Thank you for all of your reviews: KittiKat16, Padme4000 and kelley28

I'm gratefull to have reviewers on this HM story since my other one only has one... and around six chapters... -cries- anyway, thanks, this chapter is a little slower and shorter than I intended, but it's mainly a filler. Besides, I think that this is a start of something in the story, so it being alone's okay. R&R!


It seemed that time stopped for the two people on top of the mountain. They both sat peacefully on the peak, stargazing and just hanging out. They were starting to know each other, just a little chitchat here and there. They were getting along perfectly, the chemistry between them was a positive one, light mood, laughs and happiness overall.

"…and that's when I figured out that it was the wrong test tube! It blew up on my face!" Alex finished with a laughing fit.

She joined him on the laughs quickly, stopping for breath. "Oh man, I bet it burned!"

"It did, but Elli helped me get cured with tea leaves' based mask." He sighed with a smile, remembering all the painful masks he had to wear until he was cured.

"I guess you two are very close, huh." Claire said with one raised eyebrow, hiding a small smirk.

He looked surprised, but then realized what was going on. "We're best friends, not what the town rumors say."

"Is it true that you guys live together?" She asked letting herself fall on the ground to see the darkish sky above. "You know, I'm just curious."

"We live on the same house, but we're not together like that." He answered simply with a shrug. "We've been together since we were little."

"How did you guys met?" She sighed while closing her eyes, breathing in deeply that fresh air that made her smile.

"We were on school together since elementary school, we both wanted to study medicine since young so I guess we just shared the same labor goal." He said, raising an eyebrow when he noticed that Claire was on the dirt, getting her arms that covered her hair dirty.

"That's a nice way to meet people; I always meet people at the funniest times…" She trailed off, remembering all the times she met new people.

He laughed when she said that, remembering a couple of hours ago. "I kinda figured that one…"

Lei laughed too. After a while, she took a deep breath and looked at him. "I'm really sorry for falling on you doctor."

"Oh, it's okay." He said while scratching the back of his neck nervously. "No real harm done, right?"

"Yeah, but… I'm sorry." She smiled softly and sighed.

He smiled too and looked at her. "I'm the one that should be apologizing; I startled you to begin with."

"You got a point." She said with a small laugh while getting up.

They looked up to the sky, which was starting to get brighter. Sunrise was about to come and the colors where blending together into pinks and purples, getting light shades of blue and orange. He yawned softly, passing it then to Claire.

She laughed softly as he chuckled and yawned again. "Hey!"

"You started it!" Claire complained while crossing her arms.

"Uh… you're right." He said with a shrug. "Do you know what time it is?"

She looked at her wristwatch and gasped. "It's almost four thirty!"

"Really? Oh man, we better get going; we got work to do tomorrow!" He sighed disappointedly; he was actually having a good time and made a new friend!

"Uh! Don't remind me… that farm's gonna take a lot of work to fix." She dusted off a little bit of dirt off her pants. "It's gonna take a while for it to work…"

"Don't worry; I'm sure you'll be able to do it." He assured while getting up, offering a hand which she gladly accepted.

"Thanks Al." She said with a soft smile.

"Call me doctor, please." He sighed with a little annoyance. "Alex is just so…"

"I didn't call you Alex!" She winked. "I called you Al. And I'll call you Al. Think of it as a sign of my friendship… or else."

He couldn't help but smile. "You always have to win, don't you?"

"…maybe…" After brushing the remaining dust off her clothes, she looked up at him again. "This town isn't half bad. Thanks for such a nice welcoming."

"No problem. I hardly have any friends here…" He sighed sadly as they started to walk down the path.

"Why? You're so nice!" She complimented with a frown. "I think that it's going to be hard for me to make friends here…"

"Well, apparently we have something in common." He mumbled to himself, but she heard it.

They kept walking down the moist grass of the mountain and through a small bridge. The wind was blowing softly, making their hairs move all around like crazy. After a couple of minutes of comfortable silence, they came into two roads.

They walked through the one to the left, which lead them directly to the farm. Alex remembered the dog from yesterday and looked around, trying hard to find it. After giving up, he noticed that they were already on Claire's doorstep.

"Well, see you tomorrow, Al." She yawned. "…what day is it?"

"You mean today or tomorrow?" He asked with a smile, seeing her frown.

"Today! Tomorrow is well… ah, it's the same." She said with a smile, covering her mouth and trying to hold back another yawn.

"Tuesday. It looks like we'll be busy, huh." He answered warmly, giving a glance at the devastated farm. "This place used to be so beautiful…"

Claire did the same and sighed loudly. "I'll fix it, I'm sure."

He nodded and looked up at the sky, which was getting brighter by the minute. "Well, I'll better get going then. See you later, Claire!"

"Sure, bye Al." She smiled and waved until he was on the wooden gates. Then she got inside her small shack to get ready to go to sleep.

Alex continued to make his way toward the clinic, his eyes wanted to close very badly and he was so tired that every step seemed to drain the energy from him. After several minutes, he found himself on the clinic's front door rather quickly with a smile.

"Man, coffee's gonna be my friend tomorrow… or today." He said to himself as he closed the door and climbed the stairs. Elli's room was locked and dark, meaning that she should be asleep already. He made his way to his room and closed the door and not even bothering to change clothes, he jumped to bed and fell asleep almost immediately.