Chapter 4
Falling?
After a few weeks had passed, Jack's arm felt a lot better and he decided that today would be the day he finally asked Popuri out.
He was walking up to the flower shop when he saw Popuri out at her usual spot.
Watering the.sidewalk again.
He went over to her.
"Uh, hey Popuri!"
She looked up quickly.
"Jack, you have to stop scaring me like that!"
Jack put his hand on the back of his head
(A/N: like in anime and then they get that big sweat drop, 'cause they're embarrassed)
"he he.uh sorry Popuri. But hey, I was wondering if you were doing anything tonight?"
She thought carefully before responding.
"Tonight? Umm, well no, actually I'm not!"
Jack smiled, laughing nervously.
"Great! So would you want to come up on the mountain with me tonight to watch the stars, or uh, something?"
Popuri beamed.
"Sure!" She gushed out.
"Ok, meet me at my place at 6:00!" Jack shouted as he walked off.
His first official date in this village.
Well, you could say that the bar with Karen was but that doesn't actually count.
Jack decided to stop by the ranch to tell to Ann about his plans for the night.
After they had made up from their little feud, they had become very close, and Jack could say that Ann was his best friend in the village.
Even though he knew she was off-limits, it didn't mean they couldn't be friends right?
And besides he was more interested in Popuri and Karen anyway.
He walked into the ranch, looking through the window to Ann's room.
Sure enough she was there, reading something.
No doubt about animals.
Ann didn't read much, but whenever the ranch was going to get a new type of animal, Ann would learn as much about it as she could.
This time it was pigs.
He tapped on the window and Ann looked up.
He waved to her and she waved back, and in a few minutes, she was outside next to him.
Ann and Jack were sitting on the fencepost, eating some corn which Ann had brought out.
"So let me get this straight," she said
"You're taking Popuri up on the mountain.JUST to watch the stars?"
"That's what I told her."
"BULL! You're gonna make a move on her!"
Jack looked at Ann.
She had figured him out waaaay too fast.
"Well, I'll see how it's going, and then if everything seems fine, maybe a kiss."
"Yeah, and if she wants more?"
"Then.well I haven't thought that far yet Ok, give me some time."
"Well you don't have much; it's already 5:30!"
"Oh sh- I mean.drat! I'm meeting her at 6:00! See you tomorrow Ann!"
Jack got to his farm and was ready for Popuri right at 6:00.
Sure enough, she was on time.
"Hey Popuri!"
He shouted as he came out the door and saw her standing there.
"Hey Jack!"
She responded.
Jack came up to her, and they started walking side-by-side to the mountain summit. By the time they got up there, Jack hadn't even roused the courage to grab her hand, and as they sat down she sighed.
"What's wrong?" Jack questioned.
"Well, I dunno, I guess I'm just not used to this. I've never been on an actual date before."
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"I'm sorry Jack, I know I'm making you feel bad by saying this but, I don't think I really want to go through with this."
"But we were just going to watch the stars!"
"Well, I like flowers better than stars anyway!"
Jack picked a nearby flower and gave it to her.
"Then take this. Come on Popuri, you're not even giving me a chance!"
"Wellll.I guess you're right."
She sat down next to him, and they stared out into the stars.
He reached over to where she had her hand on the ground and put his on top of it.
She sighed and laid her head on his shoulder.
"I love you Popuri."
"Duh! Why else why you have asked me to come up here?"
"Um.good point."
"Popuri, I have a question."
"What?"
She looks excitedly at Jack.
"Why do you always water the sidewalk?"
She gets all stiff and falls backwards.
(A/N: Anime again)
After they got tired of looking at the stars Jack was walking Popuri home, hand-in-hand.
When they got to the door he gave her a quick kiss.
Popuri looked mad, and Jack got scared thinking, "Uh-oh, that was bad right?"
"God, Jack can you do anything right?!?!"
Suddenly, her lips are upon his, and Jack is having the best moment of his life.
(A/N: Unless he had known about that night with Karen.hehe)
After about 5 minutes, Popuri finally pulls away as her dad opens the door.
"Uh.hi Dad! I'm uh, home!"
She gives a big grin.
"Um, ok, well come in Popuri."
He gives Jack a weird look.
Jack waved and dashed off to his farm.
Jack sat on his bed writing his Journal entry for the day.
When it was done he looked it over.
It said this:
Summer 29
I had my first official date in the village tonight. It was with Popuri. At first I took her up on the mountain. Things weren't going too well at first. But then by the time we got back to the flower shop, I gave her one kiss, and she was ready to make out. So of course we did. But her Dad ruined it by opening the door in the middle of it. Well, Kevin is growling at me now so I guess I should see what he wants. More later.
Jack
The next morning Jack was awoken by another visitor.
It was Ann.
"Hey Ann!" he said, yawning as she walked in.
"Hey Jack." she responded, now sitting on the end of the bed.
Jack suddenly started looking at Ann more carefully.
He had never noticed how beautiful her eyes were, and how cute her hair looked when-wait a second.
What was he saying?
"I must still be really tired." he thought to himself.
I mean, he was dating Popuri now, and Ann was taken.
He couldn't be falling for her could he?
"blah blah blah blah blah blah..?"
That was all Jack heard from her.
She was looking at him expectantly.
"Oops, should have listened to the question."
"Um.yeah."
"Oh that's great! So now you two are going out right?"
Jack nodded, glad he had answered correctly.
"Well, I gotta go Jack, se ya later!"
"Bye Ann!"
Jack shook his head vigorously.
No, he couldn't be falling for Ann.
They were just friends.
That was all.
And besides, she was going out with Cliff!
He finally just grabbed the nearest item, and whacked himself in the head with it, passing out in his bed.
