Wai Hai thar.
sorry for the rather late update...had some uni assignments that needed finishing.. anyways, heres chapter 3! enjoy!
I woke up to another clear and sunny day. Unfortunately though, it was scorching hot. Spring had been and gone, and with it, my first few months on Waffle island, It was now the early beginnings of summer. I picked out some breezy clothes for the day. During summer it was always an advantage to wake up in the early hours of the morning. During the morning it was still relatively pleasant…well as pleasant as summer could get I suppose…this morning however was unusually hot and I knew it was just going to get hotter as the day progressed. And that was enough motivation for me to try and get my workload over and done by mornings end.
In the first few months of spring, I had to say, I defiantly cleaned the farm up a lot. The whole paddock was clear, and the majority of it was planted with summer crops. I had invested in chickens earlier on during spring, considering they were the cheaper livestock, and the eggs they produced everyday where defiantly an added bonus to my income. One of my proudest moments however was a week ago, when I had purchased my very first cow, whom I had named Daisy, a very clichéd name for a cow yes, but a fitting one indeed.
Economically speaking things where going wonderfully, a steady income kept my profits up, and saving just a little gold each day meant I could put money away for my next big purchase. In this case, it was another cow.
My social life was wonderful at this point to. Luke remained an ever-constant figure in my life, always visiting and inviting me to hang out with the rest of his friends. And I made an effort to visit him as well, I occasionally brought him gifts, like some fresh produce or some eggs. He was always eager to listen to how I was going on my farm, and he defiantly was one of my best friends on the island. I'd also made good friends with a few other people on the island, Luna was one of my closet friends. We clicked when we met at the bar. As a result I was always interacting with Gill as well, who came to see Luna on a regular basis. Kathy and Owen where always fun to talk too, and I made small talk with them often when I was at Armonica bar.
I'd always drop into the bar for something nice to drink most afternoons, and so, I often chatted to Chase, but it was never more then small talk. Which annoyed me a little, he seemed like an interesting guy, sarcastic and cold, but interesting. I'd never had the opportunity to hang out with him outside of the bar, but I wish I could.
Toby showed me where some of the best fishing spots on the island where, and Renee was always interested in how my animals where going.
I'd made a few very good friends on the island already, Maya however I couldn't stand for more then an hour at a time. She was a very nice girl, but annoyed me to no end…Chase was right, her peppy attitude does piss you off. But never the less I made sure I was still nice to the girl.
Only one person on the island seemed to not like me at all, and that was Selena, and I had no clue as to WHY she didn't like me. When she first danced in front of me I made sure to compliment her, I honestly thought her dancing was amazing, but she just turned her nose up at me and walked off. After a few other fruitless attempts to try and get to know her a bit better, I gave up, there was just no hope.
Overall, it was happy days, there was still a lot more work needed to be done on the farm, but I was defiantly pleased with my progress.
Ready for the mornings work ahead of me I made my way to the door, only to be stopped by my phone.
Who in the goddess's name would be calling at six in the morning? I thought to myself as I went to pick up the receiver.
"Hello?" I said,
"Angie! Honey!" At the end of the phone was the cheery voice of my mother, Chelsea.
"Oh, hey mum!" I replied, "I'm happy to hear from you, but what on earth are you doing calling so early in the morning?" I questioned.
"Well for thing honey, you forgot to ring last night," I mentally kicked myself for that, my mothers only request for me was to call every Sunday at about six o'clock, but with me being so busy I often forgot, and mum would then call me.
"Hahaha…sorry mum…I forgot…again…" I sighed.
"Don't worry about it sweetie, I know how busy it can get when your just starting out." Mum laughed. "Anyway the reason for the early morning phone call is to tell you, that your father, uncle Pi, Aunt Natalie and I are leaving today." She said.
"…wait…what? Where are you going?" I asked, very confused.
"To visit you!" Mum said excitedly. "Where coming to visit for a few days, we'll be at Waffle island dock at about one o'clock this afternoon!"
"Really!? You've made my day mum! I miss you guys so much! I can't wait!" I was practically jumping up and down with excitement.
"Yes, well honey I have to go, your father and I have to finish packing! Dad says Hello, we'll see you later on today Angie, we love you."
"Bye mum! Love you guys too." I said, a smile reaching from ear to ear, although mum couldn't see that.
And then we both hung up. I was so excited I didn't even feel the heat, I watered the crops and looked after the animals in record timing. When I looked at my watch, it was only ten o'clock I still had a while before my family would arrive.
I was so excited to see them, we spoke almost every week but I missed them all so much. Sunny island is such a small town, that every resident is like family. And I was a very family orientated girl, I loved my mother and father so much, they were my hero's. Aunt Natalie and Uncle Pi where like second parents to me. Uncle Pi had taught me how to cook so many recipes, and cook them well.
And that's when it hit me.
**
"Your uncle is Gourmet Pierre!" he said shocked
"Yes! Well…not by blood, very old family friend, but still, when he comes to visit, you should cook something for him! You are obviously very talented." I grinned.
He smiled a little and crossed his arms.
"You actually mean that?"
"Of course I do!" I smiled
"Whatever, I'll hold you to it you know. People usually have a way of letting me down." He said, starting to clean the area where he prepared the omelette.
"Don't doubt me." I said.
**
Chase had to be informed, I always stay true to my word.
