I could not believe I had single-handedly destroyed a town in a year. A town whose mayor I didn't even know the name of!

"There was no room to grow vegetables here, so Rutger went over to Konohana. It was pretty pointless, I bet even you know how much Ina and Rutger hate eachother!" The young man chuckled after he said this, his shaggy gold hair shaking with every heave.

I cringed at him. "Uh… who's Ina?" I ask guiltily.

He gawked at me suddenly, and continued laughing just as suddenly. The man gave me a light slap on my shoulder, something I'm sure he wasn't expecting to be so awkward from his seat on a wooden counter. "You almost had me there, Lillian!"

I frowned at the spot where he hit me and wondered how he knew my name, I didn't know his. That wasn't very shocking. My first year in Bluebell was a bit of a mess. Could you blame me? I grew up in the city and I knew nothing else. My best friends were there, my family too. Bluebell just didn't feel like home. Totally ironic when I think about it. I came to this small town for a change. There's so many people in the city, it's impossible not to meet your best friend, just as it's impossible not to meet the guy that will break your heart. Maybe the fresh air will clear my mind, I thought. I always complained that the city air was too dirty for anyone to properly breathe. Farming sounds new, exciting, and different. I could meet people and learn something. This will be good for me. Wishful thinking of course, when I had finished my farm work I holed up in my small cottage, usually talking on the phone with my old friends or reading. Sometimes crying, or eating too much junk food. Sometimes both. Slowly, but steadily, I returned to I think is normalcy. Guys always had this power over me. It's a total problem and it left me wondering who I am, just… alone. Boring, I guess. People came to the farm at first, introducing themselves and giving me details about Bluebell, inviting me out. I gave them polite smiles and false hope, but what I really wanted at that moment, I remember, was to be alone. Eventually they stopped coming and I only left my farmland to buy seeds for my soil and feed for my cow. I bet most people forgot I even lived in this town.

Now I'm here, spring 1st, one year exactly since I arrived in Bluebell. I woke up this morning, ready to introduce the 'new' me to the world. Instead I was met by an irritatingly happy man who informed me that most of Bluebell had moved to another town called Konohana due to a lack of vegetables. Vegetables I selfishly only grew for myself or sold to the city. I don't think oops even begins to cover it.

"I'm Ash, if I haven't told you yet. Yeah, my mom and sister, Cheryl, used to live here with me. They would watch the counter while I would take care of the animals out back." Ash jerked his thumb to an open window and I could see the cows and sheep grazing.

"They left after most of us moved away. There was nobody to buy anything anymore. I stayed back to watch the animals, it was too much hassle to take all of them at once. Every weekend I take a couple over the mountain to Konohana. The only people left of us Bluebell folk is Rutger, I guess it would look kind of bad if our own mayor left, Rose, Rutger's wife, and me and my animals." Ash gave me a bright smile, absolutely unfitting in this situation.

"So, let me get this straight." I rubbed my eyes and was grateful for the blackness for few seconds. "All those buildings, those homes, they're empty?"

Ash nodded.

"Because there was no vegetables for them to eat?"

Ash nodded.

"Vegetables that I was supposed to grow for them?"

Ash nodded, thought about it, and then vigorously shook his head, knocking his maroon cap off center.

"Don't worry though, nobody blames you! Well… not everyone. Honestly I wasn't even sure if you existed, I never saw you around. I heard rumors about you though, apparently a lot of people thought you were a witch or a crazy because you never left your house. I remember Rutger was telling me and Cam, my best friend, he lives in Konohana now, which suits him since he sells flowers and Konohana is known for being a great place to grow crops. What was I talking about again? Oh yeah, Rutger told us that you were so gloomy when he first showed you the farm. Yeah, so most of us blame Konohana, funny that most of us live there now since they are the only close town with food to eat. They used to ship us crops before you came, but Ina and Rutger got in this huge argument at the cooking festival. Ina seemed mad, but not starve-us-out-of-Bluebell mad." Ash gasped for a breath. "…Wow, sorry about that. I've been spending a lot more time alone than I'm used to. It's nice to talk to someone besides my livestock, is what I'm trying to say."

I don't much care for ramblings, but I did sort of ruin his life so I smiled and told him it's okay. An idea formed in my mind. I stared at Ash, this goofy guy, and I wondered… could we do it? "Ash…"

He hopped down from his perch on the counter. "Hm?"

I cleared my throat and felt exhilaration tremble through me for the first time in a long while. "What do you say? You and I, we bring Bluebell back to life?"

A/N

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I wanted to write a comeback-kid sorta story and this popped into my head... not sure if it's a good idea or not. :')