Hey everyone! I'm glad that I got the next chapter out! School has been wanting to kill me...seriously; and I'm sure that most of you hate it too. XD Anyways, I'm glad that you all liked the last chapter. So it all seems Luke and Ayame are together, but don't get too comfy seeing them together; Gill will get his turn soon enough, just wait. It's gonna be good! So the next few chapters will be like a little break from all the drama for awhile. It's gonna be fun chapters for a little while and then right back to the drama. I hope you like them!

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NOTE: I do not own Harvest Moon, I only own my OC, Ayame. Also this story was originally called 'I'm Stuck Between a Hyperactive Prankster and a Pompous Rich Boy, Great' I had to shorten the title to fit. Sorry.

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"I'm bored." Luke sighed.

"You're bored? 'The Great Luke' is bored?" I asked in amazement.

He shrugged as he leaned his head against the trunk of the tree we were sitting under. "It's the middle of the week and its hot outside. It's very boring."

I pursed my lips. "So what you're saying is that being with me is boring."

His eyes widened in fear. "No no no, I didn't mean it like that. I love being with you." He responded as he kissed my temple.

I giggled as I snuggled into his shoulder. "Uh-huh, sure."

It's been about two weeks since Luke and I had our "confession of love", so now we were officially dating.

Dating Luke was one of the most amazing things in my life right now. We'd take long walks around the island, he'd take me to the Sundae Inn for lunch and dinner dates, and he'd come over to my house on some occasions.

Surprisingly, Dale actually wasn't mad at Luke for dating me. He accepted me as part of his family and hardly ever fought with Luke again. It was great to see them getting along.

It was almost the end of summer now and the temperature was slowly going down. So here we were now, Luke and I were sitting under a tree by Maple Lake, being completely bored out of our minds.

"So what do you wanna do?"

He shrugged. "I don't know; what do you wanna do?"

I groaned. "We're getting nowhere."

"Really? I didn't notice."

I laughed softly. "Well, what about going to the Sundae Inn to see Kathy and everybody else?"

Luke sighed. "Well it's better than anything. So yeah, let's go." He replied as he helped me to my feet. Then he offered his arm. "Let's go then, my lady."

I took it gratefully. "Yes sir!"

We both made our way down to the Inn and went inside. Kathy was cleaning tables while Chase busied himself in the kitchen. Owen was sitting at a table, eating an omelet.

Kathy was the first to spot us. "Well, if it isn't the adorable love birds."

Owen stopped eating to look up. "Hey, what's up guys?"

We both walked in and sat down with Owen.

"Bored." Luke responded.

"What Luke means is that we're really bored and there's nothing to do."

Kathy swung her dishrag around. "Well, what do ya expect? Summer's almost over and it's still hot out. In my opinion, I wish it was fall already." She put the dishrag over her shoulder and pulled out her mini pad and pen. "What can I get ya guys?"

"Pineapple juice for me." I ordered.

Luke sighed. "Spinach omelet, banana pudding, and uh…orange juice."

I snored. "Being a bit of a pig, Luke?"

"Hey I'm hungry."

Kathy wrinkled her nose. "That's…uh quite a combination there Luke."

He shrugged. "Like I said, I'm hungry."

Kathy sighed and went into the kitchen. "Hey Chase! Got another 'Luke Order' for ya!"

Chase's groan echoed out. "Great, what kind of weird thing did he order this time? Maybe I should ask Maya to cook it since he likes weird stuff."

"Hey! I heard that Chase! Don't you dare give me any of that crap!" Luke yelled back at him.

I snickered.

Chase came out of the kitchen to the bar counter and leaned over it. "Well why shouldn't I? You were the one who told Maya I was hiding behind the Inn last week. She forced spoonful of her nasty concoction of beef stew into my mouth. I ended up barfing for almost two hours because of it."

Luke shrugged. "It was a joke. You know me. I love to pull a good prank."

I shook my head. 'Same old Luke.'

Chase groaned as he sulked back into the kitchen, grumbling insults that he could have told Luke.

Kathy came back out of the kitchen, taking a seat next to Owen. "So did you tell them yet?"

"I was just getting to that." He replied, smiling.

"Tell us what?" I asked.

"Are you guys finally getting married?"

Owen glared at him as Kathy blushed and looked the other way.

"No, we aren't getting married, now will you stop it so I can tell you what's going on?"

Luke sighed. "Fine, go ahead. What's the big news?"

