Me: Hello everyone! I'm so, so, so, sooooooo sorry for not updating sooner… my internet was down for a while but to make it up to you… guess who I pulled out of Waffle Town to do the disclaimer? CHASE!

Chase: Against my will, thank you very much.

Me: Just do the disclaimer! The sooner you do, the sooner you get home.

Chase: Gabi123 does not own Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility or Misery Business by Paramore

Me: Now, was it that bad?

Chase: No…

Me: Now make me an apple pie! Then you can go home!

Chase: Ugh…

Chapter Three:

She Finally Set Him Free

(A/N hey, that rhymes!)

Summer was quickly drawing to a close, which meant more work for me. When I wasn't salvaging what was left of my summer crops, I was cutting down the stalks. Thankfully, my sickle could now take down three stalks at a time. I happened to be doing that on the afternoon of last day of summer.

*Swing* That's three.

*Swing* That's another three.

*Snip* Ouch. That was my hand.

I sprinted into my house to bandage up my - now bleeding – palm. When I stepped back outside, I was greeted my a horrible wailing that sounded like a mix between a banshee and two starving cats fighting over a mouse… not pretty. I looked around to see where the wailing was coming from, but all I saw was Kathy running up the road to my house.

"Chase …broke up with… Maya." She gasped out when she got close enough for me to hear.

"Wha-" I started, but I was cut off by another wail.

"Yeah, that wailing you hear… that's Maya." Kathy explained

" OH MY GOD! What did Chase do?" I screamed, shocked that I could hear that girl from here.

"Well, he said… and I quote 'Maya, you are a juvenile, immature brat! The only reason I agreed to be your boyfriend was because I felt sorry for you!' right in front of the WHOLE INN! Then Maya stomped up the stairs crying after Chase yelled 'I hate you!'… I'm not exactly sure what happened after because that's when I left the Inn to tell you." Kathy finished her tale by closing my mouth. "Honestly Angela. Learn how to keep this thing closed!"

"Sorry…" I mumbled.

Kathy left immediately after telling me because Colleen and Jake would kill her if they noticed that she was gone. I went back to cutting my crops. As I continued to take down the stalks, Kathy's words began to sink in.

'I'm getting another chance!' I thought excitedly, my heart beating faster than the speed of sound. By the time I had finished my chores, it was seven p.m, so I made dinner and went to bed, expecting the next day to be just as busy. I was off by a long shot! The next day I woke up to the sound of howling winds and rain as opposed to my chicken Penny. Cautiously, I looked out the window to find…

"A typhoon!" I exclaimed angrily "What the hell! I thought typhoon season was over! Now I have to fix whatever gets damaged on top of everything else! Ugh! Could this get any worse!

'Zzzzz' The lights went out.

"Of course…" I grumbled as I stumbled around my house looking for a flashlight.

"Ah, here we go." I sighed in relief. I began to look for other sources of light, now that I could actually see. Then, there was a knock at the door.

'Holy crap, holy crap this is just like a horror movie' I thought as I slowly opened the door revealing none other than an extremely drenched Chase. His peach hair stuck to his face.

"Wha- Chase! What are you doing outside in the middle of a typhoon? Get inside!" I yelled, so he could hear me over the wind. He shyly stepped inside, which was different for him. I crossed my arms angrily.

"Would you like to tell me why you were outside my house in the middle of a typhoon?"

"Erm… well," he started "I ran out of green herbs and I thought that the typhoon wouldn't actually hit the island until the afternoon, so I went out to see if I could get some. Then the winds began to pick up and it started pouring, so I ran for the nearest house – yours."

I rolled my eyes. "That is so like you Chase."

"Thanks…"

"You need dry clothes" I remarked

"O.K, I am NOT wearing girl's clothes!" he retorted.

