Complications of Love *rewritten*

This is my first story, but rewritten. I started it before, but then saw a lot of things I wanted to change, so I'm rewriting it! Comment are apprecieated, but not required! Thanks! 

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Everyone was talking about it. The news was so big that there wasn't a single person in town who hadn't talked a second less than twenty minutes about it. The kid was coming, today. 

People were whispering all over town. What would her name be? Who would she stay with? How old would she be? Would the new addition even be a girl? Nobody knew, since the leaders had been very vague about the youngster. Today though, the whispering was out of control. The child was coming today! 

Of course, it wasn't like I wasn't excited about it. I mean, I might get be getting a new friend! In fact, I was probably one of the people talking the most, except for today. Today, I knew that if I talked about this new arrival, then I would have to start thinking about the subject, and if I started thinking about the subject, then I would surely explode from anticipation! If I exploded, then I'd get yelled at for making a mess and not getting any work done. Not to mention I'd never get to know who it was! I wonder what this kid would look like... 

"Virginia! I know you're wondering about the new arrival, and it's alright to do so, as long as you keep working while you're wondering!" Ethel reprimanded me with a twinkle in her eye 

"Sorry Ethel." I replied honestly, then got back to weeding. It was almost dinner time, where were they? Shouldn't they be back by now? 

As if reading my mind, I heard a carriage clatter into the stable. I jumped up and yelled "They're here! Ethel, they're here!" and in a quieter voice, "Ethel, can I go see? Please?" Oh my gosh, they're here! They're finally here! Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh! I'm going to faint or something! I can't believe they're finally here!! 

Sighing, she said, "Go ahead and go. I can tell you're not going to forgive me if I don't let you go, then you'll never get any work done. I'll let you go on one condition: you have to report back to me when you're done, alright?" 

"Yes Ethel, thank you so much! I love you!" I said over my shoulder as I took off running toward the stable, leaving her chuckling behind me. I can't believe she let me go! Well, yes I can, it is Ethel after all. What would this kid look like? No Virginia, don't explode just yet, you're so close to finding out who it is! Oh, I wouldn't explode in this short a time would I? I could, but ugh, I just can't stop thinking about it! I just hope that one of my friends will tell my remains what this kid looks like, and all the information I really wanted to know about this new kid. And hope that they clean me up before someone important sees me and I get in trouble for making a mess and not cleaning it up. Oh please let it be a girl, and a girl around my age at that! Oh please, please, please, please, dear god let it be girl who I can be friends with! Let me get there first too, because then I could be introduced to her first and she'd be more likely to remember me! Then maybe I could ask the adults if I could show her around the village and be the first to introduce her to everybody! Oh wouldn't that be grand! I'm surprised that I haven't gotten in trouble for running just yet. Darn these legs for not being able to go any fast- 

"Virginia!" I skidded to a stop right in front of an extremely displeased Clarance. Now I'm not so happy with whoever was reading my mind before, because oh boy am I in trouble now. Of course it's Clarance who sees me, just my luck. 

"Yes M'am?" Please don't make me go back, please don't make me go back! I chanted in my head. 

"Why, exactly, were you running?" 

"Well, I saw a carriage pull up, and realized that they must be here. So I asked Ethel if I could go see who it was, and said I could. I'm sorry Clarance, but I really wanted to see who it was. I'm so sorry for running. Can I still go? Please?" 

"Did Ethel say you could run? I highly doubt it. Just because there aren't any adults around, or it's a special occasion, you still aren't allowed to run, and I'm not about to let you get off for running, especially when you know better. As your punishment, I am going to walk you back to Ethel's garden, and you will stay there with her until the dinner bell, and you shall clean up in the kitchen for the rest of the week. Is that clear?"