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Falling Together

//Shanexfarmer HarveyxFarmer Sebastianxfarmer??

TW !! Talk of self harm, suicide, drinking, abuse, death!!

Chapter Two; Warm and Cold Welcomes

As I walked into the Stardrop Saloon, Emily immediately ran over and hugged me. 

“You’re here!! You’re really back! I knew it was you the second I felt your energy hit the earth here.” She beamed. I hugged her back, I felt so accepted and warm here. She began introducing me to everyone, including a hot lean alternative guy with black swooped over hair, grey eyes and dressed all up in black along with a girl with purple hair and dressed in a black shirt with a frog printed on it. I assumed he was Robin’s son she had previously told me about. 

“Heyyyyy Guns n Roses, nice taste. I’m Sebastian and this is Abigail. Abigail smiled and  waved a little shyly  at me. Sebastian continued,“ Sure mom’s told you about me. What’s your name?” he looked flirtatious towards me, but before I could tell him, a flash of blonde hair ran over to me and i was immediately lifted at least two feet off the ground into a hug. 

“EVIEEEEE!!!!! I can’t believe its you!! We have so much catching up to do since we last made mud pies together. ” He smiled and put me back down. Me being slightly startled from his energetic golden retriever personality. Sebastian was laughing at the startled expression I had. 

“Awww Sam, missed me pushing you over and you crying when I beat you in video games? “ I smirked. 

“You know it! I’ve gotten pretty good over the years, you owe me unlimited rematches. And - Hey, I don’t think you’ll be able to push me over anymore, short stack. “ Sam was around 6′0 ft, and I had stayed at a measly 5′3 and a HALF since I was 13. I was happy Sam was the same overly optimistic ray of sunshine he had been since a kid. 

“Jeezzzz Sam give her some breathing room. Sorry about him, he’s always like this” Abigail chuckled. 

Sebastian slid back into the conversation, “So, Evie, is that your real name or is that your nickname?”

“Oh, yeah. I just go by Evie. My full name is Evangeline Eliza Jones-Destriu. I hate how long my name is.... and the fact my parents chose to hyphenate my last name.”  I smiled weakly. 

“Well a cute name to match a super cute girl with awesome fashion sense! “, exclaimed Abigail. “You have to show me where you get your clothes from.”

“As long as you show me where you got that frog shirt from, frogs are like one of my favorite animals.” I said excitedly.

After playing a little bit of pool with my new friend group, everyone else from the town started pouring in. I went up to Marnie, who was talking to Lewis. As I approached she immediately recognized me and hugged me. 

“Evangeline!!!! Oh my goodness. You’ve become quite the beautiful young woman. You look so much like your grandpa. I’m sure hes so proud of you for taking over the farm. I’ll be here to help you as much as you need getting started. When Shane gets here you should say hello to him.”

“Shane? “ I squinted a little, confused. 

“My nephew, you two were best friends whenever you spent the summers here.” she said a little worried. She noticed the bruise too, I tried to hide it behind my hair but I was starting to think it was inevitable. 

“I’m sorry Marnie, I have memory problems. I’ll talk to you more about it in private when we catch up, but if you point him out to me I’m sure I’ll remember his face. I’m just not good with names. “

Marnie seemed a little sad that I hinted at the fact life hadn’t been very easy for me. “He’ll be here in a bit, he’s almost always at the saloon after work. He’s usually over there near the fireplace and bar. If you want you can come over for dinner on Sunday, I’m sure you havent had a good home cooked meal in a while since living in the city.”

I smiled widely “I’d absolutely love that. I was just telling Lewis today about how much I missed your cooking.”

As I said that, a man in a tattered up hoodie, dark black-purple hair, who was quite broad shouldered and had a dad body walked inside the saloon. He looked void of emotion and tired. Emily wasn’t phased by this, she smiled and treated him like everyone else in the warm happy way she did. He looked almost angry at her for her being nice to him. That’s when Marnie said “Well there he is, that’s my Shane.” 

Maybe he just had a bad day, I thought. I thought about getting him something to eat to maybe cheer him up a bit. After all, I knew all about having bad days. So I walked over to Emily, and he peeked up at me, seeming annoyed. This built up anxiety in me, but my therapist said I needed to overcome my fear of upsetting people after all I’d been through. So I asked Emily, 

“Hey what’s Shane’s favorite food?”

