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~Angela's POV~
I awoke to rustling covers and I opened my eyes to see a pained Wizard trying to sit up in bed.
"Hi, Wizard...Don't hurt yourself..." I mumbled.
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"WIZARD!" I hopped up and tried to make the tan man lay back down on his pillow, he struggled against my help. His patients shirt fell off in the process revealing bloodied bandages from his wound.
"Don't you dare get out of this bed! You're wounds are still pretty fresh. They need to be re-wrapped too!" I held him down as well as I could do with one hand as I stretched out for the gauze. I was pretty good at first-aid and Jin wasn't up just yet.
"Now if you're not going to lay back down, the least you could do is stay still..." I mumbled angrily.
He complied to that much and I was able to start working on taking his other bandaging off. I noticed that the wound was pretty deep, although it was now very scabbed I could tell his skin was now a lighter shade where the scar was. A scar that should have adorned my body instead...
I guessed that my eyes must have shown something that alarmed him because he gave me a curious look.
"Angela...?" He said with concern.
"You're such an idiot." I breathed out. I felt the tears brimming in my eyes.
He looked down at my now trembling hand as I started working with the gauze around his wounded area.
"You have a scar that's going to stay there forever. All because you took my pain! I should have been the one..." I swallowed hard, trying to make sure my sobs didn't come out.
"...I was the one who should have had this scar to wear on my body. You shouldn't have..." I silenced myself and went back to dressing his wounds.
"I know...I heard you...in my sleep..." My eyes widened a little. He could hear me as he slept.
"I couldn't...allow you to suffer...like this..." He stated.
"Idiot!" I scolded him silently. My hands were shaking with the impending sobs about to come out of me.
"You and your stupid chivalrous acting!" I gently placed a shaky hand on the now wrapped wound and he jumped.
I sat down and I noticed his shy face looking down at my hand with gentle eyes.
"This was my pain to bare. Why?" Why did I feel like crying so hard right now?
I felt a warm hand that was much bigger than mine, be placed over my hand that was covering Wizard's wound. I looked up and saw Wizard looking down at our hands.
"Because..." He started lowly, his voice almost inaudible yet still a dreamy dark.
"You were the first person...to ever accept me fully as a friend...you're very...precious to me..." Wizard gazed at me with a look that made my breath hitch in my throat.
"You're the first person other than Molly to make me see things in a different light. I've never wanted to become closer to anyone other than Molly...but looking at this now I know it was inevitable that I would find someone like that soon..." I shifted a little but didn't take my hand from his grip.
"You are...also very precious to me..." I admitted.
We stayed like this for awhile until I felt and heard Wizard's stomach growl.
"That's right! You didn't get a chance to eat your food!" I exclaimed lively and slowly slid my hand away from his as if it was the most painful thing to do.
"I'll just go get you something to eat now!" I headed to the door to the hallway. (A/N: I made it so that patients had rooms. It just seemed more appropriate ^_^)
"Angela." I turned to see him wearing a worried look on his face.
"Don't worry. I'll be back in just a few! It won't take long, the Inn is right next door!"
I walked to the Inn and ordered Egg Soba with Doria along with Coffee and Cranberry Juice as drinks. I thank Colleen who is staring at me with an amused smile. Yolanda is chuckling in the kitchen and Jake is shaking his head with a smirk as I leave to go back to the Clinic.
"What's so funny?" I mumble as I step through the clinic doors. I notice Jin doing some of his doctoral duties and I greet him. He looks up and eyes me.
"You went to the Inn?" He asked and I nodded.
"In that?"
I looked down and realized I was still wearing the patient pajamas.
"Ummm..."
"You're clothes are in Wizard's room." Jin said as he looked back down at his paperwork. I thanked him and headed to Wixard's room.
"By the way Angela." I turned to him.
"You did a good job with dressing his wounds. You should come by to help more often."
"Oh no. I'm not really that good."
