This is the third chapter it again is not very long, but yah whatever. My computer is on the Fritz again, and whenever I try to get into word it freezes. So I hope you like the third chapter, it took me a long time to update, because I have been at my grandmas most of this week, and she sadly doesn't have a computer. I hope to not take this long for the other chapters, but most of my summer I am on vacation or something else, so they probably will. Plz bear with me as I try to learn knew things and improve my story.

CHAPTER 3

I woke up at least three or four times in the night, quickly finding my nightmares were much more welcoming then my house. I probably only got about 4 hours of sleep between waking up, and trying to go back to sleep. Finally, at about five in the morning I heard the faint chirp of a robin through the musty walls of the house.

I got changed quickly, today I had to get an early start, if I was going to take a hike up the mountain. I had been here two days and I still didn't know my way around most of the town. Finally pulling my hair into a neat ponytail, I exited into the chilly morning air. It must have been earlier then I thought, the sun was just peaking out from the distant mountains. I smiled, and sighed happily to finally be out of that dump of a house. I was getting used to the disgusting sight of my field, It actually didn't seem that bad any more…

I trudged slowly through the wet grass, trying to remember the way to mothers hill. Was it a left? Or did I turn right? Following my instinct I turned left, and after getting lost several times I found what I hoped was mothers hill. It was foggy up here, and colder then it was up at my farm. I shivered and wrapped my arms around my torso as I started the climb up the rest of the mountain. It was a long hike, longer then I had expected. I finally saw the peak of the hill, and gasping for breath I pulled my tiny body over the rocky ledge. I took in several deep breaths before shaking my hair out of my face and observing the view. It was beautiful, like something out of the movies.

I walked over to the edge, putting my fear of heights aside to enjoy the marvellous sunrise. I sat there for ten minutes, the cold pressing against my face. I heard a small scratching sound, and I turned to see a blue hat appearing over the side of the mountain.

He finally made it to the top of the hill, he saw me and a disgusted look spread over his face.

"great, you're here" Gray said coldly, " what are you some kind of stalker, do you have to be everywhere I am"

I was shocked at his rudeness and quickly retaliated

'I am not a stalker, I got here FIRST, I just came up here to enjoy the sunrise, and I'm not leaving just because you don't like that." I was being as nice as I possibly could, but Gray was making it very, very, difficult.

" Well I'm not leaving either, I come up here every day, and your not going to change that."

He sat down beside me; there was an angry, awkward silence that you could probably cut with a knife. I bit my bottom lip, trying to think of something to say. Something rude would probably make things worse.

"Umm, so how long have you lived here in Mineral town?" I probably sounded stupid, but I could not stand a minute more of ear killing silence.

He turned and a confused look spread over his face, like he was trying to decide if this was some kind of trick to make him look stupid. he finally spoke in a cautious way, like he was trying to decide what to say.

"My whole life, my parents died when I was little so my grandpa adopted me." He looked at me and smiled slightly.

"But sometimes I wished I had them back, grandpa just isn't the same."

A sudden wave of pity for this him washed over me. He had lost his parents, and was stuck with Saibara, who didn't exactly seem like the loving type. No wonder he was turning out to be such a jackass…

"My parents live in the city, I came here to get away from them but now there all I ever think about" tears threatened to come pouring out, but I held them in. Crying in front of Gray would just make things worse; he would probably tease me about it forever. But he didn't laugh at me or make some rude joke. He smiled at me. It wasn't a smirk he smiled. It was a big smile.

"Are they nice?" he asked quietly.

"There great" I said smiling at the thought of my loving parents. " They were always so great to me, they gave me everything I wanted. All I had to do was ask and it was mine." I paused; I couldn't believe I was saying this to him. I was actually telling this horrible guy who supposabley HATED me, about my parents. I wondered when he would start making rude jokes again, and calling me a spoiled brat.

"Your lucky, I wish grandpa was like that, he doesn't even treat me like I'm family, more like an employee…"

" Well, from what I can see Saibara doesn't exactly look like cutesy wootsie, teddy bear grandpa."

He chuckled, and gazed up into the sky. "He's defiantly not."

I smiled and turned as well to look up into the sun. It was almost all the way up; dots of marvellous color were splashed across the sky. I let my thoughts drift off to my family. They must miss me to. Mom had practically cried her eyes out when I had told her I was leaving. Dad hadn't been any better. I miss them so much..

"I have to go, I have to get back to the shop before grandpa finds out I left." Gray said quietly. I jolted back to the real world just in time to see him disappear behind the cliff. I smiled happily to myself. As dorky and childish as it sounded, I had finally made a friend. Maybe having someone to talk to would make the farm experience a little more bearable.

Who would of thought that the only person I had hated, would be the one person who I know actually liked. He was a completely different person when he wasn't trying to act snotty. He was actually…nice.

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I got back to the farm about an hour later, stopping to pick some odd mushrooms that I hoped I could ship. I didn't want to eat them, to risky.

I didn't have much work to do, but I was a farmer now, and I had to pretend I was doing something on that old beat up farm. I wasn't going to go back to weed work, not after my last incident. I could buy some live stock, I wasn't really great with animals, but at least it would be something to do other then sitting around all day, which believe it or not, gets very boring after a while.

I sighed, and tried to remember how much money I had brought. It hadn't been much; and I had already spent quite a bit of it ad Doug's. It must have only been around 500 dollars. Probably not enough to buy any worth wild animal not even a chicken. If the price of food was anything like the price of an animal, I wouldn't be getting one very soon.

What else could I do on this old, useless farm? There seemed to be nothing for me here, nothing I could really do. The only people that seemed to be able to tolerate me where Gray and the mayor. I hadn't spoken a word to the rest of the townsfolk since the tour, and even then I really hadn't really said much.

I stood up and walked sadly over to my house. Tears welled up in my eyes as I stared at the brown shack. I would never be able to get used to this. I wasn't a farmer. I was a city girl trying to be something she wasn't. I couldn't even pull weeds without almost killing myself.

I pushed open the thick brown door, it was so dark in this god damn house. I waited for a few moments, letting my eyes adjust. Then feeling around the black space, I collected my small amount of belongings, and began to pack.