So far this is the second longest story I've written. I'm hoping I can beat my old record of twelve chapters. :-)
Humming LadyBug - I'm glad you think my story is interesting. I'll go back and look for the mistakes and update them soon. Constructive crit is nice since at times I tend to be a perfectionist. xD
SunshineGirlx3 - I'm thinking about JanicexGray, and that was my main pairing when I thought of the story. Hopefully I can figure out who Terry will end up with. I'm happy that you think my characters are funny, I'm trying to put in some of my odd humor. xD
Harvest Moon does not belong to me, Terry and Janice do!
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"Reunited at last, it's such a sweet feeling."
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"Ah jeez…" Terry mumbled.
The pale sunrise came though the window of the clinic waking up Terry from her slumber. Looking around she saw that the clock on Trent's desk read '6:00'. She was used to waking up this early since she would have to wake up around this time in order to get to work without any delay. Stretching her arms she let out a soft yawn. 'I wonder if the doctor is up this early?' she thought.
Creeping out of her little bed she explored the bottom floor of the clinic, no one was up except for her so she thought it would be alright. "I doubt the doctor would mind if I wandered around a bit," she mused to herself as she looked at all the papers scattered around the doctor's desk. As she looked through the papers she found that most of them were research documents on the herbs in the area and their affect on the human body. 'Wow he's really dedicated to his research,' Terry thought letting out a small chuckle.
"You shouldn't be out of bed you know," said a voice from the top of the staircase.
Terry let out a small squeak as she fumbled and landed on the floor making the papers on the doctor's desk scatter around her. Looking up she saw the doctor standing at the stairs with his arms crossed. He wasn't angry at her though, her little display had started to make him laugh and soon she joined in as well. Terry always had a habit of laughing when she got hurt, even if it was serious she would never cry, she would just giggle to herself.
"That's not funny!" she said laughing as she got up from the floor "I feel much better than yesterday so maybe I could leave today?" She bent down and carefully picked up the papers and neatly stacked on Trent's desk. The doctor only tilted his head staring down at Terry from his spot atop the stairs.
"That's what you think," Trent said still smiling "And you know you shouldn't go through people's belongings, it isn't very polite."
An embarrassed look spread across her face as she shoved her hands in her jean pockets "I know, I'm sorry."
He just shook his head "It's alright, there wasn't any confidential information there anyway," he calmly said "But you need to get back to bed. I still don't think you're fully better yet."
"But..." Terry stuttered.
"No 'buts' now go back to bed," the doctor said as he came down from the stairs.
Terry let out a sigh of defeat as she drug her body back to the bed. Trent just laughed softly and went to his desk. 'She really needs to be more patient,' he thought.
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Janice on the other hand was still standing in the middle of the street in between the Poultry Farm and the Blacksmith. 'He could have as least told me where the clinic was…' Janice thought as she remembered on her encounter with Gray. She casually put her hands behind her head as she made her way down the street. She wasn't running this time because she was afraid of accidentally knocking someone over, again.
Suddenly the sound of fast paced footsteps caught her attention. Turning around she saw Zack running towards her, and almost out of breath. When he reached her he had to lean on the streetlight in order to keep from falling over. "You really need to learn to slow down," he said panting.
"Yeah I should. I knocked down this guy named Gray when I was running," Janice said giggling nervously "I apologized but he really didn't say anything to me."
"Yeah that's Gray for ya'" Zack said "He doesn't talk a whole lot. Only person I know he really talks to is the librarian Mary."
Janice just nodded and looked at his with a sheepish grin "So, can you take me to the clinic?"
Zack nodded regaining his strong composure "Sure it's just over this way…"
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"I want to go see my new farm!" Terry whined as Trent checked her blood pressure. No matter how many times she begged the doctor still said no when she asked to go see her new farm. He even said no when she asked if she could check and see if her best friend had arrived. 'Why won't he let me leave?!' she thought scrunching up her face.
"I'm still not going to let you go," he said "You're blood pressure seems to be fine…"
"Terry!" yelled a voice from outside the clinic.
"Janice?!" Terry shouted back as she jumped off the bed and headed for the door almost knocking down Trent in the process.
Terry swung open the door to find her friend almost in tears, and some big buff tan guy. Janice promptly let out a squeal of happiness and knocked Terry to the ground in a big hug. Trent was standing in the doorway, and let out a sigh and he scratched the back of his head.
"I'm so glad you're ok," Janice said squeezing her friend "I thought you were dead and I was crying and I was so worried! I can't believe you're alive!"
Terry giggled as she hugged her friend back "I'm alright. Zack saved me along with some other guy…"
"You heard that part of the conversation?" Zack asked looking at her with an odd look.
"Barley, but I did hear that part," she replied "Who was the other guy anyway?"
Zack thought for a moment before shrugging his shoulders "Now that you mention it, I don't even remember who it was," he said "But I know he lives here so you might find out who he is if you ask around."
"That could work," Terry said as she pryed her friend off her body.
"Mr. Doctor..." Janice started.
"Just call me Trent," he replied.
"Oh okay, Trent. May Terry leave now? Please?" she begged as she looked up at him with teary chocolate eyes.
"I guess so," he replied "But next time something happens I'm not letting her leave that easy. That goes for you too Janice."
"Fine." Janice said crossing her arms.
"Thank you so much for helping me," Terry said as she stood up bowing.
"It's not problem. I'm the doctor that's my job." Trent said smiling.
"Lets get going," Zack said "We still have to get your luggage from the dock because someone decided to run off before picking it up."
Janice shuffled her feet nervously at the reminder of her little display. Waving goodbye the girls made their way down the street passing a church on the way. When they made their way out of the square and to the beach Janice ran to the dock to make sure all her luggage was still there.
"Why are you so worried about your luggage?" Zack asked "I doubt anyone would steal it."
"You don't know that," the blonde replied picking up one of her suitcases.
Zack looked over at Terry who just shrugged her shoulders and walked over to pick up her suitcase. Following Zack they made their way off the beach and back into town. They life on the 'new' farm was about to begin.
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