Hey!HowRUguys?I'mjusttypingabunch,sothere'sprobablygonnafewmorechaptersupsoon.AndIdon'tknowwhathappenedwiththespacinginchapter2.Sorryaboutthat!:)

Disclaimer: I own the character Mason, but not Harvest Moon.

"Wake up sweetie!" Karen's mother woke her one Saturday morning at 8:00 am.

Her eyes fluttered open and she smiled.

"I'm 15 today," she whispered to herself, and her smile got wider.

She quickly got up, brushed her teeth and hair. She dressed especially nice too. She put on a white, short sleeve dress that ended at the knees and flared out a little. She put a pink silk ribbon through the belt loops and tied her thick chocolate brown hair into a ponytail with another.

She strode confidently downstairs where her parents were waiting for her.

"Good morning Karen. Happy birthday." her father hugged her tight and her mother did the same.

"Thanks Daddy. Thanks Mama." she said, sitting down to breakfast.

The tradition was that however old she was, she would get that many chocolate chip dollar pancakes for breakfast, until she was 18 and moved out. So she happily chewed on her breakfast and thought of the events to come.

Around 11:00 am, the guests started arriving. Celia and Marlin came first, Celia put her present on the table, along with Marlin's card. Next came Nami and Rock. They put their presents with the others, and before 12:00 pm, everyone was there.

When Karen opened her presents, Celia's was a silver bracelet with half a heart that had "best" engraved on one side. Celia held up her arm to reveal the other half with "friends" shimmering on hers.

She opened Nami's, and there was an older leather-bound book underneath the wrapping paper, titled "Romeo and Juliet". The play she'd wanted to read since she was 12.

Rock's, typically, was a signed picture of himself, and Marlin's card said, "Celia made me come. Just kidding. Happy birthday." Plus 50G.

Lumina gave her a diamond and god necklace, and all Karen could do when she saw it was stutter a small thank you.

"Oh it's nothing really. I hoped the diamond wasn't too small. It's not is it?" Lumina asked in all sincerity. Karen replied that it wasn't.

The last present was from her parents; a big box that she was sure hadn't been there before. She opened it and a golden lab puppy, wriggling and excited, jumped put and started licking her face.

"Oh my gosh! You got me a puppy? It's, wait, she's adorable! Oh, I'm going to call her Honey! She's so sweet! I mean, look at her fur! It's the same colour as honey!" Karen went on and on, and soon all the girls had joined in.

"She's so cute!" they chorused, and even on the boys smiled and agreed.

Just then, Karen heard a knock on the door and went to answer it. Honey barked as it opened.

There was a man with tanned skin and dark brown hair and hazel eyes smiling down at her. Standing beside him was a boy who looked about her age, if a little taller. The two looked the same except for a purple bandana on the boy's head and a slightly shocked expression on his face.

She was struck speechless by the boy's deep brown eyes and the relaxed smile that quickly replaced the shock.

"Uh, hello." She mumbled.

Kay,IjusthadanideathatI'mnotsureisgoodornot,butI'mgonnadoitanyway.ThisisgoingtobehowKaiseesthemoment.(TheboyisKaiincaseyoudidn'tguessitalready):

"Here we are son. This is Mark, my old friend's farm. His daughter is 15 today, a year younger than you. We're in the valley so I thought we'd drop by. Here. You can give her this, it's only polite." Said Mason, Kai's father that he'd been traveling around with for the past week.

Kai wasn't' too thrilled about this. He'd never liked girls much, especially ones his age. They were too dramatic and overemotional and, if you were unlucky, they were clingy. Let'sjustgetthisoverwithandgohome. He sighed and put his hands in his pockets.

Kai's father knocked on the door and a girl, obviously the birthday girl, answered it. She had on a white dress with a pink belt. She had these eyes too; a violent violet, filled with defiance and understanding and too many emotions to count.

"Hello." She said in a voice that sounded like bells and that beautiful young singer he loved and the summer breeze blowing through the trees all at once, and Kai forgot all about not liking girls.

