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LazuliteRose- Thanks for the input! And, I do realize I had a few mistakes. I was kinda pissed when I wrote it- my friend, Sarah, had just told me she had to move because of her Father. No, not because he was getting a new job, but he was a drunk..
Sky-Pirate325- No where near the end, my dear. And, if I were you, I would be confuzzled, too. : )
lalalagirl- Thanks! I like Nicole, too. And, to tell the truth I like She's Not Just A Pretty Face the best, although I'm willing to do any. And, I think you're one of the only few who answered my question to the new story thing. Thanks! Oh, wait. I think I say that too much.
naru-chan13- Thanks! I'd say writing it made me feel war and fuzzy, too.
Trying To Breakaway- I agree. I would be more organized. Now, let me clear your thoughts. (When I first read your review, I think I confused myself trying to figure it out! lol) Now, Lumina is completely left out of the plan, so she thinks Skye is gay, and she also thinks Julia and Nicole are lesbian and going out. And, they were just making fun of Skye, since they knew that if they said it with Lumina there, she would tell Romana and Romana would tell the whole Valley he is gay, which isn't true. I hope. Anyway, no, Griffin isn't gay. They just needed to use a man who wasn't married, and everyone else was taken. Now, did I clear your thoughts? If it did, thank god. I think I just temporarily lost mine.
Fille de Myosotis- Did I spell that right? I hope. And, I am looking forward to that too, although I'm not sure if I will do that. Anyway, they would look cute, too, but right now I can only think a few chapters ahead at a time. So, I'm still deciding whether to put them together or not. And, if I do, it's going to be at the very end, or a sequel. I don't think anyone should be concerned with a sequel this early, though.
IheartnejiandDidara- Thanks! I'm glad you thought it was funny. And, I've been trying to make it longer for the longest time, but for some reason I just love it when I leave the story at cliffhangers. Anyway, I'm glad you like those two stories. And, I think I already answered that last question in a review for your story. If I didn't, forgive me, I can do it later.
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RECAP
"Mama's kissin her friend, Nicole! She likes girls!" Amy screeched, but, too bad for her, Hayden was a little too shocked by that news, and happened to feel a little queasy. Being him, he fell through the door, with little Alice tumbling behind him. On their way in, they managed to tumble all the way to the table and hit it, causing the plate of steaks to fall.
Well, hell. That was gonna take awhile to clean up.
END RECAP
"I can't believe you four! Tumbling in the door when Mama and Uncle Rock were having such a good time making fun of-" I was about to continue, but saw the stern look on Lumina's face and took a step back, letting her speak.
"Kids, go to your room, and tell Daddy to go to his own room to hyperventilate." Lumina said kindly, and they sped off.
"I get to kick Daddy to make him stop!" Hayden called.
"Nu-uh! I want to ! You got to last time!" We heard Amy whine. Lumina turned to us three. I spoke first.
"I swear Lumina, I didn't know about me being a lesbian." I admitted. She looked at me.
"Well, that makes no sense. Care to explain, Rock, since I somehow know you came up with all of this in the first place?" Her piercing gaze left my face and turned to Rock's. He gulped. I guess after all these years he still wasn't used to it.
"Uhm..." He started, and proceeded to tell the story of how he persuaded me into going along with him, and how he had told Nicole about it and she wanted to be a part, and lastly how the added the lsbian thing at the last minute, forgeting to tell me about it. Well, that made me pissed.
"I think you need a time out, Rock." She looked at him, glaring. I tilted my head to the side, and so did Rock and Nicole.
"What the hell?" We all asked. She sighed.
"A time out. He's going to stay in our room for a month, no visitors, no pranks, " He started grinning and she glared at him twice fold. "And no sex." She finished, and he looked as if he wanted to cry. I snorted.
"Honey, if I've lived through years without sex, you can live a month." I commented. He looked at me if I were crazy.
"Yeah, but you're a woman." He stated, as if that solved anything. I looked at him quizzically, and Nicole slapped her forehead.
"He's a man. Men live on sex and food, with the occasional sleep." Nicole answered my unasked question. I slapped my hand in my palm and got a lightbulb over my head.
"And you two." She turned to us, with that glare that made me feel like a young girl again who got a cookie out of the cookie jar when I was supposed to wait till dinner.
