AUTHORS NOTE: Okay, I've been reading other fan fics on the site and apparently I'm supposed to say something like "I do NOT own Harvest Moon" to avoid law suits or something……but if I DID own the game, that would be cool!
Chapter 3: A Jack of all Trades
Spring 1
Did I ever tell you about the weather here? It works in extremes. When it's summer here the heat is incredible, not unbearable, but not exactly to my likening. Have you ever been able to SEE the heat? It gets like that around here.
Then there's the winter. The snow is in the ground almost overnight and it stays there throughout the entire season. Don't get me wrong, I love the snow, but it all seems kind of strange when you think about it. How it can go from so hot to so cold and back again is a mystery to me. On that note I-
No, Leo didn't really want to read that just now. He would come back to all of it later. It's not that he didn't care, he just wanted to know about his parents more then anything right now. He lost his place. Now where was it? There it was. He saw is father's name and back up to that paragraph.
I mentioned a few entries back the death of the old farmer (so which the village is still mourning), the storm and the arrival of the grandson. I have heard through the grave-vine that his name is Jack. He's supposed to arrive today at he new and improved harbor. Gotz did a wonderful job on it too, but I told you that in my last entry. Back to the point, He arrived just as I was leaving the library. He was standing next to our Mayor just as they where walking by, the man stopped and looked at me. I smiled back at him, a little nervous. I'm always nervous around new people. I guess I'll never get over this shyness of mine. The mayor stopped and said something like:
"Ah, yes. This is our library. It's run by Mary."
Something like that, I can't remember exactly, but I know I said:
"Hello. I hope you'll stop by and read our books."
He said that he would before the mayor pushed him on to another area of the town. I don't really believe him, though. No one comes by here and I'm sure a new farmer will be to busy to stop by even if he wanted to. Not that it matters, I've kind of gotten used to the idea that no one takes much interest in this building. Sometimes I wonder if I should even keep it open.
Oh, now that I think about it, I haven't even told you what he looks like, have I? Let me see, He had brown hair sticking out from a blue hat backwards on his head, a white shirt, blue suspender pants tucked into boots. He looks dressed for the location. He was actually kind of cute. Maybe he will actually be able to turn that farm around and get it running again. The place has fallen into ruin a bit. He might not even stay for that long too. That is always a possibility.
Before I forget, I have a new idea for a novel. You see-
That was it. That was it?! This was the man she was going to fall in love with and marry and have a child with all he got was a 'kind of cute'! Women! Leo would ever understand them.
He scanned the rest of the entry (which went on for another full page) and there was nothing else mentioned about his father. However, the story his mother had jotted down wasn't quite bad. Actually, he remembered reading it when he was younger. It was quite good.
Maybe the next day…..
Spring 2
It was nice and warm today so I stepped outside and breathed in the air. It was pure and clean like always. It's so wonderful here. There is magic in this village, I just know it. I went with my mother and father up to the top of Mothers Hill today. I saw a small squirrel and it was just the cutest thing. I love it up there in the mountains. I guess that's why I used to play up there so much as a child, whenever I wasn't reading that is. Maybe I'll go back up there this evening.
Something shocking happened today. It was around 1:00 o'clock and I was pacing the floor, thinking about the finishing touches I would add to my story, when I heard the door open. I thought that it was too early for Gray to arrive, but the thought was quickly pushed out of my head as I wonderful idea came to me. It was- well, I'll write that later, that's not the point of this. The point is, I was walking back in the area of my desk when I bumped right into someone and fell down.
"Oh. I am so sorry."
I said, thinking it was Gray.
"No, it's my fault."
I looked up and it wasn't Gray at all! It was Jack, the new farmer. I was a little surprised to see anyone come into the library that I didn't say a word; I just looked up at him. He held out his hand to me and said:
"Let me help you up."
I nodded and grasped his and as he pulled me to my feet. I adjusted by glasses and apologized again for bumping into him. I explained that I was thinking about a story I was writing and lost track of my surroundings. I then asked him why he came in and what he needed. He said:
"I said that I would stop by yesterday, didn't I? I couldn't break my promise."
Amazing, I never expected him to show, but there he was. He spent some time looking and reading and I went back to my desk and tried to think about my story, but my thoughts kept wandering back to Jack and the idea that maybe, MAYBE this would finally be the turn-around the library needed.
He and I made some polite chit-chat and the village and such then he excused himself and left. It made me so happy to think that some interest would be taken in my books that, I must say, my heart raised a little.
I'll talk more later. It's very late now. Goodnight. This diary was the best gift ever. I must that Gray again.
-Mary-
Now that was a little more like it. She didn't know it yet, but she was talking to her future husband. Leo felt a bit of power in some strange way. He knew the future that was about to happen and that made him feel strong. He just had to see what would happen next!