Chapter 3

My cold weather clothes came in about two days later. And boy was that a relief! I was getting bored doing nothing at home but play with my fingers. Now that I had my clothes, I wanted to style out and take over the village again.

I spent a day with each girl after my clothes came in. I fooled around with Ann in one of the vacant rooms on Monday. Tuesday I made out with Popuri in the chicken barn. On Wednesday, I brought wine to Karen and we got drunk in my house. I then went on a picnic on Thursday with the nerd.

But even if I was with the other girls, I couldn't shake Elli off my mind. No matter how hard I tried, I could not stop thinking about her. I had no idea what was happening to me. It was like my mind and my body wanted her for some odd reason. Even though I already had four girlfriends, I decided that I wanted one more.

On Friday, I casually walked over to the clinic. When I got there, I found Elli standing outside. She was just enjoying the Fall air smiling just outside the clinic. I assumed that she was on break or something at the time. I sneered as I believed that Elli was already served to me on a silver platter.

I finger combed my hair as I went in to lay on some of my famous moves. "Hey there!" I called as I walked up to her.

She looked and smiled back at me and answered, "Hey there Kanon! Are you free at the moment?"

"Yes I am," I answered full of confidence.

She blusheded, "good. I wanted to ask you something earlier. I didn't get a chance to last time we met."

All of the sudden, I became very happy. I believed that she was going to ask me out. Who could blame me, I had the biggest ego in all of human kind. In my mind, I was rubbing my hands together. Like a cartoon wolf drooling over a succulent sheep. Not a moment was she safe there alone with me. Just standing there waiting for her to say the word. But. .

"How's the farm doing?" she asked killing all of my imagination. "It's been a while since Tony was running it. I bet it's pretty tough for you to get into it all of the sudden."

I should have expected that. My imagination went so wild, that I couldn't help but feel disappointed. But I wasn't down for the count yet. I figured that if I wanted this lovely princess, I better lay on my cool charm to impress her. I had a lot of practice with the other four. It’s a tad different than seducing city folk; but as long as I make them feel like they are special, thing would go my way.

So I put up my bad boy act and said in my Casanova voice, "ah, I am not into that farming crap! Farming is for the birds. I am more of a dancer, romancing kind of guy. Sure, I make enough to make ends meet. But I am from the hustle and bustle of the city. I love to make the world move to my own beat rather than move some dirt around-"

"Stop it!" yelled Elli. She yelled loud enough for me to lose my composure. I didn't notice; but as I was talking, Elli got pissed! "How could you say that about your grandfather's farm? He was your family, and you should work as hard as you can in his honor. This town owes a great deal to him, I will not stand anyone talking like that!"

I was speechless. Never knew that anyone could get so beat up over a farm. I mean, she's a nurse. What does she care about a farm anyway? I wanted to say something, but what could I say? Do I tell her that I was kidding? Should I just lie, or say something else romantic to steer her away from farming?

I didn't know what to tell her, so I ended up saying nothing with my jaw hanging loose. She then huffed and turned away saying, "I have to go back to work. Good day to you!"

Yeah, she said "good day", but she said it sarcastically. She probably flipped me the birdie when I wasn't looking. I should have been mad, but I wasn't. I wanted to run into the clinic and apologize or something. Instead, I let her be to cool off before I do anything I would end up regretting.

That event kept bugging me for days, weeks even. I stopped hanging with the girls for a few days, and stayed home trying to figure it out. All I said was that I just liked to have fun instead of farming, how was that wrong? It worked for everyone else.

I eventually went back to dating and making out with the other four. Even so, things were not the same. I became distant, and the girls were noticing that something was on my mind. I got distracted often, and they kept asking me what was wrong. One of them even went as far as to ask if there is another girl in my life. I kept lying telling them no. I wanted to keep it together, or else I was gonna blow it.