I didn't really know where about he would actually be at ten in the morning, but I figured I give his house a try first. It was true I didn't know a lot of the residences very well, but I could tell you where everyone lived…it is somewhat freaky, but its just the way in small communities. I practically sprinted all the way to Chase's house. I stopped at his front door heaving slightly…maybe it wasn't the best idea to run after all. I knocked on the door, and heard noise inside as someone came to open it.
Chase seemed pretty shocked that I was at his door.
"Uh, Angela?" He questioned.
"Cha-s-e…" I put my hand up and caught my breath.
"What the hell did you do? RUN here from for farm?" He said laughing.
I scratched the back of my head a smiled a little.
I heard him mumble, 'idiot…' under his breathe.
"Can I help you?" He asked.
"You need to cook the best thing you can, stat!" I grinned.
Chase looked confused.
"Uncle Pi's is coming to visit for a few days, and your going to bring him a dish tomorrow!" I said giggling a little.
Chase looked even more confused.
I rolled my eyes, "I do recall I made you a promise the first day we met, and I also recall I said don't ever doubt me. Get your best recipes out Chase, you have my uncle to please." I smirked.
Chase seemed to be taking a moment to process the information, then he smiled happily.
"Wow…I honestly didn't think you'd remember, you're a little absent minded you know…thank you so much Angela." He grinned.
I ignored the comment about how I had trouble remembering things and continued to talk.
"So…lets say bring the dish around tomorrow after noon…about two? Will that be enough time?" I asked.
"Yes plenty. What's your uncles favourite dish?" Chase asked.
"Fine curry, you can give him that if you wish, but my uncle always enjoys tasting something new, so if you have any recipes you've created it would be better cook those."
Chase stroked his chin with his hand, obviously considering what he could cook.
"Would your uncle eat more then one dish?" Chase questioned.
"Yes. But don't bring to many…" I said.
"No, I won't, thanks for this Angela. You're actually a really reliable person." He smiled a little.
I just grinned back at him, that was obviously a Chase compliment.
"See you tomorrow then!" I smiled
"Yeah, see you!" He said, shutting the door.
After my visit to Chase I still had time to spare before my family would arrive at the dock. I decided Luke also needed to be informed about my families surprise visit, and so I made my way to Luke's.
I ran up to the yard to see Luke, whom was twirling his favourite axe. I'd seen him do it a few times, and I always thought how absolutely dangerous it was. The silly boy would cut his hand off if he weren't careful!
I didn't want to startle him, so I waited at the fence till he caught the axe in his hand, and then before he went to throw it in the air again, I called "Luke!"
He looked over and grinned, and placed the axe on the ground.
"Hey Angie!" He yelled, running over to the fence.
"What brings you to my house? Come to watch my axe twirling?" He said with a devious grin, knowing full well that I actually hated him doing it.
I laughed, "Of course not silly! I've come to inform you of something!" I said excitedly.
Luke tilted his head to the side, "Oh really?"
"Yes! My parents and my uncle and aunt are coming to visit for a few days! You must come and meet them!" I beamed, grabbing both of his hands.
He looked down to where I had grabbed hold of his hands and blushed a little.
"T-that's great Angie." Luke said, becoming suddenly bashful.
I let go of his hands, which seemed to make him a little sad.
"I'll let you know when to come over, I'm going to get Luna to come along too! Then we can all eat some of uncle Pi's food! I'll get him to make your favourite dish!" I was getting really excited again and the thought of seeing my family.
I looked back to Luke, who was giving me a soft smile, the look in his eyes made my face turn red.
"Well I better go tell Luna!" I said, breaking eye contact. "See you later Luke!"
"Bye Angie." I heard him say as I walked down the road, making my way to the tailors shop to see Luna.
Over the past few minutes I'd become incredibly confused. Luke was my best friend, why did he blush when I held his hand? Why did my heart race when he looked at me? I wasn't an idiot, I knew what it was like to like someone, but I just couldn't imagine myself having those sort of feelings for Luke. And so suddenly as well. I closed my eyes and shook my head. Those thoughts needed to be repressed for a few days, I'd sort my head out later, right now I needed to see Luna and prepare for my family's arrival.
Luna was ecstatic to hear my family was coming to visit, she knew how much I missed them, and was happy to hear that I wanted her to met them. After a while I left the tailors and went back to my house. I started to clean up, I made sure the house was tidy and then I started to prepare where my family would sleep. My house was way too big for just one person, but five people was pushing it. I moved the toolbox and the beauty box from the spare room into the main room, the four of them would fit in there. They wouldn't mind sleeping in the same room together.
When I looked at the clock it was around twelve thirty, so I started to make my way to the dock, I tired to take my time and walk slow, but unfortunately it didn't work and I end up at the dock fifteen minutes early. Every minute that past I became even more impatient, so I started to pace, up and down the dock, trying to avoid looking at my watch to try and make the time pass quicker. But I couldn't help myself, I took at peak, so see that it was five past one, I looked up to the sea, to see Pascal's boat not to far off in the distance.
Well! hope you liked it...PLEASE review, i really want to know what people think...this is my first multi-chapter fic!! So any constructive criticism is greatly appreciated!!
like always, if you pick up spelling/grammer mistakes, let me know and ill get around to changing them.
Next Chapter is going to feature Chelsea, Vaughn, Natalie and Pierre from Harvest moon: Island of Happiness!
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Thankyou for reading!