Hello peoples, welcome to Chapter 38 of Strange Attraction. Thanks for the reviews, favourites and follows, you guys rock :P I'm sorry it's kind of short but the next one should make up for it ;) So please pop in a comment and I hope you enjoy :) Disclaimer – I do not own Harvest Moon or any of its characters :P x

Chapter 38 – Chelsea's P.O.V

5:50PM - The Following Day

There was a loud crash in the background, followed by a person shouting 'shit' and another shushing them. The light poured in from the window and hit my face, causing my eyelids to appear red. Groaning, I groggily opened my eyes and looked above where a red and clear IV drip stood. I followed the tubes down to my arm and knitted my eyebrows together. Crap, what had I done now? Then I focused on someone in the room. It took me a few seconds to make out their black clothes and cream boots. His hair stopped just short of his shoulder and stuck up in each possible way. His cowboy hat rested on his knee as he rubbed his tired looking face, but to me, he was perfect. I smiled at him and waited for him to acknowledge my presence, still took him two minutes till he looked over at me. I grinned at him widely as he rushed over and kissed my cheek.

"So go on, what did I do this time?" I asked, a little fuzzy on the details. I remembered vaguely that I went into the forest after someone, but after that, everything turned hazy. He smiled at me weakly before it fell back to a thin straight line. He cleared his voice quietly before getting down on his knees so his face was level to mine.

"Chelsea, you-" He paused and looked down at me; his deep purple eyes stared at me with sympathy. I felt my legs, both there. Both my arms were there and I'm pretty sure I still had two eyes, why was he upset that I'd woken up?

"You lost the baby …" He finished. There was a long, dead pause of silence after that. I felt too numb to do anything, let alone cry or comfort him. I just stared at him, his words flying around my head like fatal bullets, puncturing my main functional motions.

"No, no it can't … how can I … it's not …" I stuttered, unable to find the right words to soften the blow. His face scrunched up, seeing me like this was killing him. I took a deep breath in, closed my eyes before letting it out again and looking at him. I sat up slowly and rested on the pillows. I was at Julia's house on a made up bed in the dining room, it felt kinda weird.

"Okay" I mumbled, no emotion behind my words. I couldn't let Vaughn see me upset, I knew it killed him. Inside I was balling my eyes out, but none of those tears seem to flow down my cheek. It seemed if I was unable to cry.

"Doctor Trent said that the … foetus is still inside and it will take a couple of days till …" He paused again to look up at my reaction; I just nodded as I understood. My dead baby was still inside of me, I would never feel their heartbeat on the monitor, or watch their first steps as they grew into a child. Vaughn wrapped his arms around me into a tight, but delicate hug. I buried my head into the crevasse between his shoulder and his neck before breathing in the scent of hay.

"How did it happen?" I asked, still holding back all the emotions which wanted to burst out and floor the room. He took hold of my hand and squeezed it tightly.

"I don't know, Trent said it was from trauma but … I don't see how-" He stopped again, still trying to wrap his head around it. I closed my eyes and tried to remember what happened, then I saw a purple bandana flash in my memory, his expression was dead as he ran somewhere.

"What happened to Denny?" I asked, reopening my eyes and looking back at Vaughn. He stayed still before leaning over and kissing my forehead.

"He found you in the forest, he brought you in and … well" He stopped, already knowing what he was going to say. Denny had found out about the affair. I looked around the room for him but he was nowhere to be seen, why would he stick around after he found out his fiancé was knocked up by a man he hated?

"Do you think he knows what happened?" I asked, looking back up to Vaughn while wearing a sad expression, I didn't want him to find out like this. He sighed before cupping a handful of my hair in his hand and softly stroking it.

"I guess, but Chelsea, I doubt he'll want-"

"Vaughn I want to know what happened to our baby …" I cut in staring intently into his deep amethyst eyes. He nodded understandably before reaching over and pulling me into a much needed hug. His sweet scent of hay filled my nose as I dug my face into his long, messy hair. I grabbed his arm but he flinched slightly in return, pulling away I frowned before pulling back the sleeve of his long sleeved black shirt and smiling goofily at the little cap sticking up out of his arm.

"Is that … an IV cap?" I asked eyeing the little nozzle before goofily smiling at him. He rolled his eyes before coving it back up again and looking at the IV drip that stood next to the bed.