"Really? You say that but maybe it's just that you only work well on certain people." I could have sworn I saw a devilish grin creep over Jin's lips. I felt my face heat up as I stalked into Wizard's room and shut the door behind me.
"What's wrong?" Wizard asked.
"Nothing in particular..."
'Just Jin teasing me in the weirdest way...' I thought.
"I'm not really hungry..."
"Oh yes you are!" I told him.
I glanced around the room and spotted my clothes on the other bed in the room.
"Here's your food, I'm going to get dressed now." I said as I handed him the Egg Soba and put the coffee on his bed side table.
I stepped over to the bed, pulling the curtains closed and started to strip off my clothes.
"Um. Angela, I-"
"No, no, no Wizard. I don't want to hear that you're not hungry! Eat!" I ordered him as I took off my clothes.
"I understand but-"
"I heard you're stomach growl. And it felt like an earthquake too!" I laughed as I started to pull the pants on.
"Yes, I know but Angela-"
"You better eat that food Wizard!" I told him as I slipped my shirt on and pulled the curtain back.
"Angela!" He called my name out much louder than usual and I stared at him. Wizard was glancing at me and at the food rapidly, his face was pretty red.
Wh-what?"
"Wrong curtain..." He stated looking at me fully now.
"...Huh?"
"You pulled the...clear one instead of...the white one..." He explained. I looked at the curtain I held in my hands. It was indeed, clear.
". . ."
". . ."
". . . "
". . ."
"So...I just gave you a front row show..." I stared at him.
"Maybe..." He gave a smirk that was TOTALLY not expected.
"D-did you see anything?" He looked at me, then took a sip of his coffee nonchalant like.
"Hey!"
"I'm not sure..." He said, innocently looking at his food. He was teasing me!
" W-WIZARD!"
~Chase's POV~
The whole time I was helping Molly on the farm, I couldn't take my eyes off of her. She was so graceful as she worked, it was as if her movements were choreographed. She caught me looking at her and she gave me a small smile and went back to work.
It made my heart speed up for some reason.
"Keep it together heart." I mumbled as I tended to her crops. She tended to her animals and we were done in no time at all.
"Thank's so much for your help." She murmured shyly and I waved it off as nothing.
We started to Harmonica Town and on our way there we heard giggling coming from the Inn. We walked further up and saw Colleen and Yolanda chatting it up.
"Good morning!" Molly called over to the two older women. They looked over at us and waved. I gave a slight bow to Yolanda as my teacher and waved politely at Colleen. We continued on to the Clinic when Colleen called out.
"Molly. Tell your sister to change her clothes before coming out again." Molly was confused but nodded her head in compliance anyways and we entered the clinic.
"What was that about?" I asked her. She shrugged her shoulders.
"Ah, Chase and Molly! Good morning." Jin called out from his examination room.
"Good morning Doctor Jin." Molly said politely.
"Please, Molly. Just Jin is fine for me." He insisted and she nodded her agreement.
"Ready for me to take the bandage off?" Jin asked me.
"I've been waiting ever since you first put it on." I said, rolling my eyes and walking into his exam room.
"Molly, Angela and Wizard are in that room just down there. They're both awake now. Wizard is, thankfully, doing well after his nasty little spill in the bar. Feel free to go talk to them." I looked at Molly and she looked at her hands.
"If it's okay with you...I'd rather wait until you're done with Chase...only if it's okay with you." Molly said quickly.
JIn and I looked at each other in surprise.
"Something happen that I don't know about?" He whispered to me.
"Shut up, Jin." Was all I could think of saying and he grinned.
"Of course it's okay. I'll have his bandages off fairly soon." Before Jin started he gave a thoughtful look.
"Would you like me take a look under your bandages too, Molly?" I glared at Jin, he's lucky that Molly was too damn naive to even think about half the things he was suggesting to her.
"Jin, I think she's good on check ups until at least another week."
