*DISCLAIMER* I do not own Harvest Moon. The characters, places, nuthin'. So don't sue me. Please. /gets down on knees

There is seriously something wrong with me.

I glared at the cozy little home I had just signed the papers for. Now… It was mine…

"Seriously. Was I on drugs when I made this decision?" I circled around my tiny riverside parcel of land, scoffing in disgust.

"Hi! You're new here, right?!"

I quickly plastered a sweet smile on my face and spun around to meet the owner of the high-pitched, squeaky voice only to greet a strange girl with a stupid grin on her face and hair that looked suspiciously like cotton candy. "Oh, hello. My name is Jill, may I ask yours?"

"Nina! I like flowers, honey, sweets, and fluffy things! I work on the Spring Farm with my mumzy!"

"Ah, I see, I'm here on the ranch plan. I hope we'll be good friends." Jeez. Does my patience have no bounds?

"Of course! Ummm, when I heard that another girl my age would be moving into town I decided you might like a gift…" She uncovered a small teddy bear from a fold of her skirt. "I bought it in the city when I visited my dad a little while ago. You know, in case an occasion to give it came up…" Her stupid grin melted into a sweet and shy smile. At that point I believe that my smile became sincere.

"Awww! It's adorable, I'll be sure to take extra special care of it!"

"D'aw, we definitely have to find chances to hang out then, at the Perch Inn or Callaway Café."

After a few more minutes of banter my new friend took her leave, each of us waving until the other was out of sight.

Maybe this wasn't as big of a mistake as I initially thought…

I entered my ramshackle house to be overtaken by a strong, musty smell. A thick layer of dust rested upon every surface and spider webs hung on the walls. I sighed. "This'll take a while…" A bed sat in a corner besides a nightstand, a small kitchen was organized in another. A bookshelf, wardrobe, and chest were shoved in the center of the room along with a table and a few chairs seemingly awaiting to be set up. After locating cleaning supplies in the lumber shed outside I got straight to tidying the place to my standards.

Surprisingly, my eye for style was made evident by my cleanup job. The furniture was in okay condition and gave the single room a cute and cozy look thanks to my little touches of flowers and whatever else I had traveled with or found on my property. For a final touch I rested the little teddy bear Nina had given me upon my pillow.

I decided it might be time to meet the community.

"Woah, what's with me???" I was the type to keep to myself, to avoid others and think only of myself. Must be something about this town… I looked down at myself to see if I was still presentable. My black tank top, acid washed skinny jeans, and grey converse somehow had avoided being totally overtaken by dust. My walnut eyes were framed by my long eyelashes and my chestnut brown hair was down with its normal side bangs and looking fairly neat. "Alright! Ready to roll!"

******

First stop; Blue Sky Ranch, right next door to me. I knocked on the door.

"Come on in! We're open!" I did as I was told and turned the knob. "Ah, you must be the owner of the ranch next door. The name's Hank." Hank was a middle-aged man; balding and with buck teeth accompanied by a southern accent. He seemed friendly enough though.

I mustered up my greatest accent to match his, "Nice to meetchy'all, they call me Jill." He raised an eyebrow. I dropped the accent…

"Well. You seem like an interestin' gal. I'm assumin' you'll make a great addition to our town here." He rubbed his chin. "You'll find my daughter, Ellen and my nephew, Blue outside with the animals."

"Alrighty, well, I'll be seeing you Hank!" I felt like an idiot… I just had to make fun of the accent didn't I… The ranch was massive, two young people were tending to the cattle. They seemed to be around eighteen, like myself.

The girl, Ellen, happened to notice me from across the pasture, "Hiya! Are you the new neighbor? My name is Ellen and this is my cousin, Blue, say hi Bluuuuuue."

"Hi." Gosh, that guy had one awesome poker face!

"It's great to meet you guys. I'm Jill." They seemed like potential friends.

"We love this town! Hope you do too! We gotta get back to work now, but I hope we can get together sometime." Hearing that, I left to go meet another neighbor, Jamie. Whatever the reason, the kid had a purple complex. I noticed that as soon as I saw the farm.

"What are you doing here?! Get off my farm!" The purple-haired Jamie seemed a tad bit upset… I couldn't distinct the gender of 'Jamie', who, for whatever reason, decided to wear a poncho and fedora that morning. The maniac came after me waving a pitchfork and screaming threats. My legs carried me all the way to bar where I met a man named Duke and his niece, Eve who gave me temporary shelter from the raving purple-haired lunatic.

******

After wandering around looking for another place to stop I heard a twig snap.

