys"
Karen burst out laughing, and showed the letter to Rae.
"What the hell're they on to?" Rae passed it to the other girls.
"I dunno. What do we do?"
"We meet them tomorrow and find out what this is."
The next morning, Rae woke up in a mess of blankets. The girls had all chosen to sleep on Rae's floor that night. The sun had barely risen. Pushing Popuri, who was cuddled against Rae, she stood and shook her hair out and brushed it a little, and tied it into braids. She wore red ribbons, for war spirit. She looked at her reflection in her bathroom mirror, and smiled confidently. Promptly, she turned into the toilet and lost her last night's dinner out of sheer nervousness.
Karen was the first girl outside. Five of the six gentlemen were standing in a line, wearing black sunglasses. Cliff hung behind them, still wearing sunglasses, but not appearing as confident. Karen glared at them. Kai simply smirked.
"She don't look too happy." He murmured.
"I'm not sure about this." Cliff replied quietly. "They're stronger than you think."
"It's not physical, Cliff. A few simple tests. Just to prove that we're better!" Popuri, Ann, Elli, and Maria lined up beside Karen, and Rae exited, shaking nervously. "Cha, look, they're weak already."
"What do you WANT, Kai?" Karen yelled.
"We demand a challenge!"
"How many?!"
"One! It's a Battle of the Sexes! We're going to prove that Cliff is sensitive and Rae needs to apologize!"
"So?! We're going to prove that Rae's right and Cliff's a jerk!"
Kai and Karen argued quickly, then shook hands. They grabbed a chalkboard from inside and hung it from a tree, and drew a chart, and they both wrote up a list of questions.
Kai started. "Rae, when is Cliff's birthday?" Rae barely had to think.
"Winter 19th." The guys booed.
"Cliff, how much does Rae weigh?" Karen inquired. Cliff scowled slightly.
"132." The girls booed.
"Wrong, we checked last night, she's 137!" The girls cheered, as Rae blushed embarrassedly. "1-0!"
"Rae, what color are Cliff's underwear?" Gray asked.
"They're white."
"Nope, they're black!" He gave Cliff a wedgie to prove it. The girls burst out laughing. "1-0."
"Cliff, during the wedding, we forced Rae to remove all her jewelry, ribbons, and other accessories that she always wears. Which is the one thing she refused to take off until we forced her?" Elli smirked.
"Her bandanna!" Cliff grinned after thinking a minute. "Same one, every day, for 3 seasons running."
"Lucky guess." Elli grumbled. "1-1."
"Rae, describe Cliff." Andrew smiled at her. Rae thought a moment.
"Cute, funny, handsome, immature, energetic, and downright sweet." She recited.
Andrew shrugged. "1-2."
"Cliff, what is the one thing Rae cannot do?" Ann asked.
"Cook!" He answered instantly.
"Wrong. She can't write neatly." Ann held up Rae's diary. "Somehow, these entries keep getting farther apart... 1-2 still."
"Rae, where did Cliff get Kane?" Rick glared at Rae slightly. Rae thought for a few minutes. "Answer..."
"Ah... I don't know!" She cried.
"Found him abandoned as a baby." Rick stepped back, proud of himself.
"Cliff, how did you meet Rae?" Popuri giggled.
"I wandered here on her first day in town, she offered me a place to stay."
"2-2."
"Rae, why did you agree to marry Cliff?" Harris asked.
"Because I love him."
"3-2."
"Cliff, why did you ask Rae to marry you?" Maria asked the last question.
"Because I love her."
"3-3! Game over, it's... a tie!" Karen gasped in surprise. Both sides blinked in confusion. "This... solved... nothing." Rae laughed. Cliff did the same.
Minutes later, Rae wandered off to water the plants as Karen and Kai put away the chalk board. Cliff followed her.
"I am so sorry about yesterday." He babbled the second he was next to her.
"... Hn." She sighed in response. They watered the plants together.
"Rae..." They went for the last plant together. They stared at each other. He hugged her.
"I'm sorry too. I don't know what came over me yesterday, I just felt so... out of it." She smiled. "Go feed the cow." Grinning, Cliff walked away. Rae stared at the sky thoughtfully.
"I wonder..." Rae giggled. "Yeah right!"
That evening, the sun set into pink clouds. Rae and Cliff were sitting on the roof.
"What a day." Cliff remarked. "Dark clouds passed over us, thankfully."
"Yup, and the sun seems to be setting nicely." Cliff took her hand.
"Ann said you got sick this morning."
"I have no idea why. Probably something I ate, or just nervous." Rae shrugged.
"Hm... So what will we do next time this story picks up again?" Karen and Kai joined them on the roof.
"It'll probably be Winter, so what's the adventure?" Rae looked at Karen and Kai.
"Won't the mine be open? I bet we could get in trouble in there!" Karen giggled.
"Isn't there a haunted house near the edge of town? I've always wanted to check it out, but I'm not brave enough." Kai suggested.