Falling?
After a few weeks had passed, Jack's arm felt a lot better and he decided that today would be the day he finally asked Popuri out.
He was walking up to the flower shop when he saw Popuri out at her usual spot.
Watering the.sidewalk again.
He went over to her.
"Uh, hey Popuri!"
She looked up quickly.
"Jack, you have to stop scaring me like that!"
Jack put his hand on the back of his head
(A/N: like in anime and then they get that big sweat drop, 'cause they're embarrassed)
"he he.uh sorry Popuri. But hey, I was wondering if you were doing anything tonight?"
She thought carefully before responding.
"Tonight? Umm, well no, actually I'm not!"
Jack smiled, laughing nervously.
"Great! So would you want to come up on the mountain with me tonight to watch the stars, or uh, something?"
Popuri beamed.
"Sure!" She gushed out.
"Ok, meet me at my place at 6:00!" Jack shouted as he walked off.
His first official date in this village.
Well, you could say that the bar with Karen was but that doesn't actually count.
Jack decided to stop by the ranch to tell to Ann about his plans for the night.
After they had made up from their little feud, they had become very close, and Jack could say that Ann was his best friend in the village.
Even though he knew she was off-limits, it didn't mean they couldn't be friends right?
And besides he was more interested in Popuri and Karen anyway.
He walked into the ranch, looking through the window to Ann's room.
Sure enough she was there, reading something.
No doubt about animals.
Ann didn't read much, but whenever the ranch was going to get a new type of animal, Ann would learn as much about it as she could.
This time it was pigs.
He tapped on the window and Ann looked up.
He waved to her and she waved back, and in a few minutes, she was outside next to him.
Ann and Jack were sitting on the fencepost, eating some corn which Ann had brought out.
"So let me get this straight," she said
"You're taking Popuri up on the mountain.JUST to watch the stars?"
"That's what I told her."
"BULL! You're gonna make a move on her!"
Jack looked at Ann.
She had figured him out waaaay too fast.
"Well, I'll see how it's going, and then if everything seems fine, maybe a kiss."
"Yeah, and if she wants more?"
"Then.well I haven't thought that far yet Ok, give me some time."
"Well you don't have much; it's already 5:30!"
"Oh sh- I mean.drat! I'm meeting her at 6:00! See you tomorrow Ann!"
Jack got to his farm and was ready for Popuri right at 6:00.
Sure enough, she was on time.
"Hey Popuri!"
He shouted as he came out the door and saw her standing there.
"Hey Jack!"
She responded.
Jack came up to her, and they started walking side-by-side to the mountain summit. By the time they got up there, Jack hadn't even roused the courage to grab her hand, and as they sat down she sighed.
"What's wrong?" Jack questioned.
"Well, I dunno, I guess I'm just not used to this. I've never been on an actual date before."
"."
"I'm sorry Jack, I know I'm making you feel bad by saying this but, I don't think I really want to go through with this."
"But we were just going to watch the stars!"
"Well, I like flowers better than stars anyway!"
Jack picked a nearby flower and gave it to her.
"Then take this. Come on Popuri, you're not even giving me a chance!"
"Wellll.I guess you're right."
She sat down next to him, and they stared out into the stars.
He reached over to where she had her hand on the ground and put his on top of it.
She sighed and laid her head on his shoulder.
"I love you Popuri."
"Duh! Why else why you have asked me to come up here?"
"Um.good point."
"Popuri, I have a question."
"What?"
She looks excitedly at Jack.
"Why do you always water the sidewalk?"
She gets all stiff and falls backwards.
(A/N: Anime again)
After they got tired of looking at the stars Jack was walking Popuri home, hand-in-hand.
When they got to the door he gave her a quick kiss.
Popuri looked mad, and Jack got scared thinking, "Uh-oh, that was bad right?"
"God, Jack can you do anything right?!?!"
Suddenly, her lips are upon his, and Jack is having the best moment of his life.
(A/N: Unless he had known about that night with Karen.hehe)
After about 5 minutes, Popuri finally pulls away as her dad opens the door.
"Uh.hi Dad! I'm uh, home!"
She gives a big grin.
"Um, ok, well come in Popuri."
He gives Jack a weird look.
Jack waved and dashed off to his farm.
Jack sat on his bed writing his Journal entry for the day.
When it was done he looked it over.
It said this:
Summer 29
I had my first official date in the village tonight. It was with Popuri. At first I took her up on the mountain. Things weren't going too well at first. But then by the time we got back to the flower shop, I gave her one kiss, and she was ready to make out. So of course we did. But her Dad ruined it by opening the door in the middle of it. Well, Kevin is growling at me now so I guess I should see what he wants. More later.
Jack
The next morning Jack was awoken by another visitor.
It was Ann.
"Hey Ann!" he said, yawning as she walked in.
"Hey Jack." she responded, now sitting on the end of the bed.
Jack suddenly started looking at Ann more carefully.
He had never noticed how beautiful her eyes were, and how cute her hair looked when-wait a second.
What was he saying?
"I must still be really tired." he thought to himself.
I mean, he was dating Popuri now, and Ann was taken.
He couldn't be falling for her could he?
"blah blah blah blah blah blah..?"
That was all Jack heard from her.
She was looking at him expectantly.
"Oops, should have listened to the question."
"Um.yeah."
"Oh that's great! So now you two are going out right?"
Jack nodded, glad he had answered correctly.
"Well, I gotta go Jack, se ya later!"
"Bye Ann!"
Jack shook his head vigorously.
No, he couldn't be falling for Ann.
They were just friends.
That was all.
And besides, she was going out with Cliff!
He finally just grabbed the nearest item, and whacked himself in the head with it, passing out in his bed.