"You two." She echoed. "You two will clean this farm, top to bottom, alone, without anybody's help except mine." She finished. Nicole and I looked at her as if she had grown anoth head. Well, to tell the truth, that was a good possibility right now.
"What? You expect me to clean this trashy assed place? Because honey, I'm from a rich New York family, and if you dared me to do this, I wouldn't lift a finger and I would have it cleaned and up and running in the most backward assed way possible. Because I have the power to do that. Deal with it." Nicole looked so serious I couldn't help but laugh, despite the situation.
"Yes, I expect both of you to do it. Or, "Her face looked so scary and dark for a second I thought she was going to say something corny like "I am your Father" but that would sound gay if she did, so I kept my mouth shut. "Face the consequences." I almost laughed at my stupidity. Of course she would say something like that. She's Lumina.
"Wait, Lumina, you would be more of a hinderence than a help. You haven't farmed in your whole life!" I protested. She gave me a devilish smirk.
"That's the point." ( A/N, I considered on ending it here for a cliffhanger, but I'm a little curious myself to see how they start.)
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"Lumina, I beg your parden, but you can't possibly be thinking you can work in that." I looked up and down. The usual bron plaid dress. How would anybody think they could work in such a thing? Nicole even. I thought she was smart enough to wear something, well, smart. But, oh no, she protested she would look hideous if she worked in anything besides high heel boots. I really needed Celia.
"Okay. I used to have a prosperous farm. Now, "I looked around myself. The place was in ruins. "I have a shitty plot of land. Who volunteers to start by pulling weeds?" I asked. I felt like I was talking to thin air. They looked at me as if I were the dumbest person in the world.
"Fine, if nobody volunteers, I'll make you. Nicole, pull weeds." I ordered, and she started to protest, but, once she saw the look on my face, began muttering infer her breath as she walked toward the house.
"Might as well change into some of Julia's old farm clothes..." She bickered with herself all the way in. Lumina looked at me expectedly.
"Well? What about me?" She asked. I looked at her with disbelieving eyes.
"I thought you were kidding when you said you would help! Well, if you weren't..." I gave her the same look I gave Nicole, and Lumina started shivering, even though it was a perfectly sweltering summer 5.
"Lumina! You're to look around the place and see if you find any animals. From what I pulled out of Skye last night, (which wasn't much, considering he looked scared as hell when I walked up to him) he doesn't think we have any animals in the old coops and such, but we might have some running around." I ordered, as if I were a drill sergeant. I was getting the hang of this. She looked at me, thoroughly disgusted.
"Ew! Touch an animal? Besides a cat?" She asked me. I looked at her.
"I expected that from Muffy, not you, Lumina. But, yes, if you insist me putting it right infront of your face, again, yes, you are to touch any animals you find. Got it?" I ordered again, this time more fiercely.
"What about you?" She deadpanned. I grinned.
"I get to go to Town and get supplies. I'll be out for a couple days." I answered, smirking. Her mouth was agape.
"You get all the easy stuff!" She huffed, but, nonetheless, walked off with her arms crossed, pouting. I laughed at the expression on her face, and walked off, whistling.
Soon I was at the valley road thing, and Isaw a red head bobbing farther away by the second. Running as fast as I could, I finally caught up with Nami, but not without almost falling over. As soon as she saw me, she hugged me again. "I still can't believe it's you, everytime I see you!" She squealed. So unNami like. I though quizzically, then I had a lightbulb over my head.
"Please tell me you're not drunk, Nami." I begged. She looked at me as if I had gone crazy. Was it just me, or did people do that more often lately?
"No, not drunk, silly! Pregnant!" She squealed again, and we danced around like idiots for a few seconds.
"Hey Nami, why are you going to town?" I asked out of the blue.
"Groceries. Gustafa can't cook shit. And, neither can I. So, we usually eat stuff from the inn. But, like I said, I'm going grocery shopping today. I haven't had to in weeks." She answered, then scrunched her brows together, as if thinking about something really hard. Then it clicked.
"Dei ja vue..." I muttered, and she nodded her head in agreement.
"I wonder if I'm going to come home to find Muffy in bed with Skye, this time, too?" I wondered aloud. Nami snorted. Good ole Nami, always telling the truth as it is.