“Oh, he loves pepper poppers. Um.... Evie, hes a little..... rough around the edges.” she smiled “but he has a good heart. He has a goddaughter named Jas, and he took her in.”

I nodded, and she handed me a plate of the spicy food. I walked over cautiously to him, he smelled like beer and whiskey. I slid the food beside him and he looked up at me kind of dazed, probably from the alcohol.

“Hey, I’m new in town, I don’t know if you remember me but I’m-”

“What the fuck do you want? I don’t fucking know you, so piss off and leave me alone.” He spat at me and didn’t even look me in the eyes. I stood back shocked, feeling tears well up. Emily went pale, Marnie, Sam and Sebastian saw the look of hurt on my face. I immediately turned around and went back to Emily. 

“Hey you okay? I’m sorry, he’s not normally that harsh. Here,” She said as she handed me a bottle of wine. “its on the house. I should’ve told you he’s uh, an angry person.”

I couldn’t speak, the feeling of panic and tears welled up in my throat and I knew it was visible on my face. I just looked at her and nodded. “I’ll be alright, thanks Emily. I just wasn’t expecting that. I’m gonna head home.” 

I took the wine and Marnie tried to stop me and talk to me, she saw the tears starting to come down and gave me a quick hug. As I turned to leave I felt like i was being watched, and I locked eyes with him. A sudden wash of recognition and regret hit his face. He saw he made me cry and i knew now he knew who I was. He put down his beer and looked like he was about to walk over. I almost ran out the door, and started sprinting towards the forest with the wine in hand. As soon as I knew I was out of earshot, I broke down. I looked for the pond my grandfather used to take me to when I was sad. 

---Back at the Saloon while Evie is in the woods, Shane POV--

Marnie walked over to Shane. “What has gotten into you? You grew up with that girl!!!! You made her cry after she wsa just trying to be nice to you.”

“I-I didn’t recognize who she was until she left. I’m going to find her and apologize, I’m sorry Marnie. I’m just--” he sighed. God. I always fuck up. He thought.

Marnie patted him on the shoulder “I know Shane. Just-- try to remember you’re not the only one who’s been through a lot. Okay?”

He nodded and left the Saloon to find and apologize to Evie. 

--Back to Evie in the woods, Shane POV--

I sat down at the edge of the pier and downed the entire bottle of wine. I hadn’t imagined something so small would make me relapse. The alcohol made me feel warm so i took off my long sleeve shirt and kept on my large band tee. The bandages and stitches itched with my mistakes. So I took them off. They probably needed a little air anyways. The vertical cuts that were held together with thread still looked pretty bad and they bled a little as I unraveled the wrapping, but they were at least mostly closed up with scabs. Around the wounds were bruises from Daniel, my ex -fiance. I could still see the finger marks were he had grabbed me on my arm. I cried somewhat loudly and just laid and looked up at the stars for a while. I started feeling dizzy, and tired. And the comforting numbness washed over me as everything faded into darkness. I thought I heard someone walking towards me but I didn’t care. They could kill me and I’d die happy right there. 

--Shane’s POV finding Evie--

I knew where she was going, the same place she went when she snuck out of her gradfathers when she missed her dad. I heard loud crying, like someone was in pain. It had to be her, I was already tipsy and quickened my pace towards the loud cries. Suddenly it stopped. Oh Yoba. Oh no. Why did it stop? 

I didn’t want to frighten her, so I tried to walk a little loudly. I saw a figure laid out on the pier, close to the edge of the side, she was about to roll off into the pond. “Evie? Hey.”

No response. Oh fuck. As i got closer I saw the empty wine bottle, and i felt a pang of guilt and worry. 

Wait. What the hell? I turned on my phones light and shined it on her, she passed out from drinking. But- what was...... 

I saw cuts on both her wrists that were obviously a previous suicide attempt, they were stitched together, but she also had dark bruises of all colors on her arms, and she had cried off her makeup, revealing a darkened eye as well.

I felt like I had just walked in on a crime scene. I never thought I’d meet someone more messed up than me, much less a childhood friend. What the hell happened to her? I tried shaking her awake and calling her name but she didn’t wake up. More panic and anxiety came over me. I picked her up gingerly in my arms to bring her to the clinic, she was so small and soft. She smelled like strawberries and vanilla. Shane studied her features. She had the same freckles, same button nose, same long eyelashes and dark hair as he remembered her having as she had when they were little. She was gorgeous too. How could anyone hurt such a beautiful fragile girl? What the hell is wrong with me? Why am I thinking this way? Get a grip Shane. 

