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I 'skim-edited' this chapter so I hope it isn't to bad, forgive me!
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Chapter 1

"Trent, I'm heading out!"

"Okay, have a good night Elli," the Doctor called from behind the curtain. His voice nearing as he came up to the front door of the Clinic.

I gathered up my things and came to the door to meet him I smiled, "thanks Trent."

"No problem Elli," he waited there for me to leave and yet my feet still stayed in place.

"Trent?"

"Yes."

"Umm I was wondering…" come on Elli it isn't that hard. Just say it,"…er never mind." I wanted more than anything just to ask the poor man on a date. I've been wanting too for well a while now, but yet every time I'm given a chance like this a little voice in my head would stop me. Like a sixth sense something was telling me not to go there with him, and I'm not sure why.

He nodded as if he could possibly understand me and I slipped out of the door, into the fresh air that awaited me outside. I don't know why it was so hard for me. Maybe the simple fact that traditionally a boy was meant to do the asking or maybe I was just to shy, I'm not sure. But what ever the reason I hated it, and I didn't couldn't understand. I tried to distract myself from my thoughts with the weather. The air was fresh crisp, nice spring air. I was hard to imagine that soon it would be turning into the warm humid air summer.

"Elli!" Stu's loud voice called from the far end of the path. Pulling my from my 'air' distraction. I waited there as my brother ran up to greet me. Giving me again that sense came this that this wasn't what I was going to want to deal.

"Elli," Stu started again still panting from his run. "You said you'd take me and May hiking." Yes that sense was starting to actually be right.

"No," I tried my best no to crush his hopes. "I said that you'd have to wait I'm too busy right now." I corrected.

"Elli, your always to busy. Don't you have any time for me anymore?"

That, that right there was probably enough to break my heart. Couldn't he see how much I was trying to provide for him? How much I loved him and how much harder it was? "Stu you know it's not like that."

"I know," he mumbled unconvincingly looking down at the brick path, like it was the most fascinating thing in the world.

"How about we do it in the summer?" I tried.

"The Summer Elli…"

"It's only a week away; you and I both know that."

"I know but you didn't say 'a week' you said 'in the summer.' Which could mean anywhere from next week to in three months when fall starts."

He had a point I must say, my little brother was getting harder to delay than he was just seasons ago. "Okay," I gave in, "next Wednesday the first Wednesday of the summer okay?"

"What about Tuesday?"

"Stu…" I warned him my temper on lowering.

"Okay Elli, I'll go tell May." He decided with his own cheer displacement, running off to find his friend.

"You be back before dark, okay!" I called after him with little hope that he might have heard me. I sighed but that was kids for you. I missed it being a kid was the best years of my life. I had my parents, who loved me, friends and, everyday had been a new adventure.

I smiled remembering the castle and fairy tale adventures I had had with Mary and Popuri sometimes joined my Karen at the Goddess Pond. The knights and princes in castles with guarded dragons and draw bridges, then as the night fell Ann would drag Rick and Gray out to play the creatures of the night at the back of the in. Neither were really that good at it, I laughed a little. These days I really guess I missed those care free times, because now they were just so scarce.

I was about to walk into my home where Grandma would meet me when, I stopped hand on the doorknob. I could hear a faint voice from inside, Saibara probably paying Ellen a visit. I decided against disturbing them. Turning away from the door I knew had about an hour or so before dinner truly needed preparing I had some free time. In my mind I ran through the paths or Mineral Town that could provide an hour distraction. I was tempted to head right down to Mary and the Library, but it was closed as was the Clinic hence my free time. And disturbing Anna Mary's mother during dinner didn't seem wise. That left me right where I started. Ann. Ann wasn't as good as a friend as Mary was our views on multiple things and ideas differed. But she was a conservationist, and compared to the torture the other Mineral Town girl could put me through Ann's was minimal in comparison.

I took my time to get to the Inn. The nice spring weather wouldn't be around much longer, and I wasn't going to waste it. Once I arrived I poked my head in threw the door I didn't see her. The tables were almost all but empty; I wasn't surprised at this time of night it would probably busy itself up in an hour or two when the bar opened up. Now slipping fully inside I could see Doug at the counter but still there was no Ann.

"Why, hello Elli long time no see," Doug greeted me with a smile. I could see the hope in his eyes, for a paying customer. To bad for him he wasn't getting much luck.

"Hi Doug," I smiled. "Actually I came here in a search for your daughter. Where is Ann?"

He smiled at me, "actually I'm surprised you didn't see her. She's headed off the Clinic."

