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Hello everyone! Thanks for the reviews on my last chapter and I'm sorry it took so long for me to put this up. I own no one in this story. Enjoy!!

Chapter 2

Employment

Carmen laid in her bed with her eyes shut tight. She couldn't get any sleep last night ,so she was completely exhausted. She thought that if she kept her eyes closed long enough she would eventually fall asleep. Carmen let out a sigh and turned on her back. She suddenly felt a ticklish feeling on her face.

"What is this on my face?" Carmen thought. She slowly opened her eyes and saw nothing but brown.

She laid there bewildered, trying to figure out what this was. Then she felt the unknown object move. A violent quiver went up her spine and she hopped out of bed. She saw a brown creature fall to the floor and scurry off.

"That's just great, this place has cockroaches too?" Carmen said angrily. She shivered at the thought of that thing on her face.

She looked at the window and saw the light flood in. She blocked her eyes and proceeded to pull the curtains close. She changed into her cloud shirt , put a star pin in her hair and went outside.

"What a way to start a day." Carmen mumbled as she went out the door. "I hope the rest of the day is better." She pulled out her map and searched for Tom Nooks shop.

"Okay it's just North of here." Carmen thought putting the map in her pocket.

As she proceeded through the town she was mesmerized my it's beauty. She couldn't get over how completely beautiful it was. She breathed in the fresh air and sighed. She closed her eyes and smiled. When she opened them she saw that she was standing in front of a rather old looking shack.

"Wow this place looks awful." Carmen laughed. She noticed a huge red sign on the front of it that said Nook's Cranny.

"Well that's just great." Carmen sweat dropped. She went inside and the first thing she saw was Tom Nook.

"You're late." Tom Nook angrily. "And on your first day, too."

"Great, now I made a bad impression." Carmen thought. Nook saw Carmen's depressed expression and smiled.

"I'm just kidding; you made it just in time." Nook said. Carmen looked up at him and sighed with relief.

"Oh, I have something to give you." Nook handing Carmen a green dress. "This is your uniform, if you're going to work here." Carmen took the uniform from Tom Nook and put it in her pocket.

"You can go change into your lovely uniform now." Tom Nook smiled. Carmen nodded and went outside to change. When she came back Nook had a packet of seeds in his hands.

"You look marvelous." Tom Nook said happily. "I have your first job ready for you." He handed her the packets of seeds.

"I want you to plant these flower and tree seeds around this shop." Tom Nook said. "The appearance of this shop isn't all that appealing, so this should spruce it up a little."

"I don't think that flowers can bring this thing back from the dead." Carmen thought. "But, you're paying me, so whatever floats your boat."

"Go on." Tom Nook said shooing her out the door. "The sooner the better." Carmen went out the door and began planting the seeds.

She loved to plant flowers, especially on a beautiful day like this. She loved to feel the soft soil run through her fingers as she dug the hole for the seed. After she put the first seed in the ground, she brushed the dirt on top of it and smiled with pride.

"I wonder how long it will take for these plants to grow." Carmen thought aloud. Just as she began to move to another spot, a group of pure white flowers popped out of the ground. She jumped back in disbelief.

"What kind of freaky flower is this?" Carmen yelled rubbing her eyes. She bent down to get a better look at the flower and smiled. In spite of the fact that it had the power to grow within five seconds, these flowers were really pretty.

"Well, I guess this will make things a lot easier." Carmen shrugged. Then she continued on with her work.

Carmen stood up and stared at the results of her hard work. (Well… not really, hard.) She planted all the flowers in the front of the shop and planted the tress behind it.

"Well, that's over." Carmen said making her way to the door of the shop. "Hopefully the other jobs will be just as easy. When she went inside , Tom Nook was standing there waiting for her.

"Well you took longer than I expected." Tom Nook chuckled. "But, anyway, are you ready for your next job?"

"As ready as I'll ever be." Carmen thought. She nodded and gave a smile.

"Good, here it is…" Tom Nook said before stopping abruptly. "Wait…you have met any of the townsfolk have you?"

"No." Carmen said realizing it also.

"Well that's no good." Tom Nook said scratching his chin. "We'll have to fix that, so I'll give you a break to visit the villagers."

"You sure about that?" Carmen asked.

"Sure, you have all day to work." Nook said. "Go socialize."

"Alright." Carmen said going out the door.

Meeting her new neighbors never crossed Carmen's mind. She was a little on the shy side and was a little nervous. But, she had to do it sooner or later, so why not now? The first house she saw was located near the beach. She went up to the house and knocked on the door.

"Just a minute!" Said a voice coming from the house. When the door opened a white goat appeared in the doorway.

"Oh my, hello!" she said surprised. "Are you new here?"

"Yeah, I just moved here yesterday." Carmen said holding out her hand. "I'm Carmen."

"I'm Chevre, nice to meet you." She said cheerfully taking Carmen's hand. "Would you like to come in?" Carmen nodded and went inside.

Chevre's house was completely made of regal furniture. Everything was white except for the rug and the wallpaper which was blue. She admired it quite a bit.

"Your home is very nice." Carmen said looking around.

"Thank you, I don't think I'm much of a decorator though." Chevre said sitting on her bed.

"I have to disagree." Carmen smile. "You seem like a very good decorator."

