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"Tadaaaa!" Laureth said happily as she placed plates with two perfectly proportioned omelets on the table.

Valts admired her handiwork. "Looks good," he said shortly.

Laureth beamed. "Well then, let's eat up!" she beamed, and she placed herself at the small table in the chair across from his.

Valts picked up his fork and took a bite. The egg was fluffy, and if he wasn't mistaken, there was cheese in the center of the omelet. "'s good," he muttered, taking a swig of the prepared glass of milk beside his plate.

Laureth beamed. "I'm glad you think so!" she said happily.

Valts glanced around the room as he ate. "You here by yourself?" he asked.

Laureth nodded. "Mm-hmm, it's just me right now."

"No family?"

Laureth shook her head. "Not here with me, no. My family is back home, in the city. They run a flower shop there." She smiled. "They were completely behind my coming here. They wanted me to learn about business and how to take care of myself. You see, I don't know if you've noticed, but I can be a little...airheaded," she admitted sheepishly.

'Gee, ya' think?' Valts thought, raising an eyebrow.

"So I came out here to prove that I can take care of myself!" Laureth said happily. "What about you?"

Valts swallowed and took a sip of his drink. He shut his eyes. "No family. No friends. Just kinda been wandering around, trying to figure out what to do. That's when I saw an ad for this town. I had been running an animal business on an Island off the coast of here, and I decided it was high time I came back to the mainland, so I brought my chickens here and took over the Poultry Farm down the road."

"So you really have no family?" Laureth asked, her face saddened.

"Yeah, but it's no big deal," Valts said, shrugging. "I've been on my own for a long while now. I can take care of myself."

"You didn't get lonely at all?"

Valts stared at her for a moment, his brow furrowed slightly, perplexed. '...Why the hell does she look so concerned?' he thought. 'She doesn't even know me...And yet here she is, making me breakfast and snooping around in my past. She's either just that compassionate or just that naive.' He shrugged. "Maybe sometimes," he muttered. "Nothing I couldn't handle, though."

Laureth beamed. "Well, if you ever get lonely, you can come see me here in town, okay?" she declared.

Valts paused for a moment and then took another bite of his breakfast. He nodded once. "Nn," he grunted.

(Sorry so long; just wanted to get to a certain point. I want to get them out of the house and toward the square within the next post or so with them. 3nodding )

Sean didn't look like he was very comfortable in the doctor's office, and if Jill payed attention, she'd hear him mumble about needles on occasion. He too was looking around the room, his eyes catching hers for a moment, his face reddening some before he turned to look at his knees. There was a shy feeling that crept up when they locked eyes, but he couldn't quite understand it.

"Hm? Oh, no, I was going to get them after this. Though, I managed to get a much needed shower... The bathroom in my house is much more stable then the rest of my house," he said with a chuckle.

She laughed. "I was glad to get a shower this morning, too," she said happily. "My hot water was on the fritz in the beginning, though." Talking with him was fun; it was the awkward silences that made her feel a strange sense of nervousness in the pit of her stomach. She glanced at the doctor and then back at him. Leaning as close as she could to close in some of the distance between them, she whispered, "You don't think we're going to have to get shots or anything, do you? Because I don't know about you, but I don't do so well with needles." She smiled weakly. "And it'd be no fair picking on a cripple like me because I can't run away, you know?" She laughed.

Sean nodded a bit. "My water wasn't exactly cold, but it wasn't hot either. Nothing to add comfort other than the fact that it helped with cleaning." he said as he thought. The mention of needles made him shiver a bit. "I really, really, really hope not," he said a bit shakily. "But if we do have to get them, I'll do you a favor and take them first." he said with a bit of a smile. "So you can't say she's picking on you for being crippled."

"Th-thank you," Maria said with a bow. "We just got here but we want to make the town look much nicer though..."

When she mentioned the stove, Maria smiled. "I'll help if you need it," she offered kindly. "I'm not the greatest cook, but I'm still pretty good at it..."

"I could maybe take a look at it..." Cliff offered. "I'm not really a handy man, but I have fixed some things in the past." He smiled. "Show me where it is and I'll take a look at it."

"S... shots?" Sean said shakily, swallowing hard. His face went pale as he stared at the two long, thin metallic needles. "... I think I'll risk evil chicken disease..." he mumbled, slowly starting to stand up to make a break for the door.