Disclaimer: I don't own Harvest Moon or any of the characters, Natsume does.

Chapter 5

"Whoa!" Jack slammed headfirst into the floor after rolling over, and, after a shocked moment had passed, he pulled himself to his feet.

"Wow, that hurt." He mumbled as he ate his breakfast and headed outside. He looked at his watch and headed over to the chicken coop where El was waiting to be fed.

"Hey! You laid an egg for me!" He hugged the chicken happily and set it back down before he walked over to the incubator and placed the egg gently inside.

"Can't wait to see what a beautiful chicken you'll be." He said, making sure to put food in El's feed box on his way outside. He looked around his farm and smiled to himself. His grass field was growing nicely, already taking up the whole lower half of his farm field. On the other half, he had five plots of potatoes almost ready for harvest.

"Yay, profits." He hummed to himself as he watered his potatoes, thinking already of the summer seeds he wanted to buy.

After finishing up, he ran to the town square to vote for Elle, and he wondered why he had waited until two days before to vote for her. He shrugged it off as he dropped his vote into the ballot box and headed down to the bakery. He had caught a lot of large fish the other night and he wanted to surprise Elle with one.

"Hi Jack!" Elle smiled at him as he entered, and he held the fish out to her, along with a moon drop flower.

"Thank you! How are your plants doing?" She asked as he looked at the display case with interest.

"Pretty well." He smiled at her, and she put her arm on his shoulder gently. A moment of silence passed between them, both not needing to say much to let the other know how they each felt. Jack leaned close to her and Elle closed her eyes expectantly as she felt his warm breath.

"Hey Jack. What's up?" Jeff asked, walking out of the back room, his arms loaded down with different pastries and other items. Jack jumped away from Elle in surprise and rubbed the back of his head.

"Not much Jeff. I was just getting ready to head out. I'll see you later Elle." He said, watching the blushing brunette walk over to help Jeff carry some of his load. Jeff waved and Elle smiled at him as he rushed out the door.

"Hey Jack, you look flustered." Cliff said, walking up behind him and tapping his arm. Jack turned and smiled at him.

"Oh, Jeff just accidentally walked in on my first almost kiss with Elle." Jack said, shrugging like he really didn't care much, but Cliff already knew Jack better than that and smiled.

"You'll get another chance. Besides, you got more things to take your mind off of it. Your kitchen extension will be done tomorrow won't it?" Cliff asked, matching Jacks speed as he walked to the stream to catch some fish for profit tomorrow.

"Yep, and I can't wait. It was worth the effort." Jack had spent two weeks chopping up old stumps to get enough lumber so he could upgrade his house, and he was more than ready to get started on working on getting lumber for a bathroom.

"Well, if anyone deserves it, it's you. You've worked really hard during your first season here." Cliff smiled as he watched Jack pack up his fishing gear as the sun set.

"Yeah, hey, I'll see you later." Jack called over his shoulder, tossing Cliff one of the fish that he had caught. Cliff waved and Jack smiled to himself. Cliff had been one of his best friends ever since the day that he showed up on Jacks farm, close to passing out from lack of food. Jack chuckled as he walked into his farm and stopped at what he saw.

Elle was standing there and smiling at him, a bag of cookies in her hand.

"Hi Jack, I thought you might like to take a break so I brought you something to eat." Elle handed him the bag and he smiled at her.

"Thanks, that was sweet of you." Jack looked at her, her hair was shining with some red streaks from the glow of the sun setting behind her. He touched her chin gently, tilting her head upward as he leaned closer.

Just like last time, Elle closed her eyes, and Jack stepped closer to her, wrapping one arm around her back, and taking her hand with his other. He closed his eyes and leaned down, gently placing his lips on hers and pressing softly.

Once they parted, Elle opened her eyes and smiled up at him, blushing but not seeming to notice at all. Jack returned her smile and kissed her again. After a few minutes, Elle pulled back slightly, and tucked her hair behind her ears.

"I should get back to the bakery." She said, leaning up and kissing him on the cheek. He nodded, and watched her hurry back as the sun finally disappeared behind the mountains in the distance.

"Wow." Jack muttered, and walked inside his house.

Me: Ok people, next chapter we get to see what happens at the flower festival! Maybe a certain pink haired girl will start trying to mess with Jack and Elle's seemingly happy relationship! What will happen? You'll just have to read and find out!