Gamer To Farmer
Chapter 5: The First Date and a Jealous Rival
A/N: Congrats to Ragin' White Tiger for noticing the reference to the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. This chapter starts off my week of updates. For those who are interested, each of my other fics will be updated this week and I will reveal a new fic. Have a good week and enjoy.
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"Good morning!" The alarm clock yells into my ear. I had reprogrammed the clock so that it wouldn't beep at me. "Good morning. Good morning. Good morning." The clock continued. I pressed the button, but the alarm kept going. I hated these things.
Another button press and still no change. I pulled the plug to no avail. A smirk crossed my face when I realized what I was going to have to do. I carefully placed the "Good morning" clock on the ground and headed over to the toolbox. The hammer looked good in my hands as I approached the clock.
Homer noticed my evil intentions and quickly crawled under the covers on the bed. "Good morning." The clock was oblivious to its inevitable demise. The hammer was raised above my head, prepared to descend upon the annoying little machine. I silently counted to three before swinging the tool.
A knock on my door distracted me form destroying the clock. I glanced over towards the door, while the hammer continued its descent. I grimaced in pain as the hammer made a connection with my right foot. I quickly dropped the hammer and began hopping around the room, holding my foot. I made my way over to the door and opened it.
"Good morning, Tint!" Elli smiled sweetly at me. "Good morning!" The clock called back. I was sure that the clock had a smug tone that time.
"Morning to you too." I replied to Elli. Morning was never good for me.
"Mind if I come in?" Elli asked.
I beckoned Elli inside. Homer uncovered himself from his hideout and nervously approached the visitor. Elli knelt over and gave the dog a pat. This seemed to gain Homer's trust. Elli sat down at the table and looked expectantly at me.
"What are you doing here? Don't you have to work?" I asked.
"Nope, today's Wednesday. The Clinic is closed today. I was actually wondering if you would like to do something today." Elli responded. I couldn't believe it. Just yesterday we had met, and here she was, at my house, asking me out.
"Of course! I'd love to. Just give me some time to do my morning chores." I replied.
"Is their anything I can do?" Elli inquired.
I thought for a moment. Then an idea came to me. "You can check in on my horse, Epona. She's in the stable down past the barn." I said as I pointed in the direction.
"You have a horse!" Elli stated in disbelief. "I love horses! I'll go right away!"
I watched as Elli got up and prepared to follow her. "Good morning." I had forgotten about the clock. This time I didn't make a mistake on my swing. I would clean up the pieces later.
Elli and I proceeded outside. I went around and watered the crops. Once finished, I headed over to the stable to check in on Elli and Epona. I found Elli gingerly taking care of the horse. "What was it that you wanted to do?" I asked as I watched Elli.
Elli stopped what she was doing and looked at me. "It's still early. We could head down to the pier and watch the sun rise over the ocean." Elli said, clearly hinting that was what she would love to do.
"Great idea. We better get going if we want to catch the sunrise." I stated.
The walk to the beach was quite uneventful. We did manage to draw a couple of stares from Rick and Popuri as we passed by the Poultry Farm. I could tell that Popuri was jealous. "Her problem. I gave her a chance a few days ago and she passed." I thought. I didn't really mind that much, I had found the perfect girl and she was right beside me.
A few minutes later, and we were sitting at the end of the pier. You could just see a sliver of the morning sun peaking above the hilltops in the distance. I was wondering where exactly in the world Mineral Town was located. My brain was attempting to figure out the problem. Since we were located along the ocean and the sun was rising over the water, I had to be across the Pacific. I was so busy figuring out my problem I hardly even realized that Elli had rested her head against my shoulder.
I finally noticed Elli's presence and wrapped my arm around her. "Beautiful." I commented.
"It sure is." She replied.
"Don't you think highly of yourself."
Elli looked up at me, surprised by my response. I looked back at her, staring deep into her gorgeous brown eyes. I placed my hand against her cheek and pulled her face close to mine. She closed her eyes and puckered her lips, awaiting the meeting of our lips. "This is going perfectly!" I thought. We were just mere inches apart. "Am I interrupting something?" A voice stated from behind us.
Elli quickly pulled away from my grasp. We looked behind us to see a familiar face. It was Doctor Tim. The jerk must have followed us and was here to make sure I didn't try anything funny.
"I'm sorry, Tint. I should head home. Stu needs me to take care of him." Elli explained as she got to her feet. She bid both of us farewell and headed back into town. The doctor watched her go with a smile. "She is one hell of a woman." He commented once she was out of earshot.
