Starry Night Festival

Prompt: A festival

Pairing: If I told you it'd ruin the suspense.

Based of off: HM: FOMT

Summary: Ann expects no one to ask her to watch the stars. Will someone knock her off her feet?

Notes: Yeah, VERY sorry about not writing yesterday. Tisk, tisk, me. By the time I noticed I was supposed to write a story it was 12:55 A.M. (seriously…) anyway, enjoy!

Warning: Rather angsty

Tonight was marked with the most beautiful stars of the years. Sweethearts from all over the village would watch the stars together that night with wishes and dreams of the future in their hearts. Everyone seemed to have someone in the village. However, Ann seemed to have no one to ask to watch the stars with her that night. She sat alone at the top of the mountain where the sun was setting over the horizon. Soon night would come and the festival would start with her alone, on this lonely mountain. Her father did always say she didn't act lady like enough. Ann scoffed at this.

What did it matter if she was lady like or not? Couldn't guys like her for who she really was? Obviously the answer was a resounding no. Her father had also worried she'd never get married. She had never believed one word of it. She would find someone some day, as all people do. Sitting alone on the towering mountain, she was starting to doubt that simple statement. All the remotely dateable guys were currently taken, well with exception of Jack but she had a feeling he didn't like her that way.

She had to admit she kind of liked Jack. His brown hair and eyes (Does he have brown eyes?) made him look very handsome in her opinion. Yet here she still was on top of the rocky mountain side with not another soul around. She never thought it would really faze her so much. She usually ignored her dad's comments about her being un-ladylike and never gave them a second thought. Something about the atmosphere makes it all come into her mind now, the biting silence and the cool air blowing through the mountains, possibly the only audible sound at the time.

Then there was the distinctive sound of footsteps. They started out light and wispy and grew louder and more pronounced as time passed. Someone was coming up the mountain. Ann just sat there decided that whoever would come, would come, even if it was love-struck stargazer arriving early for a good spot.

"Jealousy never got anyone anywhere worth going to, Ann." She reprimanded herself. Soon she thought she could hear yelling. It started out like the footsteps, soft and faint, but then became clear and thunderous.

"Ann!" She knew that voice! Her heart rate went up impressively. Could it really be? What did he want anyway?

"Ann! I…finally…found…you…." Jack was standing behind Ann out of breath and holding his knees for support. Ann turned around and met Jacks brown eyes that seemed to radiate happiness themselves.

"Here." He said as he handed her a bouquet of rustic orange and red flowers. She could tell these were the same flowers he grew on his farm. Her face went five shades of red as she took them slowly from his hands.

"Th-thanks." was all she could manage to stutter out as he sat next to her on the hill. The first stars were starting to come out.

"Ann, would you like to watch the stars with me tonight?" Jack asked with a hopeful tone to his voice. Ann was shocked to say the least but in a good way.

"Of course, Jack." She said trying not to cry tears of happiness. Now she was sure she liked him and she was pretty sure she liked him back. It was a wonderful feeling. They spent the rest of the night gazing at the shining stars, surely thinking of the future they had ahead of them, together.

A/N: A sweet little story. I can really sympathize with Ann because I'm a tomboy too and proud of it. I hate things that are "girly". Ann is my favorite HM character.