So here is chapter 9 guys :D thanks for reading, really grateful to you guys :) Hope you enjoy this chapter and please tell me what you think x Disclaimer – I do not own Harvest Moon or any of its characters x
Chapter 9 – Chelsea's P.O.V
The sunlight streamed into my window as the alarm clock blared out that annoying ringing sound again. I turned it off and hoped out of bed, a little too joyful for this time of morning. Quickly grabbing my little yellow top and jacket I scanned the cupboards for any sign of food only to come up empty handed. Damn I need to go to the shop I sighed deciding it was best to skip breakfast. I headed straight for the barn instead.
"Morning Bells" I called, only to be ignored.
"Well I love you too" I replied to myself while filling up her fodder. She may be moody but I do love her. Even if she does pretend to sleep so she doesn't have to see me. I laughed at the thought before shaking my head. I cleaned her and swept out the barn before leaving. As I left the barn I caught sight of Vaughn gazing into the distance at the other end of my farm. He seemed deep in thought so I decided to walk over to him instead of yelling till my voice broke. As I approached him I noticed that he was holding a little basket in his arms. Tough, cold guy holding a flowery basket? Good fashion sense Vaughn. I rolled my eyes before tapping him on the back. He jumped at my touch and I giggled.
"I err … got you this" He said while handing over the basket. I looked at him strangely before peeping into it. A small little white head popped out and meowed.
"A kitten?" I asked looking up into his amethyst eyes. Another black head popped out and meowed at me. My heart melted.
"Two kittens?" I asked. He pulled down his hat and nodded.
"Thought it might keep you company on the farm" He said. I stroked the two little heads poking out at me and gave Vaughn a one armed hug.
"You know you can be really sweet at times" I laughed; he blushed and pulled his hat down again.
"Yeah whatever" he said as I smiled at his little smile he tried to hide.
"Come and help me name them" I said talking hold of his hand and dragging him to my house. Unwillingly he followed me into my house and I set down the basket. The two kittens jumped out and began to sniff around their new house. I laughed as they ran around excitedly.
"They're so cute" I smiled. The black one kept bumping into things while the white one liked to pounce onto everything but anything. I giggled.
"They're both boys" Vaughn smiled as the white one played with his shoelaces. I smiled at him as he picked him up and stroked him.
"The black one's called bump" I giggled as he bumped into my leg. I picked him up and he immediately began to purr. I looked at the white one in Vaughn's arms.
"This one's going to be a little Hunter isn't he?" Vaughn chuckled as he pounced onto a stray piece of hair peeking out from under his hat. I giggled as I knew this kitten's new name.
" "Hunter" " We both said synchronised. I laughed while Vaughn chuckled. Bump then playfully ran towards my bed and Hunter followed. Me and Vaughn watched the kitten's as they played happily together. I turned towards Vaughn; he wasn't looking at the kitten's he was looking at me. I looked up into his clear purple eyes, they were almost hypnotic as I felt myself being drawn in uncontrollably.
Vaughn's P.O.V –
Damn it Vaughn what are you playing at? Her eyes are the clearest blue anyone could ever imagine, it was almost impossible how they shimmered and glistened in the light. Damn Vaughn why are you looking into her eyes in the first place? Look away, look at the kittens, look at the fucking table, anything. But I couldn't, she was so intriguing. Curiosity killed the cat; curiosity killed the cat Vaughn so stay the fuck away. You'll screw her up like you screw everything up Leave; just take your feet and run, far away, as far away from here as possible. Don't fuck up anyone's life. I couldn't do it; I had to leave now while I still had a chance. Mirabelle's words flooded my head as I began to get up.
"Got work to be doing" I said, I cringed as the slight tang of my Texan accent came through. I adjusted my hat so it covered my eyes. Her face fell ever so slightly but soon enough her little smile crept back up.
"See you later Cowboy" She replied mocking my little slip up on my accent. I opened the door and quickly left. Damn what is wrong with me?
Chelsea's P.O.V –
I watched as the silver haired cowboy left through the door. Man that guy is a mystery, maybe a little bipolar? I shrugged and turned towards my kittens. Guess I'll find out another day I smiled to myself. Damn, still had to water my crops. I lifted myself off the floor and placed a saucer of milk onto the floor before saying goodbye to the kittens before heading to my field. But the first patch I went to was already watered, so was the second. I looked around confused. I swear I hadn't done this. Suddenly a strong figure came up behind me and lifted me off the ground. I turned around to see Denny's face smiling down at me.
"Hey beautiful" He smiled while hugging me; he inhaled my hair and softly stroked the top of my head. I giggled and pushed him away playfully. "Surprise" He said turning me around to look at my fully watered field. LIFE – SAVER.
