Author's Note : Hey, everyone! *avoids tomatoes*. I'm sorry to leave you hanging. The story was getting to friendly for my taste! It's short but sweet.

Disclaimer : I don't own Harvest Moon (Why do I have to keep saying this?)

Chapter 9

Julia's P.O.V (Gasp!)

I ran home to get Mam. Natalie saw me running like a madman. She and Lanna ran after me.

"Mam! Quickly! It's Chelsea! She...She!"

Mam ran us with back to the ranch. Then a bloodcurling scream ran through the island.

"Chelsea!" I ran faster then I'd ever ran before. But we were to late...

Vaughn was holding Chelsea's body and shouting her name. "Chelsea? Chelsea! Chelsea! CHELSEA!"

"Vaughn!" Mam ran up to him. He was... crying...

"There's nothing. No pulse. No breathing... She... She's..."

"No! She can't be! She can't be!" Lanna, Natalie and I ran up to Vaughn and Chelsea.

"Chelsea! Chelsea, can you hear me? Come on you're not going to die and leave Vaughn on his own! Come on! You would never do that to him!"

Vaughn would usually protest to what I was saying but he didn't. Tears just ran down his face. I admit, I, his cousin, had never seen him cry before.

"And what about us? Surely your not going to leave your best friends?" Chelsea didn't stur. "Please Chelsea."

Vaughn suddenly spoke. "I know you had a rough life but forget about everything they ever said to you. They said nobody would ever care. But we care. And you can't leave now. Please... We care..." He kept whispering the words 'we care' to Chelsea. I decided to join in.

"We care, Chelsea. I told you about this island because I cared for you. I don't know everything about your past but I know that we all love you..."

We stared at Chelsea in silence. Lanna, Natalie and I got into a group an crie while hugging each other. Vaughn stared at Chelsea. Mam started bawling.

"She was so nice. I loved her like a scond daughter."

Nat spoke up. "She was like a sister. She would always help me when I wasn't feeling great."

Lanna whispered "She was my best friend and sibling. She was so funny and so smart and would always help me."

"Chels, I loved you like a sister would too. All my amazing moments, you were there to. We went everywhere together. And I'm sure everyone can agree you were so special. Gannon, Chen, Felicica, Eliza, Charlie, even Taro, we all knew you were special..." I whispered, still crying. She just couldn't leave. She couldn't!

Vaughn whispered something to Chelsea, almost quiet enough that I couldn't hear it but not quite. "Chels, you were the only person who would willingly talk to me. My only friend... Maybe even more... I-I... I love you Chelsea..." I gasped at his sudden confession. Then I saw something.

Chelsea's small body moved slightly. Not a twitch but her stomach rose. It then fell. Rose, fell. Rose,fell. She was breathing! Vaughn saw to and felt for her pulse. He waited for a minute then picked her up and carried her inside. Before he went through the door he said something to us. "She's alive..."