My third fic! A novice juggling three fics… is that common?

Chapter 1: Claire

The young officer Jack Trevors patrolled the streets of Mineral Town, which was now a slightly larger town, population of 50, small, but close to if more than twice as much as before. "Dammit, why do I have to do this? Everything's…?" He stopped when he passed the beach, a boat coming in.

"What's wrong?" He turned to see his best friend, Cliff O'Neil.

"Hey, Cliff, what's with the boat?"

Cliff chuckled. "Thomas sold the farm."

"Old Man McGarnes'?"

Cliff nodded. He began walking towards the boat. "Hey, Jack!" Cliff sighed as his friend ignored him. "Ah well, back to the winery."

Zach and Kai got off the boat. Kai noticed Jack and waved. "Yo, how are you?"

Jack waved back. "How've you been?" He turned to Zach.

"I'm fine." Jack walked onto the boat. "Well, the new farmer is on here…"

"Can you help me?" He turns to see a young woman, around his age wearing blue jeans and a pink shirt, sunglasses atop her blonde hair; she was struggling with a large luggage.

"Okay." He took hold of it and picked it up without any difficulty.

The girl gasped. "Wow, you're strong…"

Jack shrugged. "This is kinda light." He took it outside, and she followed.

Zach turned away from his clipboard as they exited. "Ah, Jack, take her to the farm for me, will you?"

Jack snorted. "That's it?" Zach countered with a mightier snort. "Get going, kid."

Jack smirked and led her into town. He noticed that she was looking at the buildings in town. He stopped and she walked into his back. "Sorry!"

Jack shook his head. "My fault." Shortly after, they reached the farm. Jack put the bag in front of the house. "I noticed you looking at the buildings. I could give you a tour, Miss…"

She bowed. "Sean; Claire Sean."

Jack smirked and took out a piece of paper and a pen. "When you're ready for the tour, call me." He began walking away, then turned and winked. "Or if you want to hang out with, of course."

Claire blushed and nodded. "Thanks, officer."

He raised a hand in the air. "Jack Trevors; remember that, beautiful!"

Claire smiled and unlocked the door. She went to pick up her bag, but… "Oh, no…" She got out her phone and dialed the number Jack gave her.

"Calling already? You missed me that much?"

"N-no, I need you to help me unpack."

"What the hell did you pack?"

"Things from the city."

"You're electric bill is going to be crazy…"

"You could help me…"

Jack sighed, and Claire jumped, she turned around and smiled. "You started back the second you knew it was me, huh?" He nodded, and took the bag inside. "What the hell do you bench to carry that?"

Jack laughed. "Your dainty little arms are the problem, dear!"

Claire playfully punched his arm. "Jack, could you take me on that tour first thing tomorrow?"

He raised a brow. "It won't be first thing; I'd be here at like 7:00."

Claire crossed her arms. "Then sleep over."

Jack chuckled. "You just met me."

Claire blushed. "I'll have you sleep outside!"

"You like dogs?"

Claire was a bit surprised by his sudden question. "Why do you ask?"

"A puppy was born recently; might be useful to you."

Claire walked to the door. "Okay, we can pick him up tomorrow."

"Where are you going, blondie?"

"Seeing the rest of the farm; when I get back, I want you to show me the forest south of here."

Jack groaned. "I feel like a slave…"

Claire began lifting her shirt, which immediately caught Jack's attention. "I could always make it worth your while…"

Jack blushed and looked down. "Okay, I won't complain!"

She crossed her arms and smirked. "Oh, I basically offer you sex, and you reject me?"

"Please get going, the earlier we get going, the better."

Claire grinned and skipped out of her house and towards the large crop field. "This is a lot of space. I paid a lot of attention in school, so I should be fine."

"You know nothing about farming?"

She turned to Jack. "You're done?"

He shook his head. "I got to your panties."

Claire giggled. "I offer you sex, you turn me down; you have all of my panties right next to you, you control yourself. Are you gay, Jack?"

He grabbed her hand. "Hell no; I'd bang you, but I'm not a perv like that." He brought her to the coop. "Here's where you chickens will stay." He walked her outside and pointed at the large barn. "Over there, your cows and sheep will stay." Finally he pointed to a stable. "If you get yourself a horse, it'll stay there." He took her south of the farm, and to the area with a pond hot spring, and a cave. "Here we have the hot spring, if you ever get tired, just soak in there."

Claire looked up at him. "Would you join me sometimes?"

Jack laughed. "Maybe; over here is the goddess pond. Legends say if you throw an offering like a crop from your farm in here, you'll summon her."

Claire pointed to the cave. "Is that a mine?"

He nodded, and then led here further south, to an area with quite a bit of flowers.

"These are beautiful…"

"Those can be pretty dangerous; bees love those flowers."

She looked up to see a man, a few years older than her and Jack, dressed like a doctor.

"Claire, this is Trent; the head doctor."

She shook his hand. "Shouldn't you be at work?"

He laughed. "Today's Wednesday; my day off."

Claire 'oh'd' and went back to admiring the flowers.

"My head nurse, Elli could hook you up with some more work appropriate clothes."

She shook her head. "I brought clothes I could wear." She winked at Jack. "Some Jack would love."

He smirked. "You mean those shorts? They'd compliment your ass perfectly."

Trent sighed. "Claire, do you usually act like this with guys you just met?"

She shook her head. "Jack's different."

Jack tapped her on the shoulder, and pointed to a cave in the middle of the lake. "As you can see, you can't get there. During the winter, the lake freezes, and you can get inside; there are some cool gems in there."

Claire smiled. "Thanks for the info."

Trent walked down the path leading to town. "Don't get in too late, kids."

Claire looked at Jack. "Is that all?"

"Kinda," He picked up a flower and handed it to her. "Here, this one is usually void of bees."

She blushed and took it from him. "This one is really beautiful…"

Jack smiled. He took it from her, and rested it in her hair. "There."

Claire touched it. "Thank you…" He led her back. As he began to open the door, he heard a whistle.

"Oi, Trevors!" A young woman, around their age came running. She was wearing blue jeans, a blue shirt, and a brown cowboy hat over her long black hair. Jack smiled. "Hey, Julia."

She stopped in front of the house and handed Claire a letter. "It's from your parents." She then turned to Jack. "Taking advantage of the new girl, Trevors?"

He snorted. "Yeah, right. I may be sleeping over, but it's just for convenience."

Julia scowled at him. "How is that convenient?"

"I'm taking her on a tour of town tomorrow."

Julia gasped. "Sorry for the misunderstanding, then."

Claire opened the door. "I'll be inside."

Jack turned back to Julia. "Wanna tag along? You probably think I'm gonna screw her."

"I do think that; she is very attractive, I'd probably do her to."

Jack chuckled. "Are you a les? Or bi?"

Julia rolled her eyes. "I lived in New York with four brothers that brought woman home quite often."

"Sorry then. See you at around… 6:30?" She nodded and ran off. Jack turned back to the house to see Claire staring outside. He ran off.

"Where is he going?"

After about a half hour he came back and began shoving things in the box next to her crop field.

"The hell are you doing?"

He looked at Claire and scratched the back of his head. "Y'see…" He saw Zach walking down the path. "You'll see."

Zach picked up the things and put them in a bag. He took out a small bag and gave it to Claire. "Never thought you'd get anything on your first day. See you tomorrow."

Claire blinked after Zach left. "What just happened?"

"Everyday; save for festival days, Zach will be here at five to pick up any valuable items and pay you."

Claire slowly nodded. "Festival?"

"Holidays; you'll get used to them." He led her back inside, where they went to bed.