A/N: ARGHHHH! I hate it when I have writer's block! Anyways, thanks to the two people who reviewed and helpfully criticized my chapter! I really appreciated it w Never thought reviews would come so quickly ya know? Disclaim- ME NO OWN HARVEST MOON! - Such terrible grammar XD Anyways, on with the chapter! Again, sorry if I'm being OOC. I hope I get some funny stuff this chapter w Tell me if it's funny okay? Please review! Means a lot to me3 –thinks: I ramble on too much =_=;;-
Chapter Two: Rivals and an Evil Sister
"Hey Lillian? You in here?" shouted Briella as she walked into the ranch, craning her neck to see if Lillian was hiding anywhere, in the field, in her house, or in a flower pot. Knowing Lillian, she was probably somewhere with her cows, who she always took pride in. "Lill-"
"RUNAWAY CHICKEN!" A small chicken dashed past Briella and a figure went pass her as well, causing the poor blue-eyed girl to go sprawling onto the floor. 'What was THAT all about?' she thought as she got up, dusting herself off. 'I just hope they don't-' she thought too soon. They ran past again and she narrowly dodged the two. The chicken turned around and ran past Briella.
"Not so fast little guy," Briella said as she scooped up the chicken. The chicken looked innocently up at Briella and she just stared back. "You sure cause a lot of trouble here," she noted and the chicken didn't reply, just cocked his head to the side.
"Thanks Bree!" Lillian said, appearing next to her, and Briella handed the chicken back to its owner. "Sorry for the sudden outburst, I accidentally left the gate open for them," Lillian said and Briella sweatdropped. 'Well…at least I know what to expect whenever I come here. "Hey! When I'm done, let's go visit Laney! I bet she has some sweets to give out," Lillian said eagerly and Briella facepalmed. Really, when you look at Lillian and sweets, you kinda of expect real sparkles to be coming off of her.
"Well, alright, since my music sheets mysteriously vanished from my room, I guess I have time to be out for now," Briella said and Lillian's eyes shone with excitement. The sun shone brightly and Briella did all she could do to get the sun out of her eyes, failing to cover it up entirely. It was a Thursday, a couple of days after Briella had moved into the new town. She was still getting used to it, it seemed comfortable enough from her point of view. Everyone was nice, or at least she thought everyone was. She still hadn't met everyone yet. "But I still need to visit everyone in town, we didn't get to finish that yesterday," she reminded Lillian and she smacked her forehead.
"Oh duh! Of course! Let's go see if Laney can come today," Lillian said, grabbing Bree's wrist and dragged her to the café, with no such sign of letting go anytime soon.
*~20 or so minutes later~*
"Laney~" Lillian rang out once she entered the café. Briella trailed behind, dusting herself off after all that dragging. Laney looked up, seeing the two and grinned,
"Hey you guys," she said smiling, "What's new?"
"Briella still hasn't met everyone yet! We need to finish it today! Then we can have tons of fun!" Lillian said cheerfully and Briella sweatdropped. 'She sure is energetic, let's just hope she doesn't make me go crazy,' she thought, shuffling her feet, awkwardly. Everyone in the café was staring at them. How could they not? Lillian practically slammed the door open and called for Laney, who by the way was handling everything just fine till then.
"Just a minute, let me ask dad if I can go today," Laney said and walked off, appearing to be going to where her father was. She later came back, with a quick nod.
"Let's go," she said with a smile and Lillian pumped both fists into the air.
"Yes!" she said enthusiastically. Briella shook her head laughing a little and the three of them walked out of the café, altogether when Briella noticed something purple from a distance. She figured it was Cam since he was the one that wears purple, or so she assumed.
"You guys wait here," she said and Lillian nodded while Laney looked at her quizzically as Briella walked off.
"Hey Cam!" she called out cheerfully and the florist looked up, wondering who had called his name. His eyes settled on Bree, who was smiling up at him.
"Wanna come with us? I was just meeting the rest of the townspeople. Cause I didn't finish meeting all of them yesterday," Briella said, grinning, making an effort to be nice to him, the antisocial.
"Well….since I wasn't getting anything done yet, I guess I could go with you for a while," he said, "But let me put up a sign first." Briella and Cam walked over to his flower stand and he pulled out a paper and a marker, beginning to write before she piped up.
"Can I write the sign?" she asked and Cam nodded, handing her the marker. She wrote happily and left it up, letting it say, "Gone out, be back soon~!" Cam looked at the sign and gave a small smile. "Okay! Is that all? Is there anything else you need to do?" she asked patiently and he shook his head.
"I guess that's all, I already watered all my plants so I'm good to go," he said and Briella smiled. The two walked over to Lillian and Laney, who were waiting.
"Cam's joining us too?" Lillian asked, looking curiously over at Cam. Briella nodded.
"I though I'd ask him, he didn't seem to be doing anything so I thought it would be nice for our threesome to be a foursome," she said and Lillian nodded as if she got it completely. Laney smiled.