Owen interlaced his gloved fingers together in front of him. "Well, Chloe's birthday is coming up in a week from now and I thought that we should throw her a surprise party."

I smiled. "That'd be great. Chloe would love that."

Luke nodded in agreement.

Owen smiled. "Great."

"What do you think we should do for the theme?" Kathy asked us.

Luke shrugged his shoulders. "No idea."

I began to think really hard. 'What does Chloe like?' I thought back to the first day that we met; she told me that she wanted to be a pirate when she grew up. That's it!

"I got an idea!" I announced.

All three of them looked at me, waiting to hear it. "Chloe said that she wanted to be a pirate, right Owen?"

He nodded. "She says that she wants to be a pirate every single day of the week."

"Well what if we had her party on the ferry boat and decorated it like a pirate ship."

Luke's mouth gaped. "Holy crap! That would be awesome. We could sail it all over the island and we'd act like a pirate crew."

"Yeah and we could look for buried treasure and the treasure could be the presents and cake." Kathy suggested.

"Wait! What if we had a story line that went along with the party? You know like a good old fashioned cannonball war between enemies, a kidnapping of a beautiful girl and a handsome pirate saves her, and an epic sword fight to the death; that kind of stuff."

Kathy and Luke nodded in unison, excitedly.

Then we all looked at Owen, whose expression was a frozen loss of words.

"Well Owen, what do you think?" I asked.

He snapped out of his delusion. "You guys…are brilliant! That will be the best thing ever! Chloe would love it! She could actually be a pirate for a day!" he shouted.

Chase came out of the kitchen, holding a spatula in his hand. "Hey, if you guys are doing that, I want in on it. I want a part in the pirate party. Plus Yolanda and I can bake the cake."

"Well that takes care of the cake." Owen noted.

"I can let everyone know about the party and ask if they could be used in the story." Kathy announced.

Owen smiled. "That's the guest list and invites."

"I can talk to Captain Pascal about using the ferry boat." I noted.

Owen nodded and looked at Luke. "And I'll do…something…constructive."

We all sighed. 'Typical Luke.'

"Well we'd better get to work on it right away." I said as I got up from the table.

"Yeah." they all replied as they followed me.

"Hey! You guys have your food to eat still!" Chase yelled at us.

I laughed. "Oh, sorry Chase. Okay we'll eat first and then we'll get started on everything." I responded as we all sat back down, waiting to get our food delivered.

After we finished eating we all split off in different directions. Owen went to the tailor shop to ask about costumes, Kathy went around the island to ask everyone about the party, Luke went to the Carpentry to do…well um something, and as for me I went down to On the Hook bait shop that was on the docks near Pascal's boat.

I went inside to find Toby sweeping the floor around the front counter. He smiled lazily at me. "Hello Ayame."

"Hi Toby. Have you seen Captain Pascal anywhere?"

He looked around the shop and pointed to the back storage room. "I think he might be back there talking to my dad."

Just then the door opened and a very small boy with a baseball cap ran in. He looked to be about nine or ten years old. "Big brother!" he shouted as he jumped on Toby, causing him to fall back, but he wasn't knocked over.

"Hey squirt! Where've you been all morning?"

He looked up at Toby. "I was at the lighthouse."

Toby looked at me. "Oh, Ayame, this is my little brother, Palo. He just arrived here yesterday."

Palo let go of his brother and walked up to me, holding out his tiny hand. "Hi."

I smiled at his cuteness and shook his hand. "Hi. It's nice to meet you, Palo."

He drew his hand back, smiling. "Nice to meet you too."

Then the storage door opened and Captain Pascal walked out. "Well good morning Miss Ayame. How are you this fine morning?"

"I'm good, actually I'm pretty great."

He smiled. "That's good to hear."

"Um..can I speak to you about something?"

He walked over to me, pulling out a clean white cloth from his pocket. "Sure Lass. Talk away." He responded as he pulled the pipe from his mouth and began to clean it.

"Well, you see…Chloe's birthday is next week and we're planning on a surprise party for her."

"Oh, how fun." He rejoiced.

"And the theme of her party is 'pirates'. So we had an idea that we could have it on a boat out on the ocean to give her amazing experience just like a pirate. Then we were going to have a big battle against another ship enemy and do some kind of performance. You know with cannons and sword fights."

Pascal smiled. "Sounds very exciting."

"Well, I wanted to know if you could help us by doing us a favor."

He gave a small nod, waiting for me to ask.

"Is there a chance that we could use a ferry boat for the party?"