"Thank you so much" I smiled turning around to kiss him. He laughed and grabbed my hand. My stomach growled widely, sounded like a bloody dying whale. I huffed, I'm sooo hungry.
"Right missy, you are coming out with me and we are going to eat Luke out of house and home" He winked while lifting me into his arms and flinging me over his shoulder. I tried resisting but he was way too strong to be humanly possible. Squirming around didn't get me anywhere, it just made him laugh even more.
"Denny let me down" I squirmed but he didn't obey. His lips turned up at the corners into a devil grin.
"NEVER!" He laughed holding me even tighter. His face was uncomfortably close to my butt it was kinda unnerving. A large groan was heard to my right and it took all my strength to look at who it was. Vaughn was sat outside Julia's house on a hay stack with his hat pulled over his face. A scowl was spread over his face. I rolled my eyes before managing to squirm my way free. I dropped out of his grasp and stepped a foot back. He had a mischievous smile on his face.
"Come back here" He said whilst motioning me to come forward with his forefinger. I shook my head then grinned from under my fringe.
"Never" I growled playfully under my breath. He smiled and quickly closed the gap between us. I looked up into his eyes and kissed him. The kiss lingered and was warm. It felt like marshmallows and was soft and mellow.
"Jesus Christ don't eat her" A cool, velvet voice called from his stupid little haystack. I pulled away embarrassed blushing red. Denny ignored him and pulled me over towards the diner. I glanced at Vaughn who was sat in the same position with his hat pulled over his face.
The Diner was warm and was pretty busy since it was already dinner. We walked over to the counter to look at the menu. Suddenly Luke appeared with his eyebrows knitted together.
"What would you and your date like Denny?" He asked winking at me. I blushed and grabbed Denny's hand. Denny just laughed and looked at the menu board behind him.
"How do Fish and chips sound?" He asked looking towards me. I smiled and nodded not wanting to be rude. Erg fish, only one word can describe them – DISGUSTING. Luke nodded and began setting up our food.
"Have you seen the new posters?" Luke asked while sinking the chips in the deep-fryer. I looked around confused.
"Nope, why?" Denny replied watching his serve out other people's dishes. He took a second to wipe his brow and handed us a flyer before placing our chips into some newspaper and plopped the fish on top.
The poster was decorated in bright red, pink and white with the words 'Sprout Island Dance' spread across the middle in illuminous blue.
Spring 27 Spout Island dance coming to Luke's Diner
Bring a Date to enjoy a romantic evening
I smiled at the cute little hearts dotted around the page.
"Order up" Luke said while handing us our dinner. Denny paid the bill and we left to eat on the beach.
The waves lapped at the sand as we watched the tide come in and reach the giant rock on the left side of the beach. Denny yawned as the sun slowly started to descend. It was only 4:00PM.
"Hey Denny I'm gonna go home and get cleaned up" I smiled lifting my head off his shoulder. He nodded while interlocking his lips with mine. Marshmallows, defiantly marshmallows.
"See you tomorrow then beautiful" He smiled while getting up. I hugged him and watched him walk to his house before making my way to my farmhouse.
When I arrived it was already 4:50PM and the sun was hiding behind the clouds. I placed my hand on the handle and began turning.
"Ahhh" A small bump was heard at the side of my house. A burglar! Adrenalin kicked in and I grabbed the nearest thing near me … my watering can. Slowly I moved around and peeked behind the side of my house. There was a black shadow on the floor, I inched closer and pulled back my watering can weapon ready to launch.
"H…Hello?" A timid voice stuttered. I lowered my watering can and squinted.
"Sabrina?" I asked, not 100% sure if this was real. The figure stood up and moved into the light. Sure enough there was Sabrina stood in front of me. I smiled and put away my watering can. What was the worst I could have done anyway? Watered her to death?
"C…Chelsea?" She asked, her glasses slipping down her nose. Her baby pink cardigan had a little smudge of mud on her elbows and a small tear in the hem of her purple dress. She blushed embarrassed.
"Not trying to sound rude but erm … why are you here?" I asked cocking my head slightly to the side. She looked up from under her round glasses and turned an even darker shade of crimson.
"My F...Father, Regis lives h…here. S…so I came to s…stay with him for a w…w…while" She stumbled over her words and spoke at about 2 decibels. It was as if she was whispering.
"Regis is your Dad?" I asked astonished. She squirmed under my words while pushing up her glasses with her finger.
"Yeah" She said without smiling. Her voice was very high pitched, was that normal? The sun was setting pretty fast by now and the wind had begun to pick up.