"The Clinic?" I asked. "Well we closed a good twenty minutes ago."

His eyes lit up in a slight shock, "really? Well I guess she had quite some confidence that Trent would open the doors for her."

I felt sort of dumb stricken when I realize she might have been injured. Of coarse Trent would let someone injured in. "Well I'm sure he wouldn't turn down someone in need. Is everything alright?"

"Oh yes, nothing I would worry about at least. She just slipped on her wet floors. Nothing to be concerned of I'm sure. I told her, she shouldn't do anything to waste the Doctor's time but she seemed to insist his check up."

"Was there a scratch?" I asked.

"Only a slight one, I think she was just trying to get out of work honestly." He chuckled.

I nodded trying to piece together what a fall could have done for the red head to request medical care. "Well I might as well see if she is okay myself," I responded. "Nice talking with you Doug!"

"You too Elli," he gave a slight wave as I turned around to head out the door. I tried not to notice the key in his voice that didn't want me to leave. He must me lonely now, with Ann out and about as per her usual social self, and with no wife either. I felt bad for him, and any other day I might have stayed had a nice meal and talked with the man. But something about Ann's curious scratch had me wondering and I had to find out.

It was a quick brief walk to the Clinic the door unlocked, easily supporting Doug's story. I slowly walked in closing the door without a sound.

"Ann? Trent?" I asked quietly, peeking through the curtain to Trent's desk it was empty. I looked into the check-up room it was also empty, everything was just as I had left it before. Obliviously not touched for Ann so called 'check-up,' and for some reason that bugged me more than it should have.

I paused trying to make sense out of this where could Ann have gone then? I peeked up the stairs of the Clinic that lead up to the Doctor's house. Don't do it Elli, this isn't your place. The little voice spoke up, and as much as had to agree with it, I pushed it away. Something just wasn't right.

I put my foot up on the first stair, the voice practically screaming at me now. But somehow I continued up to the very last stairs that opened out to Trent's barley touched kitchen. It was dark, all dark with the faint barley helpful light of the setting sun outside.

I almost turned around right there, he wasn't home. I had no business being there in his home. But then I heard something, something that didn't belong. Not here, not now, not in Trent's house. A giggle, short and faint well over the distance but a giggle no less.

No not Trent's own giggle, but a girly flirty little giggle. Turns around Elli don't go finding out things that aren't yours to know. Maybe the voice was right, but that was too late my curiosity setting in.

I kept walking to the edge of the kitchen where the hallway lead out to his living room, a few doors placed on the sides. Each of them dark except one door, light laminating from it's cracks. The giggle grew harder and louder as I moved in closer to the source. Carful to not make a noise, I moved in lucking out that the door was cracked open. I could hear the television set on, it was low probably barley being watched.

I positioned myself low just enough to pear evenly through the crack. Inside it proved easily to be Trent's study, books were neatly stacked around the room and the doctor's desk was placed to the right where the two were.

"See Ann your fine," Trent laughed that laugh, a laugh that would cut through me as I watched.

She let out that famous giggle that rang though the house, it also hit me hard but somehow I stayed there watching.

"Maybe that's just because your such a good doctor," she smiled her eyes looking intently into his. At first I didn't know why that small gesture could hurt so much, but as I watched the show in front of me I knew. Her face leaned, her arms wrapping around his the back of his head pulling him in close to her, faces nearly touching. I winced.

I was ready for him to push her away tell her no, any of the excuses that I was so easily picturing. But what he did next really surprised me. He pulled her closer to him. It made her gasp at first sweeping her cleanly off the table but she caught up fast. Her hands working in his hair, his own hands working easily to pull out her braids all the while pulling her closer to him with each breath her took.

I thought I was going to be sick. Not that stick or needing a doctor, no I could only wish this could be cured. It was as if someone had plunged a knife through me tussled it around a little for the fun of it then threw it away, discarding the pieces. I stumbled away, tears streaming down my face. I did my best to quite myself to not make a noise. I was not meant to be here, nor was I wanted. The man I thought I could love didn't love me he had other priorities on his mind with another girl. Something I had been too blind to have seen before.

"Trent stop," Ann voice gasped for air. And I struggled once again to quiet my footsteps as I made my escape. "I have to get back to work... and this is just…" her voice was fading away as I rushed down the stairs. Footsteps were soon following slowly, leisurely I knew I hadn't been caught, but still my escape was on. I slipped out the door just in time to see Trent's white lab coat coming into view on the stairs hand in hand with red head wonder. I gasped for air once I thought I had the chance, fresh tears still rolling out of my eyes. And I ran, I don't know where I was heading but I knew I couldn't go home, not yet.