Pascal stopped cleaning his pipe and stuck it back into his mouth. "Well, ya see Lass; I need to run a delivery that week and I need to pick up a few people from the city and deliver them to different places. I'm very sorry Lass."

I let out a sigh. 'There goes that idea.'

Then he rubbed his chin. "But you know, there might be some old boats that aren't being used around the island. Whenever I can't use my ferry boat there are always emergency ferry boats or some other kinds of boats in storage. I bet you could use them."

I couldn't stop smiling at him. "Really? Where would I find them?"

He took the pipe out of his mouth for a minute. "Well if you want someone's permission to use them, you're going to have to ask someone in Town Hall. I'd give you permission if I could but I don't have that power."

I shrugged but kept smiling. "It's okay. I think I can convince someone there."

"Hey Ayame! You've got to let me in on the party." Toby requested.

"Me too! Me too! Me too!" Palo shouted as be jumped up and down.

"Don't worry, you'll definitely be part of it too. Thanks Captain Pascal."

He nodded. "You're welcome Lass."

I waved to them all and began to make my way to Town Hall. I was already preparing my little speech for the person was going to ask. I was betting on who I was going to see and I was actually looking forward to seeing him.

When I got to Town Hall I opened the door and let myself in. Ellie was sweeping the lobby with an old ratty broom. "Oh hello Ayame."

"Hey Ellie. Is Gill here?"

She glanced over her shoulder. "I think he's in the back in his office. You can go see him if you want."

I smiled at her as I skipped behind the counter. "Oh Gilly!" I sang.

I heard him sigh. "What?"

I found him sitting at his desk, scribbling on paperwork. I walked up to his desk and rocked back on my heels. "What-cha doing?"

"Paperwork." He replied in a monotone voice.

I rested my hands on the front of his desk. "What kind of paperwork?"

"Permits and taxes."

"Bor-ing!" I sang. "Seriously Gill, that sounds boring."

He sighed as he dropped his pen. "Did you just come here to bug me while I'm working or did you have something serious to talk to me about?" he asked impatiently.

I stood up straight. "Actually, yeah I wanted to ask about something serious; a type of a community thing to discuss."

Gill was taken back as he sat up in his chair. "Oh, well then, have a seat." He responded, gesturing to the chair in front of his desk.

I sat in it and crossed my legs.

Gill stacked his papers on the corner of his desk and folded his hands in front of him. "So, what exactly do you need to talk about?"

I cleared my throat. "Well, Chloe's birthday is next week and well we were planning a surprise party."

"If you're trying to invite me, the answer is 'no'." he interrupted.

"That wasn't what I wanted to talk about."

"Oh, then I apologize. Please continue."

'Wow Gill is actually being polite to me.' I feel like a business women looking for a job. I uncrossed my legs, due to the numbness going through them. "Anyways we thought about throwing a pirate themed party on a boat in the ocean."

Gill nodded slowly.

"And well we thought that we could do like a pirate performance out there for her. You know like a pirate battle with an enemy ship, a beautiful damsel in distress being kidnapped, a huge sword fight to the death."

"Hmm…interesting. So where do I exactly come in on the subject?"

I adjusted in my seat and sat up straight. "We need two boats for the party. I asked Captain Pascal already if we could use his ferry boat but he said that he had deliveries to make. So he told me that there were emergency boats that are sitting in storage and…"

"And you were wondering if I would sign a permit to use them." He finished.

I nodded, hoping that he would say 'yes'.

Gill sighed and leaned back in his chair.

"That's all I'm asking for Gill. I'm not asking for anything huge."

He looked at me with his icy blue eyes. "Well, I don't think I could do that."

"But why?"

"Ayame, those boats are used for deliveries and emergencies only. If they become damaged then what would we have left? Pascal needs those boats. I'm sorry."

"But we'd be very careful with them. Plus Pascal only uses them for emergencies only; he doesn't need them unless something happens to his ship." I narrowed my eyes at him. "And I don't mean that you should go and wreck his ship so he can use the emergency boats and then we can't use them."

He cocked an eyebrow. "You really think I would do that?" he asked sarcastically.

I shrugged my shoulders. "Hey, just thinking of the possibilities."

Gill rubbed his chin. "Well I'm not sure about it."

I clasped my hands together. "Oh please Gilly! For your best friend! Just this once, please!" I pleaded.

His eyes widened slightly as he sat up straight.