Kay,backtoKarenagain.(Sosorry.Thatwaswaytoosappy,butIcouldn'tresist.):)

"Mason! How are you man?" said Mark, coming up and slapping the man on the back, "this cant' be Kai! This kid's much too tall!" Mason laughed at this.

"Good to see you Mason." Said Grace, walking up to the group.

"I'm doing just fine, but there's no way this girl is Karen. She's way too grown up!" Mason said happily, "the last time I saw you, you were only this tall." He held his hand at knee height.

Karen just smiled at this and re directed her attention to the boy. Kai… it was a nice name. And very original.

The adults talked more; Karen and Kai were introduced, and the two went back to the party.

Karen's parents took Mason to look at how much the farm had changed, and Rock, the terrible perverted flirt he was, even back then, put his arm around Karen's waist, pulling her close.

"So Karen sweetie, is your dad finally letting you start dating? Because you're looking just delectable today." He whispered in her ear just loud enough for people to hear. Ew.Delectable? She made a face. Kai looked horrified as well (Oh my gosh, I didn't think… He thought).

She blushed a deep shade of crimson, but was determined to keep her cool, if only for her guests.

"Rock, because I'm a good person, I'll give you some advice: stop with the gross flirting and get away from me before Daddy comes back and rips your arm off." She said calmly.

Rock seemed to consider this, and, because he was fond of his arm, he withdrew quickly.

Every one chuckled, some comments were made about Karen: 1, Perverted Flirt: 0. But they got over it quickly enough and continued to play with Honey and Socks, who got along really well.

The girls whispered and giggled as Kai handed Karen a box.

"Happy birthday." He mumbled, and something else was uttered that sounded like, "for, uh, winter and stuff like that… Y'know?" She nodded and opened the box.

Inside, were a pink, grey, and green knit set: a hat with a pom-pom and braided ties, mitts, and a tasseled scarf.

She said an even shier, "thank you Kai."

Now,aquickwarning:there'sabunchmoreofthatsappystuffcomingup.Ijustcan'tresist!

Karen was happy that she didn't feel like she needed to act different around Kai, he was friendly and polite, and best of all, he could make her laugh. He was doing so for the millionth time when his father came from the kitchen and told them that they had to get back to Mineral Town before dark, so they needed to get going now.

They went outside to say a little more private goodbyes, (which weren't really so because everyone was watching the young pair through the window) and just when they were walking away, Karen ran up and kissed him, full on the mouth. Her foot "popped" and she put her arms around her neck and he wrapped his around her waist. And that was Karen's first kiss. Nowwhattheheckmademedothat? She thought, but didn't pay much attention to it. (Their parents looked away, but they were smiling.)

ThroughKai'seyesagain.(Stillcan'thelpit!);)

She was a gorgeous girl, with a gorgeous personality, and he didn't feel the need to act flash =y or strut about, like some boys were doing (Rock). He wouldn't have anyway, but he didn't feel like she expected him to. She wasn't clingy or overemotional or even a bit dramatic. His father at last came up and said that it was time for what he was dreading: goodbye.

She giggled as he one last joke that he'd expected her to have heard a thousand times. He felt a strange need to make her laugh. It was one of the best sounds he'd ever heard, and found it a sudden nessesity.

Then she came up, not even shy or anything, and kissed him! Her arms twined up and around his neck and he couldn't help but pull her closer, putting his arms around her waist. Right in front of their parents! Though he only thought of that later. The only thing that had been going through his mind was, well. His brain was too busy concentrating on not exploding. What probably would have been there was: She'skissingme!Ohmygod,she'skissingme!

"Bye." She whispered, her forehead resting on his.

"See ya 'round." He said as he walked off in a daze, his father, smiling and chuckling, lead him along the path.

In side he could just hear Rock over the girls screaming, "OMIGOD!"

"If I'd ever tried that, her dad would have killed me! But no! Kai kisses her and he just smiles!" He complained. And Kai couldn't help but smile.

Ihopethatwasanokaychapter.Iknowtheyaren'tsupposedtomeetuntilthe30thofMay(Spring)butIcouldn'thelpit!ThatwasstillWAYtoosappy,pleaseforgiveme!Thanks!