"Well, we should be going off. Which house first?" she asked.
"Ash's! I still haven't gotten to redeem myself after the cow incident!" Lillian decided. Briella looked a little confused. 'What cow incident?' she wondered as they walked towards Ash's house. Laney noticed Briella's confused expression and began to explain.
"Lillian and Ash were having a little mini competition with their cows and something accidentally scared Lillian's cow and it ran away, almost running over Lillian herself," Laney said and Briella laughed. Lillian pouted.
"Not funny!" she exclaimed.
"I remember when Ash told me. He told me that your face was priceless when you figured out your cow was running away," Cam said, quietly. Lillian was fuming, but she couldn't stay mad for very long. It was either she was a forgiving person or a forgetful person. They made it to Ash's door and Lillian knocked on the door, err, more of like a BAM! BAM!
"Wait a minute! Cheryl, I have to answer the door," said a voice followed by a groan and someone opened the door. Out came, Ash, Lillian's ranch rival, and Briella sweatdropped. There was also a little girl by the name of Cheryl who was close behind her brother. "Oh hey Lillian."
"Don't you 'hey Lillian' me! You've been telling me about the cow incident!" Lillian said, fuming. Laney snickered; Cam was smiling a little and Briella sweatdropped.
"I did? I don't recall telling anyone…or everyone," Ash said grinning, teasing Lillian. He was usually nice and polite to every girl, but it was no exception to Lillian. He was her rival and she felt the same way, of course. It was neck and neck between the two of them.
"Ash!" she screeched and she began beating him lightly. He laughed and Briella smiled.
"They'd make a cute couple," Briella whispered to Laney. Laney nodded.
"But two things keep them apart, their rivalry and-" Laney nodded to Cheryl who was mad. She disappeared and returned with a covered jar. When she thought Briella, Cam, and the others weren't looking, she reached into the jar and pulled out a bug, trying to place it on Lillian to freak her out, but it was all too soon, Briella noticed it. Briella stared at the little girl and she let go of the bug, trying to act all innocent. Briella rolled her eyes.
"Hey Lillian, if your done beating him up, can I at least get a chance to meet him before you kill him?" Briella asked and Lillian looked at her.
"Sure! But mind you, he's not a very nice person," Lillian said.
"Don't listen to her, she's just jealous," Ash said grinning, and then extended his hand out, "Hey, my name's Ash. You haven't been here before have you?" he asked. Briella shook her head no and met her hand to his and shook it.
"My name is Briella, Bree to everyone. Nice to meet you Ash," she said, introducing herself with a smile then noticed something from the corner of her eye, a sharp glare by none other than Cheryl herself. 'Little pest!' Briella thought and instantly regretted it. It wasn't right to judge someone on the first encounter, but really Cheryl was becoming to be a pest.
"Well, since you guys are all here, why don't you all come in?" he suggested, opening the door wider for all of them to come in.
"Thanks Ash," Laney said and Lillian just pouted. Cam gave a nod and Briella gave a grin. Cheryl wasn't too happy though, well, Cheryl's never happy when anyone came between her and her brother. They were all seated on chairs at the table, everyone silent. 'Cue the awkward silence,' she thought, twiddling her thumbs.
"So, is anyone hungry?" Ash asked breaking the silence.
"Umm..not me, I already ate!" Laney said, smiling. It was a little awkward.
"Same here," Lillian put in.
"Already ate too," Cam put in, and then all of them looked expectantly at Briella who grinned sheepishly.
"I didn't eat, was too busy finding my music sheets in the morning," Briella said, defending herself, and might I add, lamely.
"Breakfast's the most important meal of the day, though, you should have eaten," Ash said, a little worried. Briella grinned. 'He seems nice, I wonder why Lillian doesn't think so,' she thought.
"I'm fine, I'll eat lunch later. I still have to meet everyone else-" "Like your mom, Georgia, and I think the mayor and his wife?" Lillian cut Briella off and looked at her. She sweatdropped.
"Well my mom is of course in the shop; I think Georgia is at home. The mayor should be around somewhere," Ash put in helpfully. Lillian pouted. "Maybe I should come along, I would like to help out, I already finished all my ranch work anyways," he added. Briella nodded.
"Sure you can come along, we could be one happy big group," Briella said smiling. Lillian pouted.
"Sure…one 'happy' big group," she said adding air quotes around the word 'happy.' Cheryl began tugging on her brother's shirt.
"Can I come too?" she asked sweetly. Ash looked at Briella, waiting for an answer, since he can't really give one of his own.
"Ummm….sure?" she said, but she wasn't thrilled about it. 'As long as you don't cause any trouble than you can come along,' she thought.
A/N: I have a feeling I made Ash a little OOC….Oh well…I kind of wanted to find his playful side and Lillian and Ash were just so cute when I put in the little dispute between them, really cute indeed! Or at least I thought so.
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