'Ah ha! I hit the weak point.' Ever since Gill and I became friends I found out what some of his weak points were. One of them was that I was his best friend and he usually gave in to anything I asked. The only favor that it didn't work on was the same request I've been making since I got here; to make Gill smile.

He groaned. "Oh, I hate it when you do that and pull that on me."

I smiled in triumph. "Because you know it's true."

He grumbled under his breath as he took out a permit paper and scribbled something down. Then he slid it over to me with a pen on top. "Sign your signature here." He instructed as he pointed to a blank line.

I signed it and slid it back to him. "Actually, when you think about it, this performance could be a good idea for the community."

He picked up the pen without leaving my gaze. "How so?"

"Well it could be a sort of a show for everyone. And it would bring people together in some way."

He turned the paper towards him. "Hmmm…I guess I never thought of it like that." He signed the paper and then stamped on it with an 'approval' stamp. "There you go." He said as he handed it to me.

I smiled. "Thanks Gilly. You're awesome" I thanked him as I stood up to leave.

"Yes yes, I'm awesome." he replied sarcastically. "Now you'd better go, you must be a big hurry to get back to the others.

My smile dimmed a little. 'Maybe he could use a little company for a bit, after all it's only 2 pm. I've got all day to meet up with the gang. A little conversation with my best friend couldn't hurt.'

"Umm…actually, I'm not in a huge hurry right now, you mind if we talked for a bit? Casually?"

Gill looked at me surprisingly. "Um…sure."

I sat back down and folded the permit up so I could put it in my pocket. "So how have you been lately?"

He shrugged. "Okay, I guess. It's been busy around here."

"Busy? Like how?"

"New building permits to sign, taxes, renewals of permits, new residents coming to the island."

"New residents? Who's coming to the island?"

He shrugged. "We aren't sure who they are yet. We'll just find out when they get here." He responded as he reclined back in his chair.

"Maybe one of those residents could be a young girl?"

He shrugged again nonchalantly. "Maybe."

A smirk curled on my face. "She could be a possible bachelorette."

He nodded in agreement. "A young bachelorette for any single bachelor on the island."

"A single bachelor who happens to be the mayor's son." I added.

His head shot up, eyes widened, as he caught onto my little game.

I crossed my legs and folded my arms over my chest in triumph. 'I got him.'

He glared at me. "No way."

I let out a sigh. "But Gill, you need to find a girlfriend."

"I don't need a girlfriend. I'm perfectly fine without one." He growled as he spun his chair around so he could stare at the white musty wall.

"But don't you wanna fulfill your mom's promise? I mean she did say to find a girl to marry. How can you do that when you keep pushing the them all away?"

I could see his arm stiffen as he clutched the arm of the chair. "Mother…" he whispered. Then he spun his chair back around to me. "Well then what do you suggest we do about it then?"

'Bingo.'

I let my feet sit flat on the floor. "Hmm…well we need to start thinking about different possibilities of girls you could ask out."

He raised a blonde brow. "Ask out?"

"Yeah, you have to take a girl out on a date before you even think about asking them, 'hey baby would you marry me?'" I responded with a laugh at my impression.

He growled under his breath. "I know what it is. And I do not talk like that."

I rolled my eyes. "Sheesh, can't you ever take a joke? Of course you'd never talk like that." I sighed.

He sat up and leaned on his elbows that rested on his desk. "Okay then, who do you have in mind?"

I rolled my eyes to ceiling and began to let my mind wander. There were a bunch of single girls on the island; none of them were married yet. But as soon as I began to think, one girl immediately popped into my head. I cringed at the thought of her being on a date with Gill. "Well…what about…Luna?"

Gill made a face in disgust. "Why her?"

"Well, she follows you around like a lovesick puppy. So you can definitely tell that she likes you."

Gill groaned at the idea. "I don't like her. She's…a little too desperate to be mature."

"How old is she anyways?" I asked, anxious to find out why that little girl acts and talks like she's a teenager.

Gill got up from his chair and walked over to a green filing cabinet that sat near the window. He opened an compartment and skimmed through the files until he picked up one out. "Ah, here it is." he said as he opened it up. "According to her island profile, she's about fifteen years old."

"Fifteen?! How in the world could she be fifteen when she looks like an eight year old?! Plus she carries that stuffed bunny around with her."

He shrugged. "She's short for her age and maybe it's just a habit."

A strange habit.

Another thought came to mind. "Wait, what's an island profile?"

"It's a document file that gives all of the information on each person who lives here. We want to make sure that we aren't harboring any criminals."