"My birthday is coming up soon, maybe it'll pick up around then." Cliff grinned. "Could a birthday party possibly go wrong?"
"I dunno. We'll have to find out next time!" Rae grinned. "But can we go have a private discussion, away from our audience's prying eyes?" Cliff and Rae left the roof and went inside.
"So how do we close this?" Karen asked Kai. Kai shrugged, and struck a charismatic pose.
"See you next time on STORY OF A GIRL!"
1: Minimal Excel Saga reference. Give credit where credit is due...
To be continued...
Nayru: Your options are:
1) Happy Birthday to Cliff! 2) Cave Exploration 101 3) The Ghost of Rosebud Village
Xiao: Please vote!
Nayru: This chapter took so long because I was waiting for just one more vote...
Ran-Ran: But she got it, and it was for BATTLE OF THE SEXES!
Xiao: Enjoy, and remember to vote for the next chapter!
Chapter 13: Cliff and Rae in a Fight?! No Need For A Contest!
"Cliff, quit leaving these in the kitchen!" An irritable Rae glared at Cliff over a pile of monster toys. (1)
"I swear to god, I didn't put them there!" Cliff was innocently brushing Dix on the couch. The sun was setting. Rae had, as usual, had a long day, but as the prediction was rain tomorrow, Rae had to push Koibito in. Unfortunately, Koibito was both pregnant, fat, and stubborn. It was obvious she had no intention on being lenient with Cliff. Dix jumped off Cliff's lap and hid.
"Clifford Hawk, this is the third time. If you want to play with these in the sink, you dry them off and put them back to wherever they go."
"But they go in the sink!" He wailed.
"No, they DON'T... Ugh, I give up. This makes my head hurt... Did you get to fixing that leak?" Rae sunk down at the table, head in hands.
"I was busy! I had no time or energy!" Cliff knew he was in trouble now.
"ARGH! AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO RAIN TOMORROW!" Rae glared at him. "Honestly! You should have more passion for work!"
"I have plenty passion for work!" Cliff cried angrily. "You get tired pushing one cow around!"
"I'll have you know that cows weigh 600 pounds!"
"And you don't?" Cliff retorted. A second later, as Rae stared at him in horror, Cliff realized he'd done WRONG. "I didn't mean that, I-"
"THAT'S IT!" Rae screamed. She gave him a look to break stone. "I DO NOT want to see HIDE nor HAIR of you in this house right now."
"Sorry dear, I'm so so sorr-"
"Get out." Rae's eyes were teary, Cliff could see. He reached towards her. "OUT." Cliff hung his head, and walked out quietly.
"How dare that man!" Cliff heard Karen cry from his house, about 50 yards away. Popuri, Karen, Ann, Maria, and Elli had all rushed over to her house a minute after Cliff got into Kai's house.
"Cliff, how could you be that stupid?" Kai stared at Cliff, eyebrow raised.
"She got on my nerves." Cliff folded his arms. "I apologized."
"Cliff, you know how those six act." Andrew frowned. "They're Dominoes."
Cliff thought a moment, as Gray set up six Dominoes. He nudged the first one slightly. "If you tip one off..."
The whole stack fell, and every male in the room groaned.
"Nice going, Cliff."
"You are SO stupid."
"Elli's not going to talk to me for WEEKS!"
"Ugggh..."
"She called me lazy!" Cliff cried angrily. All men jumped up with fire in their eyes.
"We're not lazy!" They all yelled at once.
"We do as much as they do!"
"She's begging for a challenge!"
"That's a good idea..." Rick smirked. "I've got an idea to prove Cliff right." The six men leaned down and got to work.
Karen answered a knock on the door. It was a very frightened looking Stu. "Yes?" Karen smiled sweetly.
"Message from Mr. Kai." He tremblingly offered her a letter. "Don't kill me!" He hid.
"Oh, wonderful." Karen rolled her eyes. She snatched the letter.
"To the Girls;
This is a declaration of war for the following offenses:
Calling our comrade lazy. Kicking same comrade out of his house. Automatically getting mad at our union.
Meet us on the field tomorrow to arrange war plans.
The Guys"
Karen burst out laughing, and showed the letter to Rae.
"What the hell're they on to?" Rae passed it to the other girls.
"I dunno. What do we do?"
"We meet them tomorrow and find out what this is."
The next morning, Rae woke up in a mess of blankets. The girls had all chosen to sleep on Rae's floor that night. The sun had barely risen. Pushing Popuri, who was cuddled against Rae, she stood and shook her hair out and brushed it a little, and tied it into braids. She wore red ribbons, for war spirit. She looked at her reflection in her bathroom mirror, and smiled confidently. Promptly, she turned into the toilet and lost her last night's dinner out of sheer nervousness.
