Here's the long awaited chapter four! I'm going to try and get back into this again!

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After he had finished washing up, Francis stepped out of the shower and dried up. Wrapping the towel around his waist, he walked to his room and put on fresh, clean clothes. Taking another look at the clock, he'd spent longer in the shower than he had initially planned to. 'Damn, it's almost 2 P.M.' He grabbed his keys and walked out of his house, locking the door behind him and started down the dirt path to Pelican Town.

Francis spent the better part of the afternoon walking around town and introducing himself to all the townsfolk and stopping at various places. He made a mental note as to where the important places were like Pierre's, Harvey's clinic, the saloon and where his neighbors' houses were. As he walked along the street, he scowled at the sight of the Joja Corp. store in the distance and avoiding it, checking out the museum/library and the smithery instead, where he would have to go to eventually upgrade his tools.

A little more walking and he came across where Robin and her family lived, he was pleased with how nice her husband, Demetrius and daughter Maru were. During his quick stay he thought he saw something move out of the kitchen and when he looked, he didn't see anything. With an awkward chuckle, Robin quickly explained that was her son, Sebastian, who was a bit of reclusive. After a while, Francis smiled and left.

Deciding he would continue up the path on another day, Francis made his way back home. On his way back, he approached a worn down, falling apart building that he had seen on his way to Robin's. Upon further inspection, he saw that it was boarded up and looked inaccessible. "That building isn't what it used to be, that's for sure."

With a jump, Francis turned around only to come face to face with the Mayor who laughed, "Sorry about that Farmer Francis, guess I should try not to make a habit of scaring you."
With a sigh of relief, Francis returned the smile, "Nah, don't worry about it… but... what is this building?" He asked, turning to it again.

Lewis looked up at the building and sighed, "It used to be the old Community Center, it always being used by someone at some point and we had plenty of events here. However, time has a way and we gradually lost the funding and soon it started to fall apart, eventually I had to board it up." He said with a sad look in his eye, "Nothing can be done about now really… But have a goodnight Francis, see you around town."

With a goodbye and a nod, Francis watched Lewis walk away and decided to head back home, taking an alternate path. As he was walking, he spotted a playground for the couple of kids in the town and a fountain surrounded by several benches. On one of the benches she noticed a pretty blonde girl reading a book that she hadn't met yet. Approaching her and with a slight cough introduced himself, "Hi! My name's Francis nice to meet you." He said with a smile.

The girl looked up at him with an annoyed expression, "So you're that new farm boy." She said with a snobby tone. "I don't know why you would move here, it's so boring here. The city's much better." The girl said, closing her book and stood up to leave, but looked at him briefly. "Haley" she said, abruptly introducing herself before walking back to where she lived.

Francis was taken aback by the rudeness of her, "Great… your typical city chick." He mumbled, coming to realize that this is the sister of someone he had met earlier, Emily. Finding it hard to believe they were related since Emily was so nice to him. With a shrug, Francis headed back to the farm where he did a little bit more work, before retiring for the night.

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There it is guys, the fourth chapter. I'm sorry it seemed rushed, but I was struggling on how to introduce characters and this seemed the best way to address the issue. I hoped you enjoyed it! And standby for the next chapter and possibly a new story!