I snickered. "Oh yeah, because criminals definitely think that they can hide here. Have you ever had that happen before?"

Gill shook his head. "No, but we are just taking precautions."

"So what's in an island profile?"

"Basic stuff. Name, address, where they moved from, who's their family, what do they like-"

"Wait! So it has their personal information too?"

"Yes."

I leaned back in my seat. "So what you're saying is...you're snooping through everyone's personal information."

His eyebrows perked up. "I do not! I glance over their records to make sure they're clean before they move here."

"Soooo...is there a profile on me in the file box?"

He nodded slowly. "Yes of course."

"So what does mine say?"

He closed up the file in his hand. "I'm sorry, but that would be confidential information."

"So I can't even know what my own profile says about me?"

Gill shook his head as he put the file back in the filing cabinet.

I groaned as I sunk into my seat further. "You're so mean..."

He glanced over his shoulder. "So I'm mean after I approved of your suggestion? Is that how you thank me, by calling me mean because I won't allow you to see your profile?"

I sighed. "I'm sorry, it just seems strange that I can't even look at my profile when you probably look at yours all the time."

He walked back over to his seat. "Actually, my father holds onto my record. He's checking over it to make sure I don't make any wrong moves to endanger my position to become mayor. Also because I don't want to see my profile, it feels like I'd be a hypocrite. If I saw my own profile than it doesn't seem fair to everyone else who wants to see their profile."

I sat back up in my seat. "Well I guess that is pretty nice of you. You definitely aren't selfish."

"Wait, who said that I was selfish?"

I laughed softly as I shook my head. "Nobody did, I'm just letting you know if anyone ever told you that. You could prove them wrong."

He looked down at his papers. "Oh, thank you. So anyways, back to our subject a little bit ago. Do you have anyone else in mind?"

My mind went blank to the rest of the single girls. Renee was after Toby, Anissa liked Jin, and Kathy was in love with Owen; so that takes them out.

"Candace?"

"She's too shy to even talk to me about anything."

"Phoebe?"

"She's always mining in the caves with Calvin."

"Maya?"

"Her food puts people in the clinic and she's obsessed with Chase. Besides, I wouldn't like a girl who can't cook something without causing the customer to get sick."

I sighed in frustration. "Well that eliminates every girl on the island who isn't married."

I didn't want to mention Selena at all to him since I knew that he wouldn't even consider dating her. She was a grouch like him but she had another reason to be grouchy; and I mean the bratty chick who wants to ruin the life of the single girl who stole her man; me.

"Well that isn't everyone who wears a wedding ring." He pointed out.

"Oh? Who else is there?"

"You."

My eyes widened slightly. Oh right, I wasn't married either just like all the others. "Yeah, I forgot. But I do have a boyfriend, remember?"

"Of course I do. You're dating…Luke…now." He said as he cringed on Luke's name.

I was impressed by Gill's ability to refrain form complaining about Luke. He hasn't said anything bad about Luke ever since they day we talked. It's like he's sworn off on ever hating Luke again. Well maybe not completely, but still.

"I appreciate your refrain from arguing about him. Thank you."

Gill leaned back and sighed. "Well this isn't easy to do, but anything for my best friend."

I giggled. "How gentlemen like. A girl would love that about a man."

"Yes…I'm sure they do."

"Oh come on, I'm just giving you a little advice on how to get a girl. You know what they say, 'a little advice never hurts'."

"I know, I'm just not used to this kind of stuff. I'm very inexperienced in this field."

"Well you know something Gill, I can actually help you out with your act around the ladies. That is, if you want my help."

He stared at me for awhile and then exhaled. "Sure, I guess I could use some help."

I gave him shiny grin. "Yay!" Then I glanced at the clock. "Oh, I'd better get going. I've got to tell the guys the good news."

I got up from my chair, smoothing my shorts out. "Thanks for the permit Gilly."

"You're welcome." Then he groaned in frustration. "Is it really necessary to call me that?"

I laughed. "Well I like to call you that; after all, I am your best friend."

He began getting out more paperwork. "Yes, yes I know. And thank you for your…'help'…I guess."

"Glad to help. See ya later." I squealed as I left the building.

Well how was that? I hope you liked it! I promise I'll try to get the next chapter out as soon as I can. Hopefully I can get it out before school starts to get even more intense for me. Please review and message me! I really appreciate your comments and suggestions, it really helps me with the story. Thanks everyone! I hoped you enjoyed it!