He turned to her and she glanced up at him.
"Well...it might be a good idea. I've been getting sharper pains there as of late.
I groaned in irritation as Jin smiled triumphantly. The pervert. But the strange thing was that he was being a pervert to Molly of all women. His efforts would usually be spent on Anissa, if I recalled correctly.
"What are you planning?" I murmured to him.
He just went about his work silently.
When he finally took the bandages off I ruffled my hair a little so it didn't look flattened by the gauze.
"It's been healed up pretty quick. I should probably run some medical tests on you to see if you have some sort of regeneration rate that I'm not aware of." Jin joked.
"Yeah, whatever."
"Alright now Molly, just take a seat right here so I can start on-Oh wait!" Jin got a look of realization on his face.
"I just remembered. I have another patient who needs to have some tests run on them at about this time. It's crucial for it to be at this time."
"Oh, well I can come back for my check up later." Jin shook his head at Molly's proposition.
"No, you're already here. Chase, could you check Molly for me instead? If the bruise is still a purple or blue hue, re-wrap it, if it has turned a darker shade then rub-" Jin pulled out some of the lotion he had used on Molly previously.
"-this on her side. Take about the size of two quarters and massage it into her side. Be careful though, it's bruised skin so try and be gentle." Jin tossed me the bottle and before I could protest he closed the door and was gone.
I looked at Molly and she glanced at me from where she stood near the examination bed.
"Umm..." I scratched the back of my head, my thoughts jumbled.
"W-well...I'll just um..." Molly began to unbutton her shirt.
"Hold on!" I shouted.
"Okay!" She flinched.
"Okay...this is definitely awkward..." I mumbled.
I suddenly felt something pull my hair sharply.
"Ow!" I shouted and turned to see the little light A.K.A Finn bouncing wildly in front of me.
"I thought we called truce!" I shouted.
He then danced in front of my face.
"What? What's he saying?" I asked Molly.
"Uh...oh...He said to just turn around while I undress, and I'll get a towel to cover my um...top."
"I doubt that that's what he said." I told her. I saw her stifle a laugh before I turned back around.
"What?" She asked.
"Hurry and undress. I was actually wondering how you're bruise was doing anyways."
"O-okay then...don't peek?" It sounded like it was more of a question than a command.
"Of course not. I'm not a pervert you know."
"Right, sorry." She said quietly and I heard the rustling of her shirt as it hit the floor with a soft thud. The sound of her small feet moving across the ceramic tiling of the floor indicated that she was searching for a towel.
"Umm...Chase..."
"Yeah?"
"I can't find a towel..."
"I'm not sure where one is either." I said matter-of-factly.
"D-d-do we have to...uh...work without...it?" She stammered out in cut sentences.
My face heated up at her comment.
"Goddess I can't do this!" I sighed loudly.
"Stay here." I told her and walked out the room while being careful not to open the door too wide.
Thankfully, Irene was just now stepping in.
"Irene, Molly needs someone to check her injury and Jin is busy." I told her and without another word, Irene stepped into Jin's examination room.
I sighed in content. What was Jin thinking when he told me to do it? At that moment, Jin was walking out of one of the other patients rooms.
"Wow, you got done with those medical tests fast." I said.
"And you got done wrapping Molly pretty fast too."
"I'm having Irene do it right now."
". . .What?"
"We couldn't find a towel to cover Molly's chest with so I asked Irene to do it."
Jin looked at me as if he was completely shocked. And then it clicked.
"You didn't have a patient to tend to...did you?"
Jin just gave a shake of his head.
"What a waste of an opportunity..." I punched him in the arm and he chuckled reservedly.
"Stop trying to turn me into a pervert like you." I told him.
"I don't have to try."
"Shut-up Jin."
~Molly's POV~
"Alright, all set to go." Irene gave me a smile as I buttoned my shirt back up.
"Thank-you, Irene. How much do I owe?"
