AN: Hello everyone! Keeptheworldbeneathmyfeet here! So this is my second fanfiction. I do plan on finishing the Heart of Life but i had such a good idea that i had to start writing this as well. I'll be doing both at the same time! Hope you all enjoy! I don't own any of these characters as well!


"No you're the cutest." Kana kissed Georgia on the nose while she giggled.

"Nah, you're the cutest." She spoke in her southern drawl, which made her statement even more adorable.

"Both of you are going to make me sick." I finally said. I had been staring at my tea cup for the past ten minutes, trying to ignore the love sickness brewing between my two friends, "If you two are going to keep being this disgustingly cute, I'm going to need something stronger than tea."

"Aw don't be that way Lillian!" Kana exclaimed, "I would say you're just jealous but you have a boyfriend of your own! Where is Cam?"

"They broke up!" Georgia looked at me sympathetically, "Lillian broke Cam's little ol' heart."

"Okay, I didn't break his heart. I just realized that we weren't meant for each other. We're still going to be friends." I explained, "He understood."

"You're a little heartbreaker Lillian," Georgia giggled, "Country stars will write songs about you."

"Georgia, if you call me a heartbreaker again I will tell your father where you spend your days off." I said with a devious smile. Kana and Georgia had been dating in secret since the beginning of the year. They lived in two separate villages. Georgia lived in Bluebell, while Kana and I lived in Konohana. There was a lot of rivalry and animosity between the two towns, especially among the elders. But us younger generation didn't understand why there such hatred between the towns. I didn't quite understand either when I first moved. I lived in Bluebell my first spring but I decided to move to Konohana for the summer and fall in order to have a larger crop field. As much as I loved my cow Betsy and my chicken Dali, they weren't giving me enough of an income to live comfortably. I had friends in both villages and watched as my friends snuck around their parents back to see the others. We all got together every second and fourth Saturday of the month and had a large bonfire on the mountaintop. I had watched as Kana and Georgia defy everything they were taught and fall in love. It was like a modern day Romeo and Juliet but hopefully with a happier ending. Since Kana lived on his own, Georgia would tell her father she was spending the day on the mountain but in reality be in Konohana, looking after Kana's horses till he closed up shop. Then they would cook dinner together and I was usually the lucky third-wheel.

"You wouldn't dare!" She gasped loudly, "He would take me straight to Rutger who would tell me that Konohana was like Hell or something!" She nestled herself under Kana's arm. He kissed the top of her head.

"Lillian, how did you know Cam wasn't meant for you?" Kana inquired.

I thought for a second, "I didn't have that feeling deep down inside myself that told me it was love. I've had it before and when I was with Cam, I didn't feel it. I mean sure, I probably could have grown to love Cam but it wouldn't have been the same. I'm sounding pretty cliché, but I want a love that consumes every nerve and fibre of my being." I stirred my pinkie in my tea.

"So you've been in love with someone like that before?" Kana asked.

"Yeah…" I thought back to the young boy with the brown hair.

"Tell us!" Georgia clapped her hands together, "You rarely talk about your past!"

"There's nothing to tell," I shrugged, "It was a summer romance that never had any romance. I was in love with a boy who didn't even realized I existed."

"I don't care!" Georgia stated, "I want to hear it!"

"Alright, fine. I warned you, there is no happy ending in this story." I signed, "So when I was 15, my parents decided to take me away for the summer season. I had finished school for the semester and they thought it would be a nice treat. They had recently heard of this revival of the Bazaar in Zephyr Town. It had declined in recent years but now this young female farmer had revived it all by herself. So we went. We booked a room at the inn for the whole season. Zephyr was nothing like the city, it only two a few minutes to see everything it had to offer. The people were nice but more comfortable with each other rather than strangers. I was 15 and I had no friends. Well until I met this young boy. His name was Kevin and he loved pulling pranks on people. He'd find bugs and then put them in people's clothes or something like that.

"Kevin was 13, so he was only one of the people around my age. I spent a lot of time with him over the summer. Through him is how I met Dirk." Just speaking his name made my heart ache, "He was 18. He worked at the restaurant as a waiter. He was the younger brother of the tutor in town, but I can't recall his name now. He was so…." I sighed, "cool." Georgia giggled.

"It sounds like a teenage crush to me."

"That's what I thought it was. I barely spoke to him. He was three years older than me so he was that unattainable older guy I was never going to have. He would hang out with Kevin and they would find bugs together. Dirk acted like Kevin was his younger brother rather than the town prankster. I swear I only spoke to him a few times but he knew my name. I had fallen out of a tree on the last week I was in Zephyr and he was the one who found me. I was trying to get this stupid eagle feather I had seen in a nest. I had a horrible gash down the side of my knee, which would not stop bleeding. Dirk carried me to their doctor and waited as I got stitched up. He let me practically break his hand as I got the stitches and watched over till my parents came rushing from the inn. That's when I knew I was in love with a guy who I could never have."

