Angel Tears

Chapter 3: The Boy I Once Knew

(I know I have lots of things happen at the bar but its like the only place that everyone would go to hang out so I guess that's why I use it for all the troubling situations that need an audience so sorry if that bugs you!)

I am dropping Marlins age by 5 years so that he can know Nellie from grade school just to tell you guys in advanced so now he is 27! Wait did that give some of it away? Oh no forget everything you just read!

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I lied down in my bed feeling safe and sound for the first time in a while. My body sunk down into the warm blankets and pillow of my new sheets. It was big and fluffy bed and the same one my parents slept in when they lived here. I felt like I could feel my fathers presence in the room with me… he was protecting for now but I soon knew that after this night I would have to face the morning and I didn't know what it would bring. I felt slumber come quickly and soon I was sawing logs so hard I slept about 2 minutes into my alarm.

"What crazy person wakes up at 6 in the morning!" I groaned to myself as I pushed my way up and out of bed stumbling over some of my stuff spread out on the floor. I pushed through some clothes with a yawn and found my outfit for today. Mom had said not to wear anything I didn't want to get dirty so I didn't even bring anything but old jeans and t-shirts. The only exemption was moms wedding dress witch she insisted in putting in my small suite case.

"Mom I'm not going to go there to find a husband I'm done with boys for now, remember?" I had said when she had smashed it in there.

"I know you got dumped pretty bad by Harley but maybe you will find someone nice up there like I did, and if you do you need to tell me got it?" I laughed and rolled my eyes.

"Fine Mom!" I was glad I had it but it was a waste of space.

I had no Idea what being a farmer meant and how stubborn cows are! I had tried everything In my will to get her to eat but I gave up and left the food out for here to eat on her own time after so many attempts. Brushing her was also a pain. She kept moving and she even kicked me once on the side. I felt a rush of pain in my side and finally said,

"Darn cow! Fine you can just brush yourself! God that hurt!" I touched my side it was bruised but I felt no blood. The wind seamed to be knocked out of me and I sat down next to the barn.

"Are you ok?" I herd a mans voice but it wasn't Takakura it was younger and gentler. I looked up and a man with a big green hat was standing over me.

"Fine its nothing." I said hoping he would go but he didn't.

"Are you sure? You look a little pail. He helped me up. "I'm Gustafa who are you I have never seen your face before."

"Nellie, and thanks but I have to get back to work." I started to walk away but he walked with me.

"You work here?"

"No I own the farm with Takakura." I was not a very friendly person and I knew it, but he seamed to want to get to know me so I stopped being so stubborn and stopped walking so fast.

"Cool I've only bin her a few months but I thought I knew all the locals."

"I'm new just got here yesterday actually so I don't know anyone here but I use to when I was a bout 10 when my dad and me came here for the spring now I have no idea who lives here."

"Don't worry you get use to everyone, well almost everyone right away."

"What do you mean almost everyone?"

"Ha well there are a few people that you just have to get along with to tolerate but I think you will fit in just fine but I think I will go play my Guitar somewhere see you around.

"Bye" I said waving. I then decided to go down to the beach even though it was cold, I didn't care. I was a naturally warm person and that made me crave cold weather at times. I sat on the sticky sand as the mist chilled my skin as I sat and watched the water crash up and down on the shore. It was so quiet and relaxing I wish life were like this all the time. I put myself in a world that was better when I felt relaxed. Some people call it day dreaming but to me it seamed deeper then daydreaming it seamed deeper almost like sleeping. My world was stopped when I herd a crash coming from the bar that's seamed to travel throughout the valley.

"What the heck was that?" I asked myself as I got up quickly and running all the way up to the small bar in town. I was now sure that the noise was from there I could here people talking no they were fighting and I wanted to know what that crash was so I pushed the door slowly and went in.

"Shut up Rock what do you know?" A girl with shoulder brown hair said glaring at him.

"God Lumina I didn't mean to make you throw things settle down girl I was just saying…" a boy with short blond hair named Rock started to say but he was interrupted but a furious looking Lumina who by the looks of the floor had throw a plate.

"Its not funny that my parents are dead Rock! Don't even joke around about that!"

"Sorry I was just saying that…"

"Forget it! Just forget it and leave me alone!" She then ran out of the bar and Rock ran with here. I few men were snickering in the corner.

"You boys just shut up it's not funny." I herd Muffy say and then look at the door.

"Nellie! Did you hear the crash? You should have bin there poor Lumina… Rock was being such a jerk to her that she smashed a plate on his head!" The men started to laugh a little harder now.

"You guys are so immature." Muffy said shaking her head at them. "Well now I have to clean up the pieces."

"I'll do it I don't mind." I said trying to be nice for some reason the neat freak in me just wanted to come out!

"Ya sure?"

"Its no problem were is the boom?" Muffy looked shocked and gave me a look like I was going to ask for money or somthing.

"In the other room." She pointed to a small door in the corner.

"Bee right back." I then went back and started pushing things around to get to the broom and before I could reach it I heard the guys start talking to Muffy.

"Who is she? I have never seen her before. How old is she she's pretty cute."

"Don't even joke about that Patrice that's sick she's 25 and her names Nellie she's from the city. Do you remember Kyle? She's his daughter and now she's taking over the old farm with Takakura.