"Oh don't worry, your fee from when you came in the first time with this injury covers all check-ups." Irene explained.
"That's very convenient." I smiled and stepped out of the room.
"Alright! Let's go check on-"
Chase and Jin seemed to be in some sort of argument, they weren't yelling, more like debating.
"You two!" Irene yelled from behind me. The two men faced her quickly.
"A lady is trying to speak. You must give her your attention."
"Thank-you." I said to Irene and turned back to Chase.
"What is it?"
"I was going to say let's go check on Angela and Wizard now."
Chase nodded and Jin pointed us to the room where we found Angela and Wizard arguing.
"Just tell me if you saw my...unclothed physique or not!" Angela yelled.
"I have no clue...what you're talking about..." Wizard said through swallows of food.
"Your what?" I questioned Angela and she turned to face me with a red face.
"Are you blushing?" I gasped.
"N-no! I don't blush!"
"But you're blushing right now!"
"Am not!"
"I'm not arguing with you about this Angela! You're flustered!"
"Change of subject! Whats up?"
"Oh nothing much, just came to see how you two were doing. I have something to tell you too."
"She just says 'Change of subject' and you forget what you were talking about?" Chase looked at me.
". . ."
". . ."
"What?"
"Nevermind..."
"Anyways! We have to-"
"Gather wishes..." Wizard finished my sentence for me.
"Y-yeah...How did you know?"
Wizard gave a shrug and took a sip of what seemed to be coffee.
"I'm able to...sense these things."
"That would make sense seeing as how it is you." Chase commented.
"So how do we gather wishes? From people? How do we ask them for their wishes?"
"Yes from people. We have to be friends with them. I guess we have to bring it up in a conversation or something." I answered her.
"Well that should be easy enough. How many friends do you have Molly?"
"I have Calvin, Luke, Kathy, Chloe, Hayden, Candace, and umm..." I glanced over at Chase.
"Well...could you call us friends?" I asked him. My realization from last night making me very self-conscious right now.
"In a sense. I would give you my wish if that's what you're asking." Chase said.
"Oh! That's great. What's your wish then?"
"No." My face went blank.
". . .Huh?" I asked.
"Tell me your wish first. It wouldn't be fair if I told you mine and I didn't know yours."
"But, but-"
"Just tell me your wish and you won't have to worry about it."
I looked down.
"But...I don't have a wish!" I admitted.
"Oh, well. That's just too bad." Chase replied with a sarcastic tone.
"Why are you enjoying this?" Angela chimed in.
"It's fun seeing your sister squirm I guess." Chase replied.
". . .Pervert." Angela murmured.
"Takes one to know one!"
"You wanna go Mr. Buttersworth!"
"Another lame chef joke!"
"Can we pleeeeease go gather wishes now! We need to revive the land, remember?" I reminded everyone in the room.
But Wizard was enable to move right now since he was on bed rest and Angela and Chase were arguing too loudly to hear me.
"Molly, why don't we just go gather wishes ourselves?"
I surveyed the scene in front of me. A calm Wizard sipping his coffee in bed and two very livid looking people arguing back and forth.
"That's probably the best idea I've heard all day." I sighed and walked to the front of the clinic.
"Excuse me, Jin. But could you let Chase and Angela know that I'll be at the bar when they finally notice that I'm gone?"
"I'll be sure to give them the message." Jin smiled.
I walked out of the clinic to immediately run into Calvin, standing outside of the Inn.
"Calvin!" I called out to him. He was playing his guitar with a serene look on his face, when he turned to me he smiled widely.
"Molly, hey!"
"What's up?"
"I'm composing a little something for Phoebe." He blushed.
"Since when were you two a thing?" I asked bewildered.
"If you hung out with us more often you would know that I started dating her three days ago."
"Alright, alright. I can take a hint..." I smiled and so did he.
