Heyo! How are you guys?! I didn't have the chance to post this last night...sorrryyyyy! I'm so behind and stuff! I'm all stressed out! AHHH! lol I also made a stupid decision to write a new Harvest Moon one-shot. It's gonna out soon, so keep and eye out for it! It's humor/romance/family... I think. Mostly humor though haha:) It's centered around Molly and Chase, so please check it out once it comes out, cuz it's gonna be awesome! I even got an awesome beta! HOORAH! Lol Well enjoy this chapter! And Reviewwwww! ;)
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Chapter 16- Escape From Mr. Pompous
~Chase's POV~
I had woken up really late on the day of the festival because I'd forgotten to set my alarm. As usual. I jumped out of bed grumpily, showered and got dressed in some swimming trunks and a tee-shirt. Then I bobby pinned my bangs back, ready to go. I ran frantically out of my house at around nine fifteen, but as I was running to Coryn's house, I bumped into Maya, literally. I mentally sighed. Maya was pretty much the most annoying woman I'd ever met. She was even worse than Kathy, and she had a major stalker-crush on me. Trust me, I knew. She's told me she likes me about a million times. Anyway, she smiled and blushed as I bumped into her, both of us ending up on our butts. I frowned.
"Oh, Chase! What a coincidence! I didn't expect you to be so near the ranch!" she said, laughing nervously.
"I live here." I deadpanned, annoyed by how obvious she was being. I stood and unwillingly helped her up. Then I began fast walking away. I was going to be late.
"Wait! I have to ask you something!" Maya yelled after me. I grunted. I was already kind of late, but I stopped and let her catch up just so she wouldn't follow me all the way there. Maya caught up, breathing heavily and blushing for some reason.
"Will you come to the festival with me? Pleaseeee?" she asked, smiling like an idiot.
"No. I'm going with someone else." I said. She frowned.
"What are you talking about? Who the heck is she?" Maya asked angrily, probably thinking I was lying.
"I've gotta go now, bye!" I said, speeding away before she had the chance to cut my head off or something.
I was late. I was really late. As I rounded the corner to Coryn's Farm, I was terrified to see that Gill already stood at the door, knocking incessantly. Coryn wasn't answering. I suddenly felt a twinge of guilt for being late and putting in that position. So, I crept around the edge of the farm as quietly as possible, trying not to get Gill to notice me. I ended up at the window at the back of Coryn's house. I crouched down below it. Then I lightly tapped the window, just loud enough for her to hear. I ducked down again so she could only see the very top of my head, certain my hair would give away my identity.
I then saw her looking out the window and I stood. I smiled guiltily and mouthed 'Sorry' through the window. She thankfully mouthed 'It's okay' back. She unlatched her window and slowly and soundlessly started to open it. Once it was all the way open, she climbed out as I held her hand to steady her.
"God, I'm so sorry Coryn! I woke up really late, and then I ran into Maya…" I explained guiltily. Coryn gave me an inquisitive look.
"It's…it's fine, really. It's not that big of a deal." She said, holding and squeezing my hand gently. I smiled.
"We need to find a way to avoid the pompous fool now." I said, smirking.
"Time to go into ninja mode." She said, making her right hand into a gun and looking left and right sneakily. I chuckled under my breath.
"Come on." I said, still holding her hand and creeping to the side of the house and looking around the side to check if Gill was still there. He was, and he was still banging on the door. He also looked through her windows, the stalker. I rolled my eyes. Then, accidentally, Coryn banged her foot into a stray roof shingle that was randomly lying around. Gill looked over to the side of the house, a slightly triumphant look on his face. He ran towards us as we were still frozen in shock. I had just snapped out of it when he saw us.
"What the hell do you think you're doing with my date, Chase?" Gill asked, his tone icy and his face red with anger.
"Well, we…uh…gotta go!" I said. I quickly got up and got the heck out of there. I probably looked like I was being chased by a man with chainsaw, that's how fast I was running. I was kind of dragging Coryn behind as she struggled to keep up. I glanced behind me to see her breathing heavily. We had just made it to Harmonica Town and I stopped. Coryn stopped too, and we both slumped to the ground, certain Gill wouldn't catch up for a while. We sat for a while on the pavement and tried to catch our breath. After about a minute, Coryn burst out laughing. Her laugh was so adorable, like twinkling bells. I starting laughing too, it was so contagious.
"Why are we laughing?" I asked between laughs.
"I…have…no idea!" she said, her words coming between her laughs too. Finally, after another couple minutes, we both settled down and stopped laughing.
"Ugh, my stomach hurts like crap!" Coryn said. I smiled. I was just then when I noticed Simon, the owner of the photography store, watching us and smiling. He had a camera in his hand; one of the old-fashioned ones where the picture comes out the bottom. He saw us now looking at him, and he walked over.
"Are you two a couple now?" he asked happily. Coryn and I both blushed a bit.
"Yeah." I said, smiling at Coryn. Simon then handed me a photo he held in his hand. It was of me and Coryn laughing and holding hands. It was a nice picture and I put it in my pocket to keep it safe.
"You two make a really nice couple. It's nice to see people so happy together sometimes." He said.
"Thanks, Simon!" Coryn said.
"You're welcome. Have fun at the festival, you two." He said, heading back into his shop.
I stood then, and helped Coryn up.
"Let's go then!" I said, taking her hand and leading her towards the festival.
Hope you all liked it! Next chapter will be the festival! Yay! :D Lol stay tuned and stuff! Oh and review! I wanna know what you think. I'd love some suggestions too! :) Kay byeeee!
