Disclaimer: I don't own Harvest Moon.
Author's Note: All right, I decided to add one final chapter to this fic with bits and pieces of chapters I wrote as well as my outline. That way it's not really left hanging.
Chapter V: Hidden Flower
"Um, Gray..." Scarlet carefully addressed the sleeping man. "Hey, get up..." She stated with a little more force. When he didn't respond, she resulted in shaking him softly, "Come on! Breakfast is ready."
Finally, Gray began to stir from his sleep, and shifted his body away from the disturbance. Mustering up all the strength he had, he mumbled, "Go away..."
Fearful of an enraged Ann, Scarlet shook him with more force. "If you don't come down stairs with me Ann's gonna yell at me."
Realizing that the person nudging him was neither Cliff nor Ann, Gray's eyes shot open. Glaring at the frightened girl, he asked, "What are you doing in here?"
Scarlet's face became flushed as she tried to over come her embarrassment by acting angry. "I don't know. Ask Ann! She's the one who ordered me to get you. Now, hurry up! I'll wait outside the door."
As Gray watched her quickly rush out of the room, his jaw dropped. He had thought she was just like her brother, but her reaction just now was completely different from the way Jack would have handled it. Jack would've calmly explained the situation and left. She was far more stubborn.
Quickly dressing himself in his work clothes, Gray left the room. Scarlet
Epilogue
"As she waved good-bye to her brother from the bus stop, she knew that even though she was leaving. Her heart would forever stay here, for the memories she made on this short visit were now scared into her soul. All she could do was watch her memories fade away as the bus keep moving forward, and have comfort in the fact that she would never be the same."
Scarlet closed the crimson book with Just A Visit written in grey colored letters, and smiled. "I still think your story is missing something." Gray stated from behind her as he wrapped his arms around her stomach gently.
Her heart fluttered at the tender touch, and she leaned into his embrace. "Oh? What do you think is missing?" Scarlet questioned him teasingly.
A small yet distinctive smile appeared on his lips as Gray replied, "The happy ending."
At that moment, Gray captured Scarlet's lips saying more than words could ever truly express. Even when their lips parted, he placed a kiss on her forehead before they turned their focus on the sun setting over the sea.
A comfortable silence enveloped them as they sat on the cold sand. It was a though the Goddess had planned the beautiful display before them. All that broke this silence was the pleasant sound of the tides swaying back and forth from the land to the sea. Sitting there, the two felt like the journey had started an eternity ago.
Eventually, Scarlet's sleepy voice filled the silent void as she yawned, "I'm tired, but I don't want to sleep."
"Sleep. You both need it." Gray whispered into her ear.
Too tired to really think before speaking, Scarlet asked, "Is your story missing the happy ending?"
Humored that she would refer to life as a story, Gray replied, "It's not finished yet, but I have a great story writer that is helping me make that happy ending."
Scarlet smiled peacefully before falling asleep in Gray's arms. She couldn't believe that her short trip had produced something this wonderful. This was her greatest story. The only one that could not be written, but only shared.
FS Chapter Outline
Chapter I: Vacation (Thursday, Fall 17)
Jack gets a letter
Tells Mary about Scarlet's visit
Talks to Gray
Scarlet leaves for Mineral Town
Chapter II: First Impressions (Monday, Fall 21)
Family goes with Jack to festival
Gray leaves festival
Scarlet arrives
Scarlet falls and hits her nose
Gray runs to the festival for help
Jack, Mary, and Tim go to the clinic with Gray
Chapter III: People Change (Monday, Fall 21)
While Tim inspects Scarlet's nose, Gray and Mary exist the clinic
Mary finds out how Gray feels about her
Mary goes back into the clinic
Elli enters with Kiyoshi
Mary and Kiyoshi go home
Jack brings Scarlet her luggage
Jack and Mary discus their distant friend
Chapter IV: Finally (Tuesday, Fall 22)
Scarlet wake up to Elli and Tim talking
Scarlet asks about Gray, Jack, and Mary's relationship
Moves her luggage from the clinic to the inn
Meets Ann, Doug, and Cliff
Goes to thank Gray at work
Stays to watch till closing
Meets Jack on his way home
Has dinner with Jack's family
Returns to inn and crashes
Chapter V: Hidden Flower (Tuesday, Fall 29)
Scarlet wakes up Gray
Eats breakfast at inn
Goes with Ann to the hot spring
Visits Gray at work once again
Searches for Elli
Ellen tells her about the winter flower
Visits Mary's father and asks about the flower
Tells Jack and his family about the flower as they eat dinner
Goes back to the inn and chats with Ann before she goes to bed
Chapter VI: Birth Day (Tuesday, Winter 6)
Goes to visit with Mary and finds out about Gray's birthday