"LOOK OUT BELOW!!!" A boy that seemed to be my age flopped down on the path in front of me from an overhanging tree. Just then I heard another snap. Except this time it wasn't a twig, but a pair of glasses. A handsome grey-eyed boy looked up in my general direction. "Oh my, I'm so sorry! Let me just get out of your way…" He picked up his aviator glasses only to discover them to be broken beyond repair after attempting to try them on. "This is troublesome…" The boy shoved the glasses in his shirt pocket and shot up from the ground.

For the first time I got a clear look at the guy; he was wearing a plain green button up shirt, messily thrown on with a grey muscle shirt underneath, dark-wash jeans, and a worn pair of sneakers. He was indeed handsome with his ruffled dark brown hair, grey eyes, and sweet face.

"That was a nasty fall, are you okay?" His eyes were directed a bit to my right, to which he gave a goofy grin.

"I assure you that I'm feeling quite alright. The only problem is my poor vision." He lowered his head in thought. "I see that my experiment ended in failure…" As if planned, a spaceship-ish device crashed down from the sky in a heap at my feet. I picked it up, and turned it about in my hands, taking in the strange design.

"May I ask what this… Invention is?" The brunette who seemed to have been having extreme problems seeing me scooted in about three inches from my face, which I pretended not to notice.

"Ah, it's my homemade satellite! Imagine every household having their own miniature satellite out in space to pick up on everything they might want to know, hear any report they might want to listen in on, I may even install a laser so any target on the planet may be neutralized at any time…" He stared off into space(if he could even tell where that was with his eyesight), a mischievous gleaming in his eyes.

"Wow, yeah, that'd definitely be interesting…" I couldn't help but smile at the guy.

He seemed to have a sudden thought, "I don't believe that I have yet been acquainted with you. My name is Louis." He gave me a sweet smile.

Louis… "Mine is Jill. It's lovely to meet you."

"Well Jill, I say that we should get something to eat in return for my having startled you! How does that sound?"

Although it was nothing to recompense for I quickly nodded. "I would be pleased to oblige." I chuckled, "Jeez, you have me talking all fancy-like now!"

"It seems I have that effect on people." He gave a wry grin. "Now the challenge is making it to the inn without me unintentionally walking to China…"

"Hmmm… I see our problem."

******

Sure, a few people stared at Louis and me as he clung to the back of my shirt while giving me directions to the Perch Inn but that's okay! We had fun and that's all that matters. Our laughter filled the streets as we made our way towards our destination. Half the town didn't even know me at the time. I was almost disappointed when we successfully reached the end of our 'journey'.

"Heyyy, welcome to the Perch Inn! Louis with a girl? This is a sight I've never seen before!" A stylish blond girl behind a counter tried to decipher the sight before her eyes. A middle-aged man ruffled her hair.

"Now, now Gwen. If you can't tend to the customers properly you'll have to leave. Go play with Bob or something."

"Uncle Doug!!! Are you trying to humiliate me?!" Gwen scoffed at her uncle and gave me a lopsided grin. "I'm Gwen, as you probably overheard, and this is my Uncle Doug. You're the new rancher Nina mentioned right? Jill?"

"Yupp, that's me." At that moment a large muscular man barged in-

"GWEN!" Gwen's face erupted into an overjoyed smile.

"Bob!" Gwen ran into Bob's outstretched arms and was smashed into a bear hug. The two took up residence at a table in the center of the room, talking in what sounded to be a struggle to make themselves heard over a jet.

"Well, let's take a seat." Louis appeared lost, probably having only heard all that had just occurred. I giggled to myself. I dragged him over to a table in a corner. Doug sauntered over.

"What can I get for you two?"

Louis seemed to become alert at the mention of food. "Pizza! Jill, are you okay with pizza? It's spectacular here, we can just get plain if you like." Pizza fetish perhaps?

"Eh… But I like anchovies…. Is that okay with you? I'd also like a root beer!"

"Of course! We'll take a large anchovy pizza and I'll take a root beer too." Louis grinned at me with that goofy look of his, I just so happened to blush. This may be problematic for our currently developing friendship…

******

We ended up staying at the inn for hours, until the restaurant closed in fact. Louis walked me home promising that tomorrow he would introduce me to the rest of the community. I attempted to disregard the fact that I was quite taken with my new friend. Louis… Wait… How will he get home by himself?!

FINALLY did a second story. Please review it or something super nice like that! I'll work on another chapter soon... It's past 3:30am where I am, so... I'm not a giraffe or anything you know(they get 2hrs of sleep according to Elaine)!!! Thank you! Sweet dreams! LURVE YOU!!!!!!!!!