I called Harvey, “Hello?” A groggy mans voice answered. 

“Hey uh Harvey, the new farmer girl, she’s actually a childhood friend of mine. I found her passed out drunk on a pier and she looks like she’s already been in bad shape. I can’t wake her up, I’m bringing her as we speak. She already has stitches and-- She’s just in a really bad way.” Shane’s voice quaked a bit at the end of his sentence.

“Okay, oh Yoba, thats not good. Hurry here as fast as you can okay? I’ll get things ready for her so I can immediately work on her. Is she breathing? “ The words Harvey said made me panic more. Fuck. I didn’t even check to see if she was fucking breathing. I looked down and she was breathing gently and normally.

“Yeah she is, I think she’s just really drunk. I’m not sure.” I said back.

I carried her in, set her down on the hospital bed. Holy fuck. I hadn’t noticed how bad she really was hurt. She hid all of it with clothes and her long hair. She looked like she had been beaten over and over again over the past month. Even her eye and jaw had small bruises that had healed. Who did this to her? Then I saw the cuts. They were worse in the florescent lighting. Those were definitely on purpose. 

Harvey looked pale at the sight of her. “Okay, here, see if she has any emergency contacts on her phone. I’m going to get fluids into her. Aside from that, looks like all of this was from previous incidents.” and he closed the curtain leaving shane in the little area next to the room. She didn’t have but a few contacts saved. One of them was Daniel, as I selected his contact I noticed the number had been blocked. The picture of him was a guy with blonde hair and blue eyes, the athletic type. Looked like a general douchebag. A text came in from a random number.

“What the fuck? You think you can just run away from me? Restraining order is just a piece of paper. I’ll find you. I know you’re probably shacked up with some scumbag, you whore. Not even your father wanted you, your mom died and its your fault. You’ll never find anyone better than me.” It read. That had to be him. The whiskey helped fill me with rage, I typed the number into my phone and left to the lobby to call it. 

It rang a couple of times before a condescending voice answered,

“Come crawling back already psycho? You should’ve done a better job at trying to off yourself bitc-”

I cut him off, “Don’t contact her ever again. Or I’ll fucking kill you.” I hung up. And blocked the number. Why was I doing this? She was practically a stranger to me now.

I shook my head and left her phone with Harvey. I needed to sleep. I’d have Marnie call Harvey tomorrow to check on her. I looked at her one last time before I left, I remembered we’d have sleep overs, and she still slept curled up on her side. 

I went home and told Marnie, she shook her head.

“I’m sorry, Shane. I should’ve told you. Her father deserted her, he mother fell into drinking and killed herself. Evie found her when she was 18. Her grandfather died the same year. She has no one. I don’t know why she has bruises, but I suspect thats why she came here so far away from the city. Please be kind to her. ” She looked worried. 

“I-I...... yoba. I had no idea. She hadn’t-” I said then Marnie interuppted me.

“She didn’t come here probably because I wanted to run away from whoever hurt her that bad.”

I hardly slept that night, I got up for work in the morning and looked at the clinic on my way. 

I’m so sorry Evie. I need a fucking drink. 

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Falling Together

//Shanexfarmer HarveyxFarmer Sebastianxfarmer??

TW !! Talk of self harm, suicide, drinking, abuse!!

Chapter One - Escape to the Past

As I got off the bus to my new home, the fresh mountain air filled my lungs. It smelled sweet like wisteria and honeysuckle. Everything was so green here, mossy, grassy, leafy, flowery. I missed it so much. Lewis and a ginger haired woman were waiting for me smiling brightly. I almost broke into tears seeing a familiar face. They both welcomed me with a warm hug, and Lewis introduced me to the woman. Her name is Robin, and she’s the town carpenter.

“I’m so happy you chose to take over Destriu Farm. You’ll love it here in Pelican town, everyone here is friendly. Your grandpa would be so proud of you-”, Lewis stopped when he looked into my eyes.

“Oh my. You have his eyes. You look so much like him, -- I mean! You don’t look like a man! I just see the family resemblance stronger in you than your mother.”

I I did, I had the same dark brown tousled hair as grandpa, along with the same exact reddish brown eyes with golden rings around the irises. And the biggest tip off that I was his granddaughter, one of my eyes was lighter than the other with a hint of green in the lighter colored iris. 

