Disclaimer- I don't own Harvest Moon, nor 'The Hard Way' by Faith Hill, or 'Bootylicious' by Destiny's Child, or the two other songs by Faith Hill that I can't remember their names.
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"Ugh..." I groaned, but stopped when I heard the song playing.
I hear every word they say
They tell me to stay away
They say I'm better off without you, baby
You've caused me nothing but pain
Heartache's your middle name
But seems I never--
I smashed my fist into the alarm clock. Why was it the same song every day? It hurt enough, but the days just seem to keep trying to remind me in any way they could. It had been five years now. Five long years since I had left him. I now owned an apartment in upstreet New York City, and worked as a fashion designer making good money. That doesn't mean things don't still haunt you, even though you have all the money in the world. I still wanted to see my kids. Amy and Hayden would be nine now. Hunter and Alice, seven. I tried not to think about my family I had left, and everything else, though. But, sometimes it just wouldn't leave me. Like that scene I had saw five years ago. It still hurt today when I though about it.
I shook those thoughts away from my head. I didn't need to think about that right now! I had to meet Nicole, since this was my day off!
Nicole was my only true friend here, and also the only one that wasn't a bimbo besides me, and the only one that knew about...Skye.
I was about to get into the shower when I heard my familiar ringtone.
Hello so cool
Yeah that's all I got from you
Tell me what in the world could I do
But leave after all you've done to me
Now it's so easy to say I'm over you
Cause baby I cried a little too
hard, a little too long--
I smiled. That ringtone SO fit me. Unsaveable. Exactly like our love was. "Hullo?" I answered as I went through my closet. I decided on a white mini skirt, white pumps, a red tank top, and a white jacket.
"Yo Julia! There's this shoe sale at Finish Line-" I didn't let her finish.
"Yes, yes, you can go. I'll just go to the pet store. I've been wanting to get a new naked mole rat, anyway." I joked. Nicole laughed.
"I'll make it up to you. Movies tomorrow?" She asked.
"Sure." I agreed, and we hung up. Crap...Now what am I supposed to do? I silently shrieked. Whenever I wasn't busy, I'd always end up thinking about him. Ugh.
I sighed, and decided to listen to the radio. To tell the truth, the song that was coming on really made me happy to listen to.
You've worn the soles off both of your shoes
Walkin on me like ya do
This ain't what forever's for
And I ain't gonna take it
I ain't gonna take it anymore
Soon I was singing along, and dancing. Nothing could take me down. Not even Skye.
Later That Day
I had been singing and dancing all day; it made me happy. But now, I had come to a decision. I had to see Skye and the kids again. I knew it would hurt, and I knew I would probably get that same look, but I couldn't help it. Those were my children with him, and I damn well wasn't going to let him hurt them, too.
I called Nicole, and was met with the same ringtone I knew she had used since forever. 'Bootylicious.'
"Hullo?" She answered excitedly. By the tone of her voice I knew that she had more than likley just spent all of her savings and was now in awe of all of her shoes.
"Nicole, I need you over here, A.S.A.P." I said calmly. She knew that tone. I would see her in five seconds fla-
"I'm huff here! huff huff huff" I mentally smiled. She was the best friend I had ever known. I still missed Nami and Celia and Lumina, though. I knew I didn't miss Muffy, but I didn't hate her, either. I'm bigger than that. I wasn't going to hold a grudge. She did what she did. End of story.
I Told Nicole to sit down, and I told her my whole story again, and then added I needded to see my kids, no matter how much I knew it would hurt. She agreed. I knew she would. She was my best friend, after all. On one condition.
She was going with me.
Oh, the fun I would have.
Muffy's POV
I sighed and kicked a stone as I looked at the river near Vesta's. Things didn't go too well for me and Skye after the incident with Julia- they went horribly, actually. Griffin kicked me out and kept Natalie. Now, I suppose you could say I was living worse than Murrey. To top it off, I always looked horrible now, and smelled horrible.
Skye was living horribly- Takakura left and moved in with Vesta and Celia and Marlin and their kids, and the Lake Farm (Skye's farm) was in shambles. It was all he could do to keep food on the table for his kids, and on somedays there wasn't any food at all. To top it off, everyone hated us. We were the Valley outcasts, and, I couldn't do anything about it. It was true. We deserved to be treated like scum. Well, worse than scum. Actually, we looked like scum. Our clothes were always to small and always had holes in them, and we never had any shoes- not even in winter.o
The worst part was, we knew Julia wasn't coming back. We lost hope after a couple seasons. And, we almost- no, scratch that, all, or most of us, DID cry when we had to face the fact that she wasn't coming back. I mean, it had been five years now! But, I knew four people that hadn't gave up hope.
Amy.
Hayden.
Hunter.
Alice.
Those four children believed with all of their heart she was coming back- and, they despised their Father with all of their heart. I don't blame them.
I was about to leave when I saw a person walking down the hill toward Vesta's farm, and toward For-Get-Me-Not Valley- I mean, that IS the only way you could get here. But, that wasn't what bothered me. It was who the person was.
Julia.
And, she didn't look like the middle class girl I expected her to be. She...she...she...
She looked like a star.
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Author's Note- Yes, I decided to continue it. And, yes, I realize this is a REALLY short chapter. But, I needed it to end that way. It seemed the right place to end, anyway, the next chapter will be up tomorrow, before I leave to go to the Smoky Mountains (I live in Tennessee, and that's the closest place for me to go for spring break) for spring break. I should be gone from Monday until Thrusday or Friday, which is why I'm trying to get so many chapters up. And, a litle fact about this story is, I really wasn't going to let anyone see it. Right now, it already has three or four chapters already written. Hm. Guess you guys are lucky! And, you know what? My grandma called me a 'shit head' because I ate the last cookie. And then my sister laughed at me. What a day, huh?
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Tomorrow's Fragrance- After me having five failed internet connections, my Grandma calling me a shit head, and then forcing me to go to The Smoky Mountains with her and the rest of my family, (which is TOTALLY going to ruin my spring break) this review just made my day. Even if it was small. THANK YOUS!
x-Oreo Neko-x - Tanks for reviewing! Two in one day! Woo-hoo! To some people, that's probably not a lot, but it makes me feel all happy. Yay!
moonangeldragon- Yay! I like where this is going, too! Actually, I think this is the only fic that I wrote/am writing that I really like.
litokiwi- Yes, yes, bad Skye! I'm actually going to marry him on my game and my character's name is Julia. Oooh...I hope he doesn't do this on my game. If he does, he is SO getting kicked out.
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