Where to start? Well, I'm writing this chapter to let you know, I didn't die or anything. I feel bad for neglecting this story for a period of time, so here you go. XD

Chapter 6

I stared blankly at Lanna. "You want me to go to the beach? As in getting sunburned and revealing skin?" I mumbled.

It was Summer now. Summer 4th, I believe. I hated working under the sun, getting scorched and sweaty. It feels like eveytime I spend time outside I need to go back in and take a cold shower.

And now my friend Lanna wanted me to go to the beach.

"That's right! Just us girls." She said cheerfully.

I could already see my skin steaming.

I turned on my heels to go back inside the cool of my house. "No thank you--"

She grabbed my arm. "Chelsea, don't you want to have some fun? You're always working on this old, dirty, neglected farm!" She exclaimed.

"Well now I know you absolutely love my farm," I snorted. "Plus, I don't want to be waddling around my feild because I got sunburned."

"Come on! Your so pale, you need some sun. Guys will be lining up to us girls once we get a hot tan," She posed.

"I don't want guys! I'm too busy on my farm anyway." I lied. Farm work was already done.

She turned around dramatically, ignoring me. "You're going to leave me with boring Sabrina and stubborn Natalie? Lily and Julia will get me jealous in their bikini's!" She put the back of her hand on her forehead. "Oh, how heartless! Of all the things I did for you." She whimpered.

What things? I sighed. There's nothing better to do--I'm already done with farm work, and there's nothing much to do since I don't have a lot of money.

"Alright, I'll go."

"Really?! Thank you! Meet me at Sprout beach around 3:00!" She exclaimed.

I nodded. She skipped off, and I stalked into my house. I threw random clothes behind me, looking for swimwear.

"Come on, come on!" I mumbled to myself. Finally, I found a dark blue two-peice swimsuit.

I walked into my bathroom and tried it on. It extremely small, and painful to wear. The top was tied with a simple string in the back. Was got me frustrated was that my palms hurt from tightening the string until it was comfortable around my chest.

I stepped out of the bathroom and back to my dresser.

Someone knocked at the door. I waddled to the doorknob, pain pulsing through my skin from the tight suit. I swung open the door.

Mark stood in front of me. "Whoa!" He exclaimed the second the door opened. "Look who's showing some skin!"

"What do you want?"

"I heard all of the girls were going to the beach," he grinned. "I wanted to see if you were going in a bikini."

"Whatever," I rolled my eyes. "Is that all?"

"Nope," He grinned. "Me and the guys are going, too!"

* * *

I buckled my knees together as the breeze went between my legs, making my skirt flutter. I wore a white sleeveless shirt that tied in the back of my neck and a light yellow skirt. I wasn't wearing my usual red bandanna, so my burnette head felt empty. I raised my hand over my eyes to sheild them from the blazing sun. I sighed.

Suddenly, I felt hot breath on my neck. "You'll look sexy in your bikini." A voice whispered into my ear seductively.

"EEEEEEK!" I screeched. I shut my eyes and twisted around, punching the person behind me.

Mark stumbled backwards and fell in the sand, holding his stomatch in pain. "Ugh why'd you do that? It was a joke!"

I stompted my foot. "You scared me half to death! I acted on instinct!"

He struggled to get up. I tried to help and he fell onto me. "Ah! What are you doing? You're heavy!" I struggled to hold him up.

It wasn't long until I felt his hand on my brest. My face heated up and I shoved him off. He looked at his hand. "Well that was satisfying," He said sarcastically. I swung my leg up between his legs and kicked him right in the you-know-where. "LEARN YOUR LESSON ALREADY!"

His eyes were huge and round. I put my foot back on the ground as he fell, holding his groin in agony. I stomped off, leaving him withering on the ground, throwing my yellow bag with my bikini in it over my shoulder.

Slowly, everyone arrived at the beach. Mark wasn't talking to me, apparently still mad about me kicking him in the crotch. I sighed. Why am I rude to the person I think about the most? If I want attention, I should be nicer to the one I love.

Did I say love? Well I meant to say 'choose'. Geez, get off my back!

I looked at Mark. He was talking to Denny, as usual.

"Excuse me?"

I turned around so fast my hair whipped my cheeks. "Huh?"

I looked up to see Will, (Cue screaming fangirls,) the most handsome one on the island. From the gossip I've heard, anyway.

He winked at me. "You are a sight to behold, dear maiden. I do wish to see you in a swimsuit."

I stared at him blankly. Is this guy for real?

"Ah, I see you are captivated," He caught me staring and chuckled.

Lanna and Julia suddenly ran up to me and tackled my arm. "Chelsea!" They said at the same time. "W-what?"

They veered in front of me, blocking my view of Will. "How'd you manage to talk to Will? He's so cute! You're so lucky!" Lanna squealed.

"Let me talk to him! Please! We could get close." Julia begged.

"No way! You already have the body to get any man--isn't that enough?!"

