Chapter 6: The Crisis
I woke up the next day and turned on the T.V. It said there was going to be a hurricane the next day. "Great," I thought to myself. I picked up Koro and walked outside. My crops needed to be harvested, not good. I got my basket and rushed around trying to pick all the corn and tomatoes. I had to save corn to make feed for my chickens, so I saved 10. After shipping all my crops, it was Noon, so I went to feed my animals. I made the feed for the chickens and fed them and collected their eggs. Then I walked into the barn and fed the cows and sheep and milked the cows and sheared the sheep. I walked outside and decided to visit Cliff who worked at the Vineyard.
"Hey Cliff." I said walking up to the Vineyard.
"Hey Jack, how's it going? Heard you made up with Ann?" he asked.
"It's going good. And you heard right, we are friends now which relieves a lot of stress on me." I said.
"That's good, so Jack.....think you could set me up with her? I know you have a history with her, but I really like her." he said.
"Sure no problem, I don't own her. I'll go talk to her now. Try to convince her you're a good guy and not some homeless dude," I said joking around.
"Maybe don't say it in that way," he said in a serious voice.
"Ok ok, well I'm off, see ya." I said walking towards the Inn.
I walked up to the Inn and walked inside. I ordered a sandwhich to act casual, and when I finished walked upstairs to see Ann cleaning the floor.
"Hey Ann, having fun?" I said kidding around.
"Yeah, want to help?" she asked.
"Um, not right now sorry. I have to ask you something." I said.
"Sure what?" she responded.
"Well, you know Cliff..." I couldn't finish.
"Great did Cliff send you here? Tell him if he wants to go out with me to ask me himself!" she outbursted.
"Would you say yes?" I asked.
"Sure, he's a great guy..." she said blushing.
"Ok I'll go tell him that." I said.
"NO. I mean, don't tell him I said that, just tell him to ask me out himself." she said.
"Ok" I replied walking out.
I walked back to the vineyard and told Cliff that he should ask her out himself. He got embarassed but said he'd ask her that night at the Inn. I told him I had to go and went to Church.
"Dear God, please protect my animals and crops tomorrow during the Hurricane. Thank you." I said, praying, then got up and walked out.
There was nothing else to do, so I played with Koro, then went inside to go to sleep. I woke up to howling winds and rain pattering on the roof. I made an omelette and ate it, then tried to open my door. It was stuck.
"Great, how will I feed my animals?" I thought.
I got out a crowbar and pried the door open. I got a jacket and wrapped it around. Koro tried to run out, but I told him no and to stay inside. I walked out and the wind knocked me down. I stood up and walked slowly to the chicken coop. I gathered the eggs and fed them, then walked outside to the barn. I took care of the animals in the barn and took the milk and eggs to my house to store since I couldn't ship them that day. As I walked back outside to feed my horse I heard a very low scream coming from the beach. I immediately forgot about the horse and ran to the beach.
As I approached the beach I saw a girl my age floating in the water. The water was very rough, and she was drowning. I lost all my senses and dove into the freezing cold water. I swam out to the girl and brought her to the shore. She wasn't breathing so I gave her CPR until she started breathing.
"ARE YOU OKAY?" I asked screaming over the wind.
"YES, THANKS TO YOU!" she screamed back, smiling.
"WHAT'S YOUR NAME?" I asked.
"MY NAME IS ELLI!" she yelled back.
"WHERE DO YOU LIVE?" I screamed again.
"I LIVE WITH MY GRANDMA AND LITTLE BROTHER STU NEAR THE LIBRARY!" she yelled back.
"OH STU? I KNOW WHERE THAT IS, LET ME TAKE YOU!" I said, I picked her up because she couldn't walk.
I slowly walked back to her house. Halfway there she started shivering uncontrollably. I wrapped my jacket and sweatshirt around her and she got warmer. I was now freezing but I didn't care, we'd soon be there. When we got to the house, we walked inside. Her grandma and Stu screamed when they saw Elli, but quickly got her warmed up. They made me tea and dried my jacket and sweatshirt. I thanked them and walked back to my farm.
When I got back, I saw that all my crops had been destroyed. I sighed but wasn't too worried because I had 100,000G and it was the end of Summer anyways. I went into my house and fell asleep.