The last thing that Grandma needed was a heart broken granddaughter to take care of, and as much I may have wanted her support. What was I going to stay I broke into the Doctor's house and watched in on his personal life? No I wasn't going to admit to that, pride alone wouldn't allow it.

I was still being lead blindly by my tears when I reached the beach I didn't even know my feet had been going here, but the pull that was here was strong. I struggled to keep up my pace as I fought through the sand, it was filling up my shoes to my stockings I was sure my dress was getting ruined by it as well but I didn't care.

I curled up on the bench that over looked the shore and cried a good long well deserved emotional cry. I don't know the last time I cried but compared to this I knew nothing had been worse, I was numb hallow and it felt as if my world was crashing in on me.

It's easy to imagine I didn't realize the new body beside me. I don't know how long they were there, if they had been on the bench before I had an outburst onto the beach or if they'd appeared here and decided to come over and comfort me. But although all common sense told me this was bad, that I should feel embarrassed, I was too hallow to care. Whoever they were they softly patted my back and their soft voice that I couldn't put a name on at the moment was steady and comforting.

I'm not sure how long a sat there bawling my eyes out, but I suppose my body was started to fight back finally. As my tears ran dry, my now gasping for water, dried up and screaming none the less but I ignored it that pain was nothing compared to how I felt inside. Which were far, far worse.

My senses just starting to come back numbed and hallow I know still, but I was now able to make words out of the voice next to me. "It's okay," they spoke even though I knew it wasn't. "Whoever hurt you this bad doesn't deserve those tears, it will be okay."

My head had been resting on the now wet fabric of my dress and I looked up, the sun had set and it was well after dark. The only soft light was laminating from the windows of a house by the end of the bench. I wiped my eyes with my sleeves to look beside me. I don't know who I had been expecting the Harvest Goddess maybe, but instead I saw someone who I hadn't expected.

"Karen?" I asked, "how you huh?" I breathed my throat still dry.

She smiled, turning to a shadow I couldn't see behind her and puling out a water bottle. "Here," she smiled holding it out.

I nodded unsure for a second, but then took it gladly in one hand gulping down. My throat thanked her with every fiber it possessed. "How," I asked still confused at her being here.

"I saw you run past the Supermarket," she tried to explain. "Not much is able to get you that upset, Elli. Is everything okay?"

"If everything was okay, I guess I wouldn't be here now would I?" I asked.

She laughed a little, it seemed to echo. "No I suppose it wouldn't." She paused tuning I wasn't paying enough time to catch what she mumbled after. But it ended in a sigh that I didn't recognize and the closing of a screen door. I decided not to question it, I'd gotten to many answers tonight that I thought I wanted and I didn't want anymore. "Care to tell me what happened?" she asked.

I didn't reply right away, she didn't seem to mind. And I got the impression that her question was just that a question, nothing implied if I wished to just walk away I think she would have let me go no questioned answered. "Guys stink," I muttered finally.

She laughed full heartedly. "Don't I know it," I could almost hear her smirking.

There was a full pause then.

"Trent then?" she asked.

There was another pause.

"Yes." I replied and she waited patiently, I broke down there. "I don't know why I even tried Karen. He was never interested in me!" I whimpered.

"His loss," she replied.

"Doesn't feel like that."

"Elli?"

"Hmm?" I turned to look at her. Her eyes were already waiting for mine.

"Elli, don't you go throwing away everything that you are because one man was stupid. You're beautiful and you deserve better."

I smiled, she was dead serious and I knew it. I'd never counted Karen as a friend before; I'm not going to lie. But the irony that hit back now was the support in someone I didn't know as well as whom I'd had thought had been my friend.

"I don't know if you're right Karen," she frowned. But I continued, "But thank-you. Your more of a friend I think I've ever given you credit for."

"And I'm better than some stinkin' boy."

We both laughed, mine hollow no doubt the ache in my heart as empty as ever but there with Karen in the support of friendship. I was almost okay. Almost…

Like I said 'skim-edit' hope it wasn't that bad, but please tell me what you think besides that!
Could you pick out this chapter's two 'Unpredictables'?
Did you find more that two?
Please tell me!
As well as who you might have thought the person comforting Elli was I know I had a lot more ideas, but your guess may not be far off in the future if you read hard enough. (:
(I promise I'll reaveal what I might have meant by that statment probably more along in Chaper I dunno four? Yeah maybe four, haha.
Okay so I hope you enjoyed this first chapter of Unpredictable and please as I said before review!

-Lorelei(:

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