Hi again! Thanks to winterrosa for reviewing on Chapter 1! You guys that aren't authors really don't have any idea how much even one little review helps. Well, anyways, onto the story!

(BTW, I don't own anything. No Harvest Moon, nothing.)


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Claire swung open the door and regretted it immediately after. The early afternoon sunlight poured into her house and reflected off the icy cold snow. Squinting to see who was at her door, Claire put her hands over her eyes to keep the sun out.

"Come on! Claire, the chickens are waiting for you. They've got to be hungry, so step on it!"

Claire grunted and- tried -to glare at the bespectacled red head.

"Rick, the chickens are fine. They'll wait. Let me go back to my nap.."

"NO!"

Claire jumped, surprised at Rick's response.

"I walked all the way from the poultry farm in the freezing cold to tell you the storm was over, since I figured you'd fallen asleep!" Rick spouted, testily. "And it was obvious I was right!"

"B-But, how did you figure I would be asleep?" Claire asked defensively. After all, it wasn't like she slacked off everyday during work.

Rick rolled his eyes. "Everyone sleeps during these things. Well, everyone except my sister." Rick added hastily. "She has to come and wake me up everytime it's over so she can go see just how high the snow has piled up. She would go out in the storms if we let her." He snorted.

Claire widened her eyes. She had never seen him this grumpy. Remind her never to wake him up during a nap..

"Claire!"

"What?!" Claire exclaimed as she snapped back to reality, only to be welcomed by a very dirty look from Rick.

"Oh.. Fine, alright." she said as she trudged through the snow, freezing in her light overalls.

She turned around and saw Rick making his way out of the farm.

"Where are you going!?" She called out to the back of his head.

He turned around with the same dirty look on his face.

"Back to my house. If I spend one more second with you right now I'll pop!" He called back out.

Claire snickered.

"Oh, so your going back home to Popuri?" Rick stopped where he was.

"I'll be at the Inn!"

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Claire slumped back beside the wooden door. She was already wiped out, and all she had managed to do was feed the chickens. She still had to pick up all the eggs, and put them in the shipping bin, feed the cows and sheep, and milk and shear her livestock in the barn.

She slowly got on her hands and knees at crawled around, picking up the eggs nearest to her, and throwing them in the bin, praying that they wouldn't crack, although she knew the chances of that were slim. Finally she stood up and brushed off her legs.

"Goddess I'm tired.." She sighed to Lemon, her smallest chick. She pushed open the entrance to the chicken coop, and for the first time, glanced over at her snow white field.

"NO!" She screamed, slack jawed at the amount of rocks and sticks scattered throughout her premises.

"GODDESS! NO!" She said, dropping on her knees for dramatic effect. It had taken her a whole year to remove all the stones, sticks, and weeds that once littered the entire area when she had first came to the neglected farm. She worked hard and long to clear the whole area out, and the thought of having to do it all again sapped what remaining energy she had left away.

She grunted and buried her face in her hands, and after the effect of shock from her field, she began to feel the cold snow seep through her pant legs.

With a gasp at the icy coldness, she ran towards her upgraded house. Grabbing her pajamas and a towel, she headed towards the bathroom to take a nice hot shower.

"Today's just not my day, huh?" She sighed to Bacon, her puppy.


Heehee, Thanks for reading Chapter 2

I'm excited, this is my first story where I've ever needed to do a second chapter. :3 Well, since school won't be back for while now, you can expect this to get updated pretty fast! Read and review - I live off constructive critisiscm. Extra Props to winterrosa for being the first reviewer! Yay! She gets a cookie! Hands winterrosa cookie REVIEW AND GET A COOKIE! (BTW, I think I'm a little over-obsessed with food today, I named a chicken Lemon and the dog Bacon.. 00)