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[KatLove]

Ooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hehehehehe........ he's cheating on Hannah......

[WolvesOfFire]

Ooh marking! I totally love Sam lol

[Polar Kitten]

Ooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hehehehehe........ he's cheating on Hannah......

Hehehe... Love triangle...

Ooh marking! I totally love Sam lol

Yay! :3
Sam is personally my favorite character. (I based him off of my crush and a character from a movie)

Also, for this chapter, there is some cooking involved. I don't really know how to cook pie, so I just guessed the recipe. If you actually try to use the recipe I made up, you probably won't end up with pie; or anything edible for that matter!

CHAPTER 5: The Blueberry Pie Disaster
I learned one lesson today: never trust me to cook.

When I got back from the marketplace, I set my goods in the kitchen. I tried to remember what Mrs. Johnson told me about making pie, but I forgot most of it. I took out the flour, a glass of water, an egg, milk, and butter. I grabbed a bowl and emptied my ingredients into it. Finding the largest spoon in the kitchen, I mixed until the "dough" became soft. It was too watery, so I added more flour and a second egg for good measure. After mixing it again, I scooped the dough into a frying pan. We had no pie pans. I smoothed the dough onto the pan and went to the pantry to take out my blueberries. I dumped the (uncrushed) blueberries into the pan and poured the rest of the dough on top. That wasn't too hard. I lit the furnace and put the pan inside.

Cheerfully, I skipped into the backyard where my dad was working on the shed. He smiled at me.

"Happy Birthday, Dad!"
He looked up from his work bench and said,"Thanks, Kate."
I grinned. "Are there any... aromas comming from our house?" Blueberry pie usually smells delicious, even while it's still cooking.
My dad sniffed the air a little. "It smells like... smoke!"

Shoot. He was right. Megan barked maddly as if to arwarn us of the flames. I sprinted through the door as my dad headed for the nearest stream. I stared at the furnace and watched flames cover more and more of its metal. There goes my surprise pie. I thought. Dad soom returned, and dumped a bucket of water onto the flames. They died down and revealed the burnt pie inside of the furnace.

My dad looked at me in shock. "What is this?" He asked.
I gulped. "It was a blueberry pie."
"That doesn't look like a blueberry pie." He said angrily.
"I said was."
"I expect this to be cleaned up before dinner." With a short sigh, he stomped away.

I took out the mop from the closet and started to mop up the grayish soot-covered water. So much for a birthday surprise.

Dinner was unusually quiet today. Whenever I attempted to start a conversation, Dad would always end it briefly. He seemed so dissapointed with me. We ate our food in around thirty minutes and left the table. Dad went back to work on the tool shed, and I headed for the stream. Megan followed me to the riverbed, where I climbed up a sycamore tree. The chilly autumn wind nipped at my skin as I watched the sky get dark. I hoped things would look up for me tomorrow.

[KatLove]

I want me some blueberry crisp!! X3

[Polar Kitten]

AUTHOR'S NOTE: I am having a lot of crush drama irl ("I like him a lot" and "Does he like me?" and "We talked to each other after class one time! Maybe he does!") so I decided to empty my feelings out in the next few chapters.

Disclaimer: The italic words were not written by me! They are from the movie The Sound of Music. That song has been stuck in my head for about a week!

CHAPTER 6: Edelweiss
I sat on the branch of the sycamore tree watching the plants sway in the breeze for about fourty minutes. I leaned my head against another branch and started to nod off. I had taken naps in the sycamore before, and knew that I would be safe if I fell asleep. My eyes began to close when I heard somebody shuffling their feet through the fallen leaves. Instinctively, I unsheathed my pocket knife and held it out in front of me, ready to defend myself. Megan didn't look very alarmed; she just stared at the person with a curious look in her eyes.

A loud voice disturbed the tranquil woods. "Gee, Kate! You don't have to threaten to stab everything that moves!" It was Samuel again. Why does he seem to follow me everywhere? A guitar was in his left hand, and a flower was in his right. He was dressed in fancy clothing, or what people from the area would consider fancy for someone his age. Why was he here? Shouldn't he be on his date?
"Usually no people come into our part of the forest. Your loud footsteps startled me." I said, jumping swiftly from my branch. "Shouldn't you be smooching with that girlfriend you said you had a date with?"
Sam's expression turned from cheerful to dark. He suddenly found the leaves on the ground very interesting, and mumbled without making eye contact. "She was ten minutes late, and when she got there, she said she didn't like me anymore. Apparently I'm not serious enough for a relationship. I tried to impress her, but she didn't like my singing or music."
It might have been what he said, or the way he said it, but I felt a pang of sadness for him. I softened my tone and asked,"What song did you sing?"
He sighed and quietly said,"Edelweiss. From The Sound of Music."

That was my favorite song. When I was little, around the age of five, Dad took me to see a motion picture. (That's what we country folk called them.) We traveled for hours in a horse-drawn carige, and then transferred to an automobile for the rest of the ride. We watched The Sound of Music. I loved the songs so much, Dad bought all the songs on records so I could listwn to them from our record player. Edelweiss was definitely my favorite.

(Click here to listen to it)
Then, without thinking, the words flew out of my mouth.

"Could you play Edelweiss for me?"

He just stared at me in shock. "What?!"
"I-- Did I say that out loud?" My face turned pink.
He nodded slightly, and he began to blush, too. "I.. Uh... Do you really want me to?"
I thought for awhile. "Um... If you want."

He lifted his guitar up and began to strum.

"Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me"

Once again, I spoke without thinking. I joined in and sang with him.

"Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever.

Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever."

He stopped strumming and looked into my eyes. I looked away and blushed. He smiled at me and kissed my cheek.

"That song is my favorite." He said.
I was surprised. What a coincidence! "Mine, too."

We stood in awkward silence for several moments. Sam looked at the sky and spoke.

"Uh... It's getting dark. I should get going... Goodnight Kate. Thanks for making my day."
"You're welcome. Goodnight, Sam."
"Could we meet again sometime?"
I smiled. "How about here, in two days."
"Ok. Thanks! Bye!" He said as he walked away.

[WolvesOfFire]

Ooohhh.... Kate and Samuel sitting in a tree... I mean what?

[KatLove]

AH MAH GOUISH....... e.e this is getting interesting...... XD

[KatLove]

Bump :3

[W.oH.oB.o]

Polar, not sure if you've quit the story, or if you're just having writer's block, but it's really good and you should write more!!

[Polar Kitten]

I'm having writer's block, plus I have another story to work on. I'll try to think of something (or even get a chapter up!) today. Thank you to all the people encouraging me; I wasn't sure if people liked my style of writing! I find myself rambling a lot. Constructive criticism is always appreciated!