Author's Note: Here's chapter 2. Remember ment to be completely random. Enter Clair, she's ....random.... you'll see. Also excuse Karin's speach. It's not a big massave spelling error, her words are spelled that way to....ummmm.....make a point. Relax your not supposed to understand what she's saying.

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Disclaimer: Don't own Harvest Moon or characters; just the random events that occur to them. ^.^

Chapter 2: Clair Bear

With a sigh Jack put a heavy box down in the small cottage type house that he would now have to call his home. It was a brilliant day in Mineral Town; the sun was shining, the bees were buzzing, and the birds were chirping!!

'It's just the perfect type of day to start a farm'. He smiled to himself until something collided with him from behind.

"Can you move?" said a small but firm voice from behind the box that had bumped into him.

He sighed. "Oh ummm…sorry Clair." He said as he sidestepped from the doorway to let her in. In the commotion of starting his new farm and moving from the city Jack had to completely admit that he had forgotten that his sister was moving in with him.

The petite blonde defiantly threw the box down in the middle of the floor and then crossed her arms. Jack just sighed and shrugged it off until he noticed that the box said …Jack.

"Be careful with that!" He cried as he ran to see if anything was broken

Clair trotted quickly over to the other side of the room where two beds stood on either side of a fair sized end table. "I want this one!" She said pointing to the one on the left after gazing at them for a bit.

Jack was busy rumbling through the box and was paying little attention to his sister's decision. "Sure."

Glancing over her shoulder she could tell he wasn't listening to a word she had said; a small smirk came across her face as she got an idea. "Hmmm…I changed my mind! I want the other one!"

Jack nodded without emotion as he thoroughly went through each item that had been rested inside of the box. Clair slowly shook her head from side to side as if she wasn't happy with what she picked. "That won't do, I need to sleep by the window so I'll take the first one."

Jack looked curiously up from what he was doing at the mention of a window. "We have a window?"

"Yes!' Clair said turning around to face him while waving her hands around to display them. "We do have windows; very nice ones too!" She paused and then added: "One by the bed."

"Oh okay. He said absent mindedly and went back to the box.

"You know what? I'm sick of deciding! How about I just take both beds and you sleep on the floor?" She asked as she sat one bed and threw her small pale green rucksack on the other.

Jack didn't answer. Instead he sat still on the floor with a broken glass snow globe; trying to remember where he got it from and why he brought it.

"It's decided then!" Clair shouted happily

"What's decided?" He asked slowly

"The beds; I get both of them and you sleep on the floor!" She said simply "You said so yourself."

"NO WAY!!!" Jack said quickly, throwing the snow globe back into the box and turning his full attention to his sister, but just as he was about to get to the bottom of this scam there was a faint knock on the door.

"I'll get it." She laughed, hopping off the bed and skipping to the door.

She opened the door to find Grey leaning on the frame of the door; out of breath. Clair smiled gleefully at him; she was always fond of the concept of new neighbors.

"Hi, I'm Clair." She said extending her hand for him to shake

Grey looked at it for a moment and then took it. "I'm Grey, I was looking for Jack….you're his…." He left the sentence hanging in the hopes that she would fill in the blank and he wouldn't have to embarrass himself by saying the wrong thing.

"…Sister." She stated

"Right." Grey said quietly. An awkward silence fell over them and after about a minute Grey went bright red as he noticed that he was still holding her hand.

"Sorry!" He stammered while pulling his hat over his face to hide his blush. Luckily for him Jack pushed his way past Clair and came through the door.

"Hey Grey, what's up" He asked quickly. After the funeral and over the course of the move he and Gray had grown close.

Grey sighed with relief at Jack's presence "Gramps got homicidal with a torch blown hammer so I was hoping I could stay here till he cools off."

"Sure, no problem." Jack sighed and gave Grey a concerned look. "Was it really that bad?"

"No, I got away before he could catch me. Why?" Grey replied as he and Clair followed Jack to the field.

Jack shook his head. "Just saying because your face was red while you were at the door."

At this Grey blushed again but quickly shook it off "Ugh! Don't you have something you need to be doing? I thought farmers where always busy." His tone was a bit acidic but he didn't mean it to come off as rude; he just didn't like the idea of Jack thinking he had a crush on his little sister.

"Oh yeah." Jack murmured. He turned slowly to face them with a thoughtful expression on his face. "Hey Clair, do you want to work with animals or crops?"

"ANIMALS!!!!" She said instantly while raising her hand childishly.

Grey smiled at her immaturity as Jack motioned for them to follow him out of the farm and into the main streets. He wasn't yet familiar with the winy stone streets of mineral town so he pulled out a crumpled up piece of paper from his back pocket. The paper had a poorly drawn sketch of mineral town plastered onto it; in no time they found the place he was looking for: The poultry farm.

"…I was told we can get a free chicken here!" He said happily as they entered the farm.

The farm was very neat and prosperous looking compared to Jack's; the paint on the chicken coops was fresh and the roofs seemed sanded exactly to perfection. At once an air of envy blew past the 2 novice farmers.

"Wow….their farm is….nice…" Jack started but the three knew that the word 'nice' was an understatement.

A bouncy pink hair girl jumped quickly up to them and smiled widely. "Welcome to Poultry farm!!" She smiled warmly and then added upon seeing Gray with them. "GRAY!!!! WHY AREN'T YOU AT WORK?"

Gray looked from Jack to Clair and then to the pink haired girl. "Does it matter Popuri? It's not like I work here."

She raised an eyebrow at his sudden outburst but then turned her attention back to Jack. "What can I do you for?"