"Not likely. Have you heard? Muffy lives like Murrey now. Oh my god, I haven't put those names together, but doesn't Muffy and Murrey fit together? I wonder if they're..." Nami trailed, and was about to fiish the sentence before I slapped my hand over her mouth.
"Disgusting, Nami, disgusting. I think Gustafa is rubing off of you too much. And, god! I thought hippis were supposed to be pure and innocent with their green clothes and guitars and Indian tepees!" I stated, shocked.
"I think you're confusing them with tree huggers, Julia." Nami corrected me. I looked at her oddly.
"Whatever. They're the same to me." I waved my hand in the air as if to say 'yeah, yeah.' Seconds later, we were in the town.
"Bye, Nami!" I smiled and waved, suddenly feeling giddy at seeing my old friends.
"Whatever." She called back, and stuck a fist in the air. Nope, not even Nami's mood swings were going to put me down today!
"Hey Lillia!" I called when I walked into the store. Nobody answered, and the place seemed to be dead. A few seconds after I called for her mother, Popuri came down, looking dead, but, when she saw me, her eyes lit up a bit, but tuned down a second later.
"Mama's so sick she has to stay in bed now, Julia." She stated, and started wailing. Terrified (I hated crying), I took her in my arms and hugged her. "She probably wants to see you, Julia." Popuri sniffed after I had ordered a few pounds of chicken feed and a couple of chickens. Hey, if Lumina didn't find any, we would still need some!
"I will go see her." I assured Popuri quietly, and walked up the stairs. The place used to be so alive! Now it felt how Popuri looked. Dead. I would have to fix that later.
"Lillia?" I called softly as I walked into what I supposed was her room. (It better be, it had Lillia on the front of it).
"Why, hello dear Julia!" Came a voice as soft as a butterfly's wing. Trembling, I went and sat down at the seat beside Lillia. She looked plaer than when I had last left her, and the gray in her hair was more noticable now. It ripped my heart in two. Well, in a couple pieces, since, in a way, my heart was already in two.
"Lillia! It's so good to see you!" I said cheerfully. It was better to act happier than I realy was infront of this woman. It seemed to make her happier that you were happy.
"And you too, my dear. My, how you've grown!" She gushed. I smiled in the sunlight. Her room was bright; it had windows open and flowers were everywhere. I couldn't help but smile again. This room fit her perfectly.
"Thank you, Lillia. You look better, too!" My voice sounded so feeble I don't think even I believed it. She snorted in a, believe it or not, ladylike way. How does a woman snort in a graceful way? I didn't know, but Lillia did it.
"Don't lie, dear. I look like an old hen, and you know it." She stated sorrowfully.
"Why, even if you think that, you still have the heart of gold!" I rushed. I didn't come here to make her unhappy. She smiled weakly.
"Well, that has just made my day, dear. Now, go on and do your normal rounds, I wish to sleep." She ordered. I smiled. Always doing the best.
"Yes ma'am!" I saluted her, and left. Poor Popuri was still crying as I shut the door. I wondered how this affected Rick. I would ask Grey or Saibara, since the Blacksmith was right infront of me.
"Yo, Grey! Saibara!" I called as the door jingled lightly, shutting itself. They smiled and called back, but, dare I say it, thought their sissy asses were to manly to hug me. I scoffed.
"How does Rick feel about Lillia being sick?" I asked after I had ordered new watering cans and such. The old ones were getting rusty. The whole room seemed to stop.
"Rod." Was all Saibara muttered. I looked at Grey for an explanation, who was currently trying to hide himself behind his hat.
"Care to explain?" I asked, irritated. He looked at me with pitiful eyes.
"You're going to hate it. He did the last thing the town was expecting him to do. He did the same thing as Rod. That's all I can say." Grey stated. I was abashed. How dare he! I was going to have a word with Karen.
"Yes, little Missy, go on and storm to the supermarket to see Karen. I know that's what you're going to do, isn't it?" Saibara sighed. I looked at him sharply.
"Damn straight!" I answered, and walked out of the door in a huff. Karen was going to have hell to pay for letting Rick leave his Mother with clumsy Popuri like that, just when she needed him the most!
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Author's Note- Is this longer? I hope so. And, please, I need votes on what story to start after this one. Wait, before anybody goes, I have something to say. On my profile, I have a poll on what character you like the most. Whichever character wins gets a side story babysitting the kids! So, go vote now! whimpers Please?
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