FINALLY got an update in! It's been like... seven days or something. I may not update for a while again because school is back on -.- It's the first week back and I can't wait for it to be OVER!

Disclaimer: I don't own Harvest Moon or any of its characters.

Heh heh... you're-a gonna loooove this chapter :P

Foiled Mushrooms and Eavesdroppers

"Mirabelle! Mirabelle!" I screamed, running down the path. "Mirabelle! You'll never guess what happened!"

I could hear the sound of Vaughn's shoes against the stone. I turned the corner and practically ran through the door. I slid across the floor of the shop and crashed into the wall.

"Chelsea!" Mirabelle cried. She ran over to where I was lying on the floor. "Oh my Goddess, are you ok?"

"I'm fine!" I said, getting up. Vaughn ran through the door and fell right into me. I fell back down with Vaughn on top of me.

His face turned a deep red and he hurriedly got up. Julia walked into the room, and saw us both standing there, panting.

"Mirabelle!" I gasped. "You'll NEVER believe what happened!"

"What?" Mirabelle asked. "Come on, spit it out!"

"Vaughn..." I sighed, and collapsed onto the couch.

Mirabelle looked at Vaughn, who was blushing.

"I remember..." he said softly.

A scream erupted from Mirabelle and Julia. Julia began jumping up and down.

"Wait," she froze. "Remember what?"

I groaned. "He remembers!" I screamed. "He lost his memory, remember? Wait... I'm using the word remember too much..."

"Oh..." Julia said, realization flooding her face. She then continued screaming madly and jumping up and down.

Vaughn and Mirabelle both looked at her like she was crazy. Julia saw their faces and stopped jumping, coughed slightly, and sat down on the couch.

"How much do you remember?" Mirabelle asked, turning away from Julia.

Vaughn shrugged. "I just remember when a picture was taken," he said. "That's it."

Mirabelle hugged her nephew. "It's still wonderful," she said.

This awkward look crossed Vaughn's face, kind of like Mirabelle was crushing him. I had to cover my mouth from laughing out loud. Julia actually DID laugh, causing Mirabelle to let go of Vaughn and glare at her. Vaughn slipped away from Mirabelle, making sure to stay out of her reach.

Mirabelle decided to cook a big meal and invited me to eat with them. She made cheese fondue, porridge, steamed egg custard, foiled mushroom, chocolate bananas, and pineapple pie. I said a big meal, remember? Goddess, it must have taken her an hour and a half to cook it all. She wouldn't let me help since I was a guest, and Julia... well Julia just can't cook.

Vaughn had gotten used to me eating dinner with them, so he wasn't uncomfortable at all. He seemed to actually enjoy it. Vaughn and I had grown closer since I first met him.

Julia chatted our ears off, as usual. Vaughn just rolled his eyes at his hyper-active cousin, and didn't say a word.

"So, do you remember anything else?" Julia asked her cousin, taking a big bite out of her foiled mushroom.

Vaughn shrugged. "I don't know," he said.

"Well, try!" Julia practically screamed at him.

"Try what?" Vaughn screamed back.

"To remember!" Julia said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Vaughn gave her this weird look, but closed his eyes like he was trying to remember anyway.

Julia stared intently at him, chewing on her mushroom.

Vaughn's eyes snapped open. "Could you PLEASE not chew like a cow?" he asked rudely.

Julia put on her pouty face, but chewed quieter.

A few minutes later, Vaughn opened his eyes again.

"Do you remember anything?" Julia asked, practically jumping across the table at him.

"No," Vaughn snapped coldly.

"It's ok," Mirabelle said. "You'll remember eventually."

"How do you know?" Vaughn said. "Maybe I'll never remember." He got up and almost threw his dishes into the sink, and stomped to his room like a little kid.

We all sat there in silence, finishing off our meal. A few seconds later, we could hear Vaughn's door slam shut.

"What's his problem?" Julia scoffed.

"I guess he's just upset," Mirabelle told her daughter.

Weird... Vaughn had seemed happy... Well, as happy Vaughn could get. Then, he suddenly just snapped.

"About what?" Julia asked.

"Julia, dear, you know how hard his life is," Mirabelle said, getting up and putting her dishes in the sink. Julia did the same, and I decided to to. Mirabelle began filling the sink with water, getting ready to wash the dishes.

We all crowded around the soapy sink, not saying a word.

"What was Aunt Bella like?" Julia asked suddenly.

Mirabelle looked up from the overwhelming soap bubbles at her daughter. "What do you mean?" she asked.

"What was she like?" Julia repeated. "Was she nice or what?"

Mirabelle sighed. "She was very nice," she said. "And funny. But she could be bossy. Really bossy. That's actually what ended our friendship..."

Mirabelle looked sadly at her feet. It must really hurt her to think about her sister... they used to be so close, and they stopped speaking. Now, Bella's dead and Mirabelle probably feels horribly guilty, especially since she has to look after her sister's child.

"Vaughn looks so much like her..." her voice wavered a little. "She had the same beautiful silver hair... not to mention attitude."

Julia smiled a little. "I would have liked to meet her..." she said dreamily.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw something move. Just slightly.

"Uh..." I said quietly. "I should be getting home. I have to get up early tomorrow. Um... Bye!"

I slipped out of the kitchen and into the shop area. I nearly ran smack into Vaughn. He was standing right in the middle of the room, staring at the kitchen.

We both just kind of stood there, staring at each other. Vaughn, who was at least a foot taller than me, looked down at me with those purple eyes... I stared back up at him, my mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water.

"W-What are you doing down here?" I stuttered nervously.

"Am I not allowed?" Vaughn said, raising an eyebrow.

"N-No..." I murmured, blushing. "O-Of course y-you're allowed... I-It's just that w-we thought you were u-upstairs..."

"Oh," Vaughn said, looking back at the kitchen. "What are you doing?" he looked back down at me.

"I-I was just leaving," I told him, and glanced at the door.

"Why do you sound so nervous?" Vaughn asked.

Ok, so NOW he's chatty! Geez... that man needs to make up his mind! You're either talkative or quiet! But you can't just switch! It confuses people... especially me!

I shrugged. "I-I don't know..." I muttered.

Vaughn looked at me sceptically. "There's no reason to be nervous," he said. "I don't bite,"

"I don't know that," I said, looking him the eye. Well that was weird... I suddenly felt brave.

"Oh yeah?" Vaughn said, and leaned down and kissed me.

Me: :O OHMIGOD! The finally kissed! It's only tooken like 13 chapters or something! :D *clears throat* Uh... Welcome to Ruins Talk Show! Our guest today is... uh... someone.

Random Person: Helloooo!

Me: Uh... who are you?

Random Person: I'm someone, aren't I?

Me: Well, this is, uh, awkward O_O WHY WON'T VAUGHN OR CHELSEA COME?

Taro: *walks in, shoves Random Person off chair* Hello!

Me: Um... Hi, Taro?

Taro: How are you?

Me: Uh... good?

Taro: AHHHHHH!

Me: *jumps up* What? What is it?

Taro: There's gonna be a blizzard tomorrow... I can feel it in ma big toe... *raises eyebrow in creepy way*

Me: Um... Uh... Ok then... Um... That's all the time we have now! Um... Good-bye!

Taro: *walks up to reader and wriggles eyebrow* Yes... good-bye!

Me: And don't forget to review!

Taro: *still wriggling eyebrow* Yes... remember.