Hello people!

Updated this too soon then I wanted too but I guess it was worth it. I like updating fast.

So, hope you enjoy this chapter and just bear with my broken english if there is any... Just came back from dance practice and I'm not in the mood to check again... ^^;;

Sorry...

AND ENJOY!

Oh! Before I forgot...

DISCLAIMER! I DO NOT OWN HARVEST MOON! ALL I OWN IS THIS STORY PLOT AND MY JAR OF COOKIES! XD

Claire's POV

I woke up at exactly 5:45 am and yawned groggily. Had to take a minute to sink about yesterday. Comfy bed, a puppy barking at me to wake up and a big telly. Yup, yesterday wasn't a dream.

I jumped out of bed and petted the puppy. Thomas came by yesterday afternoon to give me this puppy as an apology gift. Not wanting to get lonely, I accepted the dog and named him Hawk. Now I can make jokes with people. "Here's my pet! Hawk the dog!"

I sniggered to myself and pulled on some blue overalls. Have to buy new clothes soon. Can't be seen wearing the same clothes day after day. After I fed Hawk, I grabbed some bread to eat and headed out the house.

True enough, Zack came and clarified the basics to ship some goods. I nodded and was happy that he wasn't nosy enough to ask why I didn't speak. As soon as someone finds out I'm mute, they'll usually bombard with questions. And I hate nosy people.

After putting the honey into the shipping bin, I headed out to explore the town. So far, I've met Lillia, the kind lady who owns the chicken shop and her children, Popuri and Rick. Rick's you're typical nerd but he's interested in chickens then in gadgets. And he's nice. Totally the sweet and kind boyfriend type. He however, seems to have the hots for a girl name Karen. Gonna investigate her soon.

I've met Saibara, an old man who is stronger then he looks. His grandson, Gray, is really rude. He called me a mute freak and if it weren't for his gramps being there, I'd relocated his nose. But underneath the rude behavior, I had to admit he was hot. He'll look hotter if he took his hat off once in a while. But all the same, he's rude.

Barley and May were kind to me when I introduced myself to them. Barley is a kind old man to my perspective. Sweet May was nice enough to answer back to me using the note pad. They really seem family material if you were ever adopted into their family. May was fascinated by me and begged to play with me sometime. Couldn't say no to those big saucer eyes.

I headed towards north and met the wine couple, Manna and Duke. They're nice but Manna kept talking like a noisy chainsaw. But it was nice to talk someone who does the talking for you. My, she was a chatterbox. Duke was a drinker and I hinted that I' d drink occasionally as well. Duke slipped a note to me on the days he has Drink Battles with Karen. Will slip them into my schedule if I'm ever free.

I headed to the inn afterwards and was surprised to see a tomboy greeting me all hyper. She's absolutely piping with energy and I had thoughts that she might be on sugar or caffeine. Ann's dad, Doug gave me a free sample of his wine and I have to admit, that was good wine.

I headed to the Library after taking a few sips of wine (I'm still sober people!) and introduced myself to the family there. Anna greeted like a mother would to a child and Basil just rambled on about herbs. Mary however, just gave shy glances at me and became flustered whenever I wrote her a question on my note pad.

I started moving eastward and introduced myself to Karen's family. Jeff was a shy man while Sasha greeted me cheerfully. Can't say the same for their daughter, Karen. She's such a snob actually. She gave me accusing glance that I find annoying whenever I conversed in pad-form. I bought a few seeds there to start my farm life.

I met Thomas, Harris, Ellen and Stu at one go. Thomas and Harris paid a visit to Ellen's when I entered their house so you could say I killed 4 birds with one stone. Heheh. Stu was playful towards me but he's still a kid. I jokes around non-verbally and Ellen thanked me for playing with Stu. Apparently, he only has May as a friend and needs bigger sisters other then Elli. Harris and Thomas exchanged greetings and I didn't stay that long.

The next trip was to the clinic. I met Elli and the hawt Doctor. The Doctor told me to try out some kind of sick medicine that I absolutely gagged out. The Doctor apologized but I didn't mind. It was so worth seeing his sweet eyes. Gives me shivers when I saw his eyes. Swoon~

After my medicine incident, I headed to the church. Am glad they have a church here. I'm a Christian and I'd frequent the Church during Sundays. I entered the church and met the pastor, Mr. Carter. He's a nice man. He's not the nosy ones who asked me why I'm mute and I'm grateful for that. And get this. He knows sign language! Finally I can communicate to with my own language!

Before I left, Carter stopped me. "Hey Claire."

I turned and approached Carter. I gave him the 'What's up' look.

*You see the young man over there?* He pointed to a man to my left. If he didn't have pointed him out, I wouldn't have known he was there. He kept on looking down and his hair was covering his face so I couldn't get a good look on him.

I nodded and he continued. *You see, I was hoping that you could be friends with him.*

I raised an eyebrow. *Why? And no offense but he doesn't seem like someone who would talk to a stranger.*

*Yes, I know. But I pity him. He came to this town alone like yourself. However, he doesn't put an effort to befriend anyone here in this town. He's extremely shy and it's hard to get a whole sentence out of him.*

*And? You want me to chat him up? Befriend him?* Carter looked at me and placed the sign 'please' with his hands. I sighed and signed 'Okay'.

*Really? Thank you so much. I'm counting on you.* Carter smiled and crossed me with his hands.

I walked over to the man and cleared my throat to let him know I was there. He looked up at me and I saw a pair of amazing eyes.

"Ah… Hi…" He spoke.

With one sentence, one look and one voice, my heart skyrocketed.

A/N: I know I know, Cliffhanger alert. I just like having cliff hangers. It gives this sudden suspense.

But! Since I'm such a nice person, I'll let you have a trailer!

Anyways, see ya'll later! ^_^