"Hey, not my fault we share the same blood" He winked before wrapping his arm around my waist, but delicately as if he didn't want to break me. I smiled before laughing and sinking back on the pillow. I didn't even want to ask what or even why, I just closed my eyes and smiled to myself. Maybe, this was just a way to prove that we should be together?

"I love you, you know" I smiled, still keeping my eyes closed due to the wave of exhaustion that washed over me. I heard Vaughn chuckle slightly before reaching down and kissing my forehead gently.

"I love you" He whispered back before squeezing my hand and walking away. I smiled to myself before it fell, my head was filled with such extreme emotions of sadness but at the same time relief, how could someone even comprehend all of that at the same time?

Chelsea's P.O.V – 7:00PM

"Chelsea?" A hoarse voice asked as a light weight sat on the end of the bed. I opened my eyes tiredly before focusing my attention on the blond girl who was basically sitting on my feet. Her face was stained in tears as the make-up rand down her cheeks. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath in before waving awkwardly at her. She didn't pull me into a hug like she usually did, she just stared at me, unsure how to react.

"Chelsea I … I don't know what to say" She mumbled before resting her hand on my leg. I wasn't exactly sure in what part she didn't know what to say; there was quite a lot of ways this could go.

"I'm so … sorry" She said before gulping down tears and pretty much choking all over me. I stared at her, numbly accepting the fact that the whole town probably already knew what a whore I was.

"Julia I'm sorry I didn't tell-" I began but she shook her head as she wiped away a stream of tears that fell down her face.

"Chelsea, you've been my best friend forever – I'm not mad that you didn't tell me … well actually I'm a little pissed that Natalie knew but anyway, I'm sorry that … well … I know Vaughn is torn up about it, he just doesn't want to show you. I can't even imagine what it's like …" She trailed off before she could even finish her sentence. I shook my head and bit my lip, here came those tears. I guess I put on a façade for Vaughn, but when it came to your best friend, everything came tumbling out.

"I can't … I can't …" I began but my throat closed up on me and I chocked on my words. She pulled me into a hug and sobbed into my hair, last thing I needed, black shit in my hair. But I couldn't help myself, after delaying the news for only a couple of hours, it was enough to let it build up and pour over the emotional wall I'd built up.

"It's alright, it's going to be fine" She soothed as she stroked my hair. A shit load of tears fell onto her shoulder as I guiltily wiped them away with my sleeve and pushing her back. She looked at me sympathetically as I buried my face in my hands and took another deep breath in. Luckily there was no one in the room and it was pretty dark, none of the lights were on, so my face didn't look as bad.

"I lost my baby …" I sobbed quietly, reality finally hitting me and knocking seven bells out of me. I cried, cried for the loss of the baby I'd grown so used to talking to. And I cried until the sun went down and my eyes were dry as no more could possibly fall out.

Vaughn's P.O.V –

I stood against the side of the wall and carefully looked around the corner. As I feared, it was true. Chelsea was sobbing her little heart out, finally letting her emotions flow out. I knew she would try and hide them from the world, but when Julia is in the world, everything flows out. And it broke my heart, true, I might not be the most romantic guys, but when your girlfriend is crying over the loss of your kid and she tries her best to hide it and pretend she's okay with it, it killed me. I closed my eyes before slouching against the wall and placed my face in my hands.

I stood wearing a pair of dark grey joggers and a plain long sleeved black top along with black socks, minus my famous hat. I wanted to walk over to her and grab her by the waist as she showed me that cute optimistic smile I'd fallen for. I'd fucked up her life, like I always know I would have. She sat there crying for something I was partly responsible for, I swear. If I ever find out what ever happened wasn't an accident, then I will rip the fucking throat out of the sick bastards face and throw it to the ground, like they did to Chelsea's heart.

Chelsea's P.O.V –

"I'm sorry" I gulped as the tears finally stopped flowing down the sides of my face. Julia smiled sympathetically before nodding and taking hold of my hands.

"Julia, there's one thing I want you to help me with …" I said, staring at her through my puffy red eyes. She nodded understandingly before squeezing my hands.

"Anything" She half smiled at me.

"I want you to help me find out why this happened, I know someone was involved. And the first thing we need to start with, is Denny"

So here comes the end of yet another chapter, I hope you enjoyed reading and thanks again for all the support, I couldn't do it without you people :P Stay tuned till next time as Chelsea tries to put together the events as who pushed her *cough* Sabrina *cough* :P Ciao x