Helps Mary cook lunch
Jack lets her take an orihalcum
Goes to clinic for promised check up
Watches Gray work
Takes him to the beach and gives him his present
Goes back to the inn
Chapter VII: Raging Storm (Wednesday, Winter 7)
Wakes up frighten by the noise outside
Walks down stair to find everyone hanging out
Around noon, she get so bored that she starts drinking
Scarlet gets drunk
Gray leaves to go to bed early
Scarlet follows wanting to hear stories
They fall asleep
Chapter VIII: Tales of the Traveler (Thursday, Winter 8)
Gray wakes up to find Scarlet asleep at the end of his bed
Scarlet convenes him to come with her to the library
Hangs out at the Lake Mine
Travels up Mount Moon to find the winter flower
Scarlet visits Jack
Goes back to inn to find Gray in a sour mood
Chapter IX: Oh Happy Days (Tuesday, Winter 13)
Wakes up Ann
Asks her to help her make ice cream for Kiyoshi
Sneaks into Jack's house and hides ice cream in fridge
Hides his teddy bear and music box in a cabinet in the kitchen
Runs into Gray as he's going to work
Gray gives her a present to give to Kiyoshi
Knocks on Jack's door
Goes to Mary's old house for Kiyoshi birthday party
Tells Mary where she hid Kiyoshi's birthday presents from her
Follows them home
Watches Kiyoshi find his present
Goes back the inn
Chapter X: Chocolate For All (Wednesday, Winter 14)
Scarlet cooks with Ann
Goes to the supermarket and buys a bunch of chocolate
Runs around giving chocolate to anyone she sees
Sneaks into Gray's room and leaves chocolate chip cookies on the table
Lies in her bed listen to music
Gray enters and asks her about the cookies
He thanks her for them and leaves
Chapter XI: Part of the Family (Friday, Winter 23, and Saturday, Winter 24)
Saibara invites Scarlet to eat with them on the Starry Festival
Goes to Jack's house for dinner and declines his offer to eat with them tomorrow
Goes back and busies her mind with her story
Wakes up at ten
Doug makes her lunch
Goes to the library and reads
Goes to Blacksmith's
Actually makes Saibara laugh
Takes Gray to Mount Moon
Walks to the inn together
Chapter XII: Getting Awkward (Friday, Winter 30 and Saturday, Spring 1)
Hangs out at the inn
Jack visits
Jack and Gray are actually getting along
After everyone leaves, Gray escorts her to her room
They stop two inches apart from meeting lips
Eventually, falls asleep
Goes to Town Square
Avoids Gray
Chapter XIII: Ah My Goddess (Friday, Spring 7)
Scarlet discovers Mary's Goddess Festival dress
Goes to Lillia's to borrow the dress Popuri left
Visits Karen and asks her to teach her how to dance
Hears stories with eating dinner with her brother
Goes back to her room at the inn
Gray knocks on the door and asks to be her escort for the festival
Falls asleep
Chapter XIV: Dancing with the Tide (Saturday, Spring 8)
Wakes up to Gray knocking on the door asking if she's ready
Asks Ann's help with the dress
Goes to Town Square
Dances with the other chicks
Goes to the beach with Gray
Asks what happened between him and her brother
Goes back to the inn disheartened
Chapter XV: Surprise (Wednesday, Spring 12)
Jack and Ann surprise Scarlet with a birthday party
Jack, Mary, and Gray leave briefly to talk about the past
After the cake and presents, Scarlet goes to her room
Gray knocks on the door and gives her a necklace he made her
She kisses him on the cheek as a thank you
He leaves wishing he wasn't such a coward
Chapter XVI: Having Fun? (Tuesday, Spring 18)
Runs to Jack's farm
Hangs out with Mary and Kiyoshi as Jack gets his chores done
Goes to the Town Square
Bets on her brother's horse and wins
Her joy disappears when she realizes this is her last festival
After Scarlet didn't come to the inn, Gray searches for her and finds her
She tells him about her departure
They both get little sleep that night
Chapter XVII: The Climax of a Story (Thursday, Spring 21)
Jack stops working early to spend the day with Scarlet
Jack and his family take her to the flower patch on the mountain for a picnic
Plays with Kiyoshi
Talks to Mary about literature
Eats dinner with them
Then goes to the inn
Talks to Ann briefly
Goes upstairs and enters Grays room
She gives him a quick good bye kiss, but he prolongs it
Gray proposes to Scarlet
Scarlet asks him to wait for her
Chapter XVIII: The End (Friday, Spring 22)
Scarlet did leave
She gave her completed novel over to her editor titled, 'Just A Visit'
Meanwhile, Gray told Jack of what transpired between him and his sister the night before she left
When he asked his sister in a letter, she replied, "I'm coming back to my inspiration."
Jack then gave Gray him the beach house Gotz built him
Epilogue
Scarlet and Gray are lounging on the beach as Scarlet reads Gray her novel
Gray smiles at the ending and states, "the ending is missing something," gently rubbing her belly
Scarlet asks if he's upset at the way things turned out
He tells that he couldn't have made a better ending, and good thing he has such a great author to weave everything together