Chelsea wiped the sweat off her brow as she finished watering the last of her crops. She had just bought the seeds from Chen yesterday and she was happy that she finally got to plant her first summer crops, which consisted of three tomatoes plots and two corn plots. It had costed her quite a bit of money but if she worked hard, Chelsea knew that it would all pay off in the end.

The young rancher hadn't been on the islands long, but she had already created the perfect routine that fit her perfectly.

"Alright, let's see." The brunette said to herself as she put her watering can back in her Rucksack. "I've feed Bessie and Hero. Planted and watered my new crops. Visited the sprites. Cleared out the field. Shipped all my items."

She listed each action on one of her fingers as she went, trying to keep track of everything. She looked up at the sky above her. She wasn't a genius, but she could guess by the position of the sun that it was still before noon. Plenty of time to go into town and visit people.

"I can go invite Natalie and Julia for some lunch at Haila's café. I haven't had a break in awhile and it's be nice to hang out with them." Chelsea thought happily to herself as she headed to the bridge that separated her island from Verdure Island. "Oh, it's Monday! Maybe I'll get a chance to see Vaughn. I should say hi to him while he's here. I hope he isn't too busy with work."

Even though she was relatively new to Sunshine Islands, Chelsea had already befriended most of its residents. However, Vaughn was a little different. Not only was he hardly ever on the Islands, but he also had a very gruff attitude about him that made him hard to approach. The few times that Chelsea did get a chance to talk to him, the moody cowboy would sulk off saying that he had work to do and couldn't be bothered at the moment. Usually this would put people off and most would try to avoid him, but Chelsea was no stranger to being given the cold shoulder, and she knew that deep down, WAY deep down, Vaughn was just as nice and kind as everyone else. Right?

Since then, Chelsea had made it her mission to get to know him better, or at least, try to get him to smile for her. It wasn't an easy job, she knew. Out of all the people that lived on the island, Vaughn was the only one who ever had something mean or rude to say, and that was hard to get past at first, but she just considered it as another challenge that she had to overcome. So far she hadn't made any progress, but Chelsea had never known the meaning of giving up. And with that, she had found a new purpose to her walk into town.

Once she was into town, she made her first stop at Natalie's house to invite her to lunch with her. She noticed Taro, an old rancher himself and Elliot's and Natalie's grandfather, outside like he usually was and she greeted him like usual.

"Good morning Taro. Beautiful day we're having."

"Ahh, Chelsea! A beautiful day indeed. And my eyebrows are telling that it will be a good day tomorrow as well! So make sure you keep taking care of your crops accordingly!" The retired man said, wiggling his eyebrows to emphasize his point.

Chelsea couldn't help but giggle to herself. She always thought Taro's way of predicting the weather was unique. He was always spot on, of course, but that didn't make it any less entertaining to hear which body part told him so.

"Alright, I will thanks." Chelsea said. She then noticed two other relatives of Taros, both of which were sporting unique pink hair.

"I have to go say hi to Elliot. I'll see you later, sir." Chelsea said politely before waving goodbye and skipping over to where Elliot was.

Elliot had just finished stacking some shipping crates when Chelsea walked up to him.

"Morning Elliot!" The rancher chimed happily.

Elliot spun around at hearing Chelsea's voice. "O-oh! Chelsea! Good morning!" He said nervously, a blush quickly spreading over his face as he smiled at her. "H-how are you this morning?"

"I'm good, thank you. Just finished with my morning chores and I thought I'd come over and invite Natalie to lunch with me. Have you seen her around?" Chelsea said, looking around for the familiar pink haired teenager. She spotted Felicia a few feet away and waved hello.

"Natalie? She finished her chores earlier today but I think she's over at Pierre's house. She said something about learning a new recipe or something like that." Elliot shrugged. "Sorry."

"Oh no it's fine. I was just checking to see." Chelsea said, a new idea sprouting in her head. "Would you like to come instead? I'm also going over to Mirabelle's to see if Julia wants to come as well."

The blush on Elliot's face earlier was nothing compared to what it was when Julia's name was mentioned. Even his ears turned a bright shade of pink.

"J-J-Julia?" He stuttered. Chelsea thought he looked like a ball of bubble gum the way his face was starting to match the color of his hair.

"Yup. That's right. Would you like to join us?" Chelsea asked again. She thought it was cute the way Elliot obviously had a crush on Julia. She made a mental note to ask Julia what her feelings were back.

"Oh, um, well, you see, er, I'd love too, but, wait not loved, uh, I mean, not that I wouldn't like too, it's just, um, oh geez." Elliot stuttered, fumbling with his fingers as well as his words. "I would, but Natalie will kill me if I don't finish stacking the rest of these crates up and get the rest of them back in the shipping bins."

Chelsea thought the term "kill" was a little strong, but then again, she didn't put it past Natalie. Chelsea had seen firsthand what Natalie was capable of when she was mad, and couldn't help but feel a bit sorry for the girl's older brother.

"Would you like some help?" Chelsea asked instinctively, about to move over to where the rest of the crates were before Elliot stopped her.

"Oh, no! It's fine. I can do it myself." Elliot said quickly, blocking Chelsea's path with his hand.

"Are you sure? It's no trouble. I still have awhile before noon and Mirabelle's isn't too far away from here."

"Thanks, but its ok Chelsea. It's my chore and I intend to finish it." Elliot said, determined. Chelsea knew that he wasn't about to let her help so she dropped the matter and began her departure towards the animal shop.

"Well if you say so, then I'm going to go on ahead. If you finish up anytime soon, you're free to join us." She said.

Elliot gave a shy smile. "Ok. I'll tell Natalie you stopped by."

"Thanks. And I'll tell Julia that you said hi!" Chelsea waved goodbye at Elliot and he nearly tripped over a crate from embarrassment. What a cute goof. Chelsea thought to herself as she made her way to Julia's house. Two down, one to go.

My first chapter and the start of the many short stories and one shots that I'll be posting here! Hope you all enjoy! Thank you!