"You really think so?" Chevre said blushing. "Wow, thanks." Carmen realized that she still had other people to visit.

"Oh, I have to go." Carmen said heading for the door. "Thanks for inviting me in, sorry for rushing out."

"Oh it's no problem." Chevre said standing up. "I'll see you later. Carmen waved and went outside.

The next house was very close to Chevre's house, also located near the beach. She knocked on the door once again. The door opened and revealed a pink octopus.

"Hello, I haven't seen you around here." She said.

"I just moved here, my name is Carmen." Carmen said smiling.

"I'm very pleased you meet you." The octopus said. "Please come in." Carmen proceeded inside the house. Her house was completely covered in pink, from head to toe. Hearts and other designs on everything.

"Wow, you home is nice." Carmen said a little overwhelmed.

"Thanks, I try my best." She said. "By the way my name is Marina."

"Nice name." Carmen said grinning. "I've never seen so much pink in my life."

"Yeah, I have a little obsession with it." Marina said rubbing her head. "Sorry about that."

"You don't have to apologize." Carmen said. "Oh, I have to go, I have to meet everyone else in the town."

"Well I'll see you later then." Marina said. Carmen said goodbye and went out.

Carmen noticed that it was getting pretty dark and she was getting tired. She began to nod off a little as she walked. She sat down on a rock. She would just rest for awhile and begin walking again. Her eyelids began getting heavy with drowsiness and before she knew it she was surrounded in darkness.

Carmen felt something poking her face and she murmured a little. The poking stopped awhile but proceeded. Carmen slightly opened her eyes and saw something brown in front of her. Fearing that it was another cockroach, eyes shot open and she yelled. She hopped up and saw a blue blur fall back in front of her. She looked down and saw a blue pig laying on the ground terrified by her scream.

"What the heck are you doing?!" Carmen yelled angrily.

"I-I was seeing if you were still alive." The pig said trembling. "You weren't moving and stuff so I wanted see if you were dead." Carmen was still burning with anger. How dare this guy come from no where and poke her in the face with a stick?!?!

"That doesn't give you a reason to do that!" Carmen yelled louder picking up the stick that the pig had. "Who do you think you are?" Carmen started to poke the pig with the stick.

"Ouch!" The pig said terrified. Carmen stopped abruptly and dropped the stick.

"Oh my gosh!!" Carmen said putting her hands to her mouth. "I am so sorry!" The pig looked up at Carmen and smiled.

"That's okay, you were just angry." The pig said rubbing his now bruised and scratched face.

"Yeah, but I poked you with a stick!" Carmen replied.

"You had every reason to." He said putting his hoof on Carmen's shoulder. "If someone did that to me I probably would have punched them." Carmen sat down and laughed.

"My name is Carmen." She said.

"The name's Hugh." He said grinning widly. "The one and only Fashion Lad!"

"Oh really now?" Carmen said smiling at his ecstatic nature.

"Yes, I protect the world from tackiness and mitched matched socks." He said standing up proudly. Carmen laughed and stood up beside him. She looked up at the sky and noticed the clock. Then, she gasped with horror.

"What's wrong?" Hugh asked.

"It's 10:00!!" Carmen shouted.

"Yeah, what's the big deal?" Hugh asked.

"I fell asleep and I'm supposed to be at work." Carmen sighed sadly. "This sucks."

"Wait, you work for Tom Nook don't you?" Hugh said smiling.

"Yeah, how did you know?" Carmen asked.

"Well you're dress clearly show that you do." Hugh said pointing at her dress. Carmen looked down and noticed that she still had on her uniform.

"Oh, how embarrassing!" Carmen said blushing holding the bottom of her dress. "I meant to take it off."

"You're not going to take it off right here are you?" Hugh said stepping back and blushing.

"NO!!" Carmen yelled. "Of course not!"

"Oh good." Hugh said relieved.

"I have to go now, back to the shop. Carmen said walking away and waving.

"Okay see you later!" Hugh said waving back.

When Hugh was out of sight she started running. How could she fall asleep? And so quickly? She knew that she was in big trouble. When she reached the store all the lights were off and she saw a sign that said closed. Carmen flopped to the ground and groaned loudly. Could this day get any worse? Carmen stood and dragged her tired body back to her house.

"Well, things couldn't possibly get worse." Carmen mumbled. Suddenly there was a huge crash of lightning and it began to pour down rain.

"Of course." Carmen said getting drenched by the rain. For a moment she stood there and let the rain drown her sorrows. Then lightning lit the sky and Carmen hurried in the house.

"What a great first day of work." Carmen said sarcastically said wringing out her uniform.

Carmen flopped down on her bed and laid her head on the pillow. Carmen couldn't believe how horrible today was. The sound of the rain hitting the window soothed her a little but, to her dismay it didn't cheer her up much. The only highlight of this day was meeting three of the villagers. Chevre, Marina, and, Hugh. She especially liked Hugh. He was kind, sweet, and funny. He was the first person to make her laugh in this town. She smiled thinking about it. Maybe it won't be so bad after all.

Disclaimer

Sorry this chapter took so long, I've been very lazy lately. Chevre, Marina, and Hugh are my fav character in Animal Crossing, so I wanted them to show up first. But, Hugh is my all time favorite. And as you can see, my character has serious mood swings, just like me!! Anyway, I'll try putting up the next chapter soon!