Chapter 6~

We were off and out the door. The end of the work day was at 6 just before the sun set. We were walking along the river down to the beach. As we walked Edward pointed out the neighbors homes and the beautiful flowers. He explained fishing and bug catching, digging up treasures, and selling fruit. He said their home fruit was Peaches but as more people came to town they planted foreign fruits that created an orchard.

He explained the community buildings as well. Tom Nooks' store was the place to buy things but he was a penny pincher. Sable and Mable were the best clothing makers in town, considering they were the only ones. Pelly and Phyllis work at the town hall / post office/ bank/ civic center. The mayor works in town hall to but he is pretty old and has a lot of paperwork to do so you only see him on the holidays. Blathers and his sister worked at the museum. Blathers worked with donations and fossils while his sister was an expert at the constellations. In the basement of the museum there was a small coffee shop where the famous K.K. Slider would play every Saturday night.

We crossed the bridge by the beach but I stopped in the middle. I leaned against the side and looked at the calm water mixing with the salt water and the waves rolling into the white sand. I looked at the pink mixing with the light orange in the sky with the occasional cloud or two.

"It sure is nice out in the country isn't it?" Edward said behind me.

"Yeah, it really is."

I hopped up and sat on the top of the stone barrier putting my back to the sun.

"Its funny, we have been walking for a while and we still haven't been trying to find my house."

"If I can be honest, I hope we never find it."

I looked at him confused.

"Uh I mean because your a great friend and I like teaching you stuff and talking to you. Your really nice. I'm glad you moved to town."

"Yep. I'm glad I met you too. Thanks for showing me around."

"No problem. Lets get back, Sophie might be looking for us to eat dinner."

"Yeah, I hope so. I'm hungry."

With an empty tummy and a full head of thoughts we walked back into the trees.

We got back the the mansion after about two minutes of running. It felt good to run again even if I had quite a fill yesterday. When I opened the door an sweet and savory smell entered my nose when I walked through the doorway.

"Ah, Colin must have caught some salmon today." Edward said after deeply inhaling.

"Salmon huh, never had it before." I said kind of embarrassed.

"Well thats good because this is as fresh as its going to get."

I smiled and was pleased that things were simpler than I imagined. Great fruit everywhere, fish always in the river, not a care in the world.

"Come on, the dining room is back here." Edward said waking me from my day dream.

I followed behind him to the back room. It was really cozy. There were tables scattered with four blue chairs around the black and white modern tables with a hanging lamp over each of them. There was a small bar on the back wall with two doors to the right of the last bar stool. Since the suculent sent was getting stronger, I guessed that was where the kitchen was.

Edward took chose a table near a window that faced the waterfall for all four of us and told me to wait here as he went to find Sophie and Edward as he disappeared into the kitchen

I sat for a while looking at all the pictures of different animals reading a personal greeting engraved under their picture.

As I read, I heard footsteps heading towards where me and Edward had entered.

I thought it might be more guests or their animal neighbors or something but they were human.

"Come on Eliot, keep up! Sophie probably opened the buffet already!" A female voice said getting louder as she got farther down the hall. The pitter-patter of more people living in this small town excited me more.

I spun to look behind me as an older teenager emerged. She had her neon pink hair bundled together into a tight bun which made me feel childish with my messy pigtails. But her pale lavender eyes made her look like she was from a fairy tale. I'm guessing that she was at least 17 but maybe older. She was taller than me but way shorter than Edward, since Edward looked down on us all.

Following her was a young boy, about 6 with long blonde curls with popping blue eyes. He was wearing a cute school uniform that looked like a sailor suit.

Once he caught up with her she held his hand when she met my gaze.

"Oh sorry I didn't see you there. Are you a guest here?" She said with a her cool sharp tone.

"Well kind of, I'm moving here but my house has to be built so I ended up here for a few days."

"So THATS why there is so much noise near my house. I just though Nook was upgrading some building. I'm Rose and this is Eliot, and you are.."

"Oh! I'm Vanilla. Its nice to meet you Eliot." I said as I smiled at him.

Eliot grabbed Roses' dress and hid behind her leg. He peeked at me but still not fully trusted me.

"So wheres Sophie?" she said sounding annoyed, "I caught all that good fish so I should be able to eat it."

"Um, Edward went into the kitchen and he went looking for her it has been a while since he was back there."

Just then the kitchen door opened and revealed three trays full of good looking fish dishes and fruit plates.

I looked at all the food in awe. I had never seen so much good food in my life. I couldn't wait to taste all of it.

Sophie filled the buffet tables tray by tray and stacked the plates neatly next to the silver ware.

After the grand showing Colin walked in and looked really tired and hungry. We let Chef Sophie go first, then the gatherers Rose and Colin (ladies first :D), and then me and Edward.

I felt bad that I couldn't contribute yet but I hope that tomorrow I can learn to bring at least one meal to the table.