A/N: Here's the second chapter. Enjoy.

Chapter 2: Fitting in

I woke up at the familiar buzz of my alarm clock. I looked at the time: 6:00. Stupid clock. I hate waking up early. I slid out of bed and got dressed. I looked into the toolbox and pulled out a hammer, an axe and a pedometer---you never know when it may come in handy. I went outside into the field. It was covered in weeds, sticks, and rocks. I sighed and got to work with my axe on the sticks. Eventually, I got tired of chopping sticks, so I decided to take a break. I used my map and found my way to the Inn. I saw Ann standing near the bar. I walked up to her and said,

"Hey, Ann!"

"Oh, Amy, hi! You done with work already?"

"No, I was just bored from chopping up sticks in my field."

"Ah. I see. So what 'cha come here for?"

"I wanted to talk to someone and since you're the only friend I have, I came here."

"Well, if you're here, why not get something to eat?"

"Sorry, I don't have any money to spare."

"This one's on the house."

She went back behind a door that leads who-knows-where and later on came out with a dish that smelled pretty darn good. She led me to a table and set down the plate. She turned and said to me,

"Dig in!"

I sat down and started to eat. It was pretty good. I finally finished eating and said to Ann,

"That was good. Thanks!"

"You're welcome! I made it myself!"

"You're a good cook."

"Thanks! Just don't try Karen's cooking. Last time I ate it, I had diarrhea for a week. Of course, you didn't need to know that last part."

"Well, thanks for the warning. I'll see you later!"

I left and dropped by the supermarket to buy a bag of seeds. I saw a cowardly man sitting at the desk. I picked up a few bags, paid for them and left. The next few days were pretty boring. It consisted of me watering newly planted crops, possibly pulling weeds/smashing rocks/chopping sticks, and visiting Ann. May and Barley even gave me a new horse! I named him Lightning. Eventually, Ann and my talking turned into gossiping. Within that I learned who all my rivals were. Mary likes Gray, Karen likes Rick, (Which I think is really odd.) Popuri likes Kai, Elli likes the Doctor, and Ann likes Cliff. I told her I didn't know yet, which was true at the time. One day I went to the church because I was bored. I saw Cliff there holding his stomach and saying,

"So…hungry. But I can't use any more money. I gotta find a job somewhere."

I felt sorry for him so I decided to make him something to eat. I asked Ann if I could use her kitchen. I thought for a little while and eventually decided to make some truffle rice because rice is very filling. I had the dish made and so I went to the church and looked around the pews to see if I could find Cliff. I saw him sitting near the front of the pews staring at the ground. I walked over to the front pew and sat down beside him.

"Here. Take this." I said as I handed the dish to him.

He looked at it with wide eyes and replied, "Thanks! I'm starving!" He immediately took it and began to dig in. He talked in between bites of food.

"So, why did you make me this?" He asked me.

"I saw you earlier saying how hungry you were. So I decided to make you something to eat." I replied.

"I didn't know you could cook." He said.

"Well, I can. Give some credit to Ann for letting me use her kitchen. That old house Grahm left me has no kitchen." I told him.

"Well, thanks." He said as he finished off the truffle rice I gave him. "It was good! Does Ann know? It's pretty obvious that she likes me. Do you think she would mind?"

"I told her what I was using the kitchen for." I said to him. "She told me that she wasn't going to be competing for you. She's a good friend."

"That's good. Thanks again. You can always bring more."

I chuckled a little and left. When I got back to the Inn, Ann showered me with questions. I answered them slowly, but surely. I finally went home and went to bed. I started bringing Cliff a meal every so often. We would talk about the latest news and who did what. I think I was beginning to develop a small crush on him. When I told Ann that, she seemed a little ticked off at first, but got over it after a couple of seconds. I have been making some pretty darn good friends in this town. First there's Ann. Now there's Cliff. After a while, Spring soon turned into Summer. Ann told me that I should go down to the beach and meet Kai. I told her I would just come to the bar later and meet him. So I did. Ann led me over to a table where a guy with a purple bandanna and tanned skin sat. When he saw me, he smiled and greeted me with,

"Hi. My name's Kai. What's yours?"

"My name's Amy." I replied.

"I heard you were taking over that old farm." He said.

"Yeah, I am." I told him.

"Well it's good to hear that someone is finally taking up that old ranch. Well, you should come by my snack shack down at the beach sometime." He replied.