"That pretty little thing is Kyle's? I knew she reminded me of someone and now I know, she looks a lot like Marie."

"She a little odd in my opinion."

"She is not Kassie be nice to her." Muffy said gently scolding him.

"So Marlin what do you think of her? She's from the city like you and she's pretty close to your age right?" I heard Patrick voice say.

"I don't know she's ok." I very rough voice said quietly then I herd the door open.

"Gustafa! How are ya! Come and sit down and have a beer!" another mans voice said happily.

"Is a girl Named Nellie here? I was wondering if she was ok?" I quickly garbed the broom knocking over some other stuff in the process and jolted out the door.

"What? Who wants me?" I said trying to act like I hadn't heard anything more but my name.

"Took you long enough to find the broom." Muffy said giving me an I-know-you-were-ease-drooping-look.

"Sorry it was behind some stuff and I was trying to get to it."

"So What were you talking about Gustafa?" Muffy said looking a little concerned now.

"Its nothing my cow just kicked me this morning and now I'm fine." I said starting to sweep up the scattered pieces of the plate. I was hoping that the subject would stop.

"Are you ok? Maybe you shouldn't be working." Muffy said now looking concerned.

"I'm fine. Just because I'm from the city doesn't make me week and spoiled. It's just a bruise it will heal."

"I was just checking it looked a lot more then a bruise this morning?" Gustafa said now also looking concerned.

"Guys I'm fine I'm a big girl I can take care of myself." I said. No one had ever cared about a bruise this much when I lived in the city. Everyone here was so nice to me. I threw away the broken pieces and then sat down next to twin men that were both staring at me.

"So your Kyle's daughter? Really?"

"Yes… why?" I said feeling odd that I was the center of attention all of a sudden. Gustafa sat next to me and ordered some blue concoction I wasn't sure if it was alcoholic or not.

"I was just wondering you look a lot like your mother Marie I'm Patrick and this is my twin brother Kassie then there is Griffin and Marlin down there.

"Hi." I said trying to see faces so I could match them to the voices I had heard.

"Well I have to head out now see you guys around." The boy named Marlin said getting up after putting money on the counter. I had sworn I had seen him before but I knew he wasn't from here because of what the guys had said earlier. Where had I seen him before? I decided to go talk to him maybe I had seen him in the city before. I got up off the stole.

"Sorry Muffy but I have to get back to work I have to see if the cow has eaten anything." I said heading out the door.

"Can I come?" I herd Gustafa voice say from behind me. I didn't really care at this point he seamed like a very nice man and if he had come to see if I was all right then he was probably a nice guy.

"All right I think I'm going to take a walk 1st though if that's ok with you?"

"Sure let's go see if Marlin wants to go to." Gustafa said holding the door open for me. That made it a lot easier on me if Gustafa would talk to him instead of the wired new girl that thinks she has seen him before. He ran up to Marlin that looked a little in awe that Gustafa was talking to him. I walked normally up to them and still bare footed as the cold frost on the ground touched my tough feet.

"So…" I said coming up to them smiling.

"Marlins coming." Gustafa said. "I still want to know if you're ok though Nellie you don't have to cover it up now that were not with all those people around." My side actually hurt a lot but I wasn't going to tell him that. I didn't want anyone's sympathy.

"I'm fine really it was just a little bump." I said as we all walked around the beach.

"I'll take your word for it Nellie but if it starts to hurt you have to tell someone I don't want you getting hurt so early in your farming career." I just nodded and we walked around the beach. Why I loved that beach I don't know but in my opinion it was the best place in the world. Marlin had stayed quite the whole time and I actually forgot he was there tell, in his deep voice he started to talk to me.

"Your names Nellie Keller right?" He asked not even looking at me.

"Ya why?" I said now really thinking I had seen him somewhere before if he knew my last name.

"Did you go to Lake wood Elementary?" he asked shyly. Wow that was a really long time ago. I thought trying to remember people in my class back then.

"Yes…" Then it hit me Marlin! Oh my god Marlin! I had bin good friends with Marlin way back from 2nd when he was in 3rd grade! Then he had moved away and back then that was the worst day of my life. I hadn't seen him sense.

"Oh my God Marlin! I remember now! You look a lot different I didn't even recognize you! I thought I had seen you before!" I gave him a hug and he seamed a little uncomfortable.

"Wow Nellie you look nothing like yourself what happened to the little short girl I use to know?" It was true I was short and really skinny when I was little but I had soon filled out a little and I had actually became kind of chubby in the hips but I was the person that could get ride of the extra wait easy.

"She grew up, and look at you! Your voice is way deep." He blushed and rubbed the top of his head.

"I know I guess that's something I got from my dad." I smiled I then remembered that Gustafa was with us but he had stopped to talk to a red head that didn't seam to interested in what he was saying.

"Should we wait for him?" I asked.

"No if he's talking to Nami then he will be there for a long time want to see Vesta?"

"Ya!" I said enthusiastically. Where do you guys live?" He pointed to a little farm with 2 big fields in the front.

"It's so cute!" I said starting to walk with him down to go see his sister Vesta.

Yes its boring now but it will get better! I have a lot of the stuff set in my mind. Thanks for reading through my boring story so far and now it will start to get better I may put a more detailed relationship in this one. Don't get your heart set on Marlin yet though because I have plans that no one will see coming! Big plans! You will see!

Aries Goddess :D