Harvest Moon
Gray & Mary's Story
Chapter One
Mary was sitting alone at her desk one day scribbling away at her book-in-progress, molding characters and organizing the plot. She was alone in the library, at her desk. Nobody ever came to the library so she was completely alone and worked tirelessly on the few sheets of lined paper in front of her. She was so engulfed in her work she didn't notice the young man open the door.
"Hello?" He said quietly.
Mary jumped, falling out of her chair. Papers flew everywhere. She stumbled to get up, adjusting her glasses and fixing her black hair to study the man in front of her.
He wore a khaki outfit, had light auburn hair which was mostly concealed by a large UMA hat. Mary could tell he was handsome even though the shadow his hat produced covered most of his face. He didn't seem the type of person that would smile much. He was clearly shy, like Mary.
"Sorry, sorry…" she mumbled reaching down to pick up her book-in-progress. The young man bent down to help, handing her the sheets of paper he held. "Thank you. I'm sorry, what are you looking for?" she asked; typical librarian question.
"I… um… just was looking for something to read…" he mumbled. "I'm Gray. I don't think I know you."
"Mary," She said stacking the book-in-progress on her desk. "The fiction section is upstairs. The nonfiction section is down here." She said, pointing. Gray looked in amazement of the wide selection of books. "Thanks." He muttered heading upstairs.
Gray brought his book downstairs and settled at the table across the room. If he turned his head a little bit to the left, he could see Mary hard at work on her book-in-progress. She had pretty long black hair, braided at the moment. She had large glasses and wore a blue dress over a blouse. Gray smiled to himself.