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-CLAIRE'S POV-

I walked up the deck and stared at the big blue sea. I felt quite relax from the gentle breeze touching my pale face. I was enjoying the moment when suddenly there was a loud thud and it caused me to almost fall overboard. 'What the hell?' I whispered as I rub my aching back. "Sorry Ms. Pacer, I caught you off guard." The captain said. "Well anyways. Here we are. Beautiful Mineral town!" he added. I stepped on the sandy beach and my eyes wander through the whole place. 'Boy this place is beautiful!' I dragged my luggage towards the cement stairs. It was so heavy! I wished I hadn't packed so much.

I came across a brick road leading to what I think was a park of some sort. I drifted my eyes from right to left and saw two roads leading to two opposite direction. Oh great! Just great! I'm lost! I closed my eyes and picked randomly, I picked the road on the right. As I came further, I saw a big sign with the word 'INN' written in bold letters.

Hmmmm... Maybe I should stay here for the night. After all I am so exhausted! I went inside and found a red headed girl whose hair was braided, and had a silly grin on her face. She merrily skipped towards me and said quite loudly. "HEY! YOU'RE NEW HERE AREN'T YOU? WELL MY NAME'S ANN AND THAT'S MY DAD AND WELCOME! ARE YOU GONNA STAY HERE FOR GOOD? WE ARE GONNA BE BEST BUDS I CAN TELL! SO WHAT'S YOUR NAME? "

Gosh was she a motor mouth! "Nice to meet you, my name's Claire. And yes, I will be staying here for quite awhile." I said trying to sound cheerful. As our conversation drifted, I learned so much about Ann and this town. I knew who's going together, who's hooking up, and a lot of other random stuff. "So Claire... How about a tour around town?" Ann said jumping up and down trying to convince me to say yes. "Umm. S-sure?" I answered quite uncertain.

And the next thing I knew, I was being dragged around by Ann meeting the residents of this small town. First I met Duke and Manna. I thought once that Manna and Ann were related; well they were both motor mouths! Then there was Sasha, Jeff, Karen, Basil, Anna, Mary, Carter, Stu, Ellen, Harris, the mayor, Barley and May. It was almost 11:00 and now I really felt exhausted. I want to stop for while, but Ann insisted that we continue.

We were on our way to what Ann called the 'POULTRY FARM' when Doug came running towards us looking very angry. "What's up pop?" Ann said annoyingly. "DON'T YOU 'WHAT'S UP POP' ME! YOU LEFT ME ALL ALONE IN THE INN WITHOUT ANY WARNING! BLAH BLAH BLAH!" He shouted. I can't hear the rest because, well, because I passed out.

I woke up with a headache. Oh jeez! I thought to myself as I rubbed my temples. I was in a white room with blue curtains surrounding every inch of the room. "She's awake! She's awake!" I heard someone shouting across the room. Ann! I thought for sure. And, I was right. Ann ran towards me and hugged me very tightly. "OHCLAIREIAMVERYSORRYIT'SMYFAULTTHATYOUPASSEDOUTANDI'MVERYSORRY..." she continued. I cut her off and tried to calm her. "Ann, calm down. Breathe! Breathe!" I gestured her to breathe deeply. "Okay. I'm good. I'm good." She said. "Don't worry. I'll take care of you." She added.

"Excuse me Ann, can I please talk to the patient?" said a man wearing a lab coat with black ebony hair. His eyes were serious but at the same time attractive. That is one hot doctor! I stared at his features and he seemed to notice. Because he took a step backward and I saw his face quite flushed. "W-well, a-as I-I was saying. You'll be okay s-soon, just t-take lots of rest." He stuttered.

I was blushing myself! God was he hot! "Oh, thank you umm... doctor?" I said. "It's Trent. Doctor Trent. And may I please have your name?" He said shyly. "Umm... I mean for your record here in the clinic." He added. "Oh. My name's Claire. Claire Pacer." I said quite disappointed. It was around five when I checked out of the clinic, Ann left an hour ago so I went straight to the Inn. As I approached the door, I was knocked down by a tall figure. "OUCH!" I cried. I looked up and saw a young man wearing an UMA hat looking down on me quite shocked. "S-sorry." He grunted and offered me a hand. "It's okay." I said. There was an awkward silence between us. "W-well, to show you how sorry I am, I'll buy you dinner." He suddenly said and with that he dragged me, not waiting for my response.