"Hey do you want to come in for a bit?" I asked motioning towards the door. She looked nervously at the door and then at the sky. I guess she was judging how dark it was. I coughed to take her out of her trance and she turned tomato coloured red.
"Y…yes please" She smiled nervously. I smiled back and opened the door. As soon as we were both in and I'd locked the door two kittens came running up to us and meowed like crazy.
"Hey Hunter, hey bump" I giggled. Their saucer of milk was completely dry and it looked like they were hungry. I rolled my eyes and Hunter chased after my red boots.
"What am I going to do with you guys?" I laughed. I love kittens; their little faces looked up to me innocently with huge eyes.
"Hey w…what are these on the t…table?" She asked holding up a little dish with paw prints around the edge. I looked at them confused.
"I have no idea" I replied moving closer to them. Surely on the table there were two blue dishes a big bag of litter tray and a pack of cat food. I looked at the foreign items curiously. Only one explanation … MAGIC!
"T…there's a note" She said picking up a small folded up piece of paper and handing it to me. I opened the note and read the scrawled handwriting.
Chelsea -
You probably won't have time to get stuff for Hunter and Bump so I got them for you.
- Vaughn
I smiled down at the note but then it soon vanished. He broke into my house! I looked at the door; there was no evidence of any break in or any attempt of a break in. How did that cowboy do it? I looked back at the items and laughed. That damn idiot. I rolled my eyes while I put the dishes onto the floor in the kitchen. I filled up both of them before packing away the rest of the food. I then quickly filled up the litter tray and sat on the floor on the carpet and pulled a cushion off the sofa so I could lean on it. I motioned for Sabrina to come and sit next to me. She smiled and took a place opposite me.
"S…sorry for looking into y…your window. I was c…curious about who took o…over the farm. Its c…changed a lot since the l…last time I was here" She blushed pushing up her glasses again. I smiled in reply.
"It's alright. You've been here before?" I asked curious. She looked at me, her eyes were a pasty purple, less intense than Vaughn's and less mysterious. My mind trailed off thinking of his deep amethyst eyes and how they drew me in.
"Y…yes. I lived h…here as a kid. It was o…only till l…last year when he s…sent me away to study in L…London" She stuttered pulling me out of my trance. I blushed slightly and nodded understandably.
"W…who was the n…note from?" She asked looking at me with her head cocked slightly.
"Vaughn" I laughed shaking my head imagining him buying cat stuff from Chen's. Sabrina didn't react. She just stared into the distance in thought. I looked at her, mentally arguing if I should intervene with her deep thinking. I coughed loudly.
"S…sorry I was just erm … thinking" She smiled reassuringly. I smiled back but there was something about the way her eyes shone that she was hiding something. I decided to ignore it.
"So when did you arrive back?" I asked stretching my legs out to get more comfortable.
"O…only today. I was j…just l…looking around at w…what had c…changed. This f…farm hasn't been r…running for years" She replied. Damn I had never wanted to get up and shake somebody so bad. Just spit your words out.
"Yeah Taro said something about that." I smiled back. She flushed red again.
"You want a cookie?" I asked looking over at my kitchen.
"Erm … if it's n…not a big deal" She smiled. I nodded and got up to head towards the kitchen. Opening the only cupboard I knew had food it I reached for the only packet of digestives, chocolate coated. I licked my lips at the thought of biscuits as I walked over towards Sabrina. I handed her one and she nodded politely. I sat down and slipped the chocolaty heaven into my mouth. NOM, NOM, NOM. After I'd finished I looked up at Sabrina who was staring at Hunter.
"W…where did you get y…your kittens from?" She asked still staring at him. I shifted uncomfortably at her gaze.
"A friend got them me" I smiled looking over at Bump who was curled up on my bed. Sabrina's eyes moved to mine.
"W…who?" She asked, her gaze a little softer but still curious. I smiled weakly at her.
"Erm … Vaughn" I smiled sheepishly, she blankned out staring into the distance again. Suddenly my alarm clockwent off, I looked at it confused.
"I'd b…better get going" She smiled and headed towards the door. "F…father will be w…worrying where I am, t…thank you f…for your hospitality. I'll s…see you round" She asked at the door facing me. I smiled in reply.
"Yeah, see ya" I said. She pushed her glasses up nervously before leaving. I sighed and got up to turn my alarm off. Crazy, stupid alarm. 5:30PM already? I turned around to look at Hunter and Bump who were curled up together on the end of my bed. Sabrina seemed like a nice girl.
"Chelsea, I do believe you made a friend" I laughed to myself.
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