"So what happened?" Kana asked.

"What do you mean 'what happened'?"

"After you fell? Did you guys see each again? Did you kiss him? Please tell me you kissed him!" Georgia grilled me with questions.

I shook my head, "Nothing. He came to say goodbye to me and my parents. He had gotten to know them since he was giving them their food at the restaurant. He gave me the feather I had been trying to get out of the tree when I fell…he climbed up there himself to get it back for me. Now I know you both wish that then we communicated when I got home and fell in love. But that's not what happened. I never heard from him again. Besides I knew he had feelings for that female farmer who had revived the Bazaar. When you saw her walk down the road, all the boys stopped to watch her even Dirk."

"So he's the one who got away." Kana nodded.

I shook my head; "I think you need to have the guy in order for that to work. He's not the one who got away, just the one who never was." I looked at the clock on the wall, "Shoot, I got to go. I have to put Betsy back in the barn. I can't believe it's 6 already. Thanks for the tea guys, have a good night!" I waved at them.

"Night Lillian!" Kana called out from his kitchen as I walked out the store door. It was summer so it was still quite warm, even for the evening. I walked slowly from Kana's to my farm. Talking about the past like that always put me in a slump. It's been six years since that summer yet I couldn't shake it. Maybe it was the thought that I could have missed out on something amazing by not acting on my feelings. Dirk was not the reason my relationships didn't work out. But I've never met someone who made me feel the way I felt about him. I bet he married that beautiful farmer and they must have like three kids by now. He'd run his own booth at the Bazaar and cook for her every night, while I barely can make myself rice without somehow burning it and I barely make enough to scrape by. Luckily the people here understand so I can barter or trade to get goods. Doing errands for them also helps. I kicked a rock on the ground in frustration. This isn't exactly what I thought my life would be like.

Betsy mooed happily when I walked onto the farm. My dogs barked at me and jumped up to be petted. Whenever I felt sad, my animals knew how to make me feel better. They loved me unconditionally, no questions asked. I heard a loud hoot and my owl Athena flew from the roof of my house and onto my shoulder. I stroked my finger between her eyes and she nipped me playfully.

"Come on Betsy, time to go inside." I pushed her towards the barn door. The dogs barked and she quickened up her pace. My cat, Snowball, had already but the chicken inside their coop. Athena flew off my shoulder and into the trees, she's going hunting for herself tonight. Byron, the horse I had rented off of Kana, neighed quietly at me. He still had his saddle on from this morning. I started to undo the latches before I heard manic barking from my dogs.

"Lafayette! King! Quiet down!" I shouted from underneath Byron.

"I'm sorry, I don't think your dogs like me too much." I heard a voice. I stood up surprised and saw a young man sitting on my fence, trying to protect his feet from my dogs.

"Shit!" I said under my breath, "Shoo!" I ushered my dogs away from the stranger and he put his feet back on the ground, "I'm so sorry about that! They're not really good with strangers."

"Well I'm not that much of a stranger now, am I Lillian?" The young man said with a smile.

I looked at him in surprise. He did look slightly familiar, "I'm sorry do I know you?"

"Wow you forgot me already? It's Dirk! From Zephyr Town! I guess it's been six years but still! I can't believe you forgot the guy who saved your life!" I felt my stomach clench. Dirk? He didn't even look the same. He had grown several inches and towered over me now. His hair was longer as well. He wasn't dressed in the mountainous outfits that everyone wore in Zephyr. But when I looked into his eyes, I knew it was he. The same light green eyes with hints of hazel flakes inside. It was him.

"Dirk? Oh Goddess hi! You grew a lot since I last saw you! I'm so sorry I didn't recognize you!"

"Yeah I had a late growth spurt a few years ago. I mean really late, the doctor was so shocked when I told him I was 19!"

"What are you doing in Konohana?"

"I'm the new mail carrier! Ina and Rutger send out ads all over the place and I heard about it back in Zephyr. I applied for both and got offers right away! Ina told me there was a vacant house here so I bought it! I just arrived today! I was just introducing myself to all the villagers and the guy who owns the pet shop, Kana I think his name is, told me that there was a farmer named Lillian who lived here. I wondered if it was you, and surprise! It was! It's funny, that Kana guy had a really big smile on his face when he told me, same with his girlfriend Georgia."

Great…now I was going have to deal with them, "You don't say! Why did you leave Zephyr Town?"

"Long story! I'll have to tell you another night! Let's do dinner on Sunday and then we can catch up fully! I want to hear about how you got the farm and everything! But I better go; I have to see the blacksmith guy still! Goodnight Lillian!" he waved at me before he disappeared into town.

"Bye Dirk…" I said quietly. I took off Byron's saddle and quickly went into my house. What's happening right now? How is he here? I don't know if this is a dream or a nightmare. I changed into my pyjamas and pulled out a small wooden chest from beneath my bed. It was the last remnants of my past life, before I moved here. I opened it slowly and sitting on top of all the photos was an eagle feather.