We went inside and settled on a table. "Oh yeah, the name's Gray." He started. "Mine's Claire, I'm new here." I said trying to be friendly. "So I've noticed." He smirked. 'What an ass hole! He could at least be polite!' I thought to myself. "So, how do you like the town so far?" he asked. I think he was trying to strike a conversation. "It's okay, I guess." I answered. After we finished dinner, our conversation drifted, say, he wasn't that bad after all.

Not very long, I saw Ann running towards us. "Claire! I see you've met my cousin!" she said. "Oh, you're related?" I said pointing to Gray. "Yes, sadly." Gray said teasingly. Ann frowned and slapped his shoulders that caused him to fall. I started to laugh. "H-hey! What's so funny?" Gray said with puppy dog eyes. "You're that weak?" I teased him.

"Oh yeah? I happened to be a blacksmith Ms. I-know-everything!" He snapped back. I continued to laugh and soon enough Ann joined me. "Yeah, a weak blacksmith!" I continued to tease him. He didn't say anything. Instead, he stood up, picked me up and settled me on his shoulder. "AHHH! GRAY! PUT ME DOWN! PUT ME DOWN!" I shrieked. Everyone was looking at us, and now it was his time to laugh. He didn't listen to me. He continued laughing with me hanging on his shoulder.

"DAMN IT GRAY!" I shouted and with that I struggled so hard that it caused both of us to fall down on the floor. He fell on his back with me on top. I blushed madly when I realized that our faces were only an inch away, he stared at my face and I stared at his. Now I can see his face more clearly, without his stupid hat covering his face. His hair was red and he had baby blue eyes. I totally think he was very handsome.

We stayed in the same position for about a minute when Ann caught our attention. She was laughing loudly with her hands on her stomach. It took me a while to realize our situation, and when I did, I quickly stood up. "U-uh... S-sorry, I-I d-didn't... I mean... I have to take a shower." I stuttered and ran quickly upstairs to my room. I slam the door behind me and sat on the bed. 'He was so close to me.' I thought and remembered the way that he stared into my eyes.

"Knock knock! Claire? It's me! Ann! Can I come in?" I heard her saying with quite a giggle in her tone. "It's open." I said quietly. She went in quickly and sat next to me. "So, how do you like my cousin?" She asked teasingly. "What do you mean?" I said trying to act innocent. "Oh nothing in particular, I'm just asking how did you like my cousin?" She said trying to sound clean. "He's okay, I guess, END OF DISCUSSION!" I snapped. "Ooookay! Well, I just came in to deliver these clean towels. I recall that you told Gray that you're going to take a shower?" She said with a wide grin. "Thanks." I smirked.

I went inside the bathroom and started my shower. All that time I was thinking about what happened that night. Maybe I should forget about it.

-GRAY'S POV-

'Shit! What just happened?' I thought to myself. I went to my room, and the more I think about it the more it made me blushed. I realized that Claire was just next room. Maybe I should apologize to her. It took me awhile to find my courage, but I manage to make it to her door. I knocked quietly and waited for a response. A minute has passed and still no response. I poke my head through the door, and saw that the room was empty.

I took a step inside. 'Hmm... Where is she?' I thought to myself. I let myself inside and sat on the bed. Suddenly, the bathroom door beside the bed flung open and there stood Claire, in her white bathrobe. I stared blankly for a few seconds and quickly stood up. "Uh, I-I just c-came here to say sorry and uh- bye!" I said quickly and tried to take my leave.

But before I could leave the room, Claire held me back. "Please wait outside for awhile. I'm just going to get dressed and then we could talk." She said meekly. I followed her instructions and after five minutes she led me inside. She sat on a chair near a table and I sat across her.

"You were saying?" She said. "I-I'm sorry, about what happened earlier." I said quietly. "It's okay." She said. "I hope we could still be good friends!" She added but now her tone of voice was more cheerful. "Yeah, and uh goodnight!" I said and took my leave.

I lay on my bed trying to get to sleep when suddenly the door creaked open and Cliff went inside. Cliff was my roommate. He sat quietly on his bed as always. "Hey Cliff! Have you seen the new girl?" I asked quite excited. "N-no, what was she like?" he said in a soft voice. "Well, she's slime. She has a long blonde hair. She's very nice." I answered smiling.

Cliff stared at me; he began to smile, which was kind of creepy and said "You like her, don't you?" "What! No!" I protested. I couldn't like someone whom I just met! Sheesh! I mean, I barely knew her. "Well, whatever." Cliff replied then went to sleep.

Sometimes I can't understand that guy. I mean, Ann had a crush on him but I don't know if Cliff's even interested on my cousin. Sigh, well, I better go to sleep. Work starts early tomorrow.

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