Karen was the first girl outside. Five of the six gentlemen were standing in a line, wearing black sunglasses. Cliff hung behind them, still wearing sunglasses, but not appearing as confident. Karen glared at them. Kai simply smirked.
"She don't look too happy." He murmured.
"I'm not sure about this." Cliff replied quietly. "They're stronger than you think."
"It's not physical, Cliff. A few simple tests. Just to prove that we're better!" Popuri, Ann, Elli, and Maria lined up beside Karen, and Rae exited, shaking nervously. "Cha, look, they're weak already."
"What do you WANT, Kai?" Karen yelled.
"We demand a challenge!"
"How many?!"
"One! It's a Battle of the Sexes! We're going to prove that Cliff is sensitive and Rae needs to apologize!"
"So?! We're going to prove that Rae's right and Cliff's a jerk!"
Kai and Karen argued quickly, then shook hands. They grabbed a chalkboard from inside and hung it from a tree, and drew a chart, and they both wrote up a list of questions.
Kai started. "Rae, when is Cliff's birthday?" Rae barely had to think.
"Winter 19th." The guys booed.
"Cliff, how much does Rae weigh?" Karen inquired. Cliff scowled slightly.
"132." The girls booed.
"Wrong, we checked last night, she's 137!" The girls cheered, as Rae blushed embarrassedly. "1-0!"
"Rae, what color are Cliff's underwear?" Gray asked.
"They're white."
"Nope, they're black!" He gave Cliff a wedgie to prove it. The girls burst out laughing. "1-0."
"Cliff, during the wedding, we forced Rae to remove all her jewelry, ribbons, and other accessories that she always wears. Which is the one thing she refused to take off until we forced her?" Elli smirked.
"Her bandanna!" Cliff grinned after thinking a minute. "Same one, every day, for 3 seasons running."
"Lucky guess." Elli grumbled. "1-1."
"Rae, describe Cliff." Andrew smiled at her. Rae thought a moment.
"Cute, funny, handsome, immature, energetic, and downright sweet." She recited.
Andrew shrugged. "1-2."
"Cliff, what is the one thing Rae cannot do?" Ann asked.
"Cook!" He answered instantly.
"Wrong. She can't write neatly." Ann held up Rae's diary. "Somehow, these entries keep getting farther apart... 1-2 still."
"Rae, where did Cliff get Kane?" Rick glared at Rae slightly. Rae thought for a few minutes. "Answer..."
"Ah... I don't know!" She cried.
"Found him abandoned as a baby." Rick stepped back, proud of himself.
"Cliff, how did you meet Rae?" Popuri giggled.
"I wandered here on her first day in town, she offered me a place to stay."
"2-2."
"Rae, why did you agree to marry Cliff?" Harris asked.
"Because I love him."
"3-2."
"Cliff, why did you ask Rae to marry you?" Maria asked the last question.
"Because I love her."
"3-3! Game over, it's... a tie!" Karen gasped in surprise. Both sides blinked in confusion. "This... solved... nothing." Rae laughed. Cliff did the same.
Minutes later, Rae wandered off to water the plants as Karen and Kai put away the chalk board. Cliff followed her.
"I am so sorry about yesterday." He babbled the second he was next to her.
"... Hn." She sighed in response. They watered the plants together.
"Rae..." They went for the last plant together. They stared at each other. He hugged her.
"I'm sorry too. I don't know what came over me yesterday, I just felt so... out of it." She smiled. "Go feed the cow." Grinning, Cliff walked away. Rae stared at the sky thoughtfully.
"I wonder..." Rae giggled. "Yeah right!"
That evening, the sun set into pink clouds. Rae and Cliff were sitting on the roof.
"What a day." Cliff remarked. "Dark clouds passed over us, thankfully."
"Yup, and the sun seems to be setting nicely." Cliff took her hand.
"Ann said you got sick this morning."
"I have no idea why. Probably something I ate, or just nervous." Rae shrugged.
"Hm... So what will we do next time this story picks up again?" Karen and Kai joined them on the roof.
"It'll probably be Winter, so what's the adventure?" Rae looked at Karen and Kai.
"Won't the mine be open? I bet we could get in trouble in there!" Karen giggled.
"Isn't there a haunted house near the edge of town? I've always wanted to check it out, but I'm not brave enough." Kai suggested.
"My birthday is coming up soon, maybe it'll pick up around then." Cliff grinned. "Could a birthday party possibly go wrong?"
"I dunno. We'll have to find out next time!" Rae grinned. "But can we go have a private discussion, away from our audience's prying eyes?" Cliff and Rae left the roof and went inside.
"So how do we close this?" Karen asked Kai. Kai shrugged, and struck a charismatic pose.
"See you next time on STORY OF A GIRL!"
1: Minimal Excel Saga reference. Give credit where credit is due...
To be continued...
Nayru: Your options are:
1) Happy Birthday to Cliff! 2) Cave Exploration 101 3) The Ghost of Rosebud Village
Xiao: Please vote!