"Maybe I will." I replied.

"Do you want to get something to drink?" He asked me.

"No. I don't drink much. Me being drunk could lead to extreme embarrassment." I told him.

"It's fine. I do it all the time." He told me.

I looked over at Ann who gave me the 'I-don't-know' shrug. I remembered the story dad told me about what happened to dad when he was drunk. They had to call the fire department! I said to Kai while shaking my head,

"No. I'm not going to have any." I said to him.

"Suit yourself. You don't know what you're missing, though." He told me.

I left his table and went over to Ann.

She asked me excitedly, "So, what did you think of him?"

"He's okay. He drinks too much though." I told her.

"Over the years, he has gotten better and better at holding his alcohol. He hardly ever gets drunk." She told me.

"That's good, but I still don't drink." I said.

"I think you should at least check out his snack shack. He's got delicious snow cones." She exclaimed.

"Maybe I will." I replied.

"Come here tomorrow once you are done with farm work. We can go down there together." She said to me.

"All right. If you insist." I told her.

So the next day, after I finished my farm work, I went down to the Inn. Ann led me out the door and took me through the square to the beach. We entered a white house and found Kai sitting at the counter. He saw us and greeted us with,

"Hello, ladies. What can I do for you today?"

"Oh," Ann replied. "I wanted Amy to come down here and try something."

"And what would the fair lady like to eat? We have water, pizza, spaghetti, baked corn, and snow-cones." He said smoothly.

"Hmm…" I thought for a minute. "I'll take a snow-cone. Ann recommended those." I told him as I pulled out my money to pay him.

"No need to pay. This time it's my treat." Kai said with a smile.

I put my money back in my pocket and Kai went back to a small kitchen in the back of the room. I heard his voice again saying,

"What flavor? Strawberry, Blue Raspberry, or Lime?"

"I'll take Strawberry." I replied.

Soon enough he came back with a pinkish colored snow-cone in his hand he gave it to me saying,

"There you are, fair lady. One Strawberry snow-cone."

I took a bite and Ann asked me,

"How do you like it?"

"Good." I replied with a mouth full of snow-cone. "But very cold."

I eventually finished my snow-cone and we left the house. On our way back, Ann said to me,

"Hey, I just wanted to tell you that you're invited to my birthday party!" Ann told me happily.

"Cool. When is it?" I asked her

"Summer 17th. The day of my birthday." She replied.

"Oh my gosh! That's four days after my birthday! Mine is on the 13th." I said excitedly.

"It is? Well then, it can be a party for both of us. I'll let everyone know to bring you a present too. What do you like?" She asked.

"I like…jewelry, hairpieces…it doesn't matter much. What do you like?" I told her.

"Me? I like perfume, jewelry, lots of stuff." Ann said with a shrug.

We continued discussing about the party and what we needed to do. She told me to show up an hour early. Soon enough my actual birthday came and I had a small celebration with my dog because the real party was yet to come. I had already picked out a bracelet to give to Ann. Three days later I woke up excited about the party I knew it was going to be very interesting. I picked up my gift and my sleepover bag (We decided on a sleepover for the girls with a party beforehand) and headed out the door. I walked to the Inn wondering what was planned for that day. I opened the door and Ann was in there setting up decorations. She saw me and we waited for the guests to arrive. Until finally we heard the doorbell ring. We opened the door and Elli stood before us. She handed over the presents and walked inside. Soon enough all of the guests came. We started off with playing a few games. When Ann asked for suggestions and excited reply came from Kai. He said,

"Oh! Oh! Let's play spin-the-bottle!"

"Sure, why not?" Came a cheery reply from Popuri.

Ann ran to the back room in her house and came back with and old coke bottle. She placed it in the middle and we began to debate on who was going to go first.

"I think that Amy or Ann should go first because they are the birthday girls." Karen said with a smirk.

"I honestly think we should pick Amy because she's new." Elli replied.

Fortunately, this game was not going to ruin my first kiss. I used to go out with this dumb guy named Rodger. He eventually dumped me for the cheerleader's team captain. We all pretty much agreed on what Elli said and the bottle was spun for my fate. It landed on…

A/N: Suspense! I am evil! Oh, well. You will just have to wait for the next chapter if you want to know where the bottle lands. Well, please review! Thanks and bye!