Louis: *rubs poor author lady's back* I guess I'm doing the disclaimer again... DISCLAIMER- ALICE IN PLAID DOES NOT OWN HARVEST MOON OR ANYTHING THAT MAY HAVE BEEN RANDOMLY SPOUTED IN HER SPIELING. *looks at pathetic heap that was once a young girl* You okay Author Lady?

Author lady: Yeah, just not enough sleep as of late... *yawns* Only two hours yesterday... Already 4:55am... *stretches* I'm seeing a pattern... *perks up* Ah! Big thanks to DivineJudgement! Thank you so much for the reviews! I was overjoyed to read that you were enjoying the story!

Louis: How do you even stay up so late? I bet those rumors about you being a vampire are true... Or Elaine's giraffe theory may be spot-on... Or maybe even a koala bear...

Author lady: Yeah, that reminds me, thanks to Marissa(left at 3:03am) and Caitlin(who left at 4:10am) too for sticking with me and encouraging me to finish this chapter over facebook. *starts to fall back into slumber* You guys are grrreat friends... *flops on ground asleep*

Louis: Ahah! She forgot about telling you guys her real name! Therefore, my hypothesis that the human mind becomes forgetful when deprived of sleep has been proven correct!

Author lady: *mumbles in sleep* Heh, like we didn't know that already... *drools* Since it seems... that my name is... quite the mystery... I'll... surely... tell........... *yawns* you all.......... that............ my real........................ *yawnsss* name is- *gets shot by tranquilizer gun* Gughhh... *flops back on ground asleep*

Louis: *slips gun back in pocket* Can't have my hypothesis put down, now can I? *turns to you* Ah, yes, now go, enjoy the third chapter.


"Louis? Who's 'Louis' Jill? I think I might want to get to know this 'Louis'." My face paled. This was a negative effect of being supremely close with your twin brother.

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Nina shot me an apologetic look. I gulped, "Louis is a good friend of mine; I think you'd like him." Louis had always been kind to me, we had only really been together twice, but I could tell that he actually cared about what I had to say. He had his quirks, a bit oblivious sometimes, though it mattered not. I'd met so many people but Louis made me feel like myself when I was around him. I felt reassured with that deduction in my mind. "Yeah, you definitely have to meet him."

Nina smiled at me. Jack frowned in puzzlement, "But why would a guy friend ask you to a festival? When a non-blood related guy and a girl go somewhere together it's called a date right?"

Nina giggled at this, "Really? So that means we're going on a date right now? Last time I checked I was a girl."

Jack scratched his head, "Why does reality have to be so hard to understand…" My pink-haired friend and I laughed, linking arms with a dumbfounded Jack.

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On our stop at the Junk Shop, we were greeted by Michael, "Oh, hello. This is a new face… Jack Holloway, I presume?" My brother gave a curt nod and smiled in response. "My wife used to watch you and your sister in the movies all the time." A small smile was visible on the quiet man's face. "Oh, Ann's out at Blue Sky Ranch with Ellen and Blue, but Louis is in his room upstairs if you want to visit."

I smiled in glee, "Yes, we'll be sure to. Thank you." We made our way, on which we noticed heaps of failed inventions overflowing from the door to Ann's room, to the stairs and pounded up. I could feel my heartbeat speeding up just a tiny bit. I knocked on the door atop the stairs, "Louis, you there?"

"Jill, that you? Yeah, come on in!" We piled in to see an overjoyed Louis tinkering with different metals at his desk. He squinted at the two other teens in the room. "I'm sorry, but I can't quite distinct from the blobs I'm seeing who you two are." Nina chuckled.

"Glasses still gone I see. It's me, Nina." Louis nodded in recognition at the name.

"And I'm Jack."

Louis tilted his head in thought, "Now I may not be the most social person in town, but I don't believe I've met you before Jack." I pushed Jack a bit closer so Louis would be able to see my twin a bit more clearly.

"This is my twin brother, Jack. He just moved in with me." Jack took Louis' hand, shaking it vigorously. Louis flashed his trademark grin.

"The resemblance is striking."

Just then Nina's smile became mischievous, "Hey Jack, you know, Louis promised Jill that he'd teach her a bit more about one of his… Invention thingies, so, you don't mind me taking you on the rest of your tour around town, do you?" Louis scratched his head in seemingly trying to remember this promise, my eye twitched.

Jack perked up, "Eh, okay then… Jill, ummm… Try to learn something!" My brother patted my head, link arms with Nina yet again, and left. I felt shame weighing down on me as Louis turned towards me with a pale face.

"Oh man, Jill, I'm sorry! I can't even remember making that promise… Which invention did you want to learn more about?" I couldn't help but chuckle.

I walked over and patted my blind friend's back, "Don't worry Louis, you didn't forget anything. Nina was just being… Nina."

"Huh?"

"I know, I took the Nina elective in school. I flunked out." Louis arched a brow. I sighed, "If I ever say something 'humorous' again I seriously want you to slap me."

"I'll keep that in mind." I treasured the goofy grin he flashed. "Hey, wanna go for a walk?" Dumbstruck, my head seemed to bob up and down on its own.

"Yeah, sure, sounds like fun…" A huge smile erupted across my face as my heartbeat sped up yet again.

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Sun fell through the leaves overhanging the path we walked upon, leaving patches of sunlight blinking in and out on the dirt walkway with the wind blowing at the trees. Louis stuck close to me in order to make out what directions we were taking. We stopped and sat under a maple tree by the lake. I managed to rest my eyes upon the sun through the maple leaves over my head which nulled the intensity of the light. I turned to him.

"The weather's beautiful. I wish you could see all this as well as I could." I threw a pitiful smile at my friend.

"Ahhh, truth be told… I can." He gave me a wry grin.

"… Wait- whaddya mean?" I furrowed my brows.

Louis let out small chuckle, "I stopped in the next town over to pick up the contacts last night! The optometrist even taught me how to put them in and take them out. Remember me needing to use the bathroom before we left? All I did was slip the contacts in." Seeing this as an opportunity for my evil side to have some fun, I feigned innocence.

"Eh? Then why did you have to walk so close to me on the way here?" At this he blushed. Sweet, sweet, vengeance.

"Pfft! What are you talking about?! We were, like, miles from each other! I mean, if I strayed close it must've been cuz I was distracted or something..." He turned his face from me in attempts to hide his expression.

Awww, I smiled, the little schemer was adorable! I ruffled his hair, "Okay Louis, I get it now."

His head snapped up as if he had a sudden thought, "We should go to the Fireworks Festival together tomorrow night! I've always gone alone; I can imagine that it'd be loads of fun if I had a friend like you with me." He nodded his head, as if agreeing with himself. "What do you say?" I was fairly sure this was an innocent, friendly invitation, not a date; still, I wouldn't turn this down.

"Wouldn't miss it for the world." My warm smile could probably melt ice. Louis stared, blushing for a moment but quickly shook it off. We started to wrap up our conversation, which would mean I would obsess over the upcoming festival for the next twenty-four hours.

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Nina and I sat at a two-seater table with in the Inn's restaurant. She shot me a knowing look, "So I was right about you and Louis, correct me if I'm wrong." I grinned.

"Yes. You're a genius Nina. Amazing."

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Ugh, not even gonna bother rambling down here. My sleep deprivation would be the only thing talking. I appreciate reviews. I might not be able to upload every day like I have been though, my vacation is about to end... Ugh... Shoot me now...