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What's This Feeling?

I woke up the next morning at around seven AM. Gray was already dressed and looked like he was about to head out. "Why are you up so early?" I ask sleepily and sit up in bed. "Most people in Mineral Town get up at six, you've already missed breakfast," Gray responds coldly and then leaves the bedroom. "Six?" I ask myself in shock. In the city most people got up around eight or nine; we were lazy and loved to sleep in. I slowly get out of bed and pull some clothes out of my suitcase. A dark brown short sleeve shirt and blue jeans are my usual choice and I put them on. I then grab my jacket and pull it on over top before heading downstairs.

No one was downstairs so I headed outside into the fresh morning air. The air was so much cleaner here than it is in the city, probably to do with the fact that there are no cars or factories. I shove my hands in my pockets and head west towards the winery. I see Duke heading towards a little shack. "Morning, Duke," I call and he turns around to smile at me. "Morning, Cliff! How are you this morning?" he asks with a grin. "Sleepy, but good anyways," I say with a sheepish smile. Duke laughs heartily and leans against the shack. "What's that building for?" I ask curiously. "It's just a small building that leads down into my wine cellar," Duke replies and pats the building. "Built it myself," he says proudly. "Wow, that must have been hard," I reply in amazement. "Not really, us country folk are use to hard work," Duke teases and I laugh.

Duke heads inside the shack and I head east back towards the Inn. I was too scared to ask for a job so I'd have to look for one somewhere else. Then I remembered Doug saying something about a Town Square southeast of the Inn. If someone needed an extra hand at their business they'd probably post a note in Town Square.

I happily head towards two square and find that it's quite large. A bench and trash can are in the northeast corner and a bulletin board in the northwest corner. A few streetlamps surrounded the area and a small path led to the beach. I head over to the bulletin board and find out that there is a Thanksgiving Festival this month on the 14th where guys are supposed to give cookies to their crush. Also there was a Horse Race Festival on the 18th, and a Cooking Contest Festival on the 22nd.

After I look at the Contest bulletin I look for anything about jobs. I see a few notes about items that are lost but nothing about jobs. I sigh and head north towards the church. I shuffle my feat unhappily and push open the door to the church. Carter doesn't seem to be inside so I sit down in one of the pews. For some reason my thoughts turned to Gray, and I wonder why he hates me so much. Have I done something to make him angry with me? I don't think I said anything.

I try and think of everything I said to him, but I don't think I really could have done anything to piss him off. Maybe he had just been in a bad mood 'cause of something else and wanted to be left alone. "That must be it…" I mutter to myself.

As I think of Gray some more my thoughts go to how his hair had shined in the moonlight last night, and how his eyes had showed such sadness. He was beautiful in a sad sort of way. If he had been in the city he probably would have been a model. Gray had looked really cute in his boxers as well, his chest was quite muscular.

I froze in mid-thought. What was I thinking about? Gray was a guy! Why was I having these sorts of thoughts? I shake my head and stand up as Carter walks into the room. "Oh, Cliff, how are you?" Carter asks happily and smiles at me. "Good," I say with a shrug. "Are you sure? You seem upset about something…" Carter's eyes stare at me worriedly. "I'm fine, really," I assure Carter and head out of the Church.

As I get outside I realize the sun is setting. Had I really been in there that long? My stomach rumbled hungrily as I realized I hadn't eaten anything all day. "I'd better go get some dinner," I say to myself and head to the Inn.

I could hear Doug in the back of the Inn has I headed inside. He must be cooking Gray, Doug, Ann, and my own dinner right now. Ann was sitting at a table with a book in hand. "Hey, Ann," I say happily and sit down beside her. She doesn't really seem like a book type of girl, but I guess I was wrong. "Hi, Cliff!" Ann says happily and smiles at me. "What are you reading?" I ask curiously. "Morons Guide to Farming," Ann says sheepishly and I laugh. Well, maybe I was right that she wasn't much of a reader. She just wanted to learn how to be a farmer.

"I didn't know you were into farming," I say in surprise. "Yep, I love the idea of being a farmer. I mean, I love working here at the Inn but it's not really my dream job like it is Dad's. Apparently the old man that lives at the farm here just died and I was thinking of maybe trying to take the farm over. Dad says I don't know enough about farming yet, though," Ann says with a sigh. "Hence the Morons Guide to Farming." I laugh and grin at her. "At least you have a dream, I have no clue what type of job I'm going to get. Eventually my money will run out and I'll have to go back to the city and live with my parents again," I say unhappily as Gray enters the Inn.

Gray looks over at Ann and me (we're sitting quite close and smiling at each other which may impose the wrong idea) and scowled. Why was he angry that I was hanging out with Ann? I didn't understand that. "Hi, Gray," I say happily but he just glares at me. Ann sighs and shakes her head. "Don't worry about him, he's always like this," she assures me. I feel a bit better about this; at least he doesn't hate me for some reason.

Doug comes out of the back room with four plates of steak and sets them down at the table where Ann and I are at. Doug sits down beside Ann and Gray sits down beside me. Ann, Doug, and I talk happily as we eat but Gray stays silent. Does he not like spending time with people or does he just not fit in? I really don't understand him, and even though I want to I don't think he'll let me get to know him.

Doug was trying to include Gray in the conversation and was teasing him with a spider he had found on the ground. Gray obviously hated spiders by the way he stared at the thing. He leaned away from Doug, and closer to me. My heart started to race, and I didn't get why. What's this feeling? I just don't understand it.

Doug realizes Gray is actually terrified of the spider so he apologizes and releases it onto the ground by Ann who seems to like the spider. Gray relaxes and finishes his dinner before heading out of the Inn. I wonder where he's going, but I don't think I'll ever get to know.

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It was nine o'clock at night and I was stripping down to my boxers. Gray still wasn't back yet and I sighed. Why was he gone so long and where did he go? These questions bugged me but I tried not to think of them too much 'cause they made my heart flutter. I didn't like this feeling that I kept getting whenever I think or see Gray, it was odd. I climb into my bed and pull the covers up over my head.

Gray comes into the room about ten minutes later and I peek out from under the blankets. He doesn't even glance at me, so he probably thinks I'm asleep. He strips down to his boxers and places his hat on the table. His skin looks creamy and soft and I want to touch it… I try and get those thoughts out of my head. I shouldn't even be watching him, it's perverted!

Gray crawls into bed and turns away from me and I see a scar on his back. It looks like it was probably quite painful when he had gotten it. I want to know how he got it, but if I ask tomorrow he'll know I was watching him get undressed.

Instead I pull the covers over my eyes and fall into a deep sleep. Tomorrow I'll try again to get a job.

End of chapter two.

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