"Think fast game!" I shouted out. Calvin laughed at my childish behavior but complied.
"Alright, shoot."
"If you had one wish what would it be?"
"What do I wish for? I don't want to world to ever run out of mystery and adventure! And good friends to explore it with, of course." He tipped his hat towards me.
"Wow...that's deep." I murmured, his smile then turned into one of great concern.
"Speaking of friends...how is Wizard?"
"He's doing fine. He was actually just arguing with Angela. Well...Angela was the one doing most of the arguing, he just answered back."
"Figures. He's a pretty good guy, he should come down more often."
"Taken a liking to him?" I asked.
"Yeah...but more importantly I want to know what happened at the bar last night. Everyone was made to clear out as soon as one of the tables had broken suddenly, cutting Owen. Wizard and Angela had been the only ones left in there and Hayden was about to go back in when Angela came charging out covered in blood. She told us to not go in and darted off coming back with you and Chase and then you went in and Kathy thought you were going to die. For a moment we all thought that Wizard had pulled something but when he came out covered in blood carried by Angela and you, we knew something must have happened to him by whatever hurt Owen...but seriously what happened?" Calvin looked at me with the greatest curiosity. I was a bit surprised that Jin hadn't asked the same thing.
"To tell you truthfully Calvin...I'm not sure. All I know is that something in there attacked Angela and Wizard got hurt protecting her and I got hurt because it attacked me too. Just know it wasn't Wizard's fault. Hopefully it doesn't happen again."
"Yeah, hopefully."
"Good news is that Chase can go back to work today! His head is all healed up, Jin just removed the bandages."
Calvin eyed me suspiciously.
"What?"
"You went with Chase to the clinic...to watch him get his bandages taken off?"
"Um...no not exactly..." I told him.
"Not exactly? Molly what's going on?"
"Nothing's going on! Why would anything be going on when clearly nothing is going on at all!" I rambled.
Calvin's eyes widened.
"No. That couldn't be it." He mumbled.
"What! What couldn't be it!"
"You...like Chase!"
My face turned red.
"What? Who? Me? No!" I tried convincing him.
"It all adds up now!" Calvin continued.
"Calvin, you're not listening to me!"
"I mean, the nights you weren't at the bar, I wonder what has been happening when you two are-"
"I. Don't. Like. CHASE!"
"Molly! He's right behind you! And he looks mad!" Fin whispered urgently into my ear. I stiffened. No, I was not going to end up having him hate me like in those stupid movies where the girl turns around with that dumb look on her face. Instead I continued to stare at Calvin who was really good at pretending to not notice Chase.
'He did this on purpose!'
"I mean...it's not that I don't like him because I do like him."
Finn began narrating Chase's reactions.
"He looks confused now."
"I mean, I don't want to give the wrong impression to people about him and me. It could never be like that..." I murmured disappointed.
"He looks...disappointed?" A gasp caught in my throat.
"Not that it would be bad if it could be like that!"
"I can't tell but I think he's happy." Finn said.
"It's alright Molls, you don't have to explain anything to me." Calvin laughed.
"NO! I do!" I grabbed his shoulders. This was the only way for me to convey my feelings to Chase without having to be directly rejected by him. If he didn't like me back then he would avoid me or became more distant, right?
"I mean...I...He makes me feel...weird..." Calvin squinted at me.
"Weirder than you already are?"
"He's trying not to laugh now." Finn relayed.
"Stop it! I mean...like I get this...this flutter in my stomach when he smiles. And when he talks to me with that caring voice of his..."
"Molly, he's smiling...and blushing." Finn said.
"I'm sorry. I made you listen to this...truth is that I can't tell him. I'm too scared. He's intimidating and kind all at once. I-I just don't know how to say anything to him. Or express my gratitude, I guess that's why I felt like telling you..." I did feel better letting Calvin know. He gave a sharp glance behind me and smiled.
