Long title! O_O I just thought it was creative :P WEEKEND WOOT! And... ma birthday's on Sunday *does happy dance*

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

Meet Me In the Pouring Rain... or Snow

It was a quick kiss, and ended much sooner than I wanted it to. I stood there, breathing heavily, staring up at Vaughn. He, being at least a foot taller than me, looked down at me with his beautiful violet eyes. They were usually so cloudy and sad, but at that moment they looked so bright and cheery.

"Told you I don't bite," Vaughn said, and walked away to his room. I spun around and watching him go, and stared at the place where he had walked to.

My breathing lightened, and I realized I was still standing in the middle of Mirabelle's shop. I heard the water emptying into the drain, and bolted out of the Animal Shop before Julia or Mirabelle saw me.

As I walked through the door, I shoved my hands into my pockets as a cold blast of air hit me. What day was it... was it Winter already? No, it couldn't be. My crops were still alive.

The dark sky above me was littered with shining bright stars. The moon was nowhere in sight; probably a new moon. The island was deserted, and the windows in all the houses shone bright and yellow.

I walked past Taro's house, and up onto my farm. The little house looked so black and lonely. My crops stood at the corner of my field, blowing softly in the wind. I could faintly hear Valerie chirping in the coop. I decided to go check on her.

I walked across the stone and stick filled field to where the coop stood. I gently pushed open the door and flicked on the light. It flickered slightly, but still stayed on. Valerie began chirping like a madwoman... or madchick. I walked over to where she was squawking and trying to fly into the air, and slowly began petting her soft fluffy fur.

She calmed down and jumped into my hands, and nuzzled against my chest. She was so warm and soft... I held her against my face, and kissed her head gently. Soon after she was sleeping peacefully, and I carefully put her back on the ground.

I turned off the light and made my way slowly back to my own home. I unlocked the door and turned on all the lights, illuminating my small, one-room house. There was the small kitchen, bathroom, bed, dining table, two rickety old chairs, a bookshelf, and a rug full of moth-holes. Even though it's almost been a year since I got trapped on this island by that storm, I still haven't made very much progress with my house.

"Drop everything now, meet me in the pouring rain..." I began singing absentmindedly to myself. "Kiss me on the sidewalk, take away the pain..."

I began rummaging through my puny fridge for something to eat. I grabbed a tomato and some lettuce and began making a salad.

"Get me with those green eyes, baby, as the lights go down..." I pulled apart the lettuce and stuck it in a bowl. "Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around..." I chopped the tomatoes into tiny pieces and threw them in with the lettuce. "'Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile..."

Tossing the lettuce and tomatoes back into the fridge, I grabbed a bottle of ranch and sprinkled some over my salad.

I began humming as I sat down at my small dining table and began eating my salad.

"And I was enchanted to meet you..." I started on a new song while finishing off my salad. Ok, I listened to WAY too much music. "All I can say is I was enchanted to meet you..."

I dumped my bowl in the sink and began scrubbing at it with a sponge. After putting the bowl away, I changed into my PJs and got ready for bed.

It was only 8:30 pm, but I was hopelessly tired. Plus, I had to get up at like 6 am tomorrow. As I closed my eyes, images of Vaughn flashed before my eyes.

He had kissed me... He had actually kissed ME. That crazy girl who had fallen into a river... who had fallen off a cliff for him... who had thought he was a freaky, cranky, anti-social cowboy. But I was also that crazy girl who he trusted enough to tell about his family... who had saved his life, and his cousin's.

I REALLY need to be more careful. I mean, I haven't even been here for a year and I've already come close to death like four times.

My eyes snapped open and I was flooded by light. It was morning already? Ok, that was the crappiest sleep of my life. I rubbed my eyes tiredly and crawled out of bed. I made myself a breakfast consisting of an aging bagel with almost-expired cream cheese, and got dressed.

I watered my crops, which surprisingly had yet to die of cold, and went to take care of Valerie. She was wide awake and pecking happily at the ground, looking for food. I emptied some bird feed into her food box, and petted her like I did last night as she ate.

"You're actually really good with animals," I jumped at the sudden voice behind me.

I spun around to see Vaughn standing in the doorway of my chicken coop, his arms crossed across his chest.

"Oh my God," I breathed. "You nearly scared me to death!"

Vaughn smirked slightly and walked over to where I was standing.

"Nice hair," he said, and held a strand of my obviously uncombed hair in his hand.

"Excuse me for not getting all dolled up to be scared by a cowboy in my chicken coop," I said, staring at him.

Vaughn smirked again, and let go of my hair. It dropped almost lifelessly to my shoulder, and I began self-conciously running my fingers through my hair.

Vaughn shook his head, and laughed a little. What was up with his happiness?

"You seem happy," I remarked, still running my fingers through my hair.

Vaughn shrugged. "I don't know why," he smirked.

I dropped my hand to my side, and looked at him. His eyes were bright, just like last night. Last night... the whole thing replayed again in my head.

The next thing I knew, my lips were pressed against Vaughn's. He had his arms wrapped around my waist, and my arms were around his neck.

Valeria sat there, watching us. Seriously, she was watching us. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see her huge black eyes staring at us. She kept pecking at the ground like she was eating popcorn. It was kind of freaky.

A low rumble erupted from the sky, and Vaughn and I both jumped. Another rumpled sounded, and I practically ran into Vaughn's arm.

Wind began furiously hitting the walls of the chicken coop, and snow and hail fell from the sky. We watched the whole thing from my coop window. The light above us flickered and went off, leaving us in darkness. Even though it was nearly noon, the sun was gone.

A louder, bigger rumble growled from the sky, causing me to scream and bury my face in Vaughn's chest.

We were trapped. In my chicken coop. During a blizzard. With no food. No water. No warmth.

Great. Just great.

Me: Hello people. Welcome to Ruins Talk Show blah, blah blah... -.-

Chelsea: Hellooooo-oh? Anyone here?

Me: *jumps up* Ohmigod it's Chelsea!

Chelsea: Uh... hi?

Me: Who told you to come here?

Chelsea: Julia... she's been trying for like a month but I just ignored her. I finally came to get her off my back. *glances evilly at Julia clinging to back*

Julia: *smiles, hops off Chelsea's back, and runs away*

Me: O_O Awkward... Soooo... do you like the story?

Chelsea: *nods* Except I think I'm in it too much.

Me: T_T Uh... Chelsea?

Chelsea: Yiesss?

Me: You're the narrator! As in, YOU tell the story!

Chelsea: Are you sure?

Me: Ok, either you're WAYYYY more stupid then everyone thought, or having Julia on your back caused some serious brain damage!

Chelsea: *glares at* I am not stupid! *pouts*

Me: *smacks face* -.- I honestly don't know where this is going, so I'm just gonna leave and talk to Chelsea about seeing someone about her "issues"... Oh! Don't forget to review! *runs off to find phyciatrist that'll accept fake anime character*