“It’s okay Lewis, I get it, you think I’m manly” I chuckled.

“What? No!” he exclaimed, not catching onto my sarcasm.

“I’m just kidding around, I know. I’m a walking mini female version of my grandfather.” I smiled gently. Robin was chuckling at my satire.

“It’s nice to know the old farm will be carried on instead of being turned into Joja Corp land.” she said as she helped with one of the suitcases. 

“Man, I hate Joja Coperation. I worked for them for 3 years. “ I grimaced at the thought of the long hours, passed promotions I deserved, and workplace animosity. 

Lewis and Robin both looked at me in surprise.

“You did? What did you do?” Robin asked quizzically. 

I nodded, “I was a regional department head for Zuzu City. Lots of money, no ethics, no personal time and shit people.”

“I can imagine that and worse from that place. We have a Joja Mart trying to take over land here, hopefully with the farm back up, the local economy will boost and Joja will leave.” Lewis said as he hauled one of my suitcases down the path.

 The trio of us walked down to my grandfathers old farmhouse, errr, well, my farmhouse now. A sense of nostalgia and comfort overwhelmed me as we neared the log house. The land was overgrown and wild, but still recognizable. The old log farmhouse still made out of spruce wood, and while it was definitely a fixer-upper it wasn’t unsalvageable. Robin and Lewis offered to help fix up the house a little bit, help with minor repairs until I was settled. I thanked them and told them I’d pay them back with some of my grandfathers famous apple preserves. 

“You should come down to the Saloon tonight and introduce yourself to some of the town, they’ve all been waiting to meet the new farmer and Thomas’ granddaughter. I think you’ll recognize some familiar faces. Sam and you used to play together as children, he’s still here. So is Emily, and Haley. Oh! Marnie will be so happy to see you.” Lewis rattled on excitedly.

I stopped him, “Marnie?? She’s still here? Oh my god, I’ve missed her cooking so much. She was like an aunt to me when I was little. She always made my birthday cakes and they were the bomb. Didn’t she have a son or something?” 

Robin and Lewis looked at eachother, “No she’s never had a son, she used to let her nephew visit her farm a lot though. He’s here too, I’m sure he’ll be at the Saloon.” The tone in Lewis’ voice changed to something of contempt, but I thought nothing much of it. 

“Really? I can’t remember his name because of some memory loss..... but i remember we were almost inseparable.” I said. 

“Memory loss?” Lewis asked.

“Uh, yeah, a lot happened. I’m not one to want to really talk about it. Just excuse me if I’m a little air headed. “ I smiled, hoping he wouldn’t notice the bruise I covered with makeup earlier. 

Robin nodded with an understanding that was deep, she noticed. She saw my bruise, but just didn’t say anything about it. “If you ever get bored or lonely,” She said, “you’re always welcome to my home. I have a son about the same age as you, and a daughter who’s probably a few years younger. I think you and Sebby would get along super well. Seems you two have the same style.”

“I’m sure we will. Say, Lewis? Is there a doctor’s office in town? I should probably get set up with everything to do with that.” I asked.

“Ah yes, Dr.Harvey Smith is one of the best doctors. He’s right next to Pierres as soon as you walk into town. Can’t miss it, big blue cross above the door. Well, we’ll leave you to get settled. Will we be seeing you at the Saloon tonight?” He smiled. 

“Of course, I wouldn’t miss it for the world. I just have to get a nap and a shower in. And make myself look decent haha.” I noted my ragged appearance, I had on plain black leggings, and a large band shirt with a black jacket on. 

“We’ll see you then!” and off they went.

I sighed as I entered the house and plopped down on the old green, white and plaid couch. I stared at the ceiling fan for what seemed like forever before dozing off. I woke up a few hours later around 5 pm. I hopped in the shower and then picked out an outfit. I wanted to cover my wrists where my injuries were. I didn’t want my first impression to everyone to be a weak and mentally ill cutter. I put on a light long sleeve grey shirt then a large black guns n roses shirt over it. I paired it with a pair of ripped black shorts. I put on a minimal amount of makeup, just enough to cover the bruise on my eye, and used purple eyeshadow under both my eyes to make it appear as if it was on purpose. 

After I was satisfied with how I appeared, I braced myself to meet the town. 

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Okay guys, like and reblog if you want me to continue writing more to this story. I’m going to try to put a part two up this morning. This is my first time writing a fanfiction so bear with me! <3 

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