"I don't think you should be talking to me about this Molly. Though I'm glad you confided in me. Still, I think you should talk to Chase. Just be sure to let me know if something goes wrong. Because then, Luke and I would have to have a little chat with him." I smiled.
"He rolled his eyes at Calvin." Finn said.
"See you later Molly." Calvin said and turned to enter the Inn.
"Thanks Calvin. Bye." I waved and he turned around.
"By the way Molly. What's your wish?" I became flustered and something popped into my mind really quick.
"M-my wish? Well I uh...I promised to tell Chase first. I'll let you know...after I tell him." He smiled and walked into the Inn and I turned around. I was genuinely startled only because Chase was closer than I thought.
He was staring at me with a dead serious face and he suddenly looked really very intimidating.
"Ch-Chase!" I stammered out.
"So what exactly was your wish?" He asked me.
"It's embarrassing..." I stated.
"It can't be too bad." He closed in on me.
"Do you really want to know?"
"I wouldn't be asking you if I didn't."
"Right, of course...well I guess my wish is...to be with someone who will never let me fall..." I blushed and bit my lip slightly.
"Is that so?" He smirked devilishly and I thought back to the time Chase saved me on the bridge. Dear Goddesses I just set myself up for failure.
"Y-yes..." He took my left hand in his right one.
"Does that mean I qualify?" He asked.
My breath hitched in my throat.
"M-m-m-maybe..." I squeaked and he pulled me closer.
"P-pu-puba-public! Public!" I screamed out and Chase laughed at me.
"What did you think I was going to do?" He looked at me seriously now.
"I don't know..." I tried to look away from him.
"I was just going to tell you my wish now." He pulled me along with him down the trail to the bridge.
"S-so tell me..."
"Well...if you had asked me a week ago I would've said that I wanted to make people happy with my cooking and improve a little everyday." Chase's eyes shimmered when he looked into mine.
"But if you asked me right now. I'd probably tell you that my current wish has already been granted." I hadn't noticed it, but Chase had apparently pulled me all the way to the beginning of Fugue Forest, it was a very private area.
"Wh-what was it?" I was too embarrassed to look at him.
"You really want to know?"
I nodded.
"I wished...that you would like me Molly." Chase whispered. My face grew red.
"You see. I've liked you for a while, I just realized it only recently though. But I have liked you. Very much." It felt as though it was too good to be true.
"So tell me Molly. How do you feel about me?" He asked.
I looked into his eyes. There was something different about them. More malevolent. Chase was even scary when confessing.
"Uh-um...I-I...I like you too." I admitted shyly.
"I was hoping you would say that." He placed his forehead on mine.
"I prepared a picnic for us in the first clearing of the forest. I was sure you would say yes. Come with me." He smiled and I couldn't say no even though I knew the forest was fool of danger. Something compelled me to move my feet forward.
"Of course..." I dreamily followed him.
~ Chase's POV~
"What do you mean she's not here?" I asked Kathy and Hayden who were setting up the bar.
"She isn't here Chase! In fact...She was with you last time I saw her!" Kathy explained.
"Yeah, that was this morning when she came to see Wizard and me in the clinic with him!" Angela exclaimed.
"No, it was just now. Calvin was talking to her and suddenly you were there and took her somewhere. Are you guy's playing with me?" My eyes widened. I was not with Molly. Before Angela could speak I covered her mouth.
"You catch on fast Kathy! Haha, oh well. We tried. Let's go Angela!" I dragged Angela away from the bar.
"What the hell Chase?" She screamed.
"Shut-up! Angela we have a bigger problem here!" I hissed and her eyes widened and she covered her trembling lips in realization.
Molly was kidnapped!
DUN DUN. . . . . . . . .DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNN! OMG I bet you did NOT see that one coming. LOL you should've seen your faces! Haha I should've seen your faces! Oh a cliffie. You MUST hang on Cliff Hanger! (LOL Read Between The Lions Ref)