"Oh yeah, Mayor Thomas told me that we could get a free chicken here." Jack mumbled

Popuri's smile widened at the mention. "Let me just get my brother."

As soon as she walked away Gray turned to his two companions with concern. "Okay, I just need to warn you that the people in this town are a little off…"

"Off? As in freakishly nice? Because that's the only problem I see!" Clair smirked

"No, I mean like Popuri's brother Rick is chicken obsessed."

Jack and Clair exchanged a look before busting out in hysterical laughter. "Chicken obsessed? Jack asked, whipping tears from his eyes

Gray glanced at Popuri and a blond haired boy walking in their direction. "You'll see."

The boy gave them a smile and extended his hand to shake Jack's. "Hi, I'm Rick. So you say you want a chicken?"

Jack nodded with a small "Yep" for emphasis. Rick's happy expression quickly changed to a serious one and he began squeezing Jack's hand to the point of numbness.

"Are you REALLY ready to raise a chicken? It's no joke you know!! It's a lot of time, care, feeding, and talking…." He screamed until Popuri yanked him quickly away from Jack. "Rick calm down! I'm sure he'll take good care of a chicken."

Jack tenderly massaged his hand and looked at Gray and Clair for help but they just stood with wide eyes and looks of disbelief. "Clair's the one going to be taking care of the animals." He added quickly before Rick could harass him anymore.

Rick eyed Clair critically before asking "Do YOU think you can really care for a chicken?"

"…Not anymore…." Clair stuttered as she tried to back away towards the exit of the farm.

"Of course she will!!" Popuri smiled and then grabbed a chicken from the group that was pecking happily in the fields and handed it to Clair. "Here!"

"Her name is Henrietta, treat her like she was your own." Rick sighed petting the thing on the head.

Clair turned to Jack and whispered lightly. "Don't we get to name it?"

"Name it?!!!! SHE is a girl and her name is Henrietta!!!" Rich screamed; startling the three before him. He then sighed in defeat and then looked at his sister. "Popuri, is Mom done cooking yet?"

"No, I'm supposed to be going to the store first….we ran out of eggs." She said as she began walking towards the house.

"Eggs? We have plenty of eggs!!!" Rick called after her as he followed at a much slower pace

"No the artificial eggs."

"OMG, POPURI!!! YOU TRAIDER!!!!! HOW COULD YOU?"

"Rick, eating real eggs every day is fattening and bad for your health!!!" She sighed and then walked inside of the house.

"A likely excuse!!!" He also went inside the house and the door closed quickly.

The three stayed quiet for a moment after the scene was over. "You know, it kind of scares me that I have to come back here for feed." Clair sighed; breaking the silence.

"I tried to tell you!" Gray smirked while pulling his hat further over his face.

"Put the chicken….I mean Henrietta in the chicken coop and I'll go to the store to get some stuff for dinner." Jack told his sister.

She looked at the chicken in her hands with concentration. "Your name's Serena." And she walked slowly back towards to farm.

Jack and Gray walked slowly to the general store and before walking in Jack turned to Gray. "Is there anything you need to tell me before we go in?"

Gray sighed "Karin's kind of a drunk."

"Kind of?" Jack asked as they walked inside the store to hear hiccupping coming from behind the counter. "Hello?"

The two jumped as a tall blond lady appeared from behind the counter; tottering and holding a whisky bottle. "…WHAT?!! WHO'S THERE?!!"

"Uhhhh…Me; Gray and the new farmer Jack." Gray stammered; holding his nose as the smell of whiskey filled the room.

"AH!!! Jjjjj…*Hiccup*ack!??? Nice to …*hiccup* mmmeet Chu." She said as she stumbled from behind the counter to Jack and held out her hand for him to shake.

"What?!" Jack whispered to Gray who shrugged as Karin fell onto Jack's shoulder.

"Listen!!!! YYyyyourcute!!" Karin smiled as she moved her drunken face next to his. "How about a kiss?"

Jack struggled to hold his breath and push Karin away. Thankfully, Gray grabbed Karin's arm and got her off of him. "Karin, Get off of him!"

"Grrr *Burp*ay, your no fun!!!! Ah waz just gonna kiss em!" She whined

"Jack doesn't want anything to do with you!!! He just wants to buy some food!!"

Karin looked towards Jack to see if this was true; he nodded. "That's all *hiccup* any one wants!! They never *Hiccup* want to talk to me!!!!" She covered her face leaving Jack and Gray to raised questioned eyebrows at each other. After a few seconds of random sobs Karin looked at the two before her with narrowed eyes. "YOU KNOW WHAT!!!!??? FUCK BOTH OF CHU *hiccup*!!!!"

She then began to throw random objects from the shelves at the two who quickly ran out the door and into the town square to avoid the aerial assault. "OMG, what the heck?" Jack asked after they had caught their breath. "KINDA a drunk?"

Gray laughed lowly at how Jack was adjusting to the town, and then laughed harder as he realized something Jack didn't. "You know you forgot the food right?"

Jack's eyes widened. "Crap, what are we going to eat?"

Gray placed a hand on his shoulder "Just go to the inn. The foods alright."

Jack nodded as they headed to the farm to check on Clair. Jack had an uneasy feeling about leaving Clair alone at the farm; she fit TOO well into the town for him to be able to trust her on his farm alone.

Just as soon as he thought it and they turned the corner to get to the ranch, the smell and sight of flames set Jack's heart in a frenzy.

Author's Note: YAY random fire!!!
Please Review and give any suggestions on what random thing could happen to poor Jack.