I gave him an evil glare. He was really starting to piss me off. I got to my feet and approached him. I placed a hand on his shoulder and turned him around. "I know what you're doing and I don't like it. Just because Elli likes me more than you doesn't mean that you try to ruin our relationship." I told him flatly.
He smirked at me. "Don't worry. Before you know it, Elli will be with me and will have totally forgotten about you."
"I wouldn't count on it. If you try anything funny I will be introducing you to my fist." My people skills were working in top form.
"You can't threaten me. Remember, I am probably the most powerful man in this town. If I felt like it, I could convince half the town to vote you out. Then, Elli would have nobody but me to love."
His threat was serious. If I got into a fight with him, I would be gone, never getting a chance to see Elli any more. She would probably hate me. This complicated things. I was left with my trump card. "Maybe I don't care if the town gets destroyed. Maybe Elli would be willing to leave town with me. What would you do if she was gone?"
Tim seemed to be caught off-guard by this. He didn't know that I was bluffing. "Fine. You win. But remember, the second you screw up, I will be there." He spat at my feet and headed down the pier. This was going to be a good day.
Later that day, at the bar, I was thinking over the events so far. Unfortunately, they didn't serve alcohol until later and it was only noon. This would be a good time for a drink.
Doug looked across the counter at me. "Don't be so upset over Tim screwing up your first kiss with Elli. The two of you are getting along so well that I guarantee that you'll get another chance before the week is over." He stated as he set down a glass of water before me.
I was dumbfounded. "How do you know already?"
"News travels pretty fast in this town. Elli stopped in after it happened and was pretty torn up about it."
"Did she say anything else?" I inquired hoping that she had mentioned something good about me.
"As a matter of fact, she didn't, at least that she mentioned to me. You might want to ask her personally."
"Do you know where I can find her?" I questioned as I got to my feet.
"She said she was taking Stu and May to play somewhere on Mother's Hill. You'll probably find her up there."
"Thanks."
A little while later and I was climbing the hill. I was determined to make up for Tim's interruption earlier that day. Hopefully I wasn't too late to catch up with Elli and the kids.
I was making my way along the path. I could hear the sound of May and Stu playing above me. I didn't pay much attention to them and sped up my trek. Then I heard a scream come from above me. I looked up and saw Stu trip over the edge. Elli and May screamed "STU!!!"
Stu was falling behind me. I wasn't sure if I could catch him. I dove out towards him. I struck the ground and slid a small distance. Something landed on my shoulder, knocking the breath out of me. I looked back and was relieved to see that it was Stu. He got up off my back and looked up at Elli and May. "I'm ok! Mr. Tint saved me!" Stu called.
I coughed as I attempted to get up off the ground. My left shoulder really hurt. I tried to push myself up but couldn't move my arm. Elli and May were making their way down the hill to check up on us. Stu realized that I was having trouble getting up. He grabbed hold of my shoulder and tried to pull me up. I cried out in pain.
Elli knelt at my side once she reached me. She took one look at my shoulder, which I couldn't see, and grimaced audibly. That couldn't be good. "Stu can you go find Tim and tell him to open the Clinic. May, go get some ice from Gotz." The two children rushed away. Once again I tried to get up but couldn't. "Don't try to get up. I don't know what you broke but it's something in your left arm near the shoulder."
"Was Stu ok?" I asked. I didn't want her to know how much pain I was actually in.
"As far as I could tell, he was fine. How are you doing?" She was really worried about me.
"It doesn't hurt that much." I lied.
Elli rolled me over to my back, making sure not to touch my bad shoulder. She then helped me to my feet. May came running up with a big bag of ice. Elli proceeded to take me to the Clinic.
The door was still locked when we got there. Stu came running up to us. "Doctor Tim said that he couldn't open the Clinic today. He had some very important family matters."
"Lying jerk." I whispered under my breath. I shrugged off Elli's help and approached the door. With one strong kick the door came crashing down. Elli rushed over to the operating table and beckoned for me to lie down. "We are going to have to set the bone quickly before it lodges in its current state. I'm not sure if I can do this by myself." She admitted.
"We can help!" May called out from the waiting area.
"NO!" Both me and Elli yelled. I didn't want some little kids digging around inside of me.
"Don't worry. I believe that you can do a good job just by yourself." I said encouragingly. I reached up with my good arm and placed it reassuringly on hers.
Elli smiled. She leaned over the table and planted a kiss on my lips. Then she placed the oxygen mask over my face. I blacked out.
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A/N: I am not entirely sure if the medical details of this chapter are correct. I have never had an operation of this sort and am unsure if this is how it is carried out. If anyone knows please tell me and I will come back to fix this chapter. Other than that, I hope you enjoyed this rather short chapter and are eagerly awaiting the next. Till then, Tint out.