Sooooo, long wait between update, I have no excuse either... But I am sorry!

Chapter Two

The sun rose over the blue horizon, waking the new rancher up as it slanted through her window and across her eyes. With an unhappy groan she rolled over and pulled the blanket over her head. Then her alarm clock went off, knowing herself Chelsea had put it across the one room house so that way she would have to get up and turn it off. She rolled back over onto her back and pushed the comforter away. Chelsea stretched as she walked over to the table she had put the alarm clock on, she clicked it off and turned to her small kitchen to prepare her breakfast. Popping a bowl of instant oatmeal in the microwave, she opened her dresser drawers and picked a blue quarter sleeve shirt and green Capri's to change into and stepped behind her dressing screen.

At about the same time, she finished changing and the microwave dinged. She grabbed a spoon from her utensil drawer and sat down on the only chair at her small breakfast table. She ate as slowly as she could, enjoying the cinnamon she had put in. Too soon for her liking, she was scraping the last bit of oatmeal from the sides of the bowl. Chelsea set the bowl and spoon the sink promising herself that she would wash them later. She grabbed a couple of energy bars for lunch and put them in her backpack. She pushed open the heavy door and took a quick deep breath of the fresh island air.

From the tools leaning up against the small house Chelsea picked up her full watering can, she had filled it up last night before going to bed. She watered her eighteen turnip plants and nine potato plants, filling up the watering can before putting it next to her tools again. She picked up the hoe and weeded her crops, being especially careful to not cut her plants like she accidentally had a few weeks ago.

A little over an hour later she leaned her hoe against her house again and surveyed her crops, wishing just a bit that she had a hired hand. She slashed the water from the spring over her hot arms and face, cleaning a small bit of the grime from her before going to see the people in town and try to find something to sell, there were always some odds and ends on the beach and around the small town split over two island.

With a spring in her step, Chelsea crossed over onto Verdure island. She said a quick greeting to Talo and Elliot, who were arguing outside of their house, over what she didn't want to know. She gathered a few herbs off the ground by Talo's place. She went down by the beach and said hello to Martin, who probably didn't hear her since he was pulling in a fish. She picked up some pretty shells and a sea urchin, the latter of which she was careful to not prick herself. She smiled as the bell above Mirabelle's animal shop door dinged.

"Chelsea."Julia's exuberant greeting was accompanied by a tight hug."I thought that you weren't going to come, you do know that it's lunch time already? Come in and have it with me and mom."

She nodded and Julia dragged her into the kitchen, her nose twitched as the smell of bacon reached her. Julia practically shoved her into an empty chair before sitting down next to her.

"Julia invite you to dinner, dear?"

"Dinner?"She asked, confused slightly.

"Oh, I'm sorry dear, my family has always called it dinner instead of lunch."

"Yes, she did, though I'm sure I wouldn't have been able to refuse."

Mirabelle laughed for a bit as the bacon finished cooking.

"Aye, she can get rather demanding."

"I am still here you know."

Chelsea and Mirabelle laughed together.

"Of course I knew you were there. But,"Chelsea winked at her best friend."What's the fun in that? By the way, what's for lunch Mirabelle?"

Julia answered for her mother, which most likely annoyed Mirabelle greatly.

"We're having BLT's."

Chelsea frowned in concentration, B would most likely stand for bacon, there was lettuce on the cutting board next to sliced tomatoes.

"Bacon, lettuce, and tomatoes? What are those?"

Julia looked incredulously at Chelsea.

"You know what it stands for but not what it is?"

Chelsea shook her head vehemently.

"No, I just smelled the bacon and saw the lettuce and tomato, if your as observant as me then you know how to figure stuff like this out. But what is a BLT?"

Julia shook her head in exasperation, Chelsea was always saying how observant she was, it was her excuse for everything.

"It's a sandwich with bacon, lettuce, and tomato, I put condiments on it, but mom has it plain."

"Sounds good. Is it almost-"

"Ready."Mirabelle set a plate with five sandwiches on it down at the table, sitting across from the Chelsea and Julia. Chelsea stared at the creations before her, on wheat bread(She would have preferred white, but she was fine with wheat)With an abounding amount of bacon on each, her mouth started watering and she grabbed two and set them on the plate in front of her. She took and bite and instantly fell in love, she tore through her sandwiches, finishing two in the time it took then to finish one. Julia picked at hers as if it was no longer satisfying.

"So, my cousin should be coming tomorrow."

Chelsea took a gulp of water from her glass before answering.

"The one who dresses up as a cowboy?"

Julia glared at her before taking a bite of her BLT.

"Yes. Vaughn is coming tomorrow, don't talk to him, he's not a very social person."

"Got it. I gotta finish my rounds now, thanks for the lunch Mirabelle."

"Rounds?"Julia laughed."You sound like a lawman in one of those old westerns you like so much."

She waved as she left, calling from the door.

"Which is why I said it!"

Okay, don't shoot me! I didn't mean for this to take so long, but MMO's are not healthy for writers. ;)

Please tell me what you all think of it, it took me my whole day to write.(Well, not aallll of it, but most of it ;)