"He talked to me! I don't even like this guy, he's over-dramatic." I said, annoyed.

"Just as I thought! Chelsea doesn't have any intrest!" Lanna said.

I had a sudden impulse to look back. Mark was staring at me intently, as if waiting to see what would happen. I sighed and looked back at Will. I shut my eyes and turned my head sideways.

"Not interested!"

The color drained from his face. "W-what?"

"I already have a love intrest! Just letting you know before you try too hard--I'm not getting in your pants! Good luck with someone else!"

"I see...I've never been rejected by a maiden before..." He staggered off.

I felt a little bad. He looked like a ghost--I should have let him down easy.

Mark walked up to me and slapped me on the shoulder. "Nice, princess!" He boomed.

"You saw that?" I played dumb.

"Yeah! You did the right thing. That guy's a womanizer."

"Yeah, whatever. I could have been a little nicer, though. He looked like he was going to fall over."

"Ah, he can get any girl on the island. He'll get over it." Mark snorted.

Was that jealousy in his voice?

* * *

"Hey guys! I brought some fishing rods." Denny announced, holding three rods.

"Cool! Hey princess, let's fish!" Mark called to me.

"How many times do I have to tell you?" I mumbled angrily. "It's Chelsea!"

"Right. Anyway, here." He took a rod from Denny and shoved one in my face.

"I don't even know how to fish!"

"I'll teach you! Just take it."

Reluctantly, I held the rod carelessly, dropping my bag at my feet. "You, teach me something? Yeah, right."

He ignored the comment. "Look. You hold the rod like this," He held the end of the rod with one hand and the other on the reel wrapped in thin clear wire. He guided my hands. "I can do it!" I spat.

He rolled his eyes. "Now tie a hook onto the end of the line," I ended up tangleing the line in my fingers. He sighed and guided my hands again. I kept my mouth shut.

"You put bait on it and throw it out into the water." He threw the rod without letting go of the end. The hook sank into the blue water.

Feeling confident, I flung my arm back to throw the line out. The hook didn't sink into the water, I didn't even see the line fly through the air. I felt a breeze run though my legs.

"Huh?" Mark and Denny were blushing, mouths hanging open, staring behind me. "What? What's wrong?" I snapped. "C-Chelsea! Your skirt!" Sabrina said frantically. I heard Lily chuckle.

Suddenly, Mark's line tugged and something was splashing in the water. Both of the boys snapped back into attention. "Whoa! It looks like a big one!" Denny exclaimed, leaning in to get a better look. "Pull! Pull!"

"Pull?" I asked, fixing my grip on the rod.

"N-No! Don't pull!" Denny told me.

"Don't pull?" Mark said, struggling.

"No! Pull!" Denny said.

"Pull?!" I asked.

"NO! DON'T PULL!"

"WHICH IS IT?!" I spat, frustrated.

A huge fish flew out of the water, sending water flying. I fell back in surprise. I huffed and stood up, brushing myself off--and hearing something rip.

I turned around. Elliot was covering his eyes, Sabrina was moving around awkwardly, Lanna and Julia were wide-eyed, Lily was covering her mouth to keep from laughing out loud, Natalie had her eyes half-closed, amused, Will had a hand though his hair cheeks pink, Denny was looking the other way, scratching his cheek, and Mark was smiling with satisfaction.

"What?" I asked.

Mark bent down to whisper in my ear. "I've never seen those panties before."

I felt my face heat up to the brim, realizing what happened. I looked down at the down hook tied messily onto the line.

A small strip of yellow cloth was torn onto the hook.

I sat on the shore, hiding my embaressment. Mark slumped beside me. "What's wrong? You've been sitting here the whole time. Your supposed to have fun." He mumbled.

"S-shut up. The last person I want to hear the rest of the day is you," I sneered.

He blinked as if a lightbulb clicked on over his head. "I know!" He grinned. "You're embaressed, aren't you? That's so cute."

My gaze flickered to him like a flash fire. "What was that?"

He flinched and pulled back. "N-nothing! I didn't hear anything!"

I sighed. "Sorry about that," I mumbled without thinking. I froze. "I-I mean, good! 'Cause if you heard something, you have serious problems!" But it was too late. He heard me already.

He smiled. "So you do have a sweet side. Well, sweet enough to apoligize."

"Shut up!" I screeched. He didn't react any different.

"Yeah, yeah."

Silence.

"Hey Chelsea?"

"What?"

"You may have an A bra size, but you have a nice butt." He grinned.

I stood up blankly. He looked up.

I flung my leg back and kicked him so hard he flew halfway across the beach. "PERVERT!!" I screamed.

Ha ha! I love this Chelsea. Though I can't see how Mark can take the pain XD Sorry I had to be rude to Will. Don't get me wrong, he's one of my favorite Harvest Moon charecters, but I had to diss someone. Elliot's all dorky and if I make fun of him again he'll be near suicide. Plus, Will's funny when he gets rejected XD