"Please, like I would make you do that! I have men's clothes too!" And with that I began to look through my drawers until I found my dad's old, gray t- shirt and my ex-boyfriend's old jeans. I threw them at Chase, laughing when they hit his face. Guided by the beam of light from my flashlight, Chase trudged over to my bathroom, shivering. When Chase finished changing, it was his turn to cross his arms.

"Where the hell did you get this stuff?" he asked, sounding part angry and part surprised.

" Well, the shirt was my dad's, but I usually use them as p.j's and the jeans were my ex-boyfriend's… it's a long story."

"Okay then…" He trailed off, and then had one of those 'dumb blonde' moments (A/N I mean no offence to any blondes reading this, I just didn't know how else to put it… please don't kill me…) "Hey, Angela, did your power go out?"

"No Chase, I wanted to turn off all my lights and stumble around with my flashlight." I replied, not bothering to keep the sarcasm out of my voice.

"Rig-OW" Chase had hit his foot on my bed, and then there was a sudden 'Thunk!'

"Chase!" I yelled, "Did you break my bed!"

"No! I think your bed broke my foot!" He whined, hopping around on one foot.

"Oh whatever Chase!" I rolled my eyes and shone my flashlight under my bed to see what had happened.

"Oh hey! Candles!" I exclaimed, picking up a box of about a dozen candles and a tiny pack of matches. Chase gave me a slightly surprised look (for some reason) when I started to light the candles and place them around my small home, but he eventually began to help. In no time at all my small house was full of candlelight, it was quite romantic actually…

Once that was finished, we sat on my bed and talked about anything and everything, but mostly food. Eventually, the conversation turned to the people of Waffle Island… specifically Maya.

"I heard that you broke up with Maya yesterday." I commented, raising my eyebrows.

"Yeah, I was fed u-" he was cut off by lightning, thunder and a piercing scream… yeah that was my bad…

"L-looks like the st-storm is getting w-worse." I stuttered

"Angela, are you afraid of thunder?" Chase asked he seemed worried.

"N-no…" I began, but another round of thunder and lightning made me bury my face in his chest.

"Don't worry Angela, it's alright. I'm right here." Chase said soothingly as he wrapped his arms around me.

'He's so warm…' I thought, my fear melting away. 'And he smells like oranges.' I turned my head so I could hear his heart beating. 'Why is his heart beating so fast?' I wondered, but I shrugged it off.

Once the worst of the thunder and lightning had passed, silence followed. It wasn't an uncomfortable silence, but a semi-comfortable silence. Then, Chase spoke up.

"Angela, I have something to say…" I turned to face him, looking directly into his amazing violet eyes.

"I can't stop thinking about you Angela… I-I think I'm in love with you…" So that's why his heart was beating a mile a minute…

"Chase, I love you too." I whispered almost immediately. 'Was that why my heat fluttered every time I heard his name? Why every time I saw him my stomach did back flips? Love? Phew! I thought I was sick or something! I've liked him and all, but I never thought it was LOVE!'

Then, without warning, Chase grabbed my waist and kissed me. I knotted my fingers into his peach-colored hair, deepening the kiss. We suddenly pulled away at the same time when we realized that something was different… the lights had turned back on the typhoon has passed.

"Well, that was weird…" I mumbled

"Maybe I should have kissed you earlier." Chase said waggling his eyebrows.

"Whatever Chase." I laughed, "I'm going to bed." It was midnight, wow… from 6am to 12pm…

Chase ended up staying over that night (on my couch may I add), and – needless to say  we started dating. You should have seen the look on Maya's face when we walked into the Inn the next day! Most people would say she 'had a cow' but honestly, she had the whole barn! I'm going to have a lot of fun the next few weeks…

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Chase: Why didn't you go traditional and do the confession under Alan's tree? It would have been better.

Me: *eating apple pie* Because I wanted to make things a little different, is there a problem with that?

Chase: I guess not…

Me: Exactly! Great apple pie by the way!

Chase: Thanks!

Me: I guess that means you get to go home now…

Chase: Finally!

Me: Until next time then! *waves*