Hi, thanks for the reviews! They can really make you want to write more!

Responses to Reviews.

Krazie4Christ: Yes, Mary did leave the cake in the oven...thanks for pointing that out. Maybe I could work into the plot somehow? Mary didn't leave Sam home alone; she picked him up and took him to her mothers' place, before she went to the Inn.

And if your talking about in the day, in the game Mary seemed perfectly content to leave him home alone all day!

Kayshi & PacificTwist: Yes, babies do make things more interesting, don't they?

Butterflyshadow: Thanks.

And now, the story!

Starry Night (And a few other problems)

Four days later, Mary woke up. And that was just the start. She picked up Sam, and gave him his bottle of milk.

According to the doctor, Sam should be starting to crawl in just two days. She wondered if Jack was going to be there when Sam did crawl. Probably not, Jack would be too busy taking care of the animals, thanks to all of the blizzards they had.

It was only yesterday that Jack's favorite cow had died. Her name was Moo, and he had sat around crying for at least six hours. He had cheered up a lot when Mary had suggested getting another cow. Unfortunately, Jack's lack of creativity led to it being called "MooTwo."

And now she was stuck making dinner for the Starry Night Festival. She would be surprised if Jack turned up at all, probably to busy making money and maiming animals to make it.

She made then mix for the cake, humming softly. She opened the oven door, and a horrible smell came out of it. A horrible realization came to Mary, she had forgotten to take the cake out of the oven four nights ago!

Mary held her nose, and bravely stuck her head in the oven, after checking to make sure it wasn't on. Sure enough, she saw the black charred remains of the cake in the oven. She took the tray out of the oven, and scrubbed it vigorously over the sink, but no matter how much she tried, she simply could not make it clean again.

She had nearly decided to take cake of the night's menu when she remembered the chocolate cake that had been in Jack's fridge for nearly two years.

Mary went to the fridge and had to stretch to reach the chocolate cake. She sniffed it cautiously. It smelt like the outside.

Coming to the conclusion Jack probably wouldn't know the difference; she put in one of the plates, along with the other food.

It was four o'clock, and since she the stars wouldn't come out 'til six, she decided to take a walk for some white grass. She took the south path out of the farm, and turned right. She walked blissfully all the way to the end, only to find the white grass gone. Someone had obviously picked it up. Her gaze saddened. She really wanted that white grass.

She trudged home miserably, as it was nearing six. She went into the house, waiting for Jack. He came in about six-thirty, beaming like a lighthouse and holding out a present for Mary.

Mary unwrapped the present and found, to her delight, that it was a piece of white grass. She kissed Jack on the cheek, who went red with happiness.

"Well...I- er- suppose you like it?" He mumbled

"Thanks Jack!" Mary replied happily. "I've wanted a piece of white grass today!"

"It was a pleasure, getting it for such a beautiful woman as yourself." Said Jack, with a slight wink at Mary.

Mary giggled and blushed.

"Well, what about we eat the delicious food you cooked for us tonight, Mary?"

"It's on the table, come in properly, so we can surrender to the will of our stomachs!" she laughed, and began eating the main course.

Jack was eating like a starved man, everything seemed to be gone in two huge gulps. He reached for a piece of chocolate cake, which he munched on quickly. He had finished his piece of cake, and was reaching for the fruit juice when he went blue in the face.

He started coughing and spluttering, and it looked like he was either choking, or he had food poisoning. He eventually passed out on the floor.

Mary looked at the cake, then to Jack, the cake, to Jack, and deduced that the cake was off. Oh, well. She'd have to take him to the clinic.

The clinic wasn't usually open at night, but you could go there for emergencies. She put Sam in the crook of one arm, and used her other one to drag Jack to the door. She kicked the door open, and dragged him through the snow, all the way to Mineral Clinic.

She knocked on the door catuiosly, and the Doctor opened it. He looked ticked off about something.

"Is it a emergency?" he asked.

"Um...Jack seems to have gone blue in the face. I don't know if he choked, or if has food poisoning."

"Well, if ate his own food, it would probably be the latter, if he ate your food, he probably choked. What was he eating at the time of the incident?"

"Well, he was eating a chocolate cake that has been in the fridge for two years."

"What!! Cake...Two years..." The Doctor went blue in the face and fainted.

That was when Mary decided that all men were idiots.

And that she had married their king.

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I had meant to have this out earlier, but I found some homework